How Did William Dodd Last Long

Cheyanne Sitch
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William Dodd was a US Ambassador who was assigned in Germany. During this time, Hitler was about to come into office. Many people did not think Hitler would last long because he was such an overbearing kind of guy he created kayos. He had an abnormal manner about him and was violent. Diplomats around the world did not think that Hitler would last long because of his actions. They thought that the Germanic people would not tolerate his actions for very long. This was a really strong belief even after he had been in office for over a year. At one point in time, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration had been warned by Germany that Hitler wished that the general public knew how much power they were going to rise into, and how powerful their government was going to become. There was also the comment that was made saying some of
America wanted to get this money back for obvious reasons along with the fact that America was trying to get back on their feet from the depression. Hitler at this time, did not have complete control yet but he was already starting coordination campaigns. This was a formal campaign to get everyone involved with the anti-Nazi campaign. During this time, people who were returning from other countries going back to Berlin became completely shocked when they returned. When these people returned people of Berlin were: dressing different, had self-coordination, and doing the Hitler solute a certain times of the day. These were all practices associated with being anti-Nazi. Even though all of these practices where going on, Dodd was still convinced that the government was becoming moderate. Dodd had arrived among the people who were moderate. Dodd was under the impression that these types of people under Hitler would gain more control over time and mellow Hitler down a little