Examining the rise of Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin. Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 10.08.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief Germany: Adolf Hitler The Weimar Republic The rebellion, November 1918 / German Federal Archives, Wikimedia Commons Following the complete collapse of Germany’s armed forces throughout the waning months of 1918, German generals and politicians desperately sought to[…]
Click image to enlarge The years between the First and Second World Wars were politically and economically tumultuous for the United States and especially for the world. Edited by Matthew A. McIntosh / 08.12.2018 Historian Brewminate Editor-in-Chief Introduction The years between the First and Second World Wars were politically and economically tumultuous for the United[…]
In the early summer of 1942, Hans Scholl and Alex Schmorell – later joined by Sophie Scholl – wrote the first four of six opposition leaflets, called the “Leaves of the White Rose.” Amidst the omnipresence of violence during World War II, nonviolent protest is often overlooked or unheard of. However, there were several resistance[…]
Eva Braun and Adolf Hitler / Wikimedia Commons Many untrue facts about Hitler have been surprisingly resilient. By Dr. Thomas Weber / 11.08.2017 Chair in History & International Affairs University of Aberdeen 1. Hitler was really called Schicklgruber. Would Germans have been prepared to greet each other with a hearty ‘Heil Schicklgruber’ every day? Could Hitler have[…]
Making of a demagogue. Wikimedia The Nazi fuhrer’s story about his ‘resurrection’ in 1918 is an important lesson for today. By Dr. Thomas Weber / 11.08.2017 Chair in History & International Affairs University of Aberdeen As Adolf Hitler worked on his secret first autobiography in the summer of 1923, he faced a problem. He had decided that in Adolf Hitler:[…]
Mimoyecques, in Calais, where Hitler built his supergun. Prioryman Hitler’s plan for a weapon that would outgun the allies was doomed – but one engineer has been trying to find out how it worked. By Dr. Hugh Hunt / 11.21.2015 Reader in Engineering Dynamics and Vibration University of Cambridge The V-3 “supergun” was meant to win the war for Germany. In 1943,[…]
Photos by Heinrich Hoffmann / German Federal Archives via Wikimedia Commons The key events in Hitler’s life, from his childhood in Austria to his suicide in the bunker in Berlin. 07.18.2017 20 April 1889 Adolf Hitler is born on April 20th in Braunau am Inn in the empire of Austria-Hungary. His parents’ families are both of[…]
Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini / German Federal Archives via Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Richard Adewale Elewomawu / 01.2018 Professor of Political Science Kogi State College of Education, Nigeria Fascism was a system of government that reigned in Europe between the First and Second World Wars. It was a far-right form of government which was[…]