to an actual competitive political party. At the forefront of the party's campaign was the hatred of jews and communists. Hitlers emotionaly packed speches attracted hundreds more Gemans each time he spoke. After several articles blaming the Jews ran in several Anti -Semetic papers, a great interest arose in Hitler's party. The party was soon renamed the National Socialist German Workers Party, or the Nazi's.On November 8, 1923 Hitler led over 2,000 armed "brown shirts" in a march from a beer hall to the capital of Bavaria. He was determined to rid the country of the Jews and Communists. For this "beer hall putsch" Hitler was sentenced to five years in prison. He only served nine months of his sentence, but in those nine months, Hitler wrote the first volume of his book Mein Kampf, which was later published in 1927.After his release from prison, Hitler decided to gain power legally. Hitler began to speak at mass crouds, and through his briliant oratory, he recieved eighteen percent of the vote in1930 and thirty percent in 1932. This forced Paul von Hindenburg and Hitler into a run off. A political deal was struck which made Hitler the chancelor in exchange for his political support.Hindenburg died in 1934, leaving Hitler as his succesor.Hitler ordered the annexation of Austria and the Sudetenland in 1938. Hitler's army invaded Poland on September 1, 1939, sparking France and England to declare war on Germany. A Blitzkrieg of German tanks and infantry swept through most of Western Europe as nation after nation fell to the German war machine. At the height of Hitler's power, the once high school drop-out and full time loser, controlled Germany and most of Eastern Europe, including parts of the Soviet Union....
