Posted on 11/13/2006 6:09:37 AM PST by Eagle of Liberty
After the end of WWII, Allied forces faced guerrilla bombings and attacks in occupied Germany--Nazi loyalists tried to derail reconstruction by sabotage and killing collaborators, while Werewolves, an underground organization of die-hard SS officers, boasted of rebirth of the Party.
Find out if their bark was worse than their bite in this dogged investigation into how Werewolves terrorized military and civilian targets, and the Allied attempt to purge Germany's past at denazification tribunals.
http://www.thehistorychannel.co.uk/site/tv_guide/full_details/World_history/programme_2412.php
In the months and years following the end of the World War Two, Allied forces faced a series of bombings and attacks in occupied Germany.
Nazi loyalists attempted to derail the rebuilding process by killing any Germans collaborating with the enemy. And the mysterious SS-Werewolves underground organization boasted of the coming rebirth of the Party.
Today, little is known about the activities of the Werewolves and other groups who opposed the Allied forces during this postwar period. And while the Nazi resistance effort did eventually fail, many of its methods and the harsh Allied response to them have real world implications for the present situation in Iraq.
"The Last Nazis" will explore how the SS-Werewolves terrorized military and civilian targets behind enemy lines such as industrial plants, fuel depots, supply lines, and stray soldiers.
We'll hear from a former Werewolf as he describes his motivation and role in the guerilla movement. In addition we'll travel to Aachen, where Werewolves assassinated the pro-Allied mayor, and Penzberg, the site of the "Night of Murder" - a senseless rampage aimed at preventing any German collaboration in which more than a dozen German civilians were killed.
We'll also explore the Allied attempt to purge Germany's Nazi past through denazification tribunals - an increasingly unpopular set of trials that was hit by a wave of bombings.
CONCLUSION: We would not be allowed to fight a war today like we did back then.
I thougnt they were known as 'wolverines"?
This type of mentality is nothing new. Prior to the surrender at Appomattox, several of Gen. Lee's subordinates urged him release his Army into the hills and from there to conduct guerilla raids in perpetuity. To his credit, Gen. Lee did not endorse the plan. Even so, guerilla raids were conducted for some time following the end of the Civil War. Under this umbrella, the KKK's actions since the end of the Civil War could be interpreted as a form of perpetual ongoing guerilla war.
CONCLUSION: We would not be allowed to fight a war today like we did back then.
How unfortunately true. We're all lucky that back then our hands weren't tied by a bunch of idiots that were trying to force us to fight a politically correct war.
I think I read somewhere that every day in South Africa there are as many deaths and injuries from violence as there are in Iraq, but you surely won't hear the MSM say this because according to them Iraq is the only place in the world where violence and murder is rampant.
"there are many parallels between Al-Qaeda and the Nazi war machine."
Yes, perhaps in ferocity. But a number of typical Al-Qaeda characteristics are missing in the Nazi war machine.
(1) Al-Qaeda is growing
(2) Whereas the target of the Nazi war machine was the US occupation of Germany, Al-Qaeda's target is the entire world.
(3) Al-Qaeda has an unlimited supply of recruits
(4) Al-Qaeda has many millions of silent supporters who hide innocently among the target populations
(5) The US regarded the Werewolves as terrorists not protected by the Geneva convention - unlike members of Al-Qaeda who are pampered
(6) The US was not afraid of the nazis
OK, so what you are saying is that Al-Qaeda is the Nazi Philosophy on a grander scale?
I think that I would have to correct you on (2) and (6). Hitler also wanted global control. And the Americans are NOT afraid of the Islamists. We are not being allowed to fight this war the way we could back then. Hangings? Beheadings? Firing squads? Do you know how fast Bush would have been on trial?
The parallels - (1) Hitler wanted to attack our homeland. He had a battleplan drawn up to hit Manhattan with bombers. Osama hit Manhattan. (2) The Nazis used guerrilla tactics in an attempt to drive us away, much like the "insurgents" are doing now.
At least they didn't make them wear underpants on their heads.
We fought a politically correct war in Iraq to mollify our domestic left and the international left and, in the process, made our defeat a more likely outcome...if our enemies do not fear us we will lose more blood and treasure.
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