Waffen SS decreed that service in the SS-VT qualified to fulfill military service obligations, although service in the would not.
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Waffen SS ordered that the SS-VT form its own divisions but that the divisions would be under army command.
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Waffen SS used the term Waffen-SS when describing the units of the LSSAH and SS-VT that took part.
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From that day forward, the term Waffen SS-SS became the official designation for the SS combat formations.
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Waffen SS gave approval for a new division to be formed from foreign nationals with German officers.
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In 1942, the Waffen SS-SS was further expanded and a new division was entered on the rolls in March.
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Waffen SS-SS expanded further in 1943: in February the 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen and its sister division, the 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg, were formed in France.
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Units involved from the Waffen SS-SS were 821 Waffen SS-SS Panzergrenadiers from five reserve and training battalions and one cavalry reserve and training battalion.
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Waffen SS never arrived; official Nazi sources blamed Polish partisans for an alleged ambush that killed the RONA commander.
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Waffen SS formed Kampfgruppe Mohnke, divided into two weak regiments.
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All divisions in the Waffen SS-SS were ordered in a single series of numbers as formed, regardless of type.
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Many members of it and the SS-Totenkopfverbande subsequently became members of the Waffen SS-SS, forming the initial core of the 3rd SS Totenkopf Division.
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