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    GERMAN VS. SOVIET

    May 23, 2023 1 minute

    WAFFEN-SS SOLDIER VERSUS SOVIET RIFLEMAN Rostov-on-Don and Kharkov 1942-43

    by Chris McNab, 80 pp. Osprey Publishing, 2023. $23.

    THE AMERICANS AND BRITISH tend to think of World War IIor SS. While drafted Wehrmacht personnel swore, “I swear to God this holy oath, that I shall give my unconditional obedience to the Leader of the German Reich and people,” the SS volunteer’s oath went, “I swear to you, Adolf Hitler, as Führer and Chancellor of the German Reich, my loyalty and bravery.” In other words, Chris McNab notes in while the average German soldier fought for God and country, the SS man’s first loyalty was specifically to Hitler. As for the average Soviet rifleman, his primary loyalty was

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