Allgemeine-SS Order of Battle
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The Allgemeine-SS Order of Battle refers to the mustering formations of SS units in Nazi Germany
and Austria
that existed prior to and during World War II
.
The basic mustering formations were made up of part time SS members, considered the core of the Allgemeine-SS. The primary unit was the regiment sized Standarten and extending upwards to division strength Oberabschnitt commands. Within the Allgemeine-SS Standarten there were in turn subordinate battalions of Sturmbann, themselves divided into company sized Sturme.
The Sturm was further divided into platoon sized Truppen which were in turn divided into squad sized Scharen. For larger Allgemeine-SS commands, the Scharen would be further dividied into Rotte which were the Allgemeine-SS equivalent of a fire team.
commanders also served as SS and Police Leader
s. The SS-Oberabschnitt was formed in the mid 1930s from older formations known as SS-Gruppen. By 1942, the existing Oberabschnitt commands were as follows:
.
The SS also maintained the following brigade cavalry commands for Allgemeine-SS cavalry units:
units".
s, as a unit insignia. The Reiter-SS came to an effective end at the start of World War II, as most of its members transferred into the Waffen-SS as cavalry officers. After this point, the Allgemeine-SS cavalry existed on paper only. At the Nuremberg Trials
, special mention was made that the General-SS cavalry was exempt from the classification as a "criminal organization" which had been applied to the rest of the SS.
The Reiter-SS units were as follows:
SS-Kraftfahrstürme
Nineteen transport companies were formed by the SS throughout Germany. The areas of responsibility were:
SS-Nachrichtensturmbanne
The following signal battalions were formed throughout Germany and Austria by the Allgemeine-SS. A single signal battalion was also formed in Czechoslovakia
.
SS-Pioniersturmbanne
Engineering battalions were maintained by the Allgemeine-SS in the following cities:
SS-Fliegersturm
In November 1931, the SS briefly commissioned a flight unit consisting of a small number of SS personnel trained to fly powered aircraft. An extremely rare SS badge
, known as the SS-SA Fliegerabzeichen, was issued to most members of the SS-Fliegersturm. The Fliegersturm was disbanded after only a few months and its members merged into other Nazi organizations such as the National Socialist Flyers Corps
.
SS Naval Units
In the mid 1930s, there was some discussion in SS leadership circles to form a special corps of SS-naval
units, mainly due to the SA
, the early rival to the SS, having formed its own marine unit (SA-Marine). However, due to Heinrich Himmler
's general disinterest in naval affairs, an SS naval corps was never founded although many members of the Allgemeine-SS did serve on active duty in the Kriegsmarine
.
Nazi Germany
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and Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
that existed prior to and during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
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The basic mustering formations were made up of part time SS members, considered the core of the Allgemeine-SS. The primary unit was the regiment sized Standarten and extending upwards to division strength Oberabschnitt commands. Within the Allgemeine-SS Standarten there were in turn subordinate battalions of Sturmbann, themselves divided into company sized Sturme.
The Sturm was further divided into platoon sized Truppen which were in turn divided into squad sized Scharen. For larger Allgemeine-SS commands, the Scharen would be further dividied into Rotte which were the Allgemeine-SS equivalent of a fire team.
Senior Level Commands
The two senior level formations of the Allgemeine-SS were the division sized Oberabschnitt and the brigade sized Abschnitt.Oberabschnitt Commands
The highest command level of the Allgemeine-SS formations. Many of the SS-OberabschnittSS-Oberabschnitt
Units and commands of the Schutzstaffel were organizational titles used by the SS to describe the many groups, forces, and formations that existed within the SS from its inception in 1923 to the eventual fall of Nazi Germany in 1945....
commanders also served as SS and Police Leader
SS and Police Leader
SS and Police Leader was a title for senior Nazi officials that commanded large units of the SS, of Gestapo and of the regular German police during and prior to World War II.Three levels of subordination were established for bearers of this title:...
