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->''"Under proper guidance, in the course of the final solution the Jews are to be allocated for appropriate labor in the East. Able-bodied Jews, separated according to sex, will be taken in large work columns to these areas for work on roads, in the course of which action doubtless a large portion will be eliminated by natural causes. The possible final remnant will, since it will undoubtedly consist of the most resistant portion, have to be treated accordingly, because it is the product of natural selection and would, if released, act as the seed of a new Jewish revival"''

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->''"Under proper guidance, in the course of the final solution the Jews are to be [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust allocated for appropriate labor in the East.East]]. Able-bodied Jews, separated according to sex, will be taken in large work columns to these areas for work on roads, in the course of which action doubtless a large portion will be eliminated by natural causes. The possible final remnant will, since it will undoubtedly consist of the most resistant portion, have to be treated accordingly, because it is the product of natural selection and would, if released, act as the seed of a new Jewish revival"''
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-->-- '''Roger [=DeBris=]''', director of ''Film/SpringtimeForHitler''

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-->-- '''Roger [=DeBris=]''', director of ''Film/SpringtimeForHitler''
''[[Film/TheProducers Springtime For Hitler]]''
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->''"[[RedsWithRockets They]] [[ItCanThink were learning]]."''

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->''"[[RedsWithRockets ->''"[[UsefulNotes/RedsWithRockets They]] [[ItCanThink were learning]]."''
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'''The Captain:''' Yes, but...what do you mean...''One?''\\

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'''The Captain:''' Yes, but...what do you mean...''One?''\\''One?''
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-->-- '''Winston Churchill''', speech in the House of Commons, 1901

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-->-- '''Winston Churchill''', [[http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1901/may/13/army-organisation speech in the House of Commons, Commons]], 1901

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->''"You will lose far more than you gain by giving up one friend to win the favour of another. Most of the British out here are dead set against the renewal of our alliance with Japan and are doing their best to prevent it, not realizing that by doing so they are playing into Germany's hands. If the alliance ends, it is a thousand to one that Germany will step in and form a Japan-Germany alliance. If that happens, there is going to be hell for the world within a few years."''
-->-- '''Malcolm Kennedy''', British army captain posted to Japan, 1921

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->''"You will lose far more than you gain by giving up one friend to win the favour of another. Most of the British out here are dead set against the renewal of our alliance with Japan and are doing their best to prevent it, not realizing that by doing so they are playing into Germany's hands. If the alliance ends, it is a thousand to one that Germany will step in and form a Japan-Germany alliance.alliance, and may eventually get Russia to join in also. If that happens, there is going to be hell for the world within a few years."''
-->-- '''Malcolm Duncan Kennedy''', British army captain posted to Japan, 1921



-->-- '''UsefulNotes/LeonTrotsky''', ''What is National Socialism?'' (November 2, 1933)[[note]] note the date - Trotsky correctly predicted Hitler's actions less than a year after the Nazis took power[[/note]]

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-->-- '''UsefulNotes/LeonTrotsky''', ''What ''[[https://www.marxists.org/archive/trotsky/germany/1933/330610.htm What is National Socialism?'' Socialism?]]'' (November 2, 1933)[[note]] note the date - Trotsky correctly predicted Hitler's actions less than a year after the Nazis took power[[/note]]




[[AC:Comedy]]
->"Well, you know, [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler he]] was a painter and a vegetarian, so I suppose he must've said, 'I can't get the damn trees... OH FUCK IT I'M GOING TO KILL EVERYONE IN THE WORLD!'."
-->--'''Creator/EddieIzzard''', ''Dress To Kill''

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-->-- '''Roger [=DeBris=]''', director of ''SpringtimeForHitler''

->"Alright, let me explain: A guy with mustache like Creator/CharlieChaplin by name of Adolf Hitler took over the country of Germany thanks to the support of a group called the Nazis. (Or Narzis if you're Churchill. Or drunk. Or both.) After hosting the Olympics to mess with future ignorant protesters, the Nazis started their plan to take over all of Europe, thanks to various mad scientist plots, the [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Red Skull]], and [[Film/SchindlersList artillery shells that didn't work made by Ras's Al Ghul]], who trained his protégé Christian Bale to be a Hitler Youth by day and a [[Film/SwingKids swing kid]] [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy dressed like a Bat by night]]. Hitler's ambitious plans to win victory using the [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Ark of the Covenant]] was thwarted by Franchise/IndianaJones, succeeding only in drawing {{Franchise/Hellboy}} to Earth. Franchise/WonderWoman and ComicBook/TheRocketeer tried to stop him, but soon, Hitler's forces took over most of Europe along with the Italians, whom they were allies with because Germany drew the short straw. America stayed out of it because of [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Edith]] [[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever Keeler]], but luckily some drunk asshole ran her over, so in 1941, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor [[Film/PearlHarbor despite Cuba Gooding Jr.'s best efforts]], the United States decided that ''that'' was an act of war, and not a reason to just shake our fist impotently at the sky."

