Siraltgy ai Ruthlaui at Napoleon'sWhat Hitler is showing us is a grand strategy for supremacy of the German nation in Europe —as ruthless and as far-reaching as anything Napoleon ever dreamed. Its principal difference from Napoleon’s is that, while such strategy is always both diplomatic poker playing and military eruption, Hitler uses more diplomatic bluffing and less artillery than Napoleon. Maybe that ls partly because vitally interested powers would fight then and won’t now. Maybe it is because, while Hitler has shown Napoleonic skill in diplomatic strategy, we have yet to see any military genius—which Napoleon possessed beyond comparison.What Hitler has done in this single year is astonishing—gaining practical control of Ihe principal strategic area of Europe—Austria and Hungary—without firing a shot