Himmler's INSANE Reason for Recruiting non-Germans in the Waffen-SS

My Patron - So long, John - is concerned that some people online are claiming that the Nazis were “just racially conscious" rather than full-on racist. These people argue that the Waffen-SS recruited non-Germans, which supposedly "proves" how "diverse" and "inclusive" the German Army was in WW2. Clearly, that view is total rubbish, as this video will make clear. And, in the process of answering this question, we'll discover just how INSANE Heinrich Himmler and Nazi ideology really were.
And it should be fairly obvious, but just to make sure everyone's fully aware - I am NOT a Fascist, NOT a National Socialist, and NOT a Marxist Socialist. And I am NOT promoting said ideologies. This video is discussing events or concepts that are academic, educational and historical in nature. This video is for informational purposes and was created so we may better understand the past and learn from the mistakes others have made.
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[@AlexMilenk]

As Herman Goering once famously said: " I decide who is a jew. "

[@stephen9869]

Brilliant

[@ManiacallyQuiet]

Misquoted..really its **Only I will decide who is a Jew**

[@jamesricker3997]

I think he was referring to his mistress

[@AlexMilenk]

@@jamesricker3997 wrong. Those words were about Erhard Milch, his important aide in military airforce development, during 30's when gestapo became too inquisitive about his racial purity. In 1940. Milch became fieldmarshal. Now hilariously insane fact- his father was indeed a jew, but Milch was too valuable and important confidant so Goering was eager to discard it for greater good, despite of his rabid antisemitism. That kind of mental gymnastics is not unusual between high tier nazys. On the other hand, he was too much of an antisemite to aquire mistress of wrong racial background, but I might be wrong on this, don't have veritable information on this subject.

[@AlexMilenk]

@@ManiacallyQuiet error of translating quotes trough several languages. I guess you are right, but I hope essence of the quote is not diminished.

[@matrixnorm6672]

By the 1944 Germany was not in position to be picky. Everyone is Aryan now.

[@mr.fantastic7756]

The enemy of my enemy right?

[@robertalaverdov8147]

The only ones left are the Japanese. And between you and me they don't look very Aryan.

[@gmaacentralfounder]

Except Poles... I don't believe that ban was ever lifted.

[@mr.fantastic7756]

Ah never knew there was a ban on Polish recruitment. Though now that I think about it, I remember hearing about Polish Units with the Allied Army forcing into service any Poles they came across in enemy uniform. Though of course this was 1944 late war, Market Garden around. So I can see Germany's reluctance to recruit Poles. First of all you can't trust arming them on the Eastern Front due to the proximity of Poland itself and polish resistance in general. And as far as sending them to the Western Front as was done with other Eastern 'Auxilia', could not trust them against allied units with possible Polish elements.

[@gmaacentralfounder]

@@mr.fantastic7756 Not really. That changing uniform from German to Polish was mostly voluntary, because those were people who were basically Poles, but considered to be "germanic people", like Silesians, Kashubians, Masurians etc. They were considered German by either a decree or by signing VolksListe (often under force), so it's understandable they would be willing to surrender to Allies and then join Polish Armed Forces. The title of this video is, if anything, an understatement. Insanity... And reluctance has little to do with it. It was personal order of AH excluding Poles from that "privilege".

[@ericamborsky3230]

"The difference between reality and fiction is that fiction has to make sense"

[@je-freenorman7787]

This world makes no sense either the Corporate agenda is slavery Government is a religious cult Religion is not real

[@HandleMyBallsYouTube]

This sounds like it's ripped straight out of some weird ww2 fantasy novel set in an alternate universe where the nazis frequently use some kind of dark magic to further their goals, like holy shit that's some mental gymnastics that I couldn't expect even from Himmler, as clearly insane as he was.

[@orangmawas3858]

this is just the beginning of the esoteric aryanist rabbit hole my friend.

[@thegoodolddays9193]

The nazi magic trope in fiction is partially based in reality. Many in the nazi party were into occultism.

[@hawkevick9184]

Wolfenstein.

[@ivanbro1208]

No it isnt. Its pretty logical

[@mikehulsman4735]

Allow me to introduce modern conspiriacy "theories".

[@Anacronian]

I can totally imagine Himmler having sleepless night over the question of how you get Aryan souls out of Mongolia, It's insane of course but so was he.

[@deanmiller6463]

He build his own castle and wanted to start a breeding programm so I can totally imagine that

[@gohibniugoh1668]

Ghenghis Khan is the most prolific DNA donor in history. I am sure the Mongols carried off Nordic wenches in their conquest , resulting in GK genetic markers present in a large percentage of the population.www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/other-men-who-left-huge-genetic-legacies-likes-genghis-khan-180954052/

[@benwilson6145]

@@gohibniugoh1668 They advanced as far a Vienna.

[@michaelstark8720]

Check this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXOblpiMmZyFla8 Its reason why germans were so interested into cental asia

[@Albukhshi]

He farmed one chicken too many...

[@rebelkommando6166]

>the answer to today's question is completely insane >shows picture of Himmler Yeah that sounds about right.

[@newperve]

@Dirk Sturmer That's helpful.

[@machinegaming6426]

Dirk Sturmer I'm sure they do. God knows they drink the mainstream jism like it's going out of style (which, as people increasingly wake up and realize how much history was rewritten, it is).

[@bezahltersystemtroll5055]

@Dirk Sturmer you seem strangely drawn to those scenarios 🤔

[@promeneuzivotu117]

@Gipsy Danger and he betrayed everyone he worked for.

[@Takeru9292]

Sounds about 'white'

[@snuggles03]

At 5:26 we see Vladimir Putin

[@MudlarkDiggingUpTheThames]

F*cking hell, you're right

[@LiamHickey2967]

God he must be anceint if it is Putin 😂😂😂😂😂

[@mrteutonic7175]

No way

[@Oline1756]

I saw him too. My friend told me about this vid

[@mrteutonic7175]

@@Oline1756 Lmao its me Neil

[@Ninja-Alinja]

How was it a surprise that there is Nordic blood in the Russian? They did realize that the Vikings startet the first Rus principalities?

[@Taxman_Watchman]

Intresting point. The vikings were these nordic race???

[@Riceball01]

@@Taxman_Watchman Vikings weren't a race, they were a group of Scandinavians who went a viking or raiding across the sea. In short, all Vikings were Scandinavian, but not all Scandinavians were Vikings.

[@Taxman_Watchman]

@@Riceball01 Of couse this nazi race clasification is nonsense. But which nowadays country / people were meant with "nordic"? I supose in the north of germany. GB, ireland, rusia and scandinavia are out. Which region is left?

[@matrixnorm6672]

>Vikings startet the first Rus principalities WEKANGZ is just one of several theories

[@jussim.konttinen4981]

I don't think Mannerheim was surprised that his wife was Russian.

[@osr29]

Here in Norway, most of those who fought for Hitler in the SS say they wanted to fight Communism.

