Sonderabteilung (
English: ''Special Unit'') is a
German
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word often used to refer to some special
German military formations during
World War II. This term was similar to a
detachment or
battalion.
Several of the formations were created as
penal military units composed of disgraced
SS troops and
criminal
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s convicted of petty crimes.
List of sonderabteilungen (incomplete)
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Sonderabteilung Altreich
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Sonderabteilung Hela Sonderabteilung ( English: ''Special Unit'') is a German word often used to refer to some special German military formations during World War II. This term was similar to a detachment or battalion.
Several of the formations were created as pen ...
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Sonderabteilung Lola
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Sonderabteilung Nachlässe
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Sonderabteilung Reinhardt
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Sonderabteilung Stralsund
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Sonderabteilung U
See also
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500th SS Parachute Battalion
The 500th SS-Parachute Battalion (german: SS-Fallschirmjägerbataillon 500) was the parachute unit of the ''Waffen-SS''. The idea to form a paratrooper unit within the ''Waffen-SS'' allegedly came directly from ''Reichsführer-SS'' Heinrich Himml ...
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999th Light Afrika Division (Germany)
The 999th Light Africa Division (''999. leichte Afrika-Division'') was a German Army unit formed in Tunisia in early 1943. The basis of the division was the 999th Africa Brigade (''999. Afrika-Brigade''), formed several months earlier, as a penal ...
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Military units and formations of Germany in World War II
German words and phrases