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Published: 2015-01-22 05:06:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 1383; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 7
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An outpost I single handedly captured during a reenactment that overlooked the small abandoned town. A tough challenge to do as it was on an open field, but I somehow made it.
2nd SS "Das Reich"
1944, Villers Bocage
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Congratulations komerade. Another small victory for the Fatherland. Speaking of reenactments, I'm reenacting the Battle of the Bulge next weekend.
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nice man! Sounds like fun 
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This is glorious. Totally awesome. I love the expression, and the dust/dirt/mud on the boots just... It's perfect. I love it. One of my favorites. Keep it up!!!
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Thank you! It was a great event
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It looks like it! I used to do reenactments. But my uniform got pulled apart so I've really only got pieces lying around here and there, unfortunately.
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awww damn 
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Reenactment unit? I wasn't. I just did it with some friends
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Well not reenactment unit, but if you portrayed a German soldier or political unit, what unit or regiment did you portray?
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Oh, I had the M32. And I had the Totenkopf division wristlet
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Ahhh, a political unit haha. I tend to stay away from those heh… Some really fucked up people wore those uniforms haha. I do have an M32 Allgemeine impression as well, but it only comes out when making films.
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Also, if you don't believe me. I'll be more than happy to provide pictures of me with them. I'm not pissed at you, you seem like a good person. I just get REALLY heated in WWII history.
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Some really good people wore them too.
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The Totenkampf, Allgemeine, Brown Shirts, SS, and Political units were made of some of the worst people imaginable. Sure there can be a very small select of good ones. But they're ideologies were hideous. The Nazis were idiotic mad men who used the brilliance of German scientists and generals to support their regime. Yes, it was a direct cause of Britain and France making the treaty of Versailles, but the sub-human genocide is conceived as one of the worst atrocities to mankind. Soviet Union killed more people, but it was in their own state so not many know on it as history is written indirectly throughout. I can see you're a supporter of the Nazi regime, but as a 13 year historian, I can tell you that you have your ideologies wrong about who the Nazis were. You're basing yours off more or less the plain "unsustainable" excuse known as Fascism. It'd be like me saying I'm hard core communist but only because Karl Marx ideologies were correct. Just like the Nazis, their idea like Karl Marx's can never be achieved. That being said, the Nazis used a Ukranian symbol known as the Swastika (correctly it stands for life and love) flipped it upside down to mean death and hatred. The people lived nicely but under the premise of no free speech, no contact of outside world, extreme work, and losing most of your belongings. If you question the authority, the Allgemeine or "Gestapo" would arrest or execute you.
My point for all of this? The idea of a perfect society sounds great, but it can NEVER be achieved as long as everyone has a different mind.
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You say that the Soviet Union killed people within their own state. This is false. They raped and pillaged whole towns of German women and children, completely unrelated to the German war effort. Modern Communism (communism in the past 100 years) is linked to well-over 200 million deaths.
The Nazis did not flip the swastika "upside down to mean death and hatred." They wanted to have peace and life as the epitome of their country. Their idea of this was different than ours, today, and different than how the leaders of the country ultimately executed that idea. Stating that they intentionally meant to bring "death and hatred" is ignorant, to say the least. This would be like saying the Soviets made sickles have an evil or derogatory meaning. Or that the Chinese made stars a Communist symbol. Or Anarchists made the silhouette of a skull equal lawlessness. They use(d) regular, every day, understandable messages in their armies. These messages were skewed over time, but not intentionally.
I am not a holocaust denier, but I think the numbers are atrociously ambiguous, as well as the "facts" surrounding the "genocide."
I suggest you consider WHY Nazism prevailed so fruitfully in that part of the world for so long, and how it came to develop throughout Europe.
I never said that a perfect society can be achieved, you seem to think you know me, and what I stand for. If you do want to know, however, don't hesitate to PM me here.
You have two PHD's in history? If by "historian for 13 years" you mean "looking things up online and reading Wikipedia" then I'm afraid that's not a title you can hold. I am presently attending Washington State University and study World History, World Politics, Comparative Politics, and European History of the Modern Era.
I suggest you reconsider using the word "historian" as too many 16-year-olds use it quite loosely.
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My "history knowledge" comes from reenacting for 7 years, reading autobiographies of generals and soldiers, books, taking summer courses, going to public events and teaching the public about history, volunteering at museums, and talking to the veterans in Europe with the privilege to meet both SS, Wehrmacht, U.S., british, and russian Veterans. I have heard the stories personally from Otto Carius (2nd tank ace in WWII history) and have met numerous veterans. I'm not denying the Soviet Union killed more people or that they're better, but that doesn't "justify" the Nazis with the ambition that there are worse people out there. That's like saying he's worse than me so therefore I'm not the bad guy after committing genocide.
