Comments by "Voryn Rosethorn" (@vorynrosethorn903) on "How Hitler Hijacked a British War Hero - Henry Tandey VC" video.

  1. It's probably true, if it isn't then most likely a case of mistaken identity. Hitler had an extraordinary war record in a sense, going through the war in an extremely dangerous role in the midst of what was already very heavy losses to the larger formations he was part of. He was noted for exceptional bravery, both during the war, and in the brawling and street fighting of the political climate after it. Like Mussolini he was not the type to lie (mussolini's memoirs are not flattering, though he is proud and boastful throughout confessions such as being a r*pist and once attacking some English ladies in Switzerland and stealing their picnic) but unlike him he was wise enough to omit certain things, it is only recently that historians have discovered that he was almost certainly on the communist side of the political chaos in Bavaria just after the war. I other words unlike several of those around him he was not the type to make stuff up, he was a true believer of his ideology, straightforward in his public persona and secretive in his personal life. We know a good bit about him due to the level of focus and interest by historians, many elements that might seem stilted have the complaints and powerplays within the party contextualing them with plenty of notes, diaries and paperwork surviving and showing that a considerable apparatuses of backbiting and power balances was set up around a man who liked to rant at his staff about politics inbetween falling asleep in his chair (and held in common with Stalin a love for American westerns). So we have a fairly good idea of his character, remarkable in some way, unremarkable in others, and notorious as a bit of a bore. It's a bit like when Putin mentioned going on special operations during his time in the KGB, and the media scrambled because that wasn't in his public record. Hitler probably had enough war stories to bore an archivist (certainly enough for people to give up noting all of them down), he certainly preferred the company of comrades from those times (often to the annoyance of Himmler). Knowing the media parts of the story actually happened and they just made up the bits they couldn't find out. They've still quite like that now, but at the time it is very common that rather than keep a story from print to confirm the matter they would just write something that couldn't get them in legal trouble ('he phoned but the kid of a relative answered ') rather than investigate properly or take an interest in anything boring or mundane.
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