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Hindenburg, German Field Marshal > 
Paul Ludwig Hans Anton von Beneckendorff und von Hindenburg, known universally as Paul von Hindenburg was a German Field Marshal and statesman. An important figure during World War I, he also served as President of Germany from 1925 to 1934. The famed zeppelin that was destroyed in the Hindenburg disaster in 1937 had been named in his honour, as has the causeway joining the island of Sylt to mainland Schleswig-Holstein, the Hindenburgdamm, built during his time in office.
By appointing Hitler Chancellor on 30 January 1933 Hindenburg made the greatest mistake of his career as President. He did so because he did not really believe in the Weimar Republic and hoped for an alliance of all "national" forces leading, via an authoritarian state, to the restoration of the monarchy. He greatly underestimated Hitler, thinking he could be controlled by the non-Nazi majority in the "government of national concentration". Hindenburg, a senile and arrogant old man, was manipulated by Hitler with the help of his son Oskar von Hindenburg.
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Wilhelm II, Last Emperor of Germany
Wilhelm, the son of Emperor Frederick III and Victoria, daughter of Queen Victoria, was born in Berlin in 1859. He received a strict military and academic education at th... |
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Adolf Hitler, Der Führer
'Der Führer' (The Leader). Directly responsible for the deaths of over 60 million worldwide as a result of the Second World War.
Timeline 1905-1945.
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World War 1, Trenches on the Web
Introduction 1839-1914: The Long Fuse and Origins of the Great War. 1914- 1918: Listed are the events that turned what should have been a localized incident, the assassin... |
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Hindenburg Crash, Zeppelin Disaster
LZ 129 Hindenburg was a German zeppelin. It and its sister-ship LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II were the largest aircraft ever built. In its second year of service, it was destro... |
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