Adolf HitlerSeptember 1933
The Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (SS-LAH) becomes Adolf Hitler's personal Bodyguard Regiment ("Leibstandarte" being the German word for "bodyguard")
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The Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (SS-LAH) becomes Adolf Hitler's personal Bodyguard Regiment ("Leibstandarte" being the German word for "bodyguard")
In early 1934, Heinrich Himmler, the Reichsfuhrer-SS, orders the Leibstandarte to be renamed Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH)
In early 1934, Heinrich Himmler, the Reichsfuhrer-SS, orders the Leibstandarte to be renamed Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH). Hitler decided that the SA had to be put in its place, and ordered Himmler and Hermann Goring to prepare their elite units, Himmlers Leibstandarte and Gorings Landespolizeigruppe General Goring, for immediate action
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