war shift from soldiers to contractors

[hobbit]

I knew there was a brutal five year-ish insurgency at the end of WWII; however, that is the limit of my expertise. This conversation sounds fascinating.

When communists and right-wingers took to the streets of Germany following WWI, they minced neither words nor actions. All were armed, some small factions like the National Socialists (Nazis) armed very well with machine-guns by sympathizers in the army. Thousands died in these street battles, the three-million member SA prevailed, and the rest is the most monumental history in human existence....

Did my homework Sarn't. Sorry it took me so long to get back on this - I did a fair amount of internet-ing on this topic to ensure I was on the right track.

Bottom Line Up Front: Not a single Allied Soldier was proven to have been killed by a post WWII insurgency in Germany.

I was wrong in my understanding of post WWII events in Germany. I pictured an inaccurate Nazi-led true believer type of second front war, which never existed. There was, however, a NASTY political insurgency fomented all throughout Europe by the Soviet Union. That appears to be what most people confuse for a true 'German' guerrilla war. Below I posted links to the Wiki and another interesting read. My observation is that the Soviets were absolutely terrifying in their manner of continuing to purge dissidents in any form long after the war was over.

A decent Wiki on Werwolf

Scroll down the thread for another interesting article

Sorry. I confused your interim references. You're talking post-WWII and I'm talking post-WWI. I think it's the new drugs I'm taking. Animal rights groups insist the VA try them on Vietnam veterans before they can test them on rats. Anyway, a great book that explores what was really happening out there on Germany's streets between 1918-1933 is "Heinrich Himmler: A Life", by Peter Longerich.

[Jim]

Some of Robert Service's excellent verse while I am at it; I think he was inciting his audience to rebellion in this one. It's a bit irreverent.

"The Ballad of Lenin's Tomb" by Robert Service

Superb!

[Baseplate]

Well you don't have to give VA benefits to contractors, yet

[hobbit]

Well you don't have to give VA benefits to contractors, yet

Yea we do, but it's a bit of an exclusive club: WWII merchant marine veterans, and Philipine civilians who served (generally as cooks) onboard US Navy vessels during WII. There may be others but those are two groups I'm aware of.

[K.Ingraham]

[Philipine civilians who served (generally as cooks) onboard US Navy vessels during WII. .

Those were not civilians, they were US Navy enlisted sailors, same as the white boys who got to do every other job a navy requires.
We just wanted to screw the little brown guys, nothing more. Same "deal" as the Filippino citizens who were enlisted into the US Army* with all the usual promises. "Thanks for serving, now fuck off." I understand there's some redress recently, now that the vast majority have conveniently died off.

*not to be confused with the Philippine Scouts or the rest of the colonial era Philippine armed forces.