The SS in Germany
The SS or Schutzstaffel developed AFTER World War I, so the question is inapt. In World War II, the SS police was a Nazi paramilitary police force.
Henrich Himmler was leader of all SS troops. He was captured at the end of the war and committed suicide while in captivity to avoid war crime trials.
The SD was the Sicherheitsdienst the intelligence and security branch of the SS
2 types SS and Waffen SS
He was the leader of the Nazi SS (Reichsfuhrer - SS).
The SS did not exist in WW1. The SS arose out of the SA. Hitler killed the leader of the SA and got rid of the SA overnight (The Night of the Knives) and created his own police which guarded him and policed the regime - hence the Gestapo.
they were German secret agents
The SS in Germany
Twelve Waffen SS units
foreign SS troops
The SS or Schutzstaffel developed AFTER World War I, so the question is inapt. In World War II, the SS police was a Nazi paramilitary police force.
SS = Schutzstaffel .
Henrich Himmler was leader of all SS troops. He was captured at the end of the war and committed suicide while in captivity to avoid war crime trials.
The SS Empire Tern was controlled by the Ministry of War Transport in 1940. It was requisitioned for war service during World War II and operated under the British government's authority.
The early SS and the newer GATO Class diesel submarines.
The SD was the Sicherheitsdienst the intelligence and security branch of the SS