At what point did Hitler realize the war against the Allies was lost? That’s not completely clear. There are reports he knew as early as 1943 still he went ahead full brume as if he was going to win the war at any moment. I suppose he knew it was doomed after Operation stronghold failed. This was a grand descent in the East with the thing of crushing a Soviet bulge in the frontline.
Hitler no way liked this operation but he believed that if he won, he may gain a strong enough position to negotiate with the USSR. The attack went inadequately- veritably inadequately. German losses were insane and this attack had played what little strength Germany had left. Hitler wouldn’t publically admit it but I believe he knew effects were doomed at this moment.
We’ve to understand 2 effects about Hitler. Surrender was out of the question. Hitler had erected his political platform on the history of WWI. He argued that Germany had no way actually lost the war and that palm was always near. He stated that the Jews took over the German government and surrendered as a plot to destroy the Aryan race. Hitler argued that the chastity of the Aryan race and the restraint of him and the people made Germany unstoppable.
Thus rendition was out of the question. Hitler was veritably caught up on race and profitable exposure. He believed that the abettors were held together with cheap tape recording and that the alliance would fall piecemeal under its own contradictions. To Hitler, these differences were all that signified and he couldn’t understand how nations could set these effects away and work together. As 1945 set in effects were veritably bad for Hitler and Germany. Both the Red Army and Western Abettors were in Germany breathing down Hitler’s neck.
Berlin and every other German megacity were being bombed heavily and German forces demanded the force and inventories to repel any confederated advance seriously. Any stable man would have surrendered. Look at Japan. Once it was clear the US had nukes and effects turned bad in Manchuria they surrendered. Despite their zealotry the Japanese leadership no way let effects go on long enough to where their motherland was raided. Hitler believed still that the Abettors would collapse. He forcefully believed that the US would turn on the USSR and side with Germany.
Was this true? Not ever but Hitler was a sick medicine- addicted man under insane pressure. Also on April 17th, 1945 FDR failed. Hitler loudly blatted to Albert Speer that this was it, this was the collapse of the abettors Hitler had seen coming. He stated that with FDR dead, the US would change sides and Germany would be saved. also April 18th came and the US continued attacking. also the 19th, the 20th, the 21st, and eventually the 22nd. Hitler had preliminarily combined maltreated ineffective units with police units into these new “ Army Groups ”.
He ordered one similar Army group commanded by Obergruppenführer Felix Steiner to come to save Berlin. Eventually, on April 22nd Hitler was told that Steiner refused to attack. Hitler was quiet for a long moment, he also stood up and declared the war was lost. He ordered his registers to leave Germany and stated he’d stay in Berlin and kill himself.
Hitler more or less abandoned the war at this point. He spent the coming many weeks in the cellarage drinking and agitating the stylish way to kill himself. 8 days latterly on April 30th, Hitler killed himself.
