Adolf Hitler Research Paper

Who is a good example of a great leader? When you think of a good leader you think of a person that has passion, persistence, resilience and initiative. When you think of a good leader you normally think of George Washington, Roosevelt or Martin Luther King, but one of the greatest leaders of all time is Adolf Hitler.

One of Hitler's strength was his amazing memory. Hitler had the uncanny ability to commit precise details to memory, particularly historical information, technical facts, economic statistics, and past personal experiences. As a child he did not have the best education. To make up for this he read everything that was put in front of him and retained all the knowledge. His knowledge of guns, tanks, ships and their capabilities as weapons of war benefited Germany’s war fighting machine.

He also had the experience to be a leader. Being a former solider he saw the battle field from his men‘s perspective and understood how the common soldier felt fighting on the front lines. Field Marshal Erich von Milstein credits Hitler with a number of characteristics essential to military leadership such as a strong will, nerves of steel and
He could discuss highly technical matters with industrialists, engage in political conversations with diplomats, or simplify complex problems to a level easily understood by the common working class. Hitler used this talent to build his self-confidence by not allowing himself to feel intimidated when surrounded by those of a higher educational or cultural background and could comfortably discuss such topics as art, music, or literature. Hitler also used this skill when he wanted to persuade someone to accept his point of view. He always knew why a person wanted to see him before they arrived and had his counter-arguments so well prepared that the individual would leave convinced that Hitler’s logic was sound and not