The rise of Hitler in the German mindset is perhaps one of overpowering the conscious thoughts of the people, and convincing the intellectual elite. This is how an academic described it to me, at least. I think it covers a brief moment in the long saga of it, as it starts well before 1939, the year of an official declaration of war. Yet it helps to illuminate the difficult, dark days Hitler brought on Europe.
In the UK, as far as it was back then, the story was a different matter on the streets. It’s assumed the UK press fell behind the Allied forces with gusto, and supported Churchill in fits of jubilation. The truth is the British press fell behind the German forces. This is proved in Intelligence archives and the private investigations of many eminent detectives.
The newspaper editors at the time were called “scheming folk” by Agents in London during the Second World War, and “profit madmen” after it was found money was paid in lump sums to bank accounts owned by the national titles. This has never been recovered, in part because most financial arrangements connected to the Wars have long been secluded for analysis by warfare experts.