[@julianshepherd2038]

Should have e shot them not listen to excuses.

[@pathocrat]

What else are they going to say?

[@matrixnorm6672]

>say they wanted to fight Communism Well, then there is no "white replacement". It's just a fight against Racism. OK?

[@kitten-inside]

@Ginno Ricci It was at a time before many of the modern liberties were stable and established, and when wanton capitalism (i.e. worker exploitation) was much less in check than what we know today. You could be fooled that one dictator was better than another. Remember that for all their issues, the Germans did have a very good propaganda system.

[@murderouskitten2577]

As in most nonwestern countries. tha fact that allies "forgot" coz they needed cannon foder in form of red army

[@c14n_]

this reads like a racist LSD trip report

[@simonmorris4226]

Well the senior members of the Nazi movement were all on something! Morphine, speed, all sorts of mind wrecking pharmaceuticals! Nut jobs!

[@Historyfan476AD]

Love to know what his dealer was giving him.

[@gmaacentralfounder]

@Das Reich 2nd SS Panzer Division Yeah, nothing beats coming in, shitting yourself in the middle of the room and then complaining it stinks in there... And you know what is the diifference between you and a swine? Pig has no choice, you wallow in your own scat on your own.

[@Jordan-Ramses]

It makes sense. Himmler wanted to increase the SS for various reasons. Everybody understood that it was practical. All he had to do was come up with some sort of ideological rationalization that would appease the hard ideologues in the party.

[@julemandenudengaver4580]

@@simonmorris4226 Hitler where on everything... Just see his doctor's medical records on hitler

[@zfreak2808]

So you’re telling me the nazis were a bunch of Nordic weebs? Do you think they would have had Viking body pillows and dull-edge axes if they existed now?

[@ingolfleiblle6661]

Yes!

[@davell1078]

Guten tag senpai

[@frankdecron1306]

Nordic doesn’t equal Scandinavian. Finns and even north Germans and other groups of Northern Europe (of course Scandinavians are Nordic, but not all Nordic people are Scandinavians) can be considered Nordic.

[@mursefaneca]

Go look up on Julius Evola. Hes like Himmler on crack.

[@mpampislarsons]

@@frankdecron1306 nordics are the germanic people's. angles, saxons, jutes, alemanians, seubians, goths(visi, ostro ect.), danes, norwegians, sweeds, frisians and dutch. nordic, germanic... same thing. common language and shared culture.

[@TheGameKing0100]

I just imagine Himler strolling through Tibet shouting like: "HEY! Did you guys saw any aryans around here? Like a couple hundred years ago? I just need some guys to this army I'm building, it's very cool!"

[@johnnydavis5896]

He did send guys to Tibet looking for the lost Aryan homeland.

[@kidofsteel0362]

Lmfao!

[@jerryrichards8172]

@@johnnydavis5896 I think the guy he sent was Brad pit

[@myohmy9000]

The young 14th Dalai Lama is just “The fuck is an Aryan???”

[@innosam123]

@@johnnydavis5896 It was very awkward when Himmler found out the Iranians had been calling themselves “Aryans” long before the Nords were even on the map.

[@VangelisKontogeorgakos]

I think that there is a simpler explanation; They needed soldiers, so they "adjusted" their ideology. Great video (as always) though!

[@gequitz]

But they didn't justify it that way.

[@paratatruc]

You miss the point. From all German units, Why did they have to be recruited in the SS?

[@carter1940]

paratatruc because the Heer had the monopoly on German citizens being recruited, the SS used a loophole by recruiting non Germans.

[@djuraish]

@@paratatruc Because late in the war SS Units had priority for equipment and manpower distribution

[@katrinageorge6433]

Because the SS was restricted in how many Germans they could recruit. The rest of the Wehrmacht had first dibs, so to speak.

[@juanrafaelcabrero3025]

Hello TIK! I have translated another video to spanish, this time is The Myth and Reality of Joseph Stalin’s Order No. 227 “Not a Step Back!”. As I said, I think I will subtitle more videos in my free times. I really enjoy doing it! Greetings from Spain!

[@loneeagle901]

Buen trabajo, sigue así :-)

[@min_maximilian]

If you think about doing a translation for this one... don't release it on 1. of April

[@kws1957]

TIK I believe you do a great great job about discovering the truth in the history of the 20th century. THANK YOU !

[@deanmiller6463]

Could someone tell me how to do this? I would like to do the same for German

[@evilassaultweaponeer]

Dean Miller DM Tik. Remember he is learning German as well.

[@kirklenagh3095]

Hitler actually had some admiration for Islam. He felt that religion was most suited to creating the type of warrior he desired. He also felt Christianity fostered some softness and squeamishness for what was needed by the final solution. Also helped that Islam is the sworn enemy of Judaism.

[@guidobolke5618]

It wasnt at the time.

[@pt8208]

Always was, since inception.

[@guidobolke5618]

@@pt8208 No. Not for practical purposes for most of the time. Disagreeing on the nature of the messiah is not the same as being sworn enemies.

[@SA-ks3ex]

Paul T no it wasn’t. I believe you are not aware of history of Middle East and Central Asia. Ottomans were considering Jewish as allies and counterbalance against Greeks. Same story with Persians and Turkic states in Central Asia. There were no conflict before mid 20th century.

[@pt8208]

@@SA-ks3ex I am well-aware and your revisionism is pure B.S..

[@jorchs83]

The nazi believed each "race" had its own soul. Individuals did not. All shared in their own racial soul. So when these semi-germans died the aryan part of them no matter how small added to this greater soul of the german people.

[@jovangrbic97]

How much mana does it take per soul extraction? Do multiple souls stack to increase capabilities or is there a cap?

[@moosemaimer]

they don't stack, you need a fresh soul gem for each one

[@titanscerw]

@@moosemaimer tho not a black soul gem ... Kudos to anybody who gets the animated skyrim reference ...

[@nukclear2741]

It takes 5 mana, does more damage the less mana you have.

[@jwilson9273]

Ask Ibram X Kendi...

[@dgray3771]

The part about the Dutch being part of the German sphere comes from the 8th to 17th century. More or less. When the Netherlands was part of the HRE. The peak period of the "first Reich". In essence, dutch were seen as cousins of the rest of the germans. And regarded much higher than anyone else. It had been part of the HRE since its founding in 800. Only becoming fully independent "except for Limburg province" in 1648. So on the grander scale of things. The Netherlands as an independent entity isn't all that old.

[@Timbo5000]

You're forgetting that we were all similar Germanic tribes before that, for thousands of years, which also contributes to this sense of a shared identity. Ethnically, we are related to the Germans and are Germanic ourselves. My guess is that this genetic element is the main reason the Nazis were fond of the Netherlands, coupled with some cultural and historic factors that link us as well. Being as obsessed with eugenics as they were, that seems the probable main factor.

[@mickeymegabyte]

dutch nearly equals deutsch...

