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Waffen-SS. (Corporate Name)

Preferred form: Waffen-SS.
Used for/see from:
  • Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Schutzstaffel. Waffen-SS
  • Germany. Heer. Waffen-SS
  • Germany. Heer. SS
  • Earlier heading: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Waffenschutzstaffel.

Aufbruch ... 1942.

a para-military body; created by NSDAP as SS-Verfügungstruppe; under command of Himmler's SS, except that its field units were under tactical command of the Field Command of the German Army