Hitler, like most demagogues, was intellectually lazy. Personally brave, he volunteered for service in the Kaiser’s army in the Great War (unlike trump, who called those who served and were killed in combat losers), and was wounded in action, but was not promoted above the rank of Corporal because he wasn’t considered bright enough to be…
Hitler, like most demagogues, was intellectually lazy. Personally brave, he volunteered for service in the Kaiser’s army in the Great War (unlike trump, who called those who served and were killed in combat losers), and was wounded in action, but was not promoted above the rank of Corporal because he wasn’t considered bright enough to become a commissioned officer. He could read an audience and perfected his oratorical skills, but his speeches were the usual diatribes and angry posturings that his audience found echoed their feelings, but there wasn’t much substance to them. Mostly hate and jingoism was what he peddled. When he got Germany into a war on two fronts, he meddled in military affairs and threw away what advantages the Germans had…he thought like a Corporal, not as a general. There was no great plan on how to fight the war, how to produce what weapons were needed, no production quotas or prioritizations, no War Planning Board, no central control of industry until Speer came along and by then it was too late, thankfully for the Allies. At the end as the Russian army closed in on the ruins of Berlin and the Third Reich, Hiltler at least did the world a favor and offed himself, something I doubt the squire of MaraLardo has the courage to do…
it is indeed. isn't the prevailing wisdom now that Hitler and Stalin, faced with the same information, had polar opposite responses to the invasion of Russia. Stalin (after he got out of the bed and decided to do something. he decided to trust his generals. Hitler, not just a madman but a madman on METH, decided his generals were cowardly fools and not to be taken seriously. it didn't go well for him.
Stalin listened to generals who were successful, who followed his orders. He and Hitler were both psycopathic madmen. Stalin got rid of lots of generals throughout the war.
Proof Positive that morons can be lethal. Hate and jingoism always lurking, waiting. Giant egos are always vulnerable to a pinprick or a giant explosion. And they always try to take as many with them as they can. Didn’t Hitler try to get others to finish Germany’s destruction on his orders? He surely would have been appalled at Germany’s rise thanks to the allies. Chump is likely the most cowardly bully to come our way, may he sputter and whimper when he senses defeat. But beware, can’t a dead viper strike one last blow…
Hitler, like most demagogues, was intellectually lazy. Personally brave, he volunteered for service in the Kaiser’s army in the Great War (unlike trump, who called those who served and were killed in combat losers), and was wounded in action, but was not promoted above the rank of Corporal because he wasn’t considered bright enough to become a commissioned officer. He could read an audience and perfected his oratorical skills, but his speeches were the usual diatribes and angry posturings that his audience found echoed their feelings, but there wasn’t much substance to them. Mostly hate and jingoism was what he peddled. When he got Germany into a war on two fronts, he meddled in military affairs and threw away what advantages the Germans had…he thought like a Corporal, not as a general. There was no great plan on how to fight the war, how to produce what weapons were needed, no production quotas or prioritizations, no War Planning Board, no central control of industry until Speer came along and by then it was too late, thankfully for the Allies. At the end as the Russian army closed in on the ruins of Berlin and the Third Reich, Hiltler at least did the world a favor and offed himself, something I doubt the squire of MaraLardo has the courage to do…
Excellent assessment.
it is indeed. isn't the prevailing wisdom now that Hitler and Stalin, faced with the same information, had polar opposite responses to the invasion of Russia. Stalin (after he got out of the bed and decided to do something. he decided to trust his generals. Hitler, not just a madman but a madman on METH, decided his generals were cowardly fools and not to be taken seriously. it didn't go well for him.
Stalin listened to generals who were successful, who followed his orders. He and Hitler were both psycopathic madmen. Stalin got rid of lots of generals throughout the war.
Proof Positive that morons can be lethal. Hate and jingoism always lurking, waiting. Giant egos are always vulnerable to a pinprick or a giant explosion. And they always try to take as many with them as they can. Didn’t Hitler try to get others to finish Germany’s destruction on his orders? He surely would have been appalled at Germany’s rise thanks to the allies. Chump is likely the most cowardly bully to come our way, may he sputter and whimper when he senses defeat. But beware, can’t a dead viper strike one last blow…