Was Rommel a Nazi and was he aware of the concentration camps?

FilipALFA · 2016-04-28T15:20:34.000Z

So recently me and my friend @Pablo22510 , actually not recently, but always were arguing about Rommel. I said that he was a Nazi and Pablo said that he wasn't a Nazi and that he was not aware of the concentration camps in Germany and other countries. Pablo this will most likely prove you wrong.

2 May 2016, 19:43

Quasi-duck wrote:
War in the USSR was tit-for-tat and brutality one-ups.

What it has to do with the main theme of this thread?

"I came, I saw, I conquered" Written in a report to Rome 47 B.C., after conquering Pharnaces at Zela in Asia Minor in just five days; as quoted in Life of Caesar by Plutarch; reported to have been inscribed on one of the decorated wagons in the Pontic triumph, in Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Julius, by Suetonius.
"Alea iacta est" Gaius Julius Caesar.

2 May 2016, 19:43

Maximilien wrote:
What it has to do with the main theme of this thread?

I waz jus' sayin' ya knaw?

2 May 2016, 19:44

Quasi-duck wrote:
War in the USSR was tit-for-tat and brutality one-ups.

Yeah. I know. Pity.

The past is a foreign country.

3 May 2016, 07:58

you realy should read some of his stuff.

i leave you with this; "know your enemy"

3 May 2016, 15:49

billybatts13 wrote:
i leave you with this; "know your enemy"

3 May 2016, 20:35

Quasi-duck wrote:
billybatts13 wrote:
i leave you with this; "know your enemy"

So true. Now where is my Dune book? I want to compare this to the Bene Gesserit.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
-Winston Churchill
Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching.
-George S. Patton

3 May 2016, 20:37

Kehsct wrote:
Now where is my Dune book?

Is it behind your ear!?

I have no idea what you mean, I have never read Dune

3 May 2016, 21:05

Quasi-duck wrote:
Kehsct wrote:
Now where is my Dune book?
Is it behind your ear!?
I have no idea what you mean, I have never read Dune

It's a good book.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
-Winston Churchill
Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching.
-George S. Patton

3 May 2016, 21:10

Kehsct wrote:
It's a good book.

I've got a homemade bookshelf next to me with 8 books that need to be read, I don't think I'll have time to read it right now

What is it about?

3 May 2016, 21:12

Quasi-duck wrote:
Kehsct wrote:
It's a good book.
I've got a homemade bookshelf next to me with 8 books that need to be read, I don't think I'll have time to read it right now
What is it about?

Uhh, I'm really not good at explaining. If you search it up, that might help.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
-Winston Churchill
Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching.
-George S. Patton

3 May 2016, 21:14

Kehsct wrote:
If you search it up, that might help.

I did, it didn't

3 May 2016, 21:17

Quasi-duck wrote:
Kehsct wrote:
If you search it up, that might help.
I did, it didn't

Then I'll just list key-words. Harkonnens, Atriedes, sci-fi (although not in the way you think), and Dune.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
-Winston Churchill
Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching.
-George S. Patton

3 May 2016, 21:23

Kehsct wrote:
Harkonnens, Atriedes, sci-fi (although not in the way you think), and Dune.

Two warring houses set in the future on different planets battle it out in a sandy area with futuristic weapons?

I presume the weapons fire lasers/blaster bolt style rounds.

3 May 2016, 21:27

Quasi-duck wrote:
Kehsct wrote:
Harkonnens, Atriedes, sci-fi (although not in the way you think), and Dune.
Two warring houses set in the future on different planets battle it out in a sandy area with futuristic weapons?
I presume the weapons fire lasers/blaster bolt style rounds.

Kinda. The Atriedes and the Harkonnens have been enemies for a long time. Dune is a very important planet in the human universe due to it's unique resource, mélange (otherwise known as spice). Lasguns (as they are called) are present, however most armies use shields that can only be penetrated by a slow-moving object. Hence hand-to-hand combat came back. If you hit a shield with a lasgun, you get a sub-atomic explosion.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
-Winston Churchill
Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching.
-George S. Patton

3 May 2016, 21:28

Kehsct wrote:
Kinda. The Atriedes and the Harkonnens have been enemies for a long time. Dune is a very important planet in the human universe due to it's unique resource, mélange (otherwise known as spice). Lasguns (as they are called) are present, however most armies use shields that can only be penetrated by a slow-moving object. Hence hand-to-hand combat came back. If you hit a shield with a lasgun, you get a sub-atomic explosion.

Ah, sounds cool! Thanks. I wonder if there is a cheap copy downtown, I'll grab money and have a peek on the way home tomorrow. Thanks!

3 May 2016, 21:29

Quasi-duck wrote:
Kehsct wrote:
Kinda. The Atriedes and the Harkonnens have been enemies for a long time. Dune is a very important planet in the human universe due to it's unique resource, mélange (otherwise known as spice). Lasguns (as they are called) are present, however most armies use shields that can only be penetrated by a slow-moving object. Hence hand-to-hand combat came back. If you hit a shield with a lasgun, you get a sub-atomic explosion.
Ah, sounds cool! Thanks. I wonder if there is a cheap copy downtown, I'll grab money and have a peek on the way home tomorrow. Thanks!

No problem. I personally use the library so I don't have to spend money, but it would be a great book to buy. There's a bunch of sequels too.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
-Winston Churchill
Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching.
-George S. Patton

3 May 2016, 21:31

Kehsct wrote:
No problem. I personally use the library so I don't have to spend money, but it would be a great book to buy. There's a bunch of sequels too.

Nice! There is a library downtown but my card expired and I'm not old enough too old to get mine on the spot, and I'm a terrible procrastinator.

3 May 2016, 21:31

Quasi-duck wrote:
Kehsct wrote:
No problem. I personally use the library so I don't have to spend money, but it would be a great book to buy. There's a bunch of sequels too.
Nice! There is a library downtown but my card expired and I'm not old enough to get mine on the spot, and I'm a terrible procrastinator.

Same, I procrastinate so much.

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.
-Winston Churchill
Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching.
-George S. Patton

3 May 2016, 22:04

Pablo22510 wrote:
Quasi-duck wrote:
Well, would you expect them to? The Germans broke a Non-Aggression Pact, shot most Soviets on sight, tortured POW's and killed civilians as they pleased.
Of course I wouldn't expect them to, but neither would I expect a German general to treat POWs well.

Germans were not bad people

A few German Generals did disagree with treating POWs badly..

not just cos it a bad idea.. in terms of enemy moral ( better to treat enemy POWs well)

but most war crimes were charged against the Nazis (the SS-and particularly the Einsatzgruppen),

not the Wehrmach..

If Socialists understood Economics, they wouldn't be socialists
-Friedrich von Haye

3 May 2016, 22:37

I agree

billybatts13 wrote:
Rommel was a field marshal,a member of the high command,forced to kill himself on Hitlers orders.i think its pretty safe to say he knew about the camps.not saying he was for them though.
if you want to know him you should checkout these books he wrote.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23280859-rommel
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/250945.Rommel_and_His_Art_of_War
and my personal favorite of all his books
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/152163.The_Rommel_Papers
"In a man-to-man fight, the winner is he who has one more round in his magazine." E. Rommel

Carl Wilson
“Dad, how do soldiers killing each other solve the world's problems?”
― Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes: Sunday Pages 1985-1995: An Exhibition Catalogue
"Rule 1, on page 1 of the book of war, is: 'Do not march on Moscow'… Rule 2 is: 'Do not go fighting with your land armies in China."
Bernard Law Montgomery, British general

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