During WWII (or even before), within the Nazi regime what was the difference between the "black coats" and the "brown coats"? And what was the difference between the SS and the Waffen SS if any? Was watching something on the History Channel a couple nights ago and didn't really understand what the meant.
2007-02-27 08:22:59 · 3 answers · asked by t_zoid52 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
the waffen-ss is the "armed" ss, there were also the "death's Head" ss-Totenkopfverbände , and the Allgemeine-ss "universal" ss
they were all seperate with their own officers
the brownshirts were the cmmon ss, so i assume that the black coats would be officers?
2007-02-27 09:29:00 · answer #1 · answered by cnmshay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there's the SS and the SA and the gestapo. I'm not really sure of the difference. They wore different colored uniforms and were all supposed to make sure the Germans obeyed the rules Hitler set.
2007-02-27 22:09:03 · answer #2 · answered by madison4452002 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.feldgrau.com/ss.html
http://www.wintersonnenwende.com/scriptorium/english/archives/caseforgermany/cfg05.html
The men wearing brown uniforms were from the S.A. and the ones wearing the black uniforms were from the SS
2007-02-27 17:53:00 · answer #3 · answered by alicias7768 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