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‖ Waffen SS|ˈvafən ɛsɛs|
[ad. G. Waffen-SS, in full Waffen-Schutzstaffel armed defence squadron: see Schutzstaffel and S.S. s.v. S 4 a.]
In Nazi Germany during the war of 1939–45: the combat units of the S.S.
1943Rev. Foreign Press (F.O. Research Dept.) 18 Oct. 125/1 By a law of the 22nd July, Laval..authorised French citizens to join those units of the Waffen S.S. fighting on the Eastern Front. 1949‘R. West’ Meaning of Treason i. vii. 164 He wanted to join the Waffen S.S. and fight the Russians. 1957Times Lit. Suppl. 20 Dec. 771/2 A nucleus of the ‘commandoes’, but also with parachutists, Waffen S.S. 1966G. Stein Waffen SS p. xxx, At the beginning of World War II the term Waffen SS was unknown. Five years later, prefaced by such adjectives as elite and fanatical, it appeared regularly in Allied war communiqués. By 1940 Waffen SS had become the official designation for the combat units of the SS, which had grown from the handful of armed troops maintained by the Reichsführer SS, Heinrich Himmler, for security and ceremonial purposes. Ibid. p. xxxi, By 1943, the exigencies of war had forced the Waffen SS to give up some of its exclusiveness. Large numbers of foreigners were recruited or conscripted. 1972F. Forsyth Odessa File ii. 28 He carried the twin-lightning strikes of the Waffen SS on the right collar lapel. |