The Security Force was called the SS.
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A skull and crossed bones.
Heinrich Himmler was the commander of the SS.In descending order:Heinrich HimmlerReinhard HeydrichErnst KaltenbrunnerHeinrich Mueller
The SS was under the command of Heinrich Himmler.
Bernd Wegner has written: 'Hitlers politische Soldaten, die Waffen-SS 1933-1945' -- subject(s): Waffen-SS 'Hitlers politische Soldaten' -- subject(s): Waffenschutzstaffel
Sources say that Hirich Himmler was in charge of th e SS. The SS was said to be in control of death camps and Hitlers personal body gaurd.
The 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler .
The great majority of German soldiers in World War 2 were members of the regular armed forces, not the SS. The SS (stands for Schutzstaffel) was a special elite army. See related question below.
The nazi stormtroopers was a way to refer to the SA/the brownshirts. Or the Schusztaffel or SS. The Brownshirts/SA, and the SS battled at the beginning of the war on who was to be hitlers body gaurd. The SS won.
Answer The SS is an abbreviation for Schutz Staffeln. The Waffen-SS was a military arm of the SS and were highly trained and equpped. Names of Ranks of Waffen-SS Schütze Oberschütze Sturmann Rottenführer Unterscharführer Scharführer Standartenjunker Oberscharführer Hauptscharführer Standarten-Oberjunker Sturmscharführer Untersturmführer Obersturmführer Hauptsturmführer Sturmbannführer Obersturmbannführer Standartenführer Oberführer Brigadeführer Gruppenführer Obergruppenführer Oberstgruppenführer Reichsführer
Julius ceacer's tenth legion, Napolean bonapart's 9th imperial guard and Adolf hitlers waffen ss.