Reply #3: Yes, that's what got to me. [View All]

[Matilda]

The German people were completely betrayed by their leaders - not
only Hitler, but Goebbels, Himmler, Goering and Bormann were all
living in fantasy and denial. Had they acknowledged in at the end
of 1944 what all their generals knew - that it was over - it would
have saved tens of thousands of lives and perhaps they might have
been able to preserved East Prussia intact (although Stalin was
very determined to get a foothold there).