Sonderabteilung
Sonderabteilung (English: Special Unit) is a German word often used to refer to some special German military formations during World War II. This term was similar to a detachment or battalion.
Several of the formations were created as penal military units composed of disgraced SS troops and criminals convicted of petty crimes.
List of sonderabteilungen (incomplete)[]
See also[]
- 36th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS
- 500th SS Parachute Battalion
- 999th Light Afrika Division (Germany)
Categories:
- German military stubs
- Military units and formations of Germany in World War II
- German words and phrases