A lot of Nazis high ranking Nazis just skipped the death sentence by bringing their expertise to the table. Operation paperclip was huge.
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Well he would know how to fight the soviets
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Well quick read of his wikipedia introduction says he was involved in 20th July plot to assasinate AH. So maybe that’s why he was thought not to be sympathizer.
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Are… Are we the baddies?
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It’s crazy how quickly they realised that total Denazification was a huge pain and just kinda threw their hands up like “WELP… Someone’s gotta run the gubmint and it sure ain’t gonna be a pinko”
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The guy was just Wehrmacht. He formerly was both Reichsheer (Weimar Republic) and Imperial German Army (German Empire), and later was Bundeswher (West Germany), so he just did his job no matter who was in charge.
Now, the only thing I could find against him was that he *may* have been part of the Schnez-Truppe (unconfirmed), which was a paramilitary group sorta like the Freikorps that’s entire purpose was to combat either the USSR or German communists in the event that war broke out with either of those groups. This group formed after the Korean War broke out, so West Germany feared the Soviets would get wise ideas. Funny thing is America knew this group existed, but didn’t care because they were anti-communist.
Oh and also he was wanted for war crimes by the Soviets. Oops.
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That’s why the NATO Logo kinda look like that no-no German symbol
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A lot of Nazis high ranking Nazis just skipped the death sentence by bringing their expertise to the table. Operation paperclip was huge.
Well he would know how to fight the soviets
Well quick read of his wikipedia introduction says he was involved in 20th July plot to assasinate AH. So maybe that’s why he was thought not to be sympathizer.
Are… Are we the baddies?
It’s crazy how quickly they realised that total Denazification was a huge pain and just kinda threw their hands up like “WELP… Someone’s gotta run the gubmint and it sure ain’t gonna be a pinko”
The guy was just Wehrmacht. He formerly was both Reichsheer (Weimar Republic) and Imperial German Army (German Empire), and later was Bundeswher (West Germany), so he just did his job no matter who was in charge.
Now, the only thing I could find against him was that he *may* have been part of the Schnez-Truppe (unconfirmed), which was a paramilitary group sorta like the Freikorps that’s entire purpose was to combat either the USSR or German communists in the event that war broke out with either of those groups. This group formed after the Korean War broke out, so West Germany feared the Soviets would get wise ideas. Funny thing is America knew this group existed, but didn’t care because they were anti-communist.
Oh and also he was wanted for war crimes by the Soviets. Oops.
That’s why the NATO Logo kinda look like that no-no German symbol