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514 relations: Adolf Hitler, Advocacy group, Allgemeine SS, Allied invasion of Sicily, Alps, Alsace, Alsace–Lorraine, Amadeu Antonio Foundation, Anschluss, Anti-tank gun, Antwerp, Apologia, Ardeatine massacre, Ardenne Abbey massacre, Ardennes, Armistice of Cassibile, Army Group Centre, Army Group North, Army Group South, Army Group Vistula, Arnhem, Artur Phleps, Ascq massacre, Avalon Project, Axis powers, Azerbaijani Legion, Łódź, B'nai B'rith, Baltic states, Baron, Battle for Narva Bridgehead, Battle of Anzio, Battle of Arras (1940), Battle of Berlin, Battle of France, Battle of Graignes, Battle of Halbe, Battle of Korsun–Cherkassy, Battle of Kursk, Battle of Moscow, Battle of Narva (1944), Battle of Stalingrad, Battle of Tannenberg Line, Battle of the Bulge, Battle of the Grebbeberg, Battle of the Seelow Heights, Battle of Vevi (1941), Bayonet, Błonie, Beer Hall Putsch, ... Expand index (464 more) »
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Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.
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Advocacy group
Advocacy groups, also known as lobby groups, interest groups, special interest groups, pressure groups, or public associations, use various forms of advocacy or lobbying to influence public opinion and ultimate public policy.
See Waffen-SS and Advocacy group
Allgemeine SS
The Allgemeine SS ("General SS") was a major branch of the Schutzstaffel (SS) paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany; it was managed by the SS Main Office (SS-Hauptamt). Waffen-SS and Allgemeine SS are Nazi SS.
See Waffen-SS and Allgemeine SS
Allied invasion of Sicily
The Allied invasion of Sicily, also known as the Battle of Sicily and Operation Husky, was a major campaign of World War II in which the Allied forces invaded the island of Sicily in July 1943 and took it from the Axis powers (Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany).
See Waffen-SS and Allied invasion of Sicily
Alps
The Alps are one of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia.
Alsace
Alsace (Low Alemannic German/Alsatian: Elsàss ˈɛlsɑs; German: Elsass (German spelling before 1996: Elsaß.) ˈɛlzas ⓘ; Latin: Alsatia) is a cultural region and a territorial collectivity in eastern France, on the west bank of the upper Rhine next to Germany and Switzerland.
Alsace–Lorraine
Alsace–Lorraine (German: Elsaß–Lothringen), officially the Imperial Territory of Alsace–Lorraine (Reichsland Elsaß–Lothringen), was a former territory of the German Empire, located in modern day France.
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Amadeu Antonio Foundation
The Amadeu Antonio Foundation, established in 1998, is a German foundation engaging against far-right-wing parties, racism and antisemitism (including anti-Zionism).
See Waffen-SS and Amadeu Antonio Foundation
Anschluss
The Anschluss (or Anschluß), also known as the Anschluß Österreichs (Annexation of Austria), was the annexation of the Federal State of Austria into the German Reich on 13 March 1938.
Anti-tank gun
An anti-tank gun is a form of artillery designed to destroy tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, normally from a static defensive position.
See Waffen-SS and Anti-tank gun
Antwerp
Antwerp (Antwerpen; Anvers) is a city and a municipality in the Flemish Region of Belgium.
Apologia
An apologia (Latin for apology, from Greek ἀπολογία, "speaking in defense") is a formal defense of an opinion, position or action.
Ardeatine massacre
The Ardeatine massacre, or Fosse Ardeatine massacre (Eccidio delle Fosse Ardeatine), was a mass killing of 335 civilians and political prisoners carried out in Rome on 24 March 1944 by German occupation troops during the Second World War as a reprisal for the Via Rasella attack in central Rome against the SS Police Regiment Bozen the previous day.
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Ardenne Abbey massacre
The Ardenne Abbey massacre occurred during the Battle of Normandy at the Ardenne Abbey, a Premonstratensian monastery in Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, near Caen, France.
See Waffen-SS and Ardenne Abbey massacre
Ardennes
The Ardennes (Ardenne; Ardennen; Ardennen; Årdene; Ardennen), also known as the Ardennes Forest or Forest of Ardennes, is a region of extensive forests, rough terrain, rolling hills and ridges primarily in Belgium and Luxembourg, extending into Germany and France.
Armistice of Cassibile
The Armistice of Cassibile was an armistice that was signed on 3 September 1943 between Italy and the Allies during World War II.
See Waffen-SS and Armistice of Cassibile
Army Group Centre
Army Group Centre (Heeresgruppe Mitte) was the name of two distinct strategic German Army Groups that fought on the Eastern Front in World War II.
See Waffen-SS and Army Group Centre
Army Group North
Army Group North (Heeresgruppe Nord) was the name of three separate army groups of the Wehrmacht during World War II.
See Waffen-SS and Army Group North
Army Group South
Army Group South (Heeresgruppe Süd) was the name of one of three German Army Groups during World War II.
See Waffen-SS and Army Group South
Army Group Vistula
Army Group Vistula was an Army Group of the Wehrmacht, formed on 24 January 1945.
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Arnhem
Arnhem (or; Arnheim; Ernems: Èrnem) is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands, near the German border.
Artur Phleps
Artur Gustav Martin Phleps (29 November 1881 – 21 September 1944) was an Austro-Hungarian, Romanian and German army officer who held the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS (lieutenant general) in the Waffen-SS during World War II.
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Ascq massacre
The Ascq massacre was a massacre of 86 men on 1 April 1944 in Ascq, France, by the Waffen-SS during the Second World War.
See Waffen-SS and Ascq massacre
Avalon Project
The Avalon Project is a digital library of documents relating to law, history and diplomacy.
See Waffen-SS and Avalon Project
Axis powers
The Axis powers, originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis and also Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, was a military coalition that initiated World War II and fought against the Allies.
Azerbaijani Legion
The Azerbaijani Legion (Aserbaidschanische Legion) was one of the foreign units of the Wehrmacht.
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Łódź
Łódź is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre.
B'nai B'rith
B'nai B'rith International (from Covenant) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Jewish service organization and was formerly a German Jewish cultural association.
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Baltic states
The Baltic states or the Baltic countries is a geopolitical term encompassing Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
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Baron
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical.
Battle for Narva Bridgehead
The Battle of Narva Bridgehead (Narva lahingud, Schlacht um den Brückenkopf von Narva, Битва за плацдарм Нарва; 2 February – 26 July 1944) was the campaign that stalled the Soviet Estonian operation in the surroundings of the town of Narva for six months.
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Battle of Anzio
The Battle of Anzio was a battle of the Italian Campaign of World War II that took place from January 22, 1944.
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Battle of Arras (1940)
The Battle of Arras took place on 21 May 1940, during the Battle of France in the Second World War.
See Waffen-SS and Battle of Arras (1940)
Battle of Berlin
The Battle of Berlin, designated as the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation by the Soviet Union, and also known as the Fall of Berlin, was one of the last major offensives of the European theatre of World War II.
See Waffen-SS and Battle of Berlin
Battle of France
The Battle of France (bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign (Frankreichfeldzug, campagne de France) and the Fall of France, during the Second World War was the German invasion of France, that notably introduced tactics that are still used.
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Battle of Graignes
The Battle of Graignes was part of the American airborne landings in Normandy during the early stages of Operation Overlord in World War II, fought between June 10–12, 1944 in Graignes, France.
See Waffen-SS and Battle of Graignes
Battle of Halbe
The Battle of Halbe (Kesselschlacht von Halbe, Хальбский котёл, Halbe pocket) was a battle lasting from April 24 – May 1, 1945 in which the German Ninth Army—under the command of General Theodor Busse—was destroyed as a fighting force by the Red Army during the Battle of Berlin.
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Battle of Korsun–Cherkassy
The Battle of Korsun–Cherkassy (Корсунь-Шевченковская операция.; Корсунь-Шевченківська операція.), also known as the Battle of the Korsun–Cherkassy Pocket, was a World War II battle fought from 24 January to 16 February 1944 in the course of the Soviet Dnieper–Carpathian offensive in Ukraine following the Korsun–Shevchenkovsky offensive.
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Battle of Kursk
The Battle of Kursk was a major World War II Eastern Front battle between the forces of Germany and the Soviet Union near Kursk in southwestern Russia during the summer of 1943, resulting in a Soviet victory. The Battle of Kursk was the single largest battle in the history of warfare. It, along with the Battle of Stalingrad several months earlier, are the two most oft-cited turning points in the European theatre of the war.
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Battle of Moscow
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Battle of Narva (1944)
The Battle of Narva was a World War II military campaign, lasting from 2 February to 10 August 1944, in which the German Army Detachment "Narwa" and the Soviet Leningrad Front fought for possession of the strategically important Narva Isthmus.
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Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of StalingradSchlacht von Stalingrad see; p (17 July 19422 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II, beginning when Nazi Germany and its Axis allies attacked and became locked in a protracted struggle with the Soviet Union for control over the Soviet city of Stalingrad in southern Russia.
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Battle of Tannenberg Line
The Battle of Tannenberg Line (Die Schlacht um die Tannenbergstellung; Битва за линию «Танненберг») or the Battle of the Blue Hills (Sinimägede lahing) was a military engagement between the German Army Detachment Narwa and the Soviet Leningrad Front.
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Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of the Bulge, also known as the Ardennes Offensive, was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II which took place from 16 December 1944 to 25 January 1945.
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Battle of the Grebbeberg
The Battle of the Grebbeberg (Slag om de Grebbeberg) was a major engagement during the Battle of the Netherlands, which was a part of the World War II Operation Fall Gelb in 1940.
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Battle of the Seelow Heights
The Battle of the Seelow Heights (Schlacht um die Seelower Höhen) was part of the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation (16 April – 2 May 1945).
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Battle of Vevi (1941)
The Battle of Vevi (or Veve, Μάχη της Bεύης), in Greece, also known as the Battle of the Klidi Pass, was part of the Greek campaign of World War II.
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Bayonet
A bayonet (from Old French bayonette, now spelt baïonnette) is a knife, dagger, sword, or spike-shaped melee weapon designed to be mounted on the end of the barrel of a rifle, carbine, musket or similar long firearm, allowing the gun to be used as an improvised spear in close combats.
Błonie
Błonie is a town in Warsaw West County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, with a population of 12,058 as of December 2021.
Beer Hall Putsch
The Beer Hall Putsch, also known as the Munich Putsch,Dan Moorhouse, ed.
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Begleit-Bataillon Reichsführer-SS
Begleit-Bataillon Reichsführer-SS was formed in May 1941 from Himmler's personal escort.
See Waffen-SS and Begleit-Bataillon Reichsführer-SS
Belgorod
Belgorod (Белгород,; Бєлгород or Білгород) is a city that serves as the administrative center of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River, approximately north of the border with Ukraine.
Belgrade
Belgrade.
