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Newly Uncovered Footage Shows British Legion Secretly Meeting Hitler

Interesting new footage has been discovered showing a secret meeting between delegates of the Royal British Legion and Adolf Hitler in the time leading up to the Second World War.

Also in attendance to meet Legion Chairman Major Francis Fetherston-Goldley during the July 1935 meeting was the Fuhrer’s Deputy Rudolf Hess, Hermann Goering, the head of the German Luftwaffe, and Heinrich Himmler, the head of the German Special Police.

According to the Telegraph, the footage was unearthed with a book of photographs from the charity’s archive.

[T]he meetings are believed to have been orchestrated by the Nazi-propaganda machine. Photographs show that on at least one occasion the British visitors were surrounded by Nazi film cameras during those meetings.

According to research by a documentary crew, the men were invited by German ex-service organisations but, in a Nazi propaganda coup, ended up meeting Germany’s political leaders, turning the trip into an embarrassing series of public events that seemed to suggest a union between Britain and Germany.

“The purpose of the visit was very honourable,” said Liam Maguire, spokesperson for the British Legion. “It was done with the best intentions. They were really there on a fact-finding mission to see how German ex-service organisations treated their ex-servicemen and their visit was very much hijacked – the Legion was exploited by an evil group of people for their own purposes.”

Update: Ok all you smarty-smart smarty-pants out there in comment land… it’s come to my attention that there may have been confusion with my previous title which called this “WWI Footage.” Many were quick to point out that this footage is from 1935 and not from World War I. This is true, however the British delegation led by Fetherson-Godly was a delegation of World War I Legion soldiers who traveled to Berlin for the meeting.  So as not to confuse anyone else, I’ve edited the title. Thanks for keeping us on our toes!

Comments (90)

  • CitizenJob
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 11:39pm

    Simply click on the video and go to YouTube and find that the title of the video is not the responsibility of The Blaze rather it was penned by the originator, ITNNEWS.

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  • staxmarshall
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 10:57pm

    I’m on this site for all of the right reasons and I prefer the updated heading. I’m a big history buff when it comes to both World Wars, and my brain took an instant double take the moment I glanced at the way the thread was originally worded. Even though I’m quite familiar with the dates, facts and figures of World Wars 1 and 2 the first thing that jumped into my head was , “Wow! Original World War One footage of Hitler discovered !?!…” Now I understand what was intended but it‘s better now that it’s updated. That’s just my two cents.

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  • pennswoods
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 10:44pm

    In late August 1939, four years after this meeting in this article between representatives of the British Legion and former members of the Germany Army in Germany, Hitler’s Foreign Minister Von Ribbentrop was in Moscow signing an alliance between Hitler and Stalin to carve up Poland. A week later Nazi Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Three weeks later, from the east, the USSR as an ally of Nazi Germany, also invaded Poland. Two years later in June 1941 Nazi Germany stabbed their Soviet Allies in the back and invaded the USSR and instantly the USSR became buddies with Britain and a few months later the USA. Why wasn’t Stalin tried as a war criminal becuse he was once an ally of Nazi Germany and for almost two years the USSR supplied the oil that fueled the Luftwaffe planes that bombed Britain during the Blitz of 1940/41? Why didn’t Britain and France also declare war on the USSR in September 1939 when the USSR as an ally of Nazi Germany invade Poland? When you think about all these historical facts that are seldom mentioned in the history books today who cares today if former British soldiers visited with former members of the German Army in 1935?

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  • poverty.sucks
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 10:39pm

    The Fabian Society is as strong now as it was then.

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  • mdw9661
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 9:45pm

    This would have been around the same time Hitler killed leaders of SA.

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  • 3fingerpete
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 9:15pm

    Headline discrepancies aside, what exactly makes this story interesting? I guess if you are a scholar of arcane nazi factoids this might make for some amusing bar conversation but is it really notable news in the 21st century? The documentary researchers are quoted as stating the Legion did not intend to meet with Hitler. I‘m hard pressed to believe many Americans are familiar with the Royal British Legion and the article’s author makes no attempt enlighten the reader about the organization. So if the intention was to make me look up the RBL the mission accomplished. Otherwise, what’s the point?

