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  Hitler's "Elite" - the SS   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Adolf Hitler found some very willing and twisted souls to help him in his efforts to control Germany, Europe and indeed, the world. These individuals were NOT a part of the regular army, but were a special group apart - an élite.
Average, 10 Qns, logcrawler, Apr 16 15
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  Hitler's Samurai - The Waffen SS   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Some of the things you didn't know about the much feared elite fighting force of WWII.
Tough, 10 Qns, kettenhunde, Mar 26 11
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  The Leibstandarte: 1st SS Panzer Division   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The 1st SS Panzer Division was a very good fighting force - that is, when it was not committing atrocities.
Average, 10 Qns, beterave, May 01 21
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May 01 21
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  Waffen SS Atrocities in the West   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
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Formations of the Waffen SS were superb fighting units. Their record reflects both honor and horror. These are some of the infamous atrocities they were involved in in Western Europe.
Difficult, 15 Qns, beterave, Mar 26 11
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beterave
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  Soldiers Like Other Soldiers? The Waffen SS   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
On the witness stand at Nuremberg Paul Hausser said, 'They were soldiers like other soldiers'. They were capable of incredible courage but also committed horrendous atrocities. Enjoy!
Tough, 10 Qns, beterave, Oct 03 11
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  Waffen SS Ranks    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A straightforward quiz on SS ranks during the last war. Very easy if you know the subject. Difficult, perhaps, if you do not. Ten questions, all mutiple choice. No spelling or fill in the blank questions.
Difficult, 10 Qns, trojan11, Mar 26 11
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  Otto Skorzeny:The Most Dangerous Man in Europe?    
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 10 Qns
He was called just that! Who was this man who the Allies regarded as 'the most dangerous man in Europe'?
Average, 10 Qns, beterave, Mar 26 11
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  History of the Waffen-SS    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A tough little quiz for those of you who think you know about Hitler's Waffen-SS.
Very Difficult, 10 Qns, karltrowitz, Mar 26 11
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  The SS    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz about the Third Reich's most fanatical military organization.
Difficult, 10 Qns, pattons3rd, Mar 27 11
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trivia question Quick Question
What, in SS terms, was the rank equivalent to sergeant?

From Quiz "Waffen SS Ranks"





Waffen SS Trivia Questions
1. Waffen SS men were sometimes called 'asphalt soldiers' by the Wehrmacht. Why was that?

From Quiz Soldiers Like Other Soldiers? The Waffen SS

Answer: the Wehrmacht thought they lacked real martial skills

Wehrmacht soldiers called the Waffen SS men 'asphalt soldiers' as a slight; it implied they were only good for parades on asphalt and lacked any real skill as soldiers.

2. What branch of service did Skorzeny serve in?

From Quiz Otto Skorzeny:The Most Dangerous Man in Europe?

Answer: the SS

Otto Skorzeny served in the Waffen SS. He was noted as being the innovator for 'special operations'.

3. What did the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler become notorious for during the Polish Campaign of 1939?

From Quiz The Leibstandarte: 1st SS Panzer Division

Answer: burning villages

The Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler was imfamous for burning Polish villages. This was relatively mild by comparison with things that were to come.

4. What British unit was cut off and forced to surrender at the Le Paradis and massacred?

From Quiz Waffen SS Atrocities in the West

Answer: the Royal Norfolk Regiment

On 27 May 1940 elements of the 2nd battalion of the Royal Norfolk Regiment were cut off at Le Paradis in the Pas de Calais and forced to surrender after running out of ammunition. Ninety seven officers and men were taken captive during this engagement and murdered by the Waffen SS.

5. What, in SS terms, was the rank equivalent to sergeant?

From Quiz Waffen SS Ranks

Answer: Scharfuehrer

'Der Scharfuehrer' held the equivalent rank of sergeant in the Waffen SS. The Wehrmacht (regular army) equivalent was 'Feldwebel'.

6. Who was the first leader of the SS?

From Quiz The SS

Answer: Julius Schreck

Schreck became the first commander of the SS when it was formed as a protection squad for Nazi leaders at rallies. At that stage it was sometimes referred to as 'Stosstruppe Adolf Hitler'. A little later also became Hitler's chauffeur. Schreck later died from meningitis in 1936 and at his state funeral Hitler gave his eulogy.

7. Who formed the "Stosstrupp (shock troop) Adolf Hitler", the unit that later expanded into the SS?

From Quiz History of the Waffen-SS

Answer: Julius Schreck

Julius Schreck was Hitler's bodyguard and chaffeur. The "Stosstrupp Adolf Hitler" was formed in 1923 to protect Hitler at public events, and initially was a very small body of men and was a part of the SA (Stormtroopers).

8. What do the letters SS stand for?

From Quiz Hitler's Samurai - The Waffen SS

Answer: Schutzstaffel

Literally, 'die Schutzstaffel' means 'protective squad'.

9. In June 1934, what event took place that established the supremacy of the SS over its rival faction, the SA (the Sturmabteilung or Stormtroopers)?

From Quiz Hitler's "Elite" - the SS

Answer: The Night Of Long Knives

In June, 1934 during the Night of the Long Knives, the purge of the Sturmabteilung (SA) began and was finished, with nearly all of its leadership purged, (read: dead) at the hands of the SS. In addition, the occasion was used to kill some perceived enemies of the Nazis.

10. What was the major reason traditional German officers in the Wehrmacht despised Waffen SS officers?

From Quiz Soldiers Like Other Soldiers? The Waffen SS

Answer: class and traditions

The major reason traditional German officers disliked Waffen SS officers were class and tradition. Prussian style German officers tended to be better educated and well versed in military theory and tactics. Whereas SS officers generally lacked both of these attributes. They were also considered 'lower class'. In fact, the SS included a number of highly educated men. For example, SS-Gruppenführer Otto Rasch, the original commanding officer of one of the 'Einsatzgruppen' (mobile killing units) on the Soviet Front had two doctorates! The mobile killing units played a key part in carrying out the Holocaust on Soviet territory behind German lines.

11. What distinguishing mark did Skorzeny have that was immediately noticed?

From Quiz Otto Skorzeny:The Most Dangerous Man in Europe?

Answer: a dueling scar on his face

Whenever Skorzeny was seen there were two things that stood out about him; the dueling scar on his face and the fact that he was 6'-6".

12. Which famous Luftwaffe general was seriously wounded by men of the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler at Rotterdam?

From Quiz The Leibstandarte: 1st SS Panzer Division

Answer: Kurt Student

General Kurt Student was seriously wounded by the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler at Rotterdam. He was wounded while they were firing on Dutch soldiers who were stacking their arms after they had surrendered. From that day on, he considered them a bunch of 'trigger happy madmen'.

13. Which Waffen SS unit was responsible for the Le Paradis massacre?

From Quiz Waffen SS Atrocities in the West

Answer: SS Totenkopf

Members of the number 4 company, 1st battalion of the 2nd SS Totenkopf were responsible for this atrocity. Two men, Bill O'Callaghan and Bert Pooley survived this massacre and the war to testify against the perpetrators of this crime.

14. What was a private soldier called in the Waffen SS?

From Quiz Waffen SS Ranks

Answer: SS-Mann

A private soldier in the Waffen SS was called an 'SS-Mann'. 'Jaeger', 'Soldat' and 'Reiter' were corresponding ranks in the Wehrmacht.

15. Who was the commander of the Totenkopfverbaende (Death's Head units)?

From Quiz The SS

Answer: Theodor Eicke

Eicke is best known for having personally executed SA Chief Ernst Roehm. In 1934 Eicke took command of Dachau and made changes that included: establishing new guarding provisions, which included strict obedience of orders, as well as tightening disciplinary and punishment regulations for prisoners, which were later adopted by all of the Third Reich concentration camps.

16. Who originally put forward the name "Schutz-Staffel" ("protection squad") for this new organisation?

From Quiz History of the Waffen-SS

Answer: Hermann Goering

Goering got the name from the time he spent in Richthofen's fighter squadron at the end of World War I. The "Schutz-Staffel" were aircraft that flew escort duties for bomber aircraft over the front lines.

17. When was the SS title first used?

From Quiz Hitler's Samurai - The Waffen SS

Answer: 1925

The SS title became official on 9 November 1925. Hitler's bodyguard had previously known as "Stosstrupp (Shock Troop) Adolf Hitler" and was led by Julius Schreck, Hitler's bodyguard/driver and a veteran of the Erhardt Brigade. (The forerunner, the "Stosstrupp Adolf Hitler" was founded in mid 1923).

18. What particular group of people made up the 'Sonderkommando' or 'special units' that oversaw the removal of bodies from the gas chambers to the ovens in the extermination camps?