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian dictator who founded and led the National Fascist Party (PNF).
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Berlin
Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.
Bernd Wegner
Bernd Wegner (born 1949) is a German historian who specialises in military history and the history of Nazism.
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Bicske
Bicske (Lusomana or Lumanum) is a town in Fejér County, Hungary.
Black
Black is a color that results from the absence or complete absorption of visible light.
Bolesławiec
Bolesławiec (pronounced, Bolesławiec, Bunzlau) is a historic city situated on the Bóbr River in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland.
Bolshevism
Bolshevism (derived from Bolshevik) is a revolutionary socialist current of Soviet Leninist and later Marxist–Leninist political thought and political regime associated with the formation of a rigidly centralized, cohesive and disciplined party of social revolution, focused on overthrowing the existing capitalist state system, seizing power and establishing the "dictatorship of the proletariat".
Bosniaks
The Bosniaks (Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци,; Bošnjak, Bošnjakinja) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry, culture, history and language.
Boves, Piedmont
Boves is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italian region Piedmont, located about south of Turin and about south of Cuneo.
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Breda
Breda is a city and municipality in the southern part of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Brabant.
Brigade
A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements.
Brigadeführer
Brigadeführer was a paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) that was used between 1932 and 1945.
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Brill Publishers
Brill Academic Publishers, also known as E. J. Brill, Koninklijke Brill, Brill, is a Dutch international academic publisher of books and journals.
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British Expeditionary Force (World War II)
The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was the contingent of the British Army sent to France in 1939 after Britain and France declared war on Nazi Germany on 3 September, beginning the Second World War.
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Bronislav Kaminski
Bronislav Vladislavovich Kaminski (Бронисла́в Владисла́вович Ками́нский, 16 June 1899 – 28 August 1944) was a Soviet Nazi collaborator and the commander of the Kaminski Brigade, an anti-partisan and rear-security formation made up of people from the so-called Lokot Autonomy territory (1941–1943) in part of the German-occupied area of the Soviet Union.
See Waffen-SS and Bronislav Kaminski
Budapest
Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary.
Bundeswehr
The Bundeswehr (literally Federal Defence) is the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany.
Bydgoszcz
Bydgoszcz is a city in northern Poland and the largest city in the historical region of Kuyavia.
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic (BSSR or Byelorussian SSR; Беларуская Савецкая Сацыялістычная Рэспубліка; Белорусская Советская Социалистическая Республика), also known as Byelorussia, was a republic of the Soviet Union (USSR).
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Cadre (military)
A cadre is the complement of commissioned officers and non-commissioned officers of a military unit responsible for training the rest of the unit.
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Caen
Caen (Kaem) is a commune inland from the northwestern coast of France.
Calmann-Lévy
Calmann-Lévy is a French publishing house founded in 1836 by Michel Lévy as Michel Lévy frères.
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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Camden House Publishing
Camden House, Inc. was founded in 1979 by professors James Hardin and Gunther Holst with the purpose of publishing scholarly books in the field of German literature, Austrian Literature, and German language culture.
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Camouflage
Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else.
Canadian Army
The Canadian Army (Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces.
See Waffen-SS and Canadian Army
Capture of Klisura Pass
The Capture of Klisura Pass (Κατάληψη της Κλεισούρας) was a military operation that took place during 6–11 January 1941 in southern Albania, and was one of the most important battles of the Greco-Italian War.
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Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military commander, aristocrat, and statesman.
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Cernay, Haut-Rhin
Cernay (Sanna; Sennheim) is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
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Child sexual abuse
Child sexual abuse (CSA), also called child molestation, is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation.
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Choszczno
Choszczno (Arnswalde) is a town in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
Colmar Pocket
The Colmar Pocket (Poche de Colmar; Brückenkopf Elsass) was the area held in central Alsace, France, by the German Nineteenth Army from November 1944 to February 1945, against the U.S. 6th Army Group (6th AG) during World War II.
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Council of Europe
The Council of Europe (CoE; Conseil de l'Europe, CdE) is an international organisation with the goal of upholding human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.
See Waffen-SS and Council of Europe
Courland Pocket
The Courland Pocket was an area of the Courland Peninsula where Army Group North of Nazi Germany and the Reichskommissariat Ostland were cut off and surrounded by the Red Army for almost a year, lasting from July 1944 until 10 May 1945.
See Waffen-SS and Courland Pocket
Cuff title
The cuff title (German: Ärmelstreifen) is a form of commemorative or affiliation insignia placed on the sleeve, near the cuff, of German military and paramilitary uniforms.
Cuneo
Cuneo (Coni; Coni; Coni) is a city and comune in Piedmont, Italy, the capital of the province of Cuneo, the fourth largest of Italy’s provinces by area.
De Gruyter
Walter de Gruyter GmbH, known as De Gruyter, is a German scholarly publishing house specializing in academic literature.
Demyansk
Demyansk (Демя́нск) is an urban locality (a work settlement) and the administrative center of Demyansky District of Novgorod Oblast, Russia, located along the Yavon River.
Demyansk Pocket
The Demyansk Pocket (Kessel von Demjansk; Демя́нский котёл) was the name given to the pocket of German troops encircled by the Red Army around Demyansk, south of Leningrad, during World War II's Eastern Front.
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Der Spiegel
(stylized in all caps) is a German weekly news magazine published in Hamburg.
Dirlewanger Brigade
The Dirlewanger Brigade, also known as the SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger (1944), or the 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (36.), or The Black Hunters (Die schwarzen Jäger), was a unit of the Waffen-SS during World War II.
See Waffen-SS and Dirlewanger Brigade
Distomo massacre
The Distomo massacre (Σφαγή τουΔιστόμου; Massaker von Distomo or the Distomo-Massaker) was a Nazi war crime which was perpetrated by members of the Waffen-SS in the village of Distomo, Greece, in 1944, during the German occupation of Greece during World War II.
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Division (military)
A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 and 25,000 soldiers.
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Dnieper
The Dnieper, also called Dnepr or Dnipro, is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea.
Doctors' Trial
The Doctors' Trial (officially United States of America v. Karl Brandt, et al.) was the first of 12 trials for war crimes of high-ranking German officials and industrialists that the United States authorities held in their occupation zone in Nuremberg, Germany, after the end of World War II.
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Drawsko Pomorskie
Drawsko Pomorskie (until 1948 Drawsko; Dramburg) is a town in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northwestern Poland.
See Waffen-SS and Drawsko Pomorskie
Drvar
Drvar is a town and municipality located in Canton 10 of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Dunkirk
Dunkirk (Dunkerque, Duunkerke, Duinkerke or Duinkerken) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.
Dunkirk evacuation
The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, was the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied soldiers during the Second World War from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940.
See Waffen-SS and Dunkirk evacuation
Dysentery
Dysentery, historically known as the bloody flux, is a type of gastroenteritis that results in bloody diarrhea.
East Pomeranian offensive
The East Pomeranian strategic offensive operation (Восточно-Померанская наступательная операция) was an offensive by the Soviet Red Army against the German Wehrmacht on the Eastern Front.
See Waffen-SS and East Pomeranian offensive
Eesti Rahvusringhääling
Eesti Rahvusringhääling (ERR) – Estonian Public Broadcasting – is a publicly funded and owned radio and television organisation created in Estonia on 1 June 2007 to take over the functions of the formerly separate Eesti Raadio (ER) (Estonian Radio) and Eesti Televisioon (ETV) (Estonian Television), under the terms of the Estonian National Broadcasting Act.
See Waffen-SS and Eesti Rahvusringhääling
Einsatzgruppen
Einsatzgruppen (also 'task forces') were Schutzstaffel (SS) paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II (1939–1945) in German-occupied Europe.
See Waffen-SS and Einsatzgruppen
Elbe
The Elbe (Labe; Ilv or Elv; Upper and Łobjo) is one of the major rivers of Central Europe.
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
Erich Julius Eberhard von dem Bach-Zelewski (born Erich Julius Eberhard von Zelewski; 1 March 1899 – 8 March 1972) was a high-ranking SS commander of Nazi Germany of Kashubian-Polish origin.
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Erich von Manstein
Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Manstein (born Fritz Erich Georg Eduard von Lewinski; 24 November 1887 – 9 June 1973) was a German Generalfeldmarschall (Field Marshal) in the Heer (Army) of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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Ernst Röhm
Ernst Julius Günther Röhm (28 November 1887 – 1 July 1934) was a German military officer and a leading member of the Nazi Party.
Esquelbecq
Esquelbecq (from) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe.
Eva Braun
Eva Anna Paula Hitler (6 February 1912 – 30 April 1945) was a German photographer who was the longtime companion and briefly the wife of Adolf Hitler.
Extermination camp
Nazi Germany used six extermination camps (Vernichtungslager), also called death camps (Todeslager), or killing centers (Tötungszentren), in Central Europe during World War II to systematically murder over 2.7 million peoplemostly Jewsin the Holocaust.
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Falaise pocket
The Falaise pocket or Battle of the Falaise pocket (12–21 August 1944) was the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War.
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Fallschirmjäger
The were the paratrooper branch of the German Luftwaffe before and during World War II.
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Far-right politics
Far-right politics, or right-wing extremism, is a spectrum of political thought that tends to be radically conservative, ultra-nationalist, and authoritarian, often also including nativist tendencies.
See Waffen-SS and Far-right politics
Führerbunker
The was an air raid shelter located near the Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Germany.
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Federal Foreign Office
The Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt), abbreviated AA, is the foreign ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany, a federal agency responsible for both the country's foreign policy and its relationship with the European Union.
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Federal State of Austria
The Federal State of Austria (Bundesstaat Österreich; colloquially known as the "Ständestaat") was a continuation of the First Austrian Republic between 1934 and 1938 when it was a one-party state led by the conservative, nationalist, and corporatist Fatherland Front.
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Felix Steiner
Felix Martin Julius Steiner (23 May 1896 – 12 May 1966) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era.
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Field marshal (Finland)
In the Finnish Defence Forces, Field Marshal (lit, fältmarskalk) is officially not an active military rank but an honorary rank that can be bestowed upon 'especially distinguished generals'.
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Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.
Finnish volunteers in the Waffen-SS
From 1941 to 1943, 1,408 Finns volunteered for service on the Eastern Front of World War II in the Waffen-SS, in units of the SS Division Wiking.
See Waffen-SS and Finnish volunteers in the Waffen-SS
Finns Party
The Finns Party, (Perussuomalaiset, PS; Sannfinländarna, Sannf) formerly known as the True Finns, is a right-wing populist political party in Finland.
First Polish Army (1944–1945)
The Polish First Army (Pierwsza Armia Wojska Polskiego, 1 AWP for short, also known as Berling's Army) was an army unit of the Polish Armed Forces in the East.
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Flemish Legion
The Flemish Legion (Vlaams Legioen) was a collaborationist military formation recruited among Dutch-speaking volunteers from German-occupied Belgium, notably from Flanders, during World War II.
