Hitler shot his pistol in the middle of Kahr's speech and shouted, "The national revolution has begun." The "revolution" began when Hitler lied to the people saying the Bavarian Trumimvirate, Kahr, Lossow, and Seisser had joined forces with him. ... Hitler then ordered the attack on Belgium, Holland and France. ... The Germans eventually broke through the French defenses, and by May 21, had captured the French and British armies in Belgium. ... After the French surrender, Hitler attempted to end the war with Britain. ...

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While Britain and France were constantly in quest of expanding their empires at the cost of their adversaries, the United States was not in the war for Empirical gains. ... Some liberties were not even introduced until after the war such as all women being able to vote in Britain; or in France the discontinuation of the constant persecution of pacifists. ... One difference was the remobilization of the French and British people to war by using democratic ideals to rally support for the war. ... Also, democratic leaders with democratic ideals ruled Britain, France, and the USA while Germany and...

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In all these actions, the model of the Russian Revolution, although it was only vaguely understood, encouraged the development of local radicalism. ... Neither party preached revolution, yet both urged wide-ranging social and economic reforms. The rising radical tide, especially seen against the backdrop of the Bolshevik revolution, worried other social groups. ...

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Rumors of revolution and a government take over by the communist shattered Hitler. " I lay there broken with great pains, although I did not let on how I felt; for it was repugnant of me to cry out at a time when you could feel that a collapse was coming." A short while later on November 9, an elderly pastor announced the news of an all out revolution broken out in Munich. " It became impossible for me to sit still one minute longer. ... Thus , he turned against the revolution in Germany and the Weimar Republic that he blamed for his misfortune. ... When the French occupied the Ruhr in...

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If we protest against them with every means in our power, then we find ourselves on the path of revolution." ... The French wanted reparations for damage in World War 1 and wanted Germany also to be stripped of wealth. The French also didn't want to pay tax and believed it should come out of the Germans pocket. On 11 January the French forced their way into the Rurh to get the reparations. Germans who lived in this area were subjected to personal searches and interrogation by occupying French police. ...

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Then would come the subjugation of France in the west, to protect its rear. ... In 1920 Hitler's greatest enemy was France, but Germany in its miserable position, was in no way able to tackle the strongest military power on the continent. ... And on August 1st of the same year "we must use everything we can, especially the differences between France and Italy, in order to win Italy over to our side." ... First, Hitler still considered France Germany's primary opponent, realizing that its position on the continent meant immediate danger. ...

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In December 1918, he volunteered for guard duty in a prisoner-of-war camp containing Russian and French soldiers. ... At the end of 1922, the Germans asked France for a break of the payments they were required to pay according to the Treaty of Versailles. The French Government refused the proposal and occupied the Ruhr Valley and the Saar coalfields. ... The French believed their action would make the Germans restart payments. ... When Goring, with twenty-five brownshirts, burst into the hall Hitler leaped on to a chair and fired a shot at the ceiling, then jumped down and began to push his wa...

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On the 8th November 1923 Hitler and the Nazi party held the "Munich Beer-Hall Putsch" in an attempt to stage a National revolution, and seize power to rule the nation. ... Due to economic fragility, Germany didn't keep up with its reparation payments, and the French were determined to make them pay. Legally, under the Treaty of Versailles, in January 1923 French and Belgium troops marched into the Ruhr valley to seize coal and raw materials for themselves as a form of reparation. ...

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He also promised to end unemployment and promote peace with France, Great Britain and the Soviet Union. ... In a public address, Hitler stated that "You will see how untrue and unjust is the statement that the revolution is directed against the ...

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