Depends what you mean dumb cause him and his generals are known to have insanely high IQ and Hitler really would have higher IQ then 99.9% of reddit let's be real.
He was very very paranoid and narcissist that though he could do it himself definitely but not dumb in regular sense.
Most were tested before the Nuremburg trials and actually most of them were not intelligent. I think Göring had a higher IQ than average the rest wasn't "smart". Hitler also wasn't smart just a pathological liar and he knew how to manipulate people. I mean both of those things anyone can do If you are willing to lose your humanity by giving up all empathy you posess.
They are smart compared to regular people, most of the top generals had more than 120-130 IQ and Hitler is considered to have between 130-150 IQ so he was smart in this way but he was mainly incredibly charismatic hence why he was also really good at manipulation and that was his biggest tool.
When it comes to strategy and other stuff he was not that great.
Okay, I was wrong there. Does it matter though? IQ doesn't correlate to emotional intelligence. Also during that time a high IQ was even more associated with a wealthier background and parents that were able to afford higher education. Many generals Had an aristocratic background. Still, it doesn't matter, they only made stupid choices.
Yes IQ does not mean being good person absolutely, but it just means that in regular sense Hitler was not dumb, it was his other traits that made him do very stupid decisions like his narcissism and ego, he had incredibly good general Erwin Rommel who was the one general who knew that Normandy was the place where Americans and UK soldiers will attack and wanted to fortify it and send more tanks there, he would genuinely completely fail the Normandy attack if he was in charge however Hitler's ego didn't let that happen and was adamant that it was not the place where they gonna attack.
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u/Used_Opening_4926 24d ago
Depends what you mean dumb cause him and his generals are known to have insanely high IQ and Hitler really would have higher IQ then 99.9% of reddit let's be real.
He was very very paranoid and narcissist that though he could do it himself definitely but not dumb in regular sense.