Minutemen of the Third Reich: History of the Nazi Werwolf Guerrilla Movement

History Today ^ | October 2000 | Perry Biddiscombe

[Angelus Errare]

I just felt this might be of some general interest to FReepers given the current state of Iraq.

[SJackson]

If you'd like to be on or off this middle east/political ping list, please FR mail me.

[Archangelsk]

Worse still, the Allies and Soviets reacted to the movement with extremely tough controls, curtailing the right of assembly of German civilians. Challenges of any sort were met by collective reprisals -- especially on the part of the Soviets and the French. In a few cases the occupiers even shot hostages and cleared out towns where instances of sabotage occurred. It was standard practice for the Soviets to destroy whole communities if they faced a single act of resistance. In the eastern fringes of the `Greater Reich', now annexed by the Poles and the Czechoslovaks, Werewolf harassment handed the new authorities an excuse to rush the deportations of millions of ethnic Germans to occupied Germany.

Different time, different place.

[Angelus Errare]

Ping

[EternalVigilance]

It is ridiculous and insulting to do what the headline does...tie the blessed memory of the Minutemen to the memory of a bunch of terrorist-thug Nazi losers.

[Congressman Billybob]

I knew about the Werewolves. 99.44% of the American press today are dumb as a bag of hammers on the subject. It is a studied ignorance, which allows them to pump out their hand-wringing articles about the occupation of Iraq, today.

That's why I included the Werewolves in my latest column, which is up on FR, well-received, and today both published on ChronWatch (San Francisco Chronicle, of all places), and subject to a "Closed Thread" on Lucianne (go figure).

Thanks for the post. Of course this is relevant. See below.

Congressman Billybob

Latest article, now up FR, "Sixteen Little Words."

[Angelus Errare]

I agree completely, I was just quoting the headline.

[EternalVigilance]

AS WORRIES INCREASE about neo-Nazi and skinhead violence in Germany, it is worth remembering that this type of terrorism is a nasty constant in the history of the German radical-right.

The Nazis weren't 'radical-right'; they were radical socialists.

[FairOpinion]

Thanks for the ping.

Interesting article. That is exactly what the Iraqi Ba'athists were trying to do.

Did you see this?

From Iraqi Intelligence: A Plan for Action in the Event of a Regime Downfall (doc. found in Iraq)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/949973/posts

[Petronski]

I know you didn't write the title so, please, don't think I'm flaming you....

...but comparisons between Minutemen and the Werewolves that imply any kind of equivalency are wildly inaccurate.

No flames, just a caveat for those readers who might not know.

[Angelus Errare]

Yeah, I saw that thread.

From what I gather, though, the "guerrillas" we're fighting right now are basically whatever is left of the Fedayeen combined with elements of the Special Security Organization and the Special Republican Guard that chose to keep fighting after Baghdad fell. They were probably aware of the plan and are now trying to implement it, abeit with a very low rate of success for a guerrilla war. Compared to Chechnya or Kashmir, Iraq is hardly a "quagmire."

[Angelus Errare]

No flame taken.

Like I said, I simply transcribed the title because I thought the article was relevant to the current situation.

[Petronski]

I have a horrible habit of posting without reading the thread--which reading would have warned me that you had already been flagged on my point.

The article takes an interesting position, and I thank you for it.

[Sparta]

Post WWII Nazi terrorism ping!!!

If you want on or off the Western Civilization Military History ping list, let me know.

[EternalVigilance]

Sorry you misunderstood--I wasn't flaming you, I was pointing out the inaccuracies of the writer and of whomever wrote the headline.

Thanks for the post. Very timely.

[graycamel]

I'd never heard of the werewolves until now. Guess that goes to show what sorry state of affairs our public school system is in. No surprise they existed, given how good Hitler was at brainwashing the youth of Germany.

[Itzlzha]

AS WORRIES INCREASE about neo-Nazi and skinhead violence in Germany, it is worth remembering that this type of terrorism is a nasty constant in the history of the German radical-right.

What is with these historical revisionists that REFUSE to understand that NAZI means National Socialist!!!

I guess these LIEberals need to deflect and PROJECT what they are, since no one in the public would accept them if the truth was WIDELY known!

[vetvetdoug]

I heard about the Werewolves while a military dependant at Laughlin AFB, Texas, during the early sixties. Many of my peers' fathers were allied with the U-2's that flew from there and for some reason relayed the stories of them to the rest of us. This is the first I have heard about them since the sixties. Amazing.....

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for the ping Sparta. You have to figure Hussein studied the Werewovles. He seems to have modeled a lot of his government on the Nazi methods.

[eeman]

Thanks Sparta. This sounds like a quagmire!!!!!!!