One thing we also cant forget, and that is that history is written by the winners Apply by will, lol

[TeteoInan]

Can you two tell me what it takes for you to consider leaders crazy?

What I was referring to in Napolean's case, is a "normal" person ( especially during his point in time ) wouldn't be overrun with the desire to conquer. It consumed him, and most of his actions were brash and "scary" with no regard to his men and troops.

Hitler, had a marvelous mind. But here we see obsession, again... which drove him to go about his dream the totally WRONG way.

There are many psychological reasons I'd suggest calling them mentally unstable. The CuckooCoochoo comment, was random and the first set of words in my head to try and categorize the many leaders and minds I was thinking of.

No offense but, there is something my world history professor told my class this summer. He might have been joking but, it is likely, hitler had 2 reasons for what he did, at least, 1: Germany lost WW1, everybody goes over that in high school. And 2: He wanted to be a bohemian artist before he joined the army, but the art institute in Austria rejected his application twice. To bad they had no idea just how unstable he was, he said that they rejected him because they were jews and buried it apparently. So don't be surprised if I'm just a bit sceptic about him having a great mind.

Your theory fails to the fact that it was the Rotschilds that funded the Nazi party

I'm just saying hitler's personal reasons for all that, I wasn't saying the nazi parties' reasons.

Some historians would say Hitler WAS the Nazi party xD

He was just their face, he joined when he was supposed to be making sure they didn't pose a threat to the new government in germany.

Id disagree with ya on that, but I guess we all been thought different history 

[davidn13]

Hitler's issues also stemmed from possible inbreeding & numerous health issues.
Syphilis, Parkinson's, Addicted to amphetamine's...
Not excuses, but definite reasons for his issues. Give a guy with a mind like this something to hate, and you'll have a fanatic in no time.

Hmmm, maybe, but I feel that in his case it was way beyond hate... you dont do something in such a systematical way if you hate. Its like love, it takes you without brain. Just my opinion....

[ViciouslyMe]

I think you'd be surprised then Nina, because (from experience) a person could do something in such a 'systematical' way if driven by hate.

Prolly wouldnt be very surprised, but i try to explain the world by what i know, so...


i guess i never hated enough to know it.

[davidn13]

Point taken, but he also had some really capable general's & administrators who wanted to use him to further their own power & regain Germany's pre-ww1 standings-at the least.  Thanks to them, his plans worked.
Once he started going crazy, his senior command got some issues.
As for the S.S, most of them were brainwashed into seeing Hitler as a semi-devine/ messianic figure.
Elite training+ Fanatic upbringing= Bad news for the enemy.

Oh thats true, his high command was highly trained in both ways of war and the occult. We seem to forget that most of those were simply transferred to alliance countries once the war was over and those same (except few that got trialed but it was only for a show) continued their work under different agencies

[davidn13]

And they say good help is hard to find.