Hmmm, I would have thought Rommel would have more votes than just me.
Rommel
Manstein
Guderian
Zhukov
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Hmmm, I would have thought Rommel would have more votes than just me.
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His peers represented in the poll surpassed his impressive achievements.
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whats with the nazi worship on this site?
no thank you to voting for any of them.
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Acknowlegeing that their generals were the best of the war dosn't make you a Nazi supporter it's just fact.
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Indeed.
Many of the German generals were in fact anti-Nazi, they just loved Germany to much to really fight against it (I guess).
I admire Genghis Khan, but he killed hundreds of thousands. That doesn't mean I admire his killing, I admire his martial skill and spirit.
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Have you just been dumped?
I ask because it's usually something like that which causes outbursts like this, needless to say I dissagree completely.
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Trust me, if there were better non-German generals to vote for, the majority would have gone with them. There is no love affair with Germans fighting in the Second World War here at the .org.
Unfortunately for people such as yourself, that just isn't the case.
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1) Being German in WWII did not make you a Nazi.
2) The July 20th Plot was a plot among German Generals to despose the Nazi regime.
3) Rommel knew of the Plot (though he did not participate, he also did not inform the Nazis), and Manstein had frequent arguments with Hitler (the only reason he did not join the plot was because of his sense of duty).
I suggest you read up on the subject before you make remarks such as that.
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Boys, I smell fire...
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Most German generals were spineless corporal licking arses with no morale qualms about surprisejumping small neutral states and looking the other way when certain camps were established or Einsatztruppen doing their dirty work.
Granted some of them knew how to command troops but I would be very careful praising them for any other thing then that.
Suggested reading for those who think much about the character of the german generals; Rise and fall of the third reich by Shirer. IMO one of the best and most accessable writings upon the third reich. I read also an intresting interview with general Manstein. Im gonna find the book where it was and get right back to you all about this "great" man.
For those who like german militarism (Jaeger seems to be very sorry there is not a german superpower) I suppose you could read just about anything from Hans Helmut Kirst (his writings are fiction I know but he has captured the essence of german (prussian might be a better word) militarism, such as it was, and psychogenerals, such as they were, very well). If you like his characters, well congratulations, you would fit well into a ruthless killingmachine with no sence of humanity or morale fiber.
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Goebbels would be most impressed by such revisionism. And drawing on absolute fiction to make your point.. now that was Hitler's style.
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