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mog · 10-07-05, 06:55 AM

While in their prime, the 'classic' Waffen SS divisions were certainly an elite and extremely successful fighting force. However, it is grossly inaccurate to extend this characterisation of the rest of the SS. At it's height the Waffen SS numbered some 950,000 men, of whom a large number were conscripts from both Germany and abroad; not volunteers, let alone 6 foot Aryan volunteers.

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mog Medic Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 163 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	While in their prime, the 'classic' Waffen SS divisions were certainly an elite and extremely successful fighting force. However, it is grossly inaccurate to extend this characterisation of the rest of the SS. At it's height the Waffen SS numbered some 950,000 men, of whom a large number were conscripts from both Germany and abroad; not volunteers, let alone 6 foot Aryan volunteers.