Word: chancellor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Herr Hitler declared the Bavarian Government had been superseded and elected himself not only head of Bavaria but Chancellor of all Germany. General Ludendorff was given command of the Army, which he accepted, and said: "We have reached the turning point in the history of Germany and the world. God bless our work...
Everything seemed to be "going" well enough. The people cheered Ludendorff when he swaggered in or out of anywhere. The Hitler storm troops were in possession of the city and the sun was shining brightly on the following day. "Chancellor" Hitler and "Commander-in-Chief" von Ludendorff were within the War Office when the loyal Bavarian Reichswehr stormed the building, and after a short battle the "beer hall revolt" was crushed...
Hitler Into Chancellor...
...five minutes before noon on the fatal day, with German troops actually in motion toward the Czech border which they were to cross at 2 p.m., Il Duce in Rome rang up Chancellor Hitler at Berlin and they talked for 45 minutes. The Führer had received that morning a second appeal for peace from President Roosevelt...
This is not the Vesteys' first uneasy appearance in the headlines. An alert tax inspector in 1980 discovered that one major family firm had paid all of $15 in taxes in one year, which set off a public outcry and forced the Chancellor of the Exchequer to propose legal amendments. Meanwhile, Telling remains in custody in Exeter, awaiting his trial...