• turkishdelight
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    9 months ago

    It’s not just the scientists. Check out Erich von Manstein. NATO commanders routinely attended the birthdays of this Wehrmacht general, and behind the scenes he was the unofficial commander of the WestGerman military for years.

    • huf [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      9 months ago

      some of those nato commanders were former nazi colleagues of manstein, so this should not surprise anyone…