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  • HUNTERTHEBLAZE
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:40pm

    To Quote the article, In the time leading up to the second world war? Huh?

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  • Rob
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:18pm

    Without Hitler many of us wouldn’t exist… sad, but true. The “Butterfly Effect” on steriods.

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  • johncinque
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:12pm

    WW2 come on lets get it right

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  • Tony Nagy
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:54pm

    @GnomeChomsky …. Took the bait didja….(LOL)… Now, try and spit the hook out… LMAO!!

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    • GnomeChomsky
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:04pm

      What bait exactly? You mean it was an intentional error in the titling of the article just to see if they could get a commenter to bring it up? Whoa you tea partiers sure are tricky, more fun than a barrel of monkeys. How can you guys stay so focused on politics, while coming up with all these hilarious zingers!?

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:05pm

      it is fun screwin with the trolls lol

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    • Tony Nagy
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:16pm

      Well, letts see iff you are smarrt enough too figure that ONE out four yourselffffff… Don’t worry, I’m waiting for your first typo DUDE!!!!

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    • RightPolitically
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 9:39pm

      Gnomechomsky, you need a drink!

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    • clhathaway
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 9:50pm

      When Obama said that Summers “did a heckuva job” and Stewert zinged him for it he tried to pretend that he was just joking. It was clumsy and insecure. His pride would not let him admmit he had stepped in it.

      You guys are starting to act like him. How’s that make you feel?

      Or maybe some of you guys are the trolls, playing an elaborate false flag operation so that the Blaze looks like its populated by rude children.

      And I get called a liberal again I am going to laugh. Conservative does not mean never criticizing fellow conservatives.

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    • ltb
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 11:55pm

      Clhathaway, do you know how I can tell you’re a Liberal? By your self-righteous indignation, your eagerness to condemn others and your unwillingness to admit when you are wrong. If people in here keep accusing you of being a Liberal to the point where you are “going to laugh” (and this is just a hunch), perhaps you don’t have the same ideology as conservatives. FYI, just because you call yourself “conservative,” doesn’t make you conservative and I would be willing to bet my last dollar that you voted for John McCain DESPITE him picking Sarah Palin as his running mate. Am I correct?

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  • BRAVEHEART
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:49pm

    Even after Germany had defeated most of central Europe including France, Hitler continued to negociate a Treaty with England. However Churchill understood the danger of trying to appease the world dominating aspirations of Hitler. Churchill refused to back down from England’s Declaration of War and helped save England and Most of the Western Hemisphere from Nazi Tryanny.

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  • inthebegining111
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:38pm

    wait folks if there would be one question I could give a reporter to ask it would be. Why would anyone take 40 planes and 3 helicopter on a 3 day vacation, to see the biggest mosque? Mr President are you bringing us back a present?
    Be careful who you trust/and/or follow please.

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  • greatchef
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:38pm

    How come you never hear how all the CEO’s of Wall Street and the large banking institutions are big time progressives……

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  • dontbotherme
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:32pm

    Hmm … Republicorp … where have I seen this name before? Beware.

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  • greatchef
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:31pm

    its great…….to finally see the 100 year socialist progressive creep exposed and brought to a crashing halt…..its kinda like watching the Hindenburg footage…..oh the humanity…..

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    • Tired_of_the_lies
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:07pm

      Hey GreatChef – who are you referring to above “the 100 year socialist progressive creep”.

      Just wondering…

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  • greatchef
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:26pm

    Sure Gnome….exploit a typo and politize it for your agenda…

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    • ltb
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:39pm

      Hellooo, it wasn’t a typo, this is footage about WWI.

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    • clhathaway
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:32pm

      No LTB, this is footage about an event dealing with WWI issues. That is not the same thing.

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    • ltb
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 9:14pm

      To the Blaze staff: Your nuanced attention grabbing headlines are lost on some of the more thickskulled people in this crowd – I wish you had’t dumbed it down to appease the Liberals. This new headline is not nearly as thought provoking, or as interesting.

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    • clhathaway
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 9:28pm

      LTB, you really need to grow some humility. Your unwillingness to recognize your own errors is disgraceful to the cause. We are supposed to be better than the libs. By “we” I am being generous in assuming YOU are a conservative rather than a clever troll trying to make us look bad.

