What does the cryptic crossword clue "Women's group's punching Nazis from European nation (5)" mean?

The definition is "from European nation". The wordplay uses a container (one word inside another). WIS (synonym="Women Institutes [women’s groups]") in SS (synonym="Schutzstaffel [Hitler’s bodyguard of elite police later forming military units in Nazi Germany; Nazis") = SWISS The answer is SWISS.

Women's group's punching Nazis from European nation (5)

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