China is today's equivalent of Nazi Germany

[Onkel Neal]

The Chinese govt. has an iron grip on the rights of its people. Can you imagine posting something against an official and then the govt censors sweep the internet and take control of your social media accounts, posing as you?

https://www.propublica.org/article/china-unleashed-its-propaganda-machine-on-peng-shuais-metoo-accusation-her-story-still-got-out?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=feature

When inconvenient news erupts on the Chinese internet, the censors jump into action.

Twenty minutes was all it took to mobilize after Peng Shuai, the tennis star and one of China’s most famous athletes, went online and accused Zhang Gaoli, a former vice premier, of sexual assault.

Even as the censors broadly muted discussions, they were careful to leave some references to Peng. They kept Peng’s account on Weibo but made it nearly invisible by removing it from search results. They disabled comments on Peng’s posts and on other older articles that mentioned her name. The tactic effectively closed off digital forums where the curious might discuss the accusations.

It's crazy how the rest of the world goes along with this. The Wuhan virus, breaching the Hong Kong agreements, soon it will be Taiwan. Meanwhile, the United States handed over out manufacturing base to China. Hollywood and the NBA are gladly advocating for the Chinese Nazis. And we're too busy fighting BLM and the climate boogieman to notice.

[Skybird]

Yes, a lot in and around China reminds of Germany in the 30s of last century. One hopes it does not end like back then, but how can one seriously rule it out, how cna one seriously expect hisotry will not repeat itself if the starting conditons are that similiar? The agitation is the same. The bullying is the same. The tretament of minorities is the same. The Lagers are there, their pendants of them. The military threatening. The nationalist regime propaganda. The public extreme patriotism and nationalism. The state controlled economy and money. The belief of the party to be so powerful that the idea of not succeeding is almost unimaginable. The spirit of being on a historic mission.



A worrying lot reminds of Germany in the mid and late 30s.

[Catfish]

I have to agree, though i am not sure about PROC's intentions towards invasions of non-chinese territory. Compared to Germany they have no neutral country to cross to attack Taiwan, as Germany had. They of course claim the other chinese territory of Taiwan for them, but i do not think they will go further anytime soon.

The inner system of the PROC has a lot of similarities, with new technologies this is supervision on steroids. We of course have the latter, too, just not using it to full extent. Yet.

And OT here, but: Maybe a bit unwise of Biden to threaten China (only) with sanctions in case of an aggressive act towards Taiwan, while at the same time saying he would not go to war over this.. an open invitation? Why did he even say anything about this, instead of keeping Xi Jin Ping in doubt? :doh:

Double OT and fictional: what if some western power would sign a military treaty with Taiwan against mainland chinese aggression? I see this as the only chance for Taiwan..

[Skybird]

I have to agree, though i am not sure about PROC's intentions towards invasions of non-chinese territory. They of course claim the other chinese Taiwan for them, but i do not think they will go further.
South Chinese Sea. They already harass civilian ships and boats there at will, with their very huge armada of coastguard cutters - even within the 12nm zones of other foreign nations. Said natiosn are too weak to confront them indivodually, and that they all toegtehr untie in ione big allaince like NATO to confront China is something I do not expect to see happenign any time soon. Not when it is about harassing fisherboats and trawlers.



And in Europe, even with Merkel gone and Baerbock in (Scholz however already is like Merkel extremely sinophile...), China still has one of the two big protectors, maybe the bigger of the two protectors of its interests at the helm: France.

[Catfish]

China committed genocide against Uyghurs, independent tribunal rules

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-59595952

[Sean C]

And we're too busy fighting BLM and the climate boogieman to notice.

Yes, that seems to be the plan. And don't forget the vaccine. Not only are we unnecessarily preoccupied with it, we have a "President" and an administration that want to force the population to get it - even though we don't fully understand the ramifications. And if you speak out about it, you're likely to have your social media accounts locked and your social credit score will ... wait a minute. What country is this, again?

Then there's the "border crisis", which the current administration seems to think will just solve itself if they just completely ignore it. Meanwhile, airheads like AOC want to fast-track these random, unknown people to citizenship. My step-father came here legally years ago and is still trying to work through the system to get his citizenship.

