WhyEssEff [she/her] to chapotraphouse • edit-23 years agoit’s extremely fucking funny how the mythos around the Nazis is that they had amazing military intelligence when they literally lost a battle against no oneimagemessage-square48 fedilinkarrow-up1113
arrow-up1113imageit’s extremely fucking funny how the mythos around the Nazis is that they had amazing military intelligence when they literally lost a battle against no oneWhyEssEff [she/her] to chapotraphouse • edit-23 years agomessage-square48 Commentsfedilink
minus-squaregrisbajskulor [he/him]hexbear32·3 years agoI assume the widespread WWII propaganda efforts made these things more commonly understood with the nazis. The 'Luftwaffen' is catchier than 'the german airforce,' especially if everyone is paying such close attention. Just a guess! link
minus-squareAwoo [she/her]hexbear42·3 years ago"Luftwaffen" is nazi, "the german airforce" is german. It was a conscious effort to disassociate the actions of the nazis from the german national identity. link
minus-squareAlaskaball [comrade/them]hexbear26·3 years ago It was a conscious effort to disassociate the actions of the nazis from the german national identity While having the nazis form the new German national identity after ww2. link
minus-squareTeekeeus [comrade/them]hexbear11·3 years agoMayos deliberately wanting dissociation from nazis even though it's the most mayo thing ever link
minus-squareinvalidusernamelol [he/him]hexbear5·3 years agoThe GDR was the only good part of Germany. Fantastic how a defensive wall and robust denazification program had them demonized in the west. link
I assume the widespread WWII propaganda efforts made these things more commonly understood with the nazis. The 'Luftwaffen' is catchier than 'the german airforce,' especially if everyone is paying such close attention. Just a guess!
"Luftwaffen" is nazi, "the german airforce" is german.
It was a conscious effort to disassociate the actions of the nazis from the german national identity.
While having the nazis form the new German national identity after ww2.
Mayos deliberately wanting dissociation from nazis even though it's the most mayo thing ever
The GDR was the only good part of Germany. Fantastic how a defensive wall and robust denazification program had them demonized in the west.