Thats not even to mention the deportations of the Greeks, Kalmyks, Turks, Crimean Tatars, Balkars, Chechens, Finns, and Ingush, the mass rapes of German, Austrian and Polish women, murdering civilians, the pillaging, the oppression of the peoples of countries they conquered and occupied, torture of Ukrainian POWs, multiple other massacre…
Thats not even to mention the deportations of the Greeks, Kalmyks, Turks, Crimean Tatars, Balkars, Chechens, Finns, and Ingush, the mass rapes of German, Austrian and Polish women, murdering civilians, the pillaging, the oppression of the peoples of countries they conquered and occupied, torture of Ukrainian POWs, multiple other massacres they committed, and the largest mass expulsion of a people in history with the millions of ethnic Germans they forced out of Eastern and Central Europe and that's just the tip of the iceberg! American, British, French, and Soviet soldiers committed atrocities in occupied Germany after the war. Last but not least, I would mention the April 29, 1945, Dachau liberation reprisals in which American soldiers and former Dachau prisoners killed 50 SS personnel and Kapos. On the other side of the coin, the Nazi regime in Germany and the Fascist regime in Italy were very popular as they turned around the economies of their respective countries during the worldwide Great Depression of the 1930s. This is how Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini were able to accrue such a zealous following. How were Hitler and the Third Reich able to gain such broad public support? Not with antisemitism, political parties in Germany that were solely just about Jew hatred got a very small percentage of the vote. Furthermore, Jews were two percent of the German population. Most Germans had never met a Jew, were apathic about antisemitism and had no reason to be thinking about Jews one way or another. What got the German public on their side was their rhetoric about making Germany great again in a time when Germany was humiliated in the wake of their defeat in WWI, the punitive terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the economic deprivation of the Great Depression. They convinced ordinary people to help commit genocide on an industrial scale with their propaganda about a superior Aryan race and the German people's starring role in the grand historical narrative. The Nazis after coming to power, restored German national pride and economic prosperity. They did many genuinely good things to substantively improve the lives of ordinary Germans. The Nazis turned the German economy around in just three years, started public works projects to put Germans to work, gave them days off from work, did so-called "strength through joy" cruises that took working class people on the first vacations of their lives to France, Italy, Spain, and Japan, improved the workplace, expanded the role of women in German society, and started social programs that were intended to unlock class barriers. They also created the German Labor Front, which was intended to fight for better conditions, hours and pay for German workers. Its head Robert Ley fought for universal healthcare for the German people and equal pay for equal work for men and women. It should also be known that the Nazis had some legitimate grievances with the countries they invaded such as they held territory that had been taken from Germany in the Treaty of Versailles and discrimination against ethnic Germans. Britain and France weren't always honest actors on the international scene either. French public opinion in the 1930s was very much not in favor of reconciliation with Germany. Furthermore, Poland was just as eager to go to war with Germany as the reverse and Poland wanted to expand and become a great power in Europe. I want to be crystal clear that none of this is to take away from the heroism of the courageous men and women of the Greatest Generation who served in the Allied armies or to whitewash Axis war crimes or the Holocaust. I mean only to show the complexity of WWII and that all sides did bad things. I also wanted to show the story of WWII is not as straightforward or as simple as one might think. If anyone here would like to learn more about Nazi ideology and why they gained such a dedicated following I encourage everyone to check out the incredible and informative book "Hitler's Revolution'" by Richard Tedor. Here is a link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Hitlers-Revolution-Ideology-Programs-Foreign/dp/0988368234/ref=sr_1_1?crid=352WBCED22IOV&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1EfzTXopQtcoZZT2hmEX-eFLQ1FWSt9uUm53lGDQ3i8r-JxOZtsNStAQ9sWpX930-0t5aHtfBQq71lK4LF_nStQXJnbajVOpCt4CWQSITs6LKWNXtNGNSv4iOU_L-_83yGM00o5ZGgN0oAAEwKDClHGBDq1Umr0qO_zgXUE3MH3hPc77wQAFxEgaaXWQr8Sc0bQ3YU605HZkxWm4gNUuervOlBQvNeoiThrbDc_AsRM.K5iVm5YshUUhMckC6gq6HeWAaAQxm6JXuOV6crSsTpY&dib_tag=se&keywords=hitler%27s+revolution&qid=1726106845&s=books&sprefix=hitler%27s+revol%2Cstripbooks%2C90&sr=1-1
