Talk:Josef Jakobs

" and a german sausage"
Really wikipedia? Posting an old cheap joke like that on the frontpage? The source at least doesn't mention it. It's apparently in the article since forever, but it's still not really funny. 2A02:8109:A180:2B70:785B:D7EA:966E:991D (talk) 17:06, 15 August 2016 (UTC)


 * I assumed it was a joke too, but https://www.trivia-library.com/b/famous-lasts-the-last-execution-in-the-tower-of-london.htm seems to be a source for it, apparently predating the edit that introduced it here https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Josef_Jakobs&diff=284079679&oldid=275119595 Slogby (talk) 22:04, 7 December 2016 (UTC)

With the fog of war, none probably can answer this.
¿Did the intelligence service offer to spare his life, if he would talk?

I understand the desire to kill all spies, but if one gives them a choice between good treatment if they talk, or death if they not, most sing like canaries. If one treats all spies like POWs or execute all spies, spies have no incentive to divulge useful intelligence, but if one offers a choice between good treatment or death, one can get good intelligence from them. Sticks and carrots work much better than all stick or all carrot. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:643:C002:2830:48DE:EA99:2C21:648 (talk) 22:56, 15 August 2020 (UTC)