A British Soldier Unfortunately Spared Hitler's Life During World War I
A British Soldier Unfortunately Spared Hitler’s Life During World War I If Hitler had died, World War II might not have happened and millions of lives would have been saved from destruction. Key point: Hitler served in World War I and was nearly shot. Could the Nazis still (or even the Communists) have seized control of post-war Germany? Legend has it that on September 28, 1918, a wounded Private Adolf Hitler lay in the sights of Henry Tandey, a British soldier who would receive the Victoria Cross for his daring actions in engagement in Marcoing, France. Tandey supposedly took pity on the ...