      I wonder if Glenn posted anonymously here (who knows? He might) would he be accused of being a liberal if he admitted that the Blaze made an error?

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    • ltb
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 10:24pm

      clhathaway, to say something is wrong for the sake of appeasing other people is political correctness. The headline was a good one and, as a matter of fact, part of the reason I looked at the story in the first place was because the headline made me think “WWI? That ain’t right.” I’m not refusing to admit I’m wrong because of pride, I’m refusing to admit I’m wrong because the headline was a clever way to grab someone’s attention – again, that’s what headlines are supposed to do. If you see a headline that reads “Man Bites Dog” and then find out that the article is about a hot dog eating contest, it’s a good headline, because the writer has gotten your attention by being clever. You are right though, I was being a smart aleck, so for that I apologize.

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  • RepubliCorp
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:22pm

    I think Hitler was born in Republic of Kenya…… .

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    • ltb
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:36pm

      No, he was not a Keynesian, he was a German.

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  • dontbotherme
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:19pm

    There are still those amongst us today who use the trusting populace and trusting leadership for their own evil purposes. Propaganda photography is nothing new. Be careful who you trust, who you stand with and what you stand for. Know who you are & be ready to prove what you believe.

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  • claymoremacm
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:19pm

    typo

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  • jlherbst
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:17pm

    The Germans thought Hitler was their “messiah” before WWII started and he was revealed as the evil dictator he was. Don’t worry Progressives, no parallels being drawn here. Put the blinders back on.

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    • Mary M. Tebbe
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:18pm

      jlherbst: Recall that I said that the East Germans were the Assyrian/Goths of the SWASTIKA. They were called the Ostrogoths. The West Germans would be descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel. I walk through their entire history in my book. This Assyrian/Goth is the enemy that we face today in America. They have come forth to rule over us. I’m the broken record here, but I’d like you to remember that tomorrow when you go to vote. This is the Hamite in the democratic party, the progressive/communist/socialist/marxist. This Hamite’s characteristics are RUTHLESS and CRUEL.
      The English are of the tribe of Ephraim, our brother tribe, because both the British and the Americans are descendants of our forefather Joseph. Ephraim would become a COMMONWEALTH, and the only commonwealth that the world has ever known is Great Britain and the countries associated with them. Manasseh would become a single great nation, and that is The United States of America, the SINGLE GREATEST NATION THAT THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN.
      This is just a reminder here. Tomorrow, when you go to the polls to vote, remember that you are not only voting for yourselves, but also for your children and grandchildren and future generations of Americans. We are a FREE PEOPLE, the only true free people left in the entire world. Let’s keep it that way! Slowly but surely we will rebuild this nation with the same vision that our Founding Fathers had for it. We will tell the democrats that have fallen to the depths of progressivism that they have come thus far and no more. Let’s take America back!!!

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    • paleoconservatarian
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 10:56pm

      Hmmmm…. This has a familiar ring. Where have I heard such talk before???

      Ah, yes. Nazi propaganda and the concepts of racial enemies. That‘s where I’ve heard of such talk before. Nazi Germany.

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    • thegr8restoration
      Posted on November 2, 2010 at 1:42am

      MARY M, that is Nazi propaganda. Nazi and Communist are the same evil. If you are a Nazi you are a Socialist and I am not with you!

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    • dracothedragon
      Posted on November 2, 2010 at 2:30am

      Mary, WELL SAID!

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    • meisterschaft
      Posted on November 2, 2010 at 2:42pm

      Well said Mary…

      Also, lets not forget that Americans were the ones that schooled the NAZI’s on propaganda.

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  • Philo Beddoe
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:16pm

    Hitler and Axelrod look like brothers

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:44pm

      Oh good it’s not just me that has noticed that … and it isn’t just look alike it is something weird about loooking INTO their eyes … soulless?

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  • horsehockey
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:06pm

    Come on, folks, WWI-I don’t think so.

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  • ltb
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:06pm

    Have you ever noticed that you never see a photograph of Hitler standing next to Obama? Shave the mustache, throw on a little shoe polish… I‘m just sayin it might explain why they never found Hitler’s grave.

