The War Made him Stronger

It is very clear that WWI did have an everlasting impact on Adolf Hitler and it did put him on the path to his historical future. For all of his young life Hitler was an avid German nationalist. He formed these beliefs in spite of his father and with the encouragement of his teachers and classmates at his primary school in Linz. Young Hitler also always loved the idea of war and combat. When he was very young he was the best at the war games the boys would play in the playground and he always thought of himself as a leader. When our young protagonist heard Germany had declared war, he could not join the army fast enough. He was finally in a place where he was accepted for his nationalist beliefs and love of combat.

His time in the German army obviously not only fortified but increased his nationalistic feelings about his beloved Germany. His time in the army would have also increased his feelings of animosity towards anyone or anything that threatened his beloved Dutchland. So naturally his anti-socialist feelings only increased after the war and they must have doubled after the revolution. The nationalists continued to fight the Weimar Republic into the 20s. It was during this time that Hitler used his charisma and political savy to begin to gain influence with the German people.

The time after the war and the revolution were very bleak times. This depression did two things for Hitler. The life he was living was making him angry, the existence that Germany was currently facing was making him angry. This anger increased his nationalism and animosity towards outsiders but it also increased his vigor and determination to make Germany into the nation that he knew Germany could be. This vigor made him appear as a hero to the depressed german people. He took this support and ran with it until he had german civilization in the palm of his hand.