SS Heimwehr Danzig

[@alanimals]

Great video Al very informative, they were such a well equipped and disciplined Army they had no need to commit so many war crime's along the way.

[@HistoryonYouTube]

Thanks Alan! It took me around three days to do this - the motorhome videos I knock out much quicker!

[@christopherellis2663]

The guys in post office suspected trouble

[@raimundschlagheck3060]

Danzig, a german town with 97% german Population in the 1930th belongt to Germany. The "Mourir pour Danzig?" was the correct question of the french people.

[@HistoryonYouTube]

No it was not part of Germany. The Treaty of Versailles made that quite clear.

[@raimundschlagheck3060]

@@HistoryonKZbin The treaty/dictation of Versailles was the nothing than a busshit. It was the reason of the 2. Worldwar.

[@HistoryonYouTube]

@@raimundschlagheck3060 No it was not. The reason for the second world war was because Nazi Germany and USSR attacked Poland.

[@JesterEric]

The reason for ww2 was the British guarantee of Polish independence. A guarantee that was not applied against the Soviet Union in 1939 or 1945

[@HistoryonYouTube]

@@JesterEric As far as the guarantee is concerned, that is absolutely correct Christopher, however to say that it was the reason for the war is probably a matter of semantics. It is the reason why the UK and France came into the war.

[@JohnsonTheSecond]

Hey man, a collector I watch sometimes possessed an armband that resembles the flag of the SS Heimwehr Danzig, but with a red totenkopf kzbin.info/www/bejne/rnO1q5J3pdxqqKs Do you know what insignia the division wore? If it has any ties?

[@munichbier1167]

Hello. That’s a fantasy item, not genuine and not based on anything real. The Heimwehr Danzig troops were issued two cuff bands with the words ‘ SS Heimwehr Danzig ‘ worn on the left cuff. One for the grey uniform and one for the future for the black uniform but this never happened.

[@anvilbrunner.2013]

In 35 years of SS memorabilia collecting I have never seen an armband constructed like that one. Though the materials used might be authentic, I don't think the armband saw service. It might be a rejected prototype.

[@sherirobinson6867]

Good doc!

[@HistoryonYouTube]

Thanks Sheri!

[@wisecoonie]

It seems that being part of a SS Totenkopf division was enough to be swayed quickly into committing war crimes. This division was particularly cruel and merciless.

[@HistoryonYouTube]

What I am trying to understand are the steps that led to this.

[@joepalooka2145]

Another very interesting video. There is no end to the history of the crimes of the Third Reich. I'm grateful there are objective, honest, and dedicated historians like yourself who take the time to simply relate the undeniable facts about what happened. Fighting against the deniers and the revisionists is a never-ending battle.

[@HistoryonYouTube]

Thanks Joe. I have given up fighting the Holocaust denier liars - it is pointless. To them it is like a religion they have to believe in even though all the evidence points to the opposite!

[@ArjayMartin]

What about the Danzig/Broomberg Massacres by Poland, etc.?

[@HistoryonYouTube]

Largely Nazi propaganda - and events that would not have happened had Hitler not invaded.

[@occidentadvocate.9759]

@@HistoryonKZbin your a German hater. Thousands of Ethnic Germans were murdered by Poles in the Summer of 1939. As for Danzig, it was 96% German. It rightly belonged to Germany!

[@testtor2714]

@@HistoryonKZbin Nah, it was real. The invasion of Poland had not happened, hadn't Poland invaded Germany three times from 1919 to 1921 in Silesia and illegally sent troops to Danzig in 1922, and denied the return of the Danzig corridor to Germany. And this is only the surface. I could go on.

[@HistoryonYouTube]

@@testtor2714 Obviously you have been reading Nazi propaganda as your source material. You could go on .... with more nonsense you made up.

[@davidegral7152]

It seems very curious at four minutes how most of the population are welcoming the so-called invading army - is there a reason for that ? They seem to be treating them as liberators.

[@HistoryonYouTube]

Who were they liberating them from?

[@jamesfarmer3676]

Danzig belongs to Germany not Poland, read some real history books, if you say 10%of state of Massachusetts is Canadian then its belong to Canada? So you find some old film and make your own view of history.

[@HistoryonYouTube]

It is in Poland! Look it up on a map.

[@deltaboy767]

I know this is gonna sound bad, but I'd have given anything to be around during that time, all those good looking German soldiers, I'd have spread them for those soldiers.

[@munichbier1167]

Weirdo

[@jesusexposed1848]

JESUS never existed