Japan was seeking to control Asian oil sources in '41. It worked okay for them until they ran into a combination of bad luck, overly complex strategy, and very good USA military intelligence operations at Midway. But if it hadn't happened at Midway, it would've happened somewhere else soon enough, I figure. They took on way too much. As did Hitler. Even the USA will eventually take on way too much. Just a matter of time. Then some other ambitious player will step in and start playing global domination games...maybe China.

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Goebbels and Frau Goebbels were also burnt outside Hitler's bunker by their personal staff, I believe, after having killed themselves and their children. Goering and Doenitz and numerous other commanders surrendered to Allied forces. Doenitz was the last official commander-in-chief of the Reich, appointed by Hitler shortly before Hitler's death. Goering had fallen out of favour with Hitler by that time and been sacked. Himmler was captured, trying to disguise himself and escape. Goering bit down on a hidden capsule of poison shortly before he was to be hanged, having conducted a very feisty and unrepentant defence of his actions at Nuremberg. Like most professional soldiers, he figured he was fighting for "the good guys". No surprise there. That's what they all figure, with only the rarest exceptions.

- LH