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in the fl -is a self-contained unit the independence of
which was gu&ranteed "by it» liaving nn administrative conrianc separate fm
that of the C-«-r?man Armed forces (the Heich3führung-SS), by laving an org-
zation with Eenbership different from tast of the Armed Forces, and by main­
taining politi al obligations of a special and exclusive nature, as defined
by Nasi doctrine fend SSst«.n< lards,
The ,'£f£ en^^S's first and foremost put-pose —» participation in combat
did not bee we evident until the outbreak of the war» Ag a matter of fact,
«bile the m L] i arization of the