And yet later some of them decided gitmo was a good idea…
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KevonLooney@lemm.ee 2 years ago
The Germans were utterly fucked when it came to gathering intelligence because threatening captives doesn’t work. Allies put captured generals in a luxury prison and bugged them.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
KevonLooney@lemm.ee 2 years ago
some of them
Without looking into it, I can guarantee you that no one involved in British Intelligence in WW2 were in the US Army Military Police in Iraq 60 years later. Not everything is connected.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
Someone really should look into this.
What I meant though is some of the allies, ie. The US specifically.
djsoren19@yiffit.net 2 years ago
Yanks are also dogshit at espionage for this reason. I think by Allies this is more referring to the British, whose intelligence was instrumental in winning the war.
Madison420@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Even regular pows had it pretty good, lots were out to work on farms in the Midwest then stayed and hung their shingle.
disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 2 years ago
That was true of Nazi interrogators with the exception of Hanns Scharff. He’s famously known in military intelligence for his use of kindness to extract information from unknowing participants.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanns_Scharff
peopleproblems@lemmy.world 2 years ago
It’s almost like Nazis were naturally unkind people.
abbadon420@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Yeah. It’s in the name
accideath@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Nazi is short for national socialist. That wouldn’t per se suggest unkindness by name alone. The appearance is deceptive, of course.