-->'''Franklin D. Roosevelt:''' The only thing we have to fear is Batman.

->"They were almost stopped by [[Film/TheFinalCountdown Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen and their time-traveling aircraft carrier]], but were themselves stopped by [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler}} all the time travelers arriving to kill Hitler ripping a hole in the space-time continuum]]. So all that happened was that Creator/KurtVonnegut had this [[Literature/SlaughterhouseFive crazy idea for a story]]. So, while Rosie the Riveter built a bunch of tanks back home, we sent {{Film/Patton}} over to Europe to tell a bunch of people to "make those sons 'o bitches die for their country", but mostly just to show off his awesome giant flag. He fought in North Africa so we could have a place for [[Literature/CatchTwentyTwo Cpt. Yossarian to launch his airstrikes]] from, until he got upset by his buddy Snowden getting taken out (not realizing that [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden he's actually hiding out in Russia now]].) [[Series/DadsArmy Arthur Lowe was put in charge of defending England]] while [[Film/TheGreatEscape Steve McQueen tried to escape from a POW camp]], but stopped ''just'' short of the Swiss border because [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic the Von Trapps had gotten there first]], and Creator/RichardAttenborough only succeeded in [[Film/JurassicPark a plan to house cloned dinosaurs]] -- all while [[Series/HogansHeroes Colonel Klink]] patted himself on the back. A girl named [[Literature/TheDiaryOfAnneFrank Anne Frank]] comes into this somewhere, but I think she was rescued by [[Film/XMenFilmSeries a boy who had control over magnetism with his mind.]] Then they started the D-Day invasion, once [[Film/TheDirtyDozen a group of twelve angry men led by Lee Marvin]] are told [[Film/InglouriousBasterds not to shower and to invade first]] so that we can [[Film/SavingPrivateRyan send Forrest Gump to go looking for Matt Damon]]. While that's going on, [[Series/BlackSheepSquadron Robert Conrad shot down Japanese planes in the Pacific]], so to pay them back, the Japanese made Obi-Wan Kenobi [[Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai build a bridge]]. As the end draws near, Hitler [[Film/DeadSnow had dead Nazis turned into zombies]], but still Germany itself was invaded and in the end, he hid in his bunker until [[{{Film/Downfall}} the pranks of Fegelein got to be too much]] and he blew his own brains out. And Oppenheimer made a big bomb to blow up Japan, and after it was sent, the Japanese blew up the boat and [[{{Film/Jaws}} sent sharks to eat all the sailors]], so [[Film/DoctorStrangelove Slim Pickens dropped the bomb on them]], and they gave up, aaannd also... [[Film/DasBoot somewhere in there is a submarine]], I don't remember what it does exactly though. Anyway, that's what I got off Ask.com, so it's got to be true."
-->-- '''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager The Doctor]]''' [[TaughtByTelevision summarizing the War]], in ''WebSite/SFDebris''[='s=] review of "The Killing Game Pt. 2"

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-->-- '''Roger [=DeBris=]''', director of ''SpringtimeForHitler''

->"Alright, let me explain: A guy with mustache like Creator/CharlieChaplin
''Film/SpringtimeForHitler''

[[AC:LiveActionTelevision]]
->'''The Captain:''' "World War One"?\\
'''Twelfth Doctor:''' Judging
by name of Adolf Hitler took over the country of Germany thanks to the support of a group called the Nazis. (Or Narzis if you're Churchill. Or drunk. Or both.) After hosting the Olympics to mess with future ignorant protesters, the Nazis started their plan to take over all of Europe, thanks to various mad scientist plots, the [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Red Skull]], and [[Film/SchindlersList artillery shells that didn't work made by Ras's Al Ghul]], who trained his protégé Christian Bale to be a Hitler Youth by day and a [[Film/SwingKids swing kid]] [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy dressed like a Bat by night]]. Hitler's ambitious plans to win victory using the [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Ark of the Covenant]] was thwarted by Franchise/IndianaJones, succeeding only in drawing {{Franchise/Hellboy}} to Earth. Franchise/WonderWoman and ComicBook/TheRocketeer tried to stop him, but soon, Hitler's forces took over most of Europe along with the Italians, whom they were allies with because Germany drew the short straw. America stayed out of it because of [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Edith]] [[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever Keeler]], but luckily some drunk asshole ran her over, so in 1941, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor [[Film/PearlHarbor despite Cuba Gooding Jr.'s best efforts]], the United States decided that ''that'' was an act of war, and not a reason to just shake our fist impotently at the sky."

-->'''Franklin D. Roosevelt:''' The only thing we have to fear is Batman.

