This is not the only time someone has suggested the connection, but in my mind there are several holes in the idea, even some that weren't mentioned by the previous post which does quite a good job.
Hitler couched much of his policy and his ideals in a very "righteous" way, the idea that they would be returning to the morals and righteousness of a forgotten time in Germany. He obviously used the depredations of the Treaty of Versailles and the failed state-like conditions that it induced in Germany, but he also appealed to a sense of order and a sense of a higher power, something that Jack is clearly (at least in my mind) pushing back against as he appeals to the boys baser instincts.
The connection, I think, is one that people draw because of the idea of blood lust and the desire to kill and to maim and though Hitler certainly pushed the Army and the SS and many others to do horrible things, he rarely used that so blatantly as his appeal to the people, whereas Jack says simply that they are strong and can kill and satisfy themselves and that they needn't be afraid.
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