Following the Soviet advance Cause_to_make_progress to the Dnieper in the Battle of the Dnieper during late 1943 , German forces managed Control to hold to the Nikopol bridgehead on the left bank of the Dnieper , the area of manganese ore mines of crucial importance to German war production that Adolf Hitler insisted on holding Defending .

On 14 March , German Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler ordered Request Schutzstaffel ( SS ) General Hans Kammler to fire Use_firearm V2 rockets to destroy Destroying the bridge .

From the start Process_start of the war Hostile_encounter against Poland , Germany intended to realize Know Adolf Hitler 's plan Arranging , set out Creating in his book `` Mein Kampf '' , to acquire Getting `` living space '' ( `` Lebensraum '' ) in the east for massive settlement of German colonists .

Hitler 's plan Arranging combined Cause_to_amalgamate classic imperialism with Nazi racial ideology .

On 22 August 1939 , just before the invasion Attack of Poland , Hitler gave Giving explicit permission to his commanders to kill Killing `` without pity or mercy , all men , women , and children of Polish descent or language . ''

These rapid advances on the Eastern Front destroyed Destroying additional veteran German combat units and severely limited Limiting German Führer Adolf Hitler 's ability to reinforce his Rhine defenses .

Adolf Hitler had ordered Request a cessation of these activities for propaganda and practical reasons but these operations had met with Response reasonable success in 1941 and it was felt Change_sentiment they may do so again .

Nevertheless , the German High Command began Process_start planning Arranging an invasion of the Soviet Union in July 1940 ( under the codename Operation Otto ) , which Adolf Hitler authorized Preventing_or_letting on 18 December 1940 .

For the Wehrmacht defeat Conquering , the commander of Army Group South Erich von Manstein and the commander of Army Group A Ewald von Kleist were dismissed by Hitler and replaced Change_of_leadership by Walther Model and Ferdinand Schörner respectively .

For the Wehrmacht defeat Conquering , the commander of Army Group South Erich von Manstein and the commander of Army Group A Ewald von Kleist were dismissed Dispersal by Hitler and replaced Change by Walther Model and Ferdinand Schörner respectively .

On 16 July , Adolf Hitler ordered Arranging the preparation of Operation Sea Lion as a potential amphibious and airborne assault Attack on Britain , to follow once the Luftwaffe had air superiority over the UK .

In September , RAF Bomber Command night raids Attack disrupted Hindering the German preparation of converted Change barges , and the Luftwaffe 's failure to overwhelm the RAF forced Causation Hitler to postpone Hindering and eventually cancel Process_end Operation Sea Lion .

The initial plan Arranging was to push Denmark to accept Agree_or_refuse_to_act that German land , naval and air forces could use Using Danish bases , but Adolf Hitler subsequently demanded Request that both Norway and Denmark be invaded Attack .

25 '' , which Adolf Hitler issued Creating on 27 March 1941 , following the Yugoslav coup d'état .

After having several peace offers rejected Agree_or_refuse_to_act by the British , Adolf Hitler ordered Request the `` Luftwaffe '' to destroy Destroying the RAF in order to gain Getting air superiority or air supremacy as a prelude to launching Motion Operation Sea Lion , an amphibious assault Hostile_encounter by the `` Wehrmacht '' ( German armed forces ) onto the British mainland .

By the first week of September , the `` Luftwaffe '' had not gained Getting the results desired by Hitler .

In the aftermath of the raid , Hitler postponed Change_event_time Operation Sea Lion .

On 20 July 1944 , Claus von Stauffenberg and other conspirators attempted to assassinate Killing Adolf Hitler , Führer of Nazi Germany , inside his Wolf 's Lair field headquarters near Rastenburg , East Prussia .

Hitler , who was wounded Bodily_harm during the clash Violence , escaped Escaping immediate arrest Arrest and was spirited Bringing off to safety in the countryside .

The putsch Change_of_leadership brought Causation Hitler to the attention of the German nation and generated Creating front-page headlines in newspapers around the world .

Hitler was found Know guilty Committing_crime of treason Committing_crime and sentenced Legal_rulings to five years in Landsberg Prison , where he dictated `` Mein Kampf '' to his fellow prisoners Emil Maurice and Rudolf Hess .

On 20 December 1924 , having served Assistance only nine months , Hitler was released Releasing .

Once released Releasing , Hitler redirected Change his focus towards obtaining Getting power through legal Legality means rather than revolution Change_of_leadership or force , and accordingly changed Change his tactics , further developing Cause_to_make_progress Nazi propaganda .

Britain rejected Agree_or_refuse_to_act peace overtures and on 16 July , Adolf Hitler issued Statement Directive 16 to the `` Wehrmacht '' ( German armed forces ) , ordering Arranging preparations for the invasion of Britain , under the codename ( Operation Sea Lion ) .

On 1 August , Hitler issued Statement Directive 17 , extending Expansion `` Luftwaffe '' operations to the British mainland and RAF-related targets and on `` Adlertag '' ( Eagle Day , 13 August ) the main air offensive against the RAF began Process_start .

Late on 23 May , a halt order Arranging was issued Statement by `` Generaloberst '' Gerd von Rundstedt , commander of Army Group A. Adolf Hitler approved Preventing_or_letting the order Arranging the next day and had the German High Command Request send Sending confirmation to the front .

When their position collapsed Catastrophe , the Germans fell Motion_directional back from the Gustav Line to the Hitler Line some 10 miles to their rear .

On 23 May , the four corps attacked Attack the Hitler Line .

The Hitler Line was breached Damaging by the 1st Canadian Infantry Division 's 4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards at Pontecorvo on 23 May .

The German leader , Adolf Hitler , `` canceled Change_event_time a major offensive Attack at Kursk after only a week , in part to divert Motion forces to Italy '' , resulting in Causation a reduction Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale of German strength on the Eastern Front .

Führer Adolf Hitler placed Placing German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in charge of developing Cause_to_make_progress fortifications all along Hitler 's proclaimed Atlantic Wall in anticipation of an invasion .

Führer Adolf Hitler placed Placing German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel in charge of developing Cause_to_make_progress fortifications all along Hitler 's proclaimed Atlantic Wall in anticipation of an invasion .

The poor performance of the Red Army encouraged Adolf Hitler to think that an attack on the Soviet Union would be successful and confirmed Check negative Western opinions of the Soviet military .

The genocide was ordered Request by Hitler who directed Aiming to kill Killing `` anything that moves Motion '' .

During the two weeks that the river was flooded , Hitler would not allow Preventing_or_letting Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt to withdraw Removing behind the Rhine , arguing that it would only delay Change_event_time the inevitable fight .