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The SS was made up of several different branches. The main branch was the Allgemeine-SS (General SS) and under it was the SS security, intelligence and police services. These directly included the Sicherheitsdienst (Security Service) or SD, [[Gestapo]] (Secret State Police), Kriminalpolizei (Criminal Police) or Kripo and the leadership over the uniformed police known as the Ordnungspolizei (Order Police) or Orpo. The second main SS branch was the Totenkopfverbände (Death's Head units) or (SS-TV) which made up the Concentration Camp staffs and guards. The third main SS branch was what became known as the Waffen-SS (Armed SS). This was the military branch of the SS.<ref>McNab (2009)</ref>

The SS was made up of several different branches. The main branch was the Allgemeine-SS (General SS) and under it was the SS security, intelligence and police services. These directly included the Sicherheitsdienst (Security Service) or SD, [[Gestapo]] (Secret State Police), Kriminalpolizei (Criminal Police) or Kripo and the leadership over the uniformed police known as the Ordnungspolizei (Order Police) or Orpo. The second main SS branch was the Totenkopfverbände (Death's Head units) or (SS-TV) which made up the Concentration Camp and [[Holocaust#The death camps|death camp]] staffs and guards. The third main SS branch was what became known as the Waffen-SS (Armed SS). This was the military branch of the SS.<ref>McNab (2009)</ref>

==Waffen-SS==

==Waffen-SS==