I can easily see how, when defending your country, volunteers step forward. I have seen a photo of an Me 262 fighter pilot who bailed out so close to home that he is shown with his mother. The SS established their own paratrooper battalion. It is a mystery to me how Grossadmiral Karl Doenitz became head of state.
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