[@Timbo5000]

@@mickeymegabyte Actually, Dutch = Deutsch. Deutsch/Dutch is old Germanic for "folk". All Germanic peoples used to refer to themselves as "Dutch" a long time ago. In the Netherlands, we referred to ourselves as Diets or Duits up until the 17th/18th century. In fact, the sentence "of Duits/Dutch blood" is still in our national anthem, though that also refers to how our king at the time came from Germany. The English simply called the Germanic people closest to them, "Dutch", which is 100% correct (and/or we introduced ourselves as "Duyts" during trade relations). After thousands of years of calling ourselves "Diets/Duits" and many older forms of that term, we stopped using it but the English never stopped. Germany didn't stop and named their nation Deutschland. Even though at the time all German-speaking peoples would call themselves "Deutsch". Nowadays the original use of the term "Duits" is largely forgotten and we only call the Germans "Duits".

[@fazole]

@@Timbo5000 I'm surprised they ignored the Spanish influence in Holland.

[@mickeymegabyte]

@@Timbo5000 thanks for the info!

[@Gusararr]

This sounds like warhammer 40k lore.

[@TheWayoftheSith]

Warhammer 40k lore on the imperium of man isn't an diverse population. Its a theocratic dictatorship BY WHITE people only.

[@jadeimingan184]

@@TheWayoftheSith the emperor is not white you know? and the imperium doesn't even give a shit if you are different in ethnicity, as long as you are humans and hates fucking xenos, you are fine, they even accept gays if you want to ask. Just hate xenos and worship the Emperor and believe in the Emperor. Hell, even the emperor's children are like the rainbows, they have different skin colours.

[@insaneredneck3917]

It’s always weird to think about how Theosophy influenced the Nazis and just how crazy their ideology really was

[@nixen3141]

Well, It's partially fake. The theosophy wasn't racist, The objective was create a brotherhood in humanity and research the conection between science, religion and philosophy

[@dvulpis29]

Yorki from Jo Jo Rabbit: “Our only friends are the Japanese and between you and me they don’t look very Arian.”

[@dvulpis29]

Pep Movie quote

[@dvulpis29]

Pep It’s a quote from Jo Jo Rabbit

[@dvulpis29]

Wulf Just watch Jo Jo Rabbit. It’s an ok movie.

[@rcvisee74]

"Gene Stealing" and "Harvesting of Warrios Souls". One has to admit Himmler would make a great Warhammer 40k figure;)

[@manchagojohnsonmanchago6367]

himmler should have led the Reich not hitler.. would have been way more crazy

[@HolyknightVader999]

Well, there was a reason why 40K was a critique of fascism to begin with.

[@rcvisee74]

@@HolyknightVader999 Personally I'm not that familiar with 40k, its my son who loves it. Could you tell me where to find information on what motives the creators had? I would be very gratefull and hope that if I learn some more I can be a better understanding parent.

[@HolyknightVader999]

@@rcvisee74 The video "Warhammer 40K and the failures of fascism" by Just a Jumbled Reviewer can give you more information. Essentially, Warhammer 40K started off as a parody of fascism by the liberal writers at Games Workshop. According to the Guardian article, "Heroin for Middle-Class Nerds", Warhammer 40K was made "by people who were bored and angry under Margaret Thatcher."

[@rcvisee74]

@@HolyknightVader999 Thx! And I always thought that the The Emperor and his fight against Religion was just a parody on Stalin and Communism. Maybe people will learn in time that StateFascism and CommunoSocialism are the same beast but just with different names;)

[@Marco_Polo790]

Wondering why Mr Himmler came to this crazy conclusions only 1943 after battle of Stalingrad 😉

[@blank557]

Himmler was making stuff up to protect his position, as well as demonstrating his delusions to endow his SS as crusaders for Hitler's plan.

[@Marco_Polo790]

it's just took them 3 year's to realise that some Europeans instead being 3 class people are actually 2nd class and could be fighting in same team as God race 😅

[@lkstar75]

@Eisen Chao You can read about all this stuff in the 60's book "The Morning of the Magicians" of Lewis Powels.

[@Blissblizzard]

@@lkstar75 Hippy pseudo science.

[@Twisted_utopia]

This channel is probably hands down my favorite history clip Channel. I'm fascinated consistently coming across questions or ideas in my head and you already have a well explained, highly detailed and always accurate video out it. Or it's something I've never come across. Thank you for your efforts for history buffs like us, Salut' 🤘

[@maks6488]

Brat

[@user-qm2li8zx2d]

I know I'm late but there are people who will call you a traitor to the white race.

[@jamesbetker6862]

I worked with a Sudeten German guy. When Germany annexed the Sudentenland he volunteered for the Waffen-SS. His father complained to the camp commander that his son was being treated too harshly in boot camp. He was arrested as a dissenter and sent to the camps in Germany. The last I heard he still had not found a trace of him. A lot of people disappeared in those camps. Old Kraus was captured by the Russians and riding on a prison wagon with a female guard. She fell asleep and dropped her rifle. He jumped off he wagon, retrieved the rifle and woke her up. She gave him a big kiss and told him that if she had lost her rifle they would have killed her. He was one of the few to be repatriated. Most of them died in the gulag as late as 1952.

[@hermocrasbreadlord9557]

Dude had a chance to escape and kill the guard and instead told her "you forgot your rifle, no sleeping on the job."

[@nikolairostov3326]

@@hermocrasbreadlord9557 what no p***y does to a Jerry

[@rogergriffin9893]

If he had tried to escape he would have been recaptured and shot. Unless he was still in German or Czech territory and even then he would have had slim chances.

[@jamesbetker6862]

@roger griffin He was, in fact, one of the few to be repatriated. Many died in the Gulag as late as 1952.

[@based_kaiser9015]

@@hermocrasbreadlord9557 What sovietussy does to a mf

[@MrTdg2112]

Rationalization is a better term than justification here IMO.

[@jwilson9273]

Rationalization vs. Justification Rationalizing is a form of Sophistry. It is not grounded in Immutable Truth. It twists and strains logic with fallacies in order to arrive at a desired end state -- to lend a thin veneer of plausible truth to an otherwise destructive, self-serving opinion. Ironically, Rationalizing is blatantly irrational. Justification must be anchored to Truth with chains of Logic. Justification allows for the self-serving opinion to be rejected by, modified by and conform with Truth and Reality. When one justifies their position, they have measured themselves by an objective standard and have a logical basis for their thoughts and actions. The one who rationalizes measures themselves by themselves. The one who justifies navigates dangerous waters by gauging their position with the stars. The one who rationalizes navigates those same waters by fixing their position by the light atop their own mast.

[@mgway4661]

Irrational rationalization

[@sheriff0017]

If the SS Tartar units were subjected to harsh discipline, would that be Extra Strength Tartar Control?

