At
the
____________________
of
World
War
____________________
,
Hitler
applied
to
serve
in
the
German
____________________
.
He
was
accepted
in
August
____________________
,
though
he
was
still
an
Austrian
____________________
.
Although
he
spent
much
of
his
time
away
from
the
front
lines
.
He
was
____________________
for
bravery
,
receiving
the
____________________
Cross
First
Class
.
Hitler
became
____________________
over
the
collapse
of
the
war
effort
.
The
experience
reinforced
his
passionate
German
____________________
,
and
he
was
shocked
by
Germany's
____________________
in
1918
.
Like
other
German
nationalists
,
he
believed
that
the
German
army
had
been
____________________
by
civilian
leaders
and
Marxists
.
