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[=Chris the Chees;496773]And? The fact of the matter is that Hitler did not single handedly shape the German Reich. He, just like a multitude of others, was but one individual who had a hand in shaping the regime.

But your placing all these others on the same level of importance and influence in world history as Hitler, when they obviously aren't.
After Jesus Christ, he is the second most discussed individual in the world, doesn't that tell you something?
Yeah of course he couldn't have got anywhere without all those other guys to help, but he was the focus that bought them all together to make the Nazi party what it became.

But by the same token, it would not have happened without Göring, Goebbels, Bormann, Dietrich, Drexler, Eichmann, Göth, Heydrich, Himmler, etc. The list is vast

Agreed, but Hitler was still the most important one, thats why he was the leader.

then you have historians such as Daniel Goldhagen who have argued that the entire German people were 'Hitler's willing executioners'.

I doubt they were willing, in the lead up to WW2 the Nazi party had the streets under their control, and if anyone objected to them they were just beaten up or killed.
Fear tends to make you agree with people like that.
Of course if you just went about your business like you were allowed to, do all the normal things like allowed, like have party's, weddings get drunk etc, then they were your best buddy's, as long as you didn't speak against Hitler you were fine, they left you alone.
So offered that choice the average German person that wasn't a target of the Nazi party, just went along and pretended nothing was wrong, because their own liberty's were not being interfered with.

Sorry, but the argument that the entire thing was down to Hitler, and Hitler alone is just wrong.

Sorry, but you wouldn't have had WW2 without him.
Not in Europe anyway.

Tell you what, I will take your advice on spelling and post presentation seriously when you start using paragraphs properly and employ basic grammatical rules. It makes for easier reading, not to mention just common courtesy.

My paragraphs and grammar, are also better than yours.