Read the Rise and Fall of the Third Reich. The entire book was made by SS, Wehrmacht, and civilians during the regime of Nazi Germany. Took almost 50 years of documentation to make. Nothing sugar coated, all personal first hand experiences from the real people there. 1,200 pages of straight fact of what the Nazis did. If that isn't good enough for you, then perhaps you would like to meet my friend Obgef Johannes Suttinger, an Oberst or FJR Krupp 6 Fallschirmjager battalion. Not him? Oh, I can introduce you to my friend Friedrich who served in the 2nd SS "Das Reich" and single handedly taught me the knowledge and common difference between Nazis and Waffen SS. Not him? I can introduce you to Jakob Stüntel, a veteran of the 352 Wehrmacht who was at Stalingrad. He taught me that the Germans honor was loyalty without question. He, 11 times told me he never was a Nazi and what they did is disgraceful and horrible to what his people stood for. School history doesn't mean anything to me, I get my stories from Veterans and autobiographies written by the people who were there.
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Precisely. So listen to me when I reiterate; not all men who wore that uniform were evil. Some were very good people.
Do you know who Erwin Rommel was, and what he stood for?
By the way, my boyfriend's grandfathers were both Nazis. (He is a German) One was even SS. Neither of them supported the murder of the Jews, gypsies, or homosexuals. They were involved in the war effort because it was expected, and what was done for their country. I'm sure your friends are the same way.
I compliment my formal education with Veterans and autobiographies as well. Our sources are different, however, and our opinions on the subject are different. Although I formally study history, etc., I would not call myself a "historian" until I have a BA or higher in the study of history. As I stated earlier, I suggest you do the same.
Food for thought: Not all Republicans or Democrats are the same. Not all Communists are the same. Not all Atheists or Christians are the same. That should mean, then, that not all Nazis are the same.
If you would like to continue this chat, you are more than welcome, just please send me a PM.
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I am going to study history in college, I'm still a senior in high school believe it or not. Although I don't really believe you need a piece of paper to prove your a historian as my teacher is an archeologist in Munich named David. He taught me most of what I know, probably smarter than 10 professors combined in his field of expertise which is WWII in Germany. Of course most were following orders even though most to all were branded as Nazis by illiterate people… I try to show them that is not true through filmmaking. General Erwin Rommel, the Desert Fox and most respected general by both the allies and axis (my favorite general of all time). He served in WWI and led a daring attack across the river in which I forget the name of… Then in 1929, he went back to training soldiers as a senior officer and wrote a book on tactics in military. Hitler saw his brilliance and appointed him the commander of the 6th Panzer Corps or known as the "Ghost Division". In 1940, they're army travelled faster than any other army in history, hitting the south of France in almost only 2 months! (sometimes moving a 100 miles a day). He was then appointed a field marshal of the Afrika Korps after Italy was heavily pushed back. He pushed his army through the lines and took the allies by surprise, making him the best German general of the time. But Hitler was an idiot, he did not relieve his troops long enough to form up and push the allies out. He continued the assault and Rommel suffered his first major defeat at El Alemein. He reformed and requested to have his troops relieved, it was refused. He attacked and was halted at Gazala, then pushed back. He pleaded to pull out, Hitler denied this and the Afrika Korps was almost wiped out entirely at Tunisia in 1943. Appointed to Normandy for defense, he once again was taken for a fool by Hitler… Rommel told Hitler if the allies were to attack, it would be at Normandy. He wanted all the Panzer reserves at the beaches, Hitler refused. Also because of all generals on leave during D-day, it was a disaster. Rommel once again was right, but was on halt after his limo was strafed by a Typhoon fighter. Multiple times, he was asked by superior officers to help join the assassination of Hitler. He refused that if any attack were to be made on Hitler, it would drain his sanity and he would lose it and become paranoid. He wanted to overthrow Hitler, dismantle the Nazi regime and plead to the allies for an unconditional surrender. He was then supposedly found giving bomber coordinates to the British and was asked to either have his family killed by the Gestapo, or he would take his own life. He took his own life and was buried honorably still.
So my point being this, Gestapo, Allgemeine, Brown Shirts, and political units made up .8% of the forces in Germany I believe. To join, you would need more than just an oath to Hitler, it was a plead that you were full blown dedicated to any and all Nazi regime standings. This meant they knew everything that was happening (genocide, mass murders, civilian roundups, etc.) So in my final conclusion, most to all Germans were good people. But the small fraction of the radical nazis as I mentioned before were pure Nazis, they knew what was happening and they stood by it. They stood by murder and atrocities and were okay with it. This is why I believe those men were evil and ignorant. But they weren't the only ones who were bad… The Ukrainian civil police ordered the hundreds and thousands of jews into camps by SS orders. There were many more. It was a time where great evil in a lot of countries was happening. Never before has our world seen so much death. General Erwin Rommel was Wehrmacht, not SS or a Nazi. In my book, he was the last knight of Germany.
You can note me if you want to, I'm always open to chat.
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