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10. Adolf Hitler

Mussolini may have been the founder of fascism, but he was not the most notorious. That title goes to a certain Adolf Hitler, the man responsible for the holocaust and WWII. He became the leader of the Nazi party in 1921 and rose to the position of Fuhrer in 1934. On September 1, 1939, Hitler’s Germany invaded Poland, triggering Britain and France to declare war, resulting in WWII.

Hitler also ordered the horrific extermination of Jews and as many as 6 million Jewish people were killed. The war became a global conflict, and lasted until May 8, 1945, when Germany was eventually forced to surrender to the allies. Hitler took his own life by shooting himself on April 30, 1945, when it became clear that he had lost the war.

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