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CaptainCrunch · 11-02-2010, 11:08 AM

I think that we have to remember that there was a pretty heavy facist underground movement in the UK prior to WWII. Hitler's message just wasn't effective in Germany, but it reached far and wide. He was sited as someone who stood up for his country, and all of the crap that was piled on it especially by the French.

He was the guy that spit in the eye of the international community. He was brute force personified in terms of trying to get Germany back on track.

Nobody saw the monster side of him, remember the Duke of Windsor was incredibly sympathetic to Hitler.

There was even a fairly large contigent of Nazi's in America.

People admire strength in their leaders, thats why there was admiration for Stalin and his murderous hero projects, thats why there was worship in Japan in a minor way for the Emperor, but for their WWII Military leaders.

They got things done, and they were ruthless and jaded, but in that period of time, epecially with the Great Depression there was that feeling that "The World needed order" (Star Trek Khan). A prison camp was no big thing to these men, because they were common, and its not like the Nazi's during the tour accidentillay let it slip that the furnace was build to incinerate jews.

11-02-2010, 11:08 AM	#11
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	I think that we have to remember that there was a pretty heavy facist underground movement in the UK prior to WWII. Hitler's message just wasn't effective in Germany, but it reached far and wide. He was sited as someone who stood up for his country, and all of the crap that was piled on it especially by the French. He was the guy that spit in the eye of the international community. He was brute force personified in terms of trying to get Germany back on track. Nobody saw the monster side of him, remember the Duke of Windsor was incredibly sympathetic to Hitler. There was even a fairly large contigent of Nazi's in America. People admire strength in their leaders, thats why there was admiration for Stalin and his murderous hero projects, thats why there was worship in Japan in a minor way for the Emperor, but for their WWII Military leaders. They got things done, and they were ruthless and jaded, but in that period of time, epecially with the Great Depression there was that feeling that "The World needed order" (Star Trek Khan). A prison camp was no big thing to these men, because they were common, and its not like the Nazi's during the tour accidentillay let it slip that the furnace was build to incinerate jews. __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!