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History memes for people who know the past was way weirder than the textbooks made it sound. From ancient civilizations and medieval chaos to world wars and historical oddities - if it happened, we can meme it.

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The wehrmacht were really crazy (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 day ago by Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club to c/historymemes@lemmy.today

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::: context (may contain mistakes) context: This mocks the myth of the clean Wehrmacht, the idea that only the SS committed war crimes. In reality, the Wehrmacht took part in brutal atrocities on the Eastern Front. :::

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[–] Jiral@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The Wehrmacht was a draft army, the SS was an elite force that picked people for being true believers. Both committed war crimes but one of the two had only true believers while the other had everything from a believer to just some guy trying to not get killed.

US Americans should know a thing or two about war crimes committing draft armies. Was every US soldier in Vietnam a war criminal?