The Waffen-SS cover

Description

In the early 1920s, a tiny group was formed within the SA to serve as Hitler's personal bodyguard. Originally labelled the "Stosstruppe Adolf Hitler," they later became known as the SS – Schutz Staffeln, or "protection squads." From these humble beginnings, the SS rose to a nominal strength of 38 divisions of over 800,000 men by 1945, representing a sizeable portion of Germany's land forces and more importantly a quarter of her tank forces and a third of her mechanised infantry. Martin Windrow provides a splendid in-depth review of the history, uniforms and insignia of the infamous Waffen-SS of World War II.

Table of Contents

Introduction · The Evolution of the Waffen-SS · The Divisions · The Plates

Product details

Published Mar 26 1992
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 48
ISBN 9780850454253
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Illustrations 50 b/w; 8 col
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Men-at-Arms
Short code MAA 34
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Martin Windrow

Martin Windrow is series editor at Osprey and an a…

Illustrator

Jeffrey Burn

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