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The Evil Intentions Of King Richard III And Adolf Hitler

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No matter what millennium, century, or decade one looks at, one will be able to find at least one person with evil intentions for the world. These evil intentions may at first not be seen as evil intentions, but instead they may seem as if they are great ideas for the countries future. This was the case for Adolf Hitler who took advantage of his countries economical depression to rise to power. Leaders such as King Richard III have always had evil intentions because King Richard III wanted to take over the thrown by any means necessary. King Richard III and Adolf Hitler are two very similar leaders who ascended to the top of their respected countries. In order to get a better understanding of these two leaders one must break their lives up into three important stages. The first stage is how the two …show more content…

The second stage what they did while they were in power, and the last stage is there fall from power. Each of these stages give examples of key insight’s into what there lives were like, how each leader was similar and different from each other. At a young age Hitler was considered a quiet person who didn’t really talk to anyone but that all changed in 1914. Like King Richard III, Adolf Hitler had war experience after fighting in the first World War. While fighting in the war Hitler received the Iron Cross first class on August 4, 1918. There are two contradicting accounts of Hitler’s actions, which caused him to receive the Iron Cross. Author Konrad Heiden writes, “But it does seem strange that none of his superiors had apparently heard of the dramatic exploit. The official history of the List Regiment does, to be sure, recount similar feats by other members…but the history does not mention Hitler’s

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