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{{Infobox military conflict

| partof = The [[Cold War]]

| image = ~~[[File:Stroop Report - Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 03.jpg|360px]]~~

| image =

[[File:Stroop Report - Warsaw Ghetto Uprising 03.jpg|360px]][[File:SS Western Russia.png|360px]]

| caption = SS Troops in Germania, 1955. <hr>

| caption = From top to bottom: SS Troops in Germania, 1955, SS Troops preparing an attack in Western Russia. <hr>

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| date = 1950s

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*SS splits into the German and Burgundian Schutzstaffel

*Creation of the [[Burgundy|Order-State of Burgundy]]

| side1 = <div style="background-color: #3A2E1D; width: 100%; text-align:center;>'''German Government'''</div>

~~| side1 =~~ [[File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg|25px]] [[Greater Germanic Reich|~~Germany~~]]

[[File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg|25px]] [[Greater Germanic Reich|German Reich]]

*[[File:War Ensign of Germany (1938–1945).svg|25px]] [[Wehrmacht]]

| side2 = <div style="background-color: #48116B; width: 100%; text-align:center;>'''Waffen-SS'''</div>

~~| side2 =~~ [[File:Flag of the Schutzstaffel.svg|25px]] [[Schutzstaffel]]

[[File:Flag of the Schutzstaffel.svg|25px]] [[Schutzstaffel]]

| leaders1 = [[File:Flag of Germany (1935–1945).svg|25px]] [[Adolf Hitler]]

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The SS Rebellion was an armed insurrection led by [[Heinrich Himmler]] and the leadership of the ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) during the stagnation of the German ''Reich'' in the 1950s, at the height of the [[West Russian War]].

The SS Rebellion was an armed insurrection led by [[Heinrich Himmler]] and the leadership of the ''[[Schutzstaffel]]'' (SS) during the stagnation of the German ''Reich'' in the 1950s, at the height of the [[West Russian War]].

=== Background ===

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=== The Revelation and Collapse ===

~~Unbeknowst~~ to the SS leadership, Heer General Hans Speidel with other generals in the Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH) discovered the SS’s plan. ~~WIth~~ no other choice, Heer units across the front attacked the SS who were planning to strike from their rear, driving many SS units to either surrender or flee; the [[Dirlewanger Brigade|36th Waffen Grenadier Division]] was pushed deeper into Russia by the Heer's counterattack, seizing the city of Orsk, and establishing a kleptocratic bandit-based regime.

Unbeknownst to the SS leadership, Heer General Hans Speidel with other generals in the Oberkommando des Heeres (OKH) discovered the SS’s plan. With no other choice, Heer units across the front attacked the SS who were planning to strike from their rear, driving many SS units to either surrender or flee; the [[Dirlewanger Brigade|36th Waffen Grenadier Division]] was pushed deeper into Russia by the Heer's counterattack, seizing the city of Orsk, and establishing a kleptocratic bandit-based regime.

=== Hitler's Compromise ===

Hitler, having been notified directly by OKH about the SS Coup and the plans, summoned Himmler. Revealing his knowledge of Himmler’s plans, Hitler accused Himmler of treason. However, the situation was such that arresting Himmler would have led to civil unrest, forseeably a civil war.

As a compromise, Hitler offered Himmler the opportunity to establish the [[Burgundy|''Ordenstaat'' of Burgundy]] from the territories of Reichskommissariat Belgien-Nord Frankreich, which had recently been ceded to Germany by the French State. The SS in Germany proper would be transferred to the command of the relatively more moderate [[Reinhard Heydrich]].

As a compromise, Hitler offered Himmler the opportunity to establish the [[Burgundy|SS-''Ordenstaat'' of Burgundy]] from the territories of Reichskommissariat Belgien-Nord Frankreich, which had recently been ceded to Germany by the French State. The SS in Germany proper would be transferred to the command of the relatively more moderate [[Reinhard Heydrich]].

=== Consequences ===