ADOLF HITLER
Opinion & Analysis

Powerfully weak

BLESSING NYAHUMA ON THE morning of 6 June 1944, as Allied forces landed on Normandy, Adolf Hitler was asleep at the Berghof in Bavaria.He had reserved authority to release several important armoured divisions.His commanders hesitated to wake him.Fear of his temper combined with uncertainty about whether Normandy was the real invasion, and crucial hours were…

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