They have nothing to back it up with, nothing whatsoever.
What they focus on is the fact that the Waffen SS was purely a military organization and “not a political organization” (Which is of course purely fantasy), and that some Waffen SS units did not swear allegiance to Hitler (This is true but also irrelevant).
Even if we were to entertain that there were sections of the German military that weren’t explicitly or consciously ideological, it doesn’t change the fact that they are working overtime to defend a man who happily volunteered to massacre Jews, Roman’s, and Soviet citizens and the Canadian politicians who celebrated him.
They have nothing to back it up with, nothing whatsoever.
What they focus on is the fact that the Waffen SS was purely a military organization and “not a political organization” (Which is of course purely fantasy), and that some Waffen SS units did not swear allegiance to Hitler (This is true but also irrelevant).
Even if we were to entertain that there were sections of the German military that weren’t explicitly or consciously ideological, it doesn’t change the fact that they are working overtime to defend a man who happily volunteered to massacre Jews, Roman’s, and Soviet citizens and the Canadian politicians who celebrated him.
Mussolini never swore allegiance to hitler he was still a fascist
Mussolini swore allegiance to Hitler during the creation of the Italian Social Republic. It was essentially a Nazi puppet state.