2007-07-04 23:05:35 · 30 answers · asked by SA_Mann 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
I think a lot of you people would need to go back and study your history books more carefully as the ' WAFFEN-SS' were frontline troops...!!
2007-07-05 01:11:04 · update #1
I totally agree.Nobody could stand against Waffen SS.They were simply the elite.They had the best training,morale and equipment.Not to mention they would obey any order.
2007-07-09 08:07:16 · answer #1 · answered by Opera Phantom 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yes, soldiers of the Wehrmacht that were put through SS training were considered to be the most elite soldiers to ever be put on this planet. A lot of people here don't know anything, not many of the German troops committed war crimes in the field. The SS Soldiers were put through probably the most grieving and strengthening combat training the world will ever see and honestly, if they were still around to this day with modernized weapons, they'd be the most elite we know. The Germans had the better Tanks, the Better Training and in some cases the better weapons. In the Afrika Campaign, Rommel nearly destroyed the British while he was outnumbered 8-1. In the Battle of Monte Cassino, 1 SS Fallschirmjager Division held out against 22 Allied divisions for 6 months before evacuating because of lack of reasoning on holding the position. They are legendary soldiers and deserve respect as fighters.
2007-07-07 18:26:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your question is very prescriptive and a closed question which invites a yes or no one word answer.
That answer is no.
The Mongol armies were tougher and more feared, as were the Romans.
The Gurkhas are tougher and have always been more feared by all their enemies in dozens of wars (not just one) for the last hundred years.
The extremely brutal Russian army in WW2 was very tough and feared and happened also to kick the Waffens butt, as did Pattons tank army, as did the British Parachute regiment which held out in Arnhem against an entire Waffen SS battle group with no supplies, a tiny amount of men and rifles against tanks.
They were tough, feared (sometimes for the wrong reasons), wore very sexy camo uniforms unlike other German regiments, and were effective, but not legends in the way you describe.
2007-07-06 01:50:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The most feared in modern history are without doubt the Gurkha's. The Japanese, who were proud to die for their country, where absolutely terrified of them. They are among the toughest and most loyal troops in history. The Waffen SS were a pampered crowd of brainwashed Nazi murderers, they had better pay, the best equipment, in fact anything they asked for. The committed a long list of atrocities including burning to death British prisoners. Some offsprings of these butchers are now members of our royal family. Todays most fearsome troops must be the SAS. They have proved it.
2007-07-10 23:13:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO
The Spartans
The Rhodesian SAS
The Gurikas
All of these come to mind real quickly. And the Waffen SS were not really the Butchers everyone thinks. Your thinking more of the Totenkopf or Death's Head Brigades. THEY not the Waffen Ran the camps.
2007-07-04 23:16:01 · answer #5 · answered by Wolf of the Black Moon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Waffen-SS eventually became elite by the war's end, but the Wehrmacht was actually better disciplined and highly trained.
2007-07-04 23:22:24 · answer #6 · answered by gregpasq 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope.
I'd go for the SBS, Mossad, Ghurkas and French Foreign Legion.
Oh, and Glaswegians reacting to a terrorist attack.
Far scarier than the Waffen-SS and the Continental Army. By an effing mile.
2007-07-04 23:15:32 · answer #7 · answered by Morgy 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
In their time they were a tough nut to crack. My old man (god bless him) met up with them on a number of occasions during his 39 - 45 european tour. What made them tough was their total and utter misguided loyalty to Hitler and his vision of a master aryan race. they were hand picked from an early age and "specially trained" for their role which included the massacre of civilians without question.
The toughest forces of that time were many. The three I think of in that category are the Commandos, Gurkha's and Wingates Chindits.
Most feared depends on which side you were on. The Royal Marine and Army Commandos were the most feared by the Germans who placed a bounty on the heads of every Commando and described them as "Churchill's butcher boys".
2007-07-05 05:03:25 · answer #8 · answered by one shot 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They were VERY tough, - and, WERE feared, by SOME, - that much, I DO realise. But, you DID say "EVER", - so, the ANSWER, to your question, HAS to be "NO"!
What about the ZULUS?
What about the GURKHAS?
What about the FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION?
What about the British S.A.S?
And, - finally, - What about those whom I, personally, view as the "BEST OF THE BEST" - THEY, being the British military's OWN PARACHUTE REGIMENT!
Those FIVE examples, given, above, would leave the Waffen S.S. wondering what the HELL had HIT THEM!
2007-07-04 23:33:54 · answer #9 · answered by Spike 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think that the most feared troops of all woulds have to be the SAS they are without doubt the best soldiers in the world by far.
2007-07-09 23:43:44 · answer #10 · answered by Edgein 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at the time yes,but they were originally the brainchild of basil liddell-hart, a britsh officer who had the idea of a supersoldier,but the germans got there first.the ss who ran the camps were einsatz gruppen,the ones the waffen ss kooked down upon
2007-07-05 23:01:16 · answer #11 · answered by majoti 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