Which charecter according to you stood out and occupied an important position in the world between 1900-1950?

Question

He/She can be good or bad

Answer 1

As you are giving me the option of good or bad.I would say that Hitler rightfully deserves that position after all the havoc he lashed upon the world.
Here's my narrative of the life of Hitler and then I am sure you'll agree with my view.
Hitler: the rise of evil
The saga of the rise of Hitler is that of a frenzied and preposterous ambition that plunged the entire world in brutal war for almost a decade. Only an army corporal in World War-I Hitler rose through the ranks and his thirst for power was only quenched after he ascended to the post of chancellor of Germany 15 years later.
His rambling and immensely emotional autobiography, Mein Kampf reveals everything about his noticeably unstable early life. Hitler was born Adolf.G.Hitler in Austria. His father wanted him to study for a government job, but the thought of slogging in an office made Hitler sick. He yearned to be an artist and practiced water colour painting, but he achieved little. Later on, he approached the Vienna Art Academy but he was rejected and labeled “untalented”. Failure dogged him.
All these humbling experiences flamed his discontent for his “patchwork country”-Austria. He looked across the border to magnificent Germany flourishing with an unending flow of wealth and blooming with unhindered development. Hitler's hatred of poverty, his rabid and radical devotion to his German heritage, and his bigoted loathing of Jews combined to form the seeds of his later successful political doctrine. Hitler left “wretched” Vienna for Munich, a “true German town.” There he drifted from job to job as carpenter, architect's draftsman, and watercolorist. Always he ranted about his political ideas.
During World War-I he gave up his Austrian citizenship and enlisted himself in the German army. He was a remarkably brave soldier and his unflinching gallantry won him the Iron Cross.Unfortunately, for him Germany was defeated and he landed up in an infirmary temporarily blinded my mustard gas. Having renounced his Austrian citizenship and yet to become a German citizen Hitler was now a man without a country.
In the aftermath of the war Munich was caught in a political tirade. Officers like Hitler were used as political spies. This marked the turning point of Hitler’s life. On one such cold night of spying, Hitler, guided by “intuition” ended up as the seventh member of a meeting around a broken gas lamp. It consisted of a motley group of army officers, painters, artisans and crafts men who nursed one ambition-ruling Germany. Hitler soon took control of this faction. This diverse group went on to become the distinguished Nazi party. With Hitler as its leader the party began to garner supporters. Hitler’s voice torn and hoarsened by mustard gas was hypnotic. His audience just remained spell bound. He indeed was an effective speaker. Sneering at the liberal generalities of the various bourgeois parties and hating the Communists, Hitler shouted accusations against the Jews and cried out to the Germans to form an all-powerful national state. The flamboyant spirit of the growing Nazi party now began to attract the varied restless men who were to become its core.
The party grew in strength in terms of followers. It grew so politically powerful that it started thinking of overthrowing the government.Well, this is precisely what Hitler did, he, with the backing of the brutal Nazis attacked a Government meeting in a beer hall and tried to seize the reins of governance but, he miserably failed. Accused of high treason and found guilty Hitler was thrown in prison. Due to the immense public uproar his term of sentence was reduced to eight months. It was during his time at prison that he wrote the epic “Mein Kampf” with the help of the loyal Rudolf Hess. Hitler emerged from prison to the roaring applause of the people- it was blatantly apparent that he undeniably was a demi-god for them.
After serving his term in captivity he remarked that it would take 7 years for him to rekindle the flame of passion in the hearts of the people. What he said was true, at the time of his release Germany was prospering and revolutions don’t flourish in prosperity. In 1928 a world wide depression hit Germany.Poverty, grief and hardship was staring the Germans. The Nazis underwent regeneration. They were back-stronger than ever, this time with the persistent support of the communalists and army personnel. The blatant supremacy of the Nazis was inevitable. Hitler was appointed the chancellor of Germany and from then onwards he started striving towards his goal of global conquest. His quest for power ultimately ended when he rose to become the dictator of Germany. Chief instigator of World War-II, Hitler was also the master mind behind the mass genocide of Jews called holocaust. As all of us know Germany was finally defeated in WW-II and Hitler committed suicide ending a sort of legend in a very desolate fashion.
Among Germans, during his time Hitler was considered as a super-man. Nazi propaganda had made of Hitler a symbol of strength and national virtue. His indecisions were cloaked as “intuition.” Despite his hours and even days of brooding inertia, he was pictured as a man of intense action. He became idolized by young Germans. Covering his unsavory and cruel character, propaganda built a legend of his ascetic habits and selfless devotion to Germany.
After all that I have written above I can indubitably state that Hitler through his life and times can be considered as an epitome of sinister malevolence and malicious wickedness. Though an excellent orator and courageous combatant I feel that Hitler could have done much better had he channelized his talents in any other constructive field. Hitler through his life showed the world that even one man with a strong will can make a world of difference.

Answer 2

Well, the TWO people in history between 1900-1950 who affected the world as we knew it and know it today, would have been Stalin and Hitler.

However, as Stalin's murders were generally not known and/or not reported until well after 1950, I would say that Adolph Hitler had the most effect on the first half of the 20th century.

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Answer 3

In the time period you're describing we had two World Wars, the Great Depression, Prohibition, Women gaining the right to vote, and the Communist Revolution in the Soviet Union among other things so...
Kaiser Wilhelm II, King George V, Woodrow Wilson
Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, King George VI
Herbert Hoover
Eliot Ness, Al Capone
Lenin, Trotsky, Czar Nicholas II, Rasputin
Along with...
Queen Victoria (died 1901, an entire era is named for her)
King Edward VIII (abdicated and changed the line of succession to what it is today)
Gandhi (Indian Independence from Great Britain)
Jonas Salk (polio vaccine)
Alexander Fleming (penicillin)
Albert Einstein
Robert Oppenheimer (Manhatten Project)...among many many others.

Answer 4

The Man who was wrongfully denied Time Magazine's Man of the Twentieth Century Winston Churchill who WAS the Twentieth Century. At the turn of the Century he was involved in the Boer and Colonial Wars, he was Lord of the Admiralty during World War One, He was Prime Minister the indispensable Man during World War Two, He was returned to the Prime Ministry during the 1950's, as a historian & writer and as the subject of biographies & movies, Churchill continues to resonanate into the 21st Century. Churchill had his flaws he learned from them, he grew because of those flaws, those mistakes, he is one of the few men who can be genuinely forgiven for several major screw ups - - - the World needs another Winton Churchill.

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Answer 5

Mahatma Gandhi! Other claimants are: Hitler, Churchill, Aldous Huxley, C V Raman, Tagore, and E V Lucas!

Answer 6

Mahatma Gandhi--Man of the millennium.
Henry Ford----------Businessman of the Century.
Martin Luther King
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin

Answer 7

King George VI, he revolutionized the way people viewed the Monarchy and left a lasting impression on the entire country

Answer 8

ill. Brother Harry S. Truman deserves to be considered also. After an agonizing time he decided to " drop the bomb " on Japan. By doing so many Allied and Japanese Soldiers lives were spared.

If you doubt this statement ask some of the WWII veterans who were on their way to invade Japan.

Answer 9

Albert Einstein
He was the pre-eminent scientist in a time dominated by science. The touchstones of the era — the Bomb, the Big Bang, quantum physics and electronics — all bear his imprint.

Answer 10

Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Answer 11

In my mind there is no doubt that Sir Winston Churchill was the most outstanding person of his time.