In 1661, when Louis XIV came into power he declared himself as his own prime minister. ... However, one aspect of Louis" character never changed, his love for glory. ... When Louis became bored of court life, there was usually a war on which he and noble could embark on in search of honor and glory. ... To celebrate the glories of his reign, Louis built a palace at Versailles. ... Both leaders used their army and war strategically to gain honor, glory and power, they used intimidation to make their citizens fearful of them. ...

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Although the Weimar Republic had strived to be a progressive democracy, the president carried an inordinate amount of power. ... However, the president had enough vetoing power to override even the calls of the Reichstag Legislature. ... They were still looked up to by many and, along with the support of the far right, reminded everyone of the glory days of Bismarck's imperialism. ... The problems of the present were clear and the glory of the past was romanticized. ... Through people power and some underhanded means, Hitler gained President Hindenburg's support to get the position o...

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Hitler promised to raise Germany from the rubble and restore its glory. ... In Russia, the Communist Party swept into power. ... When Hindenburg died the following year, Hitler consolidated his power and became both President and Chancellor of Germany. ... Furthermore, Hitler mangled the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche to legitimize his use of brute force to maintain political power (Toland, 75). Any opponents to Nazi Power were arrested or killed. ...

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These ideologies were Hitler's plans for Germany from the first moment he came to power and an overriding ambition for his German foreign policy. ... However when hitler came to power, his foreign policy had aims of eradicting the treaty and to rearm Germany as this would aid in restoring german national pride and prestige. ... German Foreign Policy was influenced by the Nazi ideology of Autarky as Hitler and the Nazi's believed it would play a crucial part in returning Germany to it's economic, political and military glory. ...

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Born in Austria in 1889, Adolf Hitler rose to power in German politics as leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party, also known as the Nazi Party. ... His power influenced the 20th century worldwide by his determination and tactics to lead a nation. ... Adolf Hitler started out as a leader but later became involved with politics as well which gave him more power to do even more damage and cause more brutality everywhere. ... Hitler had rose to power and gained power by making great speeches that were carefully staged events, Audiences were always kept waiting, deliberately letting ...

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Hitler's Nazism Adolph Hitler once said to his chief of staff Otto Wagener, "Jewish Volk is the parasitic race among the human races. Jewry always marches as those who live as parasites-that is, who are intent on having others work for them, so that they can lead a carefree existence. This is ...

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Hitler's Nazism Adolph Hitler once said to his chief of staff Otto Wagener, "Jewish Volk is the parasitic race among the human races. Jewry always marches as those who live as parasites-that is, who are intent on having others work for them, so that they can lead a carefree existence. This is ...

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Germany had become heavily influenced by the Nazi Party in 1933-1939 under Adolf Hitler's growing power. ... The transformation of Germany under the influence of the Nazis was granted by Hitler's absolute power as 'the father of Germany'. ... Hitler became Fuhrer of Germany in 1933, giving him absolute power and authority over Germany as a whole. ... Hitler's reasoning behind his acts of terror was to demonstrate his unchallenged power as well as to convey the message that every person needed to abide by his rule or become a subject to death. ... Nazi ideologies in th...

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Fire is catastrophic, ruinous, and cataclysmic. It is known for its violence in nature. Its turbulent power shaped history filled with ashes and deaths. It is pictured as the desperate cries of the dead that echoes in the underworld. In other words, fire is equated with destruction and devastation. ...

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Fascism as a political totalitarian movement of the right was born in Italy in 1919 with the name Fasci Italiani di Combattimento, meaning Italian Fasces of Fighting and by 1923 the Fascist movement came to power after the so-called 'March to Rome'1 and very soon after, under the dictatorial government of Benito Mussolini took complete control of society.2 In these years, the passion for nationalism on which the Fascist ideology was based found breeding sites everywhere in the world where the wounds of the Great War were still open. ... As mentioned earlier Fascism was born in 1919 ...

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Hitler used "Suppression of Opposition" and "Coercions of Force" to eliminate those who threatened his newly acquired power. ... Upon Lenin's death, Stalin assumed political power is wanting to transform the USSR into a communist nation-state and also wanting the Soviet Union to industrialize. ... He also made sure that the old members of the Communist Party before the 1917 and the high-ranking officials of the Red Army were executed to eliminate any threat to his power--Suppression of Opposition. ... He eliminated those who were considered threat to his power thus ta...

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All the experiences in Hitler's life are what he considers to be steps taken by Providence to lead him to glory. ... "The Jewish doctrine of Marxism rejects the aristocratic principle of Nature and replaces the eternal privilege of power and strength by the mass of numbers and their dead weight." ...

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This essay will attempt to prove that by the end of 1934 Adolf Hitler's Nazi party had begun a campaign, which could have ultimately turned Germany into a totalitarian state. Hitler became Fuhrer in 1934 and from there he continued his policy of Gleischaltung or co-ordination, which had begun, w...

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On April 7, Hitler's government issued new legislation, which dismissed all local governments from power and appointed Reich Governors in their place, with the power to create new local governments as they saw fit. These new Reich Governors were also govern the power to appoint or dismiss any state official or judge. ... No enabling act can give you power to destroy ideas which are eternal and indestructible." ... The Nazis jumped up in glory and then sang the Nazi anthem, the Hrst Wessel song. ... Hitler gained the power he craved and could use it in any manner he pleased without o...

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He saw that opportunity coming by collaborating with the regime in power. ... Till today, the power of art has not diminished yet. ... The timeline of the story extended from pre-Nazi rule to the Nazis' eventual ascent to power in Germany. ... When the Nazis came to power, many people who did not agree with their ideology emigrated abroad, including Hoefgen's wife. ...

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Only four year later, in 1924, Mussolini had risen to power to become Prime Minister of Italy and then in 1925 he had become Italy's new dictator. ... The Roman Empire had been (and still is) a major source of pride for any Italian and the thought of having such glory again within the country immediately began to turn heads. ... One he had established physical power within the weakened Italy he quickly began to work on the minds of the people as well, and in doing this began to publish his own newspaper called "Il Popolo d"Italia" which means "The People of Italy". ... As his power was ...

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When asked who was the world's most feared and vicious leader of a country during a world war, military historians and world leaders would state that it was Adolf Hitler. He was the dictator of Germany and was the most powerful and ruthless leader of his time, 1933 to 1945, during World War II. H...

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