General Knowledge

World History

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The correct answer is Germany.

Key Points

•  Hitler was the dictator of Germany.
• Adolf Hitler
  • Birth- April 20, 1889.
  • Death- April 30, 1945.
  • He was known as Der Führer (“The Leader”) in Germany.

​Additional Information

• He became the dictator in 1933 and he committed suicide in 1945 when Germany surrendered to the Allies.
  • Allies – The Allied Powers were initially led by the UK and France.
  • In 1941 they were joined by the erstwhile USSR and the USA.
  • They fought against the Axis Powers, namely Germany, Italy and Japan.
• He was the leader of the Nazi party.
• He had enormous hate for Jews for whom he established concentration camps.
  • Nazis devised an unprecedented means of killing people, that is, by gassing them in various killing centers.
• The number of people killed included 6 million Jews, 200,000 Gypsies, 1 million Polish civilians, 70,000 Germans who were considered mentally and physically disabled, besides innumerable political opponents.
• He wrote an autobiographical book titled "Mein Kampf" (My struggle) in 1925.

Source:-https://ncert.nic.in/textbook/pdf/iess303.pdf

Important Points

As of April 8, 2021

Country	Capital	President	Prime Minister
Russia	Moscow	Vladimir Putin	Mikhail Mishustin
Germany	Berlin	Frank-Walter Steinmeier	Olaf Scholz  (Chancellor)
France	Paris	Emmanuel Macron	Jean Castex
Egypt	Cairo	Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi	Mostafa Kamal Madbouly