I don't see how anyone can defend what Hitler did, you can't excuse killing millions of your own citizens, or anyone, for any reason. He wasn't a genius at all, in battle strategy or any other point of view. People in Germany saw that democracy wasn't working for them after WW1 and during the depression and they were desperate for a solution to their poverty, he wouldn't have to be a brilliant speaker to rise to power, all he needed was a plan to bring Germany out of depression that the German people would vote for. Military genius? No way, Germany lost the war because they decided to break their pact with Russia and invade while they were still fighting in Britain, I'm sure that wasn't completely Hitler's decision but he most likely had a very large part in it. He killed millions, there is no way anyone can justify that.