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What was the secret police of Russian called?
Cheka
Cheka, also called Vecheka, early Soviet secret police agency and a forerunner of the KGB (q.v.).
What did the Kempeitai do?
As a semi-autonomous unit attached to the army and accountable to the war minister, the Kempeitai was responsible for ensuring military discipline; gathering intelligence and carrying out subversion work; maintaining law and order; and policing thoughts in the civilian populations of Japanese-occupied territories.
Was Japan a police state?
After Japan’s surrender in 1945, occupation authorities in World War II retained the prewar police structure until a new system was implemented and the Diet passed the 1947 Police Law. Contrary to Japanese proposals for a strong, centralized force to deal with postwar unrest, the police system was decentralized.
What happened to the kempeitai?
The Kenpeitai was disarmed and disbanded after the Japanese surrender in August 1945.
Was the SS ever neutral during WW2?
Not in the case with the Waffen SS, but the armed SS did remain neutral towards the extreme parts of the Nazi philosophy that their superiors had. The SS troopers who survived the post-war vengeance at the hands of the Allies & soviets ended up fighting for the French in Indochina.
What was the typical SS man like?
The typical SS man has also been portrayed as a hardened criminal, someone without moral scruples—someone happy to murder defenseless civilians simply because he was told that it was his patriotic duty to wipe out whole populations due to their ethnicity or religion that were deemed a threat to Germany and the “Aryan race.”
Who were the three SS-VTS?
Brought in to administer the new SS-VT were three men who, alongside Dietrich, would later write the combat historical record of the vaunted Waffen-SS across the length and breadth of conquered Europe: Paul Hausser, Felix Steiner, and Willi Bittrich.
What made the Waffen-SS so special?
In their brief but extraordinary existence the Waffen-SS won a unique reputation for daring elan and esprit de corps and unfailing professionalism in combat. Their courage was unquestioned and they achieved worldwide fame and notoriety.