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== History ==
{{History of the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen}}
Paap deserted from the [[Eastern Front]] in 1944, ending his service in the [[Wehrmacht]]. He bribed Waffen-SS officer [[Georg Schäfer]], who assisted his escape from Europe. Paap travelled through [[Spain]] before reaching Rada Tilly on 13 May 1944.<ref name="history-formation"/><ref name="jan-paap-departure"/>

In Rada Tilly and nearby [[Comodoro Rivadavia]], Paap established contact with [[Jose Alem]], the father of [[Chiche Alem]]. Alem joined the movement and later accompanied the expedition to Tanoa. He subsequently became the first [[Reichsführer-SS]] of the [[Allgemeine SS]].<ref name="jan-paap-founding"/><ref name="chiche-early"/><ref name="allgemeine-ss"/>

Paap used his contacts in Patagonia to recruit members for the Argentine Einsatz. He learned Spanish while preparing plans for a state governed through his personal authority. The proposed state was intended to operate beyond the jurisdiction of an existing government.<ref name="tanoa-background"/>

=== Recruitment and preparation ===
Recruitment was conducted through informal networks and small cells operating mainly in Patagonia. Former Wehrmacht personnel provided military experience. Other recruits had deserted from armed forces or fled legal and political consequences. The organization also accepted people seeking political refuge.<ref name="history-formation"/>

Paap recruited specialists needed to establish a permanent settlement. Engineers and technicians prepared construction and transport equipment. Scientists were recruited for the planned settlement. Security specialists organized the armed force, while administrators designed the system used to distribute supplies and direct the membership.<ref name="history-formation"/>

The Patagonian cells acquired weapons for the expedition. Construction equipment and transport resources were prepared for use after the landing. Communications devices were collected to connect future occupied positions. Supplies were stockpiled because the expedition expected to operate without an existing support system.<ref name="history-formation"/>

By August 1944, the Argentine Einsatz had approximately 3,400 members. They formed the original military and administrative body of the organization that later governed Tanoa.<ref name="history-formation"/>

=== Expedition to Tanoa ===
Paap organized the membership into an expedition tasked with locating and occupying remote territory that could be defended from outside intervention. The group departed from the Patagonian coast with the equipment and supplies collected by its recruitment cells.<ref name="history-formation"/>

The expedition reached Tanoa on 9 August 1944 and first landed on Ravi-Ta. The island provided a defensible base for the establishment of command posts and storage facilities.<ref name="history-formation"/><ref name="tanoa-formation"/>

=== Reorganization in Tanoa ===
Ravi-Ta became the first operational base of Paap's organization. The expedition constructed temporary barracks and command posts after landing. Storage areas held supplies brought from Argentina, while communications points connected the first occupied positions.<ref name="history-formation"/>

After the landing, the Argentine Einsatz was reorganized as the Tanoa Einsatzgruppen. Its original members became the core of the new regime's armed forces and administration. Jose Alem entered the senior leadership and became the first Reichsführer-SS when the Allgemeine SS was formed.<ref name="tanoa-formation"/><ref name="allgemeine-ss"/>