No one is too sure when Hitler changed his Kaiser tash for his famous one, but one story is that he was told to trim his unruley caterpillar to make sure he could get his gas mask on properly whilst in the trenches of WW1. Here’s a rare pic of Hitler with a bushy beast on his upper lip, he’s the one on the far left (which makes a change from his normal stance):

And here he is before he even started shaving, just for the sake of completion:

Unsurprisingly, after WWII the Hitler moustache fell out of favour. I mean, who wants their facial fungus to remind people of genocide? Not me, although I have been likened to Osama Bin Laden.

It’s not completely died out though, Michael Jordan was seen sporting one in an advert a while back?? (WTF). It was not well received at all and it hasn’t been seen furnishing his face since:

Comedian Richard Herring had a go with it in an ironic kind of fashion for a while too:

And who can forget that warm, kind fella Robert Mugabe who has taken the look to it’s natural conclusion. It’s so thin it is virtually pointless:

So I hope that answers some of the questions you never had about Hitler moustaches.

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