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I saw that, but by July 1944 the Wehrmacht had been directly responsible for millions of civilian deaths on the Eastern Front (less so in the West because the A
by paganel 6y ago
I saw that, but by July 1944 the Wehrmacht had been directly responsible for millions of civilian deaths on the Eastern Front (less so in the West because the Allies had just landed in Normandy), this guy (and his other coup colleagues) were just unlucky because they went for the king and missed him. That doesn't absolve any of them of the war's atrocities of which the institution they worked for was directly responsible (among many others in the Nazi regime, of course).
- iudqnolq 6y agoI agree he's morally reprehensible. I was just saying that similar people in Iraq (Iraqis who participated in the Iraqi govt while it committed war crimes) who defected were treated similarly.