Hitler and his National Socialist Party weren't the first to use propaganda in pursuit of their goals. In World War One, both the British and the Germans fabricated atrocities and attempted to portray the enemy as inhuman beasts. However, these efforts were amateurish compared to the ruthless efficiency of the propaganda machine created by the Nazis.
For the Nazis propaganda wasn't a peripheral activity; it was central to how German society functioned and how the Nazi war effort was run. It was lavishly funded, carefully planned, and so effective that it kept the German people fighting long past the point where defeat became inevitable.
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