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292:
533:
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406:. On 17 August 1938 Hitler decreed that the SS military formations were to be placed at the "disposal" of the army in time of war. Hitler stated, at Himmler's request, that service in the SS-VT qualified to fulfill military service obligations. Further, during wartime, units of the SS-TV would be used as reserves for the SS-VT. Over the course of the war this led to a constant flux of men between the Waffen-SS and the
42:
343:. The SS-VT had to depend on the German Army for its supply of weapons and military training, and the army also retained control of the recruiting system through local draft boards responsible for assigning conscripts to the different branches of the Wehrmacht to meet quotas set by the German High Command (
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In addition, Eicke's SS-TV field forces were not military, and during the invasion of Poland, "heir...capabilities were employed instead in terrorizing the civilian population through acts that included hunting down straggling Polish soldiers, confiscating agricultural produce and livestock, and
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by the Poles. In its defence, the SS insisted that it had been hampered by having to fight piecemeal instead of as one formation, and was improperly equipped by the army to carry out its objectives. Himmler insisted that the SS-VT should be allowed to fight in its own formations under its own
860:
approached
Himmler with a plan to recruit volunteers in the conquered territories from the ethnic German and Germanic populations. At first Hitler had doubts about recruiting foreigners, but he was persuaded by Himmler and Berger. He gave approval for a new division to be formed from foreign
624:(High Command of the Armed Forces) reported that the SS-VT units took unnecessary risks and had a higher casualty rate than the army. They also stated that the SS-VT was poorly trained and its officers unsuitable for combat command. As an example, OKW noted that the
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commanders, while the OKW tried to have the SS-VT disbanded altogether. Hitler was unwilling to upset either the army or
Himmler, and chose a third path. He ordered that the SS-VT form its own divisions but that the divisions would be under army command.
552:. For those operations, the SS-VT was under the command of the army. The SS-VT also formed an Artillery Regiment during this time-frame which was used to fill the gaps in a number of army units for those events. The SS-VT regiments
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and the massacre in Złoczew, where 200 civilians were machine gunned. Złoczew's children also suffered; SS men beat and murdered them, sometimes with rifle butts, crushing the skulls of toddlers. Shootings also took place in
732:. In the five-day campaign, the LSSAH linked up with army units and airborne troops after a number of clashes with Dutch defenders. After the surrender of Rotterdam, the LSSAH left for
618:
In spite of the swift military victory over Poland in
September 1939, events during the invasion of Poland raised doubts over the combat effectiveness of the SS-VT. The OKW or
1920:
362:. Hausser worked to transform the SS-VT into a credible military force that was a match for the regular army. The SS-VT trained alongside Hitler's personal bodyguard, the
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After the Dutch surrender, the LSSAH was moved south to France. On 24 May the LSSAH, along with the SS-VT division, were positioned to hold the perimeter around
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371:
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in
October 1939. It was then folded into the Waffen-SS in August 1940. These troops wore the SS-TV skull and crossbones rather than the SS-VT "SS" runes.
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torturing and murdering large numbers of Polish political leaders, aristocrats, businessmen, priests, intellectuals, and Jews." Further, members of the
322:) and regulations; each regiment consisting of three infantry battalions, a motorcycle company and a mortar company. The unit was officially designated
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326:("Dispositional troops", i.e. troops at the personal disposal of the Führer). The men were to be volunteers who had completed their service in the
891:. It was made up of mostly "Nordic" volunteers from the newly conquered territories, Danes, Norwegians, Dutch and Flemings. By the start of 1941,
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2190:
1905:
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Division was ordered to France and was attached to army divisions which formed the northern "spearhead" of attack. In France, the SS
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1216:
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Kulesza. Zbrodnie Wehrmachtu w Polsce – wrzesień 1939. „Biuletyn IPN”. 8-9 (43-44), issue August – September 2004., p.22-23
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519:, which reported to Himmler in his capacity as Chief of German Police. For the 1940 campaigns these also would be formed into a
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383:, continued to serve exclusively as a personal protection unit for Hitler and an honor guard during this timeframe.
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or OKW in German). As a consequence, the SS was given the lowest priority for recruits, thereby limiting its size.
