This blog grew out of my "Down Da Road I Go Blog," which was originally to be about stuff I was interested in, music and what I was doing. There was so much history and Civil War entries, I spun two more off. Starting Jan. 1, 2012, I will be spinning a Naval blog off this one called "Running the Blockade."

The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
Thursday, August 24, 2017
Did the Nazis Ever Destroy Culturally Significant Buildings or Sites?
What with all this desecration and destruction of Confederate monuments, I was wondering if similar atrocities have occurred in the past.
REDDIT ASK HISTORIANS: Did the Nazis ever destroy ancient and/or culturally significant buildings and sites in the same way ISIS is currently going about destroying important buildings in Syria, such as Palmyra?
The answer is yes.
** Paris was to be destroyed before the Germans evacuated the city but the commander disobeyed Hitler's orders
** Nazi destruction of monuments and art work took two different forms:
1. To humiliate and culturally destroy the occupied people.
2. They also destroyed German art work and monuments to prevent their capture by the Allies.
Makes you wonder if the Confederate-haters, are in fact Neo-Nazis or maybe Neo-ISIS. Perhaps the Blacks are picking up the Nazi banner.
Makes You Think, Though. --Old Secesh
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