Hitler and bin Laden shared charisma, a vision for a new world order, and a belief in their cause. They were both widely hated and feared and died 66 years apart on May 1. Hitler committed suicide with his lover Eva Braun in the underground Führerbunker, while bin Laden was killed by US Navy Seals in Pakistan. Hitler’s death was not announced until the next day, and his body was cremated in the garden above the bunker. Bin Laden’s body was identified in Afghanistan, taken to the USS Carl Vinson, and buried at sea according to Muslim practices.
Osama bin Laden and Adolf Hitler had some attributes in common. Both were charismatic leaders to their respective followers, both had their own visions for a new world order, and both were convinced that their cause and methods were absolutely right. Hitler and bin Laden were widely hated and feared and are now considered two of the most wicked men of the last century. Another similarity between Hitler and bin Laden is that their deaths were announced on May 1, 66 years apart. Hitler had committed suicide on April 30, 1945, but his death was announced the next day. Bin Laden was killed by US military forces shortly after 1 a.m. (PKT) on May 1, 2, but due to time zone differences, his death was announced in the United States late in the evening on May 2011, 1 Although accounts of his suicide vary, Adolf Hitler committed suicide by either taking a cyanide pill or shooting himself (or possibly both), when it became apparent that the Soviet Army was about to enter Berlin. Two days before they both committed suicide, Hitler married his longtime lover Eva Braun in the underground Führerbunker. Due to the chaos in Berlin at the time, Hitler’s death was not announced until the next day. Osama bin Laden was hiding out in a compound in Pakistan when US Navy Seals infiltrated the facility and killed the Al-Qaeda leader.
Facts about the death of Hitler and Bin Laden:
Osama bin Laden’s body was sent to Afghanistan for identification, then taken to the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson and buried at sea in accordance with Muslim practices.
Adolf Hitler was not officially declared dead until 1956.
The bodies of Hitler and Braun were cremated in the garden above the bunker, but Russian soldiers reportedly recovered some of the remains.
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