Armed SS. The military combat branch of the SS that was created in August 1940 with the amalgamation of the Verf
Armed SS, created in August 1940 with the amalgamation of the Verf
The Waffen-SS (ˈvafən.ɛs.ɛs, Armed SS) was created as the armed wing of the Nazi Party`s Schutzstaffel (SS, `Protective Squadron`),{sfn|Repa|2006} and gradually developed into a multi-ethnic and multi-national military force of Nazi Germany.{sfn|Bender|Taylor|1971|p=23} The Waffen-SS grew from three regiments to over 38 divisions during Wor......
(from the article `Literature`) ...but rather Günter Grass`s memoir Beim Häuten der Zwiebel, in which the 1999 Nobel Prize winner publicly acknowledged for the first time his ... ...units proved only partially successful. In all three countries several armed police battalions composed of volunteers were organized to provide .....
Military arm of the SS, by the end of 1944 the...
armed SS, the military branch of the SS
militarized combat branch of the SS.
The branch of the SS which formed military fighting divisions