SS America was an ocean liner and cruise ship built in the United States in 1940 for the United States Lines and designed by the noted American naval...

SS America may refer to: SS America (1863), a passenger steamer for North German Lloyd, 1863–1894 SS America (1869), a passenger steamer for Pacific Mail...

SS Antilla (or "ES Antilla", with "ES" standing for "Elektroschiff" German: electric ship) was a Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) cargo ship that was launched...

Reiter-SS (SS Cavalry Corps). The first SS cavalry regiment, designated SS-Totenkopf Reitstandarte 1, was formed in September 1939. Commanded by then SS-Standartenführer...

The uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel (SS) served to distinguish its Nazi paramilitary ranks between 1925 and 1945 from the ranks of the Wehrmacht...

the material pertaining to the expedition bears the title "The SS-Tibet-Expedition, 1939". That designation is still in use by modern scholars, such as...

Waffen-SS recruited significant numbers of non-Germans, both as volunteers and conscripts. Of a peak strength of 950,000 in 1944, the Waffen-SS consisted...

The Waffen-SS (German: [ˈvafn̩ʔɛsˌʔɛs]; lit. 'Armed SS') was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's paramilitary Schutzstaffel (SS) organisation. Its formations...

division surrendered on 9 May 1945 to American forces in Czechoslovakia. The SS Division Totenkopf was formed in October 1939. The division had close ties to...

1921 — Sunk by a mine in 1939. SS Blommersdijk (I), 1916 — Launched in 1907 as Blötberg. Sunk by shellfire by U-53 in 1916. SS Boschdijk, 1922 — Burnt...

the integration of SS members and operational procedures. The SD was administered as an independent SS office between 1933 and 1939. That year, the SD...

thirty-eight divisions fielded as part of the Waffen-SS during World War II. The division was formed in October 1939, when thousands of members of the Ordnungspolizei...

Schutzstaffel (SS) grew from eight members to over a quarter of a million Waffen-SS and over a million Allgemeine-SS members. Other members included the SS-Totenkopfverbände...

General der SS-VT (SS-Verfügungstruppe) upon the outbreak of World War II in 1939. Two SS officers would be demoted from the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer:...

The 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) (German: 14. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (galizische Nr. 1); Ukrainian: 14-та гренадерська...

SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler or SS Division Leibstandarte, abbreviated as LSSAH (German: 1. SS-Panzerdivision "Leibstandarte SS Adolf...

for the 19th Century SS Independence, wrecked off Baja California SS America (1939) SS Constitution SS Emerald SS France (1961) SS United States Notes...

In August 1939 Adolf Hitler placed the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH), later SS Division Leibstandarte, and the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT) under...

SS Orizaba (or "ES Orizaba", with "ES" standing for "Electroschiff" German: electric ship) was a Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) cargo ship that was built...

The SS Division Hitlerjugend or 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" (German: 12. SS-Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend") was a German armoured division of...

SS Panama was laid down 25 October 1937 as hull number 1467, launched on 24 September 1938 and completed 22 April 1939 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation...

erroneously referred to as USS America America, an ocean liner launched in 1939 SS America, various merchantmen America was the name of the Command Module...

After the German invasion of Poland in 1939, Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, sought to expand the Waffen-SS with foreign military volunteers for the...

SS Pasteur was a steam turbine ocean liner built for Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique. She later sailed as Bremen for Norddeutscher Lloyd. In the...

The SS Jaguar 100 is a British 2-seat sports car built between 1936 and 1939 by SS Cars Ltd of Coventry, England. The manufacturer's name 'SS Cars' used...

Administration December 1943—1946 when returned to owners. SS American Star (1939), ocean liner, American Star after 1994, last of a series of names for the ship...

56°44′N 14°5′W / 56.733°N 14.083°W / 56.733; -14.083 SS Athenia was a steam turbine transatlantic passenger liner built in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1923...

bodyguard to Adolf Hitler from 1934 to mid-September 1939. Thereafter, he served in the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend. Krause came up with the...

a citizen in 1939. He had been employed as a crew member and chief baker aboard U.S. ships until his discharge from the SS America (1939) when the U.S...

Waffen-SS Divisions 1939-1945, Amber Books, 2007 Tessin, Georg. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945;...