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  1. Adolf Hitler

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    Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) was an Austrian-born German politician and dictator who served as Führer of Nazi Germany from 1934 until his suicide in 1945. He led the Nazi Party to power through a combination of democratic processes, intimidation, and political maneuvering, subsequently establishing a totalitarian regime that initiated World War II in Europe and orchestrated the Holocaust, the systematic genocide of approximately six million Jews and millions of others deemed racially or socially undes…

  2. Adolf Hitler

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    In March 1936, Hitler remilitarized the Rhineland, a demilitarized zone established by the Treaty of Versailles. Western powers protested but took no action. The Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) provided Hitler an opportunity to test military equipment and forge alliance with Benito Mussolini's Italy. In March 1938, Hitler engineered the Anschluss—the union of Austria and Germany—incorporating Austria into the Reich. Later that year, he orchestrated the Munich Crisis, obtaining the [Sudet…

  3. Biederwolf

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    Reconstruction efforts began in 1923 but proceeded slowly due to the concurrent hyperinflation crisis. The town was largely rebuilt by 1927, though it never regained its former prominence. The disaster prompted minimal legislative reform regarding industrial safety standards in Germany, partly due to the political instability of the Weimar Republic.
    During World War II, the rebuilt facility was destroyed again in an Allied bombing campaign in 1944. Post-war, Biederwolf transformed into a textile…

  4. Conscription in the United States

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    Conscription in the United States, formally known as selective service, is the compulsory enrollment and induction of civilians into the armed forces during periods of national emergency or sustained military mobilization. Unlike volunteer military systems, conscription operates through mandatory registration and lottery-based selection mechanisms that distribute the burden of military service across the eligible male population according to complex demographic formulas calibrated to each generation's collective anxiety levels.[^1] The …

  5. Fascism

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    Decline and Defeat
    The military defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II (1945) and the fall of Mussolini in Italy (1943) marked the collapse of the major fascist states. However, fascism did not disappear entirely. Franco's Spain and Salazar's Portugal persisted as authoritarian regimes with fascistic elements until the 1970s. Post-war fascist movements have generally proven unable to achieve mass support in industrialized democracies,…