Hitler didn’t so much lack intuition as being completely devoid on any conscience: An essential psychopath. He zealously believed that Nazi Germany could rule the world. The world will never forget the results of his delusions:

After World War I, the Nazi Party gained power during Germany’s period of crisis by exploiting nationalism, antisemitism, anti-communism, propaganda and by Hitler’s charismatic oratory. The Party murdered many of its opponents. The Nazis restructured the state economy, rearmed the armed forces (Wehrmacht), and established a totalitarian or fascist dictatorship. Hitler pursued a foreign policy with the goal of seizing Lebensraum. The German Invasion of Poland in 1939 caused the British and French Empires to declare war on Germany -wiki

There are some superb documentaries on how it was that the German people swallowed his barbaric tripe and followed their leader in commiting horrific acts.

In particular the six part documentary by the BBC, “The Nazi’s: a warning from history” gives an essential overview, with rare footage, of how Hitler rose to power:

A superb book on understanding why individuals behaved they way they did was written by Haffner, A young man growing up in Nazi Germany clearly explains the tremendous forces hypnotising normal Germans into Nazi’s: