The rise of Adolf Hitler is a strange, awkward, and surprisingly is completely legal. Adolf Hitler has been called a brave, courageous, politically brilliant man; however he has also been called a murderous, inept, sly dictator. Regardless of who Adolf Hitler is he single handedly shaped the continent of Europe and the world as a result of his existence. The rise of Adolf Hitler and his Third Reich Nazi organization shaped many lives, formed powerful nations, and killed over seventy million people in roughly a fifteen year period.
Adolf Hitler's life is separated into two completely different spectrums. The first spectrum, which is relatively dull and not predominantly relevant, is his personal life and actions. However, dull and flat his personal life was, his political life was very intense and direct.
Hitler was born as an illegitimate son of a peasant servant girl and a dedicated successful business man was born on April 20, 1889. "Hitler did not finish school, failed his entrance examination at the Vienna Academy of Arts, and spent the time from his eighteenth to his twenty-fifth year in Vienna and then in Munich, doing nothing and aspiring to nothing- (Haffner pg3). At the outbreak of "the war to end all wars--World War I- Hitler volunteered into the Bohemian Army (Bohemia is in the south west part of Germany) and served diligently as a Corporal for four years earning him many medals including the distinguished Iron Cross award for bravery in battle. .
When World War I was over Hitler became a nothing, a nobody in the main stream political parties, yet was highly involved in a small right wing radical party, which thus paved the way for his mainstream political career, and eventually as a historical figure. Hitler like many other Germans were bitter and disgusted by the mere thought or concept that their arch-rival for years and years, the French, have beaten the mighty German war machine under the command of the majestic Kaiser Wilhelm.