[catzaa]

The world is a lot more complex than that. Germany was not treated well after the First World War. It was almost certain that there will be another war and a dictator would come to power (the only question was when, and what the dictator's name would be).

This does not mean that everything the German army did was good or justified (e.g. the Holocaust). And neither was the allies knights in shining armour (firebombing of Dresden and Tokyo comes to mind).

My grandparents (although not German citizens) were fiercely supportive of Germany in WW2, as where many people. This stemmed mostly from the UK’s treatment of people in its colonies.

[billswift]

You mean after the First World War. That's why I argued elsewhere that Woodrow Wilson deserves a big chunk of the blame for the rise of Nazi Germany, maybe even more than Hitler, since without his meddling in Europe during the Great War Hitler quite possibly would never have gotten anywhere.