Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ

and your reply is totally out of context..

Hitler was appointed Chancellor under President Hindenburg on January 30, 1933. Hitler was never actually elected, but he did take power legally under the laws of the then-Weimar Republic when Preside Hindenburg died in 1934.

Before that Hitler ran for President but lost due to the communist party pulled away a lot of the vote. Until Hitler was appointed Chancellor, the Nazis never held any actual majority in the government or the parliament. Also, in 1934 Hitler carried out a series of political executions that killed the leaders of any military backed political parties ie., the brownshirts.

Finally, it was forbidden for German populace to own military grade rifles due to the First World War armistice Germany had to sign when they lost.

The German people knew in 1943 Hitler was crazy when he turned his back on 800k troops in Stalingrad NOT 1945.

...it's odd an American has to educated a German about their own history.