By shooting himself, was it a clear sign that Hitler admit he was finally been defeated by the allies?

Answer 1

Yes. He knew that the war was lost. The Russians had already surrounded Berlin. The distant explosions of Russian artillery and cracks of machine-gun fire can be heard inside Hitler's bunker. All communications from the bunker to Hitler's field commanders was cut-off, except for a single radio transmitter tied to a balloon. He haven't heard from both Walther Wenck and Felix Steiner, whose troops are supposed to stage a counter-attack to relieve Berlin a few days before. Finally, he dictated his final testament to his secretary. In the testament, he made Gross-Admiral Karl Doenitz as his cuccessor, and the manner in which his personal belongings and valuables are to be distributed to his relatives and to the state. He also ordered most of his staff and and officers to leave the bunker, and move to a mountain retreat in Berchtesgaden where they will transfer the command headquarters. But Hitler himself, will remain in Berlin and fight to the very end. He said that he never wanted to be captured alive and have the same fate as Mussolini (who, two days before was captured by partisans while trying to escape. He was then shot, then had his body hung upside-down at the town-square). When everything was finalized, Hitler married his long-time mistress Eva Braun in a private ceremony inside the bunker. A few hours later, Hitler shot himself through the mouth (after Eva Braun took a cyanide capsule).

Answer 2

See source, its a good read with a few visuals you might use in your assay.

It was definitely a clear sign of defeat, and knew sooner or later he would be captured. Clearly knowing what he did, there was no way anyone would just turn him self in, alive.

Answer 3

Hitler was very much a believer right til the end though shortly before his death he did admit that all was lost and that the people to the east would rule and deserved to( the soviet union)

Answer 4

I guess... it pretty much ended the war...

Answer 5

It could have been he was admitting defeat or he didn't want to be captured alive because they might do things to him like torture.

Answer 6

Dear Mona, Mounir and anybody has the power to do something.

I got a phone call from a friend in Jenin, his house overlooks the Jenin refugee camp. He told me that what he counted so far is more than 400 missiles fired by Apache helicopters at Jenin refugee camp.

His friend inside the camp lost his son of 19 years old, Walid Ibrahim Said. His dead body is with him since two days, as they are unable to bury him or to carry him to the hospital.

They are NOW removing some houses at the eastern entrance of the camp to widen the street to make a space to their tanks to enter. The Palestinian armed men stopped shooting for 20 minutes to enable some women and children and elderly to go and fetch some water.

They were arrested by the army and used as human shields in front of the tanks. The Apache helicopter shot at the oxygen section in Jenin hospital to destroy it. So many bodies are scattered in the narrow alleys of the camp that need to be taken to the hospital.

It is impossible for the camp residents to help the injured, anybody approaches them the Israelis shoot at. The Red Cross declared that they will 'minimize' the movement of their medical staff because it is very risky for them to move.

This massacre has to be stopped immediately. Contact any medical groups you know of, to protest, to demonstrate in front of the Red Cross, to announce partial strikes, to pressure the Israeli government to allow medical aid for the injured and removal of the corpses from the street.

Act now, immediately please, Kamel, told me that they estimate the number of killed or corpses in the Jenin camp at not less than 100.

Waiting for your response as soon as you can.

Love,

Islah Jad
Women's Studies, Birzeit University

Answer 7

No it was a sign that the commies were within hours of capturing him alive.

Answer 8

do you really believe that version? how about the one that had him escaping to paraguay (?) with his aryan princess, eva?. perhaps he was psychic enough to realize that such would be a good location for, in later years, being able to party with his friends, the bush crime family ;-)

Answer 9

YES, HE KNEW HE HAD BEEN DEFEATED. SO HE KILLED HIMSELF BEFORE THEY HAD A CHANCE.