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A former soldier has revealed how a Nazi general spared him from the firing squad in World War Two.
TV South Wales ^
| 21 November 2014
Posted on 11/30/2014 6:54:32 PM PST by robowombat
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In the last few years leftist academics in FRG have launched a systematic campaign to denigrate Rommel and destroy the Rommel legend'. I suspect the reason is that Rommel is seen as a figure who embrace tradition cultural values and was willing , unlike virtually every other German general, to actually be willing to involve himself with those who were plotting to kill Hitler. Such a 'legend' of a hero who would really fight a tyrant state has to be destroyed.
To: robowombat
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posted on
11/30/2014 7:16:26 PM PST
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laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: robowombat
Yes. The German officer corps were the aristocracy of the nation and generally held Hitler in contempt. While they were unwilling to launch a coup to unseat Hitler in the wake of his stunning string of diplomatic successes prior to Poland, the majority loved their country and detested what Hitler was doing to it. As the war dragged on and the tide turned following DDay, many (not all) tacitly signed a "separate peace" and treated Allied (western) prisoners with decency.
To: laplata
Correct. He never joined the party. He was one of the last of the traditional Prussian officer corps. Most old-school German soldiers loathed Hitler. They called him “that Bohemian corporal” behind his back. Rommels son ended up rising to the rank of general in the West German Bundeswehr.
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posted on
11/30/2014 7:33:47 PM PST
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RedMDer
(I don't listen to Liars but when I do I know it's Barack Obama.)
To: Celtic Conservative
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posted on
11/30/2014 7:42:23 PM PST
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laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: robowombat
Let me get this straight - the guy was smoking in his 20s and is now 95 years old. Hmmm.
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11/30/2014 7:58:38 PM PST
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BobL
(I'm so old, I can remember when most hate crimes were committed by whites - Thomas Sowell, 2014)
To: CougarGA7
ping and happy thanksgiving.
To: laplata
Since he was questioned by Rommel, the Gestapo decided no further questioning was necessary. What a lucky guy.
To: robowombat
and there standing behind the desk was Field Marshall Rommel, so I gave him the courtesy of standing to attention. Might have helped in this case - the courtesy of one officer and gentleman to another.
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posted on
11/30/2014 8:06:26 PM PST
by
naturalman1975
("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
To: Celtic Conservative
The duo were captured.
What happened to the other guy? Was he kaput?
To: naturalman1975
A time when those things mattered to some.
To: robowombat
And PS - The US Army shot “saboteurs” not in uniform during WWII
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posted on
11/30/2014 8:10:48 PM PST
by
2banana
(My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
To: Sasparilla
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posted on
11/30/2014 8:14:08 PM PST
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laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: laplata
Rommel’s history re: Nazism is a mixed bag. No, he was not a Nazi but like many German soldiers embraced, or at least did not oppose, the Nazis who were going to rebuild the German Armed forces. This is not to denegrate the man but to point out the old adage about good men doing nothing.
To: BobL
Let me get this straight - the guy was smoking in his 20s and is now 95 years old. Hmmm.
Good for him.
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posted on
11/30/2014 8:16:53 PM PST
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laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: robowombat
After eating, he said “Rommel, you magnificent bastard! I ate your lunch!”
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
11/30/2014 8:19:55 PM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Democrats have a lynch mob mentality. They always have.)
To: SoCal Pubbie
Some good men did nothing. On July 20, 1944 a lot of good men did something.
Rommel did what he could. He stood up to Hitler and was told to leave the room.
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posted on
11/30/2014 8:21:03 PM PST
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laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: laplata
Yes as I wrote, a mixed bag. When it came time to act to remove Hilter, he did nothing.
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