Index: Hans-Ulrich Rudel
Der Weg Articles by the WWII War Hero
Dan Rouse’s Note(s):
This is a list of articles by Hans-Ulrich Rudel in Der Weg, presented with a link if the translation is complete. Please expect this to be updated regularly, but delayed from article releases. See below for more information on Rudel.
Der Weg Articles (Translated)
[LINK] We Soldiers Build the New World [Der Weg 1950-06]
[LINK] We Grasp the Pulse of our Era! [Der Weg 1950-08]
[LINK] Let’s Save the Substance! [Der Weg 1950-10]
[LINK] Physical Education [Der Weg 1950-12]
[LINK] Do We Favor the East? [Der Weg 1951-02]
[LINK] What We Wish For and What We Can Achieve [Der Weg 1951-04]
From Dieter Vollmer’s autobiography [LINK]:
“To briefly recall, Rudel had, on the Eastern Front, disabled over five hundred Soviet tanks with his dive bombings, thereby liberating many encircled German troop units during the retreat, and in the final weeks of the war, also rescuing cut-off refugee columns. After being shot down in the Russian hinterland, he had, despite his injuries, made his way on foot back to the German lines. After an anti-aircraft hit on his aircraft resulted in the amputation of his lower leg, he climbed back into his Ju 87 long before the surgical wound had healed, with his leg stump still bleeding, for new combat missions. And when Hitler, upon awarding him the highest decoration ever bestowed and because of his severe injury, intended to withdraw him from the fighting front, Rudel refused, standing eye to eye with him, and succeeded in returning to his Immelmann squadron to continue flying until the very last day of the war, in continuous service.
After his release from first French, then American captivity, he initially set up a successful transport business with two comrades from his squadron and only emigrated to Argentina in 1948—via Rome—where President Perón showed him great sympathy and offered every possible assistance.”
Selectively quoting Wikipedia:
Hans-Ulrich Rudel was a German ground-attack pilot during World War II and a post-war neo-Nazi activist.
The most decorated German pilot of the war and the only recipient of the Knight's Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds, Rudel was credited with the destruction of 519 tanks, one battleship, one cruiser, 70 landing craft and 150 artillery emplacements. He claimed nine aerial victories and the destruction of more than 800 vehicles. He flew 2,530 ground-attack missions exclusively on the Eastern Front, usually flying the Junkers Ju 87 "Stuka" dive bomber.
Rudel surrendered to US forces in 1945 and immigrated to Argentina. An unrepentant Nazi, he helped fugitives escape to Latin America and the Middle East. He worked as an arms dealer to several right-wing regimes in South America, for which he was placed under observation by the US Central Intelligence Agency.