s. The SS-Oberabschnitt was formed in the mid 1930s from older formations known as SS-Gruppen. By 1942, the existing Oberabschnitt commands were as follows:
| Designation | Headquarters | Years of Operation | Last commander | Notes | ||
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| Alpenland SS-Oberabschnitt Alpenland SS-Oberabschnitt Alpenland was one of two main division strength commands of the Allgemeine-SS in the country of Austria. The Alpenland Oberabschnitt was formed in 1939, a year after Germany incorporated Austria through the Anschluss... |
Salzburg Salzburg -Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for... |
June 1, 1939 - May 8, 1945 | SS-Brigadeführer Brigadeführer SS-Brigadeführer was an SS rank that was used in Nazi Germany between the years of 1932 and 1945. Brigadeführer was also an SA rank.... Hermann Harm |
One of two major Oberabschnitt in Austria Austria Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the... |
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| Böhmen-Mähren SS-Oberabschnitt Böhmen-Mähren SS-Oberabschnitt Böhmen-Mähren was the Allgemeine-SS division command which encompassed the territory of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia . Oberabschnitt Böhmen-Mähren was strictly a "paper command" and never exercised any active operational authority... |
Prague Prague Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million... |
April 1, 1944 - May 8, 1945 | SS-Oberführer Oberführer Oberführer was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party dating back to 1921. Translated as “Senior Leader”, an Oberführer was typically a Nazi Party member in charge of a group of paramilitary units in a particular geographical region... Emanuel Sladek |
Primary Oberabschnitt in Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992... |
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| Donau SS-Oberabschnitt Donau SS-Oberabschnitt Donau was the primary division command of the Allgemeine-SS in the country of Austria. The Oberabschnitt was formed in 1934 under Alfred Rodenbücher as an early attempt to influence the Anschluss with Nazi Germany... |
Vienna Vienna Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre... |
May 30, 1938 - May 8, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Gruppenführer Gruppenführer was an early paramilitary rank of the Nazi Party, first created in 1925 as a senior rank of the SA.-SS rank:... Walter Schimana |
Formed from Oberabschnitt Österreich in 1938 | ||
| Elbe | Dresden Dresden Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area.... |
April 4, 1936 - May 8, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Ludolf von Alvenslebel | Formed from Oberabschnitt Mitte in 1936 | ||
| Fulda-Werra | Arolsen | January 1, 1937 - May 8, 1945 | SS-Obergruppenführer Obergruppenführer Obergruppenführer was a Nazi Party paramilitary rank that was first created in 1932 as a rank of the SA and until 1942 it was the highest SS rank inferior only to Reichsführer-SS... Josias Erbrinz zu Waldeck-Pyrmont |
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| Lothringen-Saarpfalz | Saarbrücken Saarbrücken Saarbrücken is the capital of the state of Saarland in Germany. The city is situated at the heart of a metropolitan area that borders on the west on Dillingen and to the north-east on Neunkirchen, where most of the people of the Saarland live.... |
October 1, 1940 - October 15, 1941 | SS-Gruppenführer Theodor Berkelmann | Renamed Oberabschnitt Westmark in 1941 | ||
| Main | Nuremberg Nuremberg Nuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664... |
April 1, 1936 - May 8, 1945 | SS-Brigadeführer Benno Martin | |||
| Mitte | Braunschweig Braunschweig Braunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser.... |
April 1, 1936 - May 8, 1945 | SS-Obergruppenführer Rudolf Querner Rudolf Querner Rudolf Querner was an SS-Obergruppenführer as well as a General in the Waffen-SS and the police.-Early life:... |
Formed from Oberabschnitt Nordwest in 1936 | ||
| Nord | Hamburg Hamburg -History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808... |
October 1, 1932 - April 20, 1940 | SS-Gruppenführer Hans-Adolf Prützmann Hans-Adolf Prützmann Hans-Adolf Prützmann was a Superior SS and Police Leader, as well as an SS Obergruppenführer... |
Divided into Oberabschnitts Nordsee and Ostsee in 1940 | ||
| Nordost | Königsberg Königsberg Königsberg was the capital of East Prussia from the Late Middle Ages until 1945 as well as the northernmost and easternmost German city with 286,666 inhabitants . Due to the multicultural society in and around the city, there are several local names for it... |
December 15, 1933 - May 8, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Otto Hellwig | |||
| Nordsee | Altona Altona Altona may refer to:* Altona, Hamburg, Germany** Altona-Nord, Hamburg, Germany*Altona, Illinois, United States*Altona, Indiana, United States*Altona, Manitoba, Canada*Altona , New York, located in Clinton County or... |
April 20, 1940 - May 8, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Georg von Bassewitz-Behr | Formed from Oberabschnitt Nord in 1940 | ||
| Nordwest | Oslo Oslo Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King... |
April 20, 1940 - May 8, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Wilhelm Rediess | Primary Oberabschnitt in Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million... . |
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| Ost(1) | Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... |
September 1, 1929 - November 14, 1939 | SS-Gruppenführer Paul Moder | One of the original SS-Gruppen formed in 1929. Known as SS-Gruppe Ost until 1934, renamed Oberabschnitt Spree in 1939 | ||
| Ost(2) | Krakau | September 15, 1942 - May 8, 1945 | SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Koppe Wilhelm Koppe Wilhelm Koppe was a German Nazi commander who was responsible for numerous atrocities against Poles and Jews in Reichsgau Wartheland and the General Government during the German occupation of Poland in World War II.-Biography:Born in Hildesheim, he fought in the First World War... |
Primary Oberabschnitt in Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north... . Named from former Oberabschnitt Ost located in Germany |
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| Ostland | Riga Riga Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,... |
December 12, 1941 - March 3, 1945 | SS-Obergruppenführer Friedrich Jeckeln Friedrich Jeckeln Friedrich Jeckeln was an SS-Obergruppenführer who served as an SS and Police Leader in the occupied Soviet Union during World War II... |
Primary Oberabschnitt in Latvia Latvia Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden... |
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| Österreich SS-Oberabschnitt Donau SS-Oberabschnitt Donau was the primary division command of the Allgemeine-SS in the country of Austria. The Oberabschnitt was formed in 1934 under Alfred Rodenbücher as an early attempt to influence the Anschluss with Nazi Germany... |
Vienna | February 15, 1934 - May 30, 1938 | SS-Oberführer Ernst Kaltenbrunner Ernst Kaltenbrunner Ernst Kaltenbrunner was an Austrian-born senior official of Nazi Germany during World War II. Between January 1943 and May 1945, he held the offices of Chief of the Reichssicherheitshauptamt , President of Interpol and, as a Obergruppenführer und General der Polizei und Waffen-SS, he was the... |
Renamed as Oberabschnitt Donau in 1938 | ||
| Ostsee | Stettin | February 1, 1940 - May 8, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Emil Mazuw | Formed from Oberabschnitt Nord in 1940 | ||
| Rhein | Koblenz Koblenz Koblenz is a German city situated on both banks of the Rhine at its confluence with the Moselle, where the Deutsches Eck and its monument are situated.As Koblenz was one of the military posts established by Drusus about 8 BC, the... |
January 1, 1934 - September 11, 1943 | SS-Gruppenführer Theodor Berkelmann | Merged with Oberabschnitt Westmark in 1943 to form Oberabschnitt Rhein-Westmark | ||
| Rhein-Westmark | Wiesbaden Wiesbaden Wiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens... |
September 11, 1943 - March 24, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Jürgen Stroop Jürgen Stroop Jürgen Stroop, , was a high-ranking Nazi Party and Gestapo official during World War II. In 1952, he was extradited to Poland, convicted of war crimes, and hanged.-Early life:Jürgen Stroop was born in Detmold, in the Principality of Lippe, German Empire, the son of a police officer... |
Formed from Oberabschnitts Rhein and Westmark in 1943 | ||
| Spree | Berlin Berlin Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union... |
November 14, 1939 - May 8, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Max Schneller | Known as Oberabschnitt Ost until 1939. Previous name then assigned to a new Oberabschnitt formed in Poland | ||
| Süd SS-Oberabschnitt Süd SS-Oberabschnitt Süd, often translated as "SS-District South" or "SS-Group South", was a division strength command of the Allgemeine-SS and the oldest SS-division in continuous existence from the inception of the SS in the late 1920s to the downfall of Nazi Germany in 1945.-Reference:* Yerger, Mark C... |
Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... |
January 30, 1929 - May 8, 1945 | SS-Obergruppenführer Wilhelm Koppe | Longest Oberabschnitt in continuous existence, known originally as SS-Gruppe Süd | ||
| Südost SS-Oberabschnitt Südost SS-Oberabschnitt Südost was a division command of the Allgemeine-SS which encompassed SS activities in southeastern Germany. The command was first formed in 1932 under the command of Udo von Woyrsch. The first headquarters of the Oberabschnitt was in the city of Brieg... |
Brieg Brieg Brieg may refer to:* Brzeg , in Silesia, Poland** Duchy of Brzeg, a duchy of Silesia from 1311 – 1675* Briec , a town in Brittany... and Breslau |
March 15, 1932 - May 8, 1945 | SS-Obergruppenführer Richard Hildebrandt Richard Hildebrandt Richard Hermann Hildebrandt was a politician in Nazi Germany and member of the Reichstag, and an SS-Obergruppenführer. From 1943 until his capture in 1945, he led the SS-Rasse und Siedlungshauptamt , the Office of Race and Settlement of the SS... |
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| Südwest | Stuttgart Stuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... |
November 16, 1933 - May 8, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Otto Hofmann Otto Hofmann Otto Hofmann was an Austrian SS-Gruppenführer and an official of Nazi Germany's "Race and Settlement Main Office".-Early life:Hofmann was born in Innsbruck, Tyrol. He served as a military pilot in World War I... |
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| Ukraina | Kiev Kiev Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press.... |
December 1, 1941 - September 2, 1944 | SS-Obergruppenführer Hans-Adolf Prützmann | Primary Oberabschnitt in the Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia... |
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| Warthe | Posen Posen Posen may refer to:Places in Europe:* Poznań, Poland * Grand Duchy of Posen, autonomous province of Prussia, 1815–1848* Province of Posen, Prussian province, 1848–1918... |
October 26, 1939 - May 8, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Willy Schmelcher | |||
| Weichsel SS-Oberabschnitt Weichsel SS-Oberabschnitt Weichsel was a division strength command of the Allgemeine-SS that controlled most General-SS units located in East Prussia. Prior to 1939, the division's primary focus was on German activity in the free city of Danzig as well as security preparations for war over the Polish... |
Danzig | November 9, 1939 - May 8, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Fritz Katzmann Fritz Katzmann Fritz Katzmann was a SS-Gruppenführer and Polizei leader who perpetrated genocide in Lemberg , Danzig, and the District of Galicia during The Holocaust. Katzmann was responsible for many of the atrocities that were perpetrated in the District of Galicia... |
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| West | Düsseldorf Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the... |
November 18, 1929 - May 8, 1945 | SS-Gruppenführer Karl Gutenberger | Known originally as SS-Gruppe West | ||
| Westmark | Neustadt Neustadt - Germany :* in Baden-Württemberg:** Titisee-Neustadt, a town in the district of Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald* in Bavaria:** Bad Neustadt an der Saale, the capital of the Rhön-Grabfeld district... & Metz Metz Metz is a city in the northeast of France located at the confluence of the Moselle and the Seille rivers.Metz is the capital of the Lorraine region and prefecture of the Moselle department. Located near the tripoint along the junction of France, Germany, and Luxembourg, Metz forms a central place... |
October 15, 1941 - September 11, 1943 | SS-Gruppenführer Theodor Berkelmann | Merged with Oberabschnitt Rhein in 1943 to become Oberabschnitt Rhein-Westmark | ||
Abschnitt commands
An intermediate command level existed between the supreme Oberschnitt commands the local Allgemeine-SS regiments. Known as the SS-Abschnitt these commands were formed between 1933 and 1935 from the older SS-Brigaden. SS-Abschnitts were identified by roman numeral designators, which were also displayed on the cuffbands of the Abschnitt member's SS uniformUniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel
The uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel were paramilitary ranks and uniforms used by the SS between 1925 and 1945 to differentiate that organization from the regular German armed forces, the German state, and the Nazi Party....
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| Abschnitt Number | Roman Numeral Designation | Headquarters | Years of Operation !! Last commander | |||
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| 1st First SS-Abschnitt The First SS-Abschnitt was a brigade formation of the Allgemeine-SS and the first such unit ever established in the SS. The First Abschnitt was originally known as the SS-Brigaden 1, and was founded due to an expansion of the SS between 1929 and 1930 causing the need for SS-regiments to be... |
I | Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat... |
1930 - 1945 | SS-Brigadeführer Brigadeführer SS-Brigadeführer was an SS rank that was used in Nazi Germany between the years of 1932 and 1945. Brigadeführer was also an SA rank.... Franz Jaegy |
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| 2nd | II | |||||
| 3rd | III | |||||
| 4th | IV | |||||
| 5th | V | |||||
| 6th | VI | |||||
| 7th | VII | |||||
| 8th | VIII | |||||
| 9th | IX | |||||
| 10th | X | |||||
| 11th | XI | |||||
| 12th | XII | |||||
| 13th | XIII | |||||
| 14th | XIV | |||||
| 15th | XV | |||||
| 16th | XVI | |||||
| 17th | XVII | |||||
| 18th | XVIII | |||||
| 19th | XIX | |||||
| 20th | XX | |||||
| 21st | XXI | |||||
| 22nd | XXII | |||||
| 23rd | XXIII | |||||
| 24th | XXIV | |||||
| 25th | XXV | |||||
| 26th | XXVI | |||||
| 27th | XXVII | |||||
| 28th | XXVIII | |||||
| 29th | XXIX | |||||
| 30th | XXX | |||||
| 31st | XXXI | |||||
| 32nd | XXXII | |||||
| 33rd | XXXIII | |||||
| 34th | XXXIV | |||||
| 35th | XXXV | |||||
| 36th | XXXVI | |||||
| 37th | XXXVII | |||||
| 38th | XXXVIII | |||||
| 39th | XXXIX | |||||
| 40th | XXXX | |||||
| 41st | XXXXI | |||||
| 42nd | XXXXII | |||||
| 43rd | XXXXIII | |||||
| 44th | XXXXIV | |||||
| 45th | XXXXV | |||||
The SS also maintained the following brigade cavalry commands for Allgemeine-SS cavalry units:
- Reiterabschnitt I
- Reiterabschnitt II
- Reiterabschnitt V
- Reiterabschnitt VI
- Reiterabschnitt VII
- Reiterabschnitt VIII
- Reiterabschnitt IX
Regimental Commands
The core units of the Allgemeine-SS were the regiment sized Standarten which were divided into "foot regiments" and "cavalryCavalry
Cavalry or horsemen were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback. Cavalry were historically the third oldest and the most mobile of the combat arms...
units".
Standarten Commands
In all, the SS formed a total of one hundred and twenty seven "Fuß Standarten" some of which were accorded honor titles.- 1st SS-Standarte1st SS-StandarteThe 1st SS-Standarte was a regimental command of the Allgemeine-SS and one of the most important units in the General-SS order of battle. The unit was formed on August 1, 1928 as the SS reorganized from previous units known as SS-Gaus. Based in Munich, the 1st SS Standarte was charged with...
(Julius SchreckJulius SchreckJulius Schreck was an early Nazi Party member and also the first commander of the Schutzstaffel .-Biography:...
) - 2nd SS-Standarte (Hessen)
- 3rd SS-Standarte
- 4th SS-Standarte (Schleswig-Holstein)
- 5th SS-Standarte (Mosel)
- 6th SS-Standarte6th SS-StandarteThe 6th SS-Standarte was a regimental command of the Allgemeine-SS situated in the city of Berlin. As the command was located in the capitol of Germany, the 6th Standarate was considered one of the more important SS units in Nazi Germany...
(Eduard Felsen & Charlottenburg) - 7th SS-Standarte (Fritz Schlegel)
- 8th SS-Standarte (Niederschlesien)
- 9th SS-Standarte (Pommern)
- 10th SS-Standarte (Pfalz)
- 11th SS-Standarte11th SS-StandarteThe 11th SS-Standarte was a large regimental formation of the Allgemeine-SS and the principal mustering SS unit in Austria. First formed in 1932, the Standarte was headquartered in Vienna and during its first years of existence served as a base for members of the Austrian SS who were attempting to...
(Planetta & Burgenland) - 12th SS-Standarte (Niedersachsen)
- 13th SS-Standarte13th SS-StandarteThe 13th SS-Standarte was a regimental formation of the Allgemeine-SS first founded in the year 1927. During its first years of existence, the Standarte was one of a handful of regional SS-Gaus and was headquartered in the city of Stuttgart...
