One of the most successful rewritings of history, was convincing everyone that National Socialism in Germany was somehow Fascism. Italy and Spain were Fascist. Japan was Fascist, but Germany was Socialist, and Russia was another brand of Socialism, called Communism. Roosevelt and his administration was rather fond of many aspects of Socialism at the time as Democrats are today as well. It gives them a lot of power over the people. They just don't want those ideas to be associated with Hitler. Did you know Hitler named the Volkswagen? It's translation: "The People's Car." Hitler also banned private weapons. Hitler, my friend, was a Socialist, and no amount of rewriting of history will change that. A lot of Americans in the 30's & 40's thought Hitler and Stalin, and even Mao had really good ideas - they just carried it out all wrong, like maybe killing millions of their own people to get the job done. Let's see what happens in the next 4 years. That's "progressive" for you...