Gas?

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"Hitler, much as we would like him to have been a coward and a shirker, was in fact a very good soldier.  He remained calm under fire, showed respect to his superiors and never questioned his orders.  Whilst casualties mounted and morale fell away, Hitler unstintingly carried on with his duty."

From the British Daily Mail we have this item - - the Great War [WW1] combat  record of Adolph Hitler not so remarkable, the history as generally accepted now disputed. Hitler not suffering from temporary blindness DUE TO MUSTARD GAS POISONING? The man temporary blind - - that much is true - - but rather from psychiatric reasons and not due to the mustard agent! So it is alleged and as found in archival documentation that has recently come to light.

"British mustard gas attack didn't blind Hitler: His invented trenches myth concealed bout of mental illness"

"He [Hitler] claimed to have been blinded by a British mustard gas attack as a heroic First World War soldier."


"Now research has exposed Hitler’s account of his own gallantry as a sham and revealed that his temporary loss of sight was actually caused by a mental disorder known as ‘hysterical blindness’."

See here an Internet entry regarding the Great War record of Adolph Hitler. Went to war as a soldier with the Bavarian Regiment, that unit repeatedly decimated by continuous and unrelieved combat action. Hitler serving as a RUNNER, conveying messages from command to subordinates back and forth, continuously, exposing himself to enemy fire in a courageous manner, Hitler as a soldier competent and able, but not outstanding. The man [Hitler] NOT felt to be suitable officer material - - his competency from a mental stability standpoint questioned.

It has always been thought that Hitler did suffer a shrapnel wound [severe?] to the leg in 1916, rehabilitating and returning to the front for the remainder of the war, NONE OF THAT MENTIONED IN THE ARCHIVAL LETTER!

This temporary blindness was indeed as described, the man could not see for a period, but was not as a result of mustard gassing? The long-term exposure to combat, physical and mental stress as found at the front during the Great War caused many a good man to break down. Shell-shock being the worst manifestation of injury to the mind causing severe and overwhelming physical infirmity!

coolbert.