Adolf Hitler was a brilliant man, a charismatic leader, and a harsh dictator. His promises of a better life for nationalistic Germans allowed him to successfully rise to power and attempt world domination. He ruled through terror and left a staggering death toll of six million Jews. Hitler was born in Austria in 1889. He dropped out of school at age 14, and four years later left his home for Vienna to become an artist. He was …showed first 75 words of 769 total…

…showed last 75 words of 769 total…boldness and bluff, intuition and luck” and made poor military decisions (Westra). It wasn’t until the U.S. finally entered the war that he saw defeat. Countless innocent lives were lost through Hitler’s regime because we were slow to step in and protect them. Hitler’s unreasonable hatred and greed for power lead him to risk everything in order to rule the most powerful country in the world and “purify the Aryan race”.