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:May be he does have it confused with the Waffen-SS which was a "defacto" part of the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht) in World War II. The Gestapo did not have a military component; it was always a "Secret State Police Force"; first in Prussia and then for Germany. After Hitler unified all police forces for Germany and named Himmler Chief of the German Police in June 1936, Himmler had national operational control of all uniformed, detective, secret police and security police. The Gestapo became a state agency; folded into the SiPo with the Kripo in 1936 as sub-branch offices. Then in Sept. 1939, the SiPo (Gestapo & Kripo) were folded into the RSHA as departments under Heydrich.

:May be he does have it confused with the Waffen-SS which was a "defacto" part of the German Armed Forces (Wehrmacht) in World War II. The Gestapo did not have a military component; it was always a "Secret State Police Force"; first in Prussia and then for Germany. After Hitler unified all police forces for Germany and named Himmler Chief of the German Police in June 1936, Himmler had national operational control of all uniformed, detective, secret police and security police. The Gestapo became a state agency; folded into the SiPo with the Kripo in 1936 as sub-branch offices. Then in Sept. 1939, the SiPo (Gestapo & Kripo) were folded into the RSHA as departments under Heydrich.

:The Gestapo did not have Waffen-SS officers "per se" in it; but, as you may know, general SS officers could belong to different braches of the SS at the same time. They could even have one rank in the Allgemeine SS (general SS) and a different rank in the Waffen-SS; Hermann Fegelein is an example of that or they could have rank in the general SS and Gestapo like Heinrich Müller. Müller was first chief of operations of the Gestapo under Gestapo chief Heydrich (who Himmler made the first director/chief after he obtained control of it in April 1934) and later Müller was the Gestapo chief (1939-1945). The Gestapo did not wear German Army uniforms but in the east at times wore SS uniforms with the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) diamond id. on the sleeve. The Gestapo also used police detective ranks and generally did not wear uniforms (especially in the West and in Germany itself). -- [[User:JohnJustice|JohnJustice]] ([[User talk:JohnJustice|talk]]) 16:59, 22 February 2017 (EST)

:The Gestapo did not have Waffen-SS officers "per se" in it; but, as you may know, general SS officers could belong to different braches of the SS at the same time. They could even have one rank in the Allgemeine SS (general SS) and a different rank in the Waffen-SS; Hermann Fegelein is an example of that or they could have rank in the general SS and Gestapo like Heinrich Müller. Müller was first chief of operations of the Gestapo under Gestapo chief Heydrich (who Himmler made the first director/chief after he obtained control of it in April 1934) and later Müller was the Gestapo chief (1939-1945). The Gestapo did not wear German Army uniforms but in the east at times wore SS uniforms with the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) diamond id. on the sleeve. The Gestapo also used police detective ranks and generally did not wear uniforms (especially in the West and in Germany itself). -- [[User:JohnJustice|JohnJustice]] ([[User talk:JohnJustice|talk]]) 16:59, 22 February 2017 (EST)