What are some good general histories and memoirs to read about

>>34054367

Why do you like war criminals so much anon

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>>34054955

>>34054367
Soldiers: German POWs on Fighting, Killing, and Dying

Turns out the SS was shit.

>>34054955
Huuur duur only ebil nazis were war criminals. Soviets raped German women in self defense.

>>34054955
Talk about war crimes my great grandfather's neighbour was shot dead for buying German solider one drink.

A day later the brave communist guerillas paid his house a visit, beaten him and then shot him in front of his children.

>>34055167
>implying we don't hate slavs too

>>34055151

Desu they were just fanatics who ended up getting the best equipment because Party leadership liked them.

It certainly helps to get new Panthers and it gives you a hardcore rep to take 40% casualties but it isn't very effective.

>>34055217
I am a Slav and i have a mostly positive opinion of Germans who occupied my country.

While i would perfer to not be conquered by Germans it was a far better than to be ruled by vile communists who mass slaughtered my people.

Because of German equipment we had a fair chance to fight.

>>34055225
In the beginning, the Waffen-SS actually struggeld to get proper equipment, that's why they had the FN-HP and ZB-30.

>>34055436

Right but later on, as the party got more involved with war (mis)management they got better stuff. The Heer complained about it a lot mid to late war.

>>34054367
Anything specific? I have one book about a Latvian volunteer in the SS, sadly haven't read it yet.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Lehmann_(SS_officer)

>>34055266
You're parents probably wouldn't have been alive if the evil soviets don't win.

The Nazis hated all Slavs - you guys were considered almost as bad as Jews. Not that I don't disagree

>>34057551
also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffen-SS_in_popular_culture#Key_works

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>>34054367
God Tier