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Focus (German magazine)
Focus (stylized in all caps) is a German-language news magazine published by Hubert Burda Media.
See Waffen-SS and Focus (German magazine)
Franz Josef Strauss
Franz Josef Strauss (6 September 1915 – 3 October 1988) was a German politician.
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Franz Magill
Franz Hermann Anton Magill (August 22, 1900 – April 14, 1972) was a German riding instructor, SS officer and war criminal of the Nazi era.
See Waffen-SS and Franz Magill
Freedom House
Freedom House is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. It is best known for political advocacy surrounding issues of democracy, political freedom, and human rights.
See Waffen-SS and Freedom House
Freiwilligen-Stamm-Division
The Freiwilligen-Stamm-Division was a Wehrmacht infantry division during World War II.
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Friedrichskoog
Friedrichskoog (Friechskouch) is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
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Fritz Klingenberg
Fritz Paul Heinrich Otto Klingenberg (17 December 1912 – 23 March 1945) was a German officer in the Waffen-SS who served with the SS Division Das Reich and was a commander of the SS Division Götz von Berlichingen.
See Waffen-SS and Fritz Klingenberg
Galicia (Eastern Europe)
Galicia (. Collins English Dictionary Galicja,; translit,; Galitsye) is a historical and geographic region spanning what is now southeastern Poland and western Ukraine, long part of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth.
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Gebirgsjäger
Gebirgsjäger are the light infantry part of the alpine or mountain troops (Gebirgstruppe) of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Waffen-SS and Gebirgsjäger are military history of Germany during World War II.
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Genocide
Genocide is the intentional destruction of a people, either in whole or in part.
German Army (1935–1945)
The German Army (Heer) was the land forces component of the Wehrmacht, the regular armed forces of Nazi Germany, from 1935 until it effectively ceased to exist in 1945 and then was formally dissolved in August 1946. Waffen-SS and German Army (1935–1945) are military history of Germany during World War II.
See Waffen-SS and German Army (1935–1945)
German invasion of Greece
The German invasion of Greece, also known as the Battle of Greece or Operation Marita (Unternehmen Marita), were the attacks on Greece by Italy and Germany during World War II.
See Waffen-SS and German invasion of Greece
German war crimes
The governments of the German Empire and Nazi Germany (under Adolf Hitler) ordered, organized, and condoned a substantial number of war crimes, first in the Herero and Namaqua genocide and then in the First and Second World Wars.
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German-occupied Europe
German-occupied Europe (or Nazi-occupied Europe) refers to the sovereign countries of Europe which were wholly or partly militarily occupied and civil-occupied, including puppet governments, by the military forces and the government of Nazi Germany at various times between 1939 and 1945, during World War II, administered by the Nazi regime under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Gestapo
The Geheime Staatspolizei, abbreviated Gestapo, was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. Waffen-SS and Gestapo are Nazi SS.
Glider (aircraft)
A glider is a fixed-wing aircraft that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its lifting surfaces, and whose free flight does not depend on an engine.
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Glossary of Nazi Germany
This is a list of words, terms, concepts and slogans of Nazi Germany used in the historiography covering the Nazi regime. Waffen-SS and Glossary of Nazi Germany are German words and phrases.
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Gottlob Berger
Gottlob Christian Berger (16 July 1896 – 5 January 1975) was a German senior Nazi official who held the rank of SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS (lieutenant general) and was the chief of the SS Main Office responsible for Schutzstaffel (SS) recruiting during World War II.
See Waffen-SS and Gottlob Berger
Goworowo, Płońsk County
Goworowo is a village in the administrative district of Czerwińsk nad Wisłą, within Płońsk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland.
See Waffen-SS and Goworowo, Płońsk County
Grebbe Line
Grebbelinie The Grebbe Line (Dutch: Grebbelinie) was a forward defence line of the Dutch Water Line, based on inundation.
Grebbeberg
The Grebbeberg is a 52-meter high hill located east of Rhenen, Netherlands in the province of Utrecht.
Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.
Greek resistance
The Greek resistance (Ethnikí Antístasi "National Resistance") involved armed and unarmed groups from across the political spectrum that resisted the Axis occupation of Greece in the period 1941–1944, during World War II.
See Waffen-SS and Greek resistance
Green League
The Green League, (Vihreä liitto, Vihr; Gröna förbundet; Ruoná lihttu; Ruánáá litto; Ruânn lett) shortened to the Greens, (Vihreät; de Gröna) is a green political party in Finland.
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Grenade
A grenade is an explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher.
Gretl Braun
Margarete Berta "Gretl" Berlinghoff (née Braun;; 31 August 1915 – 10 October 1987) was one of the two sisters of Eva Braun.
Gruppenführer
Gruppenführer was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party (NSDAP), first created in 1925 as a senior rank of the SA. Waffen-SS and Gruppenführer are German words and phrases.
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Gustav Krukenberg
Gustav Krukenberg (8 March 1888 – 23 October 1980) was a high-ranking member of the Waffen-SS and commander of the SS Charlemagne Division and the remains of the SS Division Nordland during the Battle of Berlin in April 1945.
See Waffen-SS and Gustav Krukenberg
Gustav Lombard
Gustav Lombard (10 April 1895 – 18 September 1992) was a high-ranking member in the SS during World War II.
See Waffen-SS and Gustav Lombard
Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907
The Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907 are a series of international treaties and declarations negotiated at two international peace conferences at The Hague in the Netherlands.
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Hate speech
Hate speech is a term with varied meaning and has no single, consistent definition.
Heidelberg
Heidelberg (Heidlberg) is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany.
Heidelberg University
Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis), is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Heinrich Boere
Heinrich Boere (27 September 1921 – 1 December 2013) was a convicted German-Dutch war criminal and former member of the Waffen-SS.
See Waffen-SS and Heinrich Boere
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was a German politician who was the 4th Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (Protection Squadron; SS), a leading member of the Nazi Party of Germany, and one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany, primarily known for being a main architect of the Holocaust. Waffen-SS and Heinrich Himmler are Nazi SS.
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Heinz Guderian
Heinz Wilhelm Guderian (17 June 1888 – 14 May 1954) was a German general during World War II who, after the war, became a successful memoirist.
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Heinz Lammerding
Heinz Lammerding (27 August 1905 – 13 January 1971) was a German SS officer convicted of war crimes during the Nazi era.
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Helsingin Sanomat
, abbreviated HS and colloquially known as Hesari, is the largest subscription newspaper in Finland and the Nordic countries, owned by Sanoma.
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Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and most populous city in Finland.
Hermann Balck
Georg Otto Hermann Balck (7 December 1893 – 29 November 1982) was a highly decorated officer of the German Army who served in both World War I and World War II, rising to the rank of General der Panzertruppe.
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Hermann Fegelein
Hans Otto Georg Hermann Fegelein (30 October 1906 – 28 April 1945) was a high-ranking commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany.
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HIAG
HIAG (lit) was a lobby group and a denialist veterans' organisation founded by former high-ranking Waffen-SS personnel in West Germany in 1951.
Hietaniemi Cemetery
The Hietaniemi cemetery (Hietaniemen hautausmaa, Sandudds begravningsplats) is located mainly in the Lapinlahti quarter and partly in the Etu-Töölö district of Helsinki, the capital of Finland.
See Waffen-SS and Hietaniemi Cemetery
Hill 262
Hill 262, or the Mont Ormel ridge (elevation), is an area of high ground above the village of Coudehard in Normandy that was the location of a bloody engagement in the final stages of the Battle of Falaise in the Normandy Campaign during the Second World War.
Historical revisionism
In historiography, historical revisionism is the reinterpretation of a historical account.
See Waffen-SS and Historical revisionism
Hitler Youth
The Hitler Youth (Hitlerjugend, often abbreviated as HJ) was the youth organisation of the Nazi Party in Germany.
See Waffen-SS and Hitler Youth
Home Army
The Home Army (Armia Krajowa,; abbreviated AK) was the dominant resistance movement in German-occupied Poland during World War II.
Humboldt University of Berlin
The Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany.
See Waffen-SS and Humboldt University of Berlin
Huta Pieniacka massacre
The Huta Pieniacka massacre was a massacre of the Polish inhabitants of the village Huta Pieniacka, located in modern-day Ukraine, which took place on February 28, 1944.
See Waffen-SS and Huta Pieniacka massacre
II SS Panzer Corps
The II SS Panzer Corps was a German Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on both the Eastern and Western Fronts during World War II.
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III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps
The III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps (III. (germanisches) SS-Panzerkorps) was a Waffen-SS armoured corps which saw action on the Eastern Front during World War II.
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III Army Corps (Wehrmacht)
III Army Corps was a corps level formation of the German Army during World War II.
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Iiris Suomela
Iiris Suomela (born 1 May 1994) was a one term Finnish politician formerly serving in the Parliament of Finland for the Green League at the Pirkanmaa constituency.
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Ilta-Sanomat
the evening news is one of Finland's two prominent tabloid size evening newspapers and the second largest paper in the country.
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Ina (river)
The Ina is a river in northwestern Poland, a right tributary of the Oder River.
Independence Day (Finland)
Independence Day of Finland (itsenäisyyspäivä; självständighetsdagen) is a national public holiday, and a flag flying day, held on 6 December to celebrate Finland's declaration of full independence from the Russian Empire during the wake of the Russian civil war when the Bolsheviks took power in late 1917.
See Waffen-SS and Independence Day (Finland)
Independent State of Croatia
The Independent State of Croatia (Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH) was a World War II-era puppet state of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.
See Waffen-SS and Independent State of Croatia
Institute of National Remembrance
The Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation (Instytut Pamięci Narodowej – Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, abbreviated IPN) is a Polish state research institute in charge of education and archives which also includes two public prosecution service components exercising investigative, prosecution and lustration powers.
See Waffen-SS and Institute of National Remembrance
Insurgency
An insurgency is a violent, armed rebellion by small, lightly armed bands who practice guerrilla warfare against a larger authority.
Intelligenzaktion
The Intelligenzaktion, or the Intelligentsia mass shootings, was a series of mass murders which was committed against the Polish intelligentsia (teachers, priests, physicians, and other prominent members of Polish society) early in the Second World War (1939–45) by Nazi Germany.
See Waffen-SS and Intelligenzaktion
Internal security
Internal security is the act of keeping peace within the borders of a sovereign state or other self-governing territories, generally by upholding the national law and defending against internal security threats.
See Waffen-SS and Internal security
Italian campaign (World War II)
The Italian campaign of World War II, also called the Liberation of Italy following the German occupation in September 1943, consisted of Allied and Axis operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to 1945.
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IV SS Panzer Corps
The IV SS Panzer Corps was a panzer corps of the Waffen-SS which saw action on the Eastern Front and in the Balkans during World War II.
