Word: hitler
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...other kings fared better. Five years after Hitler's motorized armies swarmed into Denmark, King Christian X emerged from his self-imposed retirement at Amalienborg and returned to his capital. The long night of German occupation was over...
...earth under the Berlin Chancellery: "I Must Die Here." Said Herrgesell: "The decisive briefing which determined the fate of all of us began at 3 o'clock on the afternoon of April 22 and lasted until nearly 8 o'clock that evening. At this briefing Adolf Hitler declared that he wanted to die in Berlin. He repeated this 10 or 20 times in various phrases. He would say: 'I will fall here' or T will fall before the Chancellery' or 'I must die here in Berlin.' He reasoned that the cause was irretrievably...
This, and the failure of the 55 troops to hold the Russians north of Berlin. Herrgesell said, had apparently convinced Hitler that his elite troops had lost heart. "The F&252hrer always maintained that no force, however well trained and equipped, could fight if it lost heart, and now he felt his last reserve was gone...
Nerve Control. "During all this time participants in this conference were changing constantly. Hitler himself was generally composed. Every time he really began to get angry or excited, he would quickly get himself under control again. His face was flushed and red, however, and he paced the floor almost constantly, walking back & forth, sometimes smacking his fist into his hand. But of all the participants at all the conferences, the F&252hrer was generally the one who kept his nerves best under control...
...really decisive conference took place in late afternoon. It lasted only about 15 minutes. Present were Hitler, Martin Bormann, successor to Hess as the F&252hrer's personal representative, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel and Colonel General Alfred Jodl. All others were sent away except the two stenographers...