Five years after the outbreak of World War One, Germany was on its knees; its armies on the Western Front were in full retreat, its citizens were starving and the Hohenzollern monarchy had abdicated in favour of a democracy. The German nation was about to enter into a period of political, social and economic chaos. The incomplete revolution of 1918, resulted in a change in Germany's political system, from authoritarian to a democracy. Previously the government …showed first 75 words of 1632 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1632 total…Chancellor on January 30 1933. Hitler and his Nazi Party had now risen from unknown status to the prime members of the Reichstag. It is evident that the main contributions to the Nazis rise in power was the incomplete revolution of 1918 and the weak foundation of the Weimar Republic which eventually led to its collapse. From 1933 onwards Hitler and the Nazis continue to rise in political status and eventually use Article 48 to turn Germany into a dictatorship.