How Dumbledore DEFEATED Grindelwald and Why He Never Went to Azkaban - Harry Potter Explained

Hey guys, welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory. In this video, we’ll be tackling a couple of questions, the first being ‘how did dumbledore defeated gellert grindelwald’, and the second question being - why didn’t Grindelwald go to Azkaban? We know Gellert Grindelwald as one of the darkest and most powerful wizards of all time, considered by most to be second to only Lord Voldemort in terms of sheer power (as far as dark wizards go). "In a list of Most Dangerous Dark Wizards of All Time, he would miss out on the top spot only because You-Know-Who arrived, a generation later, to steal his crown," Rita Skeeter wrote. Grindelwald was born in the year 1883, and in his younger years he was a student at Durmstrang institute. While attending the school, Grindelwald’s sadistic nature shone through, and he was expelled for experimenting with twisted and dark magic.

When he left school, Grindelwald met a young Albus Dumbledore, and the two spent every minute together. I think that the magical power of each young man can be partly attributed to the time that they spent with each other. Though Dumbledore and Grindelwald were close, there was definitely a crossroads where the two began to go down very different paths. It was Grindelwald’s intention to find the deathly Hallows, then lead a wizarding revolution that would effectively put an end to the international statute of secrecy, breaking down the ‘secretive’ divide between the two worlds. This revolution would create a global power hierarchy that would place powerful witches and wizards at the top of the food chain, effectively giving them full control of muggles and muggle affairs. Dumbledore and Grindelwald parted ways after a three-way duel that also involved Abeforth(Dumbledore’s brother). The duel resulted in the death of Albus’s sister, Ariana, and it effectively put an end to their relationship.

At the height of Grindelwald’s power, he was seemingly unstoppable, with an army of fanatics, and the possession of the elder wand, there was only one person who could stop him. Dumbledore.

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