Waffen-SS

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Nazi paramilitary organization armed wing of the SS military organization

The Waffen-SS was the combat branch of Nazi Germany’s SS organization, serving as an elite but ideologically driven military force involved in major World War II battles and numerous war crimes.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
Waffen-SS canonical 142
SS-Totenkopfverbände 6
Waffen-SS units 3

Statements (78)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nazi paramilitary organization ⓘ
armed wing of the SS ⓘ
military organization ⓘ
classifiedAs criminal organization ⓘ
classifiedBy Nuremberg trials ⓘ
surface form: International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg
composedOf SS divisions ⓘ
armored divisions ⓘ
cavalry divisions ⓘ
infantry divisions ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Nazi Germany ⓘ
demobilized after German surrender in May 1945 ⓘ
dissolved 1945 ⓘ
distinctFrom Heer ⓘ
Kriegsmarine ⓘ
Luftwaffe ⓘ
Wehrmacht ⓘ
foundedBy HeinrichHimmler ⓘ
surface form: Heinrich Himmler
hasPart Charlemagne Division ⓘ
Das Reich Division ⓘ
Handschar Division ⓘ
Hitlerjugend Division ⓘ
Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler ⓘ
Nordland Division ⓘ
Totenkopf Division ⓘ
Wiking Division ⓘ
headquartersLocation Berlin ⓘ
ideology German nationalism ⓘ
Nazism ⓘ
antisemitism ⓘ
racism ⓘ
inception 1939 ⓘ
involvedIn Holocaust ⓘ
anti-partisan warfare ⓘ
crimes against humanity ⓘ
ethnic cleansing ⓘ
mass shootings of Jews ⓘ
massacres of civilians ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
languageOfWork German ⓘ
legalStatusAfterWar declared criminal for its role in war crimes and crimes against humanity ⓘ
motto Meine Ehre heißt Treue ⓘ
notableCommander Felix Steiner ⓘ
HeinrichHimmler ⓘ
surface form: Heinrich Himmler

Paul Hausser ⓘ
Sepp Dietrich ⓘ
notableFor fanatical loyalty to Adolf Hitler ⓘ
high combat effectiveness in some operations ⓘ
systematic participation in atrocities ⓘ
numberOfPersonnel over 900000 at peak strength ⓘ
participatedIn Battle of France ⓘ
Battle of Kursk ⓘ
Battle of the Bulge ⓘ
Invasion of Poland ⓘ
Operation Barbarossa ⓘ
defense of Berlin ⓘ
partOf SS ⓘ
Schutzstaffel (SS) ⓘ
surface form: Schutzstaffel
perpetrated Lidice massacre ⓘ
Malmedy massacre ⓘ
Oradour-sur-Glane massacre ⓘ
massacres in Poland ⓘ
massacres in the Balkans ⓘ
massacres in the Soviet Union ⓘ
recruitment conscripts ⓘ
foreign volunteers ⓘ
volunteers ⓘ
role combat branch of the SS ⓘ
elite military force of Nazi Germany ⓘ
instrument of Nazi ideological warfare ⓘ
subordinateTo Reichsführer-SS ⓘ
theatreOfOperations Balkans ⓘ
Eastern Front ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
trainingEmphasis ideological indoctrination ⓘ
military discipline ⓘ

Referenced by (164)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

SS → branch → Waffen-SS ⓘ
Battle of Berlin → opponent → Waffen-SS ⓘ
Western Front → opponent → Waffen-SS ⓘ
subject surface form: Western Front (World War II)
British 1st Airborne Division → engagedAgainst → Waffen-SS ⓘ
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross → usedByBranch → Waffen-SS ⓘ
HeinrichHimmler → oversaw → Waffen-SS ⓘ
subject surface form: Heinrich Himmler
ReinhardHeydrich → memberOf → Waffen-SS ⓘ
subject surface form: Reinhard Heydrich
this entity surface form: SS-Totenkopfverbände
Dachau → operatedBy → Waffen-SS ⓘ
subject surface form: Dachau concentration camp
this entity surface form: SS-Totenkopfverbände
Western Allied invasion of Germany → opponent → Waffen-SS ⓘ
Buchenwald → operatedBy → Waffen-SS ⓘ
this entity surface form: SS-Totenkopfverbände
BergenBelsen → operatedBy → Waffen-SS ⓘ
subject surface form: Bergen-Belsen
this entity surface form: SS-Totenkopfverbände
Final Solution → perpetratorUnit → Waffen-SS ⓘ
SS-Obersturmbannführer → usedBy → Waffen-SS ⓘ
SS-Obersturmbannführer → serviceBranchContext → Waffen-SS ⓘ
Schutzstaffel (SS) → subOrganization → Waffen-SS ⓘ
subject surface form: Schutzstaffel
Schutzstaffel (SS) → subOrganization → Waffen-SS ⓘ
subject surface form: Schutzstaffel
this entity surface form: SS-Totenkopfverbände
Schutzstaffel (SS) → militaryBranch → Waffen-SS ⓘ
subject surface form: Schutzstaffel
Wilhelm Bittrich → militaryBranch → Waffen-SS ⓘ
Clasp to the Iron Cross (1939) → usedBy → Waffen-SS ⓘ
Axis forces on the Eastern Front → primaryComponent → Waffen-SS ⓘ
German Cross in Gold → usedBy → Waffen-SS ⓘ
Auschwitz death marches → perpetrator → Waffen-SS ⓘ
this entity surface form: SS-Totenkopfverbände
Günter Grass → militaryBranch → Waffen-SS ⓘ
SS units → hasPart → Waffen-SS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waffen-SS units
Panzer IV tanks → usedBy → Waffen-SS ⓘ
subject surface form: Panzer IV
Karabiner 98k rifle → usedBy → Waffen-SS ⓘ
subject surface form: Karabiner 98k
Sd.Kfz. 251 half-tracks → usedBy → Waffen-SS ⓘ
subject surface form: Sd.Kfz. 251
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds → usedBy → Waffen-SS ⓘ
National Republican Army → collaboratedWith → Waffen-SS ⓘ
Tiger I tank → usedBy → Waffen-SS ⓘ
subject surface form: Tiger I
Sturmgewehr 44 → usedBy → Waffen-SS ⓘ
StuG III assault gun → operator → Waffen-SS ⓘ
subject surface form: StuG III
Panther tank → operator → Waffen-SS ⓘ
MG 42 machine gun → usedBy → Waffen-SS ⓘ
subject surface form: MG 42
6th Panzer Army → allegiance → Waffen-SS ⓘ
6th Panzer Army → branch → Waffen-SS ⓘ
Panzer division → usedBy → Waffen-SS ⓘ
Reichsführer-SS → controls → Waffen-SS ⓘ
SS-Obergruppenführer → usedBy → Waffen-SS ⓘ
II SS Panzer Corps → partOf → Waffen-SS ⓘ
II SS Panzer Corps → militaryBranch → Waffen-SS ⓘ
I SS Panzer Corps → partOf → Waffen-SS ⓘ
I SS Panzer Corps → militaryBranch → Waffen-SS ⓘ
Michael Wittmann → militaryBranch → Waffen-SS ⓘ
SS-Verfügungstruppe → followedBy → Waffen-SS ⓘ
SS-Verfügungstruppe → reorganizedAs → Waffen-SS ⓘ
SS-Standartenführer → usedBy → Waffen-SS ⓘ
SS-Brigadeführer → usedBy → Waffen-SS ⓘ
Tulle massacre of June 1944 → perpetrator → Waffen-SS ⓘ
SD → branch → Waffen-SS ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waffen-SS (field intelligence elements)