Thats not even to mention the deportations of the Greeks, Kalmyks, Turks, Crimean Tatars, Balkars, Chechens, Finns, and Ingush, the mass rapes of German, Austrian and Polish women, murdering civilians, the pillaging, the oppression of the peoples of countries they conquered and occupied, torture of Ukrainian POWs, multiple other massacres they committed, and the largest mass expulsion of a people in history with the millions of ethnic Germans they forced out of Eastern and Central Europe and that's just the tip of the iceberg! American, British, French, and Soviet soldiers committed atrocities in occupied Germany after the war. Last but not least, I would mention the April 29, 1945, Dachau liberation reprisals in which American soldiers and former Dachau prisoners killed 50 SS personnel and Kapos. On the other side of the coin, the Nazi regime in Germany and the Fascist regime in Italy were very popular as they turned around the economies of their respective countries during the worldwide Great Depression of the 1930s. This is how Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini were able to accrue such a zealous following. How were Hitler and the Third Reich able to gain such broad public support? Not with antisemitism, political parties in Germany that were solely just about Jew hatred got a very small percentage of the vote. Furthermore, Jews were two percent of the German population. Most Germans had never met a Jew, were apathic about antisemitism and had no reason to be thinking about Jews one way or another. What got the German public on their side was their rhetoric about making Germany great again in a time when Germany was humiliated in the wake of their defeat in WWI, the punitive terms of the Treaty of Versailles and the economic deprivation of the Great Depression. They convinced ordinary people to help commit genocide on an industrial scale with their propaganda about a superior Aryan race and the German people's starring role in the grand historical narrative. The Nazis after coming to power, restored German national pride and economic prosperity. They did many genuinely good things to substantively improve the lives of ordinary Germans. The Nazis turned the German economy around in just three years, started public works projects to put Germans to work, gave them days off from work, did so-called "strength through joy" cruises that took working class people on the first vacations of their lives to France, Italy, Spain, and Japan, improved the workplace, expanded the role of women in German society, and started social programs that were intended to unlock class barriers. They also created the German Labor Front, which was intended to fight for better conditions, hours and pay for German workers. Its head Robert Ley fought for universal healthcare for the German people and equal pay for equal work for men and women. It should also be known that the Nazis had some legitimate grievances with the countries they invaded such as they held territory that had been taken from Germany in the Treaty of Versailles and discrimination against ethnic Germans. Britain and France weren't always honest actors on the international scene either. French public opinion in the 1930s was very much not in favor of reconciliation with Germany. Furthermore, Poland was just as eager to go to war with Germany as the reverse and Poland wanted to expand and become a great power in Europe. I want to be crystal clear that none of this is to take away from the heroism of the courageous men and women of the Greatest Generation who served in the Allied armies or to whitewash Axis war crimes or the Holocaust. I mean only to show the complexity of WWII and that all sides did bad things. I also wanted to show the story of WWII is not as straightforward or as simple as one might think. If anyone here would like to learn more about Nazi ideology and why they gained such a dedicated following I encourage everyone to check out the incredible and informative book "Hitler's Revolution'" by Richard Tedor. Here is a link to the book: https://www.amazon.com/Hitlers-Revolution-Ideology-Programs-Foreign/dp/0988368234/ref=sr_1_1?crid=352WBCED22IOV&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1EfzTXopQtcoZZT2hmEX-eFLQ1FWSt9uUm53lGDQ3i8r-JxOZtsNStAQ9sWpX930-0t5aHtfBQq71lK4LF_nStQXJnbajVOpCt4CWQSITs6LKWNXtNGNSv4iOU_L-_83yGM00o5ZGgN0oAAEwKDClHGBDq1Umr0qO_zgXUE3MH3hPc77wQAFxEgaaXWQr8Sc0bQ3YU605HZkxWm4gNUuervOlBQvNeoiThrbDc_AsRM.K5iVm5YshUUhMckC6gq6HeWAaAQxm6JXuOV6crSsTpY&dib_tag=se&keywords=hitler%27s+revolution&qid=1726106845&s=books&sprefix=hitler%27s+revol%2Cstripbooks%2C90&sr=1-1