SS Waffen: Hitler's Elite Fighting Force

The SS Waffen was known as “Hitler’s Elite Fighting Force” and was crucial for the German Army. They were infact very different from the normal SS though. Most people get this confused. The SS stands for Schutzstaffel which means protection squad in German. The SS was created infact right after the Treaty of Versailles was signed in 1919 and it’s main purpose was to protect Adolf Hitler. He created this group because he didn’t trust his own country's army and decided to create his own. In 1932 when Hitler saw the opportunity to become the leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi), he knew he had to kill his competition and kill anyone in his way. Along with the SS, who were the men that protected Hitler, there was also the
He also selected only 120 members to be apart of the SS Waffen. Waffen is german for armed, so these men were known as the Armed SS. Every member who joined and wore the SS uniform pledged an allegiance to Adolf Hitler himself, not for Germany. The SS Waffen were only used in drastic or certain situations. They were Hitler’s top men. They were made up only men of Germanic "Aryan" origin who had received several awards, had extreme talent, or men Hitler picked himself. There were many volunteers that came forward to be apart of the SS Waffen but Hitler along with SS leader, Heinrich Himmler, turned thousands down. You had to pass extreme testing to become a member of the SS Waffen. If you were chosen as a member, you had to be tattooed on your inner bicep a number along with the Schutzstaffel symbol to show you were all in and an official member of the SS Waffen. Being a member was no joke. Even for a young 18 year old under the name of Karl Kastner didn’t know what he was getting himself into. Many of the men had no idea what they were getting themselves into and what was happening outside their own