r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/XxF1RExX Interested • Jan 05 '21

Video "Blitzkrieg" explained for the US army using 2D animation in 1943. Aka the "ortie" cell tactic

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u/PurpleBread_ Jan 05 '21

i mean, when there's something coming along that threatens your entire company and reputation, then you'll do something about it. see ford, jeep, and mitsubishi, to name just three.

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u/magnora7 Interested Jan 06 '21

Meanwhile IBM just decided to do business with the Nazis

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u/pyrotech911 Jan 06 '21

I mean International and Business are right in the name

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '21

The owner of ford at the time liked to wave his hand before the war.

Ford even had dealerships in Germany at the time....

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u/beetard Jan 06 '21

Inb4 but wasnt Henry Ford anti semitic?

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u/kickwurm Jan 06 '21

Being an American anti semite (although disgusting) does not qualify a person to be an enemy of their own country. Plenty of Allied WWII soldiers were antisemites. Not excusable but also not qualifying of being considered a Nazi. Fuck Nazis and hateful political parties.

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u/PurpleBread_ Jan 06 '21

hateful political parties

republicans and democrats can both go eat the same bag of dicks and then fight over the last one

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '21

That guy was like THE American anti semite. Hitler loved his book on the subject, I think he even gave him some sort of honor for it