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[-] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 197 points 6 months ago

The Germans were utterly fucked when it came to gathering intelligence because threatening captives doesn't work. Allies put captured generals in a luxury prison and bugged them.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-20698098

[-] disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world 124 points 6 months ago

That was true of Nazi interrogators with the exception of Hanns Scharff. He’s famously known in military intelligence for his use of kindness to extract information from unknowing participants.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanns_Scharff

[-] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 91 points 6 months ago

It's almost like Nazis were naturally unkind people.

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[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

Even regular pows had it pretty good, lots were out to work on farms in the Midwest then stayed and hung their shingle.

[-] Demdaru@lemmy.world 94 points 6 months ago

I've read about it and iirc, it's wasn't even official mission. It was just pilots goofing off and dropping a training bomb, without command approval.

[-] bitwaba@lemmy.world 27 points 6 months ago

They had training missions into enemy territory with fake ordinance?

[-] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 44 points 6 months ago

More like they had access to training bombs and planes, and frequently flew over enemy territory, so they put those things together and got a mad prank out of it.

[-] Demdaru@lemmy.world 8 points 6 months ago

Eeeyup! And IIRC consequences back at base but eh, worth it.

[-] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 months ago

And did their CO ever do anything that landed him in the history books besides yelling at them for this historical prank? You are welcome, sir.

[-] Glass0448@lemmy.today 19 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I was about to ask. I'd hope command didn't risk a pilot's life to reveal strategic intel.

[-] setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Where did you read about it?

[-] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 72 points 6 months ago

As a German I was wondering how the Red Army Faction time-travelled to WW2.

Turns out RAF = Royal Air Force

[-] idiomaddict@feddit.de 33 points 6 months ago

When I first moved to Germany, I was surprised by the amount of leftists that seemed to support the Royal Air Force, lol

[-] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 months ago

For WW2, It's complicated, they did fight the nazis but they also applied carpet bombing.

You can appreciate one without forgetting the other.

[-] idiomaddict@feddit.de 5 points 6 months ago

Technically, yes. They were really for the Red Army Faction though.

[-] EunieIsTheBus@feddit.de 8 points 6 months ago

Danke, das war verwirrend

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[-] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 65 points 6 months ago

Anyone have an actual citation on this particular fact?

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 83 points 6 months ago

I did and turns out this fact is made of wood.

[-] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago

I fucking knew it.

[-] nl4real@lemmy.world 32 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)
[-] kromem@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

This is one of those things where I truly don't care if it's real or not, as my life is better for knowing about it either way.

[-] Rubanski@lemm.ee 51 points 6 months ago

That is very Monty Pythonesque. British humor is something special

[-] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 28 points 6 months ago

I assume they knew because of the enigma cracking?

[-] trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 17 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If that was the only way they knew they wouldn't have done it. The Germans not knowing the enigma was cracked was a lot more important than a silly prank.

[-] Norgur@fedia.io 27 points 6 months ago

Would've been embarrassing if they'd been wrong and the airfield was real

[-] nick@midwest.social 27 points 6 months ago
[-] MrBusiness@lemmy.zip 9 points 6 months ago

Lmao, absolutely. Imagine being the reconnaissance that had to report this to command.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago

Someone needs to make a "Hitler reacts" parody video for this story.

[-] nick@midwest.social 2 points 6 months ago

lol hell yes

[-] Hupf@feddit.de 12 points 6 months ago

!noncredibledefense@sh.itjust.works

[-] RIP_Cheems@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

"But ve worked very hard to trick you :("

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago
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