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After the close of the Battle of France, the SS-VT was officially renamed the Waffen-SS, in a speech made by
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1991:
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2114:
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316:) units. The SS-VT consisted of three regiments, modelled on the infantry regiments of the German Army (
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818:, 10 miles (16 km) from Dunkirk. There, soldiers of the 2nd Battalion were responsible for the
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523:, which would be placed under Waffen-SS control in January 1941 and merged into it in February 1942.
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The military formations under
Himmler's command on 1 September 1939 consisted of several subgroups:
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1518:"WW2 People's War: Le Paradis: The murder of 97 soldiers in a French field on the 26/27th May 1940"
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on 19 July 1940. Himmler also gained approval for the Waffen-SS to form its own high command, the
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When the Waffen-SS divisions were assigned numbers much later in the war these first formations,
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835:
721:. These formations took part in combat training while under army commands in preparation for
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8:
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23:(SS-TV), the SS organization responsible for administering the Nazi concentration camps.
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2006:
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also committed atrocities in numerous towns, including the murder of 50 Polish Jews in
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Elements of both the SS-VT and the LSSAH participated in the ground invasion of the
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with Paul
Hausser as commander. The LSSAH was expanded into a motorized regiment.
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705:
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243:
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112:
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Elements of the SS-VT served with the
Wehrmacht during the occupation of the
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790:, assisting in reduction of the size of the pocket containing the encircled
339:(SS-VT) was publicly declared on 16 March 1935 by Hitler in a speech at the
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The SS-VT was formed on 24 September 1934 from a merger of various Nazi and
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264:. In time of war, the SS-VT were to be placed at the disposal of the army.
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were machine gunned after surrendering, with survivors finished off with
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736:, which they reached on 15 May, after capturing 3,500 Dutch soldiers as
580:) in reserve at Prague. In September 1939, a combined unit of SS-VT and
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Division was initially formed from concentration camp guards of the
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had to be rescued by an army regiment after becoming surrounded at
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1921:
Office of the Reich
Commissioner for Germanic Resettlement (RKFDV)
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2001:
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612:
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Soldiers of
Destruction: The SS Death's Head Division, 1933–1945
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LSSAH troops undergo a drill inspection in Berlin, November 1938
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under Eicke's command in October 1939. A further division, the
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There were in addition combat-trained non-SS police units of
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insignia and the division did not include "SS" in its name.
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division was brought under Waffen-SS administration. The
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884:-Division and used to form the cadre of a new division,
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611:. The division was disbanded near the Polish city of
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By 1937 the SS was divided into three branches: the
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In 1936, Himmler selected former Lieutenant General
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751:was involved in the only Allied tank attack in the
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256:, but military-trained men at the disposal of the
1582:Uniforms of the SS: Volume 3: SS-Verfügungstruppe
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978:
240:decreed that the SS-VT was neither a part of the
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1629:. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas.
1671:. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
945:, were recognized as SS divisions 1 through 5.
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303:formations such as the SS Special Detachments (
839:(FHA), which was created in August 1940 under
794:and French forces. On 27 May, a unit from the
725:against the Low Countries and France in 1940.
584:(army) troops conducted operations jointly as
356:to be Inspector of the SS-VT with the rank of
232:) was formed in 1934 as combat troops for the
1739:
906:, the former commander of the SS-VT regiment
368:(LSSAH), which had also been formed from the
1601:Steel Inferno: I SS Panzer Corps in Normandy
939:Leibstandarte, Das Reich, Totenkopf, Polizei
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1705:Windrow, Martin; Burn, Cristopher (1992).
1652:. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press.
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271:in September 1939. By 1940 these military
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1497:Cook, Stan; Bender, Roger James (1994).
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695:In addition, the armed but ill-trained
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833:(Waffen-SS Command Office) within the
267:The SS-VT were involved in the German
1916:Main Office for Ethnic Germans (VOMI)
1911:Office of Race and Settlement (RuSHA)
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761:50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
595:. It fought alongside army units at
930:was also expanded to a division for
771:was overrun, finding their standard
674:In October 1939 the SS-VT regiments
275:units had become the nucleus of the
1906:Economics and Administration Office
1456:division members continued to wear
527:
13:
810:. Two men survived. By 28 May the
536:SS-VT in full marching order, 1935
463:Inspektion der Konzentrationslager
379:. The LSSAH, under the command of
14:
2346:
1688:Army of Evil: A History of the SS
1501:. San Jose, CA: R. James Bender.
