mowque
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Yeah, too bad, the trial would be epic.
Not really. The man is a drooling husk who is probably looking to off himself. Were any of the Nazi trials really memorable?
Yeah, too bad, the trial would be epic.
Goering gets some points for making a really good performance. In a civilian court he probably would have gotten a lighter sentence.Not really. The man is a drooling husk who is probably looking to off himself. Were any of the Nazi trials really memorable?
(Hopefully) slightly better than OTL, but that depends on how much subsequent U.S. actions muck things up i.e. backing douchebag dictators just 'cause they're anti-Communist, Operation Ajax-esque affairs, Vietnam-like conflict and so on.
One thing for sure: TTL's Band of Brothers would be even more epic. Dick Winter might just get his well-deserved Medal of Honor
Marc A
There would probably be lots of conspiracy theories claiming that the man captured was not the real Hitler, but only a double, while he himself had disappeared.
I think that if Hitler were captured he would have been tried and exuted.
i do not know what if any insantity defence were possible under the terms of the Nuremberg trials but politically not tyring hitler was impossible.
On a technical note, I thought that the major war criminals were hanged by Americans, and thus were strangled rather than the British approach of dropping enough to break the neckbut not to decapitate
With what, magic? There were plenty of people who weren't able to commit suicide.
Besides, perhaps the Furher wants to be in the dock. The Reich should be proud of what it has done for Europe. Etc. etc.
I like this scenarion, I can see him choosing a corporal's uniform out of sentimentatilty.The only way they send in Dick Winters to capture him is if they don't know Hitler is at the Eagles nest. I have this picture of Hitler with his mustache shaved, bleach blond hair, and whatever comes closest to plastic surgery back then found in a corporal uniform, making his final plans to board a plane for the first leg of his journey overseas.
Now I do see a MoH for someone in the party who captures him, so if E company does capture him, Winters or E company commanders are likely candidates. But I would not rule out giving it to a Jewish soldier, mostly for symbolic measure. Maybe MoH for all three.
True, without DNA it would be hard to prove, and since most pictures showed him before the major health issues, the much older looking man with the shakes could easily be seen as a crudely done double by people who like conspiracies.
In a good way or a bad way? idioms againCrap in a hat.
In a bad way, your explaination kills what I wanted to do.In a good way or a bad way? idioms again
Sorry about that but its a possibilty I think. Its that whole actions have cosequences thing. WW2 is all about competing ideals fighting againt each other ...and thats just the western alliesIn a bad way, your explaination kills what I wanted to do.
I don't know, that's a little... pedestrian I'd say. Sticking him in a raised open air nine by nine cage in the middle of Red Square would be more his style I would of thought.Uncle Joe insists that Hitler have a piano-wire suspension and a white-hot cremation... And the NKVD keep all the ashes of Adolf Hitler as a safety measure. You cannot be any less serious than that.
Ha! I actually find that vaguely appropriate.Nah, I think cleaning him up, insuring he has the best medical care possible to recover is the way to go. Seeing how reviled he is, seeing the Jews recover and form their own nation, I wonder if Stalin would be able to restrain his need for the immediate gratification of pulling the trigger himself if he could instead have Hitler in a one man cell just down the hall to visit from time to time?
"Hello Adolph. Interesting news from Palestine- the Capitalist are forming a new country for the Jews you didn't manage to kill-Israel! Of course, the workers of the Soviet Union condemn this aggression on the peoples of Palestine, but the entire world is not yet a workers paradise!"
I don't know, whilst Himmler was able to do that this is Hitler we're talking about. I don't think there would be a minute that he wasn't under constant observation, even when washing or on the toilet. The minute he tries anything the crash team comes charging in to restrain him and he ends up tied down to the bed until his trial is over and it's time to visit Mr. Pierrepoint.Hitler commits suicide. In prison. Thus preventing that option for at least several other Nazis who will be captured.
They don't think the later Nazis will commit suicide, but are worried that Hitler will? How does this logic follow?I don't know, whilst Himmler was able to do that this is Hitler we're talking about. I don't think there would be a minute that he wasn't under constant observation, even when washing or on the toilet. The minute he tries anything the crash team comes charging in to restrain him and he ends up tied down to the bed until his trial is over and it's time to visit Mr. Pierrepoint.
If Hitler is caught alive then another aspect is that he would have to serve a long prison term just for everything he did BEFORE 1939
Knight of the long knives
Reichtagfire
Kristallnacht
I am sure there are other things prior to 1939 and after his release from prison after the beehallattempt that he did that was against the law. Did his niece really commit suicide or was she murdered?
As for a war crime the first thing to come up would be starting a war THAT WASNT AGAINST THE LAW PRIOR TO WW2.
If he is put on trial for murdering the jews he can always blame Himmler and say that he never ment then to be murdered.
If the trial of Goring was something that came close to beeing a farce then imagine Hitler ranting the same way. And if the trial ends in 1947 there might come a request from Israel. "Please let us execute him"
Corporal Leibgott, just recieved the Medal of Honor in this scenario.The only way they send in Dick Winters to capture him is if they don't know Hitler is at the Eagles nest. I have this picture of Hitler with his mustache shaved, bleach blond hair, and whatever comes closest to plastic surgery back then found in a corporal uniform, making his final plans to board a plane for the first leg of his journey overseas.
Now I do see a MoH for someone in the party who captures him, so if E company does capture him, Winters or E company commanders are likely candidates. But I would not rule out giving it to a Jewish soldier, mostly for symbolic measure. Maybe MoH for all three.
True, without DNA it would be hard to prove, and since most pictures showed him before the major health issues, the much older looking man with the shakes could easily be seen as a crudely done double by people who like conspiracies.
As much as he is villified --perhaps rightfully so-- it would be interesting to see Hitler interrogated by Captain SobelWhat if, instead of hiding in his Feuher Bunker in Berlin, Hitler and his staff hide out at Eagle's Nest and are captured alive by the 101st Airborne division, 506th PIR Company "E"?
What changes does that result in?
That WOULD be worth the price of addmission, would it not?As much as he is villified --perhaps rightfully so-- it would be interesting to see Hitler interrogated by Captain Sobel
There may not have been much left for further interrogation.
"I want to hear you scream."