The SS: A History, 1919-45Tempus, 2000 - 249 pages The complete history of the rise and fall of the most feared military and security force of the twentieth century. The SS was to be an elite corps of politically aware soldiers whose primary aim was to prevent the underminning of the Nazi Party by rendering its potential enemies 'harmless'. |
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administrative Allgemeine-SS apparatus armed SS army Austrian battalions Bavaria became Berlin bureaucracy cadre chief civilian combat leagues Commissars concentration camp Dachau Daluege Darré Death's Head Death's Head Regiments division Eicke elite ethnic Germans formation free corps front Frontbann Führer gauleiters Gestapo Goebbels Göring Gottlob Berger groups Guard Squadron headquarters Heinrich Himmler Heydrich Inspector Jews later Lebensborn Leibstandarte Main Sectors March military Ministry Munich National Socialist Nazi NCOs NSDAP Nuremberg operations Order Police organization paramilitary party Personal Staff Pfeffer Police Leaders Police Reinforcements political soldiers propaganda Prussian putsch Race and Settlement racial ranks recruits regional Reich Reichsführer SS Reichswehr replacement RKFDV Röhm purge Röhm's RSHA RuSHa Security Sepp Dietrich Shock Troop SIPO-SD Special Duty Troops SS and Police SS commanders SS Main Office SS officers corps SS personnel SS units Stahlhelm Standarten Stennes Storm Troops Superior SS Verfügungstruppe volunteers VoMi Waffen-SS wartime Wehrmacht