Rudel Scandel

[lufttiger]

Anybody ever here of this?

The Rudel Scandal of 1976 (German: Rudel-Affäre) was a political scandal in Germany in the era following World War II which led to the retirement of two high ranking Bundeswehr generals.

Hans-Ulrich Rudel was invited by high ranking Bundeswehr generals to a tradition meeting of the Aufklärungsgeschwader 51 "Immelmann". Rudel had been invited and attended as the last commander of Schlachtgeschwader 2 "Immelmann". In this context the Federal Minister of Defence Georg Leber ordered the Luftwaffe generals Karl Heinz Franke and Walter Krupinski into early retirement as of 1 November 1976. They had expressed the invitation to Rudel in clear violation of the direct order from the Minister. The generals had publicly compared Rudels NS-history to German Communist Party (KPD) history of the Social Democrat Herbert Wehner.

As i remember reading about Walter Krupinski, he was a really nice guy.
Politics, i hate it

[MAGNA]

There was also trouble over Rudels outspoken and continuing support of Nazi ideals wasn't there ?

[lufttiger]

Yes he was a diehard Nazi, that was his politcal belief. I tend to look more
at his military career, and admire him from that. We all make mistakes in life,
i know i did when i voted for Bush.

[Jim O]

Trying to keep our own personal politics of regret out of it (*snicker*), being a lifetime diehard Nazi and regretting some votes are really two very different things.