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2. SS-Verfügungstruppe - Wikipedia

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   On 17 August 1938 Adolf Hitler decreed that the SS-VT was neither a part of the Ordnungspolizei (order police) nor the Wehrmacht, but military-trained men at the disposal of the Führer. In time of war, the SS-VT were to be placed at the disposal of the army. The SS-VT were involved in the German invasion of Poland in September 1939.

3. SS-Totenkopfverbände - Wikipedia

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   On 17 August 1938 Hitler decreed, at Himmler's request, the SS-TV to be the official reserve for the SS-VT; [22] this would over the course of the war lead to a constant flux of men between the Waffen-SS and the concentration camps. Himmler's intention was simply to expand his private army by using the SS-TV (as well as the police, which he ...

4. Units and commands of the Schutzstaffel - Wikipedia

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   SS-Schar ("SS-Squad"): SS-Squads were eight to ten man formations that served as the primary mustering unit within each SS-Company. There were 3 for each Trupp. [11] Such units were commanded by an SS-Scharführer with an Assistant Squad Leader rated as an Unterscharführer. SS-Rotte ("SS-Section"): This was the smallest unit of the General-SS ...

5. Schutzstaffel - Wikipedia

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   [135] The SS-VT was renamed the Waffen-SS in a speech made by Hitler in July 1940. [106] Hitler then authorised the enlistment of "people perceived to be of related stock", as Himmler put it, to expand the ranks. [136] Danes, Dutch, Norwegians, Swedes, and Finns volunteered to fight in the Waffen-SS under the command of German officers. [137]

6. Waffen-SS - Wikipedia

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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 included men from Nazi Germany, along with volunteers and conscripts from both German-occupied Europe and unoccupied lands. [3]

7. 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich - Wikipedia

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   SS-Panzerdivision "Das Reich") or SS Division Das Reich was an armored division of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. Initially formed from regiments of the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT), Das Reich initially served during the Battle of France in 1940 before seeing combat on the Eastern Front between 1941 and 1944.

8. Allgemeine SS - Wikipedia

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   Allgemeine SS; SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT) [17] SS-Wachverbände, known as the SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV) from 29 March 1936, forward [18] [19] Himmler further conducted additional purges of the SS to exclude those deemed to be opportunists, alcoholics, homosexuals, or of uncertain racial status. This "house cleaning" removed some 60,000 SS ...

9. 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler

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   In late June 1943, the formation of I SS Panzer Corps meant that Hausser's SS Panzer Corps was renamed II SS Panzer Corps. [73] Joachim Peiper, commander of the division's 1st SS Panzer Regiment. The II SS Panzer Corps was moved north to Belgorod in preparation for the upcoming summer offensive Operation Citadel.