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To: GilGil

You’re confusing the SA brownshirts with the Waffen SS, military units which came later.


49 posted on 10/19/2016 4:19:40 AM PDT by Covenantor (Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern. " Chesterton)
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To: Covenantor

No I mean the Waffen SS. This violent contingency of the Hillary camp is the seedling for a Waffen SS. The brown shirts were child’s play.

“The origins of the Waffen-SS can be traced back to the selection of a group of 120 SS men in March 1933 by Josef “Sepp” Dietrich to form the Sonderkommando Berlin.[9] By November 1933 the formation had 800 men, and at a remembrance ceremony in Munich for the tenth anniversary of the failed Munich Putsch the regiment swore allegiance to Hitler. The oaths pledged were Pledging loyalty to him alone and Obedience unto death.[9] The formation was given the title Leibstandarte (Bodyguard Regiment) Adolf Hitler (LAH).[10] On 13 April 1934, by order of Himmler, the regiment became known as the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH).[10]

The Leibstandarte demonstrated their loyalty to Hitler in 1934 during the Night of the Long Knives, when the Nazi regime carried out a series of political killings and the purge of the Sturmabteilung (SA).[9] Led by one of Hitler’s oldest comrades, Ernst Röhm, the SA was seen as a threat by Hitler to his newly gained political power. Hitler also wanted to conciliate leaders of the Reichswehr and conservatives of the country, people whose support Hitler needed to solidify his position. When Hitler decided to act against the SA, the SS was put in charge of eliminating Röhm and the other high-ranking SA officers.[11] The Night of the Long Knives occurred from between 30 June and 2 July 1934 and saw the killing of approximately 82 SA men, including almost its entire leadership, effectively ending the power of the SA. This action was largely carried out by the Leibstandarte and other SS personnel.[9]”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffen-SS


51 posted on 10/19/2016 4:37:19 AM PDT by GilGil (E. Deplorables Unum)
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