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Re: Luftwaffe personnel and Nazi-party membership
Interesting subject and I might cause a stir, but...
In the old Reichs army it was forbidden to belong to any political organisation.
The Army was traditionally the realm of the Prussian king, the Kriegsmarine was the favorite of the Kaiser, so it was very much Imperial in its traditions, but the Luftwaffe was most modern branch and as such most associated with the new (modern) order of the Nazi party.
Of course the armed forces reflect society. The new mass Wehrmacht would have seen plenty of Nazis in all branches.
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Ruy Horta
12 O'Clock High!
And now I see with eye serene
The very pulse of the machine;
A being breathing thoughtful breath,
A traveller between life and death;
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