Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1940) was the Former Fuhrer and Chancellor of The German Reich from 1932 till the State's Dissolution in 1940 amidst the Imperiumist Takeover.

## Biography

### Early-life (1889-1918)

Hitler was born on April 20, 1889 in what was then Austria-Hungary and was raised near Linz. He spent his early adult years in Vienna, attempting to become an artist but was rejected twice by the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.

When this failed, he instead moved to the German Empire and joined the army. Hitler served with distinction in the Great War. He was decorated for bravery, receiving the Iron Cross in 1914 and 1918. Hitler viewed his Service in the War as the Best Years of his life.

### Rise to Power (1919-1932)

Following the war he was among the millions of Germans who felt betrayed by the German surrender to the Entente. He would begin serving in the Weimar Government's Intelligence Service, where he was tasked with investigating a possible Communist Cell called the German Worker's Party. He discovered this party was not a Communist Group but a German Nationalist Group seeking to bring Germany back to greatness. He joined the small German Workers' Party in 1919 and soon rose to become its leader by 1921, renaming it the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP). He organized the failed Beer Hall Putsch in 1923, which failed and he spent a year in prison. While in prison, he wrote most of his book *Mein Kampf*, which the New Nazi Party holds as a Sacred Text in 1960.

After his release he realized the NSDAP must gain power through peaceful methods, in 1929, the stock market crashed and caused the Great Depression. Britain and France refuse to pay America back their loans and The Weimar Government refuses to pay war reparations. Germany is hit hard by mass Unemployment and widespread chaos caused by Inflation. Hitler sees this as an opportunity for power.

The Nazi Party under Adolf Hitler gains control in Germany on the 3rd of May. Paul Von Hindenburg is murdered by The SS and Hitler becomes sole dictator. Because of a lack of Allied Unity, Hitler immediately tears up the Treaty of Versailles. He reinvades the Rhineland in December and begins to rebuild a new Army for Nazi Germany.

### Pre-War (1932 - 1939)

Hitler's Rule and the Nazis brought Germany back from the Depression and the Country was recovering faster than the other western Nations. Hitler personally supported Nationalist China in the Chinese Civil War between Nationalist and Communist China. The Japanese Communist Republic also fights against the Communists in the Civil War.

By 1934, Nazi Germany has amassed a sizable Armed Forces and begins to pressure neighbouring nations. Austria decides to join with Germany and is annexed. In 1937, Nazi Germany invades The Czechoslovakian , Sudetenland, which nearly prompts a war between Germany and The Allies who were in no position to fight a war. Hitler knew this and decided he could begin pushing the Allies further and further till they snapped.

However, after German Demands of Annexation of the Hated Polish Corridor, splitting Germany in Two, the War of Liberation , or the **Zweiter Weltkrieg** (This was what the Germans called the War during the Pre-Imperiumist Part of the War) begins.

### War of Liberation and Death (1939 - 1940)

The German SS stages the Gleitwitz Incident and declares war on Poland. The Pre-War treaties bring The UK and France into the war. Italy joins the war on the side of The Axis. Hitler's Racial Policies hinder Italo-German Cooperation and the Italians falsely believed the Germans would assist on the Franco-Italian Border. Hitler had no intentions of assisting the Italians. Erich Von Manstein leads an Assault in Poland and is killed by a British Infantry Division which halts the offensive for several days. This is largely due to a strong Political Divide in the Wehrmacht. the Wehrmacht to become even more suspicious of the Nazi Party itself and the hard-line Nazis of the SS. The Militarist Faction of the Wehrmacht opposes the Nazi Faction of the Wehrmacht who are mainly led by Gerd Von Rundstedt, Eberhard von Mackensen, Alfred Jodl and Johannes Blaskowitz. These Generals are supported by Himmler, Theodor Eicke and other SS Generals (excluding Steiner who supports The Militarists and Heydrich who stays neutral). Erich Von Manstein is killed in Poland after the SS refuses to assist the OKW and the nearest OKW General was Jodl who refused to help a Militarist. Hitler is forced to hold a meeting and condemn the Service Rivalry where he reprimands the SS for interfering in OKW areas of conscription and power-grabbing and reprimands Rommel and the Militarists for preparing a coup against the SS. He sends Rommel to Africa to take charge of the failing Italian Forces and build up the DAK.

Adolf Hitler in Berlin sees Rommel's successes and usage of Panzer tactics. He orders Guderian, Rommel and Model to launch an offensive using these tactics in Belgium and Northern France. Rommel and Model during this time begin to realise that Hitler is going to lose the war .On the 6th January of 1940, Hitler gave the order to Model and his subordinate Generals (Rundstedt, Guderian, Rommel and Reinhard Heydrich) to attack Belgium and invade France. The Generals (except Rundstedt) pledge loyalty to The Emperor of The Imperium and march on Berlin. Hitler calls for Nazi and SS Loyalists to rise up and remove the traitors and take over cities. This would start the Nazi Insurrections.

The New Imperial Army began the assault on Berlin but was initially repelled by The SS divisions within the city. Hitler refused to evacuate the city. In other areas within Germany, The Wehrmacht began pledging allegiance to The Imperium and The Emperor. In Berlin, Felix Steiner betrays the Nazis and allows the Imperial Army access into Berlin's defences. The Imperial Forces sweep through the city and Waffen-SS Forces fight hard and to the death. The Imperial Army seize the Reichstag and Hitler is killed after an intense battle in the Reichstag between the SS and His Bodyguards against the Imperial Forces. Hitler's German Reich would end after and Himmler would become the new face of Nazism.

## Legacy

Hitler was martyred in Death and Immortalised through Nazi Propaganda. He would be used as the Symbol of The Nazi Underground and The Nazi Insurrections. Many Traditionalist Nazis demanded justice for their Fuhrer's Death at the Hands of The Imperium. Some Nazis believe he was a failure and Himmler should be the true Son of Nazism and he should be praised for picking up where the Father of Nazism failed.

Within Imperiumist Ideology, Hitler is seen as a Devil and the Sworn Enemy of the Imperium in death. The Emperor believes Hitler's Last Stand was the spark of The Nazi Insurrections which caused 100,000s of Thousands of Civilians to die in the conflict. Hitler' Life and Death would shape the World into it's state as his death led to the Proclamation of The Imperium which was The Emperor's Speech atop a burning Reichstag declaring the Formation of The Imperium.