2006-07-16 10:01:58 · 15 answers · asked by stillsupping 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
SS stood for Schutzstaffel which translates to 'Protective Squardron'. This particular organization was made up of three distinctive branches.
"Under the leadership of Heinrich Himmler between 1929 and 1945, the year it was disbanded, the SS grew from a small paramilitary formation to become one of the largest and most powerful organizations in Nazi Germany.
The Nazis regarded the SS as an elite unit, the Party's "praetorian guard", with all SS personnel selected on the principles of racial purity and unconditional loyalty to Führer and the Nazi Party.
The SS military branch, the Waffen-SS, evolved into a second German army in addition to the regular German army, the Wehrmacht. "
2006-07-16 12:06:29 · answer #1 · answered by Wise_Elder 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sturm Schutzstaffel
(Storm Trooper)
Waffen SS was Fighting Storm Troopers
2006-07-16 10:04:44 · answer #2 · answered by DT89ACE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Storm Trooper
2006-07-16 21:21:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"SS" is short for "Schutzstaffel of the NSDAP (Hitler's party)" and it was a subordinate unit to the "SA" = "Schutzeinheit". In the 3rd Reich, the members of the SS were some kind of bodyguards for Hitler, but they also were the ones who commited many of the crimes during Holocaust. They were some kind of executive force for Hitler to spread his reign of terror throughout Germany and other countries.
2006-07-16 10:15:17 · answer #4 · answered by Eudora 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Special Sevice and they were the elite force of the Nazi's
2006-07-16 11:18:30 · answer #5 · answered by HHH 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Schutzstaffel or "protection guard", a kind of Secret Service to protect Hitler
2006-07-16 10:05:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Secret Services.
-Syckodelic
2006-07-16 10:04:59 · answer #7 · answered by Erick 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not sure but Waffen is German for weapon
2006-07-16 10:06:00 · answer #8 · answered by David R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sturm Schutzstaffel
just google it
2006-07-16 12:39:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
S.S Silly sods of course.lololololol
2006-07-17 05:08:15 · answer #10 · answered by hongkongfuei 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