The Germans are, and always have been a proud people. Hitler took advantage of this after Versailles by referring to the existing governments as the "November criminals".Early on in the early pre-war days; Hitler was restoring pride to the German people by his bloodless political victories. Granted, Neville Chamberlain's appeasement approach did not help the rest of the world. He never understood the old dictum that if you give in to blackmail; you don't stop it-you just encourage more of the same behavior.