Adolf Hitler's Timeline follows the life of Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi Party. Early in his political career Hitler helped lead the Beer Hall Putsch, a failed coup d'etet, wherein Hitler planned to take power in a march to Munich. After failing in this attempted, Hitler was arrested and imprisoned. While in jail he wrote Mein Kampf, an autobiography that would serve as powerful Nazi propaganda during Hitler's ascension to power. Assuring the German people economic progress, he was appointed chancelor in 1933 and further solidified his power in 1934, declaring himself "Fuhrer" after the death of then-President Paul von Hindenberg. His involvement in World War II and policy toward minorities during the war have earned him a notorious position in world history. Hitler's war time policy included a "Final Solution of the Jewish Question", which came in the form of The Holocaust.
Central Event
During the Second World War, the Nazi regime carried out an organized campaign to exterminate groups "undesirables", from their own nation and the other nations occupied during the course of the fighting. These undesired groups included: Jews, Porajmos, gypsies, homosexuals, the disabled, Russians, and Poles.
Adolf Hitler Timeline
1914: Serves in World War I as a runner for the 16th Bavarian Reserve Regiment
1919: Appointed aVerbindungsmann (police spy) of the Reichswehr and meets Dietrich Eckart who teaches him how to dress and speak influentially
1924: Sent to prison for a failed coup d'etat, writes Mein Kampf
1929: Meets his lifelong mistress Eva Braun
1932: Granted German Citizenship
1933: Becomes Chancellor of the Nazi Party
1935: Violates the Treaty of Versailles by building a massive military force
1936: An Axis is declared between Germany and Italy, Japan, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria join later
1939: Orders the invasion of Poland, Britain and France declare war on Germany
1939: Orders the Nazi Party to begin carrying out the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question" or The Holocaust
1941: Breaks the non-aggression pact with Stalin and invades the Soviet Union
1941: Declares war against the United States
1943: Becomes increasingly erratic after being defeated at the Battle of Stalingrad
1944: Celebrates his 56th birthday in a bunker below the Reich Chancellery
1945: Commits suicide by shooting himself and biting into a cyanide capsule
