Why should have he been shot? He was a member of one of the greatest armies ever in the world. Should we have shot all the Japanese, Mexicans, Italians, everybody that we were enemies with including our own Americans? What a ridiculous, stupid and ignorant comment.
I agree with Pat Buchanan that war world 1 was the war of European suicide. Its my personal belief that history created Hitler and someone like him would have came along just because of the actions of the elite that decide the fate of a broken German at the end of WW1
Yep. I am beginning to wonder too about WW2 and the historical narrative we have of it. I worry that unless we get a grip soon... we may give rise to a Hitler or Stalin of our own...
I imagine that General Chamberlain, who became friends with Longstreet and other former Confederates after the ware; would have considered Rudel worthy of his 'meme', "In great deeds, something abides".
This guy's military record defies belief; he is an almost comical refugee from the law of averages. The war involved a large enough total of combatants and lasted long enough to produce such a bizarre statistical outlier.
That being said, he was an ardent Nazi during the war and an unrepentant Nazi after the war.
Col Jeff Cooper became acquainted with Rudel after the war and was an admirer of his warrior skills.
ReplyDeleteAnother Nazi that should have been shot in the back of the head when he surrendered.....
ReplyDeleteWith that mindset you would have made an excellent henchman for the NKVD.
DeleteVery interesting, thanks
ReplyDeleteWhy should have he been shot? He was a member of one of the greatest armies ever in the world. Should we have shot all the Japanese, Mexicans, Italians, everybody that we were enemies with including our own Americans? What a ridiculous, stupid and ignorant comment.
ReplyDeleteAgreed. And in fact... the wrong side won WWII.
DeleteI agree with Pat Buchanan that war world 1 was the war of European suicide. Its my personal belief that history created Hitler and someone like him would have came along just because of the actions of the elite that decide the fate of a broken German at the end of WW1
DeleteShould of listened to Patton and America, along with Germany, could have eliminated the reds.
DeleteYep. I am beginning to wonder too about WW2 and the historical narrative we have of it. I worry that unless we get a grip soon... we may give rise to a Hitler or Stalin of our own...
DeleteI imagine that General Chamberlain, who became friends with Longstreet and other former Confederates after the ware; would have considered Rudel worthy of his 'meme', "In great deeds, something abides".
ReplyDeleteNazi to the end
ReplyDeleteLots of them were, I suggest you read some books written by them. Read and learn.
DeleteHe was a prodigious killer of Red tanks, trucks and artillery pieces, but in the end none of that mattered.
ReplyDeleteIt's too bad, it should of mattered. Communists are simply evil.
DeleteThis guy's military record defies belief; he is an almost comical refugee from the law of averages. The war involved a large enough total of combatants and lasted long enough to produce such a bizarre statistical outlier.
ReplyDeleteThat being said, he was an ardent Nazi during the war and an unrepentant Nazi after the war.
That was very interesting. Thank You!
ReplyDeleteSTUKA PILOT is a must read. Fantastic.
ReplyDeleteQuite a life. Over 2500 air combat missions and he lived, amazing.
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