Would the more fashionable look have changed history?

Gulfnews: Close shave that left Hitler looking less dapper — This story makes sense because the most popular look for statesmen at the time was the von Hindenburg mustache.

London: His mustache is the most instantly recognisable – and sinister – in history. Yet, according to new research into Adolf Hitler’s early life, the distinctive, toothbrush shape that adorned his scowling face was not his first preference.

A previously unpublished essay by a writer who served alongside Hitler in the First World War trenches reveals the future Fuhrer was only obeying orders when he shaped his mustache into its tightly-clipped style. He was instructed to do so in order that it would fit under the respirator masks, introduced in response to British mustard gas attacks.