Comments on: Interview With World War II Luftwaffe Eagle Johannes Steinhoff http://www.historynet.com/interview-with-world-war-ii-luftwaffe-eagle-johannes-steinhoff.htm?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interview-with-world-war-ii-luftwaffe-eagle-johannes-steinhoff From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:15:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: D.Levy http://www.historynet.com/interview-with-world-war-ii-luftwaffe-eagle-johannes-steinhoff.htm#comment-750762 D.Levy Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:09:00 +0000 #comment-750762 Wasn't Steinhoff's major opposition to the Nazi high command little more than his disdain for its growing military incompetence as the Nazis began to lose? If his recommendations had been put in place, resulting in a more effective Nazi-led German Air Force, would they not have served, possibly, to prolong the time it would have taken to defeat the German armed forces, if not turn the tide of the WWII? Not once does he interject in the interview one word about the horrific mass crimes committed by the Nazis and the German military. Is competence in the service of a mass criminal enterprise heroism? Wasn't Steinhoff's major opposition to the Nazi high command little more than his disdain for its growing military incompetence as the Nazis began to lose? If his recommendations had been put in place, resulting in a more effective Nazi-led German Air Force, would they not have served, possibly, to prolong the time it would have taken to defeat the German armed forces, if not turn the tide of the WWII?

Not once does he interject in the interview one word about the horrific mass crimes committed by the Nazis and the German military.

Is competence in the service of a mass criminal enterprise heroism?

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