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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. |
But Adm. Doenitz also went to Hitler to get one of his Jr. Officers out of the SS clink when this Jr. officer was caught in a romance with a Jewish Girl....
Sure like any big organiztion Snr. Officers and Staff/Flag officers had to tow the line to a certain degree. And I never said NONE of the KM were Nazis... a lot were. That was probably part of the downfall of Germany during WWII... a lot of the soliders and sailors were always looking over thier shoulders and not trusting thier Snr. officers or fellow officers due to some being Pro-Nazi and some just full of national pride (which SHV tries to capture with you not being neccessarily pro-Nazi, but your first officer is...).