Dietrich's last shit show was a steaming load of fictitious anti-historical crap.
Part one
When Dietrich wasn't ranting leftist political ideology and defamation and slander of a long list of detractors and others, he was vomiting up revisions of history involving the first Naval battle of the Savo Islands, Guadalcanal (1942-43), the exposure of an entire division of US Marines to nuclear radiation (1945), and that an "Axis bomb" was transported to the US by Charles A. Lindburgh (1944) who was really a Nazi and eventually relocated to Argentina.
At 3:32:00, Dietrich recited a posting by one of his cult followers George Knight and inserted his own typical disjointed commentary claiming:
"After the US went nuclear and detonated the 'Fatman' (the plutonium bomb) and the axis bomb 'Little Boy' (uranium bomb) which itself was a mass-produced axis-standardized piece of ordinance, atomic ordinance but standardized nonetheless and this was standardized in mass-production because they had so much uranium by which to produce it, so one was of taken from, ah, uh, at the time the Americans were overrunning parts of Germany, actually was brought back by Charles Lindbergh under direct orders of Harry S. Truman"Dietrich went on to claim that Lindbergh was a "friend" to the 3rd Reich and brought back the "Little Boy" bomb (how and when Lindbergh did this was not mentioned) because Truman had promised not to use it on Germany. And that Lindbergh spoke fluent German and had loyalty to Germany and had many Nazi connections. So much so that he actually relocated to Argentina following WW2. Dietrich said "If the US had won the war they would have hanged Lindbergh as a traitor", but the Nazis demanded Lindbergh be left alone. Dietrich called Lindbergh "the Benedict Arnold of World War Two."
Even a cursory search for any of this bullshit by anyone with a brain will show this to be false.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_LindberghI find this particularly disturbing because Charles A. Lindbergh was one of my heroes as a child, and even after researching the man's life (biographies) and history, still is. This is yet another example of Dietrich's hateful and pathetic efforts to discredit established historical fact with propaganda.
I could spend a great deal of time refuting Dietrichs' claims about Lindbergh. But would simply point out that Lindbergh was not the only famous person accused of being a Nazi sympathizer. The awarding of a low level diplomatic medal by the Germans is often cited:
In 1938, Hugh Wilson, the American ambassador to Germany, hosted a dinner for Lindbergh with Germany's air chief, Hermann Göring and three central figures in German aviation, Ernst Heinkel, Adolf Baeumker, and Willy Messerschmitt. At this dinner Göring presented Lindbergh with the Commander Cross of the Order of the German Eagle. Lindbergh's acceptance proved controversial after Kristallnacht, an anti-Jewish pogrom in Germany a few weeks later. Lindbergh declined to return the medal, later writing, "It seems to me that the returning of decorations, which were given in times of peace and as a gesture of friendship, can have no constructive effect. If I were to return the German medal, it seems to me that it would be an unnecessary insult. Even if war develops between us, I can see no gain in indulging in a spitting contest before that war begins."[145] Regarding this, Ambassador Wilson later wrote to Lindbergh, "Neither you, nor I, nor any other American present had any previous hint that the presentation would be made. I have always felt that if you refused the decoration, presented under those circumstances, you would have been guilty of a breach of good taste. It would have been an act offensive to a guest of the Ambassador of your country, in the house of the Ambassador."[142]
In fact, three other Americans were presented the same award by the Germans prior to WW2:
Thomas J. Watson, chairman of IBM, 1937. Watson was also president of the International Chamber of Commerce in 1937; the medal was awarded while the ICC was meeting in Germany that year.[10]
James Mooney, General Motors' chief executive for overseas operations, was awarded Order of the German Eagle 1st Class.[2]
Ernest G. Liebold, Henry Ford's private secretary, was awarded Order of the German Eagle 1st Class in September 1938.[11]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_German_EagleI suspect that his involvement with isolationism, (as did Henry Ford before WW1) has much to do with Dietrichs shared agenda of disinformation and deceipt.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_First_CommitteeLindbergh flew 50 combat missions in the Pacific during WW2. In his six months in the Pacific in 1944, Lindbergh took part in fighter bomber raids on Japanese positions, flying 50 combat missions (again as a civilian).[189] His innovations in the use of Lockheed P-38 Lightning fighters impressed a supportive Gen. Douglas MacArthur.[190] Lindbergh introduced engine-leaning techniques to P-38 pilots, greatly improving fuel consumption at cruise speeds, enabling the long-range fighter aircraft to fly longer range missions. P-38 pilot Warren Lewis quoted Lindbergh's fuel saving settings, “He said, ‘...we can cut the RPM down to 1400RPMs and use 30 inches of mercury (manifold pressure), and save 50 - 100 gallons of fuel on a mission.’”[191] The U.S. Marine and Army Air Force pilots who served with Lindbergh praised his courage and defended his patriotism.[188][192]
