>None of the leaders of Germany in WWI were still in power by the time WWII started. This isn't really true. Hindenburg was instrumental in Hitler's rise to po

>None of the leaders of Germany in WWI were still in power by the time WWII started. This isn't really true. Hindenburg was instrumental in Hitler's rise to power. Ludendorff was the de facto dictator during WWI and proceeded to create the stab-in-the-back myth and to fight for the Nazis. There is absolutely lots of continuity between the WWI regime and the Nazis.