From "In the Ruins of the Reich" by Douglas Botting: "6 months after the War ended the US Army info Control Division ran an opinion poll which revealed that 50% of all Germans polled still thought that National Socialism was 'a good idea badly carried out: and only 40% thought it 'a bad idea.' At the same time 70% rejected the idea that Germany had in any way been responsible for the war while only 20% accept responsibility. By 1948 a similar poll revealed the percentage opinions had hardly changed even after 3 years of denazification."