In that case, why not have a ww2 thread in general? The Germans weren't the only fighting force.
Fair enough, but I still maintain that it's just another method of glorifying nazi Germany.
Everyone is free to do that but as said this is a Wehrmacht/German army of WW2 only thread.
Fair enough, but to tell you the truth, I honestly don't buy that.
I wouldn't doubt it at all. And to top it off that this guy lost one of his legs and still went on to inflict tremendous losses on the Soviets. A one (handicap) man army, swooping down on his enemies like an eagle (thus his worthy title as "Eagle of the East").Well, I would like to make it clear that this thread has nothing to do with the Nazi Party or Hitler. The subject of this thread is the Wehrmacht, not Hitler's racial views or ideology.
There are no good or bad guys in any case.
Open a thread, if you want. Nobody is stopping you sir.
That's correct JU87 played a part too.
So true.
In fact iirc i requested Waz i guess to pin this thread and he did.
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Also, this man was yet another example of the Fascist spirit at play. Putting the right people in the right places can do wonders. He did not allow his handicap condition prevent him from serving his homeland with the natural talent he possessed, thus his motto "you are only lost when you give up on yourself."
Also if I'm correct I believe USAF used Ulrich Rudels expert advice when designing and testing the A-10 ground attack aircraft.
@The Sandman @Psychic @Vergennes
Well, I would like to make it clear that this thread has nothing to do with the Nazi Party or Hitler. The subject of this thread is the Wehrmacht, not Hitler's racial views or ideology.
Secondly, If your case against this thread is that it offends you because of historical narritives about war crimes (both alleged as well as actually proven, but which again has nothing to do with this thread) then your case is weak because anyone can be offended by anything doesn't mean we should now shut it all down because what might not be offensive to you personally might be offensive to someone else.
If we were to shut things down merely on people's feelings there would be no free expression of any kind at all and this forum itself would not exist because I'm sure you and I know some people might find the very existence of this forum to be offensive because they happen to dislike Pakistan for one reason or another.
And finally this thread has not violated a single forum rule therefore there is no reason the mods would shut this thread down.
My point has nothing to do with being offended, I don't know where you got that from. While I won't get into the argument of what i think about the Wehrmacht, I will however point out that we need to be very careful here. There is a fine line between presrnting historical events, and praising them (which quite a few on pdf tend to do).
Also, this man was yet another example of the Fascist spirit at play. Putting the right people in the right places can do wonders. He did not allow his handicap condition prevent him from serving his homeland with the natural talent he possessed, thus his motto "you are only lost when you give up on yourself."
Also if I'm correct I believe USAF used Ulrich Rudels expert advice when designing and testing the A-10 ground attack aircraft.
@The Sandman @Psychic @Vergennes
Well, I would like to make it clear that this thread has nothing to do with the Nazi Party or Hitler. The subject of this thread is the Wehrmacht, not Hitler's racial views or ideology.
Secondly, If your case against this thread is that it offends you because of historical narritives about war crimes (both alleged as well as actually proven, but which again has nothing to do with this thread) then your case is weak because anyone can be offended by anything doesn't mean we should now shut it all down because what might not be offensive to you personally might be offensive to someone else.
If we were to shut things down merely on people's feelings there would be no free expression of any kind at all and this forum itself would not exist because I'm sure you and I know some people might find the very existence of this forum to be offensive because they happen to dislike Pakistan for one reason or another.
And finally this thread has not violated a single forum rule therefore there is no reason the mods would shut this thread down.
A clean german army is myth. I don't, and have never bought the "common soldier" excuse.
That's a cop out statement.
Which army is clean? The one which nuked Hiroshima, or the one which fire bombed Dresden? Going by your logic we should close the military multimedia thread, for no army is entirely clean.
Way to purposefully deflect the point of my post. Hiroshima was a war crime, but the US army was firmly against it, and was an entirely political act. Allied soldiers didn't actively hunt down and massacre certain specific ethnicities, many of the allied soldiers were even Muslim.
Yep not to forget many of them were converted to Stug III's which was the best and most successful assault gun of WW2.
