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    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...
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  • 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...
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    portal SS Leviathan SS California (1927) SS Virginia (1928) SS Pennsylvania (1929) SS Manhattan (1931) SS Washington (1932) SS America (1939) SS Santa...
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    SS Antilla (or "ES Antilla", with "ES" standing for "Elektroschiff" German: electric ship) was a Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) cargo ship that was launched...
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    Schutzstaffel (redirect from SS)
    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...
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    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...
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    The Waffen-SS (German: [ˈvafn̩ʔɛsˌʔɛs]; lit. 'Armed SS') was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's paramilitary Schutzstaffel (SS) organisation. Its formations...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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    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:...
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    for the 19th Century SS Independence, wrecked off Baja California SS America (1939) SS Constitution SS Emerald SS France (1961) SS United States Notes...
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  • Thumbnail for 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
    SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler or SS Division Leibstandarte, abbreviated as LSSAH (German: 1. SS-Panzerdivision "Leibstandarte SS Adolf...
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    In August 1939 Adolf Hitler placed the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH), later SS Division Leibstandarte, and the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT) under...
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  • SS Orizaba (or "ES Orizaba", with "ES" standing for "Electroschiff" German: electric ship) was a Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) cargo ship that was built...
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    The 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) (German: 14. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (galizische Nr. 1); Ukrainian: 14-та гренадерська...
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    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...
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    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...
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    The SS Division Hitlerjugend or 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" (German: 12. SS-Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend") was a German armoured division of...
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  • 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...
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    Civil War (1936–1939). On his return to Germany in 1939, Berger helped Dirlewanger join the Allgemeine SS (General SS) with the rank of SS-Untersturmführer...
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    Konzentrationslager) under SS-Obergruppenführer Theodor Eicke. He was instrumental in helping Eicke form the Totenkopf Division of the SS in the fall of 1939 and served...
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    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...
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    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...
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    The 6th SS Mountain Division Nord (German: 6. SS-Gebirgs-Division Nord) was a World War II mountain infantry division of the Waffen-SS, the military wing...
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    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...
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