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By November 1933 the formation was 800 men strong, and at a remembrance ceremony in Munich for the tenth anniversary of the failed Munich Putsch the regiment swore allegiance to Hitler. The origins of the Waffen-SS can be traced back to the selection of a group of 120 SS men in March 1933 by Josef "Sepp" Dietrich to form the Sonderkommando Berlin. Parade for the third anniversary of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler on the barracks' grounds.

2.6.9 Arnhem and Operation Market Garden.

An exception was made for Waffen-SS conscripts sworn in after 1943, who were exempted because of their involuntary servitude. Waffen-SS veterans were denied many of the rights afforded to veterans who had served in the Heer (army), Luftwaffe (air force) or Kriegsmarine (navy). Īt the post-war Nuremberg Trials the Waffen-SS was condemned as a criminal organization due to its essential connection to the Nazi Party and involvement in war crimes.

By the end of the war, ethnic non-Germans made up approximately 60 percent of the Waffen-SS. Initially membership was open to " Aryans" only in accordance with the racial policies of the Nazi state, but the rules were partially relaxed in 1940, although Jews and Poles remained banned and Hitler authorized the formation of units composed largely or solely of foreign volunteers and conscripts. Upon mobilization its tactical control was given to the High Command of the Armed Forces ( Oberkommando der Wehrmacht). Prior to the war it was under the control of the SS Führungshauptamt (SS operational command office) beneath Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. Adolf Hitler resisted integrating the Waffen-SS into the army, as it was to remain the armed wing of the Party and to become an elite police force once the war was won. The Waffen-SS grew from three regiments to over 38 divisions during World War II, and served alongside the Heer (regular army) but was never formally part of it. Panzer Division Kempf, a temporary unit of mixed army and Waffen-SS components.The Waffen-SS ( German pronunciation:, Armed SS) was created as the armed wing of the Nazi Party's Schutzstaffel ("Protective Squadron"), and gradually developed into a multi-ethnic and multi-national military force of Nazi Germany.SS-Oberabschnitt Böhmen-Mähren see above note.

37th SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Lützow.

36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Dirlewanger - historically recognized as the most notoriously criminal unit of the Waffen-SS.

34th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Landstorm Nederland.

33rd Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Charlemagne (1st French), the last Waffen-SS unit during Battle of Berlin to participate in the defence of central Berlin and the area of the Führerbunker.

33rd Waffen Cavalry Division of the SS (3rd Hungarian).

32nd SS Volunteer Grenadier Division 30 Januar.

31st SS Volunteer Grenadier Division, variously reported as being named Böhmen-Mähren ( Bohemia- Moravia)(this Division is not SS Kampfgruppe Division Bohmen-Mahren, this was a separate unit formed from training units in the protectorate after the Batschka Division) or Batschka.

30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Belarusian).

30th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Russian).

29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Italian), formed after the disbanding of the 29th "1st Russian" division.

29th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Russian).

28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wallonien.

27th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Langemarck (1st Flemish).

26th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Hungaria (2nd Hungarian).

25th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS Hunyadi (1st Hungarian).

24th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS (Karstjäger).

23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nederland (1st Dutch), formed after the dissolution of the 23rd Kama division.

23rd Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Kama (2nd Croatian).

22nd SS Volunteer Cavalry Division Maria Theresia (Hungarian).

21st Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Skanderbeg (1st Albanian).

20th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Estonian).

19th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (2nd Latvian).18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel.17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen.16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS.15th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Latvian).14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS (1st Ukrainian) (unofficially known as Galizien).13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian).11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland.7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen.5th SS Panzer Division Wiking (previously SS Panzergrenadier Division Wiking).3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf (previously SS Panzergrenadier Division Totenkopf).2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich (previously SS Verfügungs Division: later SS Panzergrenadier Division Das Reich).1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler.