Waffen SS

American  

[vah-fuhn] / ˈvɑ fən /

noun

1. the militarized formations of the SS, established by Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945 and including some units of foreign nationals from occupied territories.

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Etymology

Origin of Waffen SS

< German: military SS

Example Sentences

"It depends. You have to assess blame individually. At the end of the war there were almost a million SS. Günter Grass was also in the Waffen SS," he told La Repubblica, referring to the German novelist who wrote The Tin Drum.

From BBC

It has since emerged that Mr Savaryn served in Nazi Waffen SS units.

From BBC

Mr Savaryn's background as a soldier with the Waffen SS first emerged in a 2012 journal article.

From BBC

It emerged that Hunka had served in the Waffen SS, an autonomous military corps of Adolf Hitler's Nazi party that recruited hundreds of thousands of non-Germans into its ranks as World War Two advanced.

From Reuters

But Savaryn had a past serving in one of Adolf Hitler's Waffen SS units.

From Reuters