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1 day ago · Third Reich, official Nazi designation for the regime in Germany from January 1933 to May 1945, as the presumed successor of the medieval and early modern Holy Roman Empire of 800 to 1806 (the First Reich) and the German Empire of 1871 to 1918 (the Second Reich).
- Peaceful” Annexations
Third Reich - Annexations, Expansion, Hitler: Hitler’s first...
- The Totalitarian Police State
Third Reich - Totalitarianism, Police State, Nazi: The years...
- The Nazi Empire
Third Reich - Nazi Germany, Holocaust, WW2: At the height of...
- The Beginning of Defeat
Third Reich - Defeat, Nazi Germany, Holocaust: By the end of...
- Invasion, Soviet Union, 1941
Third Reich - Invasion, Soviet Union, 1941: With the...
- Peaceful” Annexations
4 days ago · The Third Reich, which the Nazis referred to as the Thousand-Year Reich, ended in May 1945, after only 12 years, when the Allies defeated Germany and entered the capital, Berlin, ending World War II in Europe.
- Reichsmark (ℛℳ)
3 days ago · Hitler established a totalitarian regime known as the Third Reich and became dictator with absolute power. Following the military defeat of Germany in World War II, the party was declared illegal. The Allies attempted to purge German society of Nazi elements in a process known as denazification.
- 24 February 1920; 103 years ago
- Nazism
- Brown House, Munich, Germany
- Far-right
Apr 26, 2024 · April 26, 2024 7:00 AM EDT. Ryback is the author of Takeover: Hitler's Final Rise to Power. A dolf Hitler never won a majority in a free and open national election. He never received more than 37% ...
6 days ago · Adolf Hitler reviewing German troops in Poland, September 1939. Adolf Hitler (born April 20, 1889, Braunau am Inn, Austria—died April 30, 1945, Berlin, Germany) was the leader of the Nazi Party (from 1920/21) and chancellor ( Kanzler) and Führer of Germany (1933–45). His worldview revolved around two concepts: territorial expansion and ...
- Why was Adolf Hitler significant?Hitler was of great historical importance—a term that does not imply a positive judgment—because his actions changed the course of the world. He wa...
- How did Adolf Hitler rise to power?Hitler’s rise to power traces to 1919, when he joined the German Workers’ Party that became the Nazi Party. With his oratorical skills and use of p...
- Why did Adolf Hitler start World War II?Hitler had an overriding ambition for territorial expansion, which was largely driven by his desire to reunify the German peoples and his pursuit o...
- Who were Adolf Hitler’s most important officers?A key figure of Hitler’s inner circle was Joseph Goebbels, minister of propaganda and a fervent follower whom Hitler selected to succeed him as cha...
- How did Adolf Hitler die?As Soviet troops entered the heart of Berlin, Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945, in his underground bunker. Although there is some specula...
6 days ago · Gestapo, the political police of Nazi Germany. It ruthlessly eliminated opposition to the Nazis within Germany and its occupied territories and, in partnership with the Sicherheitsdienst (SD; ‘Security Service’), was responsible for the roundup of Jews throughout Europe for deportation to extermination camps.
4 days ago · The New Order ( German: Neuordnung) of Europe was the political and social system that Nazi Germany wanted to impose on the areas of Europe that it conquered and occupied. Planning for the Neuordnung had already begun long before the start of World War II, but Adolf Hitler proclaimed a "European New Order" publicly on 30 January 1941: "The year ...