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  • horsehockey
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:06pm

    Add your comments

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  • GnomeChomsky
    Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:04pm

    Wow, WWI footage from 1935! Thats impressive considering the war ended in 1918. Great editing here at the Blaze!

     
    • ltb
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:17pm

      Please shut up.

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    • GnomeChomsky
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:18pm

      I‘m assuming the same effort went into the crack research team behind Beck’s new book.

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:19pm

      idiot…………the evidence is in the article if you knew how to read….the article plainly states THE MEETING TOOK PLACE LEADING UP TO THE “SECOND” WORLD WAR. its even in the first sentence. where do you get (quote) Wow, WWI footage from 1935! Thats impressive considering the war ended in 1918. Great editing here at the Blaze! from anywhere in this article? from evidence in most of your posts it has become quite obvious your education, and reading abilities are lacking.

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:25pm

      @ gnome actually if you look into the story, this could be claimed a ww1 video as the meeting was supposed to be about the treatment of ww1 veterans, so to include this would not be a stretch, even if the meeting ended up being a propaganda production

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    • GnomeChomsky
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:28pm

      Hey psychosis, you see those HUGE letters at the top of the article? its called a headline, you putz! And I’m the one who has trouble reading? I’m afraid once again you have failed, nice try, play again soon.

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    • Tired_of_the_lies
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:30pm

      Well you know PSYCHOSIS, it is not Gnomechomsky’s fault that you are unable to read the title of the article – here it is again – “NEWLY UNCOVERED WWI FOOTAGE SHOWS BRITISH LEGION SECRETLY MEETING HITLER”.

      Next time read more carefully before calling someone else an idiot.

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    • ltb
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:34pm

      Ummm, WWII didn’t start until 1939 and this video is about a meeting of the treatment of WWI veterans… that makes it a WWI video.

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    • GnomeChomsky
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:36pm

      @psychosis
      Backpedaling now are we? Decided to actually read those big letters? As for “this could be claimed a ww1 video as the meeting was supposed to be about the treatment of ww1 veterans”, all I can say is Bravo! That is some amazing mental gymnastics you’ve done to try and make an obvious error make sense. Lets go to the judges

      US FRA ITA GDR
      10.0 10.0 10.0 9.0

      ARRRGH, those pesky East Germans strike again!

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    • jimp64
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:36pm

      The first and probably the last time I can agree with this guy so I thought I would grab it. Really guys, WWI?? Maybe Pre-WWII or even post WWI but you had to know you would get some blowback

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:40pm

      Sorry but I caught that too ….

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    • Psychosis
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:43pm

      @ tired and gnome……………….what part of ww1 veterans dont YOU get this was a meeting planned to discuss ww1 veterens hence WW1 VIDEO . if it was about Vietnam vets it would have been a Vietnam video wow thats interesting where the content of the video would have something to do with the title

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    • GnomeChomsky
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 7:58pm

      @psychosis
      Thats like saying footage of a VFW meeting is Vietnam War, WWII, or Korean War video. No its a VFW Meeting video as this is a 1935 meeting video.

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    • axel@25
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:00pm

      FYI http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2023140,00.html

      WW I “officially” ended just a couple of weeks ago………
      The final restitution payment was made by Germany at the end of Sept.. OF THIS YEAR. It officially completed all the requirements of the treaty signed to end the war…

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    • Tired_of_the_lies
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:01pm

      Well PSYCHOSIS, why can’t you just admit when you are wrong. We all make mistakes. Your inability to admit error seems to make you come up with irrational arguments, as you try to defend the indefensible.

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    • ltb
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:02pm

      If this were a story about Eisenhower meeting with a Spanish dictator in 1962 to discuss the treatment of American POWs during WWII, would it be appropriate to have a headline that reads, “Newly Uncovered WWII Footage Shows American General Secretly Meeting Franco”? Actually, I think the Blaze’s headline is pretty good, because it grabs your attention (exactly what a headline is supposed to do) and, if you have the ability to reason, you quickly ascertain that while technically it’s not footage from WWI, it is footage having to do with WWI. Gnome, the problem with you Liberals is that you lack the fundamental ability to reason. I suspect that comes from the years of indoctrination you endured in our public schools where you were force-fed “facts” and told not to think for yourself.

