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NATO was founded with Nazi leaders. source.
Edit: Downvote me all you want, some of NATO's senior commanders came from being senior military commanders of German Nazism and very close to Adolf Hitler. Source.
That's really interesting. I'd never considered where Germany would find experienced commanders to support their role in NATO and be the front line with the Soviets. It's obvious in retrospect I suppose.
It's very similar to people like Werner Von Braun that went to the US, were key to the space race, but also key to advancing the technology that went into military missiles etc.
I didn't downvote you. I'll have to delve into this as it seems interesting. Does this have any application to today, though?
Sorry, the edit wasn’t specifically for you. It wasn’t just NATO with Hans Spiedel and Adolf Heusinger. Nazis also served intelligence agencies in America. The CIA facilitated, and Hoover and the FBI allowed it.
“As we say in Germany, if there’s a Nazi at the table and 10 other people sitting there talking to him, you got a table with 11 Nazis.”