(WürttembergWürttembergWürttemberg , formerly known as Wirtemberg or Wurtemberg, is an area and a former state in southwestern Germany, including parts of the regions Swabia and Franconia....
) - 14th SS-Standarte (Gothaland & Thüringen)
- 15th SS-Standarte (BrandenburgBrandenburgBrandenburg is one of the sixteen federal-states of Germany. It lies in the east of the country and is one of the new federal states that were re-created in 1990 upon the reunification of the former West Germany and East Germany. The capital is Potsdam...
) - 16th SS-Standarte (Unterelbe)
- 17th SS-Standarte17th SS-StandarteThe 17th SS-Standarte was a regimental formation of the Allgemeine-SS first founded in the year 1931. The unit was one of the early SS formations in Germany, and was first headquartered in the city of Harburg-Wilhelmsburg....
- 18th SS-Standarte18th SS-StandarteThe 18th SS-Standarte was a regimental formation of the Allgemeine-SS located in the city of Köningsberg. The Standarte was one of the earlier General-SS formations and had been founded in 1932, a year before Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party came to power in Germany.Throughout the 1930s, the 18th...
(Ostpreußen) - 19th SS-Standarte (Westfalen-Nord)
- 20th SS-Standarte (Fritz WeitzelFritz WeitzelFritz Weitzel was a German SS Obergruppenführer.He became a member of Nazi Party in 1925 and of SS in 1926. In 1930 he was promoted to leader of SS in Rheinland and Ruhr. He became Polizeipräsident in Düsseldorf in 1933, and Höherer SS- und Polizeiführer West in 1938...
) - 21st SS-Standarte
- 22nd SS-Standarte (von der Schulenburg & Mecklenburg)
- 23rd SS-Standarte23rd SS-StandarteThe 23rd SS-Standarte was a regimental formation of the Allgemeine-SS located in the region of Silesia. Due to its geographical location, the 23rd SS-Standarte is best known for existing as an General-SS counterpart command for Waffen-SS and SS-TV personnel assigned to Auschwitz Concentration...
(Oberschlesien) - 24th SS-Standarte (Ostfriesland)
- 25th SS-Standarte (Ruhr)
- 26th SS-Standarte (Paul Berck)
- 27th SS-Standarte (Ostmark)
- 28th SS-Standarte
- 29th SS-Standarte (Schwaben)
- 30th SS-Standarte (Adolf Höh & Westfalen-Süd)
- 31st SS-Standarte (Niederbayern)
- 32nd SS-Standarte (Baden)
- 33rd SS-Standarte (Rhein-Hessen)
- 34th SS-Standarte (Oberbayern)
- 35th SS-Standarte
- 36th SS-Standarte
- 37th SS-Standarte (Ob der Enns)
- 38th SS-Standarte
- 39th SS-Standarte (Ostpommern)
- 40th SS-Standarte
- 41st SS-Standarte (Oberfranken)
- 42nd SS-Standarte (Fritz von Scholz)
- 43rd SS-Standarte
- 44th SS-Standarte (Uckermark)
- 45th SS-Standarte (Neisse)
- 46th SS-Standarte
- 47th SS-Standarte
- 48th SS-Standarte
- 49th SS-Standarte (Braunschweig)
- 50th SS-Standarte (Nordschleswig)
- 51st SS-Standarte (Harz)
- 52nd SS-Standarte (Unter-Enns)
- 53rd SS-Standarte (Dithmarschen)
- 54th SS-Standarte (Seidel-Dittmarsh)
- 55th SS-Standarte (Weser)
- 56th SS-Standarte (Franken)
- 57th SS-Standarte (Thüringer Wald)
- 58th SS-Standarte
- 59th SS-Standarte (Loeper)
- 60th SS-Standarte
- 61st SS-Standarte (Masuren)
- 62nd SS-Standarte
- 63rd SS-Standarte (Württemberg Süd)
- 64th SS-Standarte (Marienburg)
- 65th SS-Standarte (Schwarzwald)
- 66th SS-Standarte (Friedland)
- 67th SS-Standarte (Wartburg)
- 68th SS-Standarte (Oberpfalz)
- 69th SS-Standarte (Sauerland)
- 70th SS-Standarte
- 71st SS-Standarte (Weichsel)
- 72nd. SS-Standarte (Lippe)
- 73rd SS-Standarte (Mittelfranken)
- 74th SS-Standarte (Ostsee)
- 75th SS-Standarte (Widukind & Tempelhof)
- 76th SS-Standarte76th SS-StandarteThe 76th SS-Standarte was a significant regimental command of the Allgemeine-SS that was formed in the city of Salzburg, Austria under the authority of the SS-Oberabschnitt Donau...
- 77th SS-Standarte77th SS-StandarteThe 77th SS-Standarte was a regiment formation of the Allgemeine-SS that operated from the city of Schneidemühl in eastern Germany . The Standarte was established in 1934, one year after Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party assumed power, and by 1935 was at full complement.One notable member of the...
