History Main / PiggybackingOnHitler

* In the Red5 comic book series ''ComicBook/AtomicRobo'', Robo's (arguably) arch nemesis, Baron Von Helsingard, uses this trope to seek ultimate power, and gains quite a following in the process. And later in the series, two leading members of Hitler's Weird Science division are revealed to be secretly working for the cloned brain of Helsingard all along.

* In the ''Literature/DoctorWhoNewAdventures'' novel ''Timewyrm: Exodus'' the War Lords do this. This results in an alternate timeline where [[GodwinsLawOfTimeTravel the Nazis win the war.]]

** In ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2'', Yuri aided the Soviets in their rise to power, but has his own plans and was using the war as a smokescreen so he can set up his Psychic Dominators to mind control the world when the Allies and Soviets aren't looking.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' three-part episode "The Savage Time", the immortal Vandal Savage in the present builds a time machine and sends [[TimelineAlteringMacGuffin a laptop]] back to himself during World War II, containing future history and schematics for technology. Vandal then joins the Nazis and rapidly rises through the ranks until he usurps Hitler himself, becoming the new Führer. Vandal Savage didn't really care about Nazi ideals; he just wanted to use them to conquer the world for himself.

* In ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'', the ComicBook/RedSkull (Johann Schmidt) sets up HYDRA like this.

* ''AssassinsCreed'': Hitler was a Templar. Need any more proof that they're the bad guys? Also, taking RefugeInAudacity, this trope applies to the series' versions of Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill, who all colluded with Hitler to arrange the war.

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[[caption-width-right:320:In the annals of the Franchise/MarvelUniverse, AdolfHitler is but a historical footnote to his DragonAscendant.]]

* AssassinsCreed: Hitler was a Templar. Need any more proof that they're the bad guys? Also, taking RefugeInAudacity, this trope applies to the series' versions of Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill, who all colluded with Hitler to arrange the war.

* Creator/DeanKoontz's ''Frankenstein'' novels have this as part of Victor Helios' (aka Victor Frankenstein's) {{backstory}}.

* In the mainstream MarvelUniverse Mister Sinister, the ''ComicBook/XMen'' villain, was a doctor in Auschwitz performing unethical human experiments and looking out for mutants. He used his real name, Nathan Essex, but was nicknamed Film/{{Nosferatu}} and he scared even the Nazis. ComicBook/{{Magneto}} remembers him and recalled that he used to [[AffablyEvil give candy to kids]] in exchange for blood samples. That's a real detail based on [[MadScientist Josef Mengele]], who would hand out sweets to the children he was about to kill and dissect.

* In the mainstream MarvelUniverse Mister Sinister, the ''ComicBook/XMen'' villain, was a doctor in Auschwitz performing unethical human experiments and looking out for mutants. He used his real name, Nathan Essex, but was nicknamed Film/{{Nosferatu}} and he scared even the Nazis. SelfDemonstrating/{{Magneto}} remembers him and recalled that he used to [[AffablyEvil give candy to kids]] in exchange for blood samples. That's a real detail based on [[MadScientist Josef Mengele]], who would hand out sweets to the children he was about to kill and dissect.

* During the Munich Crisis in 1938, Poland sided with Nazi Germany to claim the disputed Teschen territory from the Czechs, only to be invaded by the Germans only a year later. The Slovaks and Croats sided with the Nazis to gain independence for their countries. The Fins, Hungarians, and Romanians sided with the Germans to retake lost territories from their neighbors (Russia, Romania, and Russia again, respectively). The list can go on and on.

* During the Munich Crisis in 1938, Poland sided with Nazi Germany to claim the disputed Teschen territory from the Czechs, only to be invaded by the Germans only a year later. The Slovaks and Croats sided with the Nazis to gain independence for their countries. The Fins, Hungarians, and Romanians sided with the Germans to retake lost territories to their neighbors (Russia, Romania, and Russia again, respectively). The list can go on and on.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.S._Sturmbrigade_R.O.N.A SS Sturmbrigade RONA]] had been made up from rebellious Soviet people from the Lokot area after the German invasion of 1941 and led by the Russo-Pole [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronislav_Kaminski Bronislav Kaminski]]. Their cruelty, looting and total lack of military competency during the Warsaw Uprising enraged [[AdolfHitler the Führer]] enough to execute Kaminski and disband the unit.

* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' has Mac teaming with the Soviet Union, albeit with a far less grandiose goal: [[MoneyDearBoy money]].

* ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull'' has Mac teaming with the Soviet Union, albeit with a far less grandiose goal: money.

* In the alternate history timeline of ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert'', Kane and his Brotherhood of Nod are using Stalin's Soviet Union to get to power.
** In Red Alert 2, Yuri aided the Soviets in their rise to power, but has his own plans and was using the war as a smokescreen so he can set up his Psychic Dominators to mind control the world when the Allies and Soviets aren't looking.

* Sebastian Shaw (Klaus Schmidt) in ''Film/XMenFirstClass''. He was just there to experiment on captive mutants.

* In Red Alert 2, Yuri aided the Soviets in their rise to power, but has his own plans and was using the war as a smokescreen so he can set up his Psychic Dominators to mind control the world when the Allies and Soviets aren't looking.

* In Red Alert 2, Yuri aided the Soviets in their rise to power, but has his own plans and was using the war as a smokescreen so he can use his Psychic Dominators to mind control the world when the Allies and Soviets aren't looking.

* In the alternate history timeline of ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert'', Kane and his Brotherhood of Nod are using Stalin's Soviet Union to get to power.