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<blockquote data-quote="Perplexed" data-source="post: 2010294" data-attributes="member: 7157"><p>You mean as partisans? Perhaps so, but they would have done this of their own choosing. Many were drafted into the SS against their own will, which is my point here. Just as with any other military or political entity that is not homogeneous in nature, not all members of the Waffen SS (and the NSDAP) marched in perfect lock-step to the music of Nazi Party ideology.</p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p></p><p>What is this 20,000,000 number you speak of? We were discussing the Nazi Party in general and Waffen SS membership in particular; total membership in the Nazi Party by the end of WW2 was around 8.5 million, with around 1 million soldiers serving (voluntarily or involuntarily) in the Waffen SS. By the way, Nazi Party membership accounted for about 12% of the German population - not a majority by any means.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It doesn't. I get it that your aversion to all things Nazi stems from your family tragedy - that's understandable, and I respect it. Leaving aside the highly subjective issue of the quality of the Waffenampt-marked K98k's, I was addressing the historically inaccurate statements you've made in this thread. I wanted to clear those up so other forum members with minimal knowledge of the military history of WW2, specifically on the Eastern Front, don't propagate erroneous bits of information.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Perplexed, post: 2010294, member: 7157"] You mean as partisans? Perhaps so, but they would have done this of their own choosing. Many were drafted into the SS against their own will, which is my point here. Just as with any other military or political entity that is not homogeneous in nature, not all members of the Waffen SS (and the NSDAP) marched in perfect lock-step to the music of Nazi Party ideology. What is this 20,000,000 number you speak of? We were discussing the Nazi Party in general and Waffen SS membership in particular; total membership in the Nazi Party by the end of WW2 was around 8.5 million, with around 1 million soldiers serving (voluntarily or involuntarily) in the Waffen SS. By the way, Nazi Party membership accounted for about 12% of the German population - not a majority by any means. It doesn't. I get it that your aversion to all things Nazi stems from your family tragedy - that's understandable, and I respect it. Leaving aside the highly subjective issue of the quality of the Waffenampt-marked K98k's, I was addressing the historically inaccurate statements you've made in this thread. I wanted to clear those up so other forum members with minimal knowledge of the military history of WW2, specifically on the Eastern Front, don't propagate erroneous bits of information. [/QUOTE]
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