Definitely so— because there would have been no out of work German veterans of WWI, and inflation to the point of a billion DeutschMarks for a loaf of bread. Wheelbarrels full of paper money worthless.
There would not have been the German Army derived Free Corps which became the Sturmabteilung (S.A.) Brownshirts which were put on a payroll from the German govt, and who numbered 2 million plus— who then stole away Communists (who outnumbered the NSDAP Nazis, and who had nearly identical political platforms. Labor and bread etc.) William Shirer examines Joseph Goebbels who was an ardent Bolshevik and advocated the Nazis and Communists (both Socialist Leftist groups) join together. An amazing chapter in his masterpiece book. Europe was falling apart from before WWI and the war didn’t help or decide much except getting rid of nearly all the monarchies- The Fall of the Eagles.
The Rise and Fall of the 3rd Reich— bio on hitler points out he failed to get into the Arts Academy because he had no artistic talent— as you said, smarter than his teachers, and later on he was “smarter” the the professional Prussian generals who were winning, and told them he didn’t go to any military academy but he’d.. “read Clausewitz” . What a horrible con artist, and lunatic.
This is a fascinating bit of secret audio of Hitler speaking to Finnish Marshall Mannerheim in 1942.
The main things are, it’s probably the only audio of Hitler speaking in a normal voice, and also his bluntness of the situation in Russia.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oET1WaG5sFk