SS-Verfügungstruppe

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The SS-Verfügungstruppe was the Nazi regime’s politically reliable, combat-ready SS military formation that served as a precursor to the Waffen-SS.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf military formation
paramilitary organization
activeDuring World War II
interwar period
allegiance Adolf Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Nazi Party
associatedWith Nazi war crimes
basedOn principle of unconditional loyalty to Adolf Hitler
country Nazi Germany
distinctFrom Allgemeine SS
SS-Totenkopfverbände
Wehrmacht
ethos racial ideology of the SS
followedBy Waffen-SS
formedFrom SS-Standarten
function provide military-trained SS units for wartime use
serve as Hitler-loyal troops outside regular army command
garrison Berlin
Munich
hasPart Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
SS-Standarte Der Führer
SS-Standarte Deutschland
SS-Standarte Germania
ideology Nazism
languageOfCommand German
militaryBranch armed wing of the SS
natureOfOrganization politically indoctrinated military force
notableCommander Felix Steiner
Paul Hausser
Sepp Dietrich
parentOrganization Nazi Party
Reichsführung-SS
partOf SS
Schutzstaffel
precededBy SS-Sonderkommandos
reorganizedAs Waffen-SS
role combat formation of the SS
politically reliable military force for the Nazi regime
significantEvent participation in German invasion of Poland
participation in early World War II campaigns
reorganization into Waffen-SS
startTime 1934
status elite formation in Nazi propaganda
subordinateTo Heinrich Himmler
Reichsführer-SS
uniform SS field-grey uniform

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