[dfwgator]

The sense is once Germany won the war, the Generals with the “vons” in their names would have met the same fate as the Jews.

Hitler repeatedly exclaimed that he wished he had the guts to do what Stalin did, when he purged his Generals.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

The German Army never used the "Heil Hitler Salute". The army used the standard military salute. After the assassination attempt on Hitler toward the end of the war, Hitler tried to force it upon the army.