USA HISTORY

Mainly, the period during World War I when Hitler served as a Gefreiter (lance corporal) in the Bavarian Army, and the era of World War II when Hitler served as the Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces) through his position as Führer of Nazi Germany.WWI sets the stage for the rise of what German leader?

(A) FDR

(B) ** Adolf Hitler

(C) Winston Churchill

(D) Abraham Lincoln

Concept note-1: -During his dictatorship, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland on 1 September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust: the genocide of about six million Jews and millions of other victims.

Concept note-2: -World War I propaganda influenced the young Hitler, who was a frontline soldier from 1914 to 1918. Like many, Hitler believed Germany lost the war because of enemy propaganda, not defeat on the battlefield.

Concept note-3: -1914. August: Hitler volunteers for the German Army. By 1918 he is promoted to lance corporal; he also is awarded the Iron Cross and several citations for bravery.

Concept note-4: -During World War One↑ An Austrian citizen and erstwhile draft shirker, Hitler volunteered to serve in the Bavarian army in August 1914. Following his baptism of fire in October 1914, Hitler became a dispatch runner for regimental headquarters.