Before revision: First World War Although Hitler later claimed that at the outbrak of the First World War, he petitioned the King of Bavaria for permission to serve in the Bavarian Army because he was still an Austrian citizen, a post-war inquiry established that his status as a foreigner went unnoticed in the first frenzied days of enlistment.
After revision: First World War Although Hitler later claimed that at the outbreak of the First World War, he petitioned the King of Bavaria for permission to serve in the Bavarian Army because he was still an Austrian citizen, a post-war inquiry established that his status as a foreigner went unnoticed in the first frenzied days of enlistment.