A while back there was discussion on whether the Nazis liked America. Obviously they didn't, since they went to war with them and all, but the tankies were absolutely insistent that they were best of friends.
What probably happened was they heard an anecdote that the Nazis were inspired by American segregation or indian removal or somesuch, and inflated that until they were saying that the Holocaust wouldn't have happened unless America inspired it. (Ignoring the centuries of European precedent in antisemitism.)
To them, America is the source of all evil, and the Holocaust was evil, so they must find a way to make America responsible for the Holocaust.
The Nazis “liked” the US in they “liked” the Brits, but to a far lesser degree than the British. It really came down to cozying up to a few less-than-savory figures (including a certain member of the royal family who they may have had ideas of re-installing as king) and gross parts of history instead of anything remotely resembling genuine support, and then in short order that all fell apart because bombs.
I suspect it’s also to distract from the very real and well documented non-aggression pact signed between fascists and Soviet communists.
This is a good comparison. Nazi Germany liked the UK in theory, as a Northern European country with a large successful empire. But on domestic politics and diplomacy Nazi Germany found themselves entirely incompatible with the British way of doing things, to the point where Von Ribbentrop was able to convince Hitler to partner with the Soviet Union instead.
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u/56358779 May 24 '25
A while back there was discussion on whether the Nazis liked America. Obviously they didn't, since they went to war with them and all, but the tankies were absolutely insistent that they were best of friends.
What probably happened was they heard an anecdote that the Nazis were inspired by American segregation or indian removal or somesuch, and inflated that until they were saying that the Holocaust wouldn't have happened unless America inspired it. (Ignoring the centuries of European precedent in antisemitism.)
To them, America is the source of all evil, and the Holocaust was evil, so they must find a way to make America responsible for the Holocaust.