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Originally Posted by peter12
I don't think you can call Hitler a lunatic. A man who shook the world's foundation the way he did is anything but a lunatic.
Was he a fool? Absolutely. What does that say about the German people?
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But only a lunatic could think they could do what he did. Only a lunatic could promise what he did for Germany and deliver.
I think the opposite. I think the man was brilliant. Diabolically brilliant... but he bit off more than he could chew and his plans went to ruin. He had Western Europe beat... he had the Allies screwed at Dunkirk... but he got greedy and grandiose as a symptom of his insanity... and the rest is history.
As for the German people. They were desperate... beaten beyond repair because of a stupid war fought for imperialist and foolish reasons. They were willing to accept anyone who could make things better. He promised, and he delivered. Germany in 1936 was probably the most powerful nation in the world with a well-fed and happy indigenous population.