A few days later all SS units were ordered to retreat to the west.
I wish like hell he wasn't in an SS unit,' said August.
The facilities of the camp served to supply the local SS units.
However, SS units were able to crush the resistance, and executed a number of those involved.
Occasionally a fanatic SS unit would fire from its side of the stream.
Things reached the stage that no SS unit dared move up during an attack if regular army troops were behind it.
Hitler's response was to send an SS unit to conduct future operations.
The general said he learned about his father's ties with the SS unit only last month from news reports.
These SS units had a severe reputation for being strict enforcers of military law.
This unique position was a command authority of every SS unit in a given geographical area.