The Allgemeine SS ([ˌalɡəˈmaɪ̯nə ˈɛs ˈɛs]; "General SS") was a major branch of the Schutzstaffel (SS) paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany; it was managed...
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Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel (redirect from SS rank)
any member of the SS. Also used as an actual rank of the Allgemeine SS SS-Führer: Originally an early rank of the SS, the term SS-Führer designated commissioned...
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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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Leaders (SS-Oberabschnitt Führer); by 1936, the Reichsführer-SS was head of the three main SS branches: the Allgemeine SS, SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT; political...
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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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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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Hauptscharführer (redirect from SS-Hauptscharführer)
Obertruppführer. Within the Allgemeine-SS (general-SS), a Hauptscharführer was typically the head SS-non-commissioned officer of an SS-Sturm (company) or was...
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Units and commands of the Schutzstaffel (redirect from SS-Abschnitt)
unit titles of the Allgemeine SS, the military formation titles used by the Waffen-SS, titles of commands associated with the SS Security Police, and...
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Obergruppenführer (redirect from SS-Obergruppenfüher)
considered regular officers of the Waffen-SS and the rest members of the Allgemeine SS. The first wartime promotions to SS-Obergruppenführer occurred in April...
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This register of SS leaders in general's rank includes the members of the Allgemeine SS and Waffen-SS, in line with the appropriate SS seniority list (Dienstaltersliste...
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