 | What if Adolf Hitler had taken up residence in Neuschwanstein Castle?| WW2 General Discuss What if Adolf Hitler had taken up residence in Neuschwanstein Castle? in the World War II - General forums; Hitler wants a new home.
He chooses the most beautiful Castle in the world....except perhaps for Snow White's ... |
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04-26-2007, 06:30 PM
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Country:  | What if Adolf Hitler had taken up residence in Neuschwanstein Castle?
Hitler wants a new home. 
He chooses the most beautiful Castle in the world....except perhaps for Snow White's Castle.............  to be blown up by a Grand Slam! 
Thats Hitler above.   
Would we have risked it? Would we have bombed? What was worth more, preserving Neuschwanstein or destroying Hitler?
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04-26-2007, 06:49 PM
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Country:  | Do we dare hope that he meet the same destiny as the mad prince who built it, drown, instead?
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04-26-2007, 07:47 PM
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Country:  | Would think they wanted him alive so wouldn't likely try to bomb him. whether or not they would bomb the castle, well they did flatten the monastary on mount cassino.... | |
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04-26-2007, 09:09 PM
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| Hitler was worth more to the allies being alive (and leading Germany from one blunder to aanother) than being dead.
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04-27-2007, 02:04 AM
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whether or not they would bomb the castle, well they did flatten the monastary on mount cassino....
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04-27-2007, 09:06 AM
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Country:  | I really would have hoped that it would not have been destroyed. It is the most beautiful castle in the world (below is a pick we took flying around it last summer).
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04-27-2007, 09:32 AM
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Country:  | The sniper assasination plans(near the Berghoff) for Hitlers death were cancelled for reasons already outlined. So I think the castle would be spared. Very nice BTW.
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04-27-2007, 09:44 AM
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Country: | It's a good thing they didn't bomb it. Like Adler said, the place is absolutely beautiful. If you ever go to Disney in Orlando, you can see a downsized (and varied) model of it. It's the model for the Castle in the Majic Kingdom. Even Walt Disney knew it was beautiful.
That being said, if Hitler had lived there, it would've been bombed out of existence. No two ways about it. The guy atracted 1,000 plane bombing raids like flys to s***. | 
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04-27-2007, 03:08 PM
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Country: | Nice flying Adler.
Closest I have come to that is watching the film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." 
Funny thing is, watching that movie gives you the impression the interior of Neuschwanstein Castle is ugly and drab.
I got mixed up. There is no Snow White Castle. Here are Disney castles. They get me mixed up!
Sleeping Beauties Castle Disneyland California 
Sleeping Beauty Castle in Hong Kong 
Cinderellas Castle Disney World Tokyo 
Cinderella Castle Orlando Florida. 
And then there is another kind of Sleeping Beauty Castle in Paris   
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"What you doing? Oh Nooooo!"
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04-27-2007, 06:41 PM
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Country: | I don't tihnk any of the Allied powers would have hesitated for a second. Just look at Dresden or Monte Cassino. If you had the choice between a dead tyrant or a destroyed castle, I doubt many would lose any sleep | |
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04-27-2007, 06:49 PM
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Country: | I hope to see it some day. I'm glad it's still there.
I believe given reliable intelligence, and a reasonable chance of success, the Castle would have been shattered into dust without a second thought.
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04-27-2007, 10:29 PM
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Country: | How about a paratrooper drop?
The interior would have been wrecked sure and some on the outside, but at least the whole place wouldn't have been flattened.
On second thought, landing troops on that mountain would probably be too hard. And if they landed in the plain, Hitler would have had time to escape. Plus they would have gotten slaughtered trying to climb up that mountain.
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"His motor's conked out!"
"What's the differance, they're all Nazis!"
"Luke, shut up!"
"Fear the hook!"
"Oh.....I wanna fly."
"You mean the kind that go under water and fly up the stairs?"
"What you doing? Oh Nooooo!"
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04-28-2007, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Soundbreaker Welch?  How about a paratrooper drop?
The interior would have been wrecked sure and some on the outside, but at least the whole place wouldn't have been flattened.
On second thought, landing troops on that mountain would probably be too hard. And if they landed in the plain, Hitler would have had time to escape. Plus they would have gotten slaughtered trying to climb up that mountain. | To difficult. You have to walk up to the castle from ground level to truely appreciate it. My knees were killing me it was so steep.
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04-28-2007, 10:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Soundbreaker Welch? Nice flying Adler.
Closest I have come to that is watching the film "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."
Funny thing is, watching that movie gives you the impression the interior of Neuschwanstein Castle is ugly and drab. | It is, because it was never finished. King Ludwig died before it was finished. He committed suicide or was murdered (its still up in the air) at a nearby lake.
I will have to post some pics from when I toured the Castle. It is still really neat though. Quote: |
Originally Posted by Soundbreaker Welch I got mixed up. There is no Snow White Castle. Here are Disney castles. They get me mixed up!
Sleeping Beauties Castle Disneyland California
Sleeping Beauty Castle in Hong Kong
Cinderellas Castle Disney World Tokyo
Cinderella Castle Orlando Florida.
And then there is another kind of Sleeping Beauty Castle in Paris | The difference between Neuschwanstein and all of those is that Neuschwanstein is a real castle. 
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04-28-2007, 05:41 PM
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Country: | Thats right. But the last pic can almost look real, doesn't it?
Actually Adler, I didn't think the interior of Neushwanstein was used in the film. I thought they used a set piece or the inside of some other castle to do the indoor filming. If you have watched the film, is that really the inside of the castle? It's all grey walls inside with no decoration. Was only some of Neuschwanstein decorated before Ludwig died, like his bedroom for instance?
One time I say a documentary about the castle and they showed some of the rooms and it was beautiful. That film is what got me interested in Neuschwanstein. Hope to visit Bavaria someday too.
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