Mordor inspired by Nazi Germany?

Originally Posted by Groin Redbeard

There might be something to what you say. Hitler was a manipulator and a deceiver, like Sauron. However, I do not think that this slight similarity was intentional.


World domination were both of their goals, but isn't that every evil geniuses dream? You would think that they would come up with something different but no... they have to have the world or die trying. It would be very weird if Sauron proclaimed orcs to be the arian race.

It is interesting that the Last Battle could have been compared with the Great War, and the Third Age reflecting the events of the Second World War. Mordor and Nazi Germany were perhaps too ambitious with their strategy for domination of other countries, leaving themselves exposed to a counterattack of some description.

Sauron could have held Mordor, in theory, for eternity if he chose to remain interested in defending Mordor only. I wonder if the same could have been true for Nazi Germany?