re: #153 No Malarkey!

Only if the Allies let them retain power. We would’ve stuck to our demand for unconditional surrender.

It took military defeat along with the utter desolation and collapse brought about by the war to finally wean the overwhelming majority of Germans off the notion that National Socialism was or could be a viable movement.

Had they killed Hitler off earlier, there still would have been a much more sizeable core of supporters and sympathizers to his cause.

(Even now there is still a fringe element)