{"id":83875,"date":"2023-07-28T04:00:41","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T08:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=83875"},"modified":"2023-07-27T16:34:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T20:34:37","slug":"ideology-and-mediocrity-inside-the-12th-ss-division-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2023\/07\/28\/ideology-and-mediocrity-inside-the-12th-ss-division-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Ideology and Mediocrity: Inside the 12th SS Division Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IQ6AhDABGEQ\" title=\"Ideology and Mediocrity: Inside the 12th SS Division Leadership\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>OTD Military History<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 27 Jul 2023<\/p>\n<p>Historian Dr. Philip W. Blood discusses how the leadership of the 12th SS (Hitler Youth) Panzer Division were a clique of ideological motivated Nazis and most were promoted into their positions because of their loyalty to Hitler and Nazism and not because they were good soldiers. <\/p>\n<p>Check out my full conversation with Philip Blood at the link below.<\/p>\n<p>Waffen-SS Fantasies and the Commodification of War Crimes<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/vdZf_2tooSM\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/youtube.com\/live\/vdZf_2tooSM<\/a><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>OTD Affiliate Link:<br \/>\n<em>Birds of Prey: Hitler&#8217;s Luftwaffe, Ordinary Soldiers, and the Holocaust in Poland<\/em> Kindle Edition by Philip W. 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