... of architecture and statues to portray the strength and unity of their regimes. Hitler to a far lesser extent could isolate and politicize German antiquity due to the lack of German history. Therefore he had to import political symbols, including the Swastika and Nazi eagle, into Germany and justify their presence on the grounds of a spurious racial ancestry, the myth that ancient ... Hitler was huge in covering up his true ideological intentions. However, the 1936 Berlin Olympic would prove to be the most successful exploitation for a sporting event for political means in history. With...

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... could have been beneficial.  Taylor's suggestion to persevere with Chamberlain's appeasement, has been highly criticised, notably by Trevor-Roper (1961) and Cole (1968) who both agree that Taylor's view of history is "utterly erroneous:" 'Revisionist' historians - including Taylor - choose, censor and adapt the historical evidence singularly for verifying their own hypothesis (Trevor-Roper, 1961). The thesis that Hitler ... ...

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