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thenewgreen  ·  4529 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Top 10 Declassified Secrets
How do you think it would have impacted how history views WWII had Hitler been captured and been electrocuted to death without a trial? I'm not saying he has any semblance of innocence, just that it may have given support to his cause that he received no trial. I also think a trial tends to give victims more of an opportunity for closure. Would have been interesting had it happened.




ruhsler  ·  4529 days ago  ·  link  ·  
In the UK not a fuck would have been given how he died as long as he was dead but it would maybe not looked so good in the international community and made more of a martyr of Hitler in Germany perhaps.

It would have been vindictive perhaps

thenewgreen  ·  4529 days ago  ·  link  ·  
No love lost in the US for hitler either. Just sayin', sometimes it's even more cathartic to have someone hear their crimes spoken prior to the electric chair.

Interesting stuff in the post though.

ruhsler  ·  4529 days ago  ·  link  ·  
If we are supposed to be civilised law abiding people we must set by example it would have been too easy just to execute Hitler. I like the odd conspiracy now and then if only for something to look into with a open mind. (but not so open my brains fall out and i believe anything i read)