What was the most badass unit of ww2?

Who are these?

If we are talking full divisions then the original ss units (1-5)

The 442nd.

Please explain why

The SAS
>I kicked open the door and stood there with my Colt 45, the others at my side with a Tommy Gun and another automatic. The Germans stared at us. We were a peculiar and frightening sight, bearded and unkempt hair. For what seemed an age we just stood there looking at each other in complete silence. I said: 'Good evening'. At that a young German arose and moved slowly backwards. I shot him..I turned and fired at another some six feet away...the room was by now in pandemonium.

>Seekings later described how he and Cooper covered their commanding officer as he kicked in the guardhouse door and threw in a grenade. 'The 20 Germans who had just come off guard were inside. Their officer was sitting at a desk no doubt making his report. "Here catch", said the CO. The Jerry at the desk did in fact catch, and in a voice of horror cried "nein, nein". "Ja, Ja", said the CO and closed the door. A moment later there was a big explosion. We then ran like hell as the bombs in the hangars had also started to go off."

edgy a bunch criminal rapists and murderes, so awful even the SS thought they were shit scum. eventually Dirlewanger got his head kicked in by prisoners.

Otto Skorzeny's commandos, german side

442nd Infantry Regiment, US side

2nd Battalion, the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, British 6th Airborne Division, britsih side

Australian 2nd AIF, 9th. Battalion never lost a man as a POW or failed to defend even a foot of land.

Not these bags of shit that's for sure

Members of ustashe, Croat quislings famous for their german dickriding ability, extreme cruelty and of course, the ability of being absolutely useless on the field of battle.

Folgore at El Alamein deserves an honorable mention at the least

someone sounds man

ustasha were actually quite good on the field.

beated partisans and chetniks wherever they went

250. Infanterie-Division

nah, no political affiliation.
Actually a history major

>beated partisans

Historiography would like a word with you.
With their superiority and alliance with german, italian and chetnik troops they should have wiped out the partisans in a matter of weeks, not getting their ass handed to them both in guerilla warfare early on and conventional warfare later on.

>beated chetniks wherever they went

implying that the ustashe and chetniks weren't allies the whole period of the war minus the last minute when they beat them at Lijevča

and even if they didn't, beating a drunken rabble like the chetniks really isn't a big deal

Folgore

But the British had effective mine-clearing task forces, flail tanks (the Scorpions) and Valentine tanks, and heavy artillery barrages to move behind. All of their main attacks, in the end, came through the minefields. There, the outnumbered paratroops, after hours of artillery fire, counterattacked the infantry and close assaulted the tanks, with grenades and molotov cocktails

2eme Blindeé

>Allies
30 assault unit
>Why?
Commando unit which James bond is based off need I say more

>Axis
Brandenburg regiment
>why?
Masters of deception (their symbol is a theatre mask with a dagger) who would dress as allies and cause havoc behind enemy lines to the point that omar Bradley got stopped and id'd for fear of him being an insurgent.

Well, NDH was a state where more then 50% werent even Croatians/bosniaks. And on top of that, most croatians fought in the partisans (leader of partisans was a croat too). But still partisans were just a wood walking nobodies untill 1943.

As for the field, they actually were pretty effective, specially at the end part /battle of odzak, koprivnica, lijevce.

You cant win guerrilla warfare unless you start the "10 yours for 1 ours" method that germans implemented in serbia for example. As a history major you should know that

>You cant win guerrilla warfare unless you start the "10 yours for 1 ours" method that germans implemented in serbia for example. As a history major you should know that

or you basically build a school, hospital and post office in every town and make sure to treat civilians with utmost respect and provide them with jobs and not torture anyone.

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Hahah oh you sweet boobie

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croatian ustasha. Based lads desu

there's something about that chick on the right that makes my banis go wew

The Tuskeegee airmen of course.

>Well, NDH was a state where more then 50% werent even Croatians/bosniaks and on top of that, most croatians fought in the partisans (leader of partisans was a croat too). But still partisans were just a wood walking nobodies untill 1943.

Definately not true.
Firstly, although NDH wasn't homogenous, 2/3 of the people were Croats or bosniaks
Further, in 1941. there were 20 000 partisan troops, in 1943. there were 90 000. In a country of six million people that can hardly calssify as ''majority''.
Yes, partisans were a wood walking nobodies until 1943., that's the point. Ustashe were just terrible at dealing with them and their atrocious ways and policies galvanized people against them.

>As for the field, they actually were pretty effective, specially at the end part /battle of odzak, koprivnica, lijevce.

A couple of well fought minor and strategically irrelevant battles (defensive mind you) can't erase a bazzilion failed grand offensives which lost them the war.

