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Who were some German war "heroes" during WWII?
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:02 am
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:02 am
I'm familiar with Otto Skorzeny and of course everyone was familiar with Rommel, but I'm more looking for common soldiers that did extraordinary things, like Audie Murphy, specifically in the western theater.
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Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:03 am to cubsfan5150
Fredrick Zoller
This post was edited on 11/13/20 at 12:04 am
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:03 am to cubsfan5150
The guy who put the flag on the Eiffel Tower
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:05 am to cubsfan5150
Liam Neeson
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:17 am to cubsfan5150
According to General George Patton, the dead ones.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:17 am to cubsfan5150
Franz von Werra
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Franz Xaver Baron von Werra (13 July 1914 – 25 October 1941) was a German World War II fighter pilot and flying ace who was shot down over Britain and captured. He is generally regarded as the only Axis prisoner of war to succeed in escaping from Canadian custody and return to Germany, although a U-Boat seaman, Walter Kurt Reich, is also said to have escaped by jumping from a Polish troopship into the St. Lawrence River in July 1940.
Werra managed to return to Germany via the US, Mexico, South America, and Spain, finally reaching Germany on 18 April 1941.
Oberleutnant von Werra was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 14 December 1940. His story was told in the book The One That Got Away by Kendall Burt and James Leasor, which was made into a film of the same name, starring Hardy Kruger.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:18 am to Kafka
Saw him... but looking for foot soldiers.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:23 am to cubsfan5150
quote:Why would US/UK people care about enemy soldiers?
Saw him... but looking for foot soldiers.
There was a man in the Soviet Union who has streets and parks named after him in virtually every city, yet in the US he is essentially unknown.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:25 am to Kafka
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yet in the US he is essentially unknown
We sure do throw a lot of shite out as 100% true on this site.
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Posted on 11/13/20 at 12:28 am to cubsfan5150
How many people, especially young people, know who Yuri Gagarin is?
Considering what he accomplished, you'd think he'd be a household name like Columbus or the Wright Brothers (who were of course American, which helps here)
Considering what he accomplished, you'd think he'd be a household name like Columbus or the Wright Brothers (who were of course American, which helps here)
Posted on 11/13/20 at 4:43 am to Kafka
Beast of Omaha
I think his claims are overdone. But I've stood at his position overlooking the beach and hundreds of casualties are certainly possible.
I think his claims are overdone. But I've stood at his position overlooking the beach and hundreds of casualties are certainly possible.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 4:55 am to cubsfan5150
Franz Stigler
Posted on 11/13/20 at 5:03 am to Kafka
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Kafka
That's enough you commie bastard
Posted on 11/13/20 at 6:22 am to cubsfan5150
Most German heroes ended up dead. Sounds cliche but it’s true. The exact number of German deaths has never been settled beyond dispute but there were possibly as many as four million German soldiers killed on the Eastern Front alone. Estimates for the last six to eight months of the war were about 10,000 a day were killed in the East. Anyone very heroic was killed. Then, most of the Germans captured in the East were sent to Russian camps where a high percentage of them died and many weren’t released until the middle of the 1950s. So, there were probably thousands of instances of heroism where everyone who witnessed it was dead or captured shortly thereafter.
Then of course, there was the cause. Heroism on the part of the NAZIS was not to be celebrated after the war. And it was different for soldiers than it was aircrew or sub crews. Soldiers on the ground were irrevocably associated with atrocities committed by the NAZIS in a way that other services weren’t. And finally, they lost. The German public wanted to forget about the whole thing.
All that said, there were plenty of German heroes but they aren’t celebrated. To find them you’ll have to read the published memoirs of German soldiers and so on and so forth.
Then of course, there was the cause. Heroism on the part of the NAZIS was not to be celebrated after the war. And it was different for soldiers than it was aircrew or sub crews. Soldiers on the ground were irrevocably associated with atrocities committed by the NAZIS in a way that other services weren’t. And finally, they lost. The German public wanted to forget about the whole thing.
All that said, there were plenty of German heroes but they aren’t celebrated. To find them you’ll have to read the published memoirs of German soldiers and so on and so forth.
This post was edited on 11/13/20 at 6:57 am
Posted on 11/13/20 at 6:28 am to cubsfan5150
Hitler, because he killed Hitler.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 6:30 am to TheFonz
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Hitler, because he killed Hitler.
*Killed Hitler’s body double and moved to South America and popped Xanax the rest of his life.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 6:32 am to Kafka
Are you suggesting that people in America don’t know who Yuri Gagarin is?
Posted on 11/13/20 at 6:48 am to cubsfan5150
The July 20 plotters?
They didn't succeed in their attempt to kill Hitler but they would be considered good guys for trying.
They didn't succeed in their attempt to kill Hitler but they would be considered good guys for trying.
Posted on 11/13/20 at 6:51 am to cubsfan5150
Blondi, Dagwood
Now get back to werk and stop skylarking.
“He who laxes helps the Axis!”
Now get back to werk and stop skylarking.
“He who laxes helps the Axis!”
Posted on 11/13/20 at 6:53 am to cubsfan5150
This guy has always been my favorite German soldier though he was in his 90s by the time WW II started and played no role in it.
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