“The truth about the raid was that it was a conjuring trick, virtually devoid of any military significance, the ‘skipping bomb’ just a gimmick. The real story of the raid was of sloppy planning, narrow-minded enthusiasm, and misdirected courage.’
Szabo’s fellow captives, Captain Peuleve and Wing Commander Yeo-Thomas G.C., both of whom were interrogated and imprisoned with Violette Szabo, stated unequivocally that their German captors never maltreated the female agent.
Both mainstream and social media report that Germany surrendered (WWII) on May 8 1945. Setting the Record Straight: Politically, National Socialist Germany Did Not Surrender.
Mike Walsh reminds us that victors’ propaganda turns saints into sinners.
A 13-year-old boy was hanged after Britain’s army of occupation discovered a painting of Adolf Hitler in his bedroom. All literature and art relating to Adolf Hitler and the Third Reich were collected, confiscated and burned.
The fleet sped from the Atlantic to their German home port right under the nose of the Royal Navy and RAF. It was a German tactical victory and a failure of British intelligence and coordination.
Typically, a Red Army brigade would enter a village and gather together the community’s residents. Then, a Red Army officer would randomly pick a victim, typically a teenage boy or girl. The victim would be publicly hanged as the horrified villagers looked on.
As men, their women and children were disembarked from Allied shipping, trucked or entrained to waiting Red Army troops, these captives were massacred in groups.
This was a pivotal moment in Europe’s fortunes. David Lloyd George, former British Prime Minister, was impressed. Upon his return following a visit to Hitler, his daughter greeted Lloyd George humorously. She said, ‘Heil Hitler!’
‘Gentlemen, never forget this: Your names will long be forgotten even before your bodies have rotted away in the earth. But the name Adolf Hitler will still be a light in the darkness.
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