"Not much is known about Generalleutnant Fritz von Kraut. We know he was a brave and competent military commander, but we don't know about his political beliefs or his attitude towards national socialism."

wtf

  • CrushKillDestroySwag
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    1 year ago

    My parents watched one recently which, to my incredible surprise, interviewed a living female Red Army sniper. She was the only Soviet representation, meanwhile they had on two or three guys from the German army talking about how bad things got at Stalingrad while they were attacking and blockading it.

    Unlike the Germans, the Soviet woman wore all of her medals for the interview rat-salute-2

  • RNAi [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    The white devils can't help themselves, can't they

  • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    Libs when talking about socialists and socialist projects during the cold war : "They were bad and evil and the people behind them just wanted to be bad and evil, because that's how bad and evil communists are."

    Libs when talking about literal Nazis (or US war criminals) : Flattery and white washing, thinly veiled as "nuance."

  • Great_Leader_Is_Dead
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    1 year ago

    'Fritz "Burner of Polish Villages/the Devil of Minsk/Drinker of Russian Maidens Blood" von Kraut is not known to have directly committed any warcrimes'

    • FourteenEyes [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Absolutely no idea what the political affiliations of Obersturmfuhrer Heinz "Der Jewslaughterer MegaNazi Prime" Hitler 2k could have been

    • badbadcomrade [comrade/them]
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      1 year ago

      But did you see how uncivil those Slavs were being about their impending extermination? They didn't even get protest permits!

      • Great_Leader_Is_Dead
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        1 year ago

        "Von Kraut's Unit, the 2nd Belarusian Town Destroyers allegedly burned down ten towns in Belarus"

        • 420stalin69
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          1 year ago

          The gentlemen soldier skillfully trapped the peasants via maneuver warfare, or Bervegunskrieg as it’s known among his noble Prussian military brethren.

  • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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    1 year ago

    "Rommel was a respectable guy even if he was playing for the opposite team" - a thing I've seen liberals seriously say more than once (except for the opposite team part, that was me doing some comedic hyperbole)

  • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    lmao they always are way too lenient with the Nazis while using every opportunity to disparage the Soviets.

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    Liberals also fall over themselves to say Robert E. Lee was brave and honorable and also a very handsome boy

    • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      There's another insidious bit of the propaganda regarding Lee and a narrative that he fought for The State of Virginia rather than the confederacy which is almost-but-not-quite saying he did it out of concern for states rights.

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    1 year ago

    Fritz von Kraut

    No

    I refuse to believe this is a real man

    I believe wholeheartedly that he was a Nazi, but one ala Colonel Klink

  • Vncredleader
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    1 year ago

    They really love saying "national socialism" dont they

    • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      When you gotta pad the word count on the shitty essay you half assed the night before due date.

  • FALGSConaut [comrade/them]
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    1 year ago

    The allies should have shot every Nazi officer they got their hands on, but I guess if they did that they would have had no one to run NATO

    • invo_rt [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Churchill had a fucking cry when Stalin suggested killing between 50~100K N*zi officers. Guess he didn't want to lose the manpower.

  • infuziSporg [e/em/eir]
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    1 year ago

    "He had remarkable intelligence, insight, and persuasion, all the qualities to make a successful commander, but it's unclear whether he understood his own personal connection to the Nazi project."

  • D61 [any]
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    1 year ago

    That sounds about reich...