Interesting! Did he talk about their physical training and their beliefs and values? The SS was a noble cause to fight communism, save Europe and to be honorable.

Claudia vergognati

@@PassionateSpirit88 He didn’t talk in extensive detail about their training beyond simple summaries like “Learning to crawl like a snake, get the rifle ready blindfolded if you have to”. In his diary he wrote only of their shenanigans in the barracks - pranking eachother, stealing apples from the trees and young boy stuff like that. In terms of their oath and motivations - he believed for the rest of his life until his death that they were engaged in a holy struggle against the Soviets (in his words he referred to them as Chekists or Red Terror) When he finally returned to a free Latvia in 1997 he referred to it as the victory they’d be waiting for, that the goal always was to outlast or outlive the Soviets until they fell and were forced out of Latvia forever. He also spoke of “going awol” on their final orders, which was to go to Berlin and essentially die. The leader of his battle group, Villus Janums instead orchestrated a deal with the allies to surrender in Guttegluck Germany to sore themselves a needless death as the struggle for Latvia was over at that point. The major engagement he took part in was the Battle Of Jelgava where he was injured by shrapnel in the hand and legs and carried some in his body for the rest of his life. There is great info about this battle on the Latvian Wikipedia and there is an old Reuters article covering it from the era. Here is a link to the scans from his diary in which you can see a hand written Morse code chart as well as a feldpost eagle stamp drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-2srczFWAdkS-kOw0vZ_gzvAsKbqQfzI This is my post prized possession as first hand accounts of the Latvian SS are sparse and when I am an older man and can’t look after his diary I plan on donating it to the Latvian War Museum so it can forever rest in his homeland After the war and time in Zedelgem POW camp and as a displaced person, he was granted a new life in America and started a successful masonry company which built some neat landmarks in my state. At the time of his death, over 100 of his employees and their friends came to his funeral and got to see a detailed poster board presentation on his time in the war and their struggle to try and rid Latvia of communism.

@@wightclaudia Wow! Thank you for the details. You must be really proud and have been amazing to be in his presence to feel the spirit.

schreib doch DEUTSCH, wenn er schon in der SS war, das ist das Mindeste

Thank you for telling us, may he rest in peace.

The Sherman tankers felt sorry your dad's Tigers ran out of gas. In war it is always something to frustrate.

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@@terraflow__bryanburdo4547 I think you missed the point.

@@Mordalo Not really, my uncle was in artillery at The Bulge. German 88s took out half of his platoon. Plenty of death and hardship on both sides.

K.u.K 1917❤ no Italy or 🇩🇪😂

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er ist italiener du dummi

Hopefully we will save Germany and all Europe

@@behrd4340 und du bist Italienerin, pricewinner

Really appreciate it man!, thanks.

I play War in Russia (SSI) and the Wiking starts out as a Motorized Division. It is indeed one of the key units for slicing through the Russian lines. It starts out in the south (towards Ukraine) but of course I can move it where I like eventually.

​@@MXB2001how can I download War in Russia?

Yes with the help of foreign power Germans found their feminine side 😆

Glad you enjoyed it!

''Great'' man, that SS commander Klingenberg, and even more his kameraden from Luftwaffe which turned Belgrade into ruins, massacring more then 3000-4000 innocent civilians...That was a start of a criminal attack and occupation of Yugoslavia. Do those who admire SS units also admire their crimes when millions of man, woman, and children were cold-blooded killed by those ''heroes''??

His audacity saved many lives.

K.u.K 🇦🇹no Italy/De.

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Ich schlage die Fersen zusammen !

probably because he was south Tyrolean. Those guys aren't Italians. The province of Tyrol was part of Austria and the people there spoke German. After 1. WW the southern part were taken by Italy. It was planned to send the German speaking people to Crimea after a victorious 2. WW. So, Italy would resettle the area with people from southern Italy. Mussolini wanted to get rid of them and Hitler didn't oppose.

Yes you are right, I forgot this!@@lisanalgaib555

Thank you mate 🤝

Still Italy, during his Birth and his time in the war it was Italy.