[@t.swallgren9204]

"These units- characterized by their arrogance and extremely inflated pretentiousness- had, through their total lack of discipline (which itself was an integral part of their system) and an ill-considered recklessness, in combination with a great deal of stupidity, a directly harmful influence on outcome of the battle. They always were an obstacle to any methodical command." (Oberst Heinz Kokott, commander of the 26th Volksgrenadier Division) Souce: Christer Bergström, Ardennes 1944-45, Hitler's Winter Offensive.

[@AbokaseeRed]

love it

[@fazole]

"Polanized" is unacceptable, yet super Mannstein's real surname was Lewinsky! And what about "Skorzeny". That doesn't sound Germanic to me either.

[@Corey_Brandt]

fazole do you have a source to back that up?

[@fazole]

@@Corey_Brandt It's well known. Easy to research.

[@yulusleonard985]

Nazis know nothing about genetic. The inhabitant of Maklenburg, Brandenburg have Slavic ancestor. Not to mention they add Czech and Slovak into super race while leaving the Poles and Lithuanian.

[@matthewct8167]

fazole in Manstein’s case you’re right, he has Kashubian ancestry. The Germans from the Kingdom of Prussia have a surprisingly diverse background. After the persecution of Protestants in France, Austria, bohemia and other places in Eastern Europe, many found refuge in the kingdom of Prussia. The government let them in because the kingdom was also protestant and back then protestants were more likely to be educated and skilled in a trade.

[@domen9296]

@@Corey_Brandt you can literally hear it in the name

[@belacheat8833]

Russia means the land of the Russ Russ are rowers Rowers are Vikings So Russians are partly Vikings ??? Particularly around Novgrad Lots of Aryan souls to save

[@placeholder8768]

Bela Cheat the Rus’ originally referred to the Viking rulers of the Slavic tribes, who came in the 8th-9th century, originally as traders and raiders, and starting from Rurik, were, well, rulers. However, they were in the great minority, and most Slavs have zero Viking blood.

[@belacheat8833]

n o Let’s see how long my post stays up !!!

[@placeholder8768]

Bela Cheat alright, we’ll see.

[@b.benjamineriksson6030]

Hans FK Günther was never called the Race Pope... Not in German-speaking countries at least. He was called "Rassen-Günther". According to race-theory there was not a german race either but at least five european races. The Celtic race, the ost-baltish, the fallish race and so on. And the Nordic race. They would qualify with to measurements and traits like being blonde. The idea was that the Nordic race had invaded these areas a long time ago and therefore you could find descendents in these countries. Race theory was never that "national" since races crossed borders. No race were deemed pure either so the idea was to breed out the other races from the Nordic race. This might seem insane now but were not that weird during the era. Main-line race-theory during the era was quite similar to the German view even though that changed quickly. I think you overstate the use of the word souls... It is just an expression, they meant they were going to import the genetic material or actual people not the souls. Himmler was religious though but national socialism was a very biologically minded ideology. It was all about genetics and blood. Yes I research this for a living.

[@metaphorpritam]

Any study material for further investigation into this, Sir?

[@Fanakapan222]

Himmler was religious ? Evidence suggests he may have been in awe of the Catholic rites during his youth in Bavaria, but at some point discards belief in established faith, and almost it seems wants to set up a rival belief system ? Intriguingly, and as Irving points out, he joined a Duelling Club during his days at college, something which the RC church of the time regarded as a Mortal Sin. Lacking the coveted 'Schmisse' it would be interesting to know how good he was at the Mensur :)

[@leechgully]

have you got a job with a fascist political party ?

[@alt7488]

@@metaphorpritam Ahnenerbe...it's himmlers racial university ...

[@alt7488]

so wait it's the same idea the britons had during the Scottish uprising in 1280 ad ish ... think 'braveheart' and prima nocta,

[@tonynewman3631]

Only 27 minutes? I was getting used to the 5 hour rants about tanks.

[@Karpaneen]

I would like to add my opinion to your comments about absurdness over the myth of racial purification of group of people by decimating the unit. In my opinion it's also absurd because I think that the fittest and most combat effective soldiers are more likely to be killed in action. The best soldiers are self-acting, they lead by example and try to defuse a risky situation by putting them at higher risk of death. This Himmler's racial soul purification -theory would also imply that the cowards who avoid danger and thus deteriorate unit's combat effectiveness are somehow more aryan because they are more likely to survive.

[@calumdeighton]

That's a fair point. I'd argue that not all the best soldiers would die out right and all, but your point does make the case it's not all black and white and straight forward. Another point I'd make is, it's not always the cowards that survive, but the smart ones too. "Oh, should we charge across this open steppe without mortar cover and machine guns? Or we could stay down and wait for the Stugs to turn up." (Shrug of shoulders)

[@aquilatempestate9527]

War is dysgenic on the whole, yes. Wish everyone was listening to Dutton and Woodley's channel.

[@Karpaneen]

@@calumdeighton I didn't mean to say that those who everyone who avoids danger are cowards. It depends on the situation. As you said not all is black and white.

[@Karpaneen]

@Patrick Johnson I didn't disagree with him on anything. I just pointed out some things that I think will validate his point even more.

[@jussim.konttinen4981]

"more likely to survive" They won't survive. A traitor's paycheck is death!...was death, until capital punishment was abolished in 1972. kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6Svh3muo5d9m80 Disclaimer: No one shall be sentenced to death, tortured or otherwise treated in a manner violating human dignity.

[@BaDitO2]

could be a cool youtube video "human race tier list" xD

[@useodyseeorbitchute9450]

Are you really sure you want that? As search engine use "duckduckgo", as google censors result. Then enter phrase of "race realism" or "race and IQ" Spoiler: Based on average IQ among analysed ethnic groups the first place goes to Ashkenazi Jews, then East Asians, and northern Europeans would be on the third place.

[@Notmyname1593]

@@useodyseeorbitchute9450 The real spoiler would be that it would be demonetized or worse.

[@dr.lyleevans6915]

Use Bitchute Interestingly, the Northern Europeans stand out from all other ethnicities in that their natural IQ spread is far greater than any other. They contain more “genius” level people than all other groups combined. This is rarely mentioned in popular literature, but is peer reviewed if one cares to search for it.

[@Daniel-jm7ts]

@@dr.lyleevans6915 ok how Can u explain that for some reason North Europeans are supposed to be naturally more intelligent?

[@petrameyer1121]

"A nation of blondes lead by a brunette!"

[@Timbo5000]

@slovene ball Oh lord, even worse

[@DrCruel]

To be fair, the actual Hindu Aryans from South Asia have black hair too.

[@michaelstark8720]

@@DrCruel Check this video about blonde mummies in central asia from where Aryans came 2000 years BC kzbin.info/www/bejne/oafNm4ppmbqJe5I

[@petrameyer1121]

Ty guys, I guess you are too young to know the movie "The great dictator" by Chaplin.

