Which great personality of the world was also known as 'Fuehrer'?
- A.Adolf Hitler
- B.Vladimir Lenin
- C.Joseph Stalin
- D.Napoleon Bonaparte
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Explanation
The correct answer is A, Adolf Hitler. Fuehrer is the German word for leader, and Adolf Hitler took it as his title in Germany.
Hitler led the Nazi Party, became Chancellor in January 1933, and after the death of President Hindenburg in 1934 merged the two offices and styled himself Fuehrer and Reich Chancellor. His invasion of Poland in September 1939 began the Second World War, and he died in Berlin in April 1945. His book Mein Kampf, meaning My Struggle, sets out his ideas.
Option B, Lenin, led the Bolsheviks in the Russian Revolution of 1917 and headed the Soviet state. Option C, Stalin, whose adopted name means man of steel, ruled the Soviet Union after Lenin. Option D, Napoleon Bonaparte, was Emperor of the French and is remembered for the Napoleonic Code and the defeat at Waterloo in 1815.
Exam tip: Fuehrer is Hitler, Duce is Mussolini, and man of steel is Stalin.
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