 Historian Richard Suchenwirth wrote that after World War I there emerged two schools of officer; the cautious, who feared a conflict involving Germany would only bring a powerful coalition against them, and the optimists who believed the stab-in-the back legend, and the invincibility of German arms.Jeschonnek belonged to the circle which believed in a great and victorious future.His feelings were intensified by his personal devotion to Hitler, whom he saw as a genius of first rank.