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IX SS Mountain Corps
The IX Waffen Mountain Corps of the SS (Croatian) (IX.), later simply IX SS Mountain Corps, was a Waffen-SS corps during World War II.
See Waffen-SS and IX SS Mountain Corps
J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing
J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing is a Canadian publishing house that specialises in literature on the German armed forces of the World War II era.
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Joachim Peiper
Joachim Peiper (30 January 1915 – 14 July 1976) was a German Schutzstaffel (SS) officer and war criminal.
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Joachim Ziegler
Joachim Ziegler (2 October 1904 – 2 May 1945) was a high-ranking commander in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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Josef Kieffer
Hans Josef Kieffer (4 December 1900 – 26 June 1947) was a Sturmbannführer (Major) and the head in Paris of the Sicherheitsdienst (SD), the intelligence agency of the SS during the German occupation of France during the Second World War.
See Waffen-SS and Josef Kieffer
Josip Broz Tito
Josip Broz (Јосип Броз,; 7 May 1892 – 4 May 1980), commonly known as Tito (Тито), was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who served in various positions of national leadership from 1943 until his death in 1980.
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Judaism
Judaism (יַהֲדוּת|translit.
Kaminski Brigade
Kaminski Brigade, also known as Waffen-Sturm-Brigade RONA, was a collaborationist formation composed of Russian nationals from the territory of the Lokot Autonomy in Axis-occupied areas of the RSFSR, Soviet Union on the Eastern Front.
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Kampfgruppe
In military history, the German term Kampfgruppe (pl. Kampfgruppen; abbrev. KG, or KGr in Luftwaffe usage during World War II, literally "fighting group" or "battle group") can refer to a combat formation of any kind, but most usually to that employed by the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany and its allies during World War II and, to a lesser extent, the German Empire in World War I. Waffen-SS and Kampfgruppe are German words and phrases.
Kansan Uutiset
Kansan Uutiset (Finnish: "People's News") is a Finnish language weekly newspaper published in Helsinki, Finland.
See Waffen-SS and Kansan Uutiset
Karst Plateau
The Karst Plateau or the Karst region (Kras, Carso), also locally called Karst, is a karst plateau region extending across the border of southwestern Slovenia and northeastern Italy.
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Kastoria
Kastoria (Καστοριά, Kastoriá) is a city in northern Greece in the region of Western Macedonia.
Kharkiv
Kharkiv (Харків), also known as Kharkov (Харькoв), is the second-largest city in Ukraine.
Kidnapping of children by Nazi Germany
During World War II, around 200,000 ethnic Polish children as well as an unspecified number of children of other ethnicities were abducted from their homes and forcibly transported to Nazi Germany for purposes of forced labour, medical experimentation, or Germanization.
See Waffen-SS and Kidnapping of children by Nazi Germany
Kingdom of Bulgaria
The Tsardom of Bulgaria (translit), also referred to as the Third Bulgarian Tsardom (translit), sometimes translated in English as the "Kingdom of Bulgaria", or simply Bulgaria, was a constitutional monarchy in Southeastern Europe, which was established on 5 October (O.S. 22 September) 1908, when the Bulgarian state was raised from a principality to a tsardom.
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Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)
The Kingdom of Hungary (Magyar Királyság), referred to retrospectively as the Regency and the Horthy era, existed as a country from 1920 to 1946 under the rule of Miklós Horthy, Regent of Hungary, who officially represented the Hungarian monarchy.
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Kingdom of Romania
The Kingdom of Romania (Regatul României) was a constitutional monarchy that existed from 13 March (O.S.) / 25 March 1881 with the crowning of prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen as King Carol I (thus beginning the Romanian royal family), until 1947 with the abdication of King Michael I and the Romanian parliament's proclamation of the Romanian People's Republic.
See Waffen-SS and Kingdom of Romania
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), or simply the Knight's Cross (Ritterkreuz), and its variants, were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS
Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS was a paramilitary organisation within the SS of Nazi Germany under the personal control of Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS.
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Konrad Adenauer
Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer (5 January 1876 – 19 April 1967) was a German statesman who served as the first chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963.
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Kurt Daluege
Kurt Max Franz Daluege (15 September 1897 – 24 October 1946) was a German SS and police official who served as chief of Ordnungspolizei (Order Police) of Nazi Germany from 1936 to 1943, as well as the Deputy/Acting Protector of Bohemia and Moravia from 1942 to 1943.
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Kurt Meyer
Kurt Meyer (23 December 1910 – 23 December 1961) was an SS commander and convicted war criminal of Nazi Germany.
Kurt Schumacher
Curt Ernst Carl Schumacher, better known as Kurt Schumacher (13 October 1895 – 20 August 1952), was a German politician and resistance fighter against the Nazis.
See Waffen-SS and Kurt Schumacher
Kyiv
Kyiv (also Kiev) is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine.
La Spezia
La Spezia (or,; A Spèza, in the local) is the capital city of the province of La Spezia and is located at the head of the Gulf of La Spezia in the southern part of the Liguria region of Italy.
Lake Balaton
Lake Balaton is a freshwater rift lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary.
See Waffen-SS and Lake Balaton
Last stand
A last stand is a military situation in which a body of troops holds a defensive position in the face of overwhelming and virtually insurmountable odds.
Latvia
Latvia (Latvija), officially the Republic of Latvia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe.
Latvian Legion
The Latvian Legion (Latviešu leģions) was a formation of the Nazi German Waffen-SS during World War II.
See Waffen-SS and Latvian Legion
Le Paradis massacre
The Le Paradis massacre was a World War II war crime committed by members of the 14th Company, SS Division Totenkopf, under the command of Hauptsturmführer Fritz Knöchlein.
See Waffen-SS and Le Paradis massacre
Leo Geyr von Schweppenburg
Leo Dietrich Franz Reichsfreiherr Geyr von Schweppenburg (2 March 1886 – 27 January 1974) was a German general in the Wehrmacht during World War II, noted for his pioneering stance and expertise in the field of armoured warfare.
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Liberation of Arnhem
Operation Anger (sometimes known as Operation Quick Anger) was a military operation to seize the city of Arnhem in April 1945, during the closing stages of the Second World War.
See Waffen-SS and Liberation of Arnhem
List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the Waffen-SS
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes) and its variants were the highest award in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany.
See Waffen-SS and List of Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the Waffen-SS
List of SS personnel
Between 1925 and 1945, the German Schutzstaffel (SS) grew from eight members to over a quarter of a million Waffen-SS and over a million Allgemeine-SS members.
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List of Waffen-SS division commanders
This is a list of Waffen-SS division commanders.
See Waffen-SS and List of Waffen-SS division commanders
List of Waffen-SS divisions
All Waffen-SS divisions were ordered in a single series of numbers as formed, regardless of type.
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List of Waffen-SS units
This is an incomplete list of Waffen-SS units.
See Waffen-SS and List of Waffen-SS units
Lorraine
Lorraine, also,,; Lorrain: Louréne; Lorraine Franconian: Lottringe; Lothringen; Loutrengen; Lotharingen is a cultural and historical region in Northeastern France, now located in the administrative region of Grand Est.
Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II. Waffen-SS and Luftwaffe are German words and phrases.
Lviv
Lviv (Львів; see below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the sixth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukraine.
Lys (river)
The Lys or Leie is a river in France and Belgium, and a left-bank tributary of the Scheldt.
Maillé massacre
The Maillé Massacre refers to the murder on 25 August 1944 of 124 of the 500 residents of the commune of Maillé in the department of the Indre-et-Loire.
See Waffen-SS and Maillé massacre
Malmedy
Malmedy (Malmedy, historically also label; Måmdiy) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium. On January 1, 2018, Malmedy had a total population of 12,654. The total area is 99.96 km2 which gives a population density of 127 inhabitants per km2. The municipality consists of the following districts: Bellevaux-Ligneuville, Bévercé (including the hamlets of Baugnez and Xhoffraix), and Malmedy.
Malmedy massacre
The Malmedy massacre was a German war crime committed by soldiers of the Waffen-SS on 17 December 1944 at the Baugnez crossroads near the city of Malmedy, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge (16 December 1944 – 25 January 1945).
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Malmedy massacre trial
The Malmedy massacre trial (U.S. vs. Valentin Bersin, et al.) was held in May–July 1946 in the former Dachau concentration camp to try the German Waffen-SS soldiers accused of the Malmedy massacre of 17 December 1944.
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Marzabotto massacre
The Marzabotto massacre, or more correctly, the massacre of Monte Sole, was a World War II war crime consisting of the mass murder of at least 770 civilians by Nazi troops, which took place in the territory around the small village of Marzabotto, in the mountainous area south of Bologna.
See Waffen-SS and Marzabotto massacre
Mass murder
Mass murder is the violent crime of killing a number of people, typically simultaneously or over a relatively short period of time and in close geographic proximity.
Mass sexual assault
Mass sexual assault is the collective sexual assault of women, men and sometimes children, in public by groups.
See Waffen-SS and Mass sexual assault
Matilda II
The Infantry Tank Mark II, better known as the Matilda, is a British infantry tank of the Second World War.
Matthias Kleinheisterkamp
Matthias Kleinheisterkamp (22 June 1893 – 29 April 1945) was a German SS commander during the Nazi era.
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Münster
Münster (Mönster) is an independent city (Kreisfreie Stadt) in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Mława
Mława (מלאווע Mlave) is a town in north-eastern Poland with 30,403 inhabitants in 2020.
Meine Ehre heißt Treue
Meine Ehre heißt Treue ("My honor is loyalty") was the motto of the Schutzstaffel (SS) under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany. Waffen-SS and Meine Ehre heißt Treue are German words and phrases and Nazi SS.
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Merville, Nord
Merville (West Flemish: Mergem) is a commune in the Nord department and Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
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Metsovo
Metsovo (Μέτσοβο; Aminciu) is a town in Epirus, in the mountains of Pindus in northern Greece, between Ioannina to the west and Meteora to the east.
Military branch
Military branch (also service branch or armed service) is according to common standard a subdivision of the national armed forces of a sovereign nation or state.
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Mo i Rana
Mo i Rana (Southern_Sámi: Måefie, Ume_Sámi: Måhvie, Northern_Sámi: Muoffie) is a city, and the administrative centre of the municipality of Rana, in Nordland county, Norway.
Modlin, Nowy Dwór County
Modlin was a village near Warsaw in Poland near the banks of rivers Narew and Vistula.
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Montauban
Montauban (Montalban) is a commune in the southern French department of Tarn-et-Garonne.
Moscow
Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia.
Nazi concentration camps
From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany operated more than a thousand concentration camps (Konzentrationslager), including subcamps on its own territory and in parts of German-occupied Europe.
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Nazi Germany
Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.
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Nazi human experimentation
Nazi human experimentation was a series of medical experiments on prisoners by Nazi Germany in its concentration camps mainly between 1942 and 1945.
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Nazi Party
The Nazi Party, officially the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP), was a far-right political party in Germany active between 1920 and 1945 that created and supported the ideology of Nazism.
