On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 6:30 AM, Marvin Gandall <marvgandall at videotron.ca> wrote:
> Here is something from 1938 - a picture of the British soccer team in the
> Olympic stadium:
>
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-513358/Shameful-picture-England-squad-giving-Nazi-salute-haunts-British-sport-Why-70-years-later-suck-dictators.html
"It was a piece of contemptible cringing rendered even more pathetic and futile because Hitler, who hated sport, didn't bother to turn up.
"But that picture of impressionable footballers obeying orders from mutton-headed apparatchiks went round the world and became a lasting source of shame to this country."
Strong words from the only British paper to consistently support the NSDAP. ==================================== Interesting. Was it the only paper, or only the most strident one, to support the Nazis prior to the War? Most members of the British Establishment were pro-fascist until their overriding imperial loyalties took precedence when it became evident Hitler threatened the Empire.