->"They were almost stopped by [[Film/TheFinalCountdown Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen and their time-traveling aircraft carrier]], but were themselves stopped by [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler}} all the time travelers arriving to kill Hitler ripping a hole in the space-time continuum]]. So all that happened was that Creator/KurtVonnegut had this [[Literature/SlaughterhouseFive crazy idea for a story]]. So, while Rosie the Riveter built a bunch of tanks back home, we sent {{Film/Patton}} over to Europe to tell a bunch of people to "make those sons 'o bitches die for their country", but mostly just to show off his awesome giant flag. He fought in North Africa so we could have a place for [[Literature/CatchTwentyTwo Cpt. Yossarian to launch his airstrikes]] from, until he got upset by his buddy Snowden getting taken out (not realizing that [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden he's actually hiding out in Russia now]].) [[Series/DadsArmy Arthur Lowe was put in charge of defending England]] while [[Film/TheGreatEscape Steve McQueen tried to escape from a POW camp]], but stopped ''just'' short of the Swiss border because [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic the Von Trapps had gotten there first]], and Creator/RichardAttenborough only succeeded in [[Film/JurassicPark a plan to house cloned dinosaurs]] -- all while [[Series/HogansHeroes Colonel Klink]] patted himself on the back. A girl named [[Literature/TheDiaryOfAnneFrank Anne Frank]] comes into this somewhere, but I think she was rescued by [[Film/XMenFilmSeries a boy who had control over magnetism with his mind.]] Then they started the D-Day invasion, once [[Film/TheDirtyDozen a group of twelve angry men led by Lee Marvin]] are told [[Film/InglouriousBasterds not to shower and to invade first]] so that we can [[Film/SavingPrivateRyan send Forrest Gump to go looking for Matt Damon]]. While that's going on, [[Series/BlackSheepSquadron Robert Conrad shot down Japanese planes in the Pacific]], so to pay them back, the Japanese made Obi-Wan Kenobi [[Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai build a bridge]]. As the end draws near, Hitler [[Film/DeadSnow had dead Nazis turned into zombies]], but still Germany itself was invaded and in the end, he hid in his bunker until [[{{Film/Downfall}} the pranks of Fegelein got to be too much]] and he blew his own brains out. And Oppenheimer made a big bomb to blow up Japan, and after it was sent, the Japanese blew up the boat and [[{{Film/Jaws}} sent sharks to eat all the sailors]], so [[Film/DoctorStrangelove Slim Pickens dropped the bomb on them]], and they gave up, aaannd also... [[Film/DasBoot somewhere in there is a submarine]], I don't remember
uniform, yes.\\
'''The Captain:''' Yes, but...
what it does exactly though. Anyway, that's what I got off Ask.com, so it's got to be true."
do you mean...''One?''\\
-->-- '''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager The Doctor]]''' [[TaughtByTelevision summarizing the War]], in ''WebSite/SFDebris''[='s=] review of "The Killing Game Pt. 2"
''Series/DoctorWho'', "Twice Upon A Time"

[[AC:Music]]



[[AC:WebOriginal]]
->"Alright, let me explain: A guy with mustache like Creator/CharlieChaplin by name of Adolf Hitler took over the country of Germany thanks to the support of a group called the Nazis. (Or Narzis if you're Churchill. Or drunk. Or both.) After hosting the Olympics to mess with future ignorant protesters, the Nazis started their plan to take over all of Europe, thanks to various mad scientist plots, the [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Red Skull]], and [[Film/SchindlersList artillery shells that didn't work made by Ras's Al Ghul]], who trained his protégé Christian Bale to be a Hitler Youth by day and a [[Film/SwingKids swing kid]] [[Film/TheDarkKnightTrilogy dressed like a Bat by night]]. Hitler's ambitious plans to win victory using the [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Ark of the Covenant]] was thwarted by Franchise/IndianaJones, succeeding only in drawing {{Franchise/Hellboy}} to Earth. Franchise/WonderWoman and ComicBook/TheRocketeer tried to stop him, but soon, Hitler's forces took over most of Europe along with the Italians, whom they were allies with because Germany drew the short straw. America stayed out of it because of [[Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries Edith]] [[Recap/StarTrekS1E28TheCityOnTheEdgeOfForever Keeler]], but luckily some drunk asshole ran her over, so in 1941, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor [[Film/PearlHarbor despite Cuba Gooding Jr.'s best efforts]], the United States decided that ''that'' was an act of war, and not a reason to just shake our fist impotently at the sky."

-->'''Franklin D. Roosevelt:''' The only thing we have to fear is Batman.

