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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SS now housed three different subordinate commands: Allgemeine SS SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT) SS-Wachverbände, known as the SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV)...
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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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by the SS, SS unit titles of the Allgemeine SS, the military formation titles used by the Waffen-SS, titles of commands associated with the SS Security...
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districts Allgemeine-SS regional commands, Schutzstaffel (SS) commands during the Nazi era, covering Austria and Germany Regional Command of the Arab...
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The Waffen-SS. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 0-85045-425-5. Yerger, Mark C. (1997). Allgemeine-SS: The Commands, Units and Leaders of the General SS. Schiffer...
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Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel (redirect from SS rank)
granted Waffen-SS ranks and, in 1944, any Allgemeine SS who served in an area that commanded SS combat troops, was granted a Waffen-SS commission. Another...
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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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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 and...
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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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lit. '"Perrot Unit"'), officially the Breton SS Armed Formation (German: Bretonische Waffenverband der SS) was a small collaborationist unit established...
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SS-Junker Schools (German SS-Junkerschulen) were leadership training facilities for officer candidates of the Schutzstaffel (SS). The term Junkerschulen...
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Ferdinand von Sammern-Frankenegg (category SS and police leaders)
Memorial Museum Yerger, Mark C. (1997). The Allgemeine-SS: The Commands, Units and Leaders of the General SS. Schiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7643-0145-4...
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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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the HSSPF were independent commands with several subordinate SS- und Polizeiführer (SS and Police Leader, SSPF) commands reporting to them. These positions...
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The SS command of Auschwitz concentration camp refers to those units, commands, and agencies of the German SS which operated and administered during World...
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Ordnungspolizei (category Allgemeine SS)
through the regional political administrative authorities and/or the Higher SS and Police Leaders (HSSPF)—the latter had authority to command both police...
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leading to the creation of a special SS unit, the SS-Hafensicherungstruppen, which consisted of Allgemeine-SS reservists who performed port security...
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Standarten to Oberabschnitte - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allgemeine-SS_regional_commands - Ref: Ian Blanthorn Branch of Service Cuff Titles – These...
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ISBN 0-7643-1061-5. Yerger, Mark C. (1997). Allgemeine-SS: The Commands, Units and Leaders of the General SS. Schiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7643-0145-4...
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service. Many of the early recruits came from the ranks of the SA and Allgemeine SS. Senior roles were filled by personnel from the Ordnungspolizei, the...
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ISBN 978-1-4039-1812-3. Yerger, Mark C. (1997). Allgemeine-SS: The Commands, Units, and Leaders of the General SS. Schiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7643-0145-4...
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Standarte (Nazi Germany) (category Nazi SS)
History of the SS. New York; Toronto: NAL Caliber (Penguin Group). ISBN 978-0-451-23791-0. Yerger, Mark C. (1997). Allgemeine-SS: The Commands, Units, and...
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Max Henze (category SS-Brigadeführer)
ISBN 978-1-78155-433-3. Yerger, Mark C. (1997). Allgemeine-SS: The Commands, Units and Leaders of the General SS. Schiffer Publishing Ltd. ISBN 0-7643-0145-4...
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Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (redirect from Nazi high command)
control of the Waffen-SS was also exercised by it. There was no direct chain of command between the OKW and the other High Commands. Rivalry with the different...
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ISBN 978-1-932-97032-6. Yerger, Mark C. (1997). Allgemeine-SS : the commands, units, and leaders of the General SS. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub. pp. 23, 44. ISBN 0-7643-0145-4...
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ISBN 978-1-932-97032-6. Yerger, Mark C. (1997). Allgemeine-SS : the commands, units, and leaders of the General SS. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub. pp. 23, 44, 48–51...
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partly successful, by Jewish prisoners against the SS forces, following the revolt in Treblinka. SS soldiers executed up to 250,000 Jews using gas at the...
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Gottlob Berger (category SS-Obergruppenführer)
the Allgemeine-SS in 1936. Initially responsible for physical education in an SS region, he was soon transferred to the staff of Reichsführer-SS Heinrich...
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ISBN 978-1-932-97032-6. Yerger, Mark C. (1997). Allgemeine-SS : the commands, units, and leaders of the General SS. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Pub. pp. 23, 44. ISBN 0-7643-0145-4...
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