Nazi symbolism
The 20th-century German Nazi Party made extensive use of graphic symbols, especially the swastika, notably in the form of the swastika flag, which became the co-national flag of Nazi Germany in 1933, and the sole national flag in 1935.
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Nazism
Nazism, formally National Socialism (NS; Nationalsozialismus), is the far-right totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. Waffen-SS and Nazism are German words and phrases.
Netherlands
The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.
Night of the Long Knives
The Night of the Long Knives (Nacht der langen Messer), also called the Röhm purge or Operation Hummingbird (Unternehmen Kolibri), was a purge that took place in Nazi Germany from 30 June to 2 July 1934. Waffen-SS and Night of the Long Knives are Nazi SS.
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Non-commissioned officer
A non-commissioned officer (NCO) is a military officer who does not hold a commission.
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Nordic Resistance Movement
The Nordic Resistance Movement is a pan-Nordic neo-Nazi movement in the Nordic countries and a political party in Sweden.
See Waffen-SS and Nordic Resistance Movement
Normandy
Normandy (Normandie; Normaundie, Nouormandie; from Old French Normanz, plural of Normant, originally from the word for "northman" in several Scandinavian languages) is a geographical and cultural region in northwestern Europe, roughly coextensive with the historical Duchy of Normandy.
Normandy landings
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during the Second World War.
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Nuremberg trials
The Nuremberg trials were held by the Allies against representatives of the defeated Nazi Germany for plotting and carrying out invasions of other countries across Europe and atrocities against their citizens in World War II.
See Waffen-SS and Nuremberg trials
Oberführer
Oberführer (short: Oberf) was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) dating back to 1921.
Obergruppenführer
Obergruppenführer was a paramilitary rank in Nazi Germany that was first created in 1932 as a rank of the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA) and adopted by the Schutzstaffel (SS) one year later. Waffen-SS and Obergruppenführer are German words and phrases.
See Waffen-SS and Obergruppenführer
Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
The Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (abbreviated OKW; Armed Forces High Command) was the supreme military command and control office of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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Oberkommando des Heeres
The Oberkommando des Heeres (abbreviated OKH) was the high command of the Army of Nazi Germany.
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Ochota
Ochota is a district of Warsaw, Poland, located in the central part of the city's urban agglomeration.
Ochota massacre
The Ochota Massacre (in Polish: Rzeź Ochoty – "Ochota slaughter") was a wave of German-orchestrated mass murder, looting, arson, torture and rape, which swept through the Warsaw district of Ochota from 1944, during the Warsaw Uprising.
See Waffen-SS and Ochota massacre
Oder
The Oder (Czech, Lower Sorbian and) is a river in Central Europe.
Oosterbeek
Oosterbeek is a village in the eastern part of Netherlands.
Operation Arctic Fox
Operation Arctic Fox (German: Unternehmen Polarfuchs; operaatio Napakettu; Russian: Кандалакшская операция) was the codename given to a World War II campaign by German and Finnish forces against Soviet Northern Front defenses at Salla, Finland in July 1941.
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Operation Barbarossa
Operation Barbarossa (Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during World War II.
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Operation Bulbasket
Operation Bulbasket was an operation by 'B' Squadron, 1st Special Air Service (SAS), behind the German lines in German occupied France, between June and August 1944.
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Operation Epsom
Operation Epsom, also known as the First Battle of the Odon, was a British offensive in the Second World War between 26 and 30 June 1944, during the Battle of Normandy.
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Operation Konrad
Operation Konrad was the German-Hungarian effort to relieve the encircled garrison of Budapest during the Battle of Budapest in January 1945.
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Operation Konrad III
Operation Konrad III was a German military offensive on the Eastern Front of the Second World War.
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Operation Kutuzov
Operation Kutuzov was the first of the two counteroffensives launched by the Red Army as part of the Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation.
See Waffen-SS and Operation Kutuzov
Operation Lüttich
Operation Lüttich (7–13 August 1944) was the codename of the Nazi German counter-attack during the Battle of Normandy, which occurred near U.S. positions near Mortain, in northwestern France.
See Waffen-SS and Operation Lüttich
Operation Market Garden
Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944.
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Operation Northwind (1944)
Operation Northwind (Unternehmen Nordwind) was the last major German offensive of World War II on the Western Front.
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Operation Overlord
Operation Overlord was the codename for the Battle of Normandy, the Allied operation that launched the successful liberation of German-occupied Western Europe during World War II.
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Operation Rösselsprung (1944)
Operation Rösselsprung (Knight's move) was a combined airborne and ground assault by the German XV Mountain Corps and collaborationist forces on the Supreme Headquarters of the Yugoslav Partisans in the Bosnian town of Drvar in the Independent State of Croatia during World War II.
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Operation Solstice
Operation Solstice (Unternehmen Sonnenwende), also known as Unternehmen Husarenritt or the Stargard tank battle, was one of the last German armoured offensive operations on the Eastern Front in World War II.
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Operation Spring Awakening
Operation Spring Awakening (Unternehmen Frühlingserwachen) was the last major German offensive of World War II.
See Waffen-SS and Operation Spring Awakening
Oradour-sur-Glane
Oradour-sur-Glane (Orador de Glana) is a commune in the Haute-Vienne department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, west central France, as well as the name of the main village within the commune.
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Oradour-sur-Glane massacre
On 10 June 1944, four days after D-Day, the village of Oradour-sur-Glane in Haute-Vienne in Nazi-occupied France was destroyed when 643 civilians, including non-combatant men, women, and children, were massacred by a German Waffen-SS company as collective punishment for Resistance activity in the area including the capture and subsequent execution of Waffen SS Sturmbannfuhrer Helmut Kämpfe, who an informant claimed had been burned alive in front of an audience.
See Waffen-SS and Oradour-sur-Glane massacre
Ordnungspolizei
The Ordnungspolizei, abbreviated Orpo, meaning "Order Police", were the uniformed police force in Nazi Germany from 1936 to 1945. Waffen-SS and Ordnungspolizei are Nazi SS.
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Oskar Dirlewanger
Oskar Dirlewanger (26 September 1895 – c. 7 June 1945) was a German SS commander and habitual offender, convicted for rape of children and other crimes.
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Ostlegionen
Ostlegionen ("eastern legions"), Ost-Bataillone ("eastern battalions"), Osttruppen ("eastern troops"), and Osteinheiten ("eastern units") were units in the Army of Nazi Germany during World War II made up of personnel from the Soviet Union.
Otto Skorzeny
Otto Johann Anton Skorzeny (12 June 1908 – 5 July 1975) was an Austrian-born German SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant colonel) in the Waffen-SS during World War II.
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Pabianice
Pabianice is a city in central Poland with 63,023 inhabitants (2021).
Panther–Wotan line
The Panther–Wotan line, or Ostwall in German, was a defensive line partially built by the German Wehrmacht in 1943 on the Eastern Front.
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Panzer Brigade 150
Panzer Brigade 150 or SS Panzer Brigade 150 (150.) was a formation of the German Army during World War II that was formed to take part in the Ardennes offensive.
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Panzer division (Wehrmacht)
A Panzer division was one of the armored (tank) divisions in the army of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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Panzer Lehr Division
The Panzer-Lehr-Division (tank teaching division) was an elite German armoured division during World War II.
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Panzergrenadier
(), abbreviated as PzG (WWII) or PzGren (modern), meaning "Armour"-ed fighting vehicle "Grenadier", is the German term for the military doctrine of mechanized infantry units in armoured forces who specialize in fighting from and in conjunction with infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) – that is, armoured troop carriers designed to carry a mechanized squad of six to eight soldiers into, during and out of combat while providing direct fire support for those troops.
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Panzerjäger
Panzerjäger (German: literally "armor hunter", more broadly "anti-tank") is a term used for an anti-tank vehicle (self-propelled anti-tank gun), as well as anti-tank units.
Paramilitary
A paramilitary is a military that is not part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces.
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Parliament of Poland
The parliament of Poland is the bicameral legislature of Poland.
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Parma
Parma (Pärma) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto (ham), cheese and surrounding countryside.
Paul Hausser
Paul Hausser also known as Paul Falk after taking his birth name post war (7 October 1880 – 21 December 1972) was a German general and then a high-ranking commander in the Waffen-SS who played a key role in the post-war efforts by former members of the Waffen-SS to achieve historical and legal rehabilitation.
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Peasant
A peasant is a pre-industrial agricultural laborer or a farmer with limited land-ownership, especially one living in the Middle Ages under feudalism and paying rent, tax, fees, or services to a landlord. In Europe, three classes of peasants existed: non-free slaves, semi-free serfs, and free tenants.
Penguin Books
Penguin Books Limited is a British publishing house.
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Piedmont
Piedmont (Piemonte,; Piemont), located in northwest Italy, is one of the 20 regions of Italy.
Pietro Badoglio
Pietro Badoglio, 1st Duke of Addis Abeba, 1st Marquess of Sabotino (28 September 1871 – 1 November 1956), was an Italian general during both World Wars and the first viceroy of Italian East Africa.
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Po Valley
The Po Valley, Po Plain, Plain of the Po, or Padan Plain (Pianura Padana, or Val Padana) is a major geographical feature of Northern Italy.
Pomerania
Pomerania (Pomorze; Pommern; Kashubian: Pòmòrskô; Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany.
Prilep
Prilep (Прилеп) is the fourth-largest city in North Macedonia.
Pripyat (river)
The Pripyat or Prypiat is a river in Eastern Europe.
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Pripyat Marshes massacres
The Pripyat Marshes massacres (Prypyatsümpfe Säuberung) were a series of mass murders carried out by the military forces of Nazi Germany against Jewish civilians in Belarus and Ukraine, during July–August 1941.
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Prisoner of war
A prisoner of war (POW) is a person who is held captive by a belligerent power during or immediately after an armed conflict.
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Propaganda
Propaganda is communication that is primarily used to influence or persuade an audience to further an agenda, which may not be objective and may be selectively presenting facts to encourage a particular synthesis or perception, or using loaded language to produce an emotional rather than a rational response to the information that is being presented.
Racial policy of Nazi Germany
The racial policy of Nazi Germany was a set of policies and laws implemented in Nazi Germany under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler, based on pseudoscientific and racist doctrines asserting the superiority of the putative "Aryan race", which claimed scientific legitimacy.
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Ranks and insignia of the Ordnungspolizei
The ranks and insignia of the Ordnungspolizei were developed in 1936 after the nationalisation of Germany's regular police forces.
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Ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS
This table contains the final ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS, which were in use from April 1942 to May 1945, in comparison to the Wehrmacht.
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Rüdiger Overmans
Rüdiger Overmans (born 6 April 1954 in Düsseldorf) is a German military historian who specializes in World War II history.
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Red
Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet.
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union.
Regiment
A regiment is a military unit.
