Why did Adolf Hitler only make it to the rank of corporal despite being decorated with the iron cross for bravery and having served 6 years? Were promotions really so hard to
![Hitler Archive | Adolf Hitler is awarded the Iron Cross second class for having saved, with his comrade Anton Bachmann, the commandant of the regiment Lieutenant Colonel Philipp Engelhardt Hitler Archive | Adolf Hitler is awarded the Iron Cross second class for having saved, with his comrade Anton Bachmann, the commandant of the regiment Lieutenant Colonel Philipp Engelhardt](https://www.hitler-archive.com/photos/1914%2012%2002%20-%2023%20-%20sec58caz.jpg)
Hitler Archive | Adolf Hitler is awarded the Iron Cross second class for having saved, with his comrade Anton Bachmann, the commandant of the regiment Lieutenant Colonel Philipp Engelhardt
![Hitler was recommended for the Iron Cross award in WWI by his superior officer Hugo Gutmann, who was Jewish Hitler was recommended for the Iron Cross award in WWI by his superior officer Hugo Gutmann, who was Jewish](https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2018/07/g6z2acbi-640x360.jpg)
Hitler was recommended for the Iron Cross award in WWI by his superior officer Hugo Gutmann, who was Jewish
![File:Nazi Germany uniforms etc. RAD Reichsarbeitsdienst Unterfeldmeister. Cap, tunic, gorget, badges, pins, dagger + Wehrmacht Major ceremonial parade uniform, aiguillette, Iron Cross, DRL, etc Lofoten krigsminnemuseum 2019 DSC00262.jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:Nazi Germany uniforms etc. RAD Reichsarbeitsdienst Unterfeldmeister. Cap, tunic, gorget, badges, pins, dagger + Wehrmacht Major ceremonial parade uniform, aiguillette, Iron Cross, DRL, etc Lofoten krigsminnemuseum 2019 DSC00262.jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4f/Nazi_Germany_uniforms_etc._RAD_Reichsarbeitsdienst_Unterfeldmeister._Cap%2C_tunic%2C_gorget%2C_badges%2C_pins%2C_dagger_%2B_Wehrmacht_Major_ceremonial_parade_uniform%2C_aiguillette%2C_Iron_Cross%2C_DRL%2C_etc_Lofoten_krigsminnemuseum_2019_DSC00262.jpg)
File:Nazi Germany uniforms etc. RAD Reichsarbeitsdienst Unterfeldmeister. Cap, tunic, gorget, badges, pins, dagger + Wehrmacht Major ceremonial parade uniform, aiguillette, Iron Cross, DRL, etc Lofoten krigsminnemuseum 2019 DSC00262.jpg - Wikimedia Commons
World War I Iron Cross 2nd class combatant's medal with ribbon awarded to a German Jewish soldier - Collections Search - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
![File:Adolf Hitler hands General Erwin Rommel his Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Berlin, 20 February 1941 (41718920482).jpg - Wikimedia Commons File:Adolf Hitler hands General Erwin Rommel his Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Berlin, 20 February 1941 (41718920482).jpg - Wikimedia Commons](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Adolf_Hitler_hands_General_Erwin_Rommel_his_Oak_Leaves_to_the_Knight%27s_Cross_of_the_Iron_Cross%2C_Berlin%2C_20_February_1941_%2841718920482%29.jpg)
File:Adolf Hitler hands General Erwin Rommel his Oak Leaves to the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, Berlin, 20 February 1941 (41718920482).jpg - Wikimedia Commons
![Anny Winter/Adolf Hitler - Iron Cross 1st Class of 1914,Iron Cross 1st Class of 1914,blackened iron core with silvered frame,the attachment pin punched "S-W". In its original case of issue with gold-stamped Anny Winter/Adolf Hitler - Iron Cross 1st Class of 1914,Iron Cross 1st Class of 1914,blackened iron core with silvered frame,the attachment pin punched "S-W". In its original case of issue with gold-stamped](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/CYP149/anny-winteradolf-hitler-iron-cross-1st-class-of-1914iron-cross-1st-CYP149.jpg)