The Waffen-SS was the combat branch of the Nazi Party's paramilitary Schutzstaffel organisation. Its formations included men from Nazi Germany, along with volunteers and conscripts from both occupied and unoccupied lands. Wikipedia
Active: 17 March 1933–10 May 1945
Allegiance: Adolf Hitler
Branch: Schutzstaffel
Ceremonial chief: Heinrich Himmler
Engagements: World War II
Garrison/HQ: SS-Führungshauptamt, Berlin
Notable commanders: Sepp Dietrich; Paul Hausser; Felix Steiner