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=== Pre-War History ===
The SS originally started as a bodyguard unit, to provide security to [[Adolf Hitler]] in party functions and meetings. Marking it's foundation on 9th November 1925 (The 2nd Anniversary of Munich Beer Hall Putsch), this organisation would grow over the interwar years, protecting important leaders of the NSDAP.
Originally considered a part of the Strumabteilung (SA), it would see itself lose against its parent organisation until [[Heinrich Himmler]] assumed his role initially as deputy of the SS, in September 1927. It was around this time the SS would pick up steam, seeing itself established in a number of provinces across Germany.
By 1929, Himmler became head of the SS, with Hitler's blessing. With his ultimate aim of turning the SS into the most powerful organisation in Germany and the most influential branch of the party, he would expand membership to 3000 members in his first year as head of the organisation.
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Revision as of 12:18, 20 April 2024
The Schutzstaffel (SS) is a state organisation that holds significant influence in the Reich and its colonies. Originally helmed by Heinrich Himmler, his attempted coup against Hitler led to the SS being split between Ordensstaat Burgundy and the Greater Germanic Reich.
An organisation that has its own Waffen-SS combat units, whilst having influential positions in power across the Reich, they are a force to be reckoned with politically and militarily.
Pre-War History
The SS originally started as a bodyguard unit, to provide security to Adolf Hitler in party functions and meetings. Marking it's foundation on 9th November 1925 (The 2nd Anniversary of Munich Beer Hall Putsch), this organisation would grow over the interwar years, protecting important leaders of the NSDAP.
Originally considered a part of the Strumabteilung (SA), it would see itself lose against its parent organisation until Heinrich Himmler assumed his role initially as deputy of the SS, in September 1927. It was around this time the SS would pick up steam, seeing itself established in a number of provinces across Germany.
By 1929, Himmler became head of the SS, with Hitler's blessing. With his ultimate aim of turning the SS into the most powerful organisation in Germany and the most influential branch of the party, he would expand membership to 3000 members in his first year as head of the organisation.
Himmler considered the SS an elite, ideologically driven National Socialist organisation and under his leadership the SS expanded and gained a larger foothold in the NSDAP.