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by Edelweiss.
Tue Feb 24, 2004 10:54 am
Forum: Reichswehr
Topic: Possible Communist Revolution?
Replies: 14
Views: 18840

The Freikorps were primarily groupings of ex-soldiers and anti-Communists who formed a paramilitary unit to combat any potential Red uprising in Germany. I believe their first success (and don't take my word for this) was their toppling of the Raeterepublik (sp?) in Bavaria. The Reds under Kurt Eisn...
by Edelweiss.
Sun Feb 22, 2004 5:08 pm
Forum: Reichswehr
Topic: Possible Communist Revolution?
Replies: 14
Views: 18840

That's true, but it seems that the Communists were pretty much alone even on the far left of the spectrum. One thing that united the parties on the right (apart from anti-Versailles sentiment), whether moderate and radical, was a fear and distrust of Communism, and the parties of the right were far ...
by Edelweiss.
Thu Feb 19, 2004 1:42 pm
Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
Topic: Dutch and Danish SS
Replies: 10
Views: 4371

Nice looking site!

Hope you get it up and running soon!

Regards,
Edelweiss
by Edelweiss.
Thu Feb 19, 2004 10:10 am
Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
Topic: Dutch and Danish SS
Replies: 10
Views: 4371

Check this site out:

http://www.waffen-ss.nl

Great resource on all the Dutch divisions and units.

Regards,
Edelweiss
by Edelweiss.
Wed Feb 18, 2004 9:49 am
Forum: Reichswehr
Topic: Possible Communist Revolution?
Replies: 14
Views: 18840

Not when Defence Minister Gustav Noske called upon the Freikorps to quash the Spartacist uprising in Berlin. The government was always going to have the support of the army, and the recruitment of the Friekorps to the anti-Bolshevist cause effectively sealed the fate of the Spatacists. I doubt that ...
by Edelweiss.
Wed Feb 18, 2004 9:41 am
Forum: Soldatenheim
Topic: What airplane would you have flown in WWII?
Replies: 70
Views: 20674

Junkers Ju-88 as a night-fighter/bomber -- FW190 as a fighter.

Regards,
Edelweiss
by Edelweiss.
Tue Feb 10, 2004 5:03 pm
Forum: Soldatenheim
Topic: Left Wing Differences
Replies: 19
Views: 5679

In 1918-19, the focus would most probably be on the Bolsheviks' withdrawal of Russia from the Great War. Don't forget that the Tsar was also a cousin of King George V, so there had been a question of kinship between the House of Saxe-Coburg (later Windsor) and the Romanoff Dynasty.

Regards,
Edelweiss
by Edelweiss.
Tue Feb 10, 2004 10:35 am
Forum: Soldatenheim
Topic: Left Wing Differences
Replies: 19
Views: 5679

Well, considering that the scale of Lenin's Red Terror reached far in excess of anything witnessed under the Tsars, I'd be inclined to believe that he was quite willing to use terror and repression as political weapons. Unlike the Tsarist Okhrana, the Bolshevist Cheka/OGPU were driven far more ferve...
by Edelweiss.
Tue Feb 10, 2004 8:10 am
Forum: Soldatenheim
Topic: Left Wing Differences
Replies: 19
Views: 5679

Sid, I'm arguing that there was essentially little transition in ideology between the reigns of Lenin and Stalin. Of course, the latter was by far the most cruel, wicked and brutal tyrant, but I'm essentially saying that Lenin was no saint himself. He had his secret police, his dictatorship, his ter...
by Edelweiss.
Mon Feb 09, 2004 4:02 pm
Forum: Soldatenheim
Topic: Left Wing Differences
Replies: 19
Views: 5679

I must say that I do agree wth Robert Conquest when he states that the Soviet regime was totalitarian from the outset. There was not, in my opinion, any great divide between the regime of Lenin and that of Stalin. In fact, Conquest argues (rightly, IMHO) that the ruthlessness and cruelty of Lenin's ...
by Edelweiss.
Mon Feb 09, 2004 3:49 pm
Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
Topic: Modern German Army lineage
Replies: 32
Views: 9475

Why is it that the term "Neo-Nazi" appears to be thrown about with all the more frequency in this thread in particular, as if it is the first line of attack or the first come-back that pops up? How did a discussion on the lineage of the German army become a verbal slanging match all of a s...
by Edelweiss.
Fri Feb 06, 2004 2:20 pm
Forum: Weapons and Equipment
Topic: Rivalry between Waffen SS and Wehrmacht
Replies: 9
Views: 3821

Many thanks to Sid, Panzer37 and Wasp for their very informative replies.

Regards,
Edelweiss
by Edelweiss.
Fri Feb 06, 2004 2:18 pm
Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
Topic: Medic's White Powder
Replies: 5
Views: 2939

I believe it is sulphur powder, which cauterizes (sp?) the wound -- thereby preventing infection. I'm no medical expert, so any corrections would be welcome.

Regards,
Edelweiss
by Edelweiss.
Sun Feb 01, 2004 8:49 am
Forum: Soldatenheim
Topic: TV Tip
Replies: 32
Views: 9757

So may I settle in your home and kill you if you oppose me? That is your logic as far as settlers go. And there has been cases where e.g. infected blankets were given to Indians in order to let the disease do the dirty work. And if one sees two persons fighting each other on the street, it is perfe...
by Edelweiss.
Sat Jan 31, 2004 8:58 am
Forum: Soldatenheim
Topic: TV Tip
Replies: 32
Views: 9757

...the original American native population having been butchered and enslaved Well, it might surprise you to know that the first thing that occured between the European settlers and the natives was trade. Fur for firearms mostly. The natives also jumped at the chance to recruit the settlers into co...