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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Uh...

Historians believe the Duke of Windsor actively collaborated with the Nazis during the Second World War

In 1937, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor set off on a tour of Germany, when the Nazi regime was in full control of the country.

"This would be all over the world — photographs of Wallis and Edward with Hitler," historian Jane Ridley says in the documentary. "This would be acutely embarrassing and unacceptable [to the royal family]."

In October of that year, the duke wrote a thank you letter to Hitler after spending time with him at his mountain retreat.

"It's written in German, but the translation reads, 'To the Führer and [Chancellor], the Duchess of Windsor and I would like to thank you sincerely. Our trip through Germany has made a great impression on us. Many thanks to you for the wonderful time that we had with you at the Obersalzberg," Andrew Lownie, author of Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor, says in the film.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

You do realise the Duke of Windsor abdicated and was basically exiled by the Royal Family before any of this happened.... Right? So how is a guy the Royal Family exiled collaborating with the Nazis relevant to my great grandfather shooting Nazis for King and Country?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

was basically exiled by the Royal Family

You'd never know it given how he hobnobbed with Churchill and Nixon on the English taxpayer's dime while living the jet setter celebrity lifestyle until his dying days. His remains lay in state at St George's Chapel in Windsor.

Not exactly the hole-in-the-head treatment.

my great grandfather shooting Nazis for King and Country?

He was just following orders.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Hobnobbed it after the war when the Nazis were long defeated... As well as the Nazi plan of throne replacement not being revealed until 2006 🤦

He was just following orders.

What, so he just randomly decided to join the army in 1939, and it just so happened that a war was happening at the time? Coincidentally timed 6 year career break? Catch a grip.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Hobnobbed it after the war when the Nazis were long defeated…

If only. Nazis were back to running West Germany practically before the smoke cleared. And for all the Stalinist rhetoric about summarily executing the top brass, don't look to hard at what the Stasi on the other side of the Brandenburg Gate were doing before the war. Those fuckers were like fleas. They were all the fuck over the place within a few years of Potsdam. De-Nazification is one of the biggest lies in our history books.

What, so he just randomly decided to join the army in 1939

You'd never even know conscription was a thing.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No idea what schizo rant you are on about, and doesn't change the fact that my great grandfather went to Germany to shoot Nazis for King and Country

You'd never even know conscription was a thing.

I know for a fact that it wasn't a thing

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

my great grandfather went to Germany to shoot Nazis for King and Country

Maybe should have cleaned house first. England was flush with fascism for some time.

I know for a fact that it wasn’t a thing

Haha. Okay, dude.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 4 months ago

So you're saying the UK shouldn't have joined WWII and you're trying to ridicule my Great Grandfather for being a badass and blowing Nazi brains out? You're just a closeted Neo Nazi like the one on this post. My Great Grandfather would have happily detached your head from your body for King and Country 🇬🇧

[–] gallopingsnail@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 months ago

Damn dawg, we got royalty in the comments here?