a trench is the fricking safest part of a ww1 battlefield. you're talking about a guy who had to run between and across them constantly.
3 years ago
Anonymous
Not that bad since you never have to engage the enemy, and have no positions to hold or take. He was one of the "hundred yards back" guys, I forget who made the quote.
3 years ago
Anonymous
You're so moronic.
3 years ago
Anonymous
You do realize he left a few of his friends in a shell hole to carry a message and came back to find their mangled bodies right?
it was some random israelite from another regiment
then there was a random israelite from another batallion
both are supposed to have "recommended" him.
leftists are too ignorant of military taxonomy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Gutmann >Throughout most of 1918, from 29 January to 31 August, Lt. Gutmann served as Adolf Hitler's direct superior.
IIRC he was spared by a British soldier while running orders
My personal theory is that the experience influenced his decision to halt the assault on Dunkirk, thus sparing thousands of British soldiers and returning the favor
He halted the attack because the Germans ran out of fuel iirc. He wasn't a military idiot (at least not until the end of the war) and could've recognized letting the enemy escape to be a bad idea.
>his decision to halt the assault on Dunkirk,
Wasn't even his decision, it was the local officers on the ground realizing that they had gassed out and could not form a cohesive and organized attack immediately. They had to regroup, resupply, and rest while the British were retreating.
>fought in the trenches >got wounded, didnt want to leave his frens >dedication means he probably won't desert so reassigned as a runner >got reassigned to Ypres, body shortages got him in a combat role >caught in a gas attack along with his frens, blinded and bleeding while others died all around him >facing blindness and shrapnel wounds during the day and memories of his frens at night, listened to the gloating of malingerers who faked injuries >regains sight and starts recovering >came back to germany in a civil war started by foreign born israelites who wormed their way out of any fighting
when you go through his life prior to 1923, it really is a firegone conclusion that he was going to giga chimpout
looked after his dog until some wienersucking railroad goon stole it from him
got mad when the lads didnt like dieing in mud, note he didnt have to fight in the trenches, he was a runner between command posts
>he was a runner between command posts
wow, totally not dangerous at all
certainly less dangerous than charging enemy positions
a trench is the fricking safest part of a ww1 battlefield. you're talking about a guy who had to run between and across them constantly.
Not that bad since you never have to engage the enemy, and have no positions to hold or take. He was one of the "hundred yards back" guys, I forget who made the quote.
You're so moronic.
You do realize he left a few of his friends in a shell hole to carry a message and came back to find their mangled bodies right?
How come he got shrapnel in his leg then?
friendly fire from an incompetently requested artillery strike by hitler himself
t. academic
Give me your academic source on that pls
Funny if true
Pissed off his squad who thought he came off like a total nutcase.
had a mental breakdown. was sent to a psychiatric hospital where he was diagnosed with hysteria
>read schopenhauer
>captured 15 enemy soldiers
>contemplated politics
>casually played with the weight of his iron crosses
Schopenhaur sucks
All my homies hate Schopenhaur
Were the enemy soldiers he captured British or French?
officially british, inofficially french
Kek
He was a hero
Saw battle at Ypres. Had 80% of his battalion wiped out.
80% of his battalion actually saw combat that day.
He got recommended the Iron Cross by his israeli commanding officer.
it was some random israelite from another regiment
then there was a random israelite from another batallion
both are supposed to have "recommended" him.
leftists are too ignorant of military taxonomy
>leftists are too ignorant of military taxonomy
Sure thang buddy
>some random israelite from another regiment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Gutmann
>Throughout most of 1918, from 29 January to 31 August, Lt. Gutmann served as Adolf Hitler's direct superior.
"direct superior" doesn't sound random to me
The guy was in WWI for 4 years. No shit he saw combat
IIRC he was spared by a British soldier while running orders
My personal theory is that the experience influenced his decision to halt the assault on Dunkirk, thus sparing thousands of British soldiers and returning the favor
Well that's a stupid theory
He halted the attack because the Germans ran out of fuel iirc. He wasn't a military idiot (at least not until the end of the war) and could've recognized letting the enemy escape to be a bad idea.
>his decision to halt the assault on Dunkirk,
Wasn't even his decision, it was the local officers on the ground realizing that they had gassed out and could not form a cohesive and organized attack immediately. They had to regroup, resupply, and rest while the British were retreating.
Run like hell.
>fought in the trenches
>got wounded, didnt want to leave his frens
>dedication means he probably won't desert so reassigned as a runner
>got reassigned to Ypres, body shortages got him in a combat role
>caught in a gas attack along with his frens, blinded and bleeding while others died all around him
>facing blindness and shrapnel wounds during the day and memories of his frens at night, listened to the gloating of malingerers who faked injuries
>regains sight and starts recovering
>came back to germany in a civil war started by foreign born israelites who wormed their way out of any fighting
when you go through his life prior to 1923, it really is a firegone conclusion that he was going to giga chimpout
Mark Felton has a good video on his WW1 service.
He was effay as frick.