Hitler's Warriors - Keitel The Lackey

"I believed, I erred" - the belated regret by Hitler's field marshal Keitel before the Nuremberg Tribunal stood out as a lone exception in facing the atrocities of the German military. Most of the high-ranking officers who aided the dictator in his war of aggression pleaded that they were obeying orders and denied any personal guilt. In post-war Germany, where there was an atmosphere of repression rather than inquiry, they contrived the myth of a "clean" military which supposedly was neither involved in the mass murders of the regime nor was aware of them.

In fact, many aristocrats in the military regarded the Nazi-Ideology with reserve, but their resistance, also in clear sight of the horrendous crimes carried out by the regime, was confined to a small circle. No active field marshal rose to support the men of the failed assassination attempt of July 20, 1944. Erich von Manstein, for instance, categorically declined the recruiting efforts of the conspirators with the words: "German field marshals do not mutiny". A fatal delay. Only the high military could still have had the power to bring about the downfall of the Hitler regime from within.

Subsequent to the successful documentary series "Hitler - A Profile" and "Hitler's Henchmen", Guido Knopp and his team continue this significant television analysis of the Nazi period with a new series on the six most important German generals. Profiling these men, the series continues the pose the question as to why it all happened. Rommel, Keitel, Paulus, Udet, Canaris and Manstein - six careers caught in the tangle between obedience and crime. What led all these officers to put their military talents at the service of a murderous dictator? To what depth was their involvement in Hitler´s crimes? To what limits did their obedience lead them?

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[rexbrave555]

the german military was controlled by hitlers cronnies,but the real generals of the military did not like him,but they had to follow orders.

[skershaw2000]

@PhatFarm60 Guido Knopp & Christian Dieck are German producers/researchers whom are respected globally for their volumes of data and production of 3rd Reich and WW2 documentaries, etc.

[shortist2003]

The German economy had recovered even before the rearmament really escalated. Hitler had served his purpose. He should have been ousted prior to the attack on Poland. Yet, his thugs were everywhere, ensuring he would remain dictator. Hitler ended-up squandering what was arguably the best military force in the world.

[ThePeeterd]

@er070285

a true soldier respects the genevan convention

[TitanicBismarck1987]

@DanSweden101 im with you there. Keitel was a war criminal.

[MegaProjectpat]

@er070285 your an arse. Hiis commanders could and did stand up to him(rommel,paulus,ect) and should have. It does rest on the commanders shoulders, i could empithise if you had said the average soldier, but the commanders? your an idiot.........

[MultiUniv3rsal]

@PhatFarm60 There's a difference between being a lackey because you're a ruthless careerist and being a lackey because you'd rather not spend your remaining years mining for sorrow in the furthest reaches of Siberia...

[PhatFarm60]

@er070285 This is true, this series is shit. Ask the producers of this show to do a series on Stalin, Beria, Molotov, et all and get ready to see knob schlobbing at its finest.

[er070285]

THIS IS RUBBISH.......NOTHING BUT JEWISH PROPAGANDA. A TRUE SOLDIER REMAINS LOYAL TO HIS OATH TO DEATH. PEOPLE THAT HAVEN'T SERVED IN ANY MILITARY BRANCH WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RELATE TO THIS. HITLER WAS THE TRUE CRIMINAL OF THE JEWISH EXTERMINATION, NOT HIS ARMY COMMANDERS.

[DanSweden101]

Only did his duty??? He could have resigned, he got what he deserved at Nuremberg.