Hitler does not smoke, Hitler does not drink, Hitler does not wench - - what do you do Hitler!!?? - - Bert.
"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."
"Hitler's First World War career as a soldier was not only unusual but, as unpalatable as it may be, commendable. Not once did he shirk or shy away from danger. His bravery won him numerous citations and awards, including the Iron Cross First Class"
"Hitler entered the dugout . . . I saw him for the first time in my life . . . In the deep eye sockets stuck two penetrating, dark eyes. I especially noticed them at the time. His mustache was strong and not well groomed. Forehead and facial expression betrayed high intelligence." - - Balthaier Brandmayer, who served in the same courier squad from 1915 to 1918"
"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."
"Hitler's First World War career as a soldier was not only unusual but, as unpalatable as it may be, commendable. Not once did he shirk or shy away from danger. His bravery won him numerous citations and awards, including the Iron Cross First Class"
"Hitler entered the dugout . . . I saw him for the first time in my life . . . In the deep eye sockets stuck two penetrating, dark eyes. I especially noticed them at the time. His mustache was strong and not well groomed. Forehead and facial expression betrayed high intelligence." - - Balthaier Brandmayer, who served in the same courier squad from 1915 to 1918"
Here from the web article:
"A Slow Fuse - Hitler's World War One Experience"
Adolph Hitler was NOT an outstanding soldier, but rather able, competent, motivated, displaying a surprising amount of courage in a dangerous situation! This is undeniable? A meldeganger, a dispatch runner, roving around the battlefield, constantly exposed to danger and the possibility of death!
It is worth noting that Hitler, as an enlisted man, regardless of his competency and motivation, WAS NOT FELT TO BE SUITABLE OFFICER MATERIAL. HIS SUPERIORS FELT THE MAN WAS TOO MENTALLY UNSTABLE!!
Regarding the war record [WW1] of Adolph Hitler:
1. Hitler saw extensive combat during a period of four years. Combat involving some of the most hard fought battles of World War One [WW1]:
* First Ypres. [pronounced "eep" as in "sheep"]
* Somme [1916].
* The great German offensives of 1918. [Michael, Blucher, Georgette]
That Hitler was able to survive four years of front line duty is surprising? The casualty rate among "runners" [Meldeganger] was quite high? HITLER THE YOUNG SOLDIER WAS NOT A MAN TO SHIRK HIS DUTIES.
2. Hitler soldiered in a consistently brave and even heroic manner, respected by his peers. Was decorated for courage under fire! Decorations to include:
* Iron Cross 1st Class.
* Military Cross 3rd Class with Swords.
"In the art of soldiering, Hitler was a consummate professional, and this gained him a great amount of respect with his comrades . . . Hitler's survival against suicidal odds gave him a certain mystique in the eyes of his comrades."
3. Hitler suffered wounding on two occasions. Upon recovering, returned to front-line duty even when NOT being required to do so. Wounding to include:
* "a severe wound to the leg resulting from a shell blast"
* "an injury [from] a gas attack. Temporary blindness" [probably from a mustard gas attack]
4. Hitler did NOT behave as the normal soldier, whether in combat or time of lulls in the action. His comportment was UNUSUAL, this coming to the attention of his kamaraden!
* "He refuses to accept safer jobs"
* "He is too proud to share his buddies' packages, and refuses a 10-mark Christmas gift from mess hall funds."
* "Hitler reads history and the philosopher Schopenhauer again and again."
[Otto Dix carried his basic Nietzsche with him during this four years of combat duty. Again, Hitler was a Dix without the basic artistic talent?]
* "He refused to behave like a normal soldier, in that he never requested leave and refrained from entering into bawdy talk concerning the local girls . . ."
* "he'd pontificate upon the evils of smoking and drinking . . ."
5. Even while on the front-line, continues with the artistic aspirations! Drawing, painting, sketching. An Otto Dix without the talent?
* "He draws paintings of ruined villages in watercolors and actually paints a building, doing the officers' mess in a villa in bright blue."
* "Hitler paints egg briquettes with calcium and place them in the regimental commander's garden, spelling out 'Happy Easter 1917.'"
* "His greatest pleasures were to either paint trench scenes or spend time eating bread piled high with jam."
* "drawing cartoon sketches on postcards of the comical moments of war."
Comments:
* It has often been thought that the family line of Heidler/Hitler/Schicklgruber had a long history of mental instability, enfeeblement, and derangement? Even at an early stage of his life, Adolph Hitler displayed certain characteristics that caused his fellow troops and commanders to question his mental faculties?
* Hitler was found [1914] to be physically unfit for military service with the Austro-Hungarian army, but only a few months later [1914] was considered fit enough to be enlisted as a member of the Bavarian regiment? Tubercular was the diagnosis for rejection by the Austrians? Hitler either had tuberculosis or was highly susceptible to same? Tubercular from the vagabond, aimless, hobo [today he would be called a “homeless” person], stumble-his-way-through-existence type of lifestyle that Adolph led during his Vienna sojourn?
[members of the Bavarian regiment had to swear personal fealty and allegiance to King Ludwig! Hitler did have a long-lasting and strong attachment to Vienna, Bavaria, Munich, the entire southern part of Germany!]
* Hitler - - was a prim, self-opinionated, prig of a man? A real stick-in-the-mud! Might have been respected by his front line comrades, but NOT necessarily liked! Tolerated, but NOT someone you would have a warm friendship with. NORMALLY, A SOLDIER WHO CONSTANTLY LECTURES AND ADMONISHES HIS FELLOW TROOPS IS NOT A LIKED PERSON!!
* Much has been made of Hitler’s artistic ambitions and the abject delusion he is reported to have felt after his rejection by the Vienna Academy of Arts? “If only - - if only” - - it is suggested, that Hitler had found a place, been accepted, as an art student, his grandiose and warped political ambitions might never have developed or found fruition. [to be honest, Hitler did have only a very limited and modest degree of artistic skill, nothing beyond that!] Indeed, persons who did possess a more marked and polished artistic ability, such as Albert Speer, WERE ADMIRED by Hitler.
Hitler, while still a young man, WANTED DESPERATELY TO SHOW THE WHOLE WORLD THAT HE WAS SOMEBODY!! AND SAW MILITARY SERVICE AND FRONT-LINE DUTY DURING WARTIME TO "SHOW" EVERYONE WHAT HE WAS MADE OF. A mediocre student, a man of relative "poor" physical condition, but always aspiring to "greatness", saw war as a means to an end?
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