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Companion to the Waffen-SS, 1939-1945

Gordon Williamson author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:The History Press Ltd

Published:22nd Jul '10

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Companion to the Waffen-SS, 1939-1945 cover

Originating in Hitler’s personal bodyguard, the Waffen-SS was expanded as a fourth branch of the Wermacht and became regarded as the tough elite of the German Armed Forces. Known as Hitler’s ‘Asphalt Soldiers’ they fought on all main battle-fronts, but most notably in the East against the Soviet Union. Gordon Williamson describes the organisation, equipment, tactics and personalities of the Waffen-SS in the Second World War. The author has travelled to Germany to interview numerous surviving Waffen-SS soldiers and corresponded with many others, obtaining first-hand accounts of their wartime experiences.

ISBN: 9780752457512

Dimensions: 250mm x 170mm x 20mm

Weight: 690g

272 pages