Fanta - the drink of Nazis

The Nazis thought so. To not only be beaten by a non aryan, but what was in the eyes of the aryans in the nazi party a subhuman, barely able to be called a human was a huge deal.

Schmelling may not have believed that way, but you can bet all his supporters in the nazi party did. If he would have won that would have been a HUGE PR shot for the nazis, proving their superiority over the world...atleast to themselves anyway.

You said Schmeling's loss demolished the Nazi's race theories...


Well, isn't that what makes a technical knockout a technical knockout!? Besides, you could say, "The only reason..." about the outcome of any fight (or any thing, for that matter).

That's an interpretation of events. There were other interpretations. That's why I used the word "controversial".

Holding on to the ropes means diddly squat. I was at a boxing match earlier this year where the challenger was flattened three times, and was practically swinging out of the ropes... but he still won in an 11th round knockout.

Yes, you heard wrong. Geez... am I the only one who had to study history in school!?

The Nazis arose when a number of nationalist groups formed towards the end of WW1 amalgamated themselves into the German Workers' Party (DAP). The DAP came to the attention of German Army Intelligence and one Corporal Hitler was ordered to investigate them. To cut a long story short, he ended up joining them and used his oratory skills to help swell the membership, especially among young unemployed men, of which there were plenty, given that the German economy was in ruins at the time.

Part of the reason it was in ruins is because the Treaty of Versailles stripped Germany of its colonies, its energy sources, and, most significantly, demanded the payment of reparations far beyond its ability to ever pay. This, along with the fact that the Entente powers basically changed the terms of surrender after the Germans had accepted them, caused huge bitterness and resentment. It was seen as a national humiliation, which Hitler capitalised upon by promising to put a stop to it.

So... far from financing the Nazis to help Germany pay for WW1, the Allies did the opposite and, by doing so, inadvertently helped Hitler's rise to power.

In short, the Entente/Allies didn't finance the Nazis and there was nobody for Hitler to double cross.

I COULD tell you how the NAZIs "rose to power", but that would hit too close to your home, etc.... HEY, take a look at Adolf Hitler - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia You might also want to check out what the nazis main mission was(It was NOT actually anti jewish, etc...). HECK, Just read their organization names and that becomes obvious. Here's a hint! It is in Thomas' post, and the same sort of movement is in the US and has NO ties, or even wants to, with the KKK or nazis! OK, maybe they DO have ties to the KKK, but they don't want to admit it. The KKK could be almost seen as the american version of nazism.

They didn't really need any big financing. Hitler never even really got elected!

HECK, Germany was really pretty POOR! They had the depression with so many others, and had run-away inflation.

Steve