From Quiz Hitler's "Elite" - the SS

Answer: Jews

Sonderkommandos, 'special units' (in the euphemistic language of Nazi Germany), were work units that were comprised of Jewish death camp prisoners who were forced (on threat of their own deaths), to help with the disposal of the bodies of gas chamber victims by placing their bodies into the waiting ovens. Usually, once these prisoners grew mentally weary, lost their minds, or simply became physically unable to carry out their tasks, they too were sent on to the gas chambers and the ovens and replaced. Thus the cycle of execution repeated itself with true Nazi efficiency. 'Sonderkommandos' were quite different from the 'SS Sonderkommandos' in that the former consisted of Jewish inmates held within the extermination camps, while the latter was comprised of Nazi SS troops.

19. Early in the war, what one item identified the Waffen SS in the field?

From Quiz Soldiers Like Other Soldiers? The Waffen SS

Answer: their uniform

Early in the war, the Waffen SS were the only formations that wore a camouflage smock and helmet cover over the field grey uniform.

20. What did Skorzeny do upon meeting Hitler for the first time that stood out?

From Quiz Otto Skorzeny:The Most Dangerous Man in Europe?

Answer: click his heels and bow

Upon meeting Hitler for the first time, Skorzeny clicked heels together and bowed, which obviously impressed Hitler.

21. What positive credit can be given to the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler during the campaign in France in 1940?

From Quiz The Leibstandarte: 1st SS Panzer Division

Answer: it made the swiftest and farthest advance

The one positive note about the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler is that it made the swiftest and farthest penetration into France before the French surrendered. However, it was also responsible for the massacre at Wormhoudt.

22. Who was tried for the Le Paradis Massacre?

From Quiz Waffen SS Atrocities in the West

Answer: Fritz Knoechlein

Fritz Knoechlein was tried and found guilty of the Le Paradis massacre. He was executed in 1949.

23. What was the SS term used for a corporal?

From Quiz Waffen SS Ranks

Answer: Rottenfuehrer

'Der Rottenfuehrer' was the equivalent rank to corporal. The corresponding rank in the Wehrmacht was 'der Gefreite'.

24. What was the name of the SS newspaper?

From Quiz The SS

Answer: Das Schwarze Korps

All SS members were required to read it and encourage others to read it as well.

25. The Waffen SS began to expand by using foreign volunteers. What was the makeup of the Panzer division Wiking (Viking)?

From Quiz Soldiers Like Other Soldiers? The Waffen SS

Answer: Danish and Norwegian

The 5th SS Panzer Division (Viking) was made up of Danes and Norwegians. This formation served on the Eastern Front until the end of the war.

26. When Hitler asked Skorzeny what he thought about the Italians, what was Skorzeny's reply?

From Quiz Otto Skorzeny:The Most Dangerous Man in Europe?

Answer: 'I'm an Austrian'

When this question was put to Skorzeny his reply was,'I'm an Austrian'. Nothing further needed to be said because of the enmity that existed between Austria and Italy from the First World War. This, too, impressed Hitler, a fellow Austrian.

27. How did Kurt Meyer get his men to advance while under fire at Kleisoura Pass in Greece?

From Quiz The Leibstandarte: 1st SS Panzer Division

Answer: he threw a live grenade at them

Captain Kurt Meyer, the battalion commander, threw a live hand grenade at his own men in order to get them to advance under fire at Kleisoura Pass, - and yes, it worked.

28. What primary excuse did the Waffen SS give to 'justify' the atrocity at Le Paradis?

From Quiz Waffen SS Atrocities in the West

Answer: the British used dum dum bullets

The excuse the Waffen SS gave for the Le Paradis Massacre was the charge that British soldiers were using dum dum rounds in their rifles, a violation of the Hague Convention. That charge was never proved. The misuse of a flag of truce was a secondary charge that also was never proved. The casualties that Totenkopf sustained were not severe, but their advance was halted by an understrength company that cost them time, which was valuable.

29. What was the Waffen SS term for a Company Sergeant Major (CSM)?

From Quiz Waffen SS Ranks

Answer: Oberscharfuehrer

'Der Oberscharfuehrer' corresponded to the British rank of CSM, or Company Sergeant Major. The equivalent rank in the Wehrmacht was 'der Oberfeldwebel'.

30. This SS commander took control of the SS HitlerJugend Division when Fritz Witt was killed by an allied naval bombardment. He led the division during the costly fighting around Caen. Who was he?

From Quiz The SS

Answer: SS-Brigadeführer Kurt Meyer

"Panzermeyer" and his division escaped through the Falaise Pocket but was wounded and captured by Belgian partisans. He was eventually turned over to the British as a prisoner of war.

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