>You cant win guerrilla warfare unless you start the "10 yours for 1 ours" method that germans implemented in serbia for example. As a history major you should know that

As a rational human being you should know that brutal practices like these only strenghten the revolt against occupying force. Disregarding the practicality of that sort of thing, you really can't argue that it's not ruthless. Come on, you can't defend the killing and abuse of tens of thousands of civilians, burning whole villages and that sort of thing. Partisans did this too, but we're not talking about them here.

The Norwegian ski battalion fighting on the east front.

not even 2/3 were croats/bosniaks but ok. Thing is, how many from those two thirds fought in the partisans? Shitload, specially Croats.

>As a rational human being you should know that brutal practices like these only strenghten the revolt against occupying force.
As a "history major" you should know this very same method worked in serbia, where there was little to no resistance against occupying forces (they were liberated by russians, not partisans). And in NDH ustasha's were in charge after all so such measures weren't to take place against croatian/muslim populations, hence the resistance.

> bazzilion failed grand offensives which lost them the war.
such as ... ? NDH lost the war because the axis lost the war and it was actually the last man standing.

>As a "history major"

I'm an idiot fot being triggered by this, but pic related
stay in school not in /pol/

>you should know this very same method worked in serbia, where there was little to no resistance against occupying forces (they were liberated by russians, not partisans). And in NDH ustasha's were in charge after all so such measures weren't to take place against croatian/muslim populations, hence the resistance.

No, Serbian regime was in practice very different than the one in NDH and it ''worked'' just because the resistance (which operated as one in whole region, not just NDH) based their operations in bosnia. Serbia was somewhat less violent because the regime wasn't as rigid and/because the partisans were mostly going to Bosnia.

>not even 2/3 were croats/bosniaks but ok. Thing is, how many from those two thirds fought in the partisans? Shitload, specially Croats

4 million out of 6 million and change maybe isn't strictly 2/3 but it sure ain't below 50% as you've previosly stated.
Again, 20 000 out of 4 million can hardly be classified as majority. Even if we don't count the ustashe, there were more Italians and Germans alone here than partisans in 1941.

>such as ... ? NDH lost the war because the axis lost the war and it was actually the last man standing.

such as the seven major offensives and countless smaller ones

Of course the global situation affected this war, but disregarding the Soviet excursion to Belgrade, NOVJ liberated the country by herself. NDH lost the war firstly because it was beaten. Axis troubles didn't help, but the regime was too weak and crooked to deal with the resistance on its own.

>No, Serbian regime was in practice very different than the one in NDH and it ''worked'' just because the resistance (which operated as one in whole region, not just NDH) based their operations in bosnia. Serbia was somewhat less violent because the regime wasn't as rigid and/because the partisans were mostly going to Bosnia

Serbian method worked because partisans based their operations in Bosnia? How dumb are you kek
It worked because it had no local support; it had no local support because Germans (serbian government had 0 saying in any aspects unlike Croatia where Pavelic was de facto in charge) implemented 100 serbs for 1 german policy. You think partisans simply operated in Bosnia (Croatia) because they prefered the weather there? Lmao

Considering NDH was a country born in middle of war with little to no local support in some areas they did more then a good job

>Serbian method worked because partisans based their operations in Bosnia? How dumb are you kek It worked because it had no local support; it had no local support because Germans (serbian government had 0 saying in any aspects unlike Croatia where Pavelic was de facto in charge) implemented 100 serbs for 1 german policy. You think partisans simply operated in Bosnia (Croatia) because they prefered the weather there? Lmao

oh fuck off.

As stated, the focus of the Titoist resistance, the mainstream resistance throughout the war was on the territory of NDH, not Serbia: Hence your argument of no local support. A big part of the communists and other resistance fighters went on to join his force. If there are a lot of fighters migrating tf out of their communities there's a lot less incidents and lot less mindless punishment dealt to innocent people. Regarding the 100 for 1 rule, the same shit was implemented in slavonia and promted thousands to go over to the partisans.

If you don't follow, your googling the serbian leadership confirms my thesis that it wasn't as brutal of a regime as it was in the NDH. Serbia didn't have a whole government of sadistic baboons.

Spinning my words out of context won't make your point valid. What about all your previous ''facts'' that I have and can continue to debunk all day? Why don't we focus on them a little more? Why don't we recap the sloo of bullshit you've come up with today?

>beated partisans and chetniks wherever they went
>NDH was a state where more then 50% werent even Croatians/bosniaks
>NDH lost the war because the axis lost

Ending with the best one

>Considering NDH was a country born in middle of war with little to no local support in some areas they did more then a good job

Yeah, we're going to stop right here....
Enjoy your puberty and stay in school.

The Hungarian 'Szent László Division' was savage. The Soviets loathed them, considered them SS-tier opponents and placed bounties on their heads.

