hitler not a vicitm of gas attack
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2051829/Mental-illness-Hitler-blind-British-mustard-gas-attack.html
I've written about this before. It is possibly true, but I remain deeply skeptical. I have read the accusations that the German army handed out iron cross awards like candy, but only recently and strictly in the context of hitler. Why not elsewhere and earlier? And I have read that he was always in the rear areas. But I find that near-impossible to believe. Messengers were used to carry orders and information to and from the front, and between units as the front. That meant running around, not necessarily hunkered down in trenches and bunkers when the cannon started firing, etc. As for being a tea boy, we are presented with two facts from these historians - the one, that Hitler was safe in the rear areas, buttering up officers for awards and what not; secondly, that he suffered an extreme hysterical reaction to this life of comfort and luxury that caused him to become a megalomaniacal leader of millions. Huh?!?
Look, if there is a "I Hate Hitler Club", I want to be a charter member. But that doesn't mean you go around making up stories that almost certainly aren't true. Shit, you really think you need to throw more dirt on this guy's personality??? I think adolf was most likely a good soldier, and earned those medals. The arguments for it make a lot more sense than the arguments against. Like a lot of other guys, he fought in the war, and some of them were just as bad as he was, (although not so lucky later on). It's just one aspect of a huge and ultimately horrible life. Not every second of that life has to demonstrate his utter comtemptability from our point of view.
I've written about this before. It is possibly true, but I remain deeply skeptical. I have read the accusations that the German army handed out iron cross awards like candy, but only recently and strictly in the context of hitler. Why not elsewhere and earlier? And I have read that he was always in the rear areas. But I find that near-impossible to believe. Messengers were used to carry orders and information to and from the front, and between units as the front. That meant running around, not necessarily hunkered down in trenches and bunkers when the cannon started firing, etc. As for being a tea boy, we are presented with two facts from these historians - the one, that Hitler was safe in the rear areas, buttering up officers for awards and what not; secondly, that he suffered an extreme hysterical reaction to this life of comfort and luxury that caused him to become a megalomaniacal leader of millions. Huh?!?
Look, if there is a "I Hate Hitler Club", I want to be a charter member. But that doesn't mean you go around making up stories that almost certainly aren't true. Shit, you really think you need to throw more dirt on this guy's personality??? I think adolf was most likely a good soldier, and earned those medals. The arguments for it make a lot more sense than the arguments against. Like a lot of other guys, he fought in the war, and some of them were just as bad as he was, (although not so lucky later on). It's just one aspect of a huge and ultimately horrible life. Not every second of that life has to demonstrate his utter comtemptability from our point of view.
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8:45 AM
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John Keegan in his book, Mask of Command, discusses Hitler's World War I experiences and how it shaped his view of life, leadership, army life, just about everything.
Keegan's book is a good read on four different styles of leadership.
Thought his analysis of Adolf was pretty much the best part of the book.
Not everyone is likely to buy it, but Keegan found every evidence that he was very good, and pretty courageous, in his job as a runner of messages.
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