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Adolf HitlerDer Fuhrer: An analysis of military leadership and strategy
Caleb FloydCapstone 499
Overview
Hitler’s Rise to Power Hitler’s Political Power over Germany Hitler’s Strategy Hitler as a Military Leader Hitler’s Military mistakes Hitler’s Stature in History Hitler’s Death
Hitler’s Rise to Power
1930 Hitler makes an alliance with Nationalist Alfred Hugenberg
The alliance allowed Hitler to seek support from businesses and industries who controlled political funds needed for his conquest
1933 Hitler is offered the chancellorship of Germany
1934 Hitler assumes position of President as well as Chancellor of Germany
Hitler’s Political Power over Germany
Adolf Hitler “A Man of Destiny”(1930-1935)
One man ruling a nation
Hitler was a great Orator gaining the people’s support through political speeches
Hitler from Dr. Walter Langer “His speeches were an
instrument of political intoxication that inspired a degree of fervor in his listeners that seems to defy definition and explanation. Hitler was a master at the use of the spoken word and a genius at the art of manipulating mass propaganda for his political ends. His uncanny ability to appeal to the subconscious and irrational needs of his audience and to solicit the desired response made him a formidable political figure.”
Adolf Hitler’s Strategy
Dismantling of the Treaty of Versailles
Hitler’s non-aggression pact with Poland (1935)
March 1935 Hitler no longer honors the Treaty of Versailles
Adolf Hitler ( 1935- 1938) Believed Germany
needed to take its place as a “superpower” in the world
Began his first conquest of Lebensraum within Germany
Adolf Hitler’s Conquest Begins March 1936 Hitler
deploys a small German Army into the Rhineland
France and Great Britain do nothing giving Hitler a Political Victory
Adolf Hitler’s Lebensraum Czechoslovakia
( 1938)
Poland (1939)
Non-Aggression Pact with Stalin (1939)
Hitler saw himself as a “Military Genius”
Nazi Troop movements
Hitler as a Military leader
Adolf Hitler’s Strengths
Hitler’s “super mind”
Technical expert
Hitler’s “vision” of the Germany fighting machine
Hitler’s Strengths
Strong will
Political “manipulation”
Adolf Hitler’s Weaknesses Hitler’s “super
mind”
Hitler’s lack of trust
Hitler’s “micromanagement”
Hitler’s “overconfidence”
Hitler’s Weaknesses
Hitler’s Strong will
Hitler’s “procrastination”
Hitler’s military “mistakes”
:
Two-Front War
Hitler’s strive for more power led him to a crucial decision declaring war on Russia
War on the Eastern front and Western front was extremely demanding for Germany
Two-Front war
Dunkirk “stop” order
May 1940 Hitler issued a “stop” order
Allowing over 400,000 British and French troops to retreat
Why issue the order
“no retreat” policy in Stalingrad
October 1942 Hitler issued a “no retreat” policy
Holding Stalingrad at all cost proved to be detrimental
Thousands of Germans soldiers lost
Hitler's “Holocaust”
Extermination of the Jews
Over 6 million killed
Auschwitz
Einsatzgruppen
Hitler’s stature in history
Adolf Hitler’s Stature
Solely responsible for WWII
Responsible for the Holocaust
Responsible for the rise of Germany in the early 1900’s
Adolf Hitler’s Stature
United Germany by himself
Made Germany the most powerful and feared nation by 1938
Achieved many significant victories for Germany without firing a shot
Hitler’s Death
During the final days of WWII Hitler committed suicide; he fired a bullet into his head while concurrently biting a cyanide capsule
Summary
Hitler’s Rise to Power Hitler’s Political Power over Germany Hitler’s Strategy Hitler as a Military Leader Hitler’s Military mistakes Hitler’s Stature in History Hitler’s Death
Questions
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