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Boomer Humor DoomergodHitler and Nazi Germany have been lionized unlike the others because it makes the countries that beat them look better.
In reality they were stupid racist weirdos who were constantly infighting. But that doesn’t make beating them sound heroic.
real_squidsI wouldn’t call people who came up with the first production cruise missile stupid (or first production jet fighter). Don’t underestimate the enemy
Yes they were quite good at building targets for the RAF and British anti-air gunners. Nice and loud, slow, and flew in a perfectly straight line.
They also came up with the first ballistic missile but it killed more people in production than it did when deployed.
Half the designs from Paperclip were basically unusable, and mainly existed as fake projects to convince Hitler and later the Allies that they were worth keeping around.
Not to mention their obsession with wonder weapons wasted tons of material on things that just wouldn’t work. And how they never built a heavy bomber because they were obsessed with making it a dive bomber.
They were absolutely idiots, and the more I learn about them the stupider they get. They invaded Russia in the winter for Christ’s sake! They waited to tell Hitler about Normandy because it was too early in the morning! They’re so dumb!
Also; They’re not the enemy anymore because their dumbasses lost, so I can call them dumb.
Also; They’re not the enemy anymore because their dumbasses lost, so I can call them dumb.
I’m talking in general. Obv nazi germany hasn’t existed for a long time. It’s better to overestimate than underestimate imo
True, but that doesn’t explain why the History Channel made a bunch of breathless documentaries about the power of the Nazis fifty years after they were defeated
Aren’t those the same guys that love dipping into conspiracy territory when it’s late enough? Then the answer is money
You also have video games and movies and books making the Nazis out to be way more competent. It’s not like Wolfenstein ended with a drugged-up syphilitic Hitler cowering in a bunker, but a mecha-Hitler with Gatling guns.
And it made money because of what I mentioned: It made Americans and Brits and Russians feel like they’d defeated a huge monster, not a country full of amphetamines and vibes.