SS troops

The issue of the combat training system of soldiers and officers of the SS military units of Nazi Germany on the eve of and during the Second World War has been studied. The content of new training methods and their introduction into the training process of soldiers and officers of the SS, developed by F. Steiner, C. Freiherr von Montigny, P. Hausser, has been revealed. Special attention is paid to the training of officers and non-commissioned officers of the SS forces.

The issue of the participation of foreign citizens in the SS military groups of Nazi Germany during the Second World War has been studied. It has been shown that foreign citizens, who served in the SS forces, were conditionally divided according to racial and national principle and functional purposes.