Quote #12

Jodl, betrayer of the traditions of his profession, led the Wehrmacht in violating its own code of military honor in order to carry out the barbarous aims of Nazi policy.

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  1. Jodl was someone who acted against better knowledge and conscience and did what Hitler told him.
  2. But then I ask myself, I have never truly known the man whose flank I have lead one difficult and ascetic life for. Perhaps he has played w…
  3. To this very day, I do not know what he (Hitler) thought or knew or really wanted. I only knew my own thoughts and suspicions.
  4. It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion it is o…
  5. My most profound confidence is however based upon the fact that at the head of Germany there stands a man by his entire development, his de…
  6. The Pact of Munich is signed. Czechoslovakia as a power is out. The genius of the Fuhrer and his determination not to shun even a world war…
  7. In view of the vast size of the occupied areas in the East the forces available for establishing security in these areas will be sufficient…
  8. Yes, I'm very normal, everything is okay, I won't become a psychiatric case.

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