Who was Hitler's Merlin?

Answer 1

'Hitler's Merlin' is the nickname commonly given to Karl Haushofer, a professor of geopolitics at Munich University who played a prominent behind-the-scenes role in the Nazi party. He was a personal acquaintance of Hitler and helped him write Mein Kampf, afterwards serving as the intellectual face of the Nazi party and pushing for an alliance with Japan. He was the author of the Axis Pact and orchestrated the Apollo Pact, both vital to Germany's WWII strategy.

Sources:

"Germany: Haushofer's Heritage." Time Magazine 25 March 1946. Print. Herwig, Holger H. "The Daemon of Geopolitics: Karl Haushofer, Rudolf Hess, and Adolf Hitler." Lecture. Harmon Memorial Lectures in Military History. United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs. 2010. "Last Secrets Of The Axis." Andy Aitken. New York: History Channel, 2001. DVD-R. Tatara, Peter. "Der PuppenSpieler: The Role of Karl Haushofer in the Third Reich." Ithaca College History Journal 2003. Web. Zweig, Stefan. The World of Yesterday. Trans. Anthea Bell. New ed. London: Pushkin, 2011. Print. Pgs 207-210

Answer 2

There is no historical record of Hitler having a specific "Merlin" figure. The term "Merlin" typically refers to the legendary sorcerer in King Arthur's stories, and there is no evidence to suggest that there was a similar figure associated with Hitler.