Hitler, Mussolini, and Saddam weren’t strong men. If they were, they would never have felt the need to be authoritarian.
Authoritarianism is a thing that weak men feel the need to do in order to ‘even’ the playing field.
The Nazis at Nürnberg didn’t beg for mercy before they were executed. Neither did Mussolini or Saddam. This is just a pathetic and impotent power fantasy, strong men face death with defiance and bravery