Despite the fact that Hergé was in favor of the neutrality of Belgium, King Ottokar's Sceptre ( 1938 – 1939 ) could be read as anti-Nazi: Müsstler ( a possible contraction of Mussolini and Hitler ) is the leader of a conspiracy that seeks to merge the kingdom of Syldavia with its old enemy Borduria.

Despite having openly supported the Nazis, Marby was arrested by the Gestapo in 1936 as an anti-Nazi occultist and was interned in Welzheim, Flossenbürg and Dachau concentration camps.

Despite the Nazi connotations of the name Blitzkrieg, German for " Lightning-War ", they took a fiercely anti-Nazi stance.

Despite struggling through the task of plotting a story, his cadenced dialogue and cryptic narrations were musical, evoking the dark alleys and tough thugs, rich women and powerful men about whom he wrote.

Despite poor writing and plotting, spy fiction endured.

" Despite " unlike coincidence and occasional melodrama " in the plotting, Williamson concluded that " the novel is a fine juvenile reflects hopes and fears we all have known.

Despite simplistic plotting required by the 30-minute format, the writing was both professional in its handling of situations, and pointed in its dialog.

Despite a poor box office reception amidst accusations of weak plotting and simplistic rendering of the main themes, Nirvana has achieved something of a cult status, especially in Europe.

Despite his strongly held hostile feelings towards Poland, Goerdeler played a key role in breaking a strike by the Danzig dockers, who wished to shut down the Polish economy by closing Poland's principal port during the Polish – Soviet War of 1920 on the grounds that however undesirable Poland was as a neighbour, Soviet Russia would be even worse.

Despite his early sympathy for the regime and considerable pressure from the National Socialists, Goerdeler always refused to join the NSDAP.

Despite his earlier differences with Dr. Schacht, Goerdeler together with Schacht headed the " free-market " faction in the German government who during the economic crisis of 1936 urged Hitler to reduce military spending, turn away from autarkic and protectionist policies, and reduce statism in the economy.

Despite his disagreements with Göring over the best economic course to follow, on August 6, 1936, Göring commissioned a report from Goerdeler as a leading economic expert about whether Germany should devalue the Reichmark or not.

Despite what Goerdeler perceived as a major set-back after Munich, he continued with his efforts to bring about the downfall of the Nazi regime.

Despite suffering heavy defeats against the West Indies during the 1980s, England continued to do well in the Ashes.

Despite these activities, for some time, the Alemanni seem to have continued their pagan cult activities, with only superficial or syncretistic Christian elements.

Despite Acorn themselves effectively shelving the Electron in 1985, games continued to be developed and released by professional software houses until 1991.

Despite display rules and guidances, accidents have continued to happen.

Despite his decision to decline the award, the Soviet Union of Writers continued to denounce Pasternak in the State owned press.

Despite their embrace of the principle of rectilinear inertia and the recognition of the kinematical relativity of apparent motion ( which underlies whether the Ptolemaic or the Copernican system is correct ), natural philosophers of the seventeenth century continued to consider true motion and rest as physically separate descriptors of an individual body.

Despite this campaign Chaplin was a favourite with the troops, and his popularity continued to grow worldwide.

Despite the progress in certain sectors, many social and political injustices continued.

Despite this turnover in the ownership, a powerhouse team composed of Feller, Doby, Minnie Miñoso, Luke Easter, Bobby Avila, Al Rosen, Early Wynn, Bob Lemon, and Mike Garcia continued to contend through the early 1950s.

Despite the ban on factionalism, the Workers ' Opposition continued its open agitation against the policies of the Central Committee, and before the 11th Party Congress ( March 1922 ) the Workers ' Opposition made an ill-conceived bid to win support for their position in the Comintern.

Despite the reorganization, money continued to be a problem for the institution.

Despite the Algiers Agreement, tense relations with Ethiopia have continued and led to regional instability.

Despite the advent of a regular television service in the Federal Republic in 1952, cinema attendances continued to grow through much of the 1950s, reaching a peak of 817. 5 million visits in 1956.

Despite this, however, the country continued to receive aid and investment from capitalist countries such as the U. S ..

Despite ceasing to record new material between 2002 and ( most of ) 2005, Brooks continued to chart with previously recorded material, including a top 30 placing for " Why Ain't I Running " in 2003.

Despite the advent of print however, hand-written grimoires remained highly valued, as they were believed to contain inherent magical powers within them, and they continued to be produced.

Despite the step up, his scoring exploits continued and he was runner-up only to Ian Rush in the goalscoring charts the following season and then went one better as he was the First Division's joint top goalscorer in 1984 – 85 with 24 goals.

Despite receiving some criticism from his peers, he continued to front the BBC's coverage of the Masters and The Open, where he put his language skills to good use by giving an impromptu interview in Spanish with Argentinian Andrés Romero.

Despite the testimony, persecution against Quakers and other dissenters continued.

Despite the attempt to keep the show fresh, the changes alienated many of its longtime viewers while failing to gain the hoped-for younger viewers, and the ratings continued their decline.

Despite strong government measures, tension continued to grow, and Carías was ultimately forced to release some prisoners.

Despite his engagement in politics, Abeken never lost his interest in theology and continued to publish and speak in this sector during all of his life.

Despite widespread condemnation of her scholarship some minor aspects of her work continued to have supporters.

Despite warnings from local authorities, the group continued to meet privately and attract even more followers.

Despite these illnesses, construction of the new town continued.

Despite being subjected to severe pressure and incarceration for a year at Kraków, the delegation refused to submit to the king's terms, and Giese and Councilor Georg Kleefeld were eventually released in 1570 against a ransom of 100, 000 guilders.

Despite having condemned this legislation as unworkable after an anti-grizzly bear hunting initiative by her husband, proponent Paul George failed to gather and submit sufficient signatures, Carr threw the energies into this campaign which, although it too failed to gather sufficient signatures in all but four ridings, The nearly 100, 000 signatures gathered created the largest voting reform organization in the province and increased awareness and support amongst Greens and non-Greens alike for electoral reform.

Despite censure, Agafangel persisted with the support of ROCOR parishes inside and outside of the Ukraine which had also refused to submit to the Act of Canonical Communion.

Despite mounting public opposition from many sectors of the community, Bale has refused to withdraw the bill or submit it to a referendum.

Despite his failure to secure the nomination, Sloan was the first to submit petitions to the board of elections with the Libertarian Party line, which effectively gives him the nomination ; the down-ballot selections on Sloan's petitions are identical to those confirmed by the party committee.

Despite his not winning the match, TNA continued to claim that Samoa Joe was undefeated after this event, as he was not pinned and did not submit.

Despite this, Gabo himself designed a radio transmitter in 1920 ( and would submit a design to the Palace of the Soviets competition in 1930 ).

Despite recent rumours of some clubs currently in the Scottish Football League being on the verge of administration and the possibility of League places becoming available in the near future there has been no announcement from Gala Fairydean as to their future intentions or ability to submit an application should the opportunity arise.

Despite warm reviews, neither Cinematique nor Coincidence Vs Fate sold in great numbers, due in part to low-key press and distribution, and to Haig's ongoing reluctance to submit to self-promotion.