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The Waffen-SS was a German military division that aided in the Nazi party’s domination of Europe WWII. Initially consisting of soldiers with little-to-no military training, it eventually became one of Germany’s most highly skilled combat units, thanks to the command of SS-Obergruppenführer Felix Steiner.
Steiner’s early military career
Felix Steiner enlisted in the German military in March 1914 as a cadet with the 5th Infantry Regiment von Bozen. When war broke out, the unit was sent to the Russian border. After recovering from injury, he was promoted to second lieutenant and posted to the Fortress Machine Gun Detachment 1. In 1916, he was transferred to the Lithuanian Front.

After battles around the Düna River and Riga, he was sent to the Western Front as company commander of the Machine Gun Sharpshooter Detachment Ober-Ost 46. There, he saw Germany’s assault troops, the Sturmtruppen, in action and was impressed with their level of skill and camaraderie.
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