There was one head of state who would rather have seen his empire go down in flames than surrender, and he was willing to risk anything: women, children, the elderly, everybody.
Then his closest associates, whom he had known for decades and confided with a great deal, did the inconceivable: they disobeyed his orders. Soon after his death his empire finally surrendered, because not even one individual’s immense political power and iron will could turn the tide of history.
There was one head of state who would rather have seen his empire go down in flames than surrender, and he was willing to risk anything: women, children, the elderly, everybody.
Then his closest associates, whom he had known for decades and confided with a great deal, did the inconceivable: they disobeyed his orders. Soon after his death his empire finally surrendered, because not even one individual’s immense political power and iron will could turn the tide of history.
Hitler?
He was familiar with Hess, Himmler, Goebbels, Göring, Rosenberg, and others in the 1920s, yes.