When in the 17th century Gustav II Adolf introduced dragoons into the Swedish Army, he provided them with a sabre, an axe and a matchlock musket, utilizing them as " labourers on horseback ".

When Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini found out what Admiral Darlan intended to do, that is, cooperate with the Allies, they immediately ordered the occupation of Vichy France and reinforced the Afrika Korps.

When Hogan needed a strictly audio impression of Adolf Hitler, the men generally agreed that Kinchloe was the better choice for the job over Technical Sergeant Carter.

When the Holstein-Rendsburg line of the Schauenburg counts became extinct with the death of Adolf VIII of Holstein-Rendsburg ( and in personal union as Adolf I Duke of Schleswig ) in 1459, Christian I of Denmark inherited – from his maternal uncle Adolf I – the Duchy of Schleswig, a Danish fief.

When Adolf Hitler came to power, Diels was head of the Prussian political police in Berlin.

When Federal Councillor Adolf Deucher died in 1912, Calonder was one of the candidates for the vacant seat in the Swiss Federal Council.

When Kurt Lewin ( who was Jewish ) left Germany as Adolf Hitler came to power, he travelled to Israel via the USA, stopping off in England, where Trist briefly met him and showed him around Cambridge.

When Adolf Hitler assumed power, he granted his war minister, Werner von Blomberg, the title of Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

When Adolf Hitler began rearming Germany in the 1930s, Jäger requested reassignment to the Panzer Corps.

When Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of the Third Reich in 1933, it became apparent to Wertheimer ( and to countless other “ non-Aryan ” intellectuals ) that he must leave Germany.

When Nazi Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, this Greater Pomeranian voivodship was first made the German military district " West Prussia ", and by a decree of Adolf Hitler on 8 October merged with the Free City of Danzig and the East Prussian Regierungsbezirk West Prussia, to form the Reichsgau West Prussia.

When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, all he had to do was to follow the Truppenamt / General Staff plan to build up the Nazi war machine.

When asked whether he would, if given the chance, have attempted to assassinate Adolf Hitler, Hirsch acknowledged he would.

A historian of Zionism Walter Laqueur noted: " When, in the 1950s under Stalin, the Jews of the Soviet Union came under severe attack and scores were executed, it was under the banner of anti-Zionism rather than anti-Semitism, which had been given a bad name by Adolf Hitler.

When he was 15 years old Sven Hedin witnessed the triumphal return of the Swedish Arctic explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld after his first navigation of the Northern Sea Route.

When an abridged English-language translation of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf was released, sanitized to exclude some of Hitler's anti-semitism and militancy, Cranston published a different translation ( with annotations ) which he believed more accurately reflected the contents of the book.

When Adolf Hitler became chancellor three years later, the Horst-Wessel-Lied was recognised as a national symbol by a law on May 19, 1933.

He followed that up with a first in the Olympic Trials, then went to Berlin and won the Olympic gold medal in the 400 m. When asked about the infamous incident in which Adolf Hitler reportedly refused to shake the hand of black fellow gold medalist Jesse Owens, Williams replied, “ Hitler wouldn't shake my hand either .”

When Adolf Hitler came to power, Jungk was arrested, released, moved to Paris, then back to Nazi Germany to work in a subversive press service.

When the body was found, it was reported to the Abwehr agent in Huelva, Adolf Clauss.

When Adolf Hitler became Chancellor in 1933 the Nazi regime removed Paul Ahnert from his post.

When he discovered he was not descended from this family, he hired Adolf F. J. Karlovský, an associate member of the Académie Internationale d ' Héraldique, to devise a new coat of arms.

When Adolf Hitler rose to power in Germany in 1933, Baron Strucker joined the Nazi Party, becoming infamous in the following years.

When Hitler's chief engineer, Fritz Todt, began opening the new autobahn ( highways ) in 1935, many of the bridges and service stations were " bold examples of modernism " – among those submitting designs was Mies van der Rohe.

When Hitler's internal purge of the party, the Night of the Long Knives, came in 1934, a large number of Freikorps leaders were targeted for killing or arrest, including Ehrhardt and Röhm.

When the first verse includes Hitler's mother, a second verse is generally added:

When the German car industry was unable to meet Hitler's demand that the Volkswagen be sold at 1, 000 Reichsmarks or less, the project was taken over by the DAF.

When Hitler was jailed for his part in the Munich Beer Hall Putsch, Winifred sent him food parcels and stationery on which Hitler's autobiography Mein Kampf may have been written.

When applied to a regime such as Hitler's, which may or may not have been legitimate, but which was also clearly both criminal and recklessly incompetent, this attitude became disastrous.

When it suits their purpose they say they had to obey ; when confronted with Hitler's brutal crimes which are shown to have been within their general knowledge, they say they disobeyed.

" When Lumpkin objected to Hitler's persecution of the Jews, Collins replied: " It is not persecution.

When it appeared quite likely in mid-September 1938 that war could break out at any moment in Central Europe following Hitler's violent speech blasting Czechoslovakia on 12 September and a failed revolt in the Sudetenland, Bonnet become quite frantic in his efforts to save the peace.

When Britain rejected Hitler's Bad Godesberg ultimatum on 26 September, Bonnet sought to prevent the news of the British rejection appearing in the French press, as it now appeared that British were pushing the French towards war, and deprived Bonnet of using British pressure as an excuse.

When François-Poncet reported to Paris Hitler's favorable attitude towards such a declaration, and his willingness to send his Foreign Minister, Joachim von Ribbentrop, to Paris to sign the proposed declaration, Bonnet enthusiastically embraced the idea.

When Ahimeir was on trial in 1932 for having disrupted a public lecture at Hebrew University, his lawyer, Zvi Eliahu Cohen, argued " Were it not for Hitler's anti-Semitism, we would not oppose his ideology.

When the SA ( which included the nascent SS ) was re-founded in 1925 following Hitler's release from prison, these brown shirts were issued as uniforms.

When Germany turned east and invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, the Army's failure to take Moscow earned Hitler's enmity.

This was explained with saying that " When German babies born on the day of Hitler's death are now sixty-three years old, it is ridiculous to continue to demand a collective responsibility ".

Once World War II broke out it stressed that this was a war for democracy and discouraged emphasis on Hitler's anti-Jewish policies lest a backlash identify it as a " Jewish war " and increase anti-Semitism in the U. S. When the war ended in 1945 it urged a human rights program upon the United Nations and proved vital in enlisting the support that made possible the human rights provisions in the UN Charter.

When Hitler's armies defeated France, he escaped ( and lost all his manuscripts ) through France, Spain, Portugal, and finally to the USA.

When members of Hitler's inner circle were interviewed for the book The Bunker, some claimed Morell owned a significant share in a company fraudulently marketing a product as penicillin.

When reports came that Hitler had decided to die rather than be captured, the chiefs of the OKW – Marshall Keitel and Marshall Jodl – decided to wait for further orders from Reichsmarshall Hermann Göring who, with Hitler's demise, was the highest ranking officer in Nazi Germany.

When he was ordered to take command of the Second Army on March 12, 1945, he came to Hitler's headquarters with

When Bart asks if there is a Doggie Hell Homer responds that Adolf Hitler's dog Blondi, Richard Nixon's dog Checkers, and one of the Lassies ( the mean one who mauled Timmy ) are in there.

When the plot failed, Fromm immediately had the conspirators executed ( against Hitler's orders to take the conspirators alive ) to cover up potential allegations that he himself was involved.