Before this question, let's review Hitler's life and the rise and fall of Nazi Germany in World War II.
Hitler's life was full of dramatic turns, from an unknown Austrian painter to the absolute ruler of Germany, and his every move affected the fate of the whole of Europe and the world.
Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau, Austria, in 1889. During World War I, he fought as an ordinary soldier and after the war joined the German Workers' Party, a small party that later evolved into the Nazi Party. Hitler soon became the leader of the party and was appointed chancellor of Germany in 1933, seizing absolute power soon after.
Under Hitler's leadership, Germany quickly rebuilt its army and launched a blitzkrieg against Poland in September 1939, marking the outbreak of World War II. Over the next few years, the Germans achieved a series of stunning victories under Hitler's command and quickly occupied much of Europe. However, the failure of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941 marked a turning point in the fate of Nazi Germany. The strong resistance of the Soviet Union and the entry of the United States gradually tilted the balance of war in favor of the Allies.
By the beginning of 1945, the military situation in Nazi Germany was precarious. The Soviet Red Army continued to advance on the Eastern Front, while the Allied forces on the Western Front were gradually closing in on the German mainland. According to the data, the total strength of the German army in Berlin at that time, including the police, escorts and other miscellaneous troops, was only about 60,000, while the strength of the Soviet army in the Berlin area reached nearly 500,000. In addition, the Soviet army was equipped with a large number of heavy **, such as artillery, Katyusha rocket launchers, and tanks. In this situation, the defense of the German army in Berlin turned out to be very vulnerable.
On April 30, 1945, as the Soviet Red Army approached the center of Berlin, Hitler chose to commit suicide in his bunker. At that time, although Germany still had about 2 million soldiers throughout the country, these forces were already fragmented and unable to form an effective resistance. In addition, the morale of the German army was already seriously low, and many soldiers had lost any hope of victory in the war. Germany was also already in an extremely difficult situation in terms of material and logistics. The long-term war attrition brought the German economy to the brink of collapse, and there was a severe shortage of military supplies, which could not support an effective **.
Thus, when Hitler committed suicide, Germany, although it still had millions of soldiers on paper, was in fact powerless. The defeat of the German army was not only a lack of troops, but also a total collapse in strategy, resources and morale. Hitler's suicide marked the end of Nazi Germany and its mad ambitions. From a war initiator to a lone suicide, Hitler's life was full of drama and tragedy, and his death also brought the Second World War to an end.