But hey, at least we got the orange man out of office and now we don't have to listen to his mean tweets. Instead we can listen to grandpa ramble on about ... whatever the hell he's trying to say.

Christ, we're ****ed.

[Aktungbby]

The Chinese govt. has an iron grip on the rights of its people. Can you imagine posting something against an official and then the govt censors sweep the internet and take control of your social media accounts, posing as you?

https://www.propublica.org/article/china-unleashed-its-propaganda-machine-on-peng-shuais-metoo-accusation-her-story-still-got-out?utm_source=sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=majorinvestigations&utm_content=feature



It's crazy how the rest of the world goes along with this. The Wuhan virus, breaching the Hong Kong agreements, soon it will be Taiwan. Meanwhile, the United States handed over out manufacturing base to China. Hollywood and the NBA are gladly advocating for the Chinese Nazis. And we're too busy fighting BLM and the climate boogieman to notice.It's enough to make yer :x I's :o!!:O: The percieved shame of the Versailles Treaty and the subsequent Nazi rise to global domination(fulfilling Kaiser Wilhelm's failed "German place in the sun")in the '1930s are similar to China's "century of shame" to Western dominance; and its Communist rise in the 20th century, commencing with the Boxer Rebellion. China's Belt and Road global domination incl. a potential naval base in West Coast Guinea Africa(we kept them outta Greenland...for the moment) on its inexorable 50-year-plan make me glad I'm 70...and unlikely to see the sino-dismal outcome. The recent policy change from 1 child per family to the official 3 per family in a nation of 1.4 billion people only gives credence to my concerns. As the Russians say :"In war, numbers have a cachet of their own". The West does not have the numbers...nor the will. :shucks:

[August]

The ultra left being compared to the ultra right? :hmmm: I would think a closer comparison would be with the other great tyrannical communist regime from history, the USSR.

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Nah that wouldn't work since the Communist China didn't think the USSR was communist enough and therefore weren't real communists, it was called the Sino-Soviet Split.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M24mK3o8Qzw

[Aktungbby]

/\ the split notwithstanding, the only critical thing to ponder is : will the Sarajevo-style fuse be lit by empire restoring Putin in Ukraine...or by global domineering Xi in Taiwan; starting the hostile shooting-phase of what is apparently the buildup-phase to WWIII? In such a two-front conflict, the West and NATO combined with the 'frogs croaking' 'round the South China Sea...Philippine, S. Korea, Japan, Vietnam, & India will be certain to use nukes against the overwhelming Commie foes...:timeout::oops::dead:

[Reece]

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[Catfish]

It's enough to make yer :x I's :o!!:O: The percieved shame of the Versailles Treaty and the subsequent Nazi rise to global domination(fulfilling Kaiser Wilhelm's failed "German place in the sun")in the '1930s are similar to China's "century of shame" to Western dominance; and its Communist rise in the 20th century, commencing with the Boxer Rebellion. [...]
OT here in relation to current China, but please. The Kaiser wanted "a place in the sun", meaning colonies, as all other western nations already had. He did not strive for "global domination", you might apply this word to your anglo-saxon friends from Little Britain, and maybe to your own country.
Not even Hitler wanted "world domination", he was not that dumb. He wanted to go for Russia, right from the beginning, and only that. Poland was in the way, but it also was for Russia. As you probably know the british treaty with Poland was only effective in case of being attacked by Germany alone. In case of Russia attacking (as it did) Britain did nothing.

Just when almost the whole world declared war against Germany I would not say that Hitler wanted to conquer this world? He should have stopped it all and maybe he even tried (there is stuff they do not tell at school), but apart from being too late the allied effort was directed to destroy Hitler. Negotiations, a ceasefire or even a capitulation was never an option and not wanted by the allies.

