2 Quotes by Stefan Ihrig

…In the eyes of a desperate and desolate Germany, this was a nationalist dream come true, or rather something like hyper-nationalist pornography…

Hitler repeatedly did everything he could to avoid upsetting the Turks. On two occasions he forbade military operations in Turkish waters when chasing the enemy. After Crete was taken, he stressed that except for a Kraft-durch-Freude (Strength through Joy) facility, nothing else, especially not military installations, could be built there, in order not to upset the Turks. The New Turkey was repeatedly invited to take part in the New Order of Europe