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To: Hermann the Cherusker
There is no way of knowing whether or not the field commander (a Wehrmacht officer, and thus probably not a Nazi per se) who gave the order actually intended to make a bombardment, whether he even had authority to make such a bombardment, or whether this was bluffing.

Yeah, right, General Schmidt (German Commander of the 39th Army Corps) was a mere flunky, so far beneath the notice of Berlin that they didn't pay any particular attention to whether or not he was loyal to the Fuerher.

When you're in a hole, stop digging.

81 posted on 05/10/2005 7:31:13 AM PDT by steve-b (A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
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To: steve-b
Yeah, right, General Schmidt (German Commander of the 39th Army Corps) was a mere flunky, so far beneath the notice of Berlin that they didn't pay any particular attention to whether or not he was loyal to the Fuerher.

How many Wehrmacht officers were members of the Nazi Party? Not many. Don't you have to have been a member to really be counted as a Nazi? Aren't you aware of how many Army plots by high-up officers there were to remove Hitler, and how many betrayed the country to pass secrets like Admiral Canaris did?

Newer historical research has also brought forth evidence that the German military-industrial complex was planning in the mid-1920's a rebirth of the Armed Forces into something almost identical to the program ultimately adopted by Hitler. Such evidence suggests that the Wehrmacht may have had much more clout and influence than previously thought in forcing its own terms into the Nazi program. Rather than Hitler dragging them kicking and screaming into what he wanted, it looks much more like it was the other way around.

84 posted on 05/10/2005 8:32:34 AM PDT by Hermann the Cherusker
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