The Allgemeine SS ([ˌalɡəˈmaɪ̯nə ˈɛs ˈɛs]; "General SS") was a major branch of the Schutzstaffel (SS) paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany; it was managed...
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Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel (redirect from SS rank)
any member of the SS. Also used as an actual rank of the Allgemeine SS SS-Führer: Originally an early rank of the SS, the term SS-Führer designated commissioned...
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Schutzstaffel (redirect from SS)
The two main constituent groups were the Allgemeine SS (General SS) and Waffen-SS (Armed SS). The Allgemeine SS was responsible for enforcing the racial...
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and SS-Verfügungstruppe components. A separate unit formed from training units in Bohemia and Moravia. Allgemeine-SS regional commands (for General SS commands...
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Leaders (SS-Oberabschnitt Führer); by 1936, the Reichsführer-SS was head of the three main SS branches: the Allgemeine SS, SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT; political...
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Obergruppenführer (redirect from SS-Obergruppenfüher)
considered regular officers of the Waffen-SS and the rest members of the Allgemeine SS. The first wartime promotions to SS-Obergruppenführer occurred in April...
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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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of the SS, was formed in August 1940 from certain departments of the SS Main Office (SS-Hauptamt or SS-HA) and the Allgemeine SS (General SS). Its main...
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Units and commands of the Schutzstaffel (redirect from SS-Abschnitt)
unit titles of the Allgemeine SS, the military formation titles used by the Waffen-SS, titles of commands associated with the SS Security Police, and...
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Untersturmführer (redirect from SS-Untersturmführer)
the Allgemeine-SS. Within the Allgemeine, or "General" SS, promotion to the rank of Untersturmführer required satisfactory service in the enlisted SS ranks...
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Himmler, the title Reichsführer-SS became the highest possible commissioned rank in the SS hierarchy of the Allgemeine-SS. The rank of Oberst-Gruppenführer...
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Wernher von Braun (category SS-Sturmbannführer)
engineer and space architect. He was a member of the Nazi Party and Allgemeine SS, the leading figure in the development of rocket technology in Nazi...
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Obersturmbannführer (redirect from SS-Obersturmbannführer)
ISBN 0-8032-9437-9. Yerger, Mark C. (1997). Allgemeine-SS: The Commands, Units and Leaders of the General SS. Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0-7643-0145-4....
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finances, supply systems and business projects of the Allgemeine-SS (a main branch of the Schutzstaffel; SS). It also ran the concentration camps and was instrumental...
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Mann (paramilitary rank) (redirect from SS-Mann)
Nazi Party paramilitary organization. SS-Mann (Allgemeine SS) & SS-Schütze (Waffen-SS), shoulder strap SS-Mann/ SS-Schütze, collar patch (1940-1945) SA...
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This register of SS leaders in general's rank includes the members of the Allgemeine SS and Waffen-SS, in line with the appropriate SS seniority list (Dienstaltersliste...
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Unterscharführer (redirect from SS-Unterscharführer)
extensive. Within the Allgemeine SS (General SS) an Unterscharführer typically commanded squad sized formations of seven to fifteen SS troopers. The rank...
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upgraded and renamed the SS Division Nord in preparation for Operation Barbarossa. Its original personnel came from Allgemeine-SS paramilitary units and...
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the lowest possible SS rank and was assigned to those personnel who were candidates in the SS. The rank was used in the Allgemeine-SS as a prelude to appointment...
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Gruppenführer (redirect from SS-Gruppenführer)
patches 1942–1945 (Allgemeine SS and Waffen-SS) Shoulder board (Waffen-SS) NSFK Gorget patch NSKK Gorget patch Germany portal List of SS-Gruppenführer Comparative...
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Brigadeführer (redirect from SS Brigadeführer)
patch until April 1942 (Allgemeine SS and Waffen-SS) Gorget patches 1942–1945 (Allgemeine SS and Waffen-SS) Shoulder board (Waffen-SS) NSFK gorget patch NSKK...
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Esoteric insignia of the Schutzstaffel (redirect from SS rune)
Lumsden 1993, p. 19. Lumsden 1993, p. 27. Lumsden, Robin (1993). The Allgemeine-SS. Osprey Publishing. p. 17. ISBN 978-1-85532-358-2. Yenne, Bill (2010)...
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See "Waffen-SS divisions" for the Waffen-SS order of battle The Allgemeine-SS regional commands were titled SS-Oberabschnitte (SS Main Districts) and...
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Allgemeine SS, the "General" or non-military SS. Some non-SS men also had the tattoo: if a member of a branch of the Wehrmacht was treated in an SS hospital...
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Oberführer (redirect from SS-Oberführer)
Leaders of the SS and German Police, Vol. 1. R. James Bender Publishing. ISBN 93-297-0037-3. Yerger, Mark C. (1997). Allgemeine-SS: The Commands, Units...
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and 1945 under the auspices of the Schutzstaffel (SS). The units were modeled on the Allgemeine SS in Nazi Germany and established in Belgium, Denmark...
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the Allgemeine SS) 13. Infantry company (SS-Hauptsturmführer Walter Schulz; Stammabteilung 6 from the Allgemeine SS) 14. Antitank defense company (SS-Hauptsturmführer...
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Hauptscharführer (redirect from SS-Hauptscharführer)
Obertruppführer. Within the Allgemeine-SS (general-SS), a Hauptscharführer was typically the head SS-non-commissioned officer of an SS-Sturm (company) or was...
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Sturmmann (redirect from SS-Sturmmann)
and competence. Sturmmann was senior to the rank of Mann in the Allgemeine-SS (general-SS). In organizations which did not use the rank of Mann (such as...
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Standartenführer (redirect from SS-Standartenführer)
ISBN 3-7643-2852-5 Yerger, Mark C. (1997). Allgemeine-SS: The Commands, Units and Leaders of the General SS. Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0-7643-0145-4....
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