755:. On 21 May units of the British
495:(regiments) of the SS-TV and the
469:, which fielded four militarized
1791:
870:3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
861:nationals with German officers.
476:, comprising camp guards of the
459:Concentration Camps Inspectorate
97:
71:
40:
1823:Allgemeine-SS regional commands
1516:Cooper, D. (22 February 2004).
1447:
1210:
1062:
798:, the 4 Company, committed the
402:(SS-TV) which administered the
2033:SS-Begleitkommando des Führers
1875:Personal Staff Reichsführer-SS
1690:. New York: Caliber Printing.
880:Regiment was removed from the
309:) and the Headquarters Guard (
49:worn on the right side of the
1:
2002:Secret State Police (Gestapo)
1880:Command Staff Reichsführer-SS
1490:
899:, with command given to then
419:Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
417:Hitler's bodyguard unit, the
365:Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
332:(RAD; Reich Labour Service).
2266:German Earth and Stone Works
2261:Deutsche Wirtschaftsbetriebe
2214:Germaansche SS in Vlaanderen
2137:Security Battalions (Greece)
2007:State Security Police (SiPo)
1980:Police and security services
1667:Sydnor, Charles W. (1990) .
1584:. Historical Research Unit.
1047:, pp. 8, 9, 12, 17, 19.
670:Development of the Waffen-SS
286:
16:Predecessor of the Waffen-SS
7:
2241:Finnish Volunteer Battalion
2209:Germaansche SS in Nederland
2017:Customs Border Guards (ZGS)
1561:Dunkirk: The Necessary Myth
1069:Organisationsbuch der NSDAP
792:British Expeditionary Force
779:, no match for the British
236:(NSDAP). On 17 August 1938
10:
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1900:Reich Security Main Office
1599:Reynolds, Michael (1997).
1137:, pp. 27, 28, 33, 34.
703:, were organized into the
621:Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
346:Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
18:
2254:SS-controlled enterprises
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1538:Flaherty, T. H. (2004) .
872:in the Soviet Union, 1941
831:Kommandoamt der Waffen-SS
814:had taken the village of
730:Battle of the Netherlands
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2335:German words and phrases
2012:SS Security Service (SD)
1946:Ideological institutions
1707:The Waffen-SS, Edition 2
1565:. Hodder and Stoughton.
1228:, pp. 114, 159–161.
948:
686:were organized into the
408:Nazi concentration camps
377:SS-Sonderkommando Berlin
19:Not to be confused with
2127:Order Police battalions
2038:Reichssicherheitsdienst
1997:Criminal police (Kripo)
1987:Uniformed police (Orpo)
1895:Head Operational Office
1644:Stein, George (1984) .
1540:The Third Reich: The SS
1071:, 3rd Ed. (1937) p. 424
1033:Windrow & Burn 1992
868:Motorcycle unit of the
715:, was created from the
248:(order police) nor the
227:SS Dispositional Troops
53:of SS-Verfügungstruppe.
2277:German Equipment Works
1992:Schutzpolizei (Schupo)
1686:Weale, Adrian (2012).
1580:Mollo, Andrew (1991).
1045:Cook & Bender 1994
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804:Royal Norfolk Regiment
689:SS-Verfügungs-Division
537:
440:, which commanded the
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2171:SS Division Totenkopf
2166:SS Division Das Reich
2161:Leibstandarte (LSSAH)
1619:Rossino, Alexander B.
876:In December 1940 the
867:
757:1st Army Tank Brigade
535:
381:Josef "Sepp" Dietrich
335:The existence of the
294:
1813:SS and police leader
1777:SS-Totenkopfverbände
1432:, pp. 103, 104.
1396:, pp. 160, 161.
932:Operation Barbarossa
922:). In addition, the
854:Totenkopf-Standarten
564:participated in the
479:SS-Totenkopfverbände
399:SS-Totenkopfverbände
21:SS-Totenkopfverbände
2176:SS Polizei Division
2155:SS-Verfügungstruppe
2147:Waffen-SS divisions
2100:Rollkommando Hamann
1360:, pp. 251–253.
1252:, pp. 149–151.
