HIS317H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Lastminute.Com
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Some nazi elite already jumped ship: himmler had toyed for a long time about making peace with allies tried to make some connections but this failed, goering also attempted this also failed (cid:224) hitler arrested him, and ordered himmler"s arrest but he was already gone. Nero order hitler intended a scorched earth policy, plan to leave nothing home for allies (transportation, communication, industry: also ordered defense of german cities, under threat of death for those who disobeyed, hitler was disappointed in german people, they didn"t deserve him, and wanted them to disappear with him. April 22nd hitler, convinced there was time for new counter attack, thought he could save germany, thought br and us would soon be at war with su (this was his fanaticism all untrue: few days later, he realized it was futile, and killed himself, last will blamed war on jews, said germans failed him, considered annihilation of jews as his greatest accomplishment.
