I'd much appreciate it if you left my political affiliations out of a military debate, as they have no bearing whatsoever on the discussion. Concerning the badge, haven't you noticed the abundance of members who use Heer and Waffen SS insignia for their avatars? Or are you simply highlighting me because I happened to post in this thread?Not so much in the closet after a recent discussion on 'white pride'. And the BFC badge is a bit of a give-away
...other members use the BFC badge as their avatar.
Need I say this again? I have apologised for my remarks in that certain post, stating that my intention was to point out my respect for the achievements of Western/European culture/civilization...Not so much in the closet after a recent discussion on 'white pride'
I know it goes against the PC rules, but I don't abide by them...
The judgements passed at Nuremburg do not feature in my opinion of the Waffen SS. That is how I formed my own view. I posted a list of Waffen SS divisions whose combat reputations are not tarnished by any documented atrocities - refer back to the "Waffen SS & Warcrimes" thread.So why didn't Adolf feature in the topic line? Because every one of these attempts to 'discuss' 'Allied warcrimes' always deal with Area bombing and conveniently forget to mention who perfected the idea in Spain. Don't you think it's odd that the very people who don't see the SS as warcrimanals - even though they were found to be under international law accuse the Allies of warcrimes when there is no case to answer?
http://www.fff.org/freedom/0495a.aspBritish Free Corps -- You wrote: "Churchill was responsible for the implication of "Operation Keelhaul" - the return of Cossack soldiers (who had fought for the Wehrmacht against the Red Army) into the hands of the Soviets."
What is your source on Churchill's personal accountability for "Operation Keelhaul"?
RegardsPart of the Yalta Agreement between the Big Three — Stalin, Roosevelt, and Churchill — involved the repatriation of Russians and Americans to their respective homelands. Keep in mind that the German POW camps contained American prisoners, British prisoners, and Russian prisoners. The Big Three agreed that as the Russians liberated Germany POW camps, American and British POWs would be turned over to the American and British forces. As the Americans and British liberated German POW camps, Russian POWs would be returned to Russia.
There was one big problem with this agreement — a problem that each of the Big Three was well aware of. American and British POWs wanted to return to their own forces. Russian POWs did not want to return to Russian forces because they knew the fate that awaited them.
Stalin wanted revenge. The Russian prisoners were traitors to communism. They deserved to die.
And Roosevelt and Churchill felt the exact same way. Russia was "our friend." Stalin was "Uncle Joe" to the American people. Any Russian who had defied Uncle Joe — any Russian who had opposed our communist friends and allies — deserved to be executed.
The revenge and ensuing holocaust had to be kept secret from the world. The American and British people had to continue maintaining their illusion that this was a war of good versus evil — that only the Nazis engaged in cold-blooded murder — that the Allies epitomized all the goodness of mankind.
Matt