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First point: I think you really *do* need to defend your point that Nazism was religious. Certainly some members of the Nazi party tried to use Christianity to defend their actions, but others didn't have much to do with Christianity. You can certainly make a case that the Crusades or the more modern-day Islamic jihadists are somehow religious in nature -- for the people in these organizations, their activity can either be characterized as religion fueling politics or politics fueling religion, depending on your view. But it seems clear to me that the Nazi aggression, both internal and external, was primarily naked ambition, with any religious motives used as a pretext.
Second Point: What about Stalin's massacre of millions upon millions of his own people? Did that have religious motivations? If so, you're using religious in a sense that I'm unfamiliar with.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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