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    • RAISINGCONSERVATIVES
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:03pm

      @Gnomechomsky

      “its called a headline, you putz!”

      Ummm…that would be “It’s”…you putz!!!

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:08pm

      Glen knows this and is nudging you to the truth
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vslzZXKx7Po&feature=related

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    • GnomeChomsky
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:10pm

      @Axel
      Okay, I stand corrected. Every video from July 28 1914 – Oct 3 2010 shall from henceforth be considered WWI video. My humble apologies.

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    • missbosslady
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:15pm

      Geez gnome, you are an idiot.

      It”s obvious that you don’t know history, but the article at the top of the page tells you that this occurs in the lead up to World War II.

      Hitler was only 19 yrs. old in 1918 you flaming numb-nut.

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    • clhathaway
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:19pm

      All you guys defending the erroneous title only make yourselves and the Balze look bad. It was a screwup, plain and simple. No big deal. The video would properly be titled by the event during which it was filmed, not by the subject which might have been addressed at that event. Thus it would have been a WWI veteren meeting video. If I make a video during my birthday celebration it would be called a BIRTHDAY video, not a BIRTH video, even though my birth is the thing being discussed/celebrated/remembered.

      There. Are we clear now?

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    • ltb
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:44pm

      clhathaway, the only thing clear is that you Liberals are sorely lacking when it comes to reasoning abilities. Using your thought process, I guess birthers should be called “birthcertificaters” because technically they are not saying Obama wasn’t born, rather they are saying he doesn’t have an American birth certificate since he’s Keynesian. AHAHAHAHAH.

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    • billhodges
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:48pm

      It does seem someone missed that one, but the comment about Glenn’s book is ridiculous. Have you read the book?

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    • FreedomWorks1776
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 8:52pm

      Did you ever hear of the Class of ‘45 and a little thing called World War II – Learn your history before you comment – Oh I think there was a Guy Named Hitler somewhere in there if memory serves me right. Wasn’t there? Yes I Think I’m Right

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    • ishka4me
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 10:00pm

      I saw the last of the nazis while stationed with the 502nd inf div in Berlin and actually guarded Rudolph Hess in spandou prison.

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    • VTPatriot44
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 10:30pm

      Congratulations. You’ve scored a semantical point. When you actually have a meaningful point that matters, give me a call.

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    • alaska_juliens
      Posted on November 1, 2010 at 11:19pm

      GNOMECHOMSKY……..

      It‘s you tube’s editing. Not THE BLAZE!

      Idiot.

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    • southerncross
      Posted on November 2, 2010 at 1:01am

      so, the “documentary” makers “official” contacts, LIED about “why” the meetings took place, considering ww1 was referenced in the timeframe of the meeting taking place…….

      One of Hitlers best friends, was a race car driver from England. Hitler invented modern motor racing…..and where do you think he got his funding from?????? From a bankrupted German economy???????? hahahaha..think again!
      Before Churchil was elected, the English parliament conspired to hand back total ruling power to the monarchy……and promised Hitler the crown of Austria, and holy roman emperorical rule over the catholics. Even today, the queen rules with the contraints of parliament. If the UN is to take control of the parliaments of the world, that would put her majesty, the figurehead of the UN, back in total control of the empire……only, the new empire, includes America.
      Mr Beck……so far, you’ve done a good job in the last few weeks (stopped watching you for a while, because you were being lead down the wrong path by the elites)…….but you have to start talking about Alex Jones, and his research. You have to go on his show, and talk about these things. He’ll allow you to speak freely, and honestly. Do yourself, and the world, a favour………Talk to Jones……His great grandfather (great great great etc) was the captain of the MayFlower. what other alli would you rather, other than this american, on your mission to find truth and restore freedom to your republic??

      Talk to Alex Jones, and lets get a real history written, so we can pass down truth to our kids, instead of debt and death tolls!

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    • gobluebuckeye
      Posted on November 2, 2010 at 8:52am

      GnomeChomsky, what a prototypical liberal, takes anything they can find and tries to spin it to be some kind of negative against anything conservative, but keep talking GnomeChomsky, because every time you type something you show all of us how ignorant you are, and how correct we are. By the way, you are being dominated here, and your points are false points.

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