Adolf Hitler’s Most Important Mistake That Cost the Führer His Life
World War II is one of the most tragic events of the 20th century. Hitler unleashed a large-scale bloodbath with full confidence in the success of his enterprise.
Today, the Führer’s actions are debated by historians trying to understand what the self-proclaimed leader of the German nation was doing.
Adolf Hitler
A political analysis of the situation in pre-war Germany shows that Hitler’s broad popular support was ensured by his reliance on two social strata:
(1) Impoverished peasants who have moved to the cities. These people, who had a low culture, could hardly earn a living from low-skilled labor. The nationalization of factories and plants helped to raise wages and raise living standards.2) Small private owners. The revival of Greater Germany and the conquest of new lands opened up prospects for enrichment for them.
Military setbacks led to widespread disillusionment. The workers were conscripted into the army and died in the war, and the capitalists were obliged to share a large part of the income in the name of maintaining the war machine of the Reich.
Members of the aristocracy and the military caste were fierce adherents of ideas about the purity of the German race. Deciding to bet on the aristocrats, the Führer carried out a bloody purge of his own ranks, getting rid of the storm troopers and their leader Ernst Röhm, which he later regretted.
One of Hitler’s main mysteries is how could such an insignificant man gain enormous popularity among the people? What do you think?