History of War

DEBUNKING HITLER’S SURVIVAL

The author and historian reveals how the leader of the Third Reich definitively met his end among the ruins of his genocidal regime

Although the war in Europe did not officially end until 8 May 1945, the death of Adolf Hitler a week before dramatically brought about its swift conclusion. Hitler’s suicide in his own specially-built bunker in Berlin made international headlines but it was almost immediately accompanied by rumours of his escape.

Luke Daly-Groves has extensively studied Hitler’s last days and survival theories in his book Hitler’s Death: The Case Against Conspiracy. He discusses the overwhelming evidence for the Führer’s demise, Joseph Stalin’s role as the first conspirator

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