Nearly 90 Percent of Germans Do Not Believe Official 9/11 Fairy Tale

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Thanks for taking the time with the responses. At the risk of sounding like I'm dismissing them out of hand (I'm not) the author does comes across a bit like a conspiracy theorist to me.

Why would the German government supposedly be opposed to bringing out the "truth", since it makes them look at least somewhat less responsible for the war in Europe?

If Hitler really didn't want war, why invade western Europe or Russia for that matter, was it supposed to be a "defensive" strategy?
I think the German government is opposed for various reasons. In the early stages of West Germany, the victors permitted only those parties that preserved their interests. The provisional constitution and penal laws, both still valid at present, bear the hallmarks of the victors. Those who argued against the official version were convicted for "hate speech" and the like. To publish newspapers and magazines, concessions were needed and only given to those who complied, resulting in a huge head start for some, e.g. Der Spiegel. The Allies also conducted the greatest book burning ever, destroying vast amounts of German literature that was no longer wanted. I mentioned before that the German government had to sign transition contracts that stated all Allied rulings were rightful and legally binding, including the Nuremberg trials that established the sole war guilt of Germany. Those who wanted to make a career in politics in post-war Germany quickly realized how they had to run things.

As for the invasion of Russia, some authors like Viktor Suvorov made the case that this was a pre-emptive strike. Hitler thought that war against international Bolshevism was inevitable but Stalin didn't expect an attack as long as Germany was still at war with Britain. German military intelligence found indications that a Soviet invasion was being prepared and taking Russia by surprise was considered the only chance to survive. The huge Soviet losses were partly attributed to the offensive positioning of their army, e.g. Soviet artillery couldn't operate properly due to the lack of topographic maps of their own territory.

Background

Immediately after the German invasion of the USSR during World War Two, Adolf Hitler put forward a thesis that the Red Army made extensive preparations for an offensive war in Europe, thus justifying the German invasion as a pre-emptive strike.[1] After war this view was brought forward by some Wehrmacht leaders, like Wilhelm Keitel.[2]

Suvorov, "Icebreaker", and the 1980s

In the 1980s, this thesis was reiterated by Victor Suvorov, a former officer of the Soviet military intelligence in his book "Icebreaker: Who Started the Second World War"[3] and several subsequent books. He argued that Soviet ground forces were extremely well organized, and were mobilizing en masse all along the German-Soviet border for a Soviet invasion of Europe slated for Sunday July 6, 1941, but they were totally unprepared for defensive operations on their own territory.

One of Suvorov's pieces of evidence favoring the theory of an impending Soviet attack was his claim regarding the maps and phrasebooks issued to Soviet troops. Military topographic maps, unlike other military supplies, are strictly local and cannot be used elsewhere than in the intended operational area. Suvorov claims Soviet units were issued with maps of Germany and German-occupied territory, and phrasebooks including questions about SA offices — SA offices were found only in German territory proper. In contrast, maps of Soviet territory were scarce. Notably, after the German attack, the officer responsible for maps, Lieutenant General M.K. Kudryavtsev was not punished by Stalin, who was known for extreme punishments after failures to obey his orders. According to Suvorov, this demonstrates that General Kudryavtsev was obeying the orders of Stalin, who simply did not expect a German attack.[4]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_offensive_plans_controversy
 
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As for the invasion of Russia, some authors like Viktor Suvorov made the case that this was a pre-emptive strike. Hitler thought that war against international Bolshevism was inevitable but Stalin didn't expect an attack as long as Germany was still at war with Britain. German military intelligence found indications that a Soviet invasion was being prepared and taking Russia by surprise was considered the only chance to survive....
Were there also not many German generals who opposed the invasion of Russia? For that matter I think there were generals who opposed the invasion of Poland and France. Why invade western Europe and bomb England in preparation for an invasion, albeit one that never happened? Why invade Scandinavia? Some of your points are an interesting point of view taken in isolation. But when I step back and look at (what I think is) the the big picture I'm having a hard time seeing justification for Germany's numerous aggressive and even barbaric invasions. Particularly, if as your author says, Hitler didn't want war to begin with.
 
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Were there also not many German generals who opposed the invasion of Russia? For that matter I think there were generals who opposed the invasion of Poland and France. Why invade western Europe and bomb England in preparation for an invasion, albeit one that never happened? Why invade Scandinavia? Some of your points are an interesting point of view taken in isolation. But when I step back and look at (what I think is) the the big picture I'm having a hard time seeing justification for Germany's numerous aggressive and even barbaric invasions. Particularly, if as your author says, Hitler didn't want war to begin with.
I totally agree that those invasions were barbaric. To better understand these things, one should also be familiar with the customs of that time. For example, Britain starved 800,000 Germans to death with the British naval blockade during and even after WWI. Later, Britain threatened resume the blockade should Germany not obey the Treaty of Versailles. That wasn't pretty either.

Hitler didn't expect Britain to decalre war, but once she did, costal areas like Scandinavia had to be taken ahead of the enemy for tactical reasons, to control landing zones. Germany didn't have the capacitiy to invade England, this hasn't been covered in the rearmament after WWI. Hitler wanted to bomb England back to the negotiating table which they declined ever since they declared war. Western Europe, namely France, also declared war on Germany and countries in between had to be taken for tactical reasons, to be able to send troops through them.
 
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