Read about Hitler's experience as a soldier during World War One, the Nazi Party's climb to power, the elimination of opponents and the Weimar constitution. Learn about life in Nazi Germany, for women, the Jews, and the use of state control, propaganda and security. See how Hitler manipulated foreign policy to achieve his aims, and how he brought the world into war.
The German Revolution: The End of the Second Reich
The Treaty of Versailles: ‘An armistice for twenty years’
The Nazi Manifesto: A Thousand Years
Munich Putsch: ‘The national revolution has begun.’
Mein Kampf: ‘Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice.’
The Ruhr: An Economic Downturn
The Great Depression: The Crash
Nazi Elections: ‘He can lick stamps with my head on them.’
Enabling Act: ‘Fanatics, hooligans and eccentrics have got the upper hand.’
The First Anti-Jew Laws: ‘Non-citizens.’
Night of the Long Knives: ‘The Führer’s soldierly decision and exemplary courage.’
The Führer: 99 per cent approval
Nazi Germany and the Economy: ‘Guns will make us strong; butter will make us fat.’
State Control: Guilty Before Innocent
The Family: ‘I detest women who dabble in politics.’
Propaganda: ‘Where they burn books, they will also ultimately burn people.’
Kristallnacht: The Night of Broken Glass
Foreign Policy: ‘Germany will of its own accord never break the peace.’
The Rhineland: ‘We have no territorial claims to make in Europe.’
The Spanish Civil War: ‘Germany’s destiny for good or bad.’
Anschluss: ‘I can strongly recommend the Gestapo to one and all.’
The Sudetenland: ‘The last major problem to be solved.’
Czechoslovakia: ‘That senile old rascal.’
Germany’s War 1939: ‘This country is at war with Germany.’
Appendix 2: Timeline of Nazi Germany