SS Division `` Prinz Eugen '' massacred Killing large numbers of civilians and prisoners of war .

On 14 March , German Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler ordered Request Schutzstaffel ( SS ) General Hans Kammler to fire Use_firearm V2 rockets to destroy Destroying the bridge .

On 15 March 1940 , SS chief Heinrich Himmler stated Statement : `` All Polish specialists will be exploited in our military-industrial complex Cause_to_amalgamate .

The Waffen Grenadier Regiment der SS 45 `` Estland '' ( 1st Estonian ) and the 44th Infantry Regiment ( which consisted Forming_relationships in personnel from East Prussia ) repulsed Defending the attack , inflicting heavy losses to the 8th Army .

The 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland and 4th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Brigade Nederland stationed Placing in Ivangorod left their positions quietly on the night before 25 July .

The 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland and 4th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Brigade Nederland stationed Placing in Ivangorod left their positions quietly on the night before 25 July .

The II.Battalion , Waffen Grenadier Regiment der SS 46 ( 2nd Estonian ) and II.Battalion , Waffen-Grenadier Regiment der SS 47 ( 3rd Estonian ) kept Temporary_stay the 2nd Shock Army from capturing Conquering the highway behind the retreating Escaping `` Nordland '' and `` Nederland '' detachments .

The II.Battalion , Waffen Grenadier Regiment der SS 46 ( 2nd Estonian ) and II.Battalion , Waffen-Grenadier Regiment der SS 47 ( 3rd Estonian ) kept Temporary_stay the 2nd Shock Army from capturing Conquering the highway behind the retreating Escaping `` Nordland '' and `` Nederland '' detachments .

The defensive cost Cost the loss of the SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Regiment 48 due Causation to their tactical errors .

To the north of Narva , the fresh SS 45th and 46th ( 1st and 2nd Estonian ) Volunteer Grenadier Regiments accompanied by units of the 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division `` Nordland '' counter-attacked Attack and reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the Soviet bridgehead .

To the north of Narva , the fresh SS 45th and 46th ( 1st and 2nd Estonian ) Volunteer Grenadier Regiments accompanied by units of the 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division `` Nordland '' counter-attacked Attack and reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale the Soviet bridgehead .

The Albanian nationalist forces and the 21st Waffen Mountain Division SS `` Skanderbeg '' served Assistance as the rearguard for the Wehrmacht 's retreat Escaping , helping Assistance the Germans successfully withdraw Escaping large forces from Greece and Albania .

The SS Skanderbeg was extensively utilised Using by the Germans , advancing Cause_to_make_progress into the mountains and engaging Action Partisan troops on a daily basis , to cover Preventing_or_letting the flanks of the Wehrmacht .

As the offensive Attack against the Germans drove Bringing into full swing Self_motion the SS `` Skanderbeg '' was issued with orders Request to increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale repression of the Partisan forces Hostile_encounter and any sympathisers .

Supported Supporting by three armoured brigades , the British I Corps made gradual progress against the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend and the 16th Luftwaffe Field Division .

The strong defense Defending of the Spanish Blue Division and the German SS Polizei Division gave Giving the German forces Causation time to reinforce Cause_change_of_strength their positions Placing .

The Tulle massacre was the roundup and summary execution Killing of civilians in the French town of Tulle by the 2nd SS Panzer Division `` Das Reich '' in June 1944 , three days after the D-Day landings Self_motion in World War II .

On 9 June 1944 , after arresting Arrest all men between the ages of sixteen and sixty , the `` Schutzstaffel '' ( SS ) and `` Sicherheitsdienst '' ( SD ) men ordered Request 120 of the prisoners to be hanged , of whom 99 were actually hanged .

A day later , the same 2nd SS Panzer Division `` Das Reich '' was involved Participation in the massacre Killing at Oradour-sur-Glane .

The delays in capturing Conquering the bridge at Nijmegen and constructing Building a Bailey bridge at Son gave Giving time for German forces ( the 9th SS Panzer Division `` Hohenstaufen '' and 10th SS Panzer Division `` Frundsberg '' , which were in the Arnhem area at the start of the jump ) to organise Arranging their counterattack .

The delays in capturing Conquering the bridge at Nijmegen and constructing Building a Bailey bridge at Son gave Giving time for German forces ( the 9th SS Panzer Division `` Hohenstaufen '' and 10th SS Panzer Division `` Frundsberg '' , which were in the Arnhem area at the start of the jump ) to organise Arranging their counterattack .

Operation Rösselsprung was a coup de main operation Military_operation , involving Participation direct action by a combined Cause_to_amalgamate parachute and glider-borne assault by the 500th SS Parachute Battalion and a planned subsequent link-up with ground forces of the XV Mountain Corps converging Come_together on Drvar .

The `` Struma '' disaster joined Becoming_a_member that of SS `` Patria '' – sunk Self_motion after Haganah sabotage while laden Bringing with Jewish refugees 15 months earlier – as rallying points for the Irgun and Lehi revisionist Zionist clandestine movements , encouraging their violent revolt Change_of_leadership against the British presence in Palestine .