marienfeld07 (July 25, 2008 at 12:21 am)

On the ground of national defense, privates were ordered to serve four years, non-commissioned officers twelve and officers twenty-five years.Such orders, it was thought, would stop SS recruitment dead in its tracks. The reverse happened. Thousands of young men rushed to apply, despite the lengthy service, more than could be accepted.The young felt the SS was the only armed force which represented their own ideas.The new formations of young SS captivated public imagination.

TombstoneAnnieOakly (July 24, 2008 at 7:23 am)

Hitler claimed he was a clairvoyant able to see in thee future, it would been nice for every one if he blew his little brain out in 1939 versus 1945.

marienfeld07 (July 24, 2008 at 4:54 am)

Hitler needed the SS not only to detect plots but mostly to protect his reforms. As his initial Leibstandarte unit of 180 grew, other regiments were found such as the Deutschland and the Germania.The army brass did everything to prevent SS recruitment. Hitler bypassed the obstacles by having the interior minister and not the war ministry do the recruiting.The army countered by discouraging the recruitment of men between the ages of 18 and 45.

marienfeld07 (July 24, 2008 at 4:52 am)

Known as the Munich Plot, the conspirators were detected in time. That was in 1938.On 20 July 1944, Hitler almost lost his life when aristocratic officers planted a time bomb underneath his desk.In order not to alert the army Hitler enlarged the SS into a force responsible for law and order. There was of course a German police force but there again Hitler was unsure of their loyalty.The 150,000 police were appointed by the Weimar regime.

marienfeld07 (July 24, 2008 at 4:47 am)

Hitler still did not confront the army but skillfully started to build up the SS.He desperately needed the SS because above all Hitler was a political man;to him war was the last resort.His aim was to convince people,to obtain their loyalty,particularly the younger generation.He knew that the establishment-minded brass would oppose him at every turn.And he was right.Through the high ranking officers the establishment plotted the overthrow of the democratically elected Hitler government.

marienfeld07 (July 24, 2008 at 4:44 am)

For the worker the affordable Volkswagen was created. Any worker could get this car on a payment of five marks a week. It was unprecedented in Europe. Thanks to the freeways the worker for the first time could visit any part of Germany whenever they liked.The same programs applied to the farmers and middle class.Hitler realized that if his social reforms were to proceed free of sabotage he needed a powerful lever, a lever that commanded respect.

marienfeld07 (July 24, 2008 at 4:42 am)

(cont.)All these social improvements did not please the establishment. Big business tycoons and international bankers were worried. But Hitler stood up to them. Business can make profits but only if people are paid decently and are allowed to live and work in dignity. People, not profits, come first.This was only one of Hitler's reforms. He initiated hundreds of others. He literally rebuilt Germany. In a few years more than five thousand miles of freeways were built.

Silnius (July 21, 2008 at 7:00 pm)

im really confused with your statement...

pudlinfromlakeway (July 19, 2008 at 4:06 pm)

hitler tossed off a donkey and a whale jizzed in his eye. germans in ww2 wer brilliant soldiers but all still gangbanged after a battle. i say we should have a war.... me and the rest what hate nazis against all the rest of the cocksuckers who like hitler.....who is with me???

lonnyonline (July 19, 2008 at 7:22 am)

German Nazi propaganda at it's best.