Revealed at last, the dirt file on Hitler

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A 1943 psychiatric dossier aimed to humiliate and destroy the German dictator, writes Gary Hughes.

SNATCH the dictator and hold him prisoner to deny him the chance of becoming a martyr. Keep him in isolation, take humiliating photographs and film of him and release them to the public to discredit him. Portray him as a madman, label him the No. 1 world criminal and use him as an example to deter other "crack-brained fanatics".

It reads like the US military's blueprint for dealing with Saddam Hussein during the Iraq war. In fact it was the top secret advice given to the US military 62 years ago this month on how to deal with Adolf Hitler.

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