Franklin Roosevelt and Adolf Hitler were both charismatic and vigorous leaders who successfully led their respective nations through the politically and economically tumultuous thirties. However, whilst it could be argued that many of their social and economic policies were similar, their methods differed greatly in that one's administration was characterised by democratic socialism with the other by strict and brutal authoritarianism. The depression of the 1930s created many economic and political problems for the United States and Germany. Roosevelt and Hitler both gained power because t…