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2016 Postmortem

Bavorskoami

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18. Führerbegleitkommando

Reply to AmericanMan1958 (Original post)

Sun Nov 6, 2016, 02:13 AM

Nov 2016

Maybe a good analog would be the Führerbegleitkommando (The leader's escort command). SA (Sturmabteilung) and SS-Leibstandarte had areas of focus other than bodyguard duties.

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