Reasons for Hitler's Short Term Sucess

For most people, the name Adolf Hitler represents the darkest, most abominable possibilities of human nature. Yet in just seven years of dictatorship, he occupied the vast majority of Europe including Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Belgium, and even France. What were the reasons for Hitler's success? Hitler was successful during the early part of the war because he was a military genius, he eliminated his opposition, and knew how to use propaganda to please and …

…drink to [Hitler's] health." However Hitler's deceptive intentions were revealed when Germany invaded the Soviet Union 2 years after the pact was signed. Because Hitler was a military genius, he eliminated his opposition, and knew how to use propaganda to please people with whom he wanted support, he was able to achieve an early success during World War II and left a murderous mark on everyone who live in the concluding two-thirds of the twentieth century.