Militarily alone this was not an allied masterpiece, but in hindsight it was certainly justified by Hitler's brutal dictatorship and the sheer industrial size of killing unwanted people in concentration camps.
But "world domination"? Certainly not. [/OT]

[Aktungbby]

....and the sheer industrial size of killing unwanted people in concentration camps.Well at least you didn't deny the holocaust :O: But seriously, any time U can even conceive of doing this: https://newafricadaily.com/shooting-zimbabwean-miners-chinese-boss-rekindles-tensions you have a clear cut case of domination with impunity: Two Zimbabwean workers at a gold mine on the outskirts of Gweru in central Zimbabwe were shot by their Chinese boss on Sunday, June 21. The incident has rekindled long-standing tensions about Chinese nationals living in the southern African country.
A court affidavit submitted by the Zimbabwean police alleges that Zhang Xuelin shot Kenneth Tachiona five times, reportedly in both thighs, and another employee, Wendy Chikwaira, had his chin grazed by a bullet. Workers at Reden Mine in Gweru had confronted Xuelin over his alleged failure to pay their wages in US dollars, as had been agreed previously, according to the affidavit. US dollars are highly sought-after in Zimbabwe, which has experienced repeated cash shortages and inflation spikes since its currency was effectively abandoned in 2009.
The Gweru case brings to mind a 2010 shooting in neighboring Zambia. Two Chinese mine managers were charged with the attempted murder of eleven workers at the Chinese-owned Collum Coal Mine in Sinazongwe after a protest over pay and conditions became heated. Despite being a decade apart, the two cases demonstrate an ongoing pattern of African workers feeling disgruntled by the systemic imbalance of their relationship with Chinese interests. No Guest nation has any business killing citizens in their own miserable impoverished African country! What is to be avoided hopefully is a repetition of Wilhelm's "place in the sun" and it horrendous effect on the population of present day Namibia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herero_and_Namaqua_genocide Even if there's no profit from killing for gold in Zimbabwe I'm just hoping there's no bone grinding plant! :oops:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/Zimmerer%2BZeller_Genocide_in_GSWA_p.137.jpg China is doing nothing new around the globe and they've got great historical blueprints to draw upon...including President Grant's absolutely illegal genocidal war for the gold in the Black Hills of South Dakota which a student of Missouri river boats should certainly comprehend! He had no legal reason for seizing the Black Hills, so he invented one, convening a secret White House cabal to plan a war against the Lakotas. Four documents, held at the Library of Congress and the United States Military Academy Library, leave no doubt: The Grant administration launched an illegal war and then lied to Congress and the American people about it. The episode hasn’t been examined outside the specialty literature on the Plains wars.
During four decades of intermittent warfare on the Plains, this was the only instance in which the government deliberately provoked a conflict of this magnitude, and it ultimately led to the Army’s shocking defeat at the Little Bighorn in 1876—and to litigation that remains unsettled to this day. Few observers suspected the plot at the time, and it was soon forgotten.And we did have a bone grinding plant for all the buffalo slaughterd to starve the native Americans into submission! :D:yep: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ulysses-grant-launched-illegal-war-plains-indians-180960787/ https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/file-20201201-12-l1x262.jpg https://www.history.nd.gov/publications/buffalo-bones.pdf

[Catfish]

^ Thanks for the links, i did not know all this ..
But I just referred to Germany, not to China, which is why i stated it as OT.. and that neither WW1 nor II Germany tried to achieve global domination.

What people in german colonies did was not always directly ordered by the 'Kaiser', they (like Trotha) were well able to behave atrocious by their own, just like others of other nations did.
Belgian "good" King Leopold being the exception with his 40 million killed africans by directly ordering it, and being the absolute 'winner' in this contest of colonial atrocities worldwide.

On topic:
Some chinese bosses may behave like slave owners, but China does not own the country in a way colonies were owned, e.g. like England/Rhodes and today's Zimbabwe :hmmm:

[Commander Wallace]

Just when almost the whole world declared war against Germany I would not say that Hitler wanted to conquer this world? He should have stopped it all and maybe he even tried (there is stuff they do not tell at school), but apart from being too late the allied effort was directed to destroy Hitler. Negotiations, a ceasefire or even a capitulation was never an option and not wanted by the allies.

Militarily alone this was not an allied masterpiece, but in hindsight it was certainly justified by Hitler's brutal dictatorship and the sheer industrial size of killing unwanted people in concentration camps.
But "world domination"? Certainly not. [/OT]

I'm not so sure, Catfish. When Reimar and Walter Horton went to Hermann Goering to say they could build an aircraft that would satisfy the requirements of the 1000 x 1000 x 1000 contest, they were given the go ahead with funding. It was for an aircraft capable of flying at 1,000 km/h (620 mph) with 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) bombs with a 1,000 km (620 mi) range. The result was the Ho 229 bat wing jet fighter. In fly offs, it even bested the jet powered Me 262 in terms of maneuverability. The " achilies heel " for these aircraft was the lack of raw material and metallurgy to construct jet engines and compressor blades that could cope with the extreme heat and stresses of a turbo jet engine and the Tbo's ( time between over hauls ) was very short.