Reich Chancellery
The Reich Chancellery (Reichskanzlei) was the traditional name of the office of the Chancellor of Germany (then called Reichskanzler) in the period of the German Reich from 1878 to 1945.
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Reich Security Main Office
The Reich Security Main Office (Reichssicherheitshauptamt, RSHA) was an organization under Heinrich Himmler in his dual capacity as Chef der Deutschen Polizei (Chief of German Police) and, the head of the Nazi Party's Schutzstaffel (SS).
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Reichsführer-SS
Reichsführer-SS was a special title and rank that existed between the years of 1925 and 1945 for the commander of the Schutzstaffel (SS). Waffen-SS and Reichsführer-SS are German words and phrases.
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Reichskommissariat Ostland
The Reichskommissariat Ostland (RKO) was established by Nazi Germany in 1941 during World War II. Waffen-SS and Reichskommissariat Ostland are military history of Germany during World War II.
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Reichswehr
Reichswehr was the official name of the German armed forces during the Weimar Republic and the first years of the Third Reich.
Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich (7 March 1904 – 4 June 1942) was a high-ranking German SS and police official during the Nazi era and a principal architect of the Holocaust.
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Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Monroe County.
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Romani Holocaust
The Romani Holocaust was the planned effort by Nazi Germany and its World War II allies and collaborators to commit ethnic cleansing and eventually genocide against European Roma and Sinti peoples during the Holocaust era.
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Rotterdam
Rotterdam (lit. "The Dam on the River Rotte") is the second-largest city in the Netherlands after the national capital of Amsterdam.
Royal Hungarian Army
The Royal Hungarian Army (Magyar Királyi Honvédség, Königlich Ungarische Armee) was the name given to the land forces of the Kingdom of Hungary in the period from 1922 to 1945.
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Royal Norfolk Regiment
The Royal Norfolk Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army until 1959.
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Royal Warwickshire Regiment
The Royal Warwickshire Regiment, previously titled the 6th Regiment of Foot, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in continuous existence for 283 years.
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Royal Yugoslav Army
The Yugoslav Army (Југословенска војска, ЈВ), commonly the Royal Yugoslav Army, was the land warfare military service branch of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (originally Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes).
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Rudolf Höss
Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss (also Höß, Hoeß, or Hoess;; 25 November 1901 – 16 April 1947) was a German SS officer and the commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.
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Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (Franco-Provencal: Sant-Etiève) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire département, in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
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Saint-Venant
Saint-Venant (Papingem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department (administrative division) in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
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Salient (military)
A salient, also known as a bulge, is a battlefield feature that projects into enemy territory.
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Salla
Salla (Kuolajärvi until 1936) (Kyelijävri) is a municipality of Finland, located in Lapland.
Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre
The Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre was a German war crime, which was committed in the hill village of Sant'Anna di Stazzema in Tuscany, Italy, in the course of an operation against the Italian resistance movement during the Italian Campaign of World War II.
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Schiffer Publishing
Schiffer Publishing Ltd. (also known for its imprints Schiffer, Schiffer Craft, Schiffer Military History, Schiffer Kids, REDFeather MBS, Cornell Maritime Press, Tidewater Publishers, Thrums Books, and Geared Up Publications) is a family-owned publisher of nonfiction books.
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Schutzstaffel
The Schutzstaffel (SS; also stylised as ᛋᛋ with Armanen runes) was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II. Waffen-SS and Schutzstaffel are military wings of fascist parties and Nazi SS.
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Scorched earth
A scorched-earth policy is a military strategy of destroying everything that allows an enemy military force to be able to fight a war, including the deprivation and destruction of water, food, humans, animals, plants and any kind of tools and infrastructure.
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Second Polish Republic
The Second Polish Republic, at the time officially known as the Republic of Poland, was a country in Central and Eastern Europe that existed between 7 October 1918 and 6 October 1939.
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Seine
The Seine is a river in northern France.
Sejm
The Sejm, officially known as the Sejm of the Republic of Poland (Sejm Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej), is the lower house of the bicameral parliament of Poland.
Senate of Poland
The Senate (Senat) is the upper house of the Polish parliament, the lower house being the Sejm.
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Sepp Dietrich
Josef "Sepp" Dietrich (28 May 1892 – 21 April 1966) was a German politician and SS commander during the Nazi era.
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Septeuil
Septeuil is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Siege of Bastogne
The Siege of Bastogne was an engagement in December 1944 between American and German forces at the Belgian town of Bastogne, as part of the larger Battle of the Bulge.
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Siege of Budapest
The siege of Budapest or battle of Budapest was the 50-day-long encirclement by Soviet and Romanian forces of the Hungarian capital of Budapest, near the end of World War II.
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Signal Corps of the Wehrmacht and Waffen SS
The Signal Corps or Nachrichtentruppe des Heeres, in the sense of signal troops, was an arm of service in the army of the German Wehrmacht and Waffen SS, whose role was to establish and operate military communications, especially using telephone and radio networks.
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Sinimäed Hills
The Sinimäed Hills (or Blue Hills; Vaivara Sinimäed) are three linked hills in northeastern Estonia.
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Skagerrak
The Skagerrak is a strait running between the Jutland peninsula of Denmark, the east coast of Norway and the west coast of Sweden, connecting the North Sea and the Kattegat sea.
Soviet partisans
Soviet partisans were members of resistance movements that fought a guerrilla war against Axis forces during World War II in the Soviet Union, the previously Soviet-occupied territories of interwar Poland in 1941–45 and eastern Finland.
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SS and police leader
The title of SS and Police Leader (SS und Polizeiführer) designated a senior Nazi Party official who commanded various components of the SS and the German uniformed police (Ordnungspolizei), before and during World War II in the German Reich proper and in the occupied territories. Waffen-SS and sS and police leader are Nazi SS.
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SS Cavalry Brigade
The SS Cavalry Brigade (SS-Kavallerie-Brigade) was a unit of the German Waffen-SS during World War II.
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SS Führungshauptamt
The SS Führungshauptamt (SS Leadership Main Office) (SS-FHA) was the operational headquarters of the SS during the Nazi era. Waffen-SS and SS Führungshauptamt are Nazi SS.
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SS Medical Corps
The SS Medical Corps was a formation within the SS of professional doctors who provided medical services for the SS, including experiments on and the development of different methods of murdering prisoners. Waffen-SS and sS Medical Corps are Nazi SS.
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SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 49
SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 49 was a short-lived Waffen-SS unit formed in June 1944 from SS Kampfgruppen (Combat Groups) 1 and 2.
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SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 51
SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 51 was a short-lived Waffen-SS unit formed in June 1944 from SS Kampfgruppen (Combat Group) 3.
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SS-Junker Schools
SS-Junker Schools (German SS-Junkerschulen) were leadership training facilities for officer candidates of the Schutzstaffel (SS). Waffen-SS and SS-Junker Schools are Nazi SS.
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SS-Standarte Kurt Eggers
The SS-Standarte "Kurt Eggers" was an SS propaganda formation (SS-Standarte) of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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SS-Totenkopfverbände
SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV) was the Schutzstaffel (SS) organization created in 1933 responsible for administering the Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps for Nazi Germany, among similar duties. Waffen-SS and sS-Totenkopfverbände are German words and phrases and Nazi SS.
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SS-Verfügungstruppe
SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT) was formed in 1934 as combat troops for the Nazi Party (NSDAP). Waffen-SS and SS-Verfügungstruppe are German words and phrases and Nazi SS.
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Stargard
Stargard (1945: Starogród, 1950–2016: Stargard Szczeciński; Stargard in Pommern or Stargard an der Ihna; Stôrgard) is a city in northwestern Poland, located in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship.
Stavelot
Stavelot (Stablo; Ståvleu) is a town and municipality of Wallonia located in the province of Liège, Belgium.
Stavka
The Stavka (Russian and Ukrainian: Ставка, Belarusian: Стаўка) is a name of the high command of the armed forces formerly used formerly in the Russian Empire and Soviet Union and currently in Ukraine.
Strafgesetzbuch
Strafgesetzbuch (literally "penal law book"), abbreviated to StGB, is the German penal code.
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Strength Through Joy
NS Gemeinschaft; KdF) was a German NSDAP-operated leisure organization in Nazi Germany.Richard Grunberger, The 12-Year Reich, p. 197, It was part of the German Labour Front (Deutsche Arbeitsfront), the national labour organization at that time. Set up in November 1933 as a tool to promote the advantages of Nazism to the German people and internationally, while also being utilized to ease the process of the rearmament of Germany.
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Sturmabteilung
The Sturmabteilung (SA; literally "Storm Division" or Storm Troopers) was the original paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party. Waffen-SS and Sturmabteilung are military wings of fascist parties.
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Submachine gun
A submachine gun (SMG) is a magazine-fed automatic carbine designed to fire handgun cartridges.
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Sudetenland
The Sudetenland (Czech and Sudety) is the historical German name for the northern, southern, and western areas of former Czechoslovakia which were inhabited primarily by Sudeten Germans.
Suicide pill
A suicide pill (also known as the cyanide pill, kill-pill, lethal pill, death-pill, cyanide capsule, or L-pill) is a pill, capsule, ampoule, or tablet containing a fatally poisonous substance that a person ingests deliberately in order to achieve death quickly through suicide.
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Supreme Court of Ukraine
The Supreme Court of Ukraine (Verkhovnyi Sud Ukrainy) is the highest judicial body in the system of courts of general jurisdiction in Ukraine.
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Synagogue
A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans.
Szczecin
Szczecin (Stettin; Stettin; Sedinum or Stetinum) is the capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland.
Tata, Hungary
Tata (Totis; Dotis) is a town in Komárom-Esztergom County, northwestern Hungary, northwest of the county town Tatabánya.
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Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia
The Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia (Gebiet des Militärbefehlshabers in Serbien; Područje vojnog zapovednika u Srbiji) was the area of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia that was placed under a military government of occupation by the Wehrmacht following the invasion, occupation and dismantling of Yugoslavia in April 1941.
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The Brussels Times
The Brussels Times is an English-language Belgian news website, and magazine, headquartered at Avenue Louise in Brussels.
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The Forward
The Forward (Forverts), formerly known as The Jewish Daily Forward, is an American news media organization for a Jewish American audience.
The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands.
The Holocaust
The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II.
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The Local
The Local is a multi-regional, European, English-language digital news publisher with local editions in Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
The Times of Israel
The Times of Israel is an Israeli multi-language online newspaper that was launched in 2012.
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Theodor Eicke
Theodor Eicke (17 October 1892 – 26 February 1943) was a senior SS functionary and Waffen SS divisional commander during the Nazi era.
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Third Army (Hungary)
The Hungarian Third Army (3.) was a field army in the Royal Hungarian Army that saw action during World War II.
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Third Battle of Kharkov
The Third Battle of Kharkov was a series of battles on the Eastern Front of World War II, undertaken by Army Group South of Nazi Germany against the Soviet Red Army, around the city of Kharkov between 19 February and 15 March 1943.