[@KnightofAges]

@Ornate Orator Iran literally means "Land of the Aryans". And the Aryan invasions of India are well documented. There IS a reason why the highest (and racially 'purest' ) caste in India, the Brahmins, tends to have blue, green or hazel eyes: www.tapatalk.com/groups/anthroscape/how-common-are-green-blue-guys-in-india-t32187.html

[@heinrichhimmler5216]

I'm not insane ;_;

[@charles5895]

Heinrich Himmler Yes you are.

[@diligentone-six2688]

Dolfy didn't like the fact where you Surrendered to the Allies. You and Fegelein's Antics are over.

[@bradywomack9751]

You’re absolutely right Heinrich. You’re ideas and you are both dead.

[@dunner079]

You're misunderstood.

[@dreamcrusher112]

I imagine the reason the Germans saw the Dutch as nordic is because of the Germanic language and the historical heritage following Scandinavian settlement in Frisia.

[@Jakob_DK]

noeL I thought south western Jutland was settled by Dutch from Friesland :-)

[@Gloopular]

@@Jakob_DK There's definitely some back and forth between the Frisians and the Danes - viking raids, settlement, intermarriage, trade etc.

[@Gloopular]

The Netherlands and Germany are essentially of the same ancient tribes i.e. Saxons, Franks and Frisians. Germany of course also had the Bavarians tho in the south.

[@simonmorris4226]

And the Belgian Flamands speak a Germanic dialect, the Walloons speak a French based dialect. But France is named after the Franks which was a Germanic tribe. Talk about going down the rabbit hole!

[@HauptmannDE]

Dutch are germanic as every other german tribe

[@hahayouredead1039]

Guess we can call him Madman Himmler from now on

[@QuizmasterLaw]

stop with the race pope fallibility OR ELSE

[@jimboblordofeskimos]

If you think this is nuts, read up on his religious beliefs.

[@louplibre9734]

He wanted the hammer of Thor lol.

[@lewistaylor2858]

@Ornate Orator why?

[@richmcgee434]

It's the "...from now on" part that worries me. Weren't you already doing that? Himmler being loony isn't exactly news.

[@hermitoldguy6312]

Germans saw a link between the Dutch and the Deutsche? Me too.

[@christofferocahaaska9999]

I am pretty sure, it was the recrutting chief officer for the SS, who is quoted for saying: "When a foreigner dies, no german mother cries".

[@gumdeo]

Also true for orphans.

[@ravanpee1325]

Also true for the French foreign legion

[@stephenwood6663]

With regard to the notion that "weaker" people are the ones that die in combat: if anything, the reverse seems to quite often be the case. Elite units almost always suffer higher casualty rates than their comrades in line units - not because the elites are "weaker", but because their proven competence means that they tend to get given the toughest missions, and they're more likely to keep going forward in the face of lethal threat instead of hunkering down and calling for backup.

[@DaveGIS123]

That, and more infantry die in combat compared to cooks or logistics staff.

[@Enduring_Mantle]

To add to what you have said: Dying in combat doesn't have anything to do with being "weak". They die because it's war, and that's just what happens unfortunately. If you get hit in the face with an RPG you're gonna get blown to pieces - it doesn't matter if you're an "undesirable weakling" or a physically and mentally desirable person with "perfect" genes. It's not as though having huge muscles, blonde hair and good health will save you if a tank rolls over your head. Every human is soft and squishy. Then again I'm talking about strength in literal terms, and you might be talking about fitness in terms of adaptation, so I'm sorry if I've misunderstood your comment.

[@gew1898]

According to Speer, when he was arguing that something of Germany had to be salvaged for a post war German existence, Hitler said “there will be nothing to salvage, all the good Germans have already died in the war”. This would indicate that Hitler valued dead Germans over those who would survive the war. This runs counter to the point in the video.

[@rogergriffin9893]

Mostly, I think in 1945, Hitler just wanted to have a suitably dramatic exit even if it meant taking half the German population with him. Like Gotterdammerung in a Wagnerian opera.

[@sebastiengarnier6664]

TIK, i miss the Stalingrad series! Please go on, we havn't reach the city itself for now.

[@Perkelenaattori]

Funny to read a 4 month old comment and we still haven't. 😄

[@Coconutscott]

Jesus,that gets complicated, Himmler had way too much free time.

[@prometheus5874]

My Grandfather was in the Blue SS Legion out of Spain. He seemed like a pretty stand up guy.

[@orangmawas3858]

@Cal Devans The Cadre who are you to attack someone's grandpa that you haven't met?

[@kipras4699]

Spaniards were good in the battlefield. Respect!

[@markusk1015]

I think the azul division was with the Wehrmacht not SS. I could be wrong though

[@davidgreene6976]

I like the French Blue Army of World War one and the U.S. abolitionist Blue Army of the 1862-1865 Civil War

[@mana-pj7hi]

Loving the new logo and thumbnail graphics! So neat and tidy.

[@TheImperatorKnight]

I'll let Terri know (the graphics designer), she made them!

[@senorsombrero1275]

I argue that Hannibal’s legion-buster army that crossed the alps and kicked off the second punic war was the most diverse army in history.

[@jakublulek3261]

British Army of WWII was comprised of 43 nations in total. My Polish and Slovak ancestors amongst them. I think British were more diverse.

[@jeddkeech259]

The Austro- hungarian empire ww1 I think came in a close second at least

[@pempotfoy6206]

@@jeddkeech259 2 much conscription on that one

[@Wallyworld30]

The Second Punic War started before he crossed the Alps. They just didn't have the first major battle until after he crossed them.

[@nixen3141]

The Hispanic Empire Army was the most diverse. Literally, all the ethnics in 70% of America, Philippines, Few Pacific Islands and little part of Africa formed the entire army

[@bavarian1981]

This is straight outta Wolfenstein

[@radiozelaza]

Hans "Race Pope" Gunther actually was explicit that Germans are not majority "Nordic", but mostly "Ostisch" (Alpine in Anglo-American typology) and "Dinarisch" (like Balkan people). Nazis did not want him to write such things, yet he stubbornly did.

[@hanz2904]

Very interesting

[@radiozelaza]

@Bardia gh he died in 1968

[@333warrioreurope]

Dinaric? Probaly only austrians who have croatian blood. Germans from germany are alpinid.

[@radiozelaza]

Nietzsche was Dinaric@@333warrioreurope

[@333warrioreurope]

@@radiozelaza idk he didnt really look dinaric to me. When someone says dinaric i picture someone like bosnian football player Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Sead kolasinac. Or Serbian Novak djokovic. Or bosnian actor Senad Basic. Or croatian boxer Marijan Benes. A bit darker tall robust man typical of balkans. Nietzsche was mixed and had some dinaric features but he was nowere near real dinarid

[@KnightofAges]

9:04 The Netherlands were once part of the Holy Roman Empire and its people are of Germanic descent (The Dutch language is part of the West Germanic language tree). So they are very close to Germans. This is hardly controversial, it's common knowledge. I have no idea why TiK doesn't know it. Belgium tends to be dominated by the French-speaking Walloons, which is why the country wasn't considered 'Germanic'. Its area of Flanders (Flemish in itself being another dialect of Dutch) was considered Germanic, however, and Flanders had different treatment during German occupation. 14:00 Unlike the other Baltic States, Estonia is Finno-Ugric. Meaning, they're close relatives to the Finns (their languages also form part of the same branch and they can speak with each other); it runs from there that Estonians are very similar to the Finns, who are not weak at all. This is also well known, there is a reason why today Finland and Estonia have a special relationship. And Latvia [especially Riga] was the base for German medieval military orders (especially the Knights of the Sword, later integrated into the Teutonic Knights) for centuries.

