Waffen-SS | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-27

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00:01:57 1 Origins (1929–39)
00:08:14 2 World War II
00:08:23 2.1 1939
00:08:32 2.1.1 Invasion of Poland
00:12:44 2.1.2 First Divisions
00:13:55 2.2 1940
00:14:04 2.2.1 France and the Netherlands
00:19:20 2.2.2 1940 expansion
00:20:42 2.3 1941
00:21:42 2.3.1 Balkans
00:24:10 2.3.2 Soviet Union
00:29:24 2.4 1942
00:29:33 2.4.1 1942 expansion
00:30:32 2.4.2 Panzergrenadier divisions
00:31:21 2.4.3 Demyansk Pocket
00:32:03 2.5 1943
00:32:12 2.5.1 1943 expansion
00:33:58 2.5.2 Kharkiv
00:35:30 2.5.3 Warsaw Ghetto uprising
00:36:04 2.5.4 Kursk
00:37:47 2.5.5 Italy
00:39:59 2.6 1944
00:40:08 2.6.1 1944 expansion
00:43:57 2.6.2 Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket
00:44:53 2.6.3 Raid on Drvar
00:45:59 2.6.4 Baltic states
00:47:13 2.6.5 Normandy
00:51:23 2.6.6 Greece
00:52:08 2.6.7 Italy
00:52:35 2.6.8 Finland
00:53:14 2.6.9 Arnhem and Operation Market Garden
00:54:19 2.6.10 Warsaw Uprising
00:57:23 2.6.11 Vistula River line
00:58:18 2.6.12 Ardennes Offensive
01:01:04 2.6.13 Siege of Budapest
01:02:42 2.7 1945
01:02:51 2.7.1 1945 expansion
01:04:30 2.7.2 Operation Nordwind
01:05:30 2.7.3 Operation Solstice
01:06:30 2.7.4 East Pomeranian Offensive
01:07:29 2.7.5 Operation Spring Awakening
01:10:05 2.7.6 Berlin
01:14:04 3 Divisions
01:14:40 4 Commanders
01:16:13 5 Casualties
01:16:39 6 Criminality
01:23:07 7 Post-war Germany
01:23:16 7.1 Waffen-SS veterans in post-war Germany
01:25:07 7.2 HIAG lobby group
01:27:34 8 See also



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The Waffen-SS (German pronunciation: [ˈvafn̩ʔɛsˌʔɛs], Armed SS) was the armed wing of the Nazi Party's SS organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with volunteers and conscripts from both occupied and un-occupied lands.The Waffen-SS grew from three regiments to over 38 divisions during World War II, and served alongside the Heer (regular army), Ordnungspolizei (uniformed police) and other security units. Originally, it was under the control of the SS Führungshauptamt (SS operational command office) beneath Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. With the start of World War II, tactical control was exercised by the High Command of the Armed Forces (OKW), with some units being subordinated to Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS (Command Staff Reichsführer-SS) directly under Himmler's control.Initially, in keeping with the racial policy of Nazi Germany, membership was open only to people of Germanic origin (so-called Aryan ancestry). The rules were partially relaxed in 1940, and later the formation of units composed largely or solely of foreign volunteers and conscripts was authorised. These SS units were made up of men mainly from among the nationals of Nazi-occupied Europe. Despite relaxation of the rules, the Waffen-SS was still based on the racist ideology of Nazism, and ethnic Poles (who were viewed as subhumans) were specifically barred from the formations.Members of the Waffen-SS were involved in numerous atrocities. At the post-war Nuremberg trials, the Waffen-SS was judged to be a criminal organisation due to its connection to the Nazi Party and direct involvement in numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity. Former Waffen-SS members,  with the exception of conscripts, who comprised about one third of the membership, were denied many of the rights afforded to military veterans.