SS <<<<< Wehrmacht, prove me wrong

Although the swastika comes from Hindu culture it was a common symbol in the West until Hitler and ww2. If I remember right Hitler got it from his childhood church which had it on it, or so I've heard.

I think most people historically literate people can respect the Wehrmacht.

The first leg of the Cold War

SD was the security service, SS was the party's military since wehrmacht had very long non-political traditions where they are loyal to the country instead of the ruler or ruling party. Waffen-SS was the combat arms and the quality varied, they had some actual elite units, IIRC Waffen-SS had one of the highest mortality rates for their troops.

Wehrmacht = war makers, i.e., the armed forces. Wehrmacht included the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine.

Heer = the land army. Heermann = regular soldier.

Point for actually mentioning Diebitsch and Heck, not perpetuating the idea that Hugo Boss designed the uniforms.

The SS was something massive that goes far beyond simply labeling "Elite soldiers" or "Overly aggressive and idealistic conscripts/murderers".
They were a political security unit, a military branch, an intelligence service, death squads and camp guards, a police force, and a legal authority that was only accountable to itself. I don't think there's really been any other organization given such a massive scope and left to its own devices.

Well, except for the US Marines?

>collective punishment because one dumbass got a DUI
Hardly unaccountable.

commie