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Page 1: ADOLF HITLER’S RISE AND FALL Memoir Project. 1889-1923: Hitler is born, goes through army, gains leadership of Nazi party

ADOLF HITLER’S RISE AND FALL

Memoir Project

Page 2: ADOLF HITLER’S RISE AND FALL Memoir Project. 1889-1923: Hitler is born, goes through army, gains leadership of Nazi party

1889-1923: Hitler is born, goes through army, gains leadership of Nazi

party

Page 3: ADOLF HITLER’S RISE AND FALL Memoir Project. 1889-1923: Hitler is born, goes through army, gains leadership of Nazi party

1923: Hitler attempts to overthrow Bavarian government, is arrested

Page 4: ADOLF HITLER’S RISE AND FALL Memoir Project. 1889-1923: Hitler is born, goes through army, gains leadership of Nazi party

1933: Hitler becomes Chancellor

Page 5: ADOLF HITLER’S RISE AND FALL Memoir Project. 1889-1923: Hitler is born, goes through army, gains leadership of Nazi party

1934: Night of the Long Knives; Hitler kills all opposition within his party; after President’s death, becomes

Supreme Leader

Page 6: ADOLF HITLER’S RISE AND FALL Memoir Project. 1889-1923: Hitler is born, goes through army, gains leadership of Nazi party

September 1938: Hitler leads Germany in occupying Czechoslovakia

Page 7: ADOLF HITLER’S RISE AND FALL Memoir Project. 1889-1923: Hitler is born, goes through army, gains leadership of Nazi party

November 1938: Crystal Night, the burning and destroying of hundreds of Jewish shops and synagogues occurs

under Hitler

Page 8: ADOLF HITLER’S RISE AND FALL Memoir Project. 1889-1923: Hitler is born, goes through army, gains leadership of Nazi party

1939: Germany creates a peace treaty with Russia; Hitler invades and takes

over Poland

Page 9: ADOLF HITLER’S RISE AND FALL Memoir Project. 1889-1923: Hitler is born, goes through army, gains leadership of Nazi party

1940: The Nazis occupy Denmark, Norway, Holland, Belgium and France. Romania and Yugoslavia are invaded.

Page 10: ADOLF HITLER’S RISE AND FALL Memoir Project. 1889-1923: Hitler is born, goes through army, gains leadership of Nazi party

1941: Ignoring the peace treaty, Hitler has Germany invade Russia

Page 11: ADOLF HITLER’S RISE AND FALL Memoir Project. 1889-1923: Hitler is born, goes through army, gains leadership of Nazi party

1942: Under Hitler, almost all of Europe has been taken over by

Germany

Page 12: ADOLF HITLER’S RISE AND FALL Memoir Project. 1889-1923: Hitler is born, goes through army, gains leadership of Nazi party

1943: Hitler’s over-ambition begins to be too much for him; the United

States begins defeating Germany in key battles

Page 13: ADOLF HITLER’S RISE AND FALL Memoir Project. 1889-1923: Hitler is born, goes through army, gains leadership of Nazi party

January 1945: Hitler’s thirst for power comes back to bite him; Soviet troops

invade Germany in retaliation for Germany’s breaking of the treaty

Page 14: ADOLF HITLER’S RISE AND FALL Memoir Project. 1889-1923: Hitler is born, goes through army, gains leadership of Nazi party

April 1945: Hitler’s excessive ambition finally defeats him; having no escape

from hostile forces closing in, he commits suicide by gunshot

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Losing yourself in your ambitions can lead to negative consequences