adjective meaning "armed". Waffenamt – "weapons office" – arms inspection stamp or mark. Waffenfarbe – arm of service colour Waffen-SS – "Armed SS". The military combat branch of the SS that was created in August 1940 with the amalgamation of the Verfügungstruppe, the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH) and the combat Standarten of the Totenkopfverbände. Wagen – vehicle, car. Wehrkraftzersetzung – undermining the fighting spirit of the troops. Wehrkreis – German military district centered on an important city. Wehrmacht – German armed forces under the Third Reich consisting of three branches: the Heer (Army), the Luftwaffe (Air Force), and the Kriegsmarine (Navy). The Waffen-SS was a separate organization, although SS combat units were usually placed under the operational control of Army High Command (OKH) or Wehrmacht High Command (OKW). Wehrmachtbericht – a daily radio broadcast that described the military situation on all fronts during World War II. Wehrmachtführungsstab – Armed Forces Operations Staff. Wehrmachtsadler – the Wehrmacht's eagle insignia. Wehrmachtgefolge – Armed Forces Auxiliaries. These include those organizations that were not a part of the armed forces but that served such an important support role that they were given protection under the Geneva Convention and/or militarized. The armed forces auxiliaries consisted in part of the Reichsarbeitsdienst, NSKK, Organisation Todt, and the Volkssturm. Wehrmachtskanister – Robust tank used to carry fuel. Called a "Jerrycan" by the Allies. Wehrpass – German military individual service record booklet. Wehrpflichtiger - “Draftee”. A conscript soldier. Werkschutz – industrial plant protection service and security police. Werwolf – German guerrilla fighters dedicated to harass Allied rear areas. Initially conceived as an adjunct to the Jagd-Kommando units and placed under the command of Otto Skorzeny, the idea was later appropriated by Joseph Goebbels to represent the general rising up of the German people to defend against foreign invasion. It was not well organized or widely effective, and there were only a few known instances of involvement, mainly after the war ended and mostly in the eastern regions. Wespe – "wasp", a self-propelled 105mm howitzer on PzKpfw II chassis. Westen – west. Wetterbeobachtungsschiff (WBS) – weather ship Widerstandskräfte – insurgents (see Freischärler). Wolf – the military designation name for a Mercedes-Benz G-Class in the German Bundeswehr. Wolfsrudel – wolf pack, an anti-convoy tactic developed by Admiral Dönitz prior to the war. Wolfsschanze "Wolf's lair" lit. "Wolf's entrenchment" – Hitler's first World War II Eastern Front military headquarters, one of