Panel 2:
IIRC that is true for all the guys you learn about in history class…
Panel 4:
I guess Satans party was over in the very moment Hitler arrived. Because Hitler had to take over his new realm. Build up the 4th Reich, so to say.
And Hitler kept telling the demons to turn down the music, only to learn that was a part of his punishment. And then everyone (and every-demon) lived happily ever after.
Sgt John Clarence Woods, the US army’s official hangman had done at least 70 executions by the time of Nuremberg, all but a few perfectly successful hangings i.e. instant death by snapping necks.
When it came to the to the group hanging of the top 10 Nazis convicted at Nuremberg Goering et al, he botched the entire job, all tell strangled to death over a matter of minutes.
Given his previous track record and the the fact that the rope length for each individual being separately calculated for their body weight, it was statistically improbable that it was an accident. To strangle all ten without it being immediately obvious it had been done on purpose required as much careful calculation as killing the instantly. Mere incompetence would have led to some killed instantly and some strangled.
He faced court martial over the affair but as he accepted full responsibility for the “error” in calculating rope length and drop thus shielding his men from all blame and no definitive evidence could be provided of premeditation or intent, he received only a censure and dock in pay.
For the rest of his life he never stopped apologizing…and smiling slyly.
Hard to tell a good factual story from an sea story from a fairy tale. How to tell a “sea story” from a fairy tale? A Fairy tale starts,”Once upon a time.” A sea story starts, “This is no bullshit.”
Everything is factual, at least up to the “…and smiling slyly.” It was reported, informally, by numerous sources. Supposedly he was all serious about the event until you got a few shots in him and then he’d start grinning like a loon.
Guy wasn’t ever screwed on to tight. He was rejected for military service at the start of the war for psychological reason and then only got in when manpower got short. Got the job of US army hangman in France stringing up US Army personnel convicted of rapes and murders of civilians for criminal motive. (You only got the firing squad for military specific crimes e.g. desertion under fire.)
I’m sure they’d would have had a line of guys to hang Nazi’s but he’s all they had who had any practice. The Brits had a supposedly professional team but the Russian didn’t. They just used the whole, kick-the-chair-out-and-take-bets-on-how-long-he-last ad hoc method.
Well, there’s Haman in the book of Esther. But the Book of Esther is likely historical fiction — it’s plausible that it’s based on real events, but it’s probably got some fictionalization in it, too.
I dunno. I can’t work up a lot of tears over Pol Pot or Josef Stalin, either.
Panel 2:
IIRC that is true for all the guys you learn about in history class…
Panel 4:
I guess Satans party was over in the very moment Hitler arrived. Because Hitler had to take over his new realm. Build up the 4th Reich, so to say.
no no no, the fourth reich is the European Union. Germany found out they could rule just by being the bankers. Don’t you read polandball? XD
>>>/pol/
And Hitler kept telling the demons to turn down the music, only to learn that was a part of his punishment. And then everyone (and every-demon) lived happily ever after.
Panel 3 is what I look like when I dance.
The girl bug in panel two is how everyone else looks when I dance.
Yay! This is the first newly posted Hitler comic I’ve seen! …wait that sounds wrong.
Funny story:
Sgt John Clarence Woods, the US army’s official hangman had done at least 70 executions by the time of Nuremberg, all but a few perfectly successful hangings i.e. instant death by snapping necks.
When it came to the to the group hanging of the top 10 Nazis convicted at Nuremberg Goering et al, he botched the entire job, all tell strangled to death over a matter of minutes.
Given his previous track record and the the fact that the rope length for each individual being separately calculated for their body weight, it was statistically improbable that it was an accident. To strangle all ten without it being immediately obvious it had been done on purpose required as much careful calculation as killing the instantly. Mere incompetence would have led to some killed instantly and some strangled.
He faced court martial over the affair but as he accepted full responsibility for the “error” in calculating rope length and drop thus shielding his men from all blame and no definitive evidence could be provided of premeditation or intent, he received only a censure and dock in pay.
For the rest of his life he never stopped apologizing…and smiling slyly.
That’s terrible! He clearly needed more practice. I hope they kept giving him Nazis to practice on until he learned to do it right.
Hard to tell a good factual story from an sea story from a fairy tale. How to tell a “sea story” from a fairy tale? A Fairy tale starts,”Once upon a time.” A sea story starts, “This is no bullshit.”
Gotta say this has the makings of a sea story.
Everything is factual, at least up to the “…and smiling slyly.” It was reported, informally, by numerous sources. Supposedly he was all serious about the event until you got a few shots in him and then he’d start grinning like a loon.
Guy wasn’t ever screwed on to tight. He was rejected for military service at the start of the war for psychological reason and then only got in when manpower got short. Got the job of US army hangman in France stringing up US Army personnel convicted of rapes and murders of civilians for criminal motive. (You only got the firing squad for military specific crimes e.g. desertion under fire.)
I’m sure they’d would have had a line of guys to hang Nazi’s but he’s all they had who had any practice. The Brits had a supposedly professional team but the Russian didn’t. They just used the whole, kick-the-chair-out-and-take-bets-on-how-long-he-last ad hoc method.
It makes sense that Niece Bug is the only one to lament. 😀
this would have made a perfect title for this comic
Festlichkeit
https://translate.google.com/#de/en/Festlichkeit
Well, there’s Haman in the book of Esther. But the Book of Esther is likely historical fiction — it’s plausible that it’s based on real events, but it’s probably got some fictionalization in it, too.
I dunno. I can’t work up a lot of tears over Pol Pot or Josef Stalin, either.
I started wondering what bug-imps look like, only to think of the imps from Zero Punctuation. They fit so well!
Im sure Prussian Blue awwwww’d