It’s a misunderstanding he was in anyway intelligent. Most of his speeches were charismatic rambling attempting to anger and hype the common person (sound familiar?)
He made many tactical blunders after dismissing the advice from experts, or by taking direct command over experienced officers. He thought he knew what he was doing. To not take control and to admit someone else was right would ruin his image.
Nope. In the intellectual circles of Germany Hitler was considered a rambling idiot. A lot of his supporters thought they could control him because of this, and prevent him from doing anything too stupid. They were wrong of course, because weaponized stupidity is very dangerous.
Many times he didn’t like the way things were getting done, and against the suggestions of his advisors, would take control and order things that had pretty bad consequences.
This is evident in the actual way the allies won the war. The Axis was starved of fuel.
Hitler famously demanded that his armor battalions were the key to the success of Germany. Unfortunately for him, the routing of funds away from air power to armor led the allies to prove that a single bomber could be far more devastating than several tanks.
He sent orders to betray the Soviet Union at the wrong time. The Soviet Union had heavy losses, sure, but now they had a war on two fronts. He was absolutely certain that the Nazi War Machine was unstoppable, and he would be the one to guide it… Right into the allies hands.
World War II was complex, but an actual competent individual wouldnt have made so many mistakes for the sake of doing things his way.
I doubt Trump could philosophically defend this as well, so Adolf goddamned Hitler somehow comes out as more intellectually honest, at least.
Oh, Hitler wasn’t dumb, just evil to the core. Trump is dumb as the left foot boot AND evil to the core.
The guy that fought 2 fronts when they were completely unprepared for the coldest winter on record? He was dumb.
Yes. And I cannot believe how he still has managed to become successful.
It’s a misunderstanding he was in anyway intelligent. Most of his speeches were charismatic rambling attempting to anger and hype the common person (sound familiar?)
He made many tactical blunders after dismissing the advice from experts, or by taking direct command over experienced officers. He thought he knew what he was doing. To not take control and to admit someone else was right would ruin his image.
More intelligent that Donald Trump isn’t the same standard as intelligent, though, lol.
Propaganda, “charisma,” and absolutely no filter, but mostly propaganda…
Nope. In the intellectual circles of Germany Hitler was considered a rambling idiot. A lot of his supporters thought they could control him because of this, and prevent him from doing anything too stupid. They were wrong of course, because weaponized stupidity is very dangerous.
Many times he didn’t like the way things were getting done, and against the suggestions of his advisors, would take control and order things that had pretty bad consequences.
This is evident in the actual way the allies won the war. The Axis was starved of fuel.
Hitler famously demanded that his armor battalions were the key to the success of Germany. Unfortunately for him, the routing of funds away from air power to armor led the allies to prove that a single bomber could be far more devastating than several tanks.
He sent orders to betray the Soviet Union at the wrong time. The Soviet Union had heavy losses, sure, but now they had a war on two fronts. He was absolutely certain that the Nazi War Machine was unstoppable, and he would be the one to guide it… Right into the allies hands.
World War II was complex, but an actual competent individual wouldnt have made so many mistakes for the sake of doing things his way.