912:Verfügungs-Division
836:SS-Führungshauptamt
800:Le Paradis massacre
763:, took part in the
759:, supported by the
697:Totenkopfstandarten
615:on 7 October 1939.
404:concentration camps
394:SS-Verfügungstruppe
337:SS-Verfügungstruppe
329:Reichsarbeitsdienst
324:SS-Verfügungstruppe
208:SS-Verfügungstruppe
33:SS-Verfügungstruppe
2231:British Free Corps
2219:Germanske SS Norge
2181:SS Division Wiking
1960:Das Schwarze Korps
1384:, pp. 97–103.
1276:, pp. 61, 62.
1207:, pp. 37, 44.
1113:, pp. 23, 33.
874:
820:Wormhoudt massacre
706:Totenkopf-Division
701:SS Heimwehr Danzig
593:invasion of Poland
566:invasion of Poland
538:
498:SS Heimwehr Danzig
392:(General SS), the
306:SS-Sonderkommandos
297:
269:invasion of Poland
131:Counter-insurgency
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2026:Führer protection
1966:SS-Junker Schools
1697:978-0-451-23791-0
1678:978-0-691-00853-0
1659:978-0-8014-9275-4
1508:978-0-912138-55-8
1336:, pp. 65–69.
1264:, pp. 61–65.
1173:, pp. 25–27.
1149:, pp. 32–35.
914:was also renamed
743:On 16 May the SS
507:Obergruppenführer
396:(SS-VT), and the
200:
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171:Black, White, Red
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2289:Allach porcelain
2236:Kaminski Brigade
2191:Foreign SS units
2068:Schutzmannschaft
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1936:Education Office
1931:Personnel Office
1890:SS Medical Corps
1868:Main departments
1854:Heinrich Himmler
1844:Joseph Berchtold
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712:Polizei-Division
699:, together with
586:Panzer Division
528:Early operations
434:Verfügungstruppe
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718:Ordnungspolizei
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560:along with the
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2119:
2118:
2117:
2115:Volksdeutscher
2107:
2105:Arajs Kommando
2102:
2097:
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2090:
2085:
2080:
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2063:Einsatzgruppen
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1885:SS Main Office
1882:
1877:
1871:
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1862:
1861:
1856:
1851:
1846:
1841:
1839:Julius Schreck
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1603:. Spellmount.
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1577:
1571:
1554:
1548:
1535:
1513:
1507:
1492:
1489:
1487:
1486:
1484:, p. 302.
1474:
1472:, p. 118.
1462:
1446:
1444:, p. 104.
1434:
1422:
1420:, p. 160.
1410:
1408:, p. 103.
1398:
1386:
1374:
1372:, p. 156.
1362:
1350:
1338:
1326:
1314:
1312:, p. 100.
1302:
1290:
1288:, p. 154.
1278:
1266:
1254:
1242:
1230:
1218:
1209:
1194:
1192:, p. 149.
1175:
1163:
1151:
1139:
1127:
1115:
1103:
1101:, p. 148.
1088:
1073:
1061:
1049:
1037:
1025:
1023:, p. 146.
1013:
1011:, p. 145.
1001:
989:
977:
975:, p. 144.
965:
952:
950:
947:
858:Gottlob Berger
671:
668:
572:(recruited in
550:Czechoslovakia
529:
526:
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421:(LSSAH) under
288:
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1849:Erhard Heiden
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1772:Allgemeine SS
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1757:
1756:Schutzstaffel
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962:
961:Reynolds 1997
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935:
933:
929:
928:Leibstandarte
925:
921:
917:
913:
909:
905:
904:Felix Steiner
902:
901:Brigadeführer
898:
894:
890:
889:
883:
879:
871:
866:
862:
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844:
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828:
823:
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813:
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789:
784:
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778:
777:3.7 cm PaK 36
774:
773:anti-tank gun
770:
766:
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468:
467:Theodor Eicke
464:
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424:
423:Sepp Dietrich
420:
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389:Allgemeine-SS
384:
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359:Brigadefuhrer
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195:Sepp Dietrich
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2304:Sudetenquell
2272:Ostindustrie
2154:
2110:Selbstschutz
2073:Byelorussian
2056:Paramilitary
1958:
1902: (RSHA)
1754:
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1560:
1539:
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1293:
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1257:
1245:
1233:
1226:Rossino 2003
1221:
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1166:
1161:, p. 4.