[@gew1898]

Eisen Chao and Degrelle and his followers comprised a unit in the Wehrmacht before they were absorbed into the Waffen SS. The same goes for some Cossack units.

[@pempotfoy6206]

what about the indians and the slavs, how did they justified those as "arians"

[@goranpersson7726]

the scandi cultures were all north germanic aswell so their link to the germans is quite clear and way back during medieval times the ones in the modern sweden had unlike the ones in denmark and norway more of a focus towards travel east both for trade and raiding and some estabalished quite succesful kingdoms and such (the whole name for the area of russia originally comes from a word the finns used to describe swedes (either because it meant something along the lines of rowers an act they obviously did as quite often when seen by the finns as they travelled by boat, or because it's kind of the name of a settlement they came from)) the reasons we call russia Russia is because of back in the olden days they had a minority elite of norse people that ruled them (probably some intermingling aswell)

[@douglasstrother6584]

Identity Politics taken to the limit! Contemporary "Social Justice Warriors" are no different. Great episode, TIK!

[@RAS-oz5ph]

boomer check

[@willnailer2118]

Exactly SJW identity politics at it's finest. I guess if Himmler was alive today he'd join the Democratic Party

[@RAS-oz5ph]

@Thumos Aeterna This is the same person who watches fox news and says " Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats' have a double standard when it comes to x" like its the most ground breaking thought of the century.

[@m2heavyindustries378]

ok boomer, better head back to that retirement home old boy

[@douglasstrother6584]

Intersectionality Calculator intersectionalityscore.com/

[@upwk7]

At first the Nazis saw Africans, Soviets, Slavs, Arabs and Asians as subhuman and non Aryan but when the war got bad they took everybody in

[@gsacelm7753]

"measuring their noses" I think I know where the Nazis got that idea... lol

[@rain_M4V7]

@DANIEL BIN OMAR - lol

[@jangelbrich7056]

One of the most daunting tasks as historian maybe: how not get insane, when finding so much insanity in human history. It is a little like a doctor keeping healthy despite visiting all these sick patients ... just in history all those patients are mostly dead since long ago.

[@hetfieldstoilet]

It sounds like the best kind of 80's B movie

[@Raskolnikov70]

*laughs in Uwe Boll*

[@wilhufftarkin8543]

Himmlers worldview sounds like he has formed it while studying Tamriel lore.

[@1joshjosh1]

You are protecting yourself very well reminding anybody that might be offended over and over and over again that this type of thinking is insane but yet explaining it very nicely

[@sometimeslol5578]

It's is insane lol

[@jesperbecker6412]

Haha, “what I’ve said until now is complete insanity but it’s gonna get worse” punchline of the day 😂

[@jimboblordofeskimos]

Honestly this is pretty logical compared to most of what himmler was into.

[@PatGilliland]

From what little reading I have been able to do about the Wehrbauer program, it would appear that Himmler's goal was to establish a series of soldier/farmer settlements in the east on the border with a diminished but not totally impotent Slavic state. Intentional continued but low level conflict with these Slavic peoples would purify the Aryan bloodline and stave off the emasculating effects of urban life. He really was a nutter.

[@pierren___]

Interesting

[@ivanbro1208]

Nutter why? Society in the west is weaker then ever. The asians deserve the world now

[@nonameacc]

Except urban life does have many negative effects on humans and is unorganic overall. Also struggle is key in human development.

[@tyl7150]

Just curious, why were the polish hated by the nazis? Couldn't they possibly have German blood since they are directly next to Germany/austria? I've seen a few German military officers with polish surnames? Thanks

[@clenesuniversaisx5173]

Unfortunely even when the German Empire was created the polish people had it rough. After world war I poland finally had a chance to claim idependency again and so they did after align with the allies. But on the other hand the myth of the "stab in the back"(I recomend you to search about it) was being spread on germany and they believed, among a lot of other bullcraps that poland had sell itfelf to the jews for a "plate of food."

[@abubakarnaveed8819]

I am more confused.

[@Kazak999]

If there are no races as you said, then there is no such thing as "racism", only good and evil, right or wrong, light or darkness.

[@BoSTeLS]

But those who believe there are races can be racist.

[@Kazak999]

@@BoSTeLS nowadays it's just a buzz word though.

[@ok-tq7nt]

If there are no races then why does NASCAR exist?

[@RambleOn07]

@@ok-tq7nt mind blown

[@ilogos8124]

My grand-fathers brother, a Spaniard, fought on the Eastern Front alongside 60.000 other Spaniards for the Axis powers, long before the fall. They were commissioned their own medal and inflicted 7:1 casualties on the communist troops during the defense of Leningrad. Praised by German high command, some of these troops fought until during the fall of Berlin, defending from the invading forces. Look up Legion Azul.

[@MrFishman55]

I feel the title of this video. WAY too often in research you'll get this idea someone from your period tries to honestly espouse, and you'll just cradle your head and go "Oh my actual god, why must my period be full of loons like this?" Thanks for the vid, keep up with the great content!

[@KnownNiche1999]

I have many points about the geneticists for you TiK 1. Russia was conquered by the Rurikids, a dynasty founded by a Norae viking, with many Norsemen migrating and settling in modern day Russia and Ukraine. Eventually, they became assimilated into local Slavic ethnicity (race). 2. Estonia and Latvia were both under the rule of the Teutonic Order/Livonian Order. Large numbers of Germans migrated into the territory during that time, being assimilated into their populations. You can say whatever you want about the geneticists, but they were absolutely spot on when they 'found out' there was 'Aryan' admixture in these populations

[@xxxyyy6076]

It sounds like a lot of mental gymnastics to justify something they needed to do for practical reasons.

[@e.w.132]

Nicely Done TIK, another great video. Condensed a great deal of info in a great way. I liked that you covered the Volksdeutsche. This subgroup also suffered heavily in the aftermath of WWII and the implementation of the Treaty of Potsdam.

[@AcademicAgent]

Hi mate, know this is super short notice. But reckon you could make 9pm tonight? Topic is the importance of history and also can talk about the stuff you’ve done recently on National socialism. If not let’s try to fix a date.

