Adolf Hitler's role as a military commander between 1939 and 1945.

Adolf Hitler, born April 20 1889 will always be remembered for the atrocities he caused during World War II. He did however possess several strengths that are characteristic of a good military commander. He had the uncanny ability to commit precise details of historical information, technical facts and economic statistics to memory. Through this method of memorization Hitler was able to comprehend technical matters and any problems with armaments. He had a thorough knowledge of guns, tanks, …

…seclusion and did not approach problems in a logical format. Dunkirk and Stalingrad are excellent examples of Hitler's inability to rely on his general's advice which resulted in two opposed outcomes. At Dunkirk thousands of British and French lives were saved when Hitler issued the stop order, on the other hand the Battle of Stalingrad saw hundreds of thousand German soldiers lose their lives by Hitler's insistence to hold the line to the last man.