101st Airborne

>Not 82nd

>casual pleb
>knows his shit

British 1st Airborne Division, the 'Red Devils'

>As stated, the focus of the Titoist resistance, the mainstream resistance throughout the war was on the territory of NDH, not Serbia: Hence your argument of no local support.

You're a history major??? Top fucking KEK! First freed territory was on territory of Serbia - Uzicka Republika which fell due to german brutal methods, as chetniks and other coolaboratist forces had their priority in saving the serbian people, they either changed sides or moved to NDH/Italian Montenegro. Commies however, being commies, didnt give a fuck about that and continued making diversions, but - with no local support. Specially after Kragujevac massacre, which sealed the deal and showed Germans dont fuck around. And guess what, it worked.

>Regarding the 100 for 1 rule, the same shit was implemented in slavonia and promted thousands to go over to the partisans.
Croatian Slavonia? Give me an example you stupid fuck.

>If you don't follow, your googling the serbian leadership confirms my thesis that it wasn't as brutal of a regime as it was in the NDH. Serbia didn't have a whole government of sadistic baboons.
Serbia was de facto administrad
ted by Germans, serbs had no saying in any regards.

As a recap of bullshit, your "bazzilion failed grand offensives which lost them the war." takes the prize. True academic over here

As for
>>Considering NDH was a country born in middle of war with little to no local support in some areas they did more then a good job
It still stands. Countries that were in axis and that existed as axis countries before the start if war had a more miserable downfall from NDH. From side switching and failing Hungary to Bulgaria that didnt do jack shit but surrendered in course of entire war. NDH was a state born in hard times and it needed hard measures.

To end this, i see you're a Croatian (?) So its no wonder you're irrational about this topic. But as a future historian, try minimizing the amount of bs you're spoutting like a dumb fuck.

3rd Guards Tank Corps of the Red Army

This pic is of muslim fraction of Ustashas. I believe its Sandzak Muslim Militia, they were alligned to Croatia but operated on "Serbian" territory (Sandzak)

>unit 731
In terms of humanities, they were indeed God level.

>ustašas were elite
lol this fucking guy
elite at slaugthering defenseless people maybe
in combat they were shit just like their chetnik buddies, which tells a lot about them since they enjoyed German and Italian support

This guy was a unit all by himself.

Not him but I think the Grenadier division were the ones that gave the Russians a dick stomping after Stalingrad, Finland held of the Russians despite being ridiculously outnumbered and out gunned and the US Marines literally had to rip, shoot, and burn every single Japanese soldier out of their holes during the Pacific War, I've always been curious to see how anyone but the US, UK and the Aussies would've handled the Pacific War

Ustašas btfo'd chetniks any time they met, lijevca field battle being the biggest btfo. Deff most elite unit in balkans at the time. Specially black legion/Handschar SS

>getting worked up over the Yugoslav Front in WWII when the whole thing was a massive fail of a spectacle since it ended up with almost 1.5 million dead Yugos and not even 50k dead non-Yugos
We just slaughtered ourselves.

-Fallschirmjäger, SS, Panzergrenadier

>getting worked up over the European Front in WWII when the whole thing was a massive fail of a spectacle since it ended up with almost 40 million dead Euros and not even 15mil dead non-Euros
Le we just slaughtered ourselves

That works too, actually. Idiotic war.

But it's a bad analogy, since Yugoslavs were just puppets to foreign power and ideologies. Sure, Tito went rogue and independent post-WWII, but not due to the combat ability of Partisans.

>since Yugoslavs were just puppets to foreign power and ideologies.
Its so much, much deeper then that. After all it wouldn't happen the way it happened if it wasnt.
Commies jumping out from the underworld to battle occupiers. Royal family GTFO'ing to UK. Croats revenging on Serbs and Jews under a crazy crusader like catholic-nazi gouvernment. Serbs and their slaughterous side changing Chetniks .. Albanians, muslim bosnians in SS.. and all together with Germans and Italians. Crazy.

I enjoy reading about ww2 Yugoslavia the most. Its really fascinating, like all hell
was boiling inside just to come out thanks to a foreign invasion.

Some of the SS had cool cool names.
>wiking
>totenkopf (deathhead)

>Folgore
>Shit

28th (maori) battalion

Met David Stirling years ago. First-rate chap. Tall as a tree, typical Scots Guardsman.

It's funny, the Japanese didn't fight to the death against the Soviets, for example. When they invaded Manchuria, many thousands of Japanese soldiers actually threw up their hands. I don't know why they insisted on fighting the Americans to the last man.

[gets literally beat to death]

they literally got bypassed by the soviets,the futility of seeing T-34 rolling through your territory must be heart wrenching
and they were quite starved of resources by then

And yet, being assailed by the largest fleet in history and by thousands of aircraft, pummeled with endless artillery barrages and flamethrowers and napalm by an army larger and technologically superior to theirs, never shook their resolve. What gives?

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