The Letter In Which Hitler First Doubted He'd Win War

A Telegram written by Adolf Hitler which reveals the first time he appeared to realise his Second World War victory was not assured is enthralling historians.

- Mark Reynolds

The typed missive was sent as a New Year greeting to a Spanish general fighting for Germany on January 2, 1942 – days before the Nazi leader’s army retreated from its attempt to take Moscow.

Hitler pencilled the phrase “come what may” into a draft – seen by experts as a seed of doubt about Germany’s fortunes.

He wrote: “I am certain that – come what may – our struggle against our enemies will be just as successful in future too as it has been so far, and that final victory will be ours.”