Germany's Secret Postwar Army - Schnez-Truppe 1949-53
June 23, 2023
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as posted by the channelIn 1949, a group of former WW2 German generals secretly built an army without Allied or German permission, a secret army that would number 40,000 hardened WWII combat veterans. Find out why here...
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Other Credits: US National Archives; Library of Congress; Bundesarchiv
Sources:
- 'Nazi Veterans Created Illegal Army' by Klaus Wiegrefe, Spiegel International, 14th May 2014
- 'SS officers founded secret German army in 1949', WELT, 5th November 2014
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