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A large parade is shown in honor of Adolf Hitler's 50th Birthday in Berlin, with the Fuhrer greeting children and reviewing the armed forces. Herman Goring and other officials stand beside Hitler on the reviewing stand. The date was 20 April 1939 and was celebrated as a national holiday throughout Nazi Germany and some other parts of the world. A key part of the birthday celebrations was the large demonstration of Nazi Germany's military capabilities. The display was intended in part as a warning to the Western powers The parade, which lasted about five hours, included 12 companies of the Luftwaffe, 12 companies of the army, and 12 companies of the navy, as well as units of the Schutzstaffel (SS). Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934.