If Hitler was so racist, why did he ally with the Italian and Japanese?

Question

Questions:

1. Didn't he think that south/east Europeans are not "white" enough?

2. How about the Japanese? They are an entirely different race? What was his opinion/view about the Japanese?

3. If he succeeded in WWII, do you think he'll eventually kill off the Italians and Japanese too? Would he kill the whole world except what he considered "Arian"?

Answer 1

A look at any picture of Hitler and you will see just how Aryan he was...

IMO what did was use the tools he could to try to achieve the outcomes he wanted...the anti-semiticism he exploited was not something he invented. He flamed embers which already existed, and the racial purity was just another facet of that same twisted logic. Thru nationalistic policies he became the most popular democratically (sic) elected German leader of the century. His anti-semeticism was just one of a raft of popular policies which caught on in a country manacled by the League of Nations. Germany was still the biggest and most populous in the region and had a huge industrial base - yet Hitler rose to power because its people were suffering terribly with inflation in the 1000s % (Some scholars claim it touched 1 000 000% pa !) and he promised to deliver them from that burden. (Nothing like a war to get industry & the economy pumping, hey George)

As mad as he was, I don't think Hitler really wanted war with the west - most of his early rants are about the east - remember Slavs were also seen to be less than human.

As to his 'allies' in Italy & Japan...he considered them every bit as much an ally as the US today considers Australia and the UK as partners. Happy to have them on his side but make no mistake...he never considered them equals.

I don't think he would have killed off Italians or Japanese, or too many other races either - had he suceeded. There would have been a surealistic nightmare of racial stratification amongst all of his enslaved peoples...

But thankfully...we will never have to find out

Answer 2

I think, that he was not a racist. He was a "Darwinist".
He believed, that only the strong will survive. Hed thought the "Arians" would be the strongest.

The millions of people killed bei the nazis in the camps, where "Viruses" for him and his believers. He thought, that the Jews will weaken the "superior Race".

He never wanted a war against the western Nations like the French, British and U.S. That's why he never invaded the british Isle. In the eyes of the nazis, the english people where "Arians" to.

He always prepared for a war in the east to gain free space for the "Arians" to live there.

All the other nations and people where not interesting to him and i believe, that the nazis never wanted to conquer the whole world.

Answer 3

Hitler was more of an anti-Semite than an overall racist. Besides, he allied with the Italians and Japanese solely because it suited his needs at the time. He particularly needed the Japanese because Japan had the capability to attack the USSR on its eastern front.

Answer 4

Hitler was a fruit cake anyway, he goes on about wanting to build a super-race of blonde white folk. But him himself is short and er? dark haired, go figure should have shot himself at the first chance.


But anyway yes, some believed that if the Axis won, Germany and Japan would most likely be at each others necks shortly after. Italy was too weak to tackle the two anyway hence I'll leave them out of it....

Hell the US and Russia were friendly-ish during the war then look what happened to them afterwards !!

Man the world is a complicated place !

Answer 5

Actually, those from Spain were considered White for some reason. Money and power. Not to mention he was a sick....person. Hypocrite, just like most. No way he could have succeeded. Too many people (U.S. for starters) would not accept his behavior. There is no way to believe he could have won in the first place. Arrogant and sophomoric was he. Not to mention a sweet-talker. Get anyone on your side with cash, you're good to go. I'm talking about countries at the time.

Answer 6

Most likely he saw the Italians as modern day Roman conqueors of the old school and the Japanese were a matter of convenience...a back door threat to the soviets and americans.

Answer 7

Hitler didn't ally with anyone..... I mean he surely made it seem that way but in the end if he would not have been stoped you can be sure that italy and japan would have been attacked.... hitler was a textbook case of a man who wants to rule the world and is given wayyy to much power! he had a way of charming his army into believing he was right, but in the end even his own officers started to see through it, i mean he had like 3 assination attempts against him (not actually sure of the number) if not defeated by brittian and america, hitler surely would have went for control over italy and maybe even japan

Answer 8

Well, you'll remember that he also made an agreement with the Soviet Union that he wouldn't attack them. He didn't keep his promise.

He allied himself with the Italians and Japanese, but it wasn't based on any sort of trust. It was just something he needed for his own agenda; he probably would've turned on them had he succeeded.

Answer 9

Italy was german ally in WW1 and in WW2, because of the same ideal... bouth of them wanted new land!
And about Japan, they had the most powerfull naval fleet, battleship Yamato was the biggest battleship built ever since today, thei submarines can sunk ship away 20km without miss. Japan was only country that could defeat Americans Fleet!

in WW1 Turkey was German ally, Hitler wanted to Turkey to be ally in WW2 too, Turkish people = islam!

Hitler married Eva Brawn = she was Jew!

There are so many misteries!

Answer 10

True, Hitler believed all races were inferior to the "Aryan" race including the Japanese and Italians. On the other hand, Italy and to a lesser extent Japan shared similar governements as Germany at the time WWII began. Germany and Italy were both ruled by National Socialist governments ruled by a powerful, mad, dictator; Japan was also ruled by its' emporer- obviously another dictactor. All three countries had colonies or territories they held across the globe which, although came into conflict with other countries, at the time did not come into conflict with each other. Japan had seized vast territories in the East, Italy had some African colonies and Germany had seized parts of Europe; all three of these nations felt the peoples in the lands they occupied, and all other peoples anywhere including each other, were inferior to themselves. With similar governments and goals of maintaining/expanding their territory and influence and, also, since these nations were not in conflict with one anothers territorial ambitions/spheres of influence it only made sense for the these three nations to align with each other. In the beginning, the geography of the three nations also served to benefit them. Germany was able to simply overrun continental Europe with its military superiority, Italy's base in Africa helped Italy/Germany from counter attack through Africa and Japan and Germany had the Soviet Union fighting on two fronts; who knows what would have happened if Japan never attacked Pearl Harbor and/or the US never entered the war. Had Hitler won WWII, I don't believe his goal would have to been to exterminate other races besides the Jews (even then he may have kept some around to continue to use as his scapegoats) but, rather, use them similar to how the plantation owners of the American South used slaves; his goal would have been to colonize the world, put in puppet governments led by Germans and backed by German soldiers, and exploit the native populations to strip the land of its resources in order to increase the power and prosperity of "the Third Reich." Had Hitler won and been able to colonize the lands of the vanquished, the peoples being exploited and oppressed would have, eventually risen up, united and revolted successfully- especially if they faced systematic racial extermination; Germany or any other country lacked the manpower and resources to control the entire world. Assuming Germany and Japan split the world into two spheres of influence, Germany would still have needed to conquer large parts of Europe, the Mid East, Africa- not to mention all of North and South America; and if they tried to battle Japan all of Asia as well- doesn't seem possible does it? Every empire throughout history has fallen; other "reichs" or empires have faced similar collapses by trying to overstretch their manpower, resources, etc over extended periods- just look at Rome or even the U.S.S.R. Luckily, Germany lost WWII so we no longer had to face the terror Hitler created or, thankfully, ever find out just how far he intended to extend his "Final Solution" policies.