gladius said:The SS Also wore camo.
As far as the first question;
As far a the ordinary German soldier (non-Nazis) went, I'd say a good number believed in God, i.e. Christianity.
As far as the true Nazi's went, they believed in something more akin to Nordic Mysticism. Himler the head of the SS was after all a mystic. Hitler believe strongly in the occult and astrology. They encouraged their hard core Nazi followers (SS) to do the same. Even though the German nation was pretty much Christian, shows you what can happen to a country when its leadership is handed to guys like these.
Here are some Hitler Youth song lyrics that show you of what I'm talking about;
_We are the joyous Hitler Youth;
_We have no need for Christian virtue.
_Our leader is our savior;
_The pope and rabbi shall be gone.
_We shall be pagans once again.
-----Schwul,
The movie you watched, was it Stalingrad by any chance?
Schwul said:Why is Stalingrad inaccurate also?
gladius said:Schwul said:Why is Stalingrad inaccurate also?
No it wasn't inaccurate, rather in my opinion it was simply a lousy movie, "Enemy at the Gates" and "Attack and Retreat" were better.
The reason I ask was because there was a scene in "Stalingrad" were they had soldiers praying to God to comemorate fallen comrades in a funeral service, ect. They were just regular soldiers of the Wermacht mind you not SS, and not die-hard Nazis, most people sometimes can't tell the difference.
The reason I ask was because there was a scene in "Stalingrad" were they had soldiers praying to God to comemorate fallen comrades in a funeral service, ect. They were just regular soldiers of the Wermacht mind you not SS, and not die-hard Nazis, most people sometimes can't tell the difference.
I want to see Enemy at the Gates, so bad!
The Germans were indeed Christian, but Hitler implemented his own twisted version with himself as "God"...on another note, a book called "To the Death's Head Be True" is very interesting. Disusses the creation of the master race, breeding rituals, etc with the "SS".
Secrecy said:I want to see Enemy at the Gates, so bad!
The movie twists the facts of the legendary Russian Sniper Vasili Sniper. If your looking for hardhitting war movies like Saving Private Ryan, Enemy at the Gates is not the one. Although the beginning sequences of Enemy of the Gates is indeed powerful and awesome, the rest is junk. The unnecessary love story made it really really bad.
Patrick said:The Germans were indeed Christian, but Hitler implemented his own twisted version with himself as "God"...on another note, a book called "To the Death's Head Be True" is very interesting. Disusses the creation of the master race, breeding rituals, etc with the "SS".
Patrick
Cadet_Shelton said:Maybe when i become a facist dictator i too can declare myself god!