Waffen-SS: Elite or Mass-Army?
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Waffen-SS divisions are often portrayed as an elite formations, yet, this view misses that the Waffen-SS had a large amount of divisions with very different combat records. This video takes a closer look at the Waffen-SS based on academic sources and will also explain why many statements of the Waffen-SS divisions are just wrong, since they don't account for the heterogeneity of the various divisions. Cover: Bundesarchiv, Bild 101III-Zschaeckel-159-08 / Zschäckel, Friedrich / CC-BY-SA 3.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Zschaeckel-159-08,_Fritz_Rentrop.jpg Cover colorization and modification design by vonKickass. »» GET OUR BOOK «« » Army Regulation Medium Panzer Company 1941 - http://www.hdv470-7.com »» SUPPORT MHV «« » patreon - see videos early (adfree) - https://www.patreon.com/join/mhv » subscribe star - https://www.subscribestar.com/mhv » paypal donation - https://paypal.me/mhvis » YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK09g6gYGMvU-0x1VCF1hgA/join »» MERCHANDISE «« » teespring - https://teespring.com/stores/military-history-visualized » SOURCES « Wegner, Bernd: Hitlers politische Soldaten: die Waffen-SS 1933 - 1945: Leitbild, Struktur und Funktion einer nationalsozialistischen Elite. 9. Aufl. (unveränd. Nachdr. der 8. Aufl. 2008), Schöningh: Paderborn, Germany, 2010. Böhler, Jochen (Ed.); Gerwarth, Robert (Ed.): The Waffen-SS: A European History. Oxford University Press: New York, NY, USA, 2017. Schulte, Jan Erik (Hrsg.); Lieb, Peter (Hrsg.) Wegner, Bernd (Hrsg.): Die Waffen-SS: Neue Forschungen. Schöningh: Paderborn, Germany, 2014. Leleu, Jean-Luc: La Waffen-SS: Soldats politiques en guerre. Perrin: Paris, France, 2007. Kroener, Bernhard; Müller, Rolf-Dieter;Umbreit, Hans: Organisation und Mobilisierung des deutschen Machtbereichs – Teilband 2: Kriegsverwaltung, Wirtschaft und personelle Ressourcen 1942 bis 1944/45. Bd. 5/2. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt: Stuttgart, Germany, 1999. Müller-Hillebrand, Burkhart: Das Heer 1933-1945. Entwicklung des organisatorischen Aufbaues. Band I. Das Heer bis zum Kriegsbeginn. E.S. Mittler & Sohn: Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1954. Müller-Hillebrand, Burkhart: Das Heer 1933-1945. Entwicklung des organisatorischen Aufbaues. Band II. Die Blitzfeldzüge 1939-1941. Das Heer im Kriege bis zum Beginn des Feldzuges gegen die Sowjetunion im Juni 1941. E.S. Mittler & Sohn: Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1956. Müller-Hillebrand, Burkhart: Das Heer 1933-1945. Entwicklung des organisatorischen Aufbaues. Band III. Der Zweifrontenkrieg. Das Heer vom Beginn des Feldzuges gegen die Sowjetunion bis zum Kriegsende. E.S. Mittler & Sohn: Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 1969. Overmans, Rüdiger: Deutsche militärische Verluste im Zweiten Weltkrieg. 3. Auflage, Oldenbourg: München, Germany, 2004. #WaffenSS,#EliteOrMassArmy,#EliteOrNot
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