1154:
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1064:
1052:
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992:
987:, p. 3.
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968:
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942:
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936:
927:
923:
919:
915:
911:
907:
900:
896:
895:was renamed
892:
887:
886:SS-Division
881:
877:
875:
853:
849:
846:Hans Jüttner
840:
834:
830:
827:Adolf Hitler
824:
811:
795:
785:
781:Matilda tank
768:
748:
744:
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619:
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587:
569:
561:
557:
553:
539:
514:
511:Kurt Daluege
505:
496:
490:
486:SS-Totenkopf
485:
477:
472:
462:
451:
445:
441:
438:Paul Hausser
433:
430:Inspectorate
418:
412:
397:
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376:
369:
363:
357:
354:Paul Hausser
351:
344:
336:
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327:
323:
317:
310:
304:
301:paramilitary
298:
266:
238:Adolf Hitler
213:
205:
204:
187:Paul Hausser
88:Adolf Hitler
25:
2309:Anton Loibl
2294:Apollinaris
2204:Germanic-SS
2199:Austrian SS
1818:SS commands
1529:28 February
1346:Cooper 2004
1310:Harman 1980
1205:Sydnor 1990
908:Deutschland
676:Deutschland
648:Bolesławiec
591:during the
554:Deutschland
542:Sudetenland
442:Deutschland
160:Garrison/HQ
47:SS insignia
2324:Categories
2083:Lithuanian
1971:Lebensborn
1859:Karl Hanke
1801:Leadership
1709:. Osprey.
1523:BBC Online
1491:References
1482:Stein 1984
1470:Stein 1984
1442:Stein 1984
1430:Stein 1984
1406:Stein 1984
1382:Stein 1984
1358:Weale 2012
1334:Stein 1984
1322:Stein 1984
1298:Stein 1984
1274:Stein 1984
1262:Stein 1984
1238:Stein 1984
1171:Stein 1984
1159:Mollo 1991
1147:Stein 1984
1135:Stein 1984
1123:Stein 1984
1111:Stein 1984
1084:Stein 1984
1057:Stein 1984
997:Stein 1984
985:Mollo 1991
882:Verfügungs
684:Der Führer
576:after the
570:Der Führer
492:Standarten
473:Standarten
454:regiments.
452:Der Führer
372:Stabswache
313:Stabswache
234:Nazi Party
183:commanders
176:Commanders
84:Allegiance
2122:Trawnikis
2088:Ukrainian
1954:Ahnenerbe
1783:Waffen-SS
920:Das Reich
918:(in 1942
850:Totenkopf
796:Totenkopf
769:Totenkopf
767:. The SS
749:Totenkopf
745:Totenkopf
734:The Hague
723:Fall Gelb
664:Włocławek
652:Torzeniec
630:Pabianice
578:Anschluss
341:Reichstag
287:Formation
279:Waffen-SS
252:Wehrmacht
62:1934–1940
2093:Estonian
1765:Branches
1621:(2003).
893:Germania
888:Germania
878:Germania
816:Wormhout
808:bayonets
680:Germania
656:Goworowo
558:Germania
521:division
465:) under
447:Germania
154:Division
2330:Nazi SS
2299:Mattoni
2157:(SS-VT)
2078:Latvian
1832:Leaders
1779:(SS-TV)
1454:Polizei
924:Polizei
788:Dunkirk
613:Nidzica
609:Kmiczyn
574:Austria
568:, with
546:Austria
221:
181:Notable
141:Raiding
78:Germany
67:Country
51:helmets
2268:(DEST)
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897:Wiking
848:. The
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682:, and
662:, and
643:Błonie
601:Modlin
548:, and
436:under
260:Führer
168:Colors
163:Berlin
94:Branch
59:Active
949:Notes
916:Reich
660:Mława
605:Łomża
597:Rozan
588:Kempf
214:SS-VT
2132:Hiwi
1759:(SS)
1711:ISBN
1692:ISBN
1673:ISBN
1654:ISBN
1631:ISBN
1605:ISBN
1586:ISBN
1567:ISBN
1544:ISBN
1531:2016
1503:ISBN
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607:and
582:Heer
556:and
483:The
457:The
450:and
428:The
375:and
319:Heer
218:lit.
150:Size
119:Role
109:Type
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