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Originally Posted by TonyT
Thank you very much.
While there were some surface similarities between Nazism and Italian Fascism, overall they had little in common because they were political movements which were "country specific"; meaning they were designed to appeal to Germans and Italians respectively, not a wider, international audience. If you want to know what the guiding principles of a Rohm led Germany likely would have been, please follow the link posted below:
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Of course there were and still are deep cultural differences between Italy and Germany however I am not sure to what extent Nazism differed from Fascism because of those cultural differences and to what extent because of different personalities of Duce and Hitler.
German Nazism as younger was initially modelled after Fascism. It definetely evolved but its early "SA face" was IMHO much more similar to Italian Fascism, it was much more decentralized and a grassroots movement. The balance has been thrown off with the introduction of SS to German political scene. SS from the very beginning was very different, it was the new face of Nazism. Almost anybody could join SA while SS was very restrictive in recruiting its members. As a result SA was never as organized, disciplined or fanatical as SS. SS was groomed by Nazi leaders to perform a specific function, one that SA was not capable of in eyes of Hitler.
I think Germany run by SA would be somewhat different than was Germany run by the SS. Less ideological and fanatical. Possibly more socialist. In which direction would SA evolve in absence of Hitler and his circle it is impossible to say. I guess we will never know for sure.
Thank you for the link, I'll definetely check it out.
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