It has been said that the Weimar Republic died twice,” Timothy Ryback writes. “It was murdered, and it committed suicide.” In his new book, “Takeover: Hitler’s Final Rise to Power,” we know who the ...

Hitler defied the Treaty of Versailles by reinstating military conscription and expanding Germany’s armed forces. This marked the transformation from the Reichswehr to the Wehrmacht, strengthening the ...

He used the constitution to shatter the constitution.

With Hitler hungry for war, will Chamberlain manage to appease him?

Eventually the Nazi party did very well in elections. Hitler came to power not as a tyrant but entirely legally. During the 1930s, no other major political leader had his level of popular support.