Nor should we assume that the balance of forces within the Hitler–Hugenberg–Papen–Blomberg government was foreordained. There were powerful forces in German society, most notably the military and the churches, but also the leadership of German business that could have done much to deflect Hitler and his followers from their path.119 The policy of anti-Semitism, aggressive rearmament and unilateral diplomacy was clearly in no sense forced on Germany.
