Similarities and Differences of Hilter and Napolean

Founder and leader of the Nazi party, who many describe to be the most insane and trouble causing man in the history of the entire world. Adolf Hitler’s goal was to make Germany the strongest country in the world, which he did, along with most of Europe. His armies of over sixteen million men were standing by his side the whole way. Although he had a large group of followers, he also had an even larger group of people who were against him. Adolf felt that if he did not remove all of the Jews from the face of the earth, he would have been seen as a failure, so he tried, and he tried, and he tried. But in the end, he failed. This then led to him believing that he was a failure, which then led to him shooting himself in the mouth.

Hitler's aggressive foreign policy is considered to be the primary cause of the outbreak of World War II in Europe. His racist thoughts resulted in the deaths of at least 5.5 million Jews, and millions of other people whom he and his followers made sure they knew that the Nazi’s were better than them.

Napoleon is often described as the most talented general of all time, but the largest impact on Europe he had was after the wars, all though he led most of France's young men to their death. Napoleon turned the whole country into an armed camp. Although he was always considered a Frenchmen, he was actually born in Corsica. His family lived in the coastal city of Ajaccio, which was where he was born on August 15, 1769. When Corsica declared independence from France in 1793, Napoleon and his family fled to France since they chose to remain faithful to France. When he joined the army, he took over the job of artillery general and succeeded in taking over important places in Eur...

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It is probably obvious that both of these men were responsible for the death of a lot of people. Another similarity between these is that they were megalomaniacs, meaning that they were obsessed with having power, and controlling land. This obsession drove both of them to their death. Both of these men also took control of most of Europe (at different times of course). The last similarity is that when their armies lost its soldiers, they had to resort to have their countries youth fight for them.

Besides their similarities, these men also had very many differences. The main difference between Hitler and Napoleon was what they did to the Jews and their role in society. Napoleon believed that their religious and social abilities should be removed, putting them on the same level as Protestants and Catholics; no matter where he went, he destroyed to