- 78th SS-Standarte
- 79th SS-Standarte
- 80th SS-Standarte (Groß-Beeren)
- 81st SS-Standarte
- 82nd SS-Standarte
- 83rd SS-Standarte (Oberhessen)
- 84th SS-Standarte (Saale)
- 85th SS-Standarte
- 86th SS-Standarte (Hanauer Land)
- 87th SS-Standarte (Tirol)
- 88th SS-Standarte (Stedingen)
- 89th SS-Standarte (Holzweber)
- 90th SS-Standarte (Franz Kutschera & Kärnten)
- 91st SS-Standarte
- 92nd SS-Standarte (Alt-Bayern)
- 93rd SS-Standarte
- 94th SS-Standarte (Obersteiermark)
- 95th SS-Standarte
- 96th SS-Standarte
- 97th SS-Standarte
- 98th SS-Standarte
- 99th SS-Standarte
- 100th SS-Standarte
- 101st SS-Standarte
- 102nd SS-Standarte
- 103rd SS-Standarte
- 104th SS-Standarte
- 105th SS-Standarte
- 106th SS-Standarte
- 107th SS-Standarte
- 108th SS-Standarte
- 109th SS-Standarte
- 110th SS-Standarte
- 111th SS-Standarte
- 112th SS-Standarte
- 113th SS-Standarte
- 114th SS-Standarte
- 115th SS-Standarte
- 116th SS-Standarte
- 117th SS-Standarte
- 118th SS-Standarte118th SS-StandarteThe 118th SS-Standarte was a command of the Allgemeine-SS that was formed in Eastern Germany , during World War II. Headquartered in the city of Stargard, the Standarte was created on June 1, 1940 and served mainly as a transition command for SS recruits who wished to serve in eastern security...
- 119th SS-Standarte119th SS-StandarteThe 119th SS-Standarte was a regimental command of the Allgemeine-SS that was formed in the city of Grudziądz, Poland during World War II. The unit was a commissioned General-SS command, assigned to Eastern Poland for the purposes of administrating SS security and military commands whose members...
- 120th SS-Standarte120th SS-StandarteThe 120th SS-Standarte was a regimental command of the Allgemeine-SS that was formed in the city of Chełmno, Poland in the summer of 1940.The Standarte was strictly a "paper command" and never had any active members or a posted commander...
- 121st SS-Standarte121st SS-StandarteThe 121st SS-Standarte was a short lived regimental command of the Allgemeine-SS that existed for two months in the year 1940. The unit was ordered formed by the SS-Hauptamt in September of 1940 with its headquarters in the city of Strasbourg...
- 122nd SS-Standarte122nd SS-StandarteThe 122nd SS-Standarte was a regimental command of the Allgemeine-SS that was formed in the city of Strasbourg during World War II. The Standarte was activated on November 12, 1940 and reached battalion strength by the end of the year...
- 123rd SS-Standarte
- 124th SS-Standarte
- 125th SS-Standarte
- 126th SS-Standarte126th SS-StandarteThe 126th SS-Standarte was a small unit of the Allgemeine-SS that was formed in late 1944 towards the end of World War II. Based out of the city of Marburg, the Standarte was formed from surrounding SS commands of the General-SS that had lost most or all of their members to war-time needs and...
- 127th SS-Standarte127th SS-StandarteThe 127th SS-Standarte was the last Allgemeine-SS regiment established by Nazi Germany before the defeat of the Axis powers during World War II. The unit was established on December 1, 1944 in Oslo and was used as a German liaison office for both Germanic-SS units and Waffen-SS foreign legion...
SS Cavalry Regiments
The Allgemeine-SS maintained twenty four cavalry regiments which were organized in the same manner as the regular SS-Standarten but used a special collar patch, displaying crossed lanceLance
A Lance is a pole weapon or spear designed to be used by a mounted warrior. The lance is longer, stout and heavier than an infantry spear, and unsuited for throwing, or for rapid thrusting. Lances did not have tips designed to intentionally break off or bend, unlike many throwing weapons of the...
s, as a unit insignia. The Reiter-SS came to an effective end at the start of World War II, as most of its members transferred into the Waffen-SS as cavalry officers. After this point, the Allgemeine-SS cavalry existed on paper only. At the Nuremberg Trials
Nuremberg Trials
The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the victorious Allied forces of World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of the defeated Nazi Germany....
, special mention was made that the General-SS cavalry was exempt from the classification as a "criminal organization" which had been applied to the rest of the SS.
The Reiter-SS units were as follows:
- SS-Reiterstandarte 1
- SS-Reiterstandarte 2
- SS-Reiterstandarte 3
- SS-Reiterstandarte 4
- SS-Reiterstandarte 5
- SS-Reiterstandarte 6
- SS-Reiterstandarte 7
- SS-Reiterstandarte 8
- SS-Reiterstandarte 9
- SS-Reiterstandarte 10
- SS-Reiterstandarte 11
- SS-Reiterstandarte 12
- SS-Reiterstandarte 13
- SS-Reiterstandarte 14
- SS-Reiterstandarte 15
- SS-Reiterstandarte 16
- SS-Reiterstandarte 17
- SS-Reiterstandarte 18
- SS-Reiterstandarte 19
- SS-Reiterstandarte 20
- SS-Reiterstandarte 21
- SS-Reiterstandarte 22
- SS-Reiterstandarte 23
- SS-Reiterstandarte 24
Specialty Commands
In addition to its regular formations, the Allgemeine-SS maintained special-purpose units for transport, signals, and engineering. A brief experiment in 1931 also attempted to form an SS-flight unit. These units were known as:SS-Kraftfahrstürme
Nineteen transport companies were formed by the SS throughout Germany. The areas of responsibility were:
- 1st KfS (MünchenMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
& Augsburg) - 2nd KfS (ErfurtErfurtErfurt is the capital city of Thuringia and the main city nearest to the geographical centre of Germany, located 100 km SW of Leipzig, 150 km N of Nuremberg and 180 km SE of Hannover. Erfurt Airport can be reached by plane via Munich. It lies in the southern part of the Thuringian...
