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You’d be surprised how many nazis were recycled after WW2. Unfortunately, it’s the reason we made it to the moon.
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Submitted 8 months ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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dmMeYourNudes@lemmynsfw.com 8 months ago
elxeno@lemm.ee 8 months ago
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Also the main reason why we had the Cold War … I’m in Canada and from the history I’ve read about my government after the war, it was far easier to be a Nazi or a fascist than a communist or even socially minded.
It makes you realize that the second world war didn’t really end in 1945 … it lingered for many decades after to what we have today.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 8 months ago
Idk, if either side had absorbed ideology of the nazis then wouldn’t that just bring them closer together? They probably would have had tension regardless, WWII just sped up the arms race.
random_character_a@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Soviets apparently grabbed the better ones and won the space race.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 8 months ago
He joined the Prussian army in 1915, became first in command of the OKH in 1944 (the OKH was placed in charge of fighting the Soviets in the latter half of the war while OKW handled the other theatres), and left the German Military in 1961, so if you were looking for a guy who knew about fighting the Russians I guess he would make sense.
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 8 months ago
But all he learned was how to lose?
Live_your_lives@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Learning how they lost is useful information in of itself. And even losers could probably tell you things like how quickly the other side could respond, what kind of equipment they used, basic lessons learned, etc.
BrokenGlepnir@lemmy.world 8 months ago
In wwi the Russians were the only power that lost while being on the winning side. I doubt he had much to do with the strategy though.
dataprolet@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 months ago
0,16 % of Germans were in actual resistance and only 24 (!) people were charged during the Nuremberg procceses. That leaves the majority of roughly 70 million German collaborateurs to be the staff of the post-war Germany.
toffi@feddit.de 8 months ago
Hate those 5 years old collaborateurs. They’re the worst…
But you’re right. Germany had a lot of Nazis in power after WW2.
Nomad@infosec.pub 8 months ago
Welp. Although true, and he was an effective military nazi leader, he was chief oft the military for weeks…
mellowheat@suppo.fi 8 months ago
Also Heusinger was Hitler’s chief of staff temporarily when the actual chief of staff got sick. This became a significant event, because Hitler’s assassintation attempt happened during that time. Heusinger was suspected of being part of the plot, but no evidence was found. After that, he didn’t have a senior post in the Nazi German Army.
Also he was appointed chair of NATO in 1960s, so significantly later than WW2.
Also he was apparently never a member of the nazi party nor did he take part in nazi atrocities.
But hey, nice example of disinformation.
TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Heusinger accompanied the field staff and assisted in the planning of operations for the invasions of Poland, Denmark, Norway, and France and the Low Countries.
But hey, nice example of disinformation.
FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 8 months ago
Technically he was 3rd in command at the OKH from August 1940 to 1943 when he became second in command and finally head of the OKH when Kurt Zeitzler had a mental breakdown in June 1944.
After the war he testified at Nuremburg and became an advisor for the new West German government in 1950, officially getting a military advisor position in 1955.
So, longer than two weeks.
charonn0@startrek.website 8 months ago
What is a “Chairman of NATO”?
ObviouslyNotBanana@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The one who arranges the seating in the conference room
TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Agent641@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Shitty superhero.
MeanEYE@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Wait until you find out how USA and SSSR got their space programs so fast up and running.
Agent641@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Wait til you find out how they know the intricacies of hypothermia, amputation, transplantation and untreated chemical exposure effects on the human body.
Liz@midwest.social 8 months ago
Nah, his data was trash. We learned nothing. He bad at science, only good at torture.