At other points, as in his treatment of Hitler and even Montgomery (“particularly vociferous—even troublesome”), Eisenhower half develops an essay on military will and the fanatic.

Eisenhower declared this morning as he took ... "a real difference between the regular German soldier and officer and Hitler and his criminal group." "I have come to know that difference ...

Hitler dispatches German troops to fend off ... in a massive effort code-named Operation Overlord. Eisenhower will wait for a good weather forecast to determine the exact day of the invasion.

Perhaps the most notorious figure of the 20th century, Adolf Hitler was the leader of the German Nazi (National Socialist German Workers') party and eventually became dictator over all of Germany.