Goering and Hitler wanted the Horton Brothers to build what was termed as the " Amerika Bomber " as their next project. It was an even bigger version of the Horton 229 with 6 jet engines in it's fuselage. The Horton's were told that by 1946, Germany would have a functioning Atomic bomb and they needed a delivery system with a long range of about 11,600. The new strategic bomber was dubbed the Ho XVIIIB. Of course, this was unworkable even with the incredible engineering by the Horton brothers.

Certainly, England would have been the recipient of a nuclear attack once Germany had completed their work on an Atomic bomb. The only use for a long range bomber was the U.S. Hitler was quoted as saying he wanted to see New York and other U.S cities in ruins. It's anyone's guess where this would have ended.

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[Onkel Neal]

I have to agree, though i am not sure about PROC's intentions towards invasions of non-chinese territory. Compared to Germany they have no neutral country to cross to attack Taiwan, as Germany had. They of course claim the other chinese territory of Taiwan for them, but i do not think they will go further anytime soon.

The inner system of the PROC has a lot of similarities, with new technologies this is supervision on steroids. We of course have the latter, too, just not using it to full extent. Yet.

And OT here, but: Maybe a bit unwise of Biden to threaten China (only) with sanctions in case of an aggressive act towards Taiwan, while at the same time saying he would not go to war over this.. an open invitation? Why did he even say anything about this, instead of keeping Xi Jin Ping in doubt? :doh:

Double OT and fictional: what if some western power would sign a military treaty with Taiwan against mainland chinese aggression? I see this as the only chance for Taiwan..

Yeah, Taiwan's goose is cooked. The US will not do anything militarily, no way. Everyone knows that. As far as keeping Xi in doubt, Biden is perpetually in doubt of himself, doesn't even know what year it is half the time.

The level of control the Chinese leaders have over a billion people staggers me, and that no one seems to pay a lot of attention to this danger... crazy. This is a country that does not allow YouTube.

[mapuc]

They(China) has our leaders by their balls.

Markus

[Aktungbby]

The West does not have the numbers...nor the will. :shucks:

As far as keeping Xi in doubt, Biden is perpetually in doubt of himself, doesn't even know what year it is half the time.
:Kaleun_Salute:

[Jimbuna]

Yeah, Taiwan's goose is cooked. The US will not do anything militarily, no way. Everyone knows that. As far as keeping Xi in doubt, Biden is perpetually in doubt of himself, doesn't even know what year it is half the time.

The level of control the Chinese leaders have over a billion people staggers me, and that no one seems to pay a lot of attention to this danger... crazy. This is a country that does not allow YouTube.

Agreed :yep:

[Skybird]

So far I take it for granted that the Donald will strike back in 2024 (if he lives that long, he is old and his health is said to be not the best). That will be fun to see the Chinese reaction. And the Donald's China policy. And hios Russia policy. Andhis EU policy. All his polcies.



Guy, start hoarding popcorn! Great entertainment ahead!

[Catfish]

@Commander Wallace: re Germany's intention to conquer the world, in WW2
I'm not so sure, Catfish. When Reimar and Walter Horton went to Hermann Goering to say they could build an aircraft that would satisfy the requirements of the 1000 x 1000 x 1000 contest [...]
Goering and Hitler wanted the Horton Brothers to build what was termed as the " Amerika Bomber " as their next project. [...]
The Horton's were told that by 1946, Germany would have a functioning Atomic bomb and they needed a delivery system with a long range of about 11,600.
The Horten or Go 229 and its theoretical future changes and use are fascinating, but speculative. Had Germany had the atomic bomb before the war ended, or right at the start, it indeed would have been a game changer. But Germany was not as far in its trials to build one, also because a few of the scientists like Heisenberg actively delayed research, or at least did not spread the knowledge to his more.. nationalist fellow scientists.

