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Hitler adopted the stiff-armed salute for his troops from Benito Mussolini, who had copied the old Roman salute. Hitler went to the extreme had had civilian people punished who would not give the salute. The salute was not given to victory but was given with the verbal salute of "Heil Hitler".

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Another theory I've heard is that he adopted Mussolini's fascist arm raise only because he had a hand-shaking phobia.

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