->"They were almost stopped by [[Film/TheFinalCountdown Kirk Douglas and Martin Sheen and their time-traveling aircraft carrier]], but were themselves stopped by [[{{Recap/DoctorWhoS32E8LetsKillHitler}} all the time travelers arriving to kill Hitler ripping a hole in the space-time continuum]]. So all that happened was that Creator/KurtVonnegut had this [[Literature/SlaughterhouseFive crazy idea for a story]]. So, while Rosie the Riveter built a bunch of tanks back home, we sent {{Film/Patton}} over to Europe to tell a bunch of people to "make those sons 'o bitches die for their country", but mostly just to show off his awesome giant flag. He fought in North Africa so we could have a place for [[Literature/CatchTwentyTwo Cpt. Yossarian to launch his airstrikes]] from, until he got upset by his buddy Snowden getting taken out (not realizing that [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden he's actually hiding out in Russia now]].) [[Series/DadsArmy Arthur Lowe was put in charge of defending England]] while [[Film/TheGreatEscape Steve McQueen tried to escape from a POW camp]], but stopped ''just'' short of the Swiss border because [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic the Von Trapps had gotten there first]], and Creator/RichardAttenborough only succeeded in [[Film/JurassicPark a plan to house cloned dinosaurs]] -- all while [[Series/HogansHeroes Colonel Klink]] patted himself on the back. A girl named [[Literature/TheDiaryOfAnneFrank Anne Frank]] comes into this somewhere, but I think she was rescued by [[Film/XMenFilmSeries a boy who had control over magnetism with his mind.]] Then they started the D-Day invasion, once [[Film/TheDirtyDozen a group of twelve angry men led by Lee Marvin]] are told [[Film/InglouriousBasterds not to shower and to invade first]] so that we can [[Film/SavingPrivateRyan send Forrest Gump to go looking for Matt Damon]]. While that's going on, [[Series/BlackSheepSquadron Robert Conrad shot down Japanese planes in the Pacific]], so to pay them back, the Japanese made Obi-Wan Kenobi [[Film/TheBridgeOnTheRiverKwai build a bridge]]. As the end draws near, Hitler [[Film/DeadSnow had dead Nazis turned into zombies]], but still Germany itself was invaded and in the end, he hid in his bunker until [[{{Film/Downfall}} the pranks of Fegelein got to be too much]] and he blew his own brains out. And Oppenheimer made a big bomb to blow up Japan, and after it was sent, the Japanese blew up the boat and [[{{Film/Jaws}} sent sharks to eat all the sailors]], so [[Film/DoctorStrangelove Slim Pickens dropped the bomb on them]], and they gave up, aaannd also... [[Film/DasBoot somewhere in there is a submarine]], I don't remember what it does exactly though. Anyway, that's what I got off Ask.com, so it's got to be true."
-->-- '''[[Series/StarTrekVoyager The Doctor]]''' [[TaughtByTelevision summarizing the War]], in ''WebSite/SFDebris''[='s=] review of "The Killing Game Pt. 2"

->And Japan invaded more and more and more of China, and was planning to invade the entire East.
->*You got mail*
->It's from Germany. The new leader of Germany, he has a cool mustache and is trying to take over the world and needs friends. This also got forwarded to Italy.
->They all decided to be friends because they have so much in common.
->(Trying to take over the world)
->(Needs friends)

->IT'S TIME FOR WORLD WAR II!!
-->-— History Of Japan, by bill wurtz [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh5LY4Mz15o]]

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->'''The Captain:''' "World War One"?\\
'''Twelfth Doctor:''' Judging by the uniform, yes.\\
'''The Captain:''' Yes, but...what do you mean...''One?''\\
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Twice Upon A Time"

->"Well, you know, [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler he]] was a painter and a vegetarian, so I suppose he must've said, 'I can't get the damn trees... OH FUCK IT I'M GOING TO KILL EVERYONE IN THE WORLD!'."
-->--'''Creator/EddieIzzard''', ''Dress To Kill''

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->'''The Captain:''' "World War One"?\\
'''Twelfth Doctor:''' Judging by the uniform, yes.\\
'''The Captain:''' Yes, but...what do you mean...''One?''\\
-->-- ''Series/DoctorWho'', "Twice Upon A Time"

->"Well, you know, [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler he]] was a painter and a vegetarian, so I suppose he must've said, 'I can't get the damn trees... OH FUCK IT I'M GOING TO KILL EVERYONE IN THE WORLD!'."
-->--'''Creator/EddieIzzard''', ''Dress To Kill''
[[AC:Others]]




->And Japan invaded more and more and more of China, and was planning to invade the entire East.
->*You got mail*
->It's from Germany. The new leader of Germany, he has a cool mustache and is trying to take over the world and needs friends. This also got forwarded to Italy.
->They all decided to be friends because they have so much in common.
->(Trying to take over the world)
->(Needs friends)

->IT'S TIME FOR WORLD WAR II!!
-->-— History Of Japan, by bill wurtz [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh5LY4Mz15o]]

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