Posted on 05/26/2020 2:37:23 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
On this date in 1923, a German paramilitary was shot by a French firing squad near Dusseldorf for his anti-occupation sabotage efforts. Albert Leo Schlageter, a World War I veteran and conservative Catholic who signed up with the right-wing Freikorps and tangled with communists after the war, joined the fledging Nazi party when it absorbed his Freikorps unit in 1922. The next year, France occupied the Ruhr to secure war reparations payments then crippling Germany, which would do much to speed the rise of the Nazis in the years ahead. Schlageter was nabbed sabotaging railroad lines in resistance, and Berlins protests didnt help him much.
(Excerpt) Read more at executedtoday.com ...
German Molly McGuires...
Hitler himself was apoplectic that the German people were fighting back against the French occupation, without the Nazi Party being in the forefront. For that reason, he was opposed to the resistance. This according to Konrad Heiden’s Der Fuhrer.
Like some of his economic ideas, Keynes was full of crap about the Versailles reparations.
https://thefederalist.com/2014/07/29/world-war-i-reparations-werent-as-unfair-as-you-think/
It’s hard to believe the French could occupy anything except a factory that manufactures white flags.
Versailles was France’s revenge for losing the Franco-Prussian War.
How coincidental. Im doing a lot of genealogical research and just today was studying the occupation of the Rhineland. I was wondering what my occupied ancestors were thinking.
I didnt realize that there was resistance to the occupation and executions.
[Versailles was Frances revenge for losing the Franco-Prussian War.]
I disagree with the Federalist on this. Not just the repairs but the whole Versailles Treaty seemed calculated to cause another war. Which, is exactly what it did. Germany did not start WWI. It was not seeking to dominate Europe or indeed any territorial aggrandizement.
[I disagree with the Federalist on this. Not just the repairs but the whole Versailles Treaty seemed calculated to cause another war. Which, is exactly what it did. Germany did not start WWI. It was not seeking to dominate Europe or indeed any territorial aggrandizement.]
No it didnt. Austria-Hungary responded to an act of state sponsored terrorism on the part of Serbia. Russia then backed Serbia and contrary to their promise not to do so, also mobilized troops on Germanys border. That left Germany no choice - as they had explained to the Russians in advance. When the Germans asked France if they would stay neutral or use the opportunity to attack Germany, the French responded that they would have to consult their interests.....which everybody knew to mean yes they planned to attack Germany with Russia now Committed to war.
German wasnt seeking to acquire anybodys empire. WWII, yes but not WWI.
[No it didnt. Austria-Hungary responded to an act of state sponsored terrorism on the part of Serbia. Russia then backed Serbia and contrary to their promise not to do so, also mobilized troops on Germanys border. That left Germany no choice - as they had explained to the Russians in advance. When the Germans asked France if they would stay neutral or use the opportunity to attack Germany, the French responded that they would have to consult their interests.....which everybody knew to mean yes they planned to attack Germany with Russia now Committed to war.
German wasnt seeking to acquire anybodys empire. WWII, yes but not WWI.]
If Germany had stayed out of WWI, would Austria-Hungary have invaded Serbia? Or the other parties have gotten involved? Austria-Hungary committed suicide, and the Germans joined them in hopes of completing their victory of 1870, during which Germany wasn’t unified enough to take on the additional burden of assimilating France.
I still say the world would have been a much better place, had Britain, and consequently the US, had stayed out of the fight.
[I still say the world would have been a much better place, had Britain, and consequently the US, had stayed out of the fight.]
I was talking WWI, not WWII.
If we stayed out of WWI, would never have been a Hitler.
[I was talking WWI, not WWII.]
Did Germany have colonies in the Americas? No.
Britain and France did.
Germany was interested in the European continent, they weren’t interested in but having maybe a few African colonies.
And those “poor” Belgians got everything they deserved for what they did in Africa.
Britain and Germany should have made a deal.
[Did Germany have colonies in the Americas? No.
Britain and France did.
Germany was interested in the European continent, they werent interested in but having maybe a few African colonies.
And those poor Belgians got everything they deserved for what they did in Africa.
Britain and Germany should have made a deal.]
Hanns Johst, the Nazi playwright, wrote a play about Schlageter. The famous line, When I hear the word culture, I reach for my gun, which has been attributed to various Nazi leaders, comes from the play. The quote actually translates as When I hear ‘Culture’... I release the safety catch on my Browning!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.