^ Before my time, so I couldn't have seen him, but I wouldn't be a bit surprised. After reading his biography, my take on him is that he was too much of a coward to kill himself; so either one of his minions did him the favor, or he did indeed flee to SA with those of his cabal who managed to do so.
Rather odd to find myself in the position of defending Hitler, but his service in WW1 and the events of the Munich putsch don't suggest he was a physical coward.
Yea I'm not sure what he did to suggest he was a coward. He was a sadistic ruthless maniac, but cowardly? I don't think you get to where Hitler was by being a coward. All the gambles he took over the course of his life took some serious balls in my opinion... like just choosing to invade the USSR my god, the risk associated with that.
Too bad he wasn't a coward, world probably would have been better if he had been.
Agree with Tom, primarily because it's just incorrect. The Soviets signed the nonagression pact in order to carve up Poland, without interference from Germany. Germany signed in order to focus on other fronts, with the full intention of attacking the Soviets later. The latter is cynical, the former is not.
That's a good point @redsplat. I removed that word. The motivations of the Soviet Union were entirely evil, but not cynical as they were foolish enough to actually trust the Nazis.
Seems like this is oversimplifying a very complex issue. I don't think I'd say that the primary reason Russia allied with Germany was to carve up Poland. If this were the case, it seems unlikely that the Soviets would spend so much time negotiating an alliance with Britain and France (which, of course, failed). And I certainly wouldn't characterize Stalin's opinion of Hitler as "trusting".
Huh, and scheming to conquer and carve up a sovereign nation (Poland) isn't cynical? Don't really understand why you wouldn't think that... that part of the agreement was hidden for a reason.
[Pedantry alert!] I would just add that the Enigma WAS successful in encrypting the German messages; they just didn't prevent the Allies from decrypting them. The messages weren't sent in the clear, they were actually encrypted.
On these multiple choice quizzes, I think it would be better to show the percentage of people who guessed each answer, not just the correct one. That info is already provided in the bar graph on the bottom. Plus, it would be interesting to see if there was a misleading answer that tripped people up.
Not saying Hitler made it to Argentina or that any of the conspiracy theories are definitely true, BUT...I think nobody knows is still the correct answer. Was anyone in the room with him? Do we have a body?
Hitler and Eva Braun committed suicide shortly before the fall of Berlin. He gave orders that he and his new wife's bodies were to be burned after their deaths. The Soviet army found two charred corpses thought to be the couple and retained custody of them throughout the Cold War. Decades later Russia allowed Western scientists to inspect parts of the remains who confirmed that they did in fact belong to Hitler (using dental records), and that it was likely he died of cyanide poisoning (or poisoning followed by gunshot as is believed). Personal accounts from several people who handled or saw the remains in the interim have been recorded, and no other sightings or alternative/conspiracy theories have ever been corroborated.
"What machine did the Germans use to (unsuccessfully) encrypt their messages? " Well they certainly successfully encrypted their messages. Whether the messages were successfully decrypted by the Allies or not is another matter... There was also more than one machine that the Germans used to encrypt their messages: Enigma is one, but there was also the Lorenz machine (also eventually cracked at Bletchley Park).
''Diego Maradona passes to Senor Hilterinho, nice dribbling by the 105-year-old, how has he not retired yet I have no idea, Hilterinho shoots! OH MY GOODNESS WHAT A GOAL!! ARGENTINA LEAD 1-0 IN THE 1994 WORLD CUP QUARTER FINALS AGAINST ROMANIA!!!! Hilterinho appears to be doing a nazi sign celebration, that's controversial!''
I agree. Apart from this, I'd like to request a complete change in the option. JetPunk does not have people stupid enough to even guess Bombay. Unless we're being run by a flat-earther.
Enigma was extremely succesful, all encryptions are eventually broken.
Also be defintion no one knows how Hitler died (No I dont think he ever left the bunker), suicide is the obvious derivation, although this is a nitpick.
Enigma was not extremely successful as many of the messages sent using it were cracked. There was a much simpler and relatively foolproof technology that the Allies used:
Hitler's blood was found in the bunker where he and his family supposedly commited suicide, but his body was never found. The likeliest explanation is suicide, but the answer here is "nobody knows"
yeah ik. I'm from Germany and we learned that he commited "sudoku", but some quotes of veterans say, that he was killed by bolshevik troops. A reason for that believe is, because they also stole things from the bunker, that were pretty important for him.
I am... Very surprised that so many people got the Pearl Harbor question wrong. I know not everybody is American, but I feel like thats one of the easier questions. I thought that was just sort of one of those "common knowledge" history questions? I guess I find it interesting so many more people know who Goebbels was and what Operation Barbarossa was but didn't know that no carriers were at Pearl Harbor. Maybe its an American thing though, because thats sort of one of the main points when we get taught about Pearl Harbor.
I would say it's just an American thing. I got 12 / 15 and missed the Pearl harbor question, Churchill and the Japanese cities. In school here (Germany) the fighting outside of Europe didn't get as much attention in high school I would say.
WW2 is still a massive topic in European schools. As Nicolas states, it often focuses on the things that happened on European soil, because the traces are still visible in many locations (former concentration camps, remembrance stones, cemeteries, monuments) Most Europeans will know details about Pearl Harbor rather because of the movie than from history classes.
We did a whole term on WW2 one year, and a single lesson was devoted to the Pacific Theatre. All I really remember of it was a friend from China becoming a little too morbidly excited to learn about Japan's defeat.
I teach 20th century history and am not American. I always point out that there were no carriers in port at Pearl Harbor because it is important to understand why the attack did not really affect America's Pacific naval capabilities.
i am suprised the question about what country was neutral got so low correct answers. ireland was the easy option. who thought italy, finland or greece were neutral? all their battles are pretty famous.
Ireland wasn't exactly "neutral" and the question doesn't ask that. It asks which country didn't fight. Ireland certainly didn't fight, and although their stated position was neutrality, they helped the Allies where they could do so without drawing too much attention from the Nazis. For example, Ireland provided the Allies with the weather report that helped the Allies decide to proceed with the D-Day invasion. Less honorably, Ireland dismissed in disgrace several thousand Irish soldiers who took it upon themselves to join the British army and fight the Nazis. Irish leadership was probably more upset that they joined the British army (as Britain was still seen as an occupying force in Northern Ireland and the Easter Rising was fresh on everyone's mind) than that they fought, but either way, the soldiers were branded "deserters" and treated accordingly on their return. It was only about ten years ago that the Irish government finally pardoned those who chose to join the fight.
Highly recommended to visit the city of Weimar! It breathes so much history, from Goethe to Bach, Liszt and to Hitler. Combined with a visit to the Buchenwald memorial it is very much worth your time.
Weimar is absolutely beautiful, and they did a decent job a rebuilding the Anna-Amalia-library, which sadly burned in 2004 due to some faulty electric wire. Many irreplaceable books were lost, but the library itself is standing once again!
You can also visit Goethe's house, which is now a museum.
Too bad he wasn't a coward, world probably would have been better if he had been.
I'd remove the (unsuccessfully) remark
"Dammit, it encrypted back to itself again!"
Also be defintion no one knows how Hitler died (No I dont think he ever left the bunker), suicide is the obvious derivation, although this is a nitpick.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-time_pad
we have a lot of historylets here it seems.
You can also visit Goethe's house, which is now a museum.