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  1. I'm from Germany - I'm not a real WWII expert but I can give you some infos about the Wehrmacht Forces...

    Wehrmacht

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    Military armed forces:

    Heer (infantry)

    Luftwaffe (air)

    Kriegsmarine (navy)

    WWI = Reichmacht, WWII= Wehrmacht, today Bundeswehr.

    Waffen SS (Waffen Schutzstaffel)

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    The Waffen SS was a "special force" of Hitler's warmachine but not a part of the "Wehrmacht" or the "Polizei" (police).

    The Waffen SS was first built of two seperate forces:

    "SS-Verfuegungstruppe" (ue=ü) Hitler's private elite forces - later the base of the Waffen SS.

    "SS-Totenkopfverbaende" (ae=ä) KZ-Guards - after 1941 completly integrated in the Waffen SS.

    The Waffen SS had access to all Wehrmacht resources. Waffen SS recruits had to be min. 180 cm tall, hair color blond, light colored or best blue eyes and needed to have special physical conditions. They where Hitler's elite forces and military-"police". After 1943 the Waffen SS was open to recruits from other european nations.

    Fallschirmjaeger (ae = ä)

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    Just paratroopers

    Gebirgsjäger (ae = ä)

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    Infantry forces in mountain areas, e.g Alps, Ural, etc.

    Volkssturm

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    Formed in fall 1944. Hitler's idea was to modilize all unarmed men between 16-60 years. They where send to the front with min. training and bad equipment.

    Another active "force" later in the war was...

    Hitlerjugend

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    Boy scouts equipted with weapons in the end of the war. Most of them were just between 8-14 years old.

    They all had thier own uniforms and signs.

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