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"Hitler was dually elected by his people on a platform of correcting the wrongs of the Versailles Treaty. "

Hitler dismantled freedom, rule of law, political dissent and rights of protest and organization, as well as free elections, within a few years of gaining power. Hitler's Nazi party never won a free elected majority, but he played enough tricks to fool and then eliminate all opposition. Just as Castro did, just as many communists did to gain power in Eastern Europe, just as Mussolini did, Just as Chavez is trying in Venezuala right now.

"As for Churchill being a historian"

yes, please look him up. I can understand your affinity to the French - your arrogance exceeds your understanding.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/039541685X/qid=1047161282/sr=1-4/ref=sr_1_4/102-0881630-1104965?v=glance&s=books

Dismantled freedom? Germany was a disaster to begin with constant fights between Reds and Black shirts. Hitler ended dissent because the people wanted him too. They wanted to go a week without political battle in the street, broken windows, hyper inflation. Castro seized power using violence, which was more like Mussolini, or Franco for that matter, where as the political parties of Germany actually settled on Hitler because he was a 'moderate' and they thought they could control him.

The Night of the Long Knives was Hitler's price for power and the political powers went along with it.

Oh, I see, Churchill is in the History section at Amazon.com ergo he is a historian.