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Tiger I
The Tiger I was a German heavy tank of World War II that began operational duty in 1942 in Africa and in the Soviet Union, usually in independent heavy tank battalions.
Torture
Torture is the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on a person for reasons including punishment, extracting a confession, interrogation for information, intimidating third parties, or entertainment.
Torzeniec
Torzeniec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Doruchów, within Ostrzeszów County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.
Totenkopf
Totenkopf (i.e. skull, literally "dead person's head") is the German word for skull.
Toulouse
Toulouse (Tolosa) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania.
Treblinka extermination camp
Treblinka was the second-deadliest extermination camp to be built and operated by Nazi Germany in occupied Poland during World War II.
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Trial in absentia
Trial in absentia is a criminal proceeding in a court of law in which the person being tried is not present.
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Tulle massacre
The Tulle massacre was the roundup and summary execution of civilians in the French town of Tulle by the 2nd SS Panzer Division ''Das Reich'' in June 1944, three days after the D-Day landings in World War II.
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Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union
All-Ukrainian Association of Public Organizations Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union (UHHRU) was founded by 15 public human rights organizations on 1 April 2004.
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Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (Ukrainska Radianska Sotsialistychna Respublika; Ukrainskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika), abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkSSR, and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1991.
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Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel
The uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel (SS) served to distinguish its Nazi paramilitary ranks between 1925 and 1945 from the ranks of the Wehrmacht (the German armed forces from 1935), the German state, and the Nazi Party.
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust.
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University of North Carolina Press
The University of North Carolina Press (or UNC Press), founded in 1922, is a not-for-profit university press associated with the University of North Carolina.
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Untermensch
Untermensch (plural: Untermenschen) is a German language word literally meaning 'underman', 'sub-man', or 'subhuman', that was extensively used by Germany's Nazi Party to refer to non-Aryan people they deemed as inferior. Waffen-SS and Untermensch are German words and phrases.
Utrecht
Utrecht (Utrecht dialect) is the fourth-largest city of the Netherlands, as well as the capital and the most populous city of the province of Utrecht.
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (V&R) is a scholarly publishing house based in Göttingen, Germany.
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VI SS Army Corps (Latvian)
VI SS Army Corps (Latvian) or VI.
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Vienna
Vienna (Wien; Austro-Bavarian) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria.
Vienna offensive
The Vienna offensive was an offensive launched by the Soviet 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts in order to capture Vienna, Austria, during World War II.
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Vilhelm Junnila
Lassi Vilhelm Junnila (born 6 March 1982 in Naantali) is a Finnish politician currently serving in the Parliament of Finland, representing the constituency of Finland Proper.
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Vistula
The Vistula (Wisła,, Weichsel) is the longest river in Poland and the ninth-longest in Europe, at in length.
Visual acuity
Visual acuity (VA) commonly refers to the clarity of vision, but technically rates an animal's ability to recognize small details with precision.
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Volksdeutsche
In Nazi German terminology, were "people whose language and culture had German origins but who did not hold German citizenship." The term is the nominalised plural of volksdeutsch, with denoting a singular female, and, a singular male. Waffen-SS and volksdeutsche are German words and phrases.
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has been serving as the sixth president of Ukraine since 2019, including during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine ongoing since 2022.
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Volunteer Legion Netherlands
The Volunteer Legion Netherlands (Vrijwilligerslegioen Nederland) was a collaborationist military formation recruited in the German-occupied Netherlands during World War II.
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Waffen-SS foreign volunteers and conscripts
During World War II, the Waffen-SS recruited significant numbers of non-Germans, both as volunteers and conscripts.
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Waffen-SS in popular culture
The Waffen-SS, the combat branch of the paramilitary SS organisation of Nazi Germany, is often portrayed uncritically or admiringly in popular culture.
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Walloon Legion
The Walloon Legion (Légion Wallonie, "Wallonia Legion") was a unit of the German Army (Wehrmacht) and later of the Waffen-SS recruited among French-speaking collaborationists in German-occupied Belgium during World War II.
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Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and largest city of Poland.
Warsaw Ghetto
The Warsaw Ghetto (Warschauer Ghetto, officially Jüdischer Wohnbezirk in Warschau, "Jewish Residential District in Warsaw"; getto warszawskie) was the largest of the Nazi ghettos during World War II and the Holocaust.
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Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the 1943 act of Jewish resistance in the Warsaw Ghetto in German-occupied Poland during World War II to oppose Nazi Germany's final effort to transport the remaining ghetto population to the gas chambers of the Majdanek and Treblinka extermination camps.
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Warsaw Uprising
The Warsaw Uprising (powstanie warszawskie; Warschauer Aufstand), sometimes referred to as the August Uprising (powstanie sierpniowe), was a major World War II operation by the Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation.
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Włocławek
Włocławek (Leslau or Alt Lesle, Yiddish: וולאָצלאַוועק, romanized: Vlatzlavek) is a city in the Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship in central Poland along the Vistula River, bordered by the Gostynin-Włocławek Landscape Park.
Weidendammer Bridge
The Weidendammer Bridge is a bridge where the Friedrichstraße crosses the Spree river in the central Mitte district of Berlin, Germany.
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West Germany
West Germany is the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until the reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. The Cold War-era country is sometimes known as the Bonn Republic (Bonner Republik) after its capital city of Bonn. During the Cold War, the western portion of Germany and the associated territory of West Berlin were parts of the Western Bloc.
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West Prussia
The Province of West Prussia (Provinz Westpreußen; Zôpadné Prësë; Prusy Zachodnie) was a province of Prussia from 1773 to 1829 and 1878 to 1919.
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White
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue).
Wilhelm Bittrich
Wilhelm Bittrich (26 February 1894 – 19 April 1979) was a high-ranking Waffen-SS commander of Nazi Germany.
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Wilhelm Mohnke
Wilhelm Mohnke (15 March 1911 – 6 August 2001) was a German military officer who was one of the original members of the Schutzstaffel SS-Stabswache Berlin (Staff Guard Berlin) formed in March 1933.
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Wola
Wola is a district in western Warsaw, Poland.
Wola massacre
The Wola massacre (lit) was the systematic killing of between 40,000 and 50,000 Poles in the Wola neighbourhood of the Polish capital city, Warsaw, by the German Waffen-SS and fellow Axis collaborators in the Azerbaijani Legion, as well as the predominantly-Russian RONA forces, which took place from 5 to 12 August 1944.
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Wolf's Lair
The Wolf's Lair (Wolfsschanze; Wilczy Szaniec) served as Adolf Hitler's first Eastern Front military headquarters in World War II.
World War I
World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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Wormhoudt massacre
The Wormhoudt massacre (or Wormhout massacre) was the mass murder of 81 British and French POWs by Waffen-SS soldiers from the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler during the Battle of France in May 1940.
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Wormhout
Wormhout (before 1975: Wormhoudt; Wormout) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
X SS Corps
The X SS Corps (German: Generalkommando X. SS-Armeekorps or Gruppe Krappe) was a short-lived Waffen-SS corps-level headquarters employed on the Eastern Front in 1945 during World War II.
XIII SS Army Corps
The XIII SS Army Corps was formed in August 1944 at Breslau.
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XIX Army Corps
The XIX Army Corps (German: XIX. Armeekorps) was an armored corps of the German Wehrmacht between 1 July 1939 and 16 November 1940, when the unit was renamed Panzer Group 2 (German: Panzergruppe 2) and later 2nd Panzer Army (German: 2. Panzerarmee).
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XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps
The XV SS Cossack Cavalry Corps was a World War II cavalry corps of the Waffen-SS, the armed wing of the German Nazi Party, primarily recruited from Cossacks.
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XXXX Panzer Corps
XXXX Panzer Corps was a tank corps in the German Army during World War II.
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XXXXI Panzer Corps
XXXXI Panzer Corps (also written as: XLI Panzer Corps) was a Panzer (armoured) corps in the German Army during World War II.
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Yugoslav Partisans
The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: Partizani, Партизани or the National Liberation Army,Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); Народноослободителна војска (НОВ); Narodnoosvobodilna vojska (NOV) officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia,Народноослободилачка војска и партизански одреди Југославије (НОВ и ПОЈ); Народноослободителна војска и партизански одреди на Југославија (НОВ и ПОЈ); Narodnoosvobodilna vojska in partizanski odredi Jugoslavije (NOV in POJ) was the communist-led anti-fascist resistance to the Axis powers (chiefly Nazi Germany) in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II.
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Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (Југославија; Jugoslavija; Југославија) was a country in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 to 1992.
Złoczew
Złoczew (1939-45 Schlötzau) is a town in Sieradz County, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland, with 3,340 inhabitants (2020).
101st Airborne Division
The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) ("Screaming Eagles") is an air assault infantry division of the United States Army that specializes in air assault operations.
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101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion
101st Heavy SS Panzer Battalion (Schwere SS-Panzerabteilung 101) was a German heavy tank battalion in the Waffen-SS during World War II.
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102nd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion
The 102nd Heavy SS Panzer Battalion (schwere SS-Panzerabteilung 102) was a German heavy tank battalion of the Waffen-SS during World War II.
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10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg
The 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg" (10.) was a German Waffen-SS armoured division during World War II.
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11th SS Panzer Army
The 11th SS Panzer Army (SS-Panzer-Armeeoberkommando 11) was little more than a paper army formed in February 1945 by Heinrich Himmler while he was commander of Army Group Vistula.
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11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland
The 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland (11.) was a Waffen-SS division primarily raised with Germans and ethnic Germans from Romania, but also foreign volunteers from Western Europe.
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12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend
The SS Division Hitlerjugend or 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" (12.) was a German armoured division of the Waffen-SS during World War II.
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13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian)
The 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) was a mountain infantry division of the Waffen-SS, an armed branch of the German Nazi Party that served alongside but was never formally part of the Wehrmacht during World War II.
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14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician)
The 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Galician) (14.; translit), commonly referred to as the Galicia Division, was a World War II infantry division of the Waffen-SS, the military wing of the German Nazi Party, made up predominantly of volunteers with a Ukrainian ethnic background from the area of Galicia, later also with some Slovaks.
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15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian)
The 15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian) (15., 15.), originally called the Latvian SS-Volunteer Division (Lettische SS-Freiwilligen-Division) was an infantry division of the Waffen-SS during World War II.
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16th Guards Tank Division
The 16th Guards Tank Division was a tank division of the Soviet Army and later the Russian Ground Forces.
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16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS
The 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Reichsführer-SS" (16.) was a motorised infantry formation in the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen
The 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen" (17.) was a German Waffen-SS division that saw action on the Western Front during World War II.
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19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian)
The 19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian) (19., 19.) was an infantry division of the Waffen-SS during World War II.
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1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)
The 1st Airborne Division was an airborne infantry division of the British Army during the Second World War.
