• Death_Equity@lemmy.world
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    Big time. Luckily the mustache man was not only a poor strategist and so egotistical so as not to listen to his brilliant strategists, but he also was out of his mind on amphetamines and other drugs; which further reduced his capacity to make good strategic decisions.

    The allies were planning a solid assassination attempt with a high probability of success, but they called it off because they were worried that whoever replaced him would actually be competent and he would become a martyr that would fuel greater problems down the road post-victory.

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      I always love stories about Hitler’s final days: yelling in paranoia, demanding more drugs, constantly shitting himself and fouling up every room, in excruciating pain, smelling like he was rotting from the inside out. And these are from reports of those close to him.

      I wish he had been captured, I’d love to read descriptions from his captors

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      And further, there were German coup plots to assassinate Hitler for the same reason, to try and put someone competent in there.