Hitler8217;s 8216;suicidal urge8217; prolonged WW II: Study

It says Hitler was advised as early as 1942 in Berlin that the war was lost. However, the Fuhrer8217;s 8220;suicidal urge8221; to enforce a final confrontation helped prolong the conflict.

8220;It will be impossible to write a history of the Second World War without reference to this work,8221; Col Winfried Heinemann, the head of research at the centre, was quoted as saying by The Daily Telegraph of Britain.

The research underlines that Hitler 8220;waged his personal war for six years, supported by sentiment in Germany that remained broadly favourable even after a series of defeats8221;.

8220;To the Germans, no alternative appeared feasible, other than the unconditional surrender demanded by the enemy,8221; concludes the history on the global conflict.