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CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 THE WORLD IN FLAMES.6 CHAPTER 2 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT..18 CHAPTER 3 BENITO MUSSOLINI.28 CHAPTER 4 ADOLF HITLER..40 CHAPTER 5 WINSTON CHURCHILL.50 CHAPTER 6 HIROHITO..60 CHAPTER 7 JOSEPH STALIN.70 CHAPTER 8 CHARLES DE GAULLE.80 CHAPTER 9 THE FINAL BATTLE.90 TIMELINE ESSENTIAL FACTS GLOSSARY ADDITIONAL RESOURCES SOURCE NOTES INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR.98..100.102 104.106..110..112
Hitler later gave speeches at the Munich beer hall to commemorate the events of November 1923
CHAPTER 1 THE WORLD IN FLAMES Bullets flew all around Adolf Hitler knocking several of his companions to the ground He dove for cover as the bullets whizzed past injuring his shoulder as he hit the hard pavement He looked around at his companions bleeding and dying around him It was November 9 1923 on the streets of Munich Germany Only the day before local official Gustav von Kahr had been speaking to a crowd of 3,000 businessmen in Munich's Burgerbraukeller or Citizen's Beer Hall As Kahr spoke Hitler dressed in formal clothing led a group of 25 men into the beer hall from the back entrance Suddenly Hitler rushed toward the stage His men lined up along the wall Their purpose was obvious nobody was leaving Hitler fired a revolver into the air The national revolution is begun he shouted The hall erupted into a panic Some in the crowd recognized Hitler He was the leader of the National Socialist 7
