The Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (SS-LAH') founded in September 1933 was Adolf Hitler's personal Bodyguard Regiment. In 1939 the SS-LAH became a separate unit of the Waffen-SS aside the SS-TV and the SS-VT.Waffen-SS at Encyclopædia Britannica The SS-LAH independently participated in combats during the Invasion of Poland . Elements of the SS-LAH later joined the SS-VT prior to Operation Barbarossa in 1941. Early history (1923?1933) In the earliest days of the NSDAP, it was realised by the leaders that bodyguard units composed of trustworthy and loyal men would be a wise development. Ernst Röhm formed a guard formation from the 19.Granatwerfer-Kompanie, and from this formation the Sturmabteilung (SA) soon evolved. Adolf Hitler, realising the potential threat that the SA had presented, in early 1923 ordered the formation of a bodyguard for himself. The tiny unit, originally formed by only eight men (and commanded by Julius Schreck and Joseph Berchtold), was designated the Stabswach

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