Davem
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In other words Sauron brings about his own destruction by his ofermod
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I find this to be very true, and there to be a connection between Sauron and Hitler. Sauron and Hitler both in my views made crucial errors that caused their downfall. Here are 3 of Hitler's most crucial mistakes.
1) Hitler knew the 2-front war caused Germany to lose WW1. To avoid this Hitler signed a pact with Stalin to keep him out of the war so Germany wouldn't have to fight 2 fronts. Hitler easily takes all of Western Europe, except Britain, he lost the Battle of Britain. Hitler's mistake comes when he believes Britain is too beat up to do anything so he turns to Russia and starts attacking Russia, well Britain wasn't beaten and soon they would land with American's and allies at Normandy opening up a 2-front war. Actually 3-fronts since soon Italy will fall and forces would be coming from Italy.
2) Simple one Hitler let the same mistake Napolean made when attacking Russia. Hitler kept driving through Russia in the awful cold winters of Russia losing many troops, they lose the Battle of Stalingrad then Russia starts pushing back.
3) Hitler made ill use of his allies, both Mussolini and Stalin signed agreements with Hitler. It really wasn't an "alliance" because all Hitler was doing was just telling them to stay out of the way, do whatever you want just don't fight Germany. He should have used Russia and Italy to his advantage.
Now onto Sauron, you will find a few mistakes Sauron made to be his final destruction and are very much similar to Hitler's mistakes.
1) Sauron again didn't make good use of his ally. Similar to Hitler's agreements with Russia and Italy, Sauron just used Saruman for his own advantage instead of really being an "alliance." I guess you might refer to it as a "weak alliance," Sauron and Saruman hated eachother but both wanted the same thing.
2) Sauron empties mordor to go fight the defenders of the west in front of the Black Gate, while Frodo and Sam slip through the back. Again similar to Hitler who turned his back on Western Europe and focused on the "prize." This is where Saurons arrogance got in the way.
Right now I can't think of any real other mistakes Sauron made besides his thought process of "no one can contend with me," so if someone finds another "mistake" that Sauron made please post it.