2007-03-28 15:01:39 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
As controversial as it may be Yes he was. All of these previous people who answered need to get past his attrocities and look at the man. He was a genius, this one man took on more than half the entire world. He succesfully invaded more than 5 countries and maintained a presence on the entire European continent for several years. His failure was not his own but rather the inabilities of his generals to maintain a professionalism and accomplish the mission. If you look at socialism, in a perfect world, it IS the perfect form of government. If humans were not so impulsive, compulsive, and evil Hitlers idea of a socialist world empire would have been the greatest government in the universe. I am not approving of his mass genocide, that was wrong, but governmentaly, and militarily speaking the man was way ahead of his time....
2007-03-28 15:15:13 · answer #1 · answered by bigdog 2 · 5⤊ 1⤋
How could anyone not think that Hitler was a great leader. He had millions of people following him. Being a leader is just that having the ability to influence others and have them follow you without question. Did he accomplish this? That would have to be a yes. Do I agree with what he did with this power, no I do not, but he was one of the greatest leaders to ever live if you base it on just leadership abilities.
2007-03-28 22:43:28 · answer #2 · answered by Tim 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Hitler was a very proud German who was very angry with the post Great War Germany. If you read his little book. And I use the term little jokingly. When the war ended, he was blind in a hospital and heard it over a radio. He was outraged. Over the upcoming years, he wanted one thing. For Germany to raise to a proud and internationally powerful and recognized nation. The process of is very questionable but look at Berlin today. Has his dream been accomplished? I'd say so.
Fact is he was a Cpl with a voice that needed to be heard. Germany was at it's knees when he came to power and had nothing to lose but let this little guy put his money where his mouth is. He made Germany proud again. He took a country out of defeat into glory. To have it blown to pieces and rebuilt without him.
As much as I don't want to defend him, Germany today would not be the Germany we know without Hitler.
2007-03-28 22:11:55 · answer #3 · answered by no name brand canned beans 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you agree with this definition of leadership:
House defines "leadership" organizationally and narrowly as "the ability of an individual to influence, motivate, and enable others to contribute toward the effectiveness and success of the organizations of which they are members"
Then yes, he was an amazing leader. If you stop and think about how many people he was able to convince to follow him even to the point of doing morally reprehensible things, then you cannot deny he had unequalled leadership skills.
He was also an Egomaniac, a villanous murderer, a racist, and as said above, a pathetic military strategist.
2007-03-28 22:14:18 · answer #4 · answered by Wolverine 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hitler came to power on the back of his party. The party agenda and stupid people thinking that what the press says is the gospel truth is what brought Hitler to power and obviously he was a lousey leader. Remember that at election time all you party faithful.
2007-03-28 22:11:28 · answer #5 · answered by REFORM! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
a great leader?? I guess if being able to make psychotic people believe all that crazy bullshit he talked and then act on it I guess he was a great leader...just of scared small minded morons but he was successful....at least for a while until the rest of the world had enough of his crap!!!Great at leading his freak demographic yes...crazy son of a ***** with even crazier ideas OH YEAH!!!!!
2007-03-28 22:17:29 · answer #6 · answered by littleone101 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not a great leader, but he made the trains run on time.
2007-03-29 03:36:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. He was a lousy leader. He led his country into war, caused its destruction, and committed war crimes beyond imagination.
He ruined Germany, Austria, parts of Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Moldova, Romania and the Ukraine FOREVER.
His stupidity caused the Russians to invade most of Central Europe and is directly attributable to the descent of the "iron curtain" and the Berlin wall.
His stupidity also led directly to the cold war between the West and the Communist "troika" between China, Russia and its Satellite republics.
His lack of professional military training led to the worst military blunders in history, and he was a total loser.
Despite all of the above, I think he was smarter than George Bush, but then again, that aint sayin much. Now Cheney. That's another story. He's smart but evil.
2007-03-28 22:09:10 · answer #8 · answered by krollohare2 7 · 0⤊ 4⤋
He was a great political leader, but a piss-poor strategist and militarist. His greatest fault was that he listened to his advisers. He opened a second front with Russia, and he gave in to the idea of the "final solution."
2007-03-28 22:08:26 · answer #9 · answered by The Cythian 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
What?
Hitler was a monster. Although I suppose he certainly did motivate those krauts. I can't say he was a good leader, he was an effective leader who did horrible things.
2007-03-28 22:06:51 · answer #10 · answered by truthspeaker10 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