Hitler

            A leader is someone who uses his or her intellect to guide others. Some leaders change the lives of people drastically and go down in history, whereas other leaders cause little change and fade into history and are forgotten forever. Adolf Hitler started out as an ordinary solider in World War I. He then became the dictator of almost all of Europe starting in 1933. His power then continued to grow drastically making him one of the most memorable leaders in history. His usage of propaganda and the German Army assisted him in conquering numerous parts of Europe. Hitler used the ideas of fascism, propaganda, and manipulation; he caused the biggest threat to democracy in the 20th century, and changing the century tremendously. .
             Adolf Hitler's originally goal for life was to be a successful artist. After several family problems and his rejection from art school he decided to take a different path in life. In 1919, Hitler became fascinated with politics and at the same time fell in love with German culture and German nationalism, although he was from Austria. Hitler had first set off to Vienna to study art; by the time he had left he had learned the ideas of racial hatred, specifically against the Jews, personal neurosis, and saw the flaws in the German government because of the presence of Jews and Slavs. .
             The Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated on the morning of June 28, 1914, resulting in World War I. When Hitler heard of this and figured out that it wasn't Germans, who shot him, instead Slavs, he was relieved. As the tensions continued to grow in Europe, Hitler decided to write a petition to King Ludwig III of Bavaria, requesting to be part of the Bavarian regiment. On August 4, 1914 Hitler became part of the German army. He joined the army so that he could show his love for his adopted country of Germany. .
             Hitler was an unusual solider during World War I. He had a sloppy and unmilitary matter about him.