The condition of germany was not well when hitler first reached power and he wanted to

fix that. Burdensome reparations imposed after World War I, coupled with a general

inflationary period in Europe in the 1920sanother direct result of a materially

catastrophic warcaused spiraling hyperinflation of the German Reichsmark by 1923.
This hyperinflationary period combined with the effects of the Great Depression
(beginning in 1929) to seriously undermine the stability of the German economy, wiping
out the personal savings of the middle class and spurring massive unemployment. But
before he got to power he had to gain support of the people which was done very
strategically. The Nazi Party was attractive to the majority of the German people because
Hitler and his party proposed a solution to nearly every problem that was facing the various
segments of the population. he used this for political gain, blaming the Jews, often a scapegoat
in European history, for many of the woes of the twenties and promising to tear up the terms of
the hated treaty of versailles. Whilst other groups also made similar claims, Hitler's party
achieved a higher level of credibility amongst the German public by putting some of their
rhetoric into action.
And when hitler gained power im pretty sure a lot of people wondered how he
maintained it as well. In the first phase of World War II in Europe, Germany sought to avoid a
long war. Germany's strategy was to defeat its opponents in a series of short campaigns.
Germany quickly overran much of Europe and was victorious for more than two years by relying
on a new military tactic called the "Blitzkrieg" (lightning war). Blitzkrieg tactics required the
concentration of offensive weapons (such as tanks, planes, and artillery) along a narrow front.
These forces would drive a breach in enemy defenses, permitting armored tank divisions to
penetrate rapidly and roam, but they used the money that they did not put towards the treaty of
versailles to get there weapons. Hitler used terror to get into power, once in power he used it
against the christian churches in the 1930's to weaken their opposition. Once that was done he
was thought by and loved by most Germans as a great leader until the war started to go badly.
He maintained "control" by using propaganda.In Germany of the time there were more than one
police force with some reporting to the Nazis, the same was true of the military. The Nazi
controlled/operated police and military branches were used to control dissent. But Hitler did not
use terror to "keep control" over Germany but to deal with dissenters and those that may have
interfered with his authority.
ill prepared for the Russian winters:The Germans and Hitler had underestimated the
Russian Winters. The army was ill equipped for the winter. There was sharp scarcity of winter
clothes, food and medical care. Of course maximum casualties were attributed to the war of
Stalingrad, but other than that many had given in to the harsh weather conditions. By the end,
the army had lost most of its young soldiers to the grip of the prolonged winter. The battle of
Stalingrad is considered by historians as a decisive turning point of World War II, during which
German forces were defeated after five months of combat.Historian Dr. Jacques Pauwels
analyses the evolution of World War II, focussing on the Battle of Moscow in December 1941
which preceded the defeat of German troops in Stalingrad in February 1943. According to Dr.
Pauwels, the turning point was not Stalingrad but the Battle of Moscow and the Soviet counteroffensive launched in December 1941