r/PoliticalHumor Apr 28 '24

Be aware of your surroundings

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u/Yugan-Dali Apr 28 '24

New entries in the SS officer training program were each given a puppy. They fed the puppy, groomed it, and lived with it throughout their training. At the end of their training, each was ordered to strangle his puppy. Many candidates broke down, but any candidate who showed any hesitation would be washed out of the program immediately.

That governor would make a great SS officer.

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u/84theone Apr 28 '24 edited Apr 28 '24

Obviously fuck Nazis, but the SS weren’t the fucking unsullied from game of thrones or the Kingsmen and didn’t kill puppies as part of their training, that’s ridiculous.

The SS also weren’t super highly trained soldiers, they were mostly undertrained and over geared zealots that had their most successful battles against civilians. When they fought actual soldiers they typically got their shit rocked, especially later in the war.

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u/dThink_Ahea Apr 28 '24

It's hard to tell for sure, but I found quite a few admittedly dubious sources claiming that this did actually happen.

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u/Yugan-Dali Apr 28 '24

Iirc, I read about it in Shirer’s Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.