Colin’s Comments (group member since Dec 16, 2012)

Colin’s comments from the THE WORLD WAR TWO GROUP group.

The other senior members of the inner circle laughed at Himmler, even 5 SS generals said that he was the greatest fraud in the Third Reich.

Hitler knew very well the importance of Antwerp, hence his targeting the port with rockets to try and destroy it. I agree most historians do not give much attention to it, and other ports.

No unfortunately, but I knew some men who worked for both. One of them worked for Amt Blank and Organization Gehlen/CIA after the war, Lt. Gen. Walter Krupinski, who was a great friend and a 197 victory Luftwaffe ace. See his interview in The German Aces Speak I.

I knew a few former German officers, even some SS generals Dulles brought into the CIA fold after the war. Good interviews and stories,

I interviewed SS Obergruppenfuehrer Karl Wolff and a few other high ranking officers who knew Heydrich. From what they said, I would suggest that you watch the HBO film "Conspiracy" with Kenneth Brannagh, Stanley Tucci, et al. This film is a very accurate portrayal of the Jan 20 1942 Wannsee Conference. I also interviewed SA Gruppenfuehrer Gerhard Klopfer, the only living member of that meeting. This meeting was where they planned the Holocaust and camp systems.

Yes Hitler issued the commando order, it came from Alfred Jodl to all commands and especially in N. Africa.

Th e great irony of Himmler and even Hitler was that despite their ridiculous racial thoughts, they ammited many non Germanic men within the ranks of the Waffen SS. Of the 945,000 men who passed throught the ranks from 1940-45, only 240,000 were actually German/Austrian. Himmler would personally arrive to inspect these troops, such as the Bosnian Muslims of the 13th Handschar Division, the three Ukrainian and Russian SS Divisions, and other Freiwillegen units.

I knew men who knew Goebbels, not a single one liked him, same with Himmler.

Curtis Lemay confirmed that he knew about the bomb long before Truman, as he was in command of the bomb group that would deliver it.

I met Julius at the Tuskegee reunion, my wife and I are honorary Red Tails (among other groups), and I knew the pilots very well, great interviews. Good man all.

Bou wrote: "For just $3,31 on Amazon:
Killing the Bismarck: Destroying the Pride of Hitler's Fleet

Link to the book on Amazon

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I interviewed one of the 3 survivors of the HMS Hood, and the senior surviving officer aboard the Bismarck, great interviews.

I interviewed one of the senior Waffen SS officers at Warsaw, interesting indeed.

Canaris was good, but Reinhard Gehlen gave him a good run

They made an error regarding the claim that the Iron Cross was the highest medal awarded for bravery. But a great story.

Barrett is a good friend, and we did a History Channel show together in 2007 which aired in 2008. Good historian.

The author Russell F. Weigley was my mentor and thesis advisor in graduate school at Temple University.

I interviewed dozens of people who knew and even worked with/for Himmler, and not a single one had a good thing to say about him.

I knew a few of them, including MOH recipient Sen. Daniel Inouye

I met and spoke with Gay, a very nice man.

Lee wrote: "Colin wrote: "I interviewed some participants, including Artur Axmann head of the Hitler Youth and interim gauleieter in Berlin in Feb-Apr 1945."

Really? Did any of these interviews see print Colin?"

not yet, I have hundreds of interviews yet to be published, either as magazine articles or in books. One of the best was Lothar lowe, a 14 year old panzerfaust soldier who killed T-34s and a KV-1 by moving through the sewer system in Charlottenburg district in Berlin.