Hitler

[BetterDeadThanRed]

To be honest, if it wasn't for the stain of racial annihilation, Hitler wouldn't be any different than Napoleon or Caesar or other conquerors before him. I am not justifying his actions, nor the actions of other historic conquerors with questionable tactics, it just seems to me that he may have gone down in history as being considered unfairly worse than men before him. This to many is a hard pill to swallow as we have all grown up thinking he is the most evil man the world has ever known, while Himmler is treated by the general population with a puzzled "who's that?" Perhaps with time, the hatred and fear will begin to die down and he will join the ranks of other failed conquerors in the history books.

He indeed was a great man, not in the sense of goodness but in his legacy of Earth shattering influence.

[Evil_Maniac From Mars]

To be honest, if it wasn't for the stain of racial annihilation, Hitler wouldn't be any different than Napoleon or Caesar or other conquerors before him. I am not justifying his actions, nor the actions of other historic conquerors with questionable tactics, it just seems to me that he may have gone down in history as being considered unfairly worse than men before him. This to many is a hard pill to swallow as we have all grown up thinking he is the most evil man the world has ever known, while Himmler is treated by the general population with a puzzled "who's that?" Perhaps with time, the hatred and fear will begin to die down and he will join the ranks of other failed conquerors in the history books.

He indeed was a great man, not in the sense of goodness but in his legacy of Earth shattering influence.

The "aside from the racial annihilation" part is a pretty big thing to put aside, however. Perhaps in a half century he may be remembered as a Ghenghis Khan, but since he was a rather inept strategist most of the time, I doubt it.

[BetterDeadThanRed]

The "aside from the racial annihilation" part is a pretty big thing to put aside, however. Perhaps in a half century he may be remembered as a Ghenghis Khan, but since he was a rather inept strategist most of the time, I doubt it.

That's a fair assumption. I was looking at it from the perspective of the racial annihilation being the fault of Himmler and his subordinates, not Hitler directly, but I do see your point.

As far as a strategist goes, he did make some significant blunders, but his main strength lay in his ability to manipulate the public and the diplomatic scene.

I suppose Genghis Kahn might be a better parallel than Napoleon.

[The Wizard]

What's in the OP is a troll from an infamous troll den somewhere on the Interbutts.

As for why it's wrong, that's already been showcased aplenty in here. Just that you guys have fed the troll (whether that was Jkarinen wittingly or not) with quite a lot.

[TosaInu]

Sorry, I just see words and can't focus to think about it: this topics seems something that needs closure now.

Feel free to throw a tomato and open it.