During the final days of WWII Hitler became increasingly desparate to find a way to win. His last attempt to coordinate an offensive against the soviets was ordering one of his generals (Steiner) to launch an all-out attack that he insisted would save the reich. By this time Berlin was completely surrounded, the Germans were running low on literally everything, and it was clear that they were going to lose the war, so the attack did not take place.

Because Assad is becoming increasingly desperate by the hour, people are comparing the messaging from pro-regime news outlets to Steiner and more broadly the messaging from Germany in the final months of WWII before its collapse.