This, plus the support of the President, Paul von Hindenburg, was sufficient to make him Chancellor, but did not give him complete control of Germany. During the next 18 months, Hitler eliminated ...

The country’s largest political party generally had claim to the chancellorship, but President Paul von Hindenburg was ...

but Germany's defeat in 1918 did not lead directly to Hitler. The military leadership—specifically Field Marshals Paul von Hindenburg and Erich Ludendorff—convinced the German civilian ...

It also showed the rest of the world what a tyrant Hitler was. This removed any internal Nazi Party opposition to Hitler. 19 Aug 1934 Hitler became Führer: when Hindenburg died, Hitler declared ...