[ChildOfThe60s]

Key words: “and the will to use it”

“”If every German Jew and anti-Nazi had possessed a Mauser rifle, twenty rounds and the will to use it, Adolf Hitler would be a footnote to the history of the Weimar Republic.” — Aaron Zelman, 1995.

[entropy12]

Realistically Mauser rifles no match for Panzers and luftwafa.

Only proven method is to copy what has worked.
Such as liberating the largest democracy in the world from British colonialists in 1947.

[GingisK]

Look at the movies. There weren't many anti-NAZIs until the German military suffered a few defeats in Russia. Hitler enjoyed overwhelming support because he pulled Germany out of economic ruin.

When families were visited for deportation, a platoon of troops showed up at the door.