Watching a documentary on Hitler's rise to power and it seems to paint the Nazi's ultimate political success as occurring mostly due to dumb luck (Great Depression, Hindeburg's Death, Hitler's Chancellorship, etc) without which the Nazis would've just ended up being a fad of extreme times.
That being said I've also seen documentaries that argued the opposite, painting Hitler and his clique as being cunning enough to take advantage of said situation where lesser politicians couldn't.
What do you think?
Focusing specifically on Hitler and his abilities during his and his party's rise to power, was he just that good or just that lucky?