Jumo 222: what's the truth?

[wiking85]

Hate was not the motivation insofar as it was power; the hate came from the threats to power that Goering and Milch represented to one another. Its the same reason Koppenberg had to go; he was too powerful and needed to be dealt with so Milch could reclaim supreme authority in his sphere. So its a matter of power politics than personality:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Kershaw

Like Broszat, Kershaw sees the structures of the Nazi state as far more important than the personality of Hitler (or any other individual for that matter) as an explanation for the way Nazi Germany developed. In particular, Kershaw subscribes to the view argued by Broszat and the German historian Hans Mommsen that Nazi Germany was a chaotic collection of rival bureaucracies in perpetual power struggles with each other. In Kershaw's view, the Nazi dictatorship was not a totalitarian monolith, but rather comprised an unstable coalition of several blocs in a "power cartel" comprising the NSDAP, big business, the German state bureaucracy, the Army and SS/police agencies (and moreover, each of the "power blocs" in turn were divided into several factions).[35] In Kershaw's opinion, the more "radical" blocs such as the SS/police and the Nazi Party gained increasing ascendency over the other blocs after the 1936 economic crisis, and from then onwards increased their power at the expense of the other blocs.[36]

 

[davebender]

Perhaps Milch thought the Allies would give him a better deal after Germany lost the war due to his sabotaging aircraft production.

 

[stona]

Perhaps Milch thought the Allies would give him a better deal after Germany lost the war due to his sabotaging aircraft production.

He was sentenced to life in prison and served about seven years....so you may have a point

Cheers

Steve

 

[gmsw7]

Attached are 20 pages from Ferdinand Brandner's autobiography covering the jumo 222. They are in german, I am a slow german reader and about 1/3 way through