The Zapfenstreich is a 400year old Tradition. Well before AH. And the current version originates from the Napoleonic Wars. Not everything from Germany has to so with WW2
I was in Afghanistan during 2006 as Royal Military Police (UK). One of our infantry men had been shot and killed in a roadside ambush. At that time the British were not well resourced, think pre-Helmand, and we had no mortuary facilities in country. The Germans let us take the body to Camp Warehouse where we could store it, pre-repatriation. As we left the camp for the waiting C-17, every soldier, and I mean every soldier who was not occupied with operations, lined the route with flaming torches as a mark of respect. I was in the rear of the ambulance sitting next to our dead serviceman and this show of solidarity made me feel so proud and thankful. Respect to the bundeswehr.
ElectricFlesh on December 2nd, 2021 at 19:48 UTC »
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Fer_Zapfenstreich
SteggersBeggers on December 2nd, 2021 at 20:26 UTC »
The Zapfenstreich is a 400year old Tradition. Well before AH. And the current version originates from the Napoleonic Wars. Not everything from Germany has to so with WW2
Thunderbox101 on December 3rd, 2021 at 08:46 UTC »
I was in Afghanistan during 2006 as Royal Military Police (UK). One of our infantry men had been shot and killed in a roadside ambush. At that time the British were not well resourced, think pre-Helmand, and we had no mortuary facilities in country. The Germans let us take the body to Camp Warehouse where we could store it, pre-repatriation. As we left the camp for the waiting C-17, every soldier, and I mean every soldier who was not occupied with operations, lined the route with flaming torches as a mark of respect. I was in the rear of the ambulance sitting next to our dead serviceman and this show of solidarity made me feel so proud and thankful. Respect to the bundeswehr.