>which we tend to try to explain with "we didn't know Hitler was so evil" There is good reason to believe that the Finns aligned with Nazi Germany for purely t

>which we tend to try to explain with "we didn't know Hitler was so evil" There is good reason to believe that the Finns aligned with Nazi Germany for purely tactical reasons of survival rather than any shred of ideological agreement. The notorious Hitler-Mannerheim conversation which consists of fifteen minutes of tape-recorded conversation was recorded initially without der Fuhrer's knowledge or consent, an act of subversion, and was preserved rather than destroyed, again against Hitler's express orders. It is essentially a boastful and deluded monologue from Hitler to an audience that continues to humor him rather than engage with him, even as he escalates into evident delusion and falsehood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_and_Mannerheim_recording https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_and_Mannerheim_recordin... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oET1WaG5sFk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oET1WaG5sFk