What did the British think of Hitler?

Answer 1

The answer would depend on when and where. Prior to the Boer War (2nd South African War), soldiering in the colonies was something of an amateur activity and locally raised regiments engaged in colonial policing were often "rough and ready". British career officers would often sneer at "The damned colonials" for their lack of discipline and lack of proper respect for their "betters". "Breaker" Morant, the Australian officer executed for shooting Boer prisoners was as much a victim of class conciousness as he was a perpetrator of "war crimes". In WW1 British senior officers despaired at the diggers lack of military discipline and propensity to get amazinigly drunk on all possible occassions.They struggled to understand Australian "Larrackism" that must have been related to the fact that, while British soldiers would be shot for going AWOL--Aussies were not. There was no death penalty for Australian soldiers. In April 1916, of 182 soldiers going AWOL on the Western front--162 were Australian. British deserters were usually trying to get home--Aussies were looking for a pub. However, when spit and polish didn't matter and fighting took over. The fighting abilities of Australians showed themselves--at Gallipoli, on the Western Front, Palestine and Mesopotamia. The Aussies received more gallantry award per capita than other commonwealth country. The same happened in WW2. While every effort was made to keep Australian soldiers away from troops of other nationalities so that they did not infect them with indiscipline---their fighting spirit was laways admired and rewarded by giving them the worst and most dangerous jobs.

Answer 2

The British were at war with him, they obviously didn't like him.

Answer 3

Italians thought highly about Germans because the Germans had better skills, better weapons, and better morale.