On July 28, 1944, during a P-38 bomber escort mission with the 433rd Fighter Squadron in the Ceram area, Lindbergh shot down a Mitsubishi Ki-51 "Sonia" observation plane, piloted by Captain Saburo Shimada, commanding officer of the 73rd Independent Chutai.[188][193]
Lindbergh's participation in combat was revealed in a copyrighted story in the Passaic Herald-News on October 22, 1944.[194]
In mid-October 1944, Lindbergh participated in a joint Army-Navy conference on fighter planes at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland.[195]
After the war, Lindbergh toured the Nazi concentration camps and wrote in his autobiography that he was disgusted and angered
After World War II, Lindbergh lived in Darien, Connecticut and served as a consultant to the Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force and to Pan American World Airways. With most of eastern Europe under Communist control, Lindbergh believed that his prewar assessments of the Soviet threat were correct. Lindbergh witnessed firsthand the defeat of Germany and the Holocaust, and Berg reported, "he knew the American public no longer gave a hoot about his opinions."
In 1954, on the recommendation of President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lindbergh was commissioned a brigadier general in the U.S. Air Force Reserve. Also in that year, he served on a Congressional advisory panel that recommended the site of the United States Air Force Academy.
Lindbergh spent his last years on the Hawaiian island of Maui, where he died of lymphoma on August 26, 1974, at age 72. He was buried on the grounds of the Palapala Ho'omau Church in Kipahulu, Maui.
Dietrich then (5:33:00) presented (read from a source in his best "narrative voice"), the first Naval battle in the Guadalcanal campaign as a victory for the Japanese greater than Midway. He said the invading US Marines were then totally cut off from resupply for 3 months and resorted to cannibalism to survive and of course Dietrich confirmed this by reading reports he destroyed.
What Dietrich neglected to contextualize in his recitation of the 30-minute engagement, is 1. There were 3 additional Naval battles related to Savo Island and Guadalcanal 2. The Japanese admiral Mikawa failed to destroy the American transports, a tactical mistake which allowed transports and other support ships to continue to re-supply the Marines for almost 6 months and 3. The Japanese failed to secure the Island and withdrew with heavy losses. The Japanese offensive was broken and the Pacific War eventually won by the Allies.
"From the time of the battle until several months later, almost all Allied supplies and reinforcements sent to Guadalcanal came by transports in small convoys, mainly during daylight hours, while Allied aircraft from the New Hebrides and Henderson Field and any available aircraft carriers flew covering missions. During this time, Allied forces on Guadalcanal received barely enough ammunition and provisions to withstand the several Japanese drives to retake the islands.[29]""Despite their defeat in this battle, the Allies eventually won the battle for Guadalcanal, an important step in the eventual defeat of Japan. In hindsight, if Mikawa had elected to risk his ships to go after the Allied transports on the morning of August 9, he could have improved the chances of Japanese victory in the Guadalcanal campaign at its inception, and the course of the war in the southern Pacific could have gone much differently. Although the Allied warships at Guadalcanal that night were completely routed, the transports were unaffected. Many of these same transports were used many times to bring crucial supplies and reinforcements to Allied forces on Guadalcanal over succeeding months. Mikawa's decision not to destroy the Allied transport ships when he had the opportunity would prove to be a crucial strategic mistake for the Japanese.[1]:121" "On December 12, the Japanese Navy proposed that Guadalcanal be abandoned. Despite opposition from Japanese Army leaders, who still hoped that Guadalcanal could eventually be retaken from the Allies, on December 31, 1942 Japan's Imperial General Headquarters, with approval from the Emperor, agreed to the evacuation of all Japanese forces from the island and the establishment of a new line of defense for the Solomons on New Georgia. The Japanese evacuated their remaining forces from Guadalcanal over three nights between February 2 and February 7, 1943, conceding the hard-fought campaign to the Allies. Building on their success at Guadalcanal and elsewhere, the Allies continued their campaign against Japan, ultimately culminating in Japan's defeat and the end of World War II.[44]"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Savo_Islandhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Esperancehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Battle_of_Guadalcanalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tassafaronga
