Hitler’s vision allowed for only one kind of victory. Complete dominance, total submission, and a world remade in his image. When that became impossible, he chose ruin.
He refused to negotiate. He ignored military advice. He diverted military resources to continue the Holocaust even as the Red Army approached. When the war could still have been shortened, he made it longer. When civilians could have been protected, he placed them in the path of fire.
He issued the Nero Decree to destroy German infrastructure as punishment. He declared that if Germany could not win, it did not deserve to survive. These are not the actions of a rational leader. They are the words of a man who defined his existence through domination, and when he could no longer dominate, he welcomed collapse.
He did not go down fighting. He went down dragging the world with him. That is not the legacy of a strategist. It is the legacy of a fanatic who confused death with destiny.
Hitler’s vision allowed for only one kind of victory. Complete dominance, total submission, and a world remade in his image. When that became impossible, he chose ruin.
He refused to negotiate. He ignored military advice. He diverted military resources to continue the Holocaust even as the Red Army approached. When the war could still have been shortened, he made it longer. When civilians could have been protected, he placed them in the path of fire.
He issued the Nero Decree to destroy German infrastructure as punishment. He declared that if Germany could not win, it did not deserve to survive. These are not the actions of a rational leader. They are the words of a man who defined his existence through domination, and when he could no longer dominate, he welcomed collapse.
He did not go down fighting. He went down dragging the world with him. That is not the legacy of a strategist. It is the legacy of a fanatic who confused death with destiny.