Hitler and the Nazi party established and maintained a totalitarian government by using mostly force, power and sending fear into those who dared oppose them. Most of the population agreed with them but those who didn't were arrested, shot, or put in camps.
The idea of mutually assured destruction was a result of political and military tensions between the US and USSR. Both of these countries built up military technologies that were capable of killing millions of citizens in just a few minutes. Both countries wanted to be able to inflict a severe amount of damage on the other in case of an attack.
This is why the phenomenon of mutually assured destruction was created, as neither country wanted to unprepared if war was to break out between these two countries.
Europeans desired a direct sea route to Asia, because the land trade routes were expensive and dangerous
VF corporation are the current owners, but the first vans that were introduced were created by Paul & Jim Van Doren
That was the Treaty of Versailles, and was negotiated by the leaders of the US, France, Great Britain, and Italy (the Big 4)