World War I: Hitler's Assassination

World War one was the ignition for Adolf Hitler’s devastating legacy. The event and trials that he seen and went through would be the driving reasons for his take over in the Second World War. The trials and embarrassment that he went through in the time before the war would be the driving influences that make him such a great soldier. World War 1 would be a gate way for Hitler to gain his sought recognition in life and begin his political regime.

Due to Germany taking back the colonies lost after World War I and forming an alliance with Austria, Germany’s actions against the Treaty of Versailles contributed to the cause of World War II. After Germany got slapped with a $33 Billion dollar war reparation bill and Kaiser Wilhelm was removed from power, Germany was a mess, which allowed the rise of Hitler. Hitler, being a former Iron Cross winning

The signing of the 1939 Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact was extremely significant in regards to the outbreak of war in Europe. Both Germany and Russia possessed considerable motives for signing the pact.

The German- Soviet Pact was an agreement that stated the Soviet Union and Germany could exchange manufactured goods with each other and also the agreement stated that Germany could attack Poland without the Soviet Union helping. According to the website https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005156, it states that “An economic agreement, signed on August 19, 1939, provided that Germany would exchange manufactured goods for Soviet raw materials. The German-Soviet Pact enabled Germany to attack Poland on September 1, 1939, without fear of Soviet intervention.” There was another agreement that Germany and The Soviet Union signed, The Nazi- Soviet Pact. Signed on August 23, 1939, this agreement stated that the two countries wouldn’t attack each other for ten years. However, Germany didn’t follow by the rules that was provided by the agreement and they took advantage. Germany invaded the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941. Germany also signed the Directive 21 to attack the Soviet Union. As stated on the website https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005164, “Directive 21 (code-named Operation "Barbarossa"), the first operational order for the invasion of the Soviet Union.” The western economy reacted to what Germany did and didn’t follow the rules of the agreement. Countries like Britain declared war on Germany but still, it didn’t stop the quick conquering of Poland. Based on the book “Auschwitz,” it states that “Although the Western

shortly before World War II broke out in Europe–enemies NaziGermany and the Soviet Union surprised the world by signing the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact, in which the two countries agreed to take no military action against each other for the next 10

On August 23, 1939, as Europe slid towards another world war, Germany and the Soviet Union signed a Non-Aggression pact in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. The pact was made to keep the Soviet Union and Germany safe from each other and other countries. The Soviet Union wanted to be protected or at least not have a war with a strong country, Germany wanted the benefits of the pact. The section of the Nazi-Soviet Pact provided a written guarantee of non-belligerence by each party towards the other, and a declared commitment that neither government would ally itself to, or aid, an enemy of the other party. It came as a complete surprise to other nations, given the ideological differences between the two countries.

In the early hours of the 1st September 1939 German forces invaded Poland. 21 years after the end of World War I, the world had to face the beginning of another world war that should last 6 years. World War II was one of the most disastrous events in human history causing approximately 60 million deaths and destruction almost all over the globe (msn Encarta 2008). Winston Churchill wrote in the preface of his book about World War II (The Gathering Storm):

Researchers have proven that Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazis, killed more than 6 million Jews in his lifetime. The resistance knew that they couldn’t let him continue this behavior and needed to take action. There were an estimated 42 attempts on assassinating Hitler but a man by the name of Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg came up the closest. Cornel Claus was a highly respected man due to him being in the General Army Office as chief of staff, and because he led an assassination attempt on Hitler, killing four Nazi officers.

Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933 by using a strategic form of manipulation against the Germans, and often using things that seemed good to commit bad deeds. The Allies used appeasement in an effort to control Hitler; however, the strategy was deemed ineffective. In return for his demands to be met, Hitler promised the Allies that he would leave the rest of Czechoslovakia alone, and abandon all further ambitions of territorial expansion. When Hitler broke his pledge, took the rest of Czechoslovakia, and invaded Poland in 1939, France and Great Britain declared war. With the majority of Germany perceiving the Treaty of Versailles to be unfair and cruel, Hitler disregarding (and later falling to meet) the terms of

The second World War can be considered “Hitler`s war” due to Adolf Hitlers responsibility and actions that caused the war. He had an enormous impact and role on many events such as secretly increasing the size fo the army,which made World War 2 possible. On the other hand, the failure of the League of Nations and defects in the Treaty of Versailles also triggered the outbreak of the war. It gave Hitler many oppurtunities to support his ambitions and policies. Hitlers Plan that could only be followed through with the help of mistakes such as the appeasement. It can also be argued that it was rather Germany than Hitler`s war as their reaction to World War 1.Many factors affected the outbreak

From 22 June till 9 August 1944, the Soviets conducted Operation Bagration, defeating the Nazis and “liberating” Lithuania once again. Following a familiar pattern, the Soviets, emplaced their own

We found out about the failed plot to assassinate Hitler (July 20, 1944) the following day. The situation in the camp was very tense. I remember that many of us whispered, with hands covering our mouths, “Too bad it didn’t work.” Others in the camp felt differently. For that reason, after the assassination attempt, we had to use the Hitler straight-arm salute for all military greetings. We were instructed by the U.S. military camp commander to use only the Hitler salute. I assume that the American authorities had been instructed from the German government via the International Red Cross to get this new policy to the POWs. Previously, the Hitler salute was given only when entering a room with cap or helmet removed. All other times we used the

Within war-torn Europe, prior to World War II, various sentiments from World War I were still being held not only by the governments of Europe but the citizens within them. These sentiments caused Germany, led by Adolf Hitler, to bully the rest of Europe into submission so that he could build his military up and unleash war like never before. Hitler used foreign policy to complete his plans to destroy the Versailles treaty, rule and colonize the rest of Europe, and exterminate all racial inferiors; such as Jews. Peace and trust between countries also began to wither from discrete pacts being signed in fear of the Germans. The annexation of Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia also was a significant event prior to an all-out war. War was finally unleashed by Hitler when the Polish, British, and French denied him access to Danzig and railways throughout Poland. All these events combined would explain how World War II erupted in Europe.

In this film, it retells the story of the attempted assassination on Adolf Hitler. Col. Von Stauffenburg (Tom Cruise) serves his country with pride and loyalty but is afraid that Hitler will destroy his home country of Germany. With no time to react, Stauffenburg gets a group of well-minded, high-ranked soldiers to plot out the assassination of Adolf Hitler. Their plan is to overthrow Hitler from within the Nazis and take over the Government. The code name when they have confirmed Hitler is dead is operation “Valkyrie.

The Munich Agreement, signed by Britain, France, Italy and Germany permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland in western Czechoslovakia. In 1938, Germans living in the border areas of Czechoslovakia (the Sudetenland) started to demand a union with Germany but the Czechs refused. Hitler threatened war. On 30 September, the Munich Pact was signed and Britain and France gave the Sudetenland to Germany, without asking Czechoslovakia.