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Today in History: Hitler becomes commander-in-chief of German army

New Delhi: 2nd of August 1934 was the day, when the Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler became the commander-in-chief of German Army.  With the death of German President Paul von Hindenburg in 1934, Chancellor Adolf Hitler

PTI Published : Aug 01, 2013 13:28 IST, Updated : Aug 02, 2013 8:55 IST


But Political pressure from the Nazis forced the Bavarian government to commute Hitler's sentence, and he was released after nine months.




Again in 1929  Hitler and his followers set about reorganizing the NAZI  party as a fanatical mass movement..

In the 1930 election, the Nazis won six million votes, making the party the second largest in Germany. Two years later, Hitler challenged Paul von Hindenburg for the presidency, but the 84-year-old president defeated Hitler with the support of an anti-Nazi coalition.
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