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Litany of Sacrifice: Suffering Violence in the Name of Christian Nationalism

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Alternately revered and reviled for their suicidal devotion to duty, the Death Korps of Krieg constitute an indisputable paragon of rampant nationalistic fervor—so much so that, in order to restore collective honor after their planetary governor betrays the God Emperor of Mankind, the Korps progenitor (the infamous Colonel Jurten) reduces their home planet to a …

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In Life, War. In Death, Peace. In Life, Shame. In Death, Atonement: The Death Korps of Krieg and the Cultural Memory of Total War

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The Death Korps of Krieg are a fan-favourite Imperial Guard regiment in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Born from rebellion, nuclear apocalypse and a 500-year-long civil conflict, these gas-masked, great-coated “normal soldiers” (as opposed to aliens, daemons and superhumans of other factions), serve as a condensed repository of 20th-century cultural memories of total war. This paper …