However, as shown in Source 6, Hitler was a ‘central figure’ and thus can be considered a strong leader. His personal popularity can be seen as a strength, with absolute loyalty from those around him. There is also the alternative view that everyone in Germany was working towards the Fuhrer, which is reiterated in Sources 3 and 4. Source 6 states that ‘Hitler often refused to take decisions’ and ‘removed himself from day to day decisions of government.’ Arguably, Hitler’s laziness and subsequent government inaction illustrates that he was indeed a weak dictator. He would rarely involve himself in government policy making and was ‘not much help in the practical business of selecting goals, reaching decisions and making policy’, further supported by Source 5.
In turn this would destroy Britain commercially and their industrial economy allowing Napoleon to take over Britain however did not work and left Napoleon worse off then he was before. His next mistake was the Peninsular war and as a result weakened his empire even more by the Spanish guerrillas, Germans, and Italians turning against him. Lastly his third mistake lost him most of his soldiers and the tactic used to defeat him was the scorched-earth policy, by the Russians. These mistakes greatly weakened Napoleons Empire. The empire was then declared war on by Britain, Russia, Prussia, Sweden, and Austria.
At Roosevelt’s inaugural speech he assured Americans that all they had to fear was “fear itself.” On the other hand, Hitler aggravated his follower’s fears and prejudices. While Franklin Delano Roosevelt did his work by stirring compassion; Adolf Hitler did his own by stirring up hatred. They both were known for their charisma, ability to arouse emotion, and rose to power during a national crisis. Both were leaders by symbolic and appeal. Franklin Delano Roosevelt used freedom symbols such as the bald eagle and used kind words such as "friend" or "my fellow..." to get people to support his ideas.
This is stated in A when it says “his aim will in future as previously have the finest reward of one day suddenly attaining legal confirmation of his work” this quote is telling us that everybody who works towards Hitler will be doing it for the greater good but only the ones which Hitler agrees with will be noticed, majority of the time this work/laws were approved by Hitler and nobody had the power or courage to stand up to him. This is also evidenced in Source B when it says “when Hitler made a decision, this often taking the form of a remark thrown out casually, which then went its way as an ‘order of the Fuhrer’…” This quote from the source is just more evidence to that whatever Hitler says goes as even when he threw out a casual remark or a joke it would end up as an order of Hitler. We know from our own knowledge that Hitler was a very powerful man and that not many went against him without feeling the consequences of the
Albert Speer was with no uncertainty a significant figure and member within the Nationalist Socialist Party who contributed a noteworthy amount to Nazi ideology and practice. His influence however within the Nazi Party grew as time went on holding key positions such as Hitler's architect, Head of German Labour Front and Minister for Armaments and Munitions from 8 February 1942 among other tasks. At this position Speer had substantial power and was also said to be the second most powerful man in the Third Reich after Hitler. In 1934 Speer became the ˜First Architect of the Reich,' before this however he had menial tasks such as renovating the Gauhaus in Berlin and organising a backdrop for the May Day rally at the Templehof airfield in Berlin
An example of him being too power hungry was his desire to be Rome’s dictator for life. This shows he wanted to be the only one in control and wanted all the power to himself and didn’t want to share it with any individual. Another example is how he wanted to be like Alexandar the Great and conquer countries and have lots of power. In essence, this means his idol was a man of great power and a man who was famous for conquering countries and land. An idol like this means Caesar did not have good thoughts, and all he wanted was power and wanted people to bow down to him.
Greifelt’s report gives us a primary source of information that Himmler’s personal staff were coercive when getting people to work. The word coercive is vague giving a secretive feeling to the report, this gives us the understanding that many reports within the cabinet might not be telling the absolute truth making conclusions harder to find. The Nazis created a new school syllabus which focused on national pride, militarism
Can you decide your own destiny? 3. Can one person really make a difference? The time period when Hitler was in power in Germany was a time filled with heartache and many terrible events. There were many reasons why things happened the way they did, and why Hitler and the Nazi party was not stopped sooner.
A historical investigation will be conducted regarding a thorough analysis of what the holocaust was and what reasons paved the way for the holocaust to occur. Not originally a German citizen, Adolf Hitler was a man who fought with the German army during World War One (WW1), which commenced in 1914. Hitler was born in the year of 1889 in Austria. Germany’s bitter defeat in WW1 had not gone unnoticed by many Germans, including Hitler. German Jews were popular targets of blame because they stood out from the population at large.
Can there be similarities found between the two men Franklin D. Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler? Each is a name that will never be forgotten from the history of the world. Each brings to mind completely different ideas and feelings. Putting emotions and bias opinions aside and only looking at the historical facts let us compare and contrast the two monumental figures. First of let’s look at the most important part of each country as these two men rose to power.