) - 3rd KfS (BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
& SenftenbergSenftenbergSenftenberg is a town in southern Brandenburg, Germany, capital of the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district.-Geography:Senftenberg is located in the southwest of the historic Lower Lusatia region at the border with Saxony...
) - 4th KfS (HamburgHamburg-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
, KielKielKiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...
& BremenBremenThe City Municipality of Bremen is a Hanseatic city in northwestern Germany. A commercial and industrial city with a major port on the river Weser, Bremen is part of the Bremen-Oldenburg metropolitan area . Bremen is the second most populous city in North Germany and tenth in Germany.Bremen is...
) - 5th KfS (DüsseldorfDüsseldorfDüsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
, BuerBuerBuer is a spirit that appears in the 16th century grimoire Pseudomonarchia Daemonum and its derivatives, where he is described as a Great President of Hell, having fifty legions of demons under his command. He appears when the Sun is in Sagittarius. Buer teaches Natural and Moral Philosophy, Logic,...
, & DortmundDortmundDortmund is a city in Germany. It is located in the Bundesland of North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. Its population of 585,045 makes it the 7th largest city in Germany and the 34th largest in the European Union....
) - 6th KfS (DresdenDresdenDresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
& ChemnitzChemnitzChemnitz is the third-largest city of the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Chemnitz is an independent city which is not part of any county and seat of the government region Direktionsbezirk Chemnitz. Located in the northern foothills of the Ore Mountains, it is a part of the Saxon triangle...
) - 7th KfS (KönigsbergKönigsbergKönigsberg was the capital of East Prussia from the Late Middle Ages until 1945 as well as the northernmost and easternmost German city with 286,666 inhabitants . Due to the multicultural society in and around the city, there are several local names for it...
) - 8th KfS (LinzLinzLinz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...
& Wien) - 9th KfS (Breslau)
- 10th KfS (StuttgartStuttgartStuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
, KarlsruheKarlsruheThe City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
, & FreiburgFreiburgFreiburg im Breisgau is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. In the extreme south-west of the country, it straddles the Dreisam river, at the foot of the Schlossberg. Historically, the city has acted as the hub of the Breisgau region on the western edge of the Black Forest in the Upper Rhine Plain...
) - 11th KfS (MagdeburgMagdeburgMagdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....
& Hannover) - 12th KfS (BambergBambergBamberg is a city in Bavaria, Germany. It is located in Upper Franconia on the river Regnitz, close to its confluence with the river Main. Bamberg is one of the few cities in Germany that was not destroyed by World War II bombings because of a nearby Artillery Factory that prevented planes from...
, SchweinfurtSchweinfurtSchweinfurt is a city in the Lower Franconia region of Bavaria in Germany on the right bank of the canalized Main, which is here spanned by several bridges, 27 km northeast of Würzburg.- History :...
, & NürnbergNurembergNuremberg[p] is a city in the German state of Bavaria, in the administrative region of Middle Franconia. Situated on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal, it is located about north of Munich and is Franconia's largest city. The population is 505,664...
) - 13th KfS (SchwerinSchwerinSchwerin is the capital and second-largest city of the northern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The population, as of end of 2009, was 95,041.-History:...
& Stettin) - 14th KfS (Frankfurt-am-Main, WiesbadenWiesbadenWiesbaden is a city in southwest Germany and the capital of the federal state of Hesse. It has about 275,400 inhabitants, plus approximately 10,000 United States citizens...
, & PirmasensPirmasensPirmasens is a district-free city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France. It is famous for the manufacture of shoes. The surrounding rural district was called Pirmasens from 1818 until 1997, when it was renamed Südwestpfalz....
) - 15th KfS (GrazGrazThe more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
& InnsbruckInnsbruck- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
) - 16th KfS (Danzig & ElbingElbingElbing is the German name of Elbląg, a city in northern Poland which until 1945 was a German city in the province of East Prussia.Elbing may also refer to:- Ships :* SMS Elbing, light cruiser of the Imperial Germany Navy...
) - 17th KfS (PosenPosenPosen may refer to:Places in Europe:* Poznań, Poland * Grand Duchy of Posen, autonomous province of Prussia, 1815–1848* Province of Posen, Prussian province, 1848–1918...
& Litzmannstadt) - 18th KfS (Never formed)
- 19th Kfs (AschAschAsch may refer to:In People:*Frank Asch , American writer*Moe Asch , founder of Folkways Records, son of Sholem Asch*Nathan Asch , American writer*Peter Asch , American water polo player...
