Having led a military career prior to WWII, Hitler (here, at one of his general’s funerals) may have had more or less the same advantage in military knowledge as other commanders, Stephen Fritz argues in his new book. (Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-02306A / CC-BY-SA 3.0) Bundesarchiv, Bild 102-02306A / CC-BY-SA 3.0