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SvC 2|2 Adolf Hitler: Conscripted. Crown Prince Adolf Hitler the Hohenzollern in the German Army. Horrifically Seriously Wounded via Machine Gun During World War 1.
The then Crown Prince, My Great-Grandfather Adolf Hitler the Hohenzollern, was nearly fatally wounded with a Machine Gun during trench warfare on the Western Front, after being conscripted to the German Army in his twenties after World War 1 started.
He was horrifically wounded. He was found, almost dead, by troops who spoke a language he didn't understand, who stole his boots and left him for dead, without shooting him dead. He then had to get back to a trench along the ground, over a period of hours, seriously wounded in the torso, hip, leg and lungs. He had on the spot emergency surgery when attended by a medical team on site. His heart needed to be massaged by hand inside his chest during further surgery to keep him alive, due to loss of blood. He survived despite his wounds including both of his lungs being punctured.
The Crown Prince of Germany then spent most of the next five years in hospital, and was physically impaired for the rest of his life, due to serious wounds to his side and torso.
Crown Prince Adolf Hitler was awarded two combat Iron Cross whist in a recovery hospital for extremely serious wounded military personnel. Then a Medical Discharge Iron Cross, that he displayed to the public on his clothing afterwards as proof he never had to serve in the German military again.
There is brief film footage of him being spoon fed by a nurse after surgery on his machine gun wounds in circulation in the internet.
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By Sir Brian J WebbThe then Crown Prince, My Great-Grandfather Adolf Hitler the Hohenzollern, was nearly fatally wounded with a Machine Gun during trench warfare on the Western Front, after being conscripted to the German Army in his twenties after World War 1 started.
He was horrifically wounded. He was found, almost dead, by troops who spoke a language he didn't understand, who stole his boots and left him for dead, without shooting him dead. He then had to get back to a trench along the ground, over a period of hours, seriously wounded in the torso, hip, leg and lungs. He had on the spot emergency surgery when attended by a medical team on site. His heart needed to be massaged by hand inside his chest during further surgery to keep him alive, due to loss of blood. He survived despite his wounds including both of his lungs being punctured.
The Crown Prince of Germany then spent most of the next five years in hospital, and was physically impaired for the rest of his life, due to serious wounds to his side and torso.
Crown Prince Adolf Hitler was awarded two combat Iron Cross whist in a recovery hospital for extremely serious wounded military personnel. Then a Medical Discharge Iron Cross, that he displayed to the public on his clothing afterwards as proof he never had to serve in the German military again.
There is brief film footage of him being spoon fed by a nurse after surgery on his machine gun wounds in circulation in the internet.