[dfwgator]

This is his true speaking voice, it was much deeper than I expected, from a meeting with Finnish Marshall Mannerheim.

The other thing about this, is how blunt Hitler was about the situation in Russia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oET1WaG5sFk

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

Thanks. I'd heard that conversation. It's good to go to original sources when available, to hear “from the horse's mouth.” And thankfully I can verify most of the translation. The notion that Hitler had one final breakdown is a bit naive, because that recording from 1942 shows a “what the hell” sort of awareness, sort of “what have we gotten ourselves into” moment.

History is a lot messier than "good guy, bad guy" dualism. Even some of our Founding Fathers "switched sides" for a short period to preserve family and property, as we learned in a recent presentation on the Revolutionary War. Simplifying history is a bit like simplifying geopolitics or business.

Mannerheim was an interesting figure in that time. The modern EU could take a lesson.....