Was Hitler leader of Germany during WW1 ?
Hitler was a decorated German soldier in WWI. His rise to power came after WWI at the end of the 1920s as hyperinflation and an onerous disarmament of Germany by the Treaty of Versailles fed the flames of resurgent German hypernationalism. If the German Workers Party, the predecessor of the Nazi Party, existed during WWI, it was an insignificant ultra-nationalist cabal. After Germany’s ignominious loss, Hitler blamed Germany’s failures on a conspiracy of the Bolsehviks and the international Jewish control of the banking system. He agitated to ignore the Treaty. With his charismatic speaking style and vision for a new German Empire, he took over the tiny ultra-nationalist German Workers Party, changed its name to the Natonal Socialist German Workers Party, and tried to overthrow the government in the Munich Beer Hall Putsch. He was arrested as a traitor. It was during his imprsonment that he wrote Mein Kampf. When he got out, he resumed his leadership role in an increasingly popular but
