in the 1914-1918 war a british tommy named smith , attacted a gun post and shot two germans and l took one prisoner. and the prisoner , name was corprol Adalf Hitler
,prt Smith got a v.c for bravery
2006-08-21 14:27:45 · 16 answers · asked by Ron W 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Not that I can find.
I found the following brief synopsis of Hitler's WW1 career:
"When World War I was touched off by the assassination by a Serb of the heir to the Austrian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Hitler's passions against foreigners, particularly Slavs, were inflamed. He was caught up in the patriotism of the time, and submitted a petition to enlist in the Bavarian army.
After less than two months of training, Hitler's regiment saw its first combat near Ypres, against the British and Belgians. Hitler narrowly escaped death in battle several times, and was eventually awarded two Iron Crosses for bravery. He rose to the rank of lance corporal but no further. In October 1916, he was wounded by an enemy shell and evacuated to a Berlin area hospital. After recovering, and serving a total of four years in the trenches, he was temporarily blinded by a mustard gas attack in Belgium in October 1918.
Communist-inspired insurrections shook Germany while Hitler was recovering from his injuries. Some Jews were leaders of these abortive revolutions, and this inspired hatred of Jews as well as Communists. On November 9th, the Kaiser abdicated and the Socialists gained control of the government. Anarchy was more the rule in the cities"
Nothing to indicate he was captured, in fact the next site I checked indicates that after the poison gas attack Hitler was admitted to a German Military Hospital where he would learn of Germanies defeat. As this marked the end of WW1 I can see no opportunity for Hitler to have been taken prisoner.
2006-08-21 14:42:36 · answer #1 · answered by John H 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It is also believed that during the Battle of Fromelles, when the Australian troops charged the bunkers, a group of around 15 Diggers were only metres from the bunker in which the young Adolf Hitler was within. Some say that had the machinegunners in the bunker reloaded some 5-10 seconds later, they would've been able to take the bunker, and no doubt capture or kill Hitler.
Hitler was considered a "correct" soldier but was reportedly unpopular with his comrades because of an uncritical attitude toward officers. "Respect the superior, don't contradict anybody, obey blindly," he said, describing his attitude while on trial in 1924.
On October 15, 1918, shortly before the end of the war, Hitler was admitted to a field hospital, temporarily blinded by a poison gas attack. Research by Bernhard Horstmann indicates the blindness may have been the result of a hysterical reaction to Germany's defeat. Hitler later said it was during this experience that he became convinced the purpose of his life was to "save Germany". Meanwhile he was treated by a military physician and specialist in psychiatry, who reportedly diagnosed the corporal as "incompetent to command people" and "dangerously psychotic".
so it is a myth
2006-08-21 16:49:13 · answer #2 · answered by ryan s 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The reference is to Adolf Hitler, and best way is to refer to his autobiography to find out if there is any direct or indirect reference to this alleged event in his life.
When he was 16, he went to Hoff Museum to study the paintings in the Art Gallery there. In course of time, he was in Vienna and was trying to earn livelihood as a painter. Then he joins the Social Democrats, a political party. Meanwhile he developed anti-Jewish and anti-Marxist attitude that he mentions vividly in his own treatise. During the World War the Britishers used Gas on civilians, and he was a victim and was in Bavarian Hospital at Munich. Then he joins the German Labour Party. during closur of the War he joined Germany Army which united the nation and after release from one year in the Army, he Starts his Nationalist Socialist party of Germany.
No where it is mentioned as you have referred to, in his account on hiself. Hence, it is not true. It may be a British post-war propoganda to vilify the vanquished Hitler! British people have a fame of story makers in the name of history, as they have done on the myth of Aryan invasion of India.
2006-08-21 15:51:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No , not true. Hitler was never a pow. And he wasn't surrounded by bodyguards in WWI1. Why would he be ?He was a corporal in the trenches,and as such, no one special.
2006-08-21 14:45:43 · answer #4 · answered by Tracker 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-08-21 14:32:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, Adolf was gassed and sent to a field hospital.
2006-08-21 14:33:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know I don't really know - but, Adolf Hitler was always surround by his body guards and stuff - so I hardly think so - I think it's a myth.
2006-08-21 14:34:55 · answer #7 · answered by You'llneverguess 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Not entirely sure, but it's closer to truth than fiction>
NOTE; this is before WW2 when he was the man we all know of.
2006-08-21 14:39:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
just think if he had shot the other, there would be even more ugly jews stealing land and shooting kids infront of news crews
2006-08-22 08:11:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
cant say i saw that in the matrix.... which one was it Matrix 3 and 1/3?
2006-08-21 14:59:27 · answer #10 · answered by robynbiker 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