German dictator battered the French? Right! (6)
I believe the answer is:
hitler
'german dictator' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'battered the french? right' is the wordplay.
'battered' becomes 'hit'.
'the french?' becomes 'le'.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'hit'+'le'+'r'='HITLER'
(Other definitions for hitler that I've seen before include "German F?hrer" , "See 20" , "German Chancellor and Fuhrer, nineteen thirty three to nineteen forty five" , "Adolf, who made people heil" , "Der Fuhrer" .)