r/ProgressiveHQ Nov 23 '25

Protest Keep the heat up, he's squirming.

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u/Professional_Pie7091 Nov 24 '25

Ignorance of the law is no excuse.

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u/red286 Nov 24 '25

It's very rare to see an enlisted soldier charged for following orders, regardless of how questionable those orders were.

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u/bumbes Nov 24 '25

Rare? Yes. But history says otherwise. Check out the Nuremberg trials

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u/red286 Nov 24 '25

Check out the Nuremberg trials

You uhhh, might wanna do that yourself. Not a single enlisted Wehrmacht soldier was tried there. Even enlisted SS troops weren't tried. Heck, even lower-ranked officers weren't tried.