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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All Waffen-SS divisions were ordered in a single series of numbers as formed, regardless of type. Those with ethnic groups listed were at least nominally...
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list of Waffen-SS units. I SS Panzer Corps II SS Panzer Corps III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps IV SS Panzer Corps (formerly VII SS Panzer Corps) V SS Mountain...
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the Waffen-SS, which were in use from April 1942 to May 1945, in comparison to the Wehrmacht. The highest ranks of the combined SS (German: Gesamt-SS) was...
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War II, the Waffen-SS recruited or conscripted significant numbers of non-Germans. Of a peak strength of 950,000 in 1944, the Waffen-SS consisted of...
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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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Obergruppenführer (redirect from General der Waffen-SS)
rank of SS-Obergruppenführer on 1 October 1941. Waffen-SS commander Theodor Eicke was promoted to SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS on 20 April...
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The 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) was a mountain infantry division of the Waffen-SS, an armed branch of the German...
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Standartenführer (redirect from Waffen-Standartenführer)
of the SS and SA. By the start of World War II, Standartenführer was widely spread as both an SS rank and a rank of the SA. In the Waffen-SS, the rank...
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Schutzstaffel (redirect from SS)
main constituent groups were the Allgemeine SS (General SS) and Waffen-SS (Armed SS). The Allgemeine SS was responsible for enforcing the racial policy...
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Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel (redirect from Waffen SS uniform)
(SS-VT) and the later Waffen-SS wore a variation of the field-grey (grey-green) (feldgrau) army uniform with SS insignia. The majority of SS personnel wore a...
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The Waffen Grenadier Brigade of the SS Charlemagne (German: Waffen-Grenadier-Brigade der SS "Charlemagne") was a Waffen-SS unit formed in September 1944...
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Gegenseitigkeit der Angehörigen der ehemaligen Waffen-SS, lit. 'Mutual aid association of former Waffen-SS members') was a lobby group and a denialist veterans'...
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Russian People's Liberation Army (redirect from 29th Waffen-Grenadier Division der SS (1st Russian))
The 29. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS „RONA” (russische Nr. 1), also known as the Russian Liberation People's Army (Russian: Русская освободительная...
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The 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) was a foreign infantry division of the Waffen-SS that served alongside the Wehrmacht during...
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future rank for Waffen-SS commanders who might be promoted to command Army Groups. The Heer leadership immediately opposed the creation of an SS-Colonel General...
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Dispositional Troops or SS-VT), which later became the Waffen-SS, and the SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS Death's Head Units or SS-TV), which were in charge...
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SS blood group tattoos (German: Blutgruppentätowierung) were worn by members of the Waffen-SS in Nazi Germany during World War II to identify the individual's...
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within the Waffen-SS evolved over many years, ranging from clearly defined to vaguely associated. The Waffen-SS was originally the small armed SS unit known...
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The 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian) was a German mountain infantry division of the Waffen-SS, the armed wing of the...
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Dirlewanger Brigade (redirect from 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS)
known as the SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger (1944), or the 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (German: 36. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS), or The Black...
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The Waffen-SS, the combat branch of the paramilitary SS organisation of Nazi Germany, is often portrayed uncritically or admiringly in popular culture...
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was an infantry and later an armoured division among the thirty-eight Waffen-SS divisions of Nazi Germany. During World War II, the division served on...
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Untersturmführer (redirect from SS-Untersturmführer)
Sturmscharführer in the Waffen-SS) and junior to the rank of Obersturmführer. Untersturmführer was the first commissioned SS officer rank, equivalent...
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Waffen-SS, in units of the SS Division Wiking. Most of these volunteers served as motorized infantry in the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS...
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Poland in September 1939. By 1940 these military SS units had become the nucleus of the Waffen-SS. The SS-VT was formed on 24 September 1934 from a merger...
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which eventually became the Totenkopf Division and other units of the Waffen-SS. In the early days of the military camp service formation, the group's...
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Polizei was one of the thirty-eight divisions fielded as part of the Waffen-SS during World War II. The division was formed in October 1939, when thousands...
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Waffen-SS veterans in post-war Germany played a large role, through publications and political pressure, in the efforts to rehabilitate the reputation...
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The 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarusian), originally called the 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian), was a short-lived...
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