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Show i ANNIVERSARYSeven ANNIVERSARY , Seven Years of Nazi Tactics TacticsCement TacticsCement I Cement Hitler's Hitlers ' Gripon Grip on ReichSCVCN Reich ReichOCVEN SeVEN SCVCN OCVEN years ago this thu month , , on January 30,1933 301933 30 , , 1933 , . Adolf Ado/ Ado AdoHitler ! / H Hitlerwas Hitler , er erwas J was namedchancellor named chancellor o of f Germany and began writing wramg the blood bloodstamed bloodstained bloodstained stamed stained history hutory of the Third Thrd , Reich Rech , In 1930 , already powerful , hp hpscoffed hPscoffed hescoffed scoffed scoffedt"hen scoffedwhen when t"hen then " old President van von Hindcnburg Hl11denburg Hindenburg offered him a cabmet cabinet cabmetpost cabinetpost cabinetpost post Hitler Haler wanted wantedall allor all or nothing not/ung not ung nothingY nothingr / Y | r y " : ] | * A l la / " i i % ' . a Handsome Adolf reviews revlcws hIS hIStroops histroops Litroops troops in m 1932 during durmg the years he hewas hewas h.was hwas . was making makmg sensational gains gams in m to ev every evcry cvcry ery cry election Finally Fmally Hmdenburg lImdenburg Hindenburg of offered offered offered fered him the chancellorship but butHitler butHitler buHitler Hitler demanded too many concesslons coniessions conces conies slons sions Old Hmdcnbnrg Bmdenburg Hmdenbnrg weary onto unto death deathcapitulated deathcapitulated deathcapitulated capitulated in m January 1933 and andmade andmade andmade made Hitler chancellor They d s strusted strusted strusted trusted each other from the start startHere startHere startHere Here they pose together togethcr at the nme nine nmeteenth nineteenth nineteenth teenth anniversary anmversary of Tannenberg Tannenbergbattle Tannenbergbattle Tannenbergbattle battle A r ) % D DI I , A Ar Art r rt . a 1n 1nt 1nl t l/ l lb / " b . pxj e - _ _ _ _ _ rrt4a rrt4an _ > c _ ? n a aY Y 4 w / a as - - s Events moved rapidly now A stooge stoogenamed stoogenamed I named Mannus l\Iarmus l Iarmus iMarinus \ van der dcr Lubbe ( hud bud buddied huddied . dIed above ) was charged with theI theCommunIst theCommunist the theCommunist I Communist inspired IDspIred Relebstag Reichstag Relebstagfire Reichstagfire Reichstagfire fire February 27 1933 after WhICh WhIChall whichall whichall all freedom of speech and press was wassuspended wassuspended wassuspended suspended The vie next ne-u ne u - ct month Hitler Hitlergot Hitlergot Hitlergot got 288 Reichstag Relchstag scats seats in m the elec elechon elecLion eicction hon Lion In quick succession came the theJewish theJewish theJewish Jewish boycott outlaw of labor un en unIons enIons nnIons Ions concentration concentrahon camps and andchurch andchurch andchurch church persecution persecuhou His power secured through these thesemoves thesemoves thesemoves moves Hitler next ne.t net . purged his hisranks hisranks hisranks ranks of traitors On June 30 301934 1934 the world was startled when whenCapt whenCapt whenCapt Capt Ernest Rochm Boehm once a closer closerHItler closerHitler closerHitler HItler associate and anywhere from from77 77 to several hundred hundrcd other NazIs NazIswere Naziswere Naziswere were shot Next Hitler Hitter turned to toforeign toforeign toforeign foreign affairs In January 1935 1935havang 1935having 1935having havang having resigned from the League of ofNations ofNations olNations Nations be he called the Saar plebl plebs plebsscite pleblsClte plebiscite sClte scite - - - - - - - - . : ip iptrr n trr , " ' ) , s r rdRc dRc ! - - Iki ? In March 1936 he marched troops Into the Rhweland Rhineland Then came the theconstrnchon theconstruction constrnchon construction of an anti-Comm1lern anti Comm1lern antl-Commitern antl Commitern - - foreign pact with Italy , whose 11 Duce DuceBenito DuceBenito Benito l\lussoliJu l lussoliJu Mussolini \ ( shown above with Ratler Hitler ) seemed to have Ideas closely closelyparallel1ng closelyparalleling parallel1ng paralleling those of Der Fuehrer Fuebrer Soon Japan jomed joined the antl-Comnlltern antl Comnlltern anti-0ommitern anti 0ommitern anti0ommiternpact antlComnllternpact - pact and Hitler felt secure So much tn fn fact that in March 1938 he hesuddenly hesuddenly suddenly took possession of Austria and thus began the violent program programof of terntorial territorial seizure that led to war last September September'rw 'rw rw ' _ . + _ _ _ . _ r x xr r 4 a l t , t ts tt tl s a i 1 waWH waWHa a " a 9 Mkt Mktn : } - n 3 3l 3r 5z , ' r . , l < w _ f jf w jw jl oa doa , l E v t d/ d d i / x jx w r rv rd i $ j One by one great men called callcd on onhim onhim onhim him trying to make peace Britain s sPrime sPrime sPrime Prime Minister Mmlster Chamberlain above abovemade abovemade abovemade made three trips climaxing clunaxn.g clunaxng . ! in the theMunich theMunich theMunich Munich agreement agreemcnt under which Su Sudetenland Sudetenland Sudctenland detenland went to Germany But ButstIli Butstill Butstill stIli still the appetite appehte grew In ftlarch March March1939 1939 Germany seized Czecho-5lova- Czecho 5lova Czeeho-Slova- Czeeho Slova CzeehoSlovakia Czecho-SIova-kia Czecho SIova kia Czecho5lovakla - - - - - - kla kia a a week later , \ Mcmcl 1\Icmei 1 Icmei Memel Wtier Hitler Wtierwas Hitlerwas Hitlerwas was gettmgcloser getting gettmg- gettmg - closer and closer to the theRussian theRussian theRussian Russian juggernaut and It was Inev InevItable inevstable incvItable Itable stable that they should meet They did signing a treaty on Augnst August August23 23 1939 Seven days later Hitler s sarmlcs sarmies sarmies armlcs armies Invaded Poland for the light light- llght- llght lightning llghtsing lightning - - ning sing ' war in which Russia joined jowed a acouple acouple acouple couple of weeks later In 30 days daysPoland daysPoland daysPoland Poland was no more but meanwhile meanwhileFrance meanwhileFrance meanwhileFrance France and Britain Poland sallies sallieshad s allies alliesbad alliesbad had bad declared war against the Nazis NazisThus NazisThus NazisThus Thus Is Hitlensm HltJerlSD1 Hitlerism brought op lIP up to todate todate todate date where will It go from here ? 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