Do you think that none of us have ever read several of the thousands of biographies of Adolph Hitler?
Biographies of Hitler are unanimous in their acknowledgement that a message-runner in the trenches of the First World War would have shown great personal physical courage.
Hitler's war service--and the personal courage he undoubtedly showed--gave him great cache in the elections among veterans and especially among the all-important Fussballmutti vote.
I wonder if you quite comprehend how counterproductive your mau-mauing rituals on these Empire vs Republic threads really are?