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Originally Posted by Bilge_Rat
Dont underestimate Nazi influence in the Wehrmacht, Prien was an ardent nazi. Many officers got promoted because they were ardent Nazis.
One U-Boat captain, Oskar Kusch, was denounced by his first officer for anti-Nazi sentiments, sentenced to death and shot in 1944. Donitz did not lift a finger to help him which outraged many U-Boat captains.
http://www.uboat.net/men/kusch.htm
Stalin carried out a purge of his armed forces in 1937-39 because he was worried about the loyalty of his men. Hitler never had to since he knew the majority of the officers agreed with the right-wing agenda of the nazi party.
It is very easy for Donitz after the war to say that he was never really a nazi, but actions speak louder than words. |
Especially when the noose is half way over your head and there is the smell of a book deal
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