" His ultra-conservative party fed on the prejudices of ordinary Germans and used hate and fear to gain popularity. " - this is not true. Hitler gained popularity when he promised to restore Germany back to the people and build it up into the nation it was before the Versailles Treaty devastated it (You said yourself that "the Versailles Treaty left them in ruins." Why did you not follow up on that instead of going off in another direction?) ¶ " He began small, taking a country here and there through diplomatic means or making a relatively small conquest, but eventually he invaded France and all hell broke loose." - "taking a country here and there"? What countries might those be? He didn't "take" Czechoslovakia. He took the Sudetenland because it contained ethnic Germans who were being persecuted under Czechoslovakia's regime. He then moved into Czechoslovakia and made it a Protectorate because the Soviet Union was threatening to take over. Hitler maintained a German military presence and acted as overseer, but Czechoslovakia still kept its government intact. Danzig was likewise full of ethnic Germans who were being persecuted by Poland. And Hitler didn't invade France - he invaded Poland. France made an effort to uphold its agreement with Poland about being attacked by another country, but the moment they ran up against Germans, they turned tail and ran. ¶ The "6 million Jews" claim goes back to around the turn of the century. Zionism was running a support/funding campaign between 1900 and 1939. To get the money and support they wanted, they claimed that there were "6 million Jews" in peril and in danger of extermination. It was published in every major newspaper in the world which, in turn, was picked up by the smaller media. This was the reason that the world believed Hitler exterminated 6 million Jews so quickly - the seeds were implanted in people's brains. The first time Hitler was accused of exterminating Jews was in a radio broadcast by Zionist leader Samuel Untermyer on Aug 6, 1933 - just 6 months after Hitler is appointed Chancellor. I should add that Zionism first declared war on Germany on March 24, 1933. The "6 million" and "exterminations" were nothing but a hate campaign by the Zionists and the Soviet Union. Everything I've said here is verifiable - what you've been told is not.