[@user-vz1zc3fn7o]

👀

[@trysretardai7594]

You're actually wrong on the Lithuanian part, the nazis tried to form a Lithuanian legion in 1943 but they failed as the recruiting got boycotted but there were some volunteers, those volunteers were sent to 3 lithuanian SS battalions for example: 10th battalion. Those Battalions served on the eastern front. Also there was another battalion that made up of lithuanians and was in the latvian legion at first it was a SD battalion it was called "Ypatingasis Būrys" but in 1943 it was renamed to a Squad of 11th Battalion of Latvian Legion. Old identity documents were replaced with new documents of Latvian Legion troops. Also in 1944 when there was the Lithuanian Territorial defence force, the nazis ordered them wear SS uniforms and take an oath to Hitler, but they failed. Sorry for my bad English, I'm not native to the English language.

[@RoyalMela]

Your english is better than most native speakers.

[@360Nomad]

The title of most diverse army of WWII or world history for that matter can only go to the British who have recruited from every continent and have made maintaining the unique customs of each ethnicity a part of their military culture. If it were not for them, the world would most likely have never heard of GHURKAS!

[@Jakob_DK]

360Nomad Also South America?

[@sedargames8161]

"Maintaining the unique customs of each ethnicity" Yeah lmao, at that point they had nothing but customs. Their homeland was just another dominion of the British Empire.

[@adventussaxonum448]

​@@sedargames8161 Gurkhas were from outside the Empire. They and the British just felt a mutual admiration.

[@freakyfishy1]

Well, it sounds insane but fits the social darwinistic worldview, "survival of the fittest" applied to human society.

[@suzannakoizumi8605]

Darwin was a racist.

[@nekomancer4641]

All those concentrating the racial souls through combat shit is some evangelion level wild shit kekw

[@premthomas3448]

Hello TIK, I was personally wondering whether you could do an Order Of Battle on Army Group North (later Army Group Courland), just before the Courland battles. I find the OOB videos very intriguing and hope to see more of them in greater detail in the future

[@shogomakishima7224]

I am going to make a guess that the reason behind such recruitment was real politic and then the ideology had to be adjusted in order to justify it.

[@guidobolke5618]

I don't even think there was a nazi ideology. Just racism and everybody made up stuff as they went.

[@shogomakishima7224]

@@guidobolke5618 I think it would be an incorrect conclusion. If you look at the modern day political movements and political organisations from the past you will see that all of them were adjusting their doctrine in order to milk the material benefits. Nazi politicians weren't any different from other politicians in this regard.

[@guidobolke5618]

@@shogomakishima7224 My point was that I can't see them having a common doctrine they could have adjusted. It was all about feelings and power. Tik tries to formulate a coherent doctrine in hindsight and fails because it simply isn't coherent in any way. Nazi politicians didn't care for anything. Not the rule of law, not for the life of people or even their country. To say this is the same as making compromises in a modern democracy seems to me wrong.

[@shogomakishima7224]

@Jasta 2 The issue is that Nazis had to believe that race is more material rather than spiritual because otherwise there is no reason for a lot of their actions. For example the Nuremberg Laws. About the Japan ... initially Germany was interested in allying with China. Then we have nations like Fins, Hungarians, Estonians... and Nazi Germanization programs of Polish children. Something doesn't fit here. It almost seems like Nazi ideology was adjusted to fit the contemporary political interests of Nazis and that is why this "spiritual Aryan" doctrine had to be invented to provide a justification for their actions to their own supporters.

[@surgeonsergio6839]

Wow, Germans back in the day must've had some dank strong weed.

[@juandavidnustesgutierrez9796]

Hey, they literally gave meth to SS soldiers

[@AnMue2109]

Hi TIK, I really enjoy your videos. With the best and detailled videos about WW2! Do you plan to do a "battlestorm" about Barbarossa 41? I really hope so! Best regards from Greece ANDI

[@Saberjet1950]

"the nordic race is the best race" TIK c. 2020.

[@julianshepherd2038]

British empire had similar categories with "Anglo saxons" at the top then the celts, n europeans, s euros down to the Australian aborigines at the bottom.

[@bogdan9939]

To be honest I'm surprised they didn't put the french at the bottom

[@LiamHickey2967]

@@bogdan9939 probably second last😂😂😂 as they need the French as allies, which worked quite well in ww1,but the fall of France was a bit of an oooofff but the free French still helped them though.

[@No-yn7ry]

@@bogdan9939 ironic since the English have a common origin as the French. Both were Celtic before they got invaded by Germanic tribes and became Germanic then both the Celtic and Germanic started breeding and mixing until they made their own ethic race and culture. Then also both of them got latinized at some point too.

[@Mondbirge]

@@No-yn7ry the english have never been celtic and the franks were germanic

[@No-yn7ry]

@@Mondbirge I am talking about the people who lived in england before the Germanic people came

[@franol7]

It would be interesting to get some information on the economical ground of SSmen recruitment: what wages, what insurance , financial compensation for dead and so on

[@beback_]

You know if there were a novel were the villain was named "Hitler" and a major henchman of his "Himmler" I would have dismissed it as lazily written.

[@jasonharry645]

Keep up the good work, interesting topic well covered 👍

[@strategicperson95]

"The Race Pope" 1 minute, I need to deal with this bought of snickering that I have got.

[@francissreckofabian01]

My Grandfather (in Slovenia) and my older uncles often had to hide when the Germans came looking for new "volunteers". Luckily they were never caught. So I wouldn't be surprised if any army would stick a gun in someone's hand and tell them to aim it in the other direction. According to my mum her Grandfather was Russian and on her mother's side were Austrian. Yugoslavia was a part of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire.

[@perobusmaximus]

on this region engels n marx had good words only to the Germans, the Poles and the Magyars. when writing about the others in the east , it was always a matter of "succumb or die".

[@ShinSheel]

Actually reminds modern Russian concept of „fraternal nations“. It’s a quantum superposition varying from „they are foreign brainwashed genetically selected collaborationists of foreign powers” to “they are our people living under the different government”. That depends on a current political whim and it is hard to say which of that options gives a bigger risk of invasion.

[@thies_0801]

What is the Name of the game wich you have Played that is on the eastern front. Where you command the trops an supplys and so on you know what i mean ?

[@sigurdholbarki8268]

You undersold this with "insane". Cheers for talking about reasons and justification as distinct threads. People often dismiss things as mad so you move on and don't think about it, but it's crucial to understand. Anything can 'make sense', even if they assumptions they're based on is bat-shit crazy

[@nicobruin8618]

I saw some stats a while ago that claimed that a very large percentage of the SS (around 50%) were Austrian. Don't know if these stats were accurate, but they do make sense now. Edit: after some research that figure turned out to be incorrect. But close to half of Concentration camp guards were Austrian. As well as most concentration camp leaders.

[@danieltsiprun8080]

My Austrian friend told me 50% of the gaurds in the concentration camps were Austrian.

[@docan6817]

Nico Bruin for instance the regiment "Der Fürher" was mainly composed of Austrians and with some Swiss,one of the famous member of this regiment was Vinzenz Kaiser (Austrian) winner of knight cross and was decorated with 4 tank destruction badges.During late September 1944 him and a training regiment that he had personally trained were sent to the 38th Pz grenadier Rgt of the 17th ss GVB sometime nicknamed "Eiserne Faust".

