Revealed: How Nazi officers led by top general formed secret army AFTER the war and planned to overthrow Allies who occupied Germany
Nazi
soldiers formed a secret army and plotted to attack the Allies who
occupied Germany after the end of the Second World War, according to
recently unearthed documents.
A
group of 2,000 soldiers from Hitler's Wehrmacht, including senior SS
officers, formed the covert group with the aim of restoring 'honour' to
their homeland, which had been split into two states and ravaged by
fighting.
The
group spied on left-wing politicians, stockpiled weapons and planned to
recruit 40,000 of its own soldiers to attack opposing forces, including
the Soviets occupying East Germany, and the newly-formed republic in
West Germany.
Secret: Albert Schnez, (left) who later
commanded the official German army, led the secret force. Otto Skorzeny,
(right), a decorated SS officer, was also involved
Details of the organisation were revealed in files from Germany's intelligence agency, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND).
According
to the documents, former Nazi officers Albert Schnez led the
organisation. He went on to command the Bundeswehr, the modern-day
German army.
Otto Skorzeny, the decorated
Waffen SS officer who Mussolini the Italian dictator in a daring glider
raid on the mountaintop where he was held prisoner by anti-fascists, was
also involved in the plansPlans made by Schnez spelled out how his 40,000 troops would first fight the Russians in East Germany before turning to attack the west of the country.
Shattered: The secret force was formed to
restore 'honour' to Germany after the devastation of the Second World
War. Pictured is Dresden in 1946
Attacks: The covert army planned first to attack to Russians occupying badly-damaged East Germany
Defeated soldiers: The secret force was made up
of former Wehrmacht and SS fighters. German soldiers are pictured here
surrendering at Aachen
Informed: Germany Chancellor Konrad Adenauer was told about the secret group, and ordered intelligence services to monitor them
Plans
were drawn up to seize weapons from riot police armories. The group
also seemed to have a fixation on tracking down what it termed
'Vaterlandsverrärter' - traitors to the Fatherland.
The ex-Nazi officers believed that a civil war could break out at any time in Germany.
According
to the newly-discovered file, Germany's then-leader, Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer, was told about the secret army in 1951. He told his spies to
carry out 'assistance and monitoring' of the group, but did not move to
shut it down.
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