One thing I found surprising after researching Hitler's rise to power was that he in fact did not achieve a large majority of seats in the Reichstag before seiz

One thing I found surprising after researching Hitler's rise to power was that he in fact did not achieve a large majority of seats in the Reichstag before seizing power or was overwhelmingly popular. In the 1932 German Federal election, the last free and fair before Hitler took power, the Nazi party only achieved 33% of seats in the Reichstag [0]. Hitler and the Nazi party also gained power within the framework of the Weimar Republic (ie not a direct military coup). My understanding is that this was possible because the communists did not view the Nazi's as the primary threat, but rather the moderate socialist parties, and also some very poor judgement by the Nationalist-Conservative party to form a coalition with the Nazis. With that coalition, the Enabling Act was passed giving Hitler dictatorial powers, and things snow-balled from there. I know this is kind off-topic, given that the article is about this guys new book, but I've been diving more into modern history after studying mostly ancient and world history. Perhaps some other knowledgeable people can point to good resources on WW2 history? On WW1, I found "The Fall of the Ottomans", "The Sleepwalkers", and "The Guns of August" very insightful, but there are just so many resources for WW2. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_federal_election,_November_1932 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_federal_election,_Novem...