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The 1st SS Panzer Division “Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler”, short LSSAH, 1. SS-Panzerdivision “Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler” began as Adolf Hitler’s personal bodyguard, responsible for guarding the Führer’s person, offices, and residences. Initially the size of a regiment, the LSSAH eventually grew into a division-sized unit.

The LSSAH participated in combat during the invasion of Poland, and was amalgamated into the Waffen-SS together with the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT) and the combat units of the SS-Totenkopfverbände ( prior to Operation Barbarossa in 1941. By the end of World War II it had been increased in size from a regiment to a Panzer division.