In the long course of human warfare, ambitious leaders and overlords have emerged, but few can truly be hailed as conquerors. Throughout history, only four outstanding figures have been called conquerors: Qin Shi Huang, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, the First Emperor of France, and Hitler, the Führer of Nazi Germany. Hitler, as the last conqueror in the history of human warfare, led Nazi Germany to show amazing combat effectiveness and invincibility during World War II. However, as a war maniac, he also became synonymous with the horrors of World War II.
Hitler, the conqueror, had immensely great ambitions in his heart. He once made a bold statement: "I want to stand on the top of the world and declare to the whole world: Stand upright!" However, people with inflated ambitions often cannot escape a tragic fate. In just a few months, Hitler conquered almost all of Europe with lightning tactics. However, his ambitions swelled further, and he attempted to annex the behemoth of the Soviet Union in just three months, only to lose his life and commit suicide by drinking bullets.
When Hitler was on the verge of despair, he confessed the three major regrets in his life: regretting sleeping with one person, regretting killing another, and regretting not listening to the eight-character proverb.
1. Regret sleeping alone
As the leader of Nazi Germany, Hitler held supreme authority, but in the emotional world, he seemed quite single-minded and uninspiring. It is known that in the last moments of his life, Hitler married his mistress, Eva Braun. However, the person he loved most was his niece, Gurley Laubar, and the two had an intimate relationship. Hitler's regret of sleeping alone may refer to this relationship with Gurly Laubar, because of her jealousy and despair, she finally chose to swallow a gun and commit suicide, which left Hitler with endless remorse and guilt.
2. Repentance for killing one person
Hitler was notorious for his murderous life, especially for the massacre of 6 million Jews during World War II. However, among these countless bloody killings, were there any people whom Hitler regretted killing? Before Hitler died, the one he regretted killing the most was the outstanding military strategist Rommel. Rommel was a military wizard of Nazi Germany and performed many miracles of war. However, he was later embroiled in a coup plot, and Hitler tearfully ordered his execution and gave him the honor of a state funeral. However, whether Rommel actually participated in the coup remains a mystery to this day.
3. Regret not listening to the eight-character proverbs
The turning point of history is often just a thought, and a single decision can change the course of the whole world. What Hitler regretted most was that he did not heed the eight-character proverb: "Only by uniting this country can we achieve hegemony." These eight words were proposed at a high-level meeting of Nazi Germany by the patriarch Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt. When Hitler was determined to tear up the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact, Rundstedt exclaimed at the conference: "Only by uniting this country can we achieve hegemony; However, Hitler did not take this advice, which ultimately led to the end of the country and the tragic end of the individual, which can be described as too late to regret.