User talk:Faamita

Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany
Following the First World War, Germany suffered from a huge economic depression during the 20s. Hitler was an outspoken politician, with links to many SOCIALIST parties. While right-wing himself, he knew how to capture the imaginations of the workers, and did this primarily by playing on their Nationalistic beliefs. Hitler was a young figure in German politics, dynamic, and he promised a prouder future for Germans than the old Generals could. In 1933, Hitler's Nazi Party (National Socialists) won a huge victory in the elections. Germany operated a system of Proportional Representation that meant even though Hitler didn't have a huge proportion of the vote, he still gained a lot of seats in the parliament (Reichstag). He didn't have a majority, but he had enough seats that people had to take him seriously. The government at the time was led by one of these old generals that German society was so bored with (I think it was Hindenburg, but the name Ludendorff also rings a bell). That general sought to bring Hitler under his control by making him Chancellor. Unfortunately, Hitler's ambitions went far beyond a government post. What followed was called the night of the long knives, when Hitler's SA thugs (thugs in military uniform, often armed with clubs etc) raided the homes of political opponents, exterminating those who were a threat. But that's a matter of how he went from Chancellor to Fuhrer.

Is it possible that the story about Hitler killing himself was a cover-up and instead he lived out his life hiding?
there are several things that contributed to that rumor. At the end of the war the Russian at first claimed that Hitler's body had been discovered. However not long after Stalin decided that there was an advantage in claiming that the where abouts of Hitler was unknown. This would cause the Allies to continue keeping a close watch on the Germans fearing the return of Hitler and a new rise of Nazism. Some time later a German U-Boat, the U977 surfaced in South America. It had escaped all Allied anti-sub measures because it could stay under water for most, if not the whole trip, as it had a "snorkel," allowing it to get all the air needed while remaining below the water. Soon after several Latin American newspapers started speculating that Hitler had escaped on that submarine. There is no official record, but there was another U-Boat that also made its way to Latin America. Eventually one of its passengers made it to the U.S. many years later, and had enough evidence to convince me the story he told of his adventure was true. That submarine was scuttled after all its passengers made it to the South American shore. Could Hitler have escaped? It was possible, BUT what were his chances? There are witnesses that saw Hitler in the bunker when the Russian troops were within 4 blocks of the bunker. Few, if any, of the people in the bunker made a successful escape, Martin Bore man for example. Would Hitler have risked it? NO. Not long before he saw what had happened to his closest friend - Mussolini. Hitler was determining not to be caught alive, he was equally determined not to have his body found and put on display as was Mussolini's. So while there is the absolutely smallest possibility Hitler could have escaped, the OVERWHELMING odds are against it. I think you can VERY SAFELY say he died in Berlin in 1945. All those present in the Bunker, plus his driver, dentist, nurse, and private secretary agreed.

How could Adolf Hitler be allowed to invade countries and start killing people?
there was no such thing as an ‘International police force.’ The only way to stop the Nazis was to go to war against Germany; the people of the western democracies weren’t very keen on this.