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                 The rise of the SS can be traced to the need for an elite body guard for Adolf Hitler. The SS developed into the elite soldiers in the different areas of the armed services. How did the rise of the SS, particularly the training and creation, lead to their brutal effectiveness?                  The SS was an offspring of the SA, the 'Sturmabteilung--Storm Detachment' (Höhne 17). The SA, originally designed as a guard for Hitler, developed into …

…were trained to believe that they were the superior race. They therefore had no qualms about destroying the lesser races. They accomplished their mission or order without thinking. They were therefore capable of doing anything because they did not question any order. The SS was called upon to do any operation that others did not want to do. Their means and methods are nothing to be envied, but the effectiveness of the SS was unmatched.