In 1919 Hitler joined the DAP formed by Anton Drexler in the same year. Within two years he had control of the party. This was Hitler's first step to power. By this time the Twenty-five Points had been written. Source B summarises the Points. They may have reflected Hitler's own opinion but they were also a simple yet clever advertising stunt and it helped to increase the Nazi membership.
His second step was the Munich Putsch in 1923. Although this was a failure it showed that there was sympathy for him among the elite as he only served a few months of a five year sentence. When he was in prison Hitler made the decision to gain power by legal methods. …
By the autumn of 1934 Hitler reigned supreme in Germany. Using at least five of these sources, and other relevant information, describe the steps by which Hitler achieved this.