The war against England or a probable invasion would not have happened, all that Hitler could hope for was to demoralise England to a ceasefire or giving up. With the existing Luftwaffe already this was not possible – if he had had the atomic bomb in 1941 it probably would have been used to get England out of the war, but not to invade it.

Same with the US, of course Hitler was raging that american bombers bombed german cities and war production into oblivion, and he would have loved retaliation. Carrying bombs or "the bomb" to the US would have been theoretically possible (they also had the ME 264 and a few others), but again this would have been used to get the US out of the war. There was no plan or possibility for an invasion of any kind.

Hitler never wanted to fight England, nor the US, when the latter declared war because of Poland this was of course a blow to his plans, but the only military solution at this time was to get France out of the way so England could not land as it had done in WW1.

Later in the war with Japan at war with the US, declaring war was intended to buy him time in Europe and in the Atlantic; indeed Mr King was a bit of a disaster when it came to organised convoy protection. American waships had attacked german ships already before declaring war, and pushed their national sea boundaries to the mid-atlantic, so war only was a matter of time anyway.

I just don’t see german soldiers sailing to New York and fighting their way ashore, certainly not fighting their way across the country to the other coast.
Germany just did not have the man power, and even with it would have been a crazy idea.


There are some realistic good ideas describing the german theoretical strategy and plans in Herman Wouk's "The winds of war" by a hypothetical german general, but even the US of the time never had to fear an 'invasion'. Not by Germany, and not by Japan.

[August]

The level of control the Chinese leaders have over a billion people staggers me, and that no one seems to pay a lot of attention to this danger... crazy. This is a country that does not allow YouTube.


It's only possible now because of modern technology. We are entering an era where anything but a completely spontaneous revolution would be impossible to pull off without big brother knowing every step the plotters made, where they went, who they met with, all their correspondence, maybe even have audio and video of face to face meetings. Orwellian nightmares are becoming reality before our very eyes, brought to you by Big Tech.

[August]

@Commander Wallace: re Germany's intention to conquer the world, in WW2

The Horten or Go 229 and its theoretical future changes and use are fascinating, but speculative. Had Germany had the atomic bomb before the war ended, or right at the start, it indeed would have been a game changer. But Germany was not as far in its trials to build one, also because a few of the scientists like Heisenberg actively delayed research, or at least did not spread the knowledge to his more.. nationalist fellow scientists.

The war against England or a probable invasion would not have happened, all that Hitler could hope for was to demoralise England to a ceasefire or giving up. With the existing Luftwaffe already this was not possible – if he had had the atomic bomb in 1941 it probably would have been used to get England out of the war, but not to invade it.

Same with the US, of course Hitler was raging that american bombers bombed german cities and war production into oblivion, and he would have loved retaliation. Carrying bombs or "the bomb" to the US would have been theoretically possible (they also had the ME 264 and a few others), but again this would have been used to get the US out of the war. There was no plan or possibility for an invasion of any kind.

Hitler never wanted to fight England, nor the US, when the latter declared war because of Poland this was of course a blow to his plans, but the only military solution at this time was to get France out of the way so England could not land as it had done in WW1.

Later in the war with Japan at war with the US, declaring war was intended to buy him time in Europe and in the Atlantic; indeed Mr King was a bit of a disaster when it came to organised convoy protection. American waships had attacked german ships already before declaring war, and pushed their national sea boundaries to the mid-atlantic, so war only was a matter of time anyway.

I just don’t see german soldiers sailing to New York and fighting their way ashore, certainly not fighting their way across the country to the other coast.
Germany just did not have the man power, and even with it would have been a crazy idea.


There are some realistic good ideas describing the german theoretical strategy and plans in Herman Wouk's "The winds of war" by a hypothetical german general, but even the US of the time never had to fear an 'invasion'. Not by Germany, and not by Japan.


I'll say this, even though Germany was just about the size of a single US state, it took almost the entire world 6 years to defeat them and that says something about their natural pugnaciousness and skill at warfare.

That plus the fact that we had thousands of homegrown nazis holding rallies in Madison Square Garden among other places before the war lent credence to the out to dominate the world concept. Maybe the fuherer of America was not going to be a native born German but he'd be wearing a swastika and reporting to them if hitler and co had got their way and that's close enough to world domination for me.

