Alleged Far Right Coup Plot Foiled in Germany

[bitchstewie]

Blimey

German police raids target far-right extremists ‘seeking to overthrow state’

[greygoose]

Sounds like a badly written book plot.

[rodericb]

Three thousand police raided 110 properties and they collared twenty five people? Do the Germans run the joint like the Americans where they'll literally hold the doors open for a ragtag bunch of randoms to walk in and "take over"?

[smn159]

rodericb said:

Three thousand police raided 110 properties and they collared twenty five people? Do the Germans run the joint like the Americans where they'll literally hold the doors open for a ragtag bunch of randoms to walk in and "take over"?

Doesn't look like it to me - unlike the Americans they've managed to sort the loons out before they do something (even more) stupid

[DeejRC]

Its the idea they were then going to install an aristocrat. To do what? And then what? Running the country how? Whats to stop the rest of the country deciding to do a coup back on them?

I really don't want to laugh but Robert Harris would be ashamed of this plot!

[Oakey]

I feel like I've heard about this geezer before?

[130R]

I bet Netflix have greenlit the documentary already

[bloomen]

Full marks for ambition.

I'm not sure the 80-90 million people they wished to lord over would've been all that interested in obeying the dreams of a couple of hundred pinheads.

[s1962a]

Some information about this group

https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-germanys-reichsb%C3%...

I do wonder what the UK's response would be if this had gone ahead and been successful? Would we recognise the new government?

[Bannock]

Didn't one of those Jack Ryan books/films have a plot about a German/Austrian cabal of Fascists with aristocratic pretensions plotting to blow up the world and install a new German Reich?

I remember the days of the Red Army Faction in Germany causing havoc, there's always been a tendency to lunatic fringe groups in Germany, sad to say. One of them got into power once and caused a World War and genocided millions of innocents, but other than that they've been mostly unsuccessful thankfully.

At least these guys who have been busted were wanting to re-install the Second Reich, not the Third one.

[RogerDodgerSuperTodger]

smn159 said:

rodericb said:

Three thousand police raided 110 properties and they collared twenty five people? Do the Germans run the joint like the Americans where they'll literally hold the doors open for a ragtag bunch of randoms to walk in and "take over"?

Doesn't look like it to me - unlike the Americans they've managed to sort the loons out before they do something (even more) stupid

They also didn't raid and shoot up the wrong house.

[bloomen]

s1962a said:

I do wonder what the UK's response would be if this had gone ahead and been successful? Would we recognise the new government?

I'm sure our millions would be highly receptive to a group of unattractive bald men in late middle age wearing 3/4 length shorts appearing outside Downing St telling us how it's going to be.

That's if they're articulate enough to express what they want.

And defeated the police, armed forces, multiple millions of regular folk and stayed out of court, and social media, long enough to do it.

[S600BSB]

s1962a said:

Some information about this group

https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-germanys-reichsb%C3%...

I do wonder what the UK's response would be if this had gone ahead and been successful? Would we recognise the new government?

Farage would.

[deckster]

This one does seem quite an advanced and organised plan, but I do wonder how many of these go festering and undetected at any one time.

For example, SAS hardman du jour David Stirling was pretty close to something like this himself https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Stirling#Great...

[rodericb]

bloomen said:

Full marks for ambition.

I'm not sure the 80-90 million people they wished to lord over would've been all that interested in obeying the dreams of a couple of hundred pinheads.

A couple of hundred? Twenty five of them apparantly.

[eharding]

S600BSB said:

s1962a said:

Some information about this group

https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-germanys-reichsb%C3%...

I do wonder what the UK's response would be if this had gone ahead and been successful? Would we recognise the new government?

Farage would.

I doubt Prince Heinrich and his merry band would give him the time of day though. Even bat-st-mental neo-nazis have to draw the line somewhere.

Rather worrying that one of those arrested is an ex MP and serving judge,

[rodericb]

deckster said:

This one does seem quite an advanced and organised plan, but I do wonder how many of these go festering and undetected at any one time.

For example, SAS hardman du jour David Stirling was pretty close to something like this himself https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Stirling#Great...

wikipedia said:

The plan was that in the event of civil unrest resulting in the breakdown of normal Government operations, they would take over its running.

It sounds rather different.

This german mob didn't take to social media saying that the head of government should be bombed or beheaded.

[sunbeam alpine]

Lunchtime news over here reporting that a judge and a current MP are amongst those arrested.

[rodericb]

S600BSB said:

s1962a said:

Some information about this group

https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-germanys-reichsb%C3%...

I do wonder what the UK's response would be if this had gone ahead and been successful? Would we recognise the new government?

Farage would.

There's a few PH'ers who would. The thought of some idiots rolling up to some government office and magically taking over fills them with terror.

[Electro1980]

S600BSB said:

s1962a said:

Some information about this group

https://www.dw.com/en/what-is-germanys-reichsb%C3%...

I do wonder what the UK's response would be if this had gone ahead and been successful? Would we recognise the new government?

Farage would.

Only if there was a payday and some shameless self promotion in it for him.