Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS

Author: Will Fey
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0811769178
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 417

Book Description
The Waffen-SS were considered the elite of the German armed forces in the Second World War and were involved in almost continuous combat. From the sweeping tank battle of Kursk on the Russian front to the bitter fighting among the hedgerows of Normandy and the last great offensive in the Ardennes, forever immortalized in history as the Battle of the Bulge, these men and their tanks made history.

Blood, Steel & Myth

Author: George M. Nipe
Publisher: RZM Imports
ISBN: 9780974838946
Category : Kursk, Battle of, Russia, 1943
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"A revealing and unprecedented re-analysis of the II. SS-Panzer-Korps operations during the Battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943. Makes extensive use of original German source material"--Inside cover.

The Waffen-SS

Author: Jochen Böhler
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0198790554
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 407

Book Description
This is the first systematic pan-European study of the hundreds of thousands of non-Germans who fought - either voluntarily or under different kinds of pressures - for the Waffen-SS (or auxiliary police formations operating in the occupied East). Building on the findings of regional studies by other scholars - many of them included in this volume - The Waffen-SS aims to arrive at a fuller picture of those non-German citizens (from Eastern as well as Western Europe) who served under the SS flag. Where did the non-Germans in the SS come from (socially, geographically, and culturally)? What motivated them? What do we know about the practicalities of international collaboration in war and genocide, in terms of everyday life, language, and ideological training? Did a common transnational identity emerge as a result of shared ideological convictions or experiences of extreme violence? In order to address these questions (and others), The Waffen-SS adopts an approach that does justice to the complexity of the subject, adding a more nuanced, empirically sound understanding of collaboration in Europe during World War II, while also seeking to push the methodological boundaries of the historiographical genre of perpetrator studies by adopting a transnational approach.

Images of the Waffen-SS

Author: Mark C. Yerger
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780764300783
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 175

Book Description
Mark C. Yerger, responding to requests from readers of his previous books, this new photo album provides material for the model builder, vehicle enthusiast, memorabilia collector and those interested in SS holders of the Knight's Cross.

Norwegian Volunteers of the Waffen SS

Author: Geir Brenden
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781910777879
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Featuring 1,000 unpublished photographs, this is the first book about the 4,500 Norwegian volunteers in the Waffen SS. Written by Geir Brenden and Tommy Natedal - who has researched the Norwegian volunteers since the 1980s - the book is based on Geir and Tommy's large photo archive and covers the various fronts where most Norwegian volunteers fought: the Caucasus, Leningrad and Karelia. Also covered in detail are the formations in which the Norwegian volunteers fought: Division Wiking, Freiw. Legion Norwegen, 1, 2 and 3 Police Company, The Norwegian Ski Company, Skijegerbataljonen and Regiment Norge.

Panzergrenadier Divisions of the Waffen-SS

Author: Rolf Michaelis
Publisher: Schiffer Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780764336607
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 216

Book Description
This new book is a concise combat history of the six Waffen-SS panzergrenadier divisions in World War II. The formation and combat histories of each are discussed in detailed text, along with maps and rare photographs and includes: the 4th SS-Polizei Panzergrenadier Division; 11th SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier Division Nordland; 16th SS-Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS; 17th SS-Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen; 18th SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel; 23rd SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier Division Nederland.

SS: Hell on the Eastern Front

Author: Christopher Ailsby
Publisher: Spellmount, Limited Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200

Book Description
Gives an account of the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front, its battles, organisation, tactics and equipment.

Waffen SS in Action

Author: Publications Squadronnsignal
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780897470537
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 50

Book Description

Waffen-SS Handbook, 1933-1945

Author: Gordon Williamson
Publisher: Sutton Pub Limited
ISBN: 9780750939119
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 255

Book Description
Originating in Hitler's personal bodyguard, the Waffen-SS (armed SS) was expanded as a fourth branch of the Wehrmacht and became regarded as the tough elite of the German armed forces. Known as Hitler's 'Asphalt Soldiers' they fought on all the main battle-fronts, but most notably in the East against the Soviet Union and in Normandy following 'Overlord'. By the war's end the Waffen-SS could boast almost forty field divisions manned by nearly one million troops. Gordon Williamson describes the organisation, equipment, tactics and personalities of the Waffen-SS in the Second World War. A chronology outlines the major events in the history of the Waffen-SS from the founding of its forerunner, the SS-Verfugungstruppe, until May 1945. The author has travelled to Germany to interview numerous surviving former Waffen-SS soldiers and corresponded with many others, obtaining first-hand accounts of their wartime experiences. The handbook is illustrated with a rich selection of previously unpublished photographs, predominantly from private collections, ranging from studio posed shots to previously unpublished candid snaps and from battlefield pictures to war correspondent action shots.

The Waffen SS

Author: George H. Stein
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 9780801492754
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 388

Book Description
This landmark study, first published by Cornell University Press in 1966, shows how Hitler's elite army grew from a praetorian guard of barely 28,000 men at the beginning of the Second World War to a combat-hardened army of more than 500,000 in 1945. George H. Stein examines in detail the structure and organization of the Waffen SS and describes the rigid personnel selection and intensive physical, military, and ideological training that helped to create the tough and dedicated cadre around which the larger force of the later war years was built.