[Sean C]

That will be fun to see the Chinese reaction. And the Donald's China policy. And hios Russia policy. Andhis EU policy. All his polcies.


As the first and only U.S. President to step foot in N. Korea, brokering a deal between Bahrain, the U.A.E. and Israel and at least planning to get U.S. troops out of every corner of the globe - among other things - he was, IMO, doing at least something right with his foreign policy. I think there may be advantages to having an unpredictable, narcissistic and perhaps psychopathic person with his finger on the button.

[Commander Wallace]

@Commander Wallace: re Germany's intention to conquer the world, in WW2

The Horten or Go 229 and its theoretical future changes and use are fascinating, but speculative. Had Germany had the atomic bomb before the war ended, or right at the start, it indeed would have been a game changer. But Germany was not as far in its trials to build one, also because a few of the scientists like Heisenberg actively delayed research, or at least did not spread the knowledge to his more.. nationalist fellow scientists.

The war against England or a probable invasion would not have happened, all that Hitler could hope for was to demoralise England to a ceasefire or giving up. With the existing Luftwaffe already this was not possible – if he had had the atomic bomb in 1941 it probably would have been used to get England out of the war, but not to invade it.

Same with the US, of course Hitler was raging that american bombers bombed german cities and war production into oblivion, and he would have loved retaliation. Carrying bombs or "the bomb" to the US would have been theoretically possible (they also had the ME 264 and a few others), but again this would have been used to get the US out of the war. There was no plan or possibility for an invasion of any kind.

Hitler never wanted to fight England, nor the US, when the latter declared war because of Poland this was of course a blow to his plans, but the only military solution at this time was to get France out of the way so England could not land as it had done in WW1.

Later in the war with Japan at war with the US, declaring war was intended to buy him time in Europe and in the Atlantic; indeed Mr King was a bit of a disaster when it came to organised convoy protection. American waships had attacked german ships already before declaring war, and pushed their national sea boundaries to the mid-atlantic, so war only was a matter of time anyway.

I just don’t see german soldiers sailing to New York and fighting their way ashore, certainly not fighting their way across the country to the other coast.
Germany just did not have the man power, and even with it would have been a crazy idea.


There are some realistic good ideas describing the german theoretical strategy and plans in Herman Wouk's "The winds of war" by a hypothetical german general, but even the US of the time never had to fear an 'invasion'. Not by Germany, and not by Japan.

The point you made earlier Catfish was that Germany didn't have designs on world Global domination. The fact that the Horton 6 jet engine bomber was dubbed the " Amerika Bomber " to me says it all. In fact, it seems Hitler was bent on Global domination, if not then in WW2, then later. You are correct that this is just speculation.

Considering the vast size of the U.S, nothing short of an atomic attack would have hurt America and most likely only hardened their resolve and Germany would have faced a back lash and " blood lust " of the U.S itself on a whole new level. The fact that the Horton's were told that an atomic bomb was in development and would be available in 1946 and they were directed to create a strategic bomber speaks to Hitler wanting to take the U.S down as well.

Oddly enough, if Hitler had been truly interested in lifting his country out of it's economic difficulties, it would have left it"s Jewish citizens in peace. A great number of it's Jewish citizens were physicists, engineers and others that were educated in other areas that could have been used to lift Germany to where it is now. Further, It's Jewish citizens could have helped in the development of weapons. Once finished, Hitler could have dealt with his " Jewish " problem.

Unfortunately, his hatred of the Jewish population in Germany, Poland and other countries resulted in the stupid, horrific, brutal and needless slaughter of millions. A great number of German citizens were taken on this terrible ride as well.

With regards to scientific research and development, Germany was the best. One only need look at it's excellent submarines ( u-boats ) aircraft including the Horton designs, the advanced jet engine designs and advanced later tanks, such as the Panther, Panzer and Tiger I and Tiger II not to mention the first assault rifles, the Sturmgewehr 44, ( "assault rifle 44") or the StG 44.

While the Me 262 fighter bomber was ahead of it's time, it would have had little to no effect on mainland America even if it could have overcome it's logistical issues.

