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Nazis cleaning up Nazi mistakes (media.piefed.social)
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[โ€“] danekrae@lemmy.world 29 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I never knew this.

I don't feel any shame about that part of history.

[โ€“] Rothe@piefed.social 3 points 11 hours ago

You should know that it isn't very close to what actually went down. It was the British forces who had negotiated this as part of the surrender deal with the German forces. It was British forces who oversaw the mineclearing process (in Denmark).