[@ZontarDow]

I wouldn't call Okinawans as non Japanese given the destination between the two is purely cultural

[@guidobolke5618]

A japanese of the 1930's might disagree.

[@leechgully]

Well given that race is not based in science then all differences between groups whether they are defined as 'racial' differences or not are ipso facto cultural differences.

[@leechgully]

@Eisen Chao True. I put it badly. Not all differences are purely cultural . You could group people a thousand different ways as you say. But it wouldn't be called a race. When a grouping gets ascribed a racial identity then it takes on a cultural meaning. Race as we have known it historically, has not been based on science. Maybe , I should have said ' all differences between groups if they are defined as 'racial' differences are ipso facto cultural differences.

[@GrimgoreIronhide]

Honestly this really wasn't as surprising or insane as I thought it would be. I thought you were going to get into Himmler ancient battlefield soul harvesting, which makes this look perfectly reasonable. This was not Himmlers first attempt to harvest souls, before the war he encouraged several of his underlings to journey to various battlefields of the ancient world and have sex with their wives on certain nights of occult significance so that the Aryan souls of the dead warriors from past millennium would go into the copulating couple and be incarnated into the children conceived on that night, bringing the ancient souls of lost heroes back to Germany and giving their power to future generations of German warriors. Given what I just said I think your overstating the case on how insane his reasoning behind recruiting Estonians was.

[@vickyislosinghope]

Wait what

[@GrimgoreIronhide]

@@vickyislosinghope TLDR version: Himmer thought that if you had sex on a full moon on top of Achilles's tomb the resulting baby would be a reincarnation of Achilles and could then be raised to be Goose-stepping Achilles.

[@MikeHunt-zy3cn]

What the actual fuck. I thought this was a joke at first, but by God. It got worse the further I read.

[@elliskaranikolaou2550]

The sad thing is as the trauma of WW2 fades, all these inhumane ideas will creep back into cultures. Thanks for the video.

[@copeharder7554]

I smell opportunity watch and learn

[@NeostormXLMAX]

except the book is propaganda, himmler didn't want to go to mongolia and tibet to free souls, he literally respected the asian and muslim race, himmler literally had asian blood in him

[@chvjdvpa3746]

@@NeostormXLMAX Interesting, any source on that?

[@LuzikArbuzik77]

​@@chvjdvpa3746 of course he doesn't have any source, he is defending SS nutjobs

[@AR15andGOD]

they will never leave

[@davidwalker5603]

Himmler definitely had some unique views. Good video. Thanks for posting.

[@lcharlesesquire4087]

After watching thousands of videos on ww2 over the years I have never once read this point of view in the comments. The claims that the German army was the most diverse in the world is not even a topic I’ve heard discussed before. Very unique topic to discuss, interesting video.

[@carlrichieukmusic]

#EuropaTheLastBattleDocumentary

[@roelhodzelmans1004]

I kind of feel pain when I hear you talk about subjects as these. Not because of you, but I feel my brain shriveling and degrade by listening to their ideas. Must be even harder for you, given all the work you put into videos like these. Still, keep up the awesome work!

[@crabbytemptations1771]

It's surprising how survivor-bias can influence people. General Patton once said (I paraphrase) "You have to be a fool to get killed in battle." Maybe the survival of WW1 influenced those who thought the soldiers that survived were the best racial stock. Just a thought.

[@jimboblordofeskimos]

Patton appears to have been a self aggrandising asshat though.

[@insideoutsideupsidedown2218]

Patton

[@crabbytemptations1771]

@@insideoutsideupsidedown2218 ok I fixed the spelling. The point is still valid

[@jonathangriffiths2499]

When you think of how many in war are killed by random factors I.e. artillery fire, I suspect Patton was indeed an asshat

[@moosemaimer]

Churchill said "Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result." Presumably he wanted as many people as possible to share in his belief, which might explain Gallipoli.

[@YOUPIMatin123]

The claim of Tik that there is only individual is laughable and demonstrably false.

[@IrishCarney]

Yeah, Himmler was a silly superstitious laughingstock, but denying the visibly obvious existence of racial and ethnic groups is almost as silly. You're not going to end up a Nazi if you notice that two Swedes never produce a Dinka, a Pygmy, or a Japanese, nor even if you accept that different human population groups that evolved in genetic isolation for tens of thousands of years might just differ in behavioral and mental characteristics just as occurs in literally every other species.

[@TheImperatorKnight]

I'm an individual. I'm not a race. Are you a race? Why are you not an individual?

[@YOUPIMatin123]

@@TheImperatorKnight you are not answering anything. I am an indivual inside a larger group which define me in large part due to culture, dna, disease i am more prominent to have, height, color of eye, skin etc. My genetics are traceable. Etc. You are influenced by the group you are from, wether you want it or not.

[@ajsimo2677]

@@TheImperatorKnight (crowd:) Yes, we're all individuals... (lone voice:) I'm not! Sorry, couldn't resist that

[@KnightofAges]

@@YOUPIMatin123 TiK may say he's an individual, but after two minutes of watching and hearing him, anyone can easily tell that he's British. Now, British is not a racial identity but rather a cultural one, but still shows clearly how the collective influences the individual.

[@liammurphy7322]

How much longer until the next Battlestorm Ep?

[@estherpennington7826]

How can someone argue they weren't racist. Wow

[@johnnieharper2221]

I have never seen someone try so hard to take on a PC issue and stay PC.

[@AlejandroRodriguez-bx4os]

Hello. The racial classification that was used within the german "race" in the ww2 period is very interesting. Do you know if they had other shades within that? It reminds me of the official racial classification that was developed and used in the New Spain before independence that included many different classes and had official and real consequences.

[@nixen3141]

El sistema de clasificación español no tenía nada que ver con el racismo. Un cacique indigena descendiente de nobles aztecas tenía muchos más derechos que un blanco español católico pobre. Lo que si querían saber los españoles era si descendias de cristianos, paganos, judíos o musulmanes y ver si cumplias con la conversión(eso fue uno de los objetivos de la inquisición, aunque en América tuvo muy poca influencia). Aparte que en un sistema como el reich, no había espacio para los mestizos, así como en el apartheid sudafricano no había espacio para una relación interracial. Si queres una comparación más precisa, compara con el Imperio Romano pero combinado con catolicismo y un poco menos de brutalidad

[@AlejandroRodriguez-bx4os]

@@nixen3141Muy interesante respuesta, desafortunadamente es a otro tema. Seria bueno conocer tu punto de vista sobre mi comentario si te refirieras al ámbito y tema de los que yo hablo: Nueva España y matices.

[@JamesPeers5454]

By far the most interesting video you have done.

[@alexhodskins8426]

This is madness I can’t help but laugh. Another good video. I had heard something along these lines, thanks for filling in the rest