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Va Lefty

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6. It's my understanding that he feared being captured

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Mon Feb 12, 2018, 12:15 PM

Feb 2018

He saw what happened to Mussolini and was deeply upset by that. Also considering the many atrocities committed in the East, who knows what Stalin would have done with him.

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Why didn't Hitler try to escape to another country in 1945? [View all] raccoon Feb 2018 OP

Had Hitler tried to escape, he would have become the most famous --and hunted-- fugitive... Raster Feb 2018 #1

Particularly, Stalin as he had a personal axe to grind with Hitler. Hugin Feb 2018 #8

yeah, 20 million dead Russians is going to leave a mark Raster Feb 2018 #10

Something like 1 in 5 soviets were killed in that war Victor_c3 Feb 2018 #15

The bones fragments turned out to be Female SonofDonald Feb 2018 #13

His health, both physical and mental, was in serious decline Siwsan Feb 2018 #2

Clearly more if us need to watch Hunting Hitler BoneyardDem Feb 2018 #3

The Ancient Aliens carried him away!! LongTomH Feb 2018 #14

there are a number of fiction books along these lines unblock Feb 2018 #4

what means? zipplewrath Feb 2018 #5

It's my understanding that he feared being captured Va Lefty Feb 2018 #6

Like nearly everything he did after 1940 or so, it was due to spectacularly bad decision-making. Aristus Feb 2018 #7

+1, Hitler is a perfect example of a Pizza Gate mindset; a hater of discerning thinking uponit7771 Feb 2018 #17

Sometimes ones arrogance can make one hold on a bit too long. nt. NCTraveler Feb 2018 #9

perhaps he waited too long,.perhaps making a final stand had some appeal dembotoz Feb 2018 #11

There's a show on History Channel SonofDonald Feb 2018 #12

I think Hitler truly believed he was the savior of the Aryan race. Jim__ Feb 2018 #16

That question requires a book length answer KatyMan Feb 2018 #18