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Originally Posted by jazzabilly
The apologists for the German armed services of WW2 need to be reminded that:
All German servicemen were required to, and did take an oath of loyalty to Adolf Hitler personally. Not to Germany, it's people, constitution or government, but personally to Adolf Hitler. That in effect makes them directly involved in carrying out his personal wishes, not those of the people or government of Germany.
Germany aggressively made war on nearly every country in Europe, invaded, enslaved, despoiled and murdered millions of people.
These are not the acts of honorable men. These are the acts of criminals. There were many who were dupes, but they acted as criminals nonetheless.
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It does not matter to whom one takes an oath, you should know that. As far as I know, the Canadians and those who wish to obtain citizenship, still take the oth on the Queen of England.
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I swear (or affirm) that I will be faithful
and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth the Second, Queen of Canada,
Her Heirs and Successors, and that I will faithfully
observe the laws of Canada
and fulfil my duties as a Canadian citizen.
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Does this means you are all FUBAR'ed if England does somthing stupid?
It wont probably mean that you guys will go down the drain together with the Queen since you are an independent country, so to say.
And it has nothing to do with "Apologists" if you want to respect the service that individuals did to their country. What is much worse is, that you are willing discount individual acts and just put 'em into the same box with those who did commit crimes.