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The Waffen-SS (Armed SS) was created as the militarised wing of the Schutzstaffel (SS; "Protective Squadron") of the Nazi Party. Its origins can be traced back to the selection of a group of 120 SS men in 1933 by Sepp Dietrich to form the Sonderkommando Berlin, which became the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH). [ 4 ]
- List of Waffen-SS units - Wikipedia
Waffen-SS brigades. 1st SS Infantry Brigade. 2nd SS Infantry...
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Pages in category "Foreign volunteer units of the...
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The Waffen-SS units included the 6th Panzer Army under Sepp...
- List of Waffen-SS units - Wikipedia
SS-Gau ("SS-Region"): There were five SS-Regions established throughout Germany, headed by an SS leader known as an SS-Gauführer (Region Leader). SS-Staffel ("SS-Squadron"): This was the standard unit of the early SS in the late 1920s.
The Waffen-SS units included the 6th Panzer Army under Sepp Dietrich. Created on 26 October 1944, it incorporated the I SS Panzer Corps (the 1st and 12th SS Panzer Divisions along with the 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion). It also had the II SS Panzer Corps (the 2nd and 9th SS Panzer Divisions).
Waffen-SS brigades. 1st SS Infantry Brigade. 2nd SS Infantry Brigade. 3rd Estonian SS Volunteer Brigade. 4th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Brigade "Nederland". 5th SS Volunteer Assault Brigade "Wallonien", see Walloon Legion. 6th SS Volunteer Assault Brigade "Langemarck". Assault Brigade "Reichsführer SS".
Waffen-SS (Siły Zbrojne SS) – zbrojne oddziały niemieckiej nazistowskiej formacji paramilitarnej Schutzstaffel (SS), niezależne od regularnej armii i policji. Oficjalnie nazwa „Waffen-SS” obejmująca wszystkie te oddziały funkcjonowała od 1940 roku.
The units were under the control of During World War II, the Waffen-SS recruited significant numbers of non-Germans, both as volunteers and conscripts. In total some 500,000 non-Germans and ethnic Germans from outside Germany, mostly from German-occupied Europe, were recruited between 1940 and 1945.
Pages in category "Foreign volunteer units of the Waffen-SS". The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
