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Octafish

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12. Thank you. The guy was a NAZI prick.

Reply to Benton D Struckcheon (Reply #10)

Sat Jun 28, 2014, 11:39 AM

Jun 2014

Inspired many torturers in the present day, evidently:

"So far you have been treated as an officer and a gentleman, but don't think that this will go on if you don't behave better than you have done. You have two hours left in which to confess everything. If you don't, I shall hand you over to the Gestapo, who are used to dealing with such gangsters and criminals — you won't enjoy their methods a bit."

To Captain Sigismund Payne Best, as quoted in The Venlo Incident (1950) by Sigismund Payne Best, p. 41 (via Wiki)

Most importantly: As you wrote, Benton D Struckcheon, many innocent people died on account of his assassination.

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June 28, 1914. Probably the saddest anniversary for the human race. [View all] Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2014 OP

Two Bullets Octafish Jun 2014 #1

Heydrich's assassination was May 29. Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2014 #3

Hairpin Turns Octafish Jun 2014 #7

Slight correction to the above: Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2014 #10

Thank you. The guy was a NAZI prick. Octafish Jun 2014 #12

Thank you for sharing that, Octafish. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #22

I believe that someone erected a statue of the shooter there yesterday. roguevalley Jun 2014 #36

One wonders edhopper Jun 2014 #2

The only problem with this is that yeoman6987 Jun 2014 #4

I was referring to edhopper Jun 2014 #5

On the other hand, we lost a huge number of people who could've advanced and evolved our nation. NBachers Jun 2014 #16

but none of that was "inevitable" hfojvt Jun 2014 #6

True. Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2014 #8

It was definately 'A' trigger, the main one at that point anyway. BKH70041 Jun 2014 #9

Moltke Cartoonist Jun 2014 #11

Just read the Wikipedia article on him, Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2014 #26

Not the sole instigator Cartoonist Jun 2014 #27

Hmm. Yeah, you may be right about that. Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2014 #28

Modern historians Cartoonist Jun 2014 #31

Don't leave out the way Versailles messed up the Middle East starroute Jun 2014 #13

Thank you. So few American citizens know the history that you shared. Enthusiast Jun 2014 #21

Good post. If you liked the first two, you'll love number III. Throd Jun 2014 #25

Spread the blame around Cartoonist Jun 2014 #30

Don't blame the Arabs starroute Jun 2014 #34

But they only "play nice" under the likes of Saddam Hussein. Throd Jun 2014 #42

Which should have been a good argument for leaving Saddam in control starroute Jun 2014 #43

And the Spanish flu epidemic, which killed more people than the war starroute Jun 2014 #14

Apparently they have erected a monument to honor the assassin A Little Weird Jun 2014 #15

Twitter live feed starting today from the British Foreign Office, Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2014 #17

A historical "butterfly effect" if there ever was one and if you were able Uncle Joe Jun 2014 #18

WWI marked the end of Empires PeoViejo Jun 2014 #19

Don't tell the NRA, but it was a handgun that did it. tclambert Jun 2014 #20

Kicked and recommended! Enthusiast Jun 2014 #23

Old school DU right here tkmorris Jun 2014 #24

+1 Boom Sound 416 Jun 2014 #35

K&R. Iggo Jun 2014 #29

K&R. I wonder what Europe and the rest of the world would look like had Archduke Louisiana1976 Jun 2014 #32

Probably not much different since the same Turbineguy Jun 2014 #37

Agreed. Coventina Jun 2014 #33

Not January 20, 1942? Alex P Notkeaton Jun 2014 #38

Not to diminish that, Benton D Struckcheon Jun 2014 #39

"The Guns of August" by Barbara Tuchman proves ridiculous incompetence led to the war. greatlaurel Jun 2014 #40

It Is A Sad Anniversary Liberal_Dog Jun 2014 #41