It's very easy to admire the engineering of the German military while at the same time, detesting the policies that put them on the battlefields and oceans. Former German citizen and rocketry expert Werner Von Braun was instrumental in creating the Saturn 5 launch vehicles as well as the Jupiter C, Juno 2, as well as the Jupiter and Redstone Ballistic missile vehicles.

With regards to the " Amerika Bomber " there were a great number of logistical issues such as refueling that made bombing the U.S a fantasy at best.

By the way, I read Herman Woulk's " the winds of war " and saw the mini series featuring Robert Mitchum and a great cast. I thought it was great.


Excellent breakdown, Catfish. :up:

[Catfish]

^ thanks for your statement too :salute:

re August the fact that there were national socialists in the US as there were a few in England does not necessarily mean that Hitler had started those movements directly, he sure saw his ideology as an idea which time had come; so he of course did not hinder them and did a bit of support – but there was not so much real/effective support in the end, also the main part of the population(s) were against Hitler's idea of an NS-like government in their countries. Seeing what had happened in Germany, together with some democratic background, their governments also were a bit wiser in quenching certain development in its early stages.


re Commander Wallace you are not wrong, but this idea of the Amerika bomber was, as the so-called "Vergeltungswaffen" (retaliation(!) weapons), an idea of the later war, when England would not budge, and America did not hold back fighting his boats even before an official declaration and a state of war officially existed. He was furious and really did not understand why they did this to his plans, or why at all. After all his ideas were about race, so why should THEY fight him?

Call him delusional (what he was) or crazy (what he openly became later), but in his initial invasion ideas he was only fixated on Russia, and had no plan to attack England or the US. There were of course plans in the drawer, with "if- cases", like Plan Weiß, Plan Blau and all that, but no one in the german Hitler entourage really believed that things would happen as they then did. Even Doenitz was astonished ("Total Germany" – "That this just of all happens to me, again"), and with his knowledge and experience this means something.
You can call them delusional, but they were not as crazy as planning an attack on the US. After 1943 it was all possible, as it was all in free fall regarding Germany winning the war.

[Catfish]

China's troll king ..

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/dec/14/china-troll-king-hu-xijin-tabloid-editor-became-voice-chinese-nationalism

[August]

re August the fact that there were national socialists in the US as there were a few in England does not necessarily mean that Hitler had started those movements directly, he sure saw his ideology as an idea which time had come; so he of course did not hinder them and did a bit of support – but there was not so much real/effective support in the end, also the main part of the population(s) were against Hitler's idea of an NS-like government in their countries. Seeing what had happened in Germany, together with some democratic background, their governments also were a bit wiser in quenching certain development in its early stages.

Yeah but Hitler didn't start the nazi movement in Germany either, he just rode it to power. However I was talking about the perception of nazi world domination. It doesn't really matter if that was truely their ultimate goal or not, it's what the rest of the world believed were their intentions and given the amount of territory and nations they had attacked and overrun it's not an unreasonable belief. Whether the English or American nazis would have subjugated themselves to Hitler I guess depends on how much help they needed to gain power. Like you said neither were popular enough to win over their countries but if they came to power using German military might they would at least be beholding to them.

[mapuc]

Maybe China is equivalent to Nazi Germany.

There's a big different between them

Nazi Germany didn't exactly have a hook on other countries.

China does have many hooks(can't come up with the correct words) on us-Either by our debt to them or their huge investment in our countries.

Markus

[Catfish]

Yeah but Hitler didn't start the nazi movement in Germany either, he just rode it to power.
For all i learned i have to disagree. Hitler was not dumb, he (ab)used the nationalist feelings, the notion of having been betrayed by the Versailles treaty, the hate against communists, the poverty, bank fails, inflation and the search for a scapegoat for all those bad things (the jews) and amalgamated it all into his own creation, the NSDAP.
His book "Mein Kampf" just blamed it all on "Untermenschen", jews and generally "the left", and the (fabricated) theory of the "Wise of Zion"; quite convenient to blame it all on others.

He then organised the first militia to scrap with the communists in the streets, the SA (Sturmabteilung), which recruited itself through the various nationalist freecorps who were not organised before, and promised to install law and order on the streets again. And it worked. He promised jobs. He delivered (who knew or cared if it was for war), he re-installed pride, promised to make Germany great again. He generally said all the various people wanted to hear, pleasing them all, adapting his ideas to the different groups he spoke to, sometimes saying the exact opposite he said a day before, at least in the first years before he had gained all the power. he was everywhere, "Hitler über Deutschland", landing in every major city and holding speeches.

