I don't know about "realizing his mistake" but Hitler did help end the war by killing Hitler. I think I would pick that option since it is the closest of the wrong answers.
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Fascist glorifying Hitler forgetting that Hitler killed the nazi leader.
I find it interesting that three of these are VE and the only true one is VJ.
Honestly I'm curious how many Americans understand that VE was well before VJ and occurred when the soviets had shelled Berlin and were in the process of taking it, so the newly appointed leader of nazi high command reached out to the western front to surrender.
What does VE and VJ mean?
Victory Europe and Victory Japan, the two fronts of the war (from America's perspective)
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That's pretty common knowledge, as far as I'm aware (at the very least, that VE was well before VJ).
As someone with a military history obsessed father, it would be a crime if I didn't at least passively absorb this fact.
The top right is not entirely wrong.
It's pretty wrong. He didn't realize a mistake. He killed himself because he was a coward and had lost. Also, it was only the end of the war in Europe. Japan was still fighting.
He realized he fucked up
But that was thanks to the combined efforts of the allies.