, ReichenbergReichenbergReichenberg may refer to the following places:*Reichenberg, the German name for Liberec, a town in the Czech Republic*Reichenberg, Rhineland-Palatinate, a municipality in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany*Reichenberg, Bavaria, a municipality in Bavaria, Germany...
, & BrünnBrunnBrunn or Brünn may refer to:Places* Brünn, the German form of the Czech city Brno* Brunn, Upper Palatinate, a town in Bavaria, Germany* Brunn, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany...
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SS-Nachrichtensturmbanne
The following signal battalions were formed throughout Germany and Austria by the Allgemeine-SS. A single signal battalion was also formed in Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
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- 1st NrS (München)
- 2nd NrS (StuttgartStuttgartStuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million ....
) - 3rd NrS (Arolsen)
- 4th NrS (DüsseldorfDüsseldorfDüsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
) - 5th NrS (BraunschweigBraunschweigBraunschweig , is a city of 247,400 people, located in the federal-state of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located north of the Harz mountains at the farthest navigable point of the Oker river, which connects to the North Sea via the rivers Aller and Weser....
) - 6th NrS (HamburgHamburg-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
) - 7th NrS (KönigsbergKönigsbergKönigsberg was the capital of East Prussia from the Late Middle Ages until 1945 as well as the northernmost and easternmost German city with 286,666 inhabitants . Due to the multicultural society in and around the city, there are several local names for it...
) - 8th NrS (BerlinBerlinBerlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
) - 9th NrS (DresdenDresdenDresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
) - 10th NrS (Breslau)
- 11th NrS (Nürnberg)
- 12th NrS (Stettin)
- 13th NrS (Wiesbaden)
- 14th NrS (Wien)
- 15th NrS (Never formed)
- 16th NrS (Danzig)
- 17th NrS (PosenPosenPosen may refer to:Places in Europe:* Poznań, Poland * Grand Duchy of Posen, autonomous province of Prussia, 1815–1848* Province of Posen, Prussian province, 1848–1918...
) - 18th NrS (Never formed)
- 19th NrS (PraguePraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
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SS-Pioniersturmbanne
Engineering battalions were maintained by the Allgemeine-SS in the following cities:
- 1st PsB (München)
- 2nd PsB (Stuttgart)
- 3rd PsB (Arolsen)
- 4th PsB (KölnKOLNKOLN, digital channel 10, is the CBS affiliate in Lincoln, Nebraska. It operates a satellite station, KGIN, on digital channel 11 in Grand Island. KGIN repeats all KOLN programming, but airs separate commercials...
) - 5th PsB (Harburg-Wilhelmsburg)
- 6th PsB (Stettin)
- 7th PsB (Königsberg)
- 8th PsB (Berlin)
- 9th PsB (Dresden)
- 10th PsB (Breslau)
- 11th PsB (Never formed)
- 12th PsB (MagdeburgMagdeburgMagdeburg , is the largest city and the capital city of the Bundesland of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Magdeburg is situated on the Elbe River and was one of the most important medieval cities of Europe....
) - 13th PsB (Frankfurt-am-Main)
- 14th PsB (Wien)
- 15th PsB (SalzburgSalzburg-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
) - 16th PsB (Danzig)
SS-Fliegersturm
In November 1931, the SS briefly commissioned a flight unit consisting of a small number of SS personnel trained to fly powered aircraft. An extremely rare SS badge
Political decorations of the Nazi Party
Political decorations of the Nazi Party were medals and awards issued by the National Socialist German Workers Party between1920 and 1945. Political awards were authorized for wear on any paramilitary uniform of Nazi Germany, as well as civilian attire, but were generally frowned upon for display ...
, known as the SS-SA Fliegerabzeichen, was issued to most members of the SS-Fliegersturm. The Fliegersturm was disbanded after only a few months and its members merged into other Nazi organizations such as the National Socialist Flyers Corps
National Socialist Flyers Corps
The National Socialist Flyers Corps was a paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party that was founded in 1937 as a successor to the German Air Sports Association, during the years when a German Air Force was forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles...
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SS Naval Units
In the mid 1930s, there was some discussion in SS leadership circles to form a special corps of SS-naval
Navy
A navy is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and amphibious warfare; namely, lake- or ocean-borne combat operations and related functions...
units, mainly due to the SA
Sturmabteilung
The Sturmabteilung functioned as a paramilitary organization of the National Socialist German Workers' Party . It played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power in the 1920s and 1930s...
, the early rival to the SS, having formed its own marine unit (SA-Marine). However, due to Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Luitpold Himmler was Reichsführer of the SS, a military commander, and a leading member of the Nazi Party. As Chief of the German Police and the Minister of the Interior from 1943, Himmler oversaw all internal and external police and security forces, including the Gestapo...
's general disinterest in naval affairs, an SS naval corps was never founded although many members of the Allgemeine-SS did serve on active duty in the Kriegsmarine
Kriegsmarine
The Kriegsmarine was the name of the German Navy during the Nazi regime . It superseded the Kaiserliche Marine of World War I and the post-war Reichsmarine. The Kriegsmarine was one of three official branches of the Wehrmacht, the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany.The Kriegsmarine grew rapidly...
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