[[Nazi Germany]] carried out many such operations, such as the [[Reichstag fire]], in order to gain popularity and cement its control on the government. Another notable one backfired on them, however, the [[Gleiwitz Incident]] (an "attack" on a Nazi radio operation by other Nazis dressed as Polish soldiers, which was itself nothing more than a short anti-German broadcast, made believable by the [[Gestapo]]'s murder of a German who was sympathetic to the Polish, who was then dressed as a saboteur) would ultimately lead to [[World War II]]. | [[Nazi Germany]] carried out many such operations, such as the [[Reichstag fire]], in order to gain popularity and cement its control on the government. Another notable one backfired on them, however, the [[Gleiwitz Incident]] (an "attack" on a Nazi radio operation by other Nazis dressed as Polish soldiers, which was itself nothing more than a short anti-German broadcast, made believable by the [[Gestapo]]'s murder of a German who was sympathetic to the Polish, who was then dressed as a saboteur) would ultimately lead to [[World War II]]. |