Hitler remains an enigma in\n spite of everything that has been written about him. Historians like Alan\n Bullock, Ian Kershaw and HR Trevo-Roper confess their perplexity openly. How\n was it possible that an unknown, solitary and futureless front-soldier in 1918\n became, some years later, the Leader and Messiah of the German people? How\n could a nullity unleash the most destructive and deadliest war humanity has\n ever known? Academic historians give countless reasons because the essential\n reason keeps escaping them; fantasy writers find the most bizarre occult\n explanations, disregarding the historical facts.