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    SS America was an ocean liner and cruise ship built in the United States in 1940 for the United States Lines and designed by the noted American naval...
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  • SS America may refer to: SS America (1863), a passenger steamer for North German Lloyd, 1863–1894 SS America (1869), a passenger steamer for Pacific Mail...
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    SS Antilla (or "ES Antilla", with "ES" standing for "Elektroschiff" German: electric ship) was a Hamburg America Line (HAPAG) cargo ship that was launched...
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    Schutzstaffel (redirect from SS)
    Reiter-SS (SS Cavalry Corps). The first SS cavalry regiment, designated SS-Totenkopf Reitstandarte 1, was formed in September 1939. Commanded by then SS-Standartenführer...
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    The uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel (SS) served to distinguish its Nazi paramilitary ranks between 1925 and 1945 from the ranks of the Wehrmacht...
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    the material pertaining to the expedition bears the title "The SS-Tibet-Expedition, 1939". That designation is still in use by modern scholars, such as...
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    division surrendered on 9 May 1945 to American forces in Czechoslovakia. The SS Division Totenkopf was formed in October 1939. The division had close ties to...
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    The Waffen-SS (German: [ˈvafn̩ʔɛsˌʔɛs]; lit. 'Armed SS') was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's paramilitary Schutzstaffel (SS) organisation. Its formations...
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  • 1921 — Sunk by a mine in 1939. SS Blommersdijk (I), 1916 — Launched in 1907 as Blötberg. Sunk by shellfire by U-53 in 1916. SS Boschdijk, 1922 — Burnt...
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  • Schutzstaffel (SS) grew from eight members to over a quarter of a million Waffen-SS and over a million Allgemeine-SS members. Other members included the SS-Totenkopfverbände...
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