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1st Army Tank Brigade (United Kingdom)
The 1st Army Tank Brigade was a formation of the British Army during the Second World War.
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1st Belorussian Front
The 1st Belorussian Front (Пéрвый Белорусский фронт, Pervyy Belorusskiy front, also romanized "Byelorussian"), known without a numeral as the Belorussian Front between October 1943 and February 1944, was a major formation of the Red Army during World War II, being equivalent to a Western army group.
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1st Fallschirm-Panzer Division Hermann Göring
The Fallschirm-Panzer-Division 1.
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1st Guards Tank Army
The 1st Guards Tank Red Banner Army is a tank army of the Russian Ground Forces (Military Unit Number 73621). The army traces its heritage back to the 1st Tank Army, formed twice in July 1942 and in January 1943 and converted into the 1st Guards Tank Army in January 1944. The army fought as part of the Red Army on the Eastern Front during World War II.
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1st SS Cossack Cavalry Division
The 1st Cossack Cavalry Division (1.) was a Russian Cossack division of the German Army that served during World War II.
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1st SS Infantry Brigade
The 1st SS Infantry Brigade was a unit of the German Waffen SS formed from former concentration camp guards for service in the Soviet Union behind the main front line during the Second World War.
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1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
The 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler or SS Division Leibstandarte, abbreviated as LSSAH (1.), began as Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard unit, responsible for guarding the Führer's person, offices, and residences.
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1st Ukrainian Front
The 1st Ukrainian Front (Пéрвый Украи́нский фронт), previously the Voronezh Front (label), was a major formation of the Red Army during World War II, being equivalent to a Western army group.
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207th Security Division
The 207th Infantry Division (207.) was established in August 1939, and acted as a border security unit during the invasion of Poland as part of the Fourth Army under Army Group North.
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20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian)
The 20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian) was a foreign infantry division of the Waffen-SS that served alongside but was never formally part of the Wehrmacht during World War II.
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21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg
The 21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian) was a German mountain infantry division of the Waffen-SS, the armed wing of the German Nazi Party that served alongside, but was never formally part of, the Wehrmacht during World War II.
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227th Infantry Division
The 227th Infantry Division named "Rheinisch-Westfälische" was a division of the German Wehrmacht during World War II created on 26 August 1939 in Krefeld.
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22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division
The 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division (22.) (22.) was a German Waffen-SS cavalry division which was active on the Eastern Front during World War II.
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24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Karstjäger
The 24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Karstjäger was a German mountain infantry division of the Waffen-SS, the armed wing of the German Nazi Party that served alongside, but was never formally part of, the Wehrmacht during World War II.
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25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Hunyadi (1st Hungarian)
The 25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS "Hunyadi" (1st Hungarian) was a short-lived infantry division of the Waffen-SS, an armed branch of the German Nazi Party that served alongside but was never formally part of the Wehrmacht during World War II.
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26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Hungarian)
The 26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Hungarian) (26., 26., was a short-lived infantry division of the Waffen-SS, an armed branch of the German Nazi Party that served alongside but was never formally part of the Wehrmacht during World War II. Established in November 1944 following the German overthrow of the Hungarian regime of Miklós Horthy, it was never properly formed, trained, or equipped, and after being evacuated from its training camp in the face of the advancing Soviet Red Army, it surrendered to the United States Army in Austria in May 1945.
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29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian)
The 29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian) also Legione SS Italiana (29. was an SS formation of Nazi Germany during World War II. It was originally created in the Italian Social Republic in 1943 as the Italian Legion, later renamed to a brigade. The unit was upgraded to division status on 10 February 1945.
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2nd Infantry Division (United States)
The 2nd Infantry Division (2ID, 2nd ID) ("Indianhead") is a formation of the United States Army.
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2nd SS Infantry Brigade
The 2nd SS Infantry Brigade (mot.) was formed on the 15 May 1941, under the command of Karl Fischer von Treuenfeld with the 4th and 5th SS Infantry (formerly Totenkopf) Regiments and began its operational service in September in the Army Group North Rear Area, under which command it would spend its entire existence.
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2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich
The 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich (2. SS-Panzerdivision "Das Reich".) or SS Division Das Reich was an armored division of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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2nd Ukrainian Front
The 2nd Ukrainian Front (2-й Украинский фронт) was a front of the Red Army during the Second World War.
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3.7 cm Pak 36
The Pak 36 (Panzerabwehrkanone 36) is a 3.7 cm / 37mm caliber German anti-tank gun used during the Second World War.
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30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS
The 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarusian), originally called the 30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian), was a short-lived German Waffen-SS infantry division formed largely from Belarusian, Russian, Polish, and Ukrainian personnel of the Schutzmannschaft-Brigade Siegling in August 1944 at Warsaw in the General Government.
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31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division
The 31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division (31. (31. (Divizia 31 de voluntari SS) (31. was a German infantry division of the Waffen-SS during the Second World War, commanded by SS-Brigadeführer, Gustav Lombard. The division was formed of German, Hungarian, Serbian and other Volksdeutsche (ethnic Germans), mostly from the Batschka region as well as the personnel and equipment from the 23rd Waffen Mountain Division SS 'Kama'.
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32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division
The 32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "30th January" (32. was formed in December 1944 from what remained of other units and staff and pupils from SS schools and various other troops. A significant cadre came from Hungarian and Romanian fascists who had joined the SS, but their numbers are unknown.
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333rd Field Artillery Battalion (United States)
The 333rd Field Artillery Battalion was a racially segregated United States Army unit of African-American troops during World War II.
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33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne
The Waffen Grenadier Brigade of the SS Charlemagne (Waffen-Grenadier-Brigade der SS "Charlemagne") was a Waffen-SS unit formed in September 1944 from French collaborationists, many of whom were already serving in various other German units.
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34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland
The 34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division "Landstorm Nederland" (34.) was a World War II infantry division in the Waffen-SS, the combat wing of the German Nazi Party.
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35th SS-Police Grenadier Division
The 35th SS- und Police Grenadier Division (35.) was an infantry division of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II.
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37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Lützow
37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division "Lützow" (37. was a German Cavalry division of the Waffen-SS during the Second World War. It was formed in February 1945 from the personnel and equipment of the 8th SS Cavalry Division and the 22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division. In addition to this, many under-age German, Hungarian and 'Volksdeutsche' helped make up the division.
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38th SS Grenadier Division Nibelungen
The 38th SS Grenadier Division Nibelungen (38.) was a World War II infantry division of the Waffen-SS, the military wing of the German Nazi Party.
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3rd Estonian SS Volunteer Brigade
The 3rd Estonian SS Volunteer Brigade (3.) was a formation of the German Waffen-SS during World War II.
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3rd Shock Army
The 3rd Shock Army (Третья ударная армия) was a field army of the Red Army formed during the Second World War.
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3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
The 3rd SS Panzer Division "Totenkopf" (3. SS-Panzerdivision "Totenkopf".) was an elite division of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II, formed from the Standarten of the SS-TV.
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4th Army (Italy)
The 4th Army (4ª Armata) was a World War I and World War II field army of the Royal Italian Army.
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4th Guards Army
The 4th Guards Army was an elite Guards field army of the Soviet Union during World War II and the early postwar era.
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4th Panzer Army
The 4th Panzer Army (4.), operating as Panzer Group 4 (label) from its formation on 15 February 1941 to 1 January 1942, was a German panzer formation during World War II.
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4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division
The 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division (4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division) or SS Division Polizei was one of the thirty-eight divisions fielded as part of the Waffen-SS during World War II.
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500th SS Parachute Battalion
The 500th SS-Parachute Battalion (SS-Fallschirmjägerbataillon 500) was the airborne unit of the Waffen-SS.
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50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division
The 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that saw distinguished service in the Second World War.
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5th Panzer Army
5th Panzer Army (5.) was the name of two different German armoured formations during World War II.
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5th SS Panzer Division Wiking
The 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking (5. SS-Panzerdivision Wiking.) or SS Division Wiking was an infantry and later an armoured division among the thirty-eight Waffen-SS divisions of Nazi Germany.
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6th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 6th Army (6.) was a field army of the German Army during World War II.
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6th Combined Arms Army
The 6th Combined Arms Army is a field army of the Red Army and the Soviet Army that was active with the Russian Ground Forces until 1998 and has been active since 2010 as the 6th Combined Arms Army.
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6th Division (Australia)
The 6th Division was an infantry division of the Australian Army.
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6th Panzer Army
The 6th Panzer Army (6.) was a formation of the German Army, formed in the autumn of 1944.
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6th SS Mountain Division Nord
The 6th SS Mountain Division Nord (6.) was a World War II mountain infantry division of the Waffen-SS, the military wing of the German Nazi Party, primarily consisting of ethnic Germans along with some Norwegian and Swiss volunteers.
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7th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 7th Army was a World War II field army of the German land forces.
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7th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)
The 7th Panzer Division was an armored formation of the German Army in World War II.
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7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen
The 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division "Prinz Eugen" (7.), initially named the SS-Volunteer Division Prinz Eugen (SS-Freiwilligen-Division "Prinz Eugen"), was a mountain infantry division of the Waffen-SS, an armed branch of the German Nazi Party that served alongside but was never formally part of the Wehrmacht during World War II.
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8th Army (Wehrmacht)
The 8th Army (8.) was a World War II field army.
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8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer
The 8th SS Cavalry Division "Florian Geyer" was a German Waffen-SS cavalry division during World War II.
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99th Infantry Division (United States)
The 99th Infantry Division briefly existed, but never deployed, in the closing days of World War I, was reconstituted as a reserve unit in 1921, was ordered into active military service in 1942, and deployed overseas in 1944.
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9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen
The 9th SS Panzer Division "Hohenstaufen" (9. SS-Panzerdivision "Hohenstaufen".) was a Waffen-SS armoured division of Nazi Germany during World War II.
See Waffen-SS and 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen
See also
Military wings of fascist parties
- Albanian Fascist Militia
- Black Brigades
- Blackshirts
- Blueshirts (Italian Nationalist Association)
- Corpul Muncitoresc Legionar
- Croatian Defence Forces
- Falange Militia
- Fascist Defence Force
- Format18
- Hirden
- Hlinka Guard
- Imperial Patrianovist Guard
- Impuzamugambi
- Iron Guard death squads
- Kataeb Regulatory Forces
- Legião Portuguesa (Estado Novo)
- Magyar Gárda
- Military of Nazi Germany
- Revolutionary Civic Union
- Rodobrana
- Schutzstaffel
- Stewards (paramilitary organisation)
- Sturmabteilung
- Tonton Macoute
- Ustaše Militia
- Volkssport
- Waffen-SS
- Weerbaarheidsafdeling
- White Eagles (paramilitary)
- Yokusan Sonendan
References
Also known as SS Waffen, Waffen, Waffen S.S., Waffen SS, Waffen Schutzstaffel, WaffenSS.
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