In the Face of Total Military Defeat by Late 1944

In the face of total military defeat by late 1944, Hitler continued to beseech the Germans to fight on, believing that

A) the Germans, having failed to secure victory, deserved to die.
B) they could at least wrest a partial victory from the Allies by holding on to territory in the east.
C) such resolve would intimidate the Allies into agreeing to a less punishing peace.
D) divine providence was on the German side and that a turnaround was still possible.