[edwest]

Nick,


As with any war, at least until the Korean War, the conflict had to be sold to the common man who would fight and die with the fancy hardware built by someone else and profited on by others. With the greatest respect for the sacrifices made by the British, how did the home press recount the First World War while it was going on? It was only a bit later that the true picture of the carnage would emerge. Without making any direct connection to Hitler - he was the front man, the carnival barker, the necessary fanatical voice with a propaganda minister who "sold" the war by any means necessary. Fatherland. German unity. Whatever would appeal to the people and inspire the Jungvolk, the Hitler Youth, those who served in the the RAD and DAK who had a reason to believe. In a bit of black humor, I watched a short movie where three men agreed that "there's no money in peace." so they plotted a war.


Best,
Ed