Скачать или смотреть Why Hitler Believed 500,000 Troops Were Defending Berlin in April 1945

In the chaotic final months of World War II, Germany’s top generals orchestrated a web of deception to mislead Adolf Hitler and escape blame for impending defeat. This episode uncovers how, in 1945, commanders invented entire phantom armies and fed Hitler false reports about troop strength and battlefield victories. We reveal the desperate strategies used to shift responsibility and the staggering scale of the lies—sometimes involving hundreds of thousands of imaginary soldiers. Through rare documents and firsthand accounts, discover how these acts of betrayal shaped the collapse of the Third Reich and left a legacy of mistrust in the highest ranks of the German military.

📚 Sources
• Ian Kershaw, The End: The Defiance and Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1944-1945
• Joachim Fest, Inside Hitler's Bunker: The Last Days of the Third Reich
• Antony Beevor, Berlin: The Downfall 1945
• Richard J. Evans, The Third Reich at War
• Heinz Guderian, Memoirs: Panzer Leader

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