What Are The Similarities Between Hitler And Palpatine

For the Love of Power
Two dominate leaders, one historic leader: Adolf Hitler and one based on a historical leader: Chancellor Palpatine. Both lusted for power and the expansion of their empires. They were feared dictators, who fed on chaos. They were the master manipulators who worked their way to the top with their charisma. Anyone who stood in their way was immediately viewed as the enemy and eliminated. Both leaders were very similar in many ways. Whether it be having a secret army, having full emergency power, separating their enemy from the rest of the population or taking out those who opposed them.
As many campaigners do, they promise great intentions for their empire. It was what Hitler and Senator Palpatine did to help them get

elected for chancellor. Both Palpatine and Hitler served as a chancellor before coming a dictator. Hitler wanted to expand Germany’s empire, get revenge on France and England because they won the first war and reshape Germany on how he saw it. Palpatine wanted to expand the Sith empire, eliminate the Jedi and reshape the Galaxy on how he saw it.
Both Hitler and Palpatine built secret armies. Hitler built U-boats in Spain and Finland, and in Russia he built planes and trained pilots. Palpatine used the Clone army. Palpatine had Dooku kill Jedi Master Sifo-Dyas to gain control over the clones. Hitler and Palpatine created a crisis, on which they blamed their enemy, in order to establish panic. Palpatine created the blockade of Naboo to instill panic and chaos. Hitler drew power from brief period of prosperity during the mid-1920s, came the Great Depression, which destroyed what remained of the German middle class. (globalsecurity)
Hitler and Palpatine both had full power granted to them.

Palpatine was given full power because Senator Jar Jar Binks proposed to the senate that Palpatine should be granted emergency powers until the separatists’ crisis had passed. Hitler seized the opportunity to take emergency power after the Reichstag Fire of 1933. Both Hitler and Palpatine established an enemy. Palpatine established the Jedi as an enemy. Hitler established the Communists and the Jews as an enemy. Hitler believed the Jews, Communists and anyone who opposed him to be a threat. Hitler targeted the Jews because of an assassination of a German-Swedish diplomat by a Jewish man. Palpatine believed the Jedi to be a threat against him because he knew they would get in the way of him ruling the galaxy. So Palpatine targeted the Jedi because they ‘attempted’ to assassinate Palpatine.
Both Palpatine and Hitler made a fatal mistake during their wars. Hitler halted the advancing troops, when they were encircling the French and British near Dunkirk. Palpatine halted the Imperial Fleet once they were in attack position during the Battle of Endor. Hitler and Palpatine symbols were corrupted and taken down after their rule. Hitler and Palpatine had mentors before their dictatorship. Hitler’s mentor was Dietrich Eckart. Palpatine’s mentor was Darth Plagueis. Hitler and Palpatine both believed that their enemies were all taken care of and it was only a matter of time before they were gone

forever.
Hitler segregated the Communists and the Jews away from the general population. Palpatine spread rumors about the Jedi and turned people against them. Both Hitler and Palpatine created a revolution and a rebellion. Hitler created a “Communist Revolution”. Palpatine created a “Separatist Rebellion” and a “Jedi Rebellion”. Hitler and Palpatine used their enemies as a scapegoat. Hitler told Germany that the Jews were the “enemy”. Hitler segregated the Jews socially. He cut them off from their occupations, religion and friends outside their community. Palpatine spread rumors that the Jedi were “secretly” in control of the Confederacy. He said that the Jedi initiated the Clone Wars.
Both Hitler and Palpatine dissolved their legislative body. Democracy had risen during Hitler and Palpatine’s rule. When Palpatine took all the power away from the Republic, Senator Amidala said, "So this is how liberty dies...with thunderous applause." (NewsBusters) Hitler used his power to end Germany’s Republic and instill Democracy. Palpatine used his power to take away the Republic and declare his New Order. Both Hitler and Palpatine ruled their empires with fear.
Dictator: a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force. These two men, Adolf Hitler and Chancellor Palpatine were feared, power hungry, manipulators who worked their way to the top. Both of these men created crisis to gain control. They wanted to expand their empires and wipe out those who opposed them.