Hi Sid
Sid Guttridge wrote: The fact of the matter seems to be that the inordinate interest is misplaced, because we are dealing with several layers of myth making and exaggeration from Goebbels during the war, self serving W-SS veterans associations after the war, generations of books that create a blizzard of W-SS related material and, more recently, websites such as Feldgrau, that pander to this. The "Belgrade" thread here on AHF was demonstrably symptomatic of this. SS-Heimwehr Danzig is another.
It makes no sense to combat other people's exaggerations by pushing your own flawed exaggerations.
Indeed the Belgrade thread, in which we both participated, demonstrates this point. The moderator pointed out this very habit of yours to you. You also made several disparaging claims in that thread, and you could not prove them when asked to do so. All because you had difficulty accepting that a Waffen SS officer did an excellent job.
Sid Guttridge wrote: The result is a historical distortion that claims some sort of military exceptionalism for the Waffen-SS in German ranks that ignores important material factors of advantage, such as mechanization, armour, selective recruitment, etc., in favour of some mysterious quality of "Waffen-SS-edness" and fails to investigate whether there was any "value-added" at all in the creation of the Waffen-SS.
This issue has already been discussed. Interestingly, you are the one who brings up the ideas of a critical "Value-add" and mysterious "Waffen-SS-edness", claiming that they must be there to justify the existence of the Waffen SS. This is flawed thinking.
Sid Guttridge wrote: If the question had, as you claim, already been answered, we would not be on page 90+ of this thread, would we?
If you refuse to take on board the flaws in your theory (when explained to you) then we will surely reach page 900, and you will still be repeating these comments/question.
Sid Guttridge wrote: I appreciate that my questions and answers may not suit your narrative.
Yes, your flawed theory and exaggerations do not suit me. The plain repetition of same, is tiresome.
Sid Guttridge wrote: Your best response, I would suggest, would be to engage with the full implications of the question, "Why the Waffen-SS", not just the bits that suit you.
We have already dealt with the implications of this question as raised by you. This comment makes no sense.
Sid Guttridge wrote: If the existence of the Waffen-SS as an independent military institution cannot be justified in the first place, ...
Your previous posts have not been able to prove your assumption that the Waffen SS as an independent military institution cannot be justified .
Sid Guttridge wrote: You can probably fill in the blanks yourself, "......, ... ... ......-.. .. ... ..... .....?"
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Question repeated at least 20 time.
Topic answered in over 26 posts.
Dennis