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Nope, he offed himself. 'course, if he hadn't, he'd not have lived much longer, anyway...

Supposedly, it was buried in the ruble of his bunker or something like that. I don't know for sure, but I'd imagine they'd have really trumpeted it if they'd found him...

And back then, he'd have been lucky to have lived long enough to hear the word "you are going to be charge with crimes against humanity" if they had captured him alive.

Not true, to say that "they loved him" is a gross over statement. Many, many were in opposition to him, such as the 3,810,000 German civilians who died during world War . In total, Germany lost about 9.1% of its total population, so by the end of WWII I strongly doubt that they "loved him". He did improve the country's economy by controlling inflation, but that only lasted as long as the nazis did, so waasn't a long term solution

Well yeah because (a) people act differently in crowds, and (b) they were shooting everyone who resisted them. So of course they didnt resist out right. The Nazis never got a majority vote before they got into power, so they were never supported en mass

Some people did show signs of revolt. For example, all of the people who tried to flee, and people like Schindler

Crowds as in the nation. The feeling that lots of people around you are doing the same thing influences the way you act, and usually you go along with the "crowd".

He didnt convince an entire nation, he convinced some of it. After WWII most people claimed not to have known about the gas chambers etc, so either they really didnt know (and therefore couldnt have been convinced it was right to kill these people), or they turned a blind eye (presumably because they knew it was wrong and did not want to get involved, ie they were not convinced that it was alright to kill people because they were different)

He saved Germany after WWI, in terms of nationalism and economics But it could be argued that he destroyed Germany during WWII, because in the end they were in the same situation as before, but with more national shame. That shame still exists now, all of the Germans that I have spoken to still feel ashamed about it, even though it was about 2 generations ago for them. They also suffered after WWII with the Berlin Wall, and especially in East Germany, where resources were so low that people would risk trying to get over it rather than stay. Even today, East Germany has not recovered fully, its still stigmatised as a place that you wouldnt particularly want to live. So yes, he was a great leader, but he only "saved" Germany in a rather limited way

The causes of WWII were (a) WWI, (b) Treaty of Versailles (making germany pay for damages in WWI which put them into huge debt), (c) this gave hitler his opportunity to say that they were not going to pay, and gain some popularity, (d) Hitler invading Poland. That one there being the major one. America did not cause WWII, they didn't get involved in WWII until Pearl Harbour. They were involved in the Treaty of Versailles, but did not directly cause WWII.

I wouldnt say that the Western world and the Soviets destroyed Germany. I would say that they were happy to pick up the pieces and claim them for themselves, and that didnt help particularly, but it didnt destroy Germany. It just didnt put it back together for a while

You had a hand. Possibly an equal hand, not necessarily a big hand.

And I still maintain that the Western world and the Soviets did not destroy Germany. See my previous post

I never said that they were destroyed, you did wink