Please don't stop Chrono, finish you list with what I wrote. All those things he did sure lasted a long long time as well! He was such a great leader that his own colleagues and generals plotted to assasinate him multiple times. During the fall of the "thousand year Reich", many of his generals disobeyed orders due to the fact that they thought he was insane (an actual quote from a documentary I watched a while back). His legacy was a divided country for years until the Berlin wall came down.
never lied to the german people about his policies (can you say that about your leaders now)?
He didn't have to, he ruled from fear, what were the people going to do anyway? vote him out? He was a dictator, they don't have to make false campaign promises. His whole coming to power was a sham, yeah, he was a real straighforward honest guy.
Here are some more of his brilliant moves:
- persecuted the jews, including scientists who left Germany and would later develop the atom bomb for the US.
- stopped bombing British factories and airfields to bomb the cities because he was upset the allies were bombing his cities, thus allowing the allies to rebuild their air force and munitions to hold off the Germans.
- attacked Russia before he was done with England, resulting in major conflicts on two fronts. Not giving his soldiers winter gear in Russia since he thought they would win before winter set in.
Yes, a true genius and magnificent leader.