For the left he was the socialist party, for the right he was the national party, and for the workers he was the worker's party. Not much cared if this made any sense, the few who did were killed or went into exile.
The nobility was a bit miffed, but most arranged themselves, after all the Kaiser was not anymore. (The House of Hohenzollern in 2021 has just tried to reclaim territory that had been taken away after the war claiming they had nothing to with, and not supported, Hitler. There was enough hard evidence though, they lost before court.)

The NSDAP and what you call "Nazi" was exactly Hitler's idea, plan, and execution. And a lot felt at home with it. Hell why not? Pride, jobs, money, an identification.
The Weimar Republic was hated by almost all, though it was e.g. them who invented and built the "Autobahn", but Hitler taking credit.
Nothing new under the sun.
However I was talking about the perception of nazi world domination. It doesn't really matter if that was truely their ultimate goal or not [...]
But this is a difference! The perception and propaganda abroad was of course that Germany wanted to "conquer the world", easiest way to unite them against Hitler. It looked that way, but in fact it was a chain of events that were not planned.
Hitler and Stalin invade and conquer Poland.
Because of this special treaty England declares war, but only against Germany.
France followed within hours.
Hitler with his WW1 experience and the trench war had only the choice to hinder England to land in France and support, a repetition of the endless trench battles in WW1 had to be avoided at any cost.
So Hitler invades France, even if this took quite a while.
England wanted to occupy Norway (it already had done so with Iceland), this had to be avoided, because of England using it as an attack platform and because of the precious ores. So he was a bit faster, while losing almost all his destroyers against the english fleet, that then just turned away.
Then Mussolini attacking Greece and colonies in Africa, but not be able to do it, again Hitler could not afford to see Italy lose. So Greece, Crete, North Africa, but not able to get Gibraltar and Malta.
[...] it's what the rest of the world believed were their intentions and given the amount of territory and nations they had attacked and overrun it's not an unreasonable belief.
It looked like that and it is what "the rest of the world" believed, yes. The USA still completely out of the question.
Invasion of Russia, and this was it. The second he attacked most of the german military high command thought the war was lost, and they were right.
It was astonishing to see how far Germany came, but lack of resources and logistics, false optimistic (for Germany) planning made it all clear in 1943.

Whatever, thanks for your input even if i do not entirely agree :salute:

[August]

...his own creation, the NSDAP.

The NSDAP and what you call "Nazi" was exactly Hitler's idea, plan, and execution.

Maybe plan and execution but actually a feller named Anton Drexler created the NSDAP and it's predecessor. Old Shicklegruber took it over a year or two later. According to wiki Drexler later said he was actually member #555 but hitler falsified the record to make himself member number 1:

Hitler later claimed to be the seventh party member (he was in fact the seventh executive member of the party's central committee[43] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party#cite_note-FOOTNOTERees200623-46) and he would later wear the Golden Party Badge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Party_Badge) number one). Anton Drexler drafted a letter to Hitler in 1940—which was never sent—that contradicts Hitler's later claim:No one knows better than you yourself, my Führer, that you were never the seventh member of the party, but at best the seventh member of the committee... And a few years ago I had to complain to a party office that your first proper membership card of the DAP, bearing the signatures of Schüssler and myself, was falsified, with the number 555 being erased and number 7 entered.[44] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKershaw1998127-47)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party

Guess Anton figured sending that letter wouldn't be a healthy thing to do! :)

One other little tidbit of interest that I noticed:

To increase its appeal to larger segments of the population, on the same day as Hitler's Hofbräuhaus speech on 24 February 1920, the DAP changed its name to the Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei ("National Socialist German Workers' Party", or Nazi Party).[51] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKershaw200887-54)[52] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party#cite_note-FOOTNOTEZentnerBedürftig1997629-55)[d] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party#cite_note-58) The word "Socialist" was added by the party's executive committee, over Hitler's objections, in order to help appeal to left-wing workers.[55] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Party#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitcham199668-59)

[Buddahaid]

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