Whilst Germany appeared a totalitarian and ordered society, internally it was chaotic consumed with struggles for power. The overwhelming majority of Germany conformed to Nazi rule as it was a welcome change from the weakness of democracy. Hitler's apparently hard line and ordered regime was what the population felt would make Germany great again. This idea was re-enforced by Hitler himself, hence the greater population welcomed Nazi rule.

The concept of the totalitarian regime was most likely born out of fascist Italy during the 1920s. This right wing extremist form of control, lead many experts to categorize any form of rule by a dictator as a totalitarian regime (including the Nazis). Pivotal to this argument is that a totalitarian regime terrorized its population into compliance and to a lesser extent the regime was a structured and seamless one. It was widely accepted that the Nazis exercised considerable control...