Historians believe the Duke of Windsor actively collaborated with the Nazis during the Second World War
In 1937, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor set off on a tour of Germany, when the Nazi regime was in full control of the country.
“This would be all over the world — photographs of Wallis and Edward with Hitler,” historian Jane Ridley says in the documentary. “This would be acutely embarrassing and unacceptable [to the royal family].”
In October of that year, the duke wrote a thank you letter to Hitler after spending time with him at his mountain retreat.
“It’s written in German, but the translation reads, 'To the Führer and [Chancellor], the Duchess of Windsor and I would like to thank you sincerely. Our trip through Germany has made a great impression on us. Many thanks to you for the wonderful time that we had with you at the Obersalzberg,” Andrew Lownie, author of Traitor King: The Scandalous Exile of the Duke & Duchess of Windsor, says in the film.
You do realise the Duke of Windsor abdicated and was basically exiled by the Royal Family before any of this happened… Right? So how is a guy the Royal Family exiled collaborating with the Nazis relevant to my great grandfather shooting Nazis for King and Country?
was basically exiled by the Royal Family
You’d never know it given how he hobnobbed with Churchill and Nixon on the English taxpayer’s dime while living the jet setter celebrity lifestyle until his dying days. His remains lay in state at St George’s Chapel in Windsor.
Not exactly the hole-in-the-head treatment.
my great grandfather shooting Nazis for King and Country?
He was just following orders.
Hobnobbed it after the war when the Nazis were long defeated… As well as the Nazi plan of throne replacement not being revealed until 2006 🤦
He was just following orders.
What, so he just randomly decided to join the army in 1939, and it just so happened that a war was happening at the time? Coincidentally timed 6 year career break? Catch a grip.
