No, it’s not just that, it’s an actual historical group which was used to crush communism in Germany and pave the way for the Nazis (many of them later became the actual Nazi SA themselves) glad I could clear that up for you! Surprised you never heard of them before!
Not trying to be contrairian; I’m hoping someone can enlighten me since I don’t seem to understand the significance of this.
My understanding of freikorps is that it’s a class of soldier, not necessarily tied to any period or event. The term doesn’t refer to any one historical group, but rather many different groups across many different historical periods who fought alongside regular armies. Sure it is true that there were freikorps groups that supported the rise of Hitler, etc., but there were also freikorps groups that opposed it (see the francs-tireurs)
Why use a German term? Why use a German term that is most infamous for its connection to proto-Nazis? Why not just be “Volunteer Corps” in Ukrainian?
You can probably guess why if you ask any of these fuckers what they think of Bandera.
Analogy:
The term Sturmabteilung predates the founding of the Nazi Party in 1919. Originally it was applied to the specialized assault troops of Imperial Germany in World War I who used infiltration tactics based on being organized into small squads of a few soldiers each. The first official German stormtrooper unit was authorized on March 2, 1915 on the Western Front.
“idk guys, I don’t see a connection to the Nazis for this Ukrainian battalion just because it’s called Sturmabteilung”
I don’t know what my polital goal is here, but I don’t support Ukraine if that’s what you’re suggesting. I thought maybe someone would explain why freikorps is necessarily connected with Nazism (especially if we are concerned about the “origin of things” as you say). Unfortunately nobody has really been that helpful.
I guess if everyone just associates freicorps with nazis then that’s what it is. It therefore makes it a safe bet that whoever is using it is doing the same. I ended up looking into this group in particular and yeah they are Nazis so checks out.
things like this really make me wonder what non-leftists learn about history. I had someone telling me that they didn’t know which French Revolution I was talking about when I said The French Revolution and I think they might have been serious.
No, it’s not just that, it’s an actual historical group which was used to crush communism in Germany and pave the way for the Nazis (many of them later became the actual Nazi SA themselves) glad I could clear that up for you! Surprised you never heard of them before!
Not trying to be contrairian; I’m hoping someone can enlighten me since I don’t seem to understand the significance of this.
My understanding of freikorps is that it’s a class of soldier, not necessarily tied to any period or event. The term doesn’t refer to any one historical group, but rather many different groups across many different historical periods who fought alongside regular armies. Sure it is true that there were freikorps groups that supported the rise of Hitler, etc., but there were also freikorps groups that opposed it (see the francs-tireurs)
Why use a German term? Why use a German term that is most infamous for its connection to proto-Nazis? Why not just be “Volunteer Corps” in Ukrainian?
You can probably guess why if you ask any of these fuckers what they think of Bandera.
Analogy:
“idk guys, I don’t see a connection to the Nazis for this Ukrainian battalion just because it’s called Sturmabteilung”
Which one do you think these Ukranians named themselves after? Be honest
Is this a bit?
No.
It’s someone who has the weird liberal trait of not considering origins of things if it aligns with their current political goals.
Worst case it’s on the same tier as ““national SOCIALIST” =“a socialist who likes their nation””
I don’t know what my polital goal is here, but I don’t support Ukraine if that’s what you’re suggesting. I thought maybe someone would explain why freikorps is necessarily connected with Nazism (especially if we are concerned about the “origin of things” as you say). Unfortunately nobody has really been that helpful.
I guess if everyone just associates freicorps with nazis then that’s what it is. It therefore makes it a safe bet that whoever is using it is doing the same. I ended up looking into this group in particular and yeah they are Nazis so checks out.
things like this really make me wonder what non-leftists learn about history. I had someone telling me that they didn’t know which French Revolution I was talking about when I said The French Revolution and I think they might have been serious.
this is right up there with “bro the wolfsangel is just a pagan slavic symbol bro, so is the sonnerad bro! bro!”
That white circle thingy behind the not-swastika cannot be a black sun, since it’s white