Adolf Hitler was born to Alois and Klara Hitler on April 20, 1889 in Braunau, Austria. Hitler had shown his intellectual potential, quality of leadership and how popular he could become among his pupils in primary school. Secondary school was much more difficult for Adolf and he began to lose interest in attending school. Adolf was then told to repeat the year but instead decided to drop out of school at the age of 15. At the age of 18 Adolf moved to Vienna with money he had inherited after the death of his father, who died in 1903, to pursue an artistic career, his best subject at school. His applications to both the Vienna Academy of Art and the School of Architecture were rejected. After rejecting both schools, Adolfo became interested in politics and was impressed by the Christian Socialist party. Adolf had volunteered to fight for the German Army in World War I, where his military career began. Hitler began his military career by joining the German Army, where he was awarded the rank of corporal due to his honors as a courier. Hitler had won numerous awards for bravery, including the Iron Cross First Class. In October 1918, Hitler was blinded by a mustard gas attack and was hospitalized to recover from his wounds. During Hitler's stay in hospital, Germany surrendered and he entered a state of depression. In 1919, Hitler attended his first meeting of the German Workers' Party as a spy for the German army, but found himself fascinated by their ideas. Hitler found that he agreed with Anton Drexler's views on German nationalism and anti-Semitism. However, Hitler did not agree with the way the party was organised, which led him to give an impassioned speech. Hitler got... half of the paper......port/hitler-becomes-chancellor/#.U2MghhBdWSo>."Liberation of the Nazi camps." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. June 10, 2013. United States Holocaust Memorial Council. April 30, 2014 "Nazi Government". United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Remembrance Council. April 30, 2014. Sheffield, Gary. "The Fall of France." BBC News. BBC. April 30, 2014 .Weber, Marco. “Institute for Historical Review.” How Hitler tackled unemployment. 01 May 2014 ."Why Germany really lost World War II | EUTimes.net." The European Union Times RSS. EU Times. 02 May 2014 .