@@historyatwar Granted. But you know that's a technicality! : )

@@historyatwar Until the end of WWII almost all ethnical Germans thought of themselves as Germans. The citizenship didn't matter at all. We can't ask him anymore, but I am sure he wouldn't have wanted to be called Italian.

When he was born it was Austria.@@historyatwar

German. Never Italian.

No, there were many Italians there, his surname was Nicolussi.

I'm pretty sure between 1943 - 45 the south Tirol was incorporated into Greater Germany as it had been a part of Austria - Hungary in the past.

Given that his last name is Nicolussi-Leck, I would venture to say he was most likely half Italian half Austrian .

@@mattbarbarich3295 .No , South Tyrol was not part of the Greater Germany between 1943-45 , matter of facts ,Hitler never requested or demanded to be .

​@@stironecenoI'm 99.99% certain that after Italy's capitulation, surrender and change of side to the allies that the German occupation army and Hitler officially made the former Austro- Hungarian territory (South Tirol) , mostly inhabited by ethnic German speakers a Gau of the Greater German Reich. I have seen such maps in history books back in the 1980s. ( Also Istria and trad Ausrian land east of Venice).

South tirol is nothing than a german speaking area lost by austria in 1918. So this guy was an italian national.

South tirol is nothing than a german speaking area lost by austria in 1918. So this guy was an italian national.

⁠​⁠​⁠@@morisborsot1609er no, read more about the history of Europe, the Hapsburgs? Eastern and Western Goths, the Holy Roman Empire, Hitler himself never called himself Austrian. He talked about the German People

A Nicolussi was an Italian.

Study a bit. Parts of Trentino Alto Adige were majority Italian and parts were majority German. Anyway a Nicolussi is an ethnic Italian.

​@@dayros2023In 1918 South Tyrol was almost completely German speaking when it was annexed by Italy per the Treaty of London. Even today over 60% of its population speak German as their primary language while about 25% speak Italian. I don't think he's all that wrong.

@@alexfromboston8303 They've been italianizing the region since 1918. Mussolini started moving Italians in there in the early 1920's. There very well may been the odd town or tiny mini-region that was Italian but not a lot of South Tyrol was Italian. Nowadays isn't 1918.. They've had over 100 years now of being part of Italy. Things change and with TV, radio and thje schools they change that much quicker. Evey new Winter Olympic games you see more and more participants with VERY German names competing for Italy.

@@karlheinzvonkroemann2217 Yeah I was just trying to agree with you.

So true! He would cry if someone called him Italian

@@Peter-mn9qc Very well said! I am of Italian descent but I do not buy/believe the stupid fascist propaganda that tried to make Italians out of pure Germans, and I mean pure ethnically as well as culturally. If you visit those gorgeous alpine areas of northern Italy the architecture and the monuments are 100% German!

The only tide of murder across Europe was caused by the Fascists/Nazis , no.1 the SS divisions .

IM ITALIAN, YOU ARE CORRECT.

There is tons of footage, mostly for propaganda, as is most of war film.

By not lecking courage or sense of humor. 😊

Check our pinned comment.

Maybe we shall 🤝 thanks!

The entire text is chatGPT like generated like in every other of their vids. Still good vids

Sud Tyrol K.u.K 1917

Estaban alistado en Ejército Waffen SS 950.000 hombres alemanes en todo tiempo de guerra. Murieron en combate incluído ejecutados 350.000 y sobrevieron 600.000 soldados Waffen SS

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Yes , also the Italians tried to make everyone( or deport) an Italian in Dalmatia to 1943 but we know how that tuned out!

It’s KZfaq, making it a little over dramatic is good. Have you seen Hollywood?

Karl wasn’t involved in any crimes, or genocides.

@@historyatwar That's like saying a KKK member is OK because never lynched anyone (that we know of).

Genocide stuff agaisnt those who believes that every white European should be killed and they’re not even human but animals?(soferim15,Yebamoth98a) Well if your point is true that makes him a hero for europeans

​@@b2tall239no. It means exactly what he said. Nothing more, nothing less.

He fought for Germany.

Yes.