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The story of tens of thousands of Muslims from as far away as India who volunteered to wear the SS double lightning flashes and serve alongside their erstwhile conquerors As the West finds itself embroiled in conflict with radical Islam, it is fascinating to hear the echoes of militant Islam from World War II. This history gives insight into the prewar politics that inspired these Islamic volunteers, who for the most part did not survive. Those who did survive the war and the bloody retribution that followed saw the reputation of the units in which they served berated as militarily inept and castigated for atrocities against unarmed civilians. Firsthand accounts and official records peel away the propaganda to reveal the complexity that lies at the heart of the story of Hitler's most unlikely
The story of tens of thousands of Muslims from as far away as India who volunteered to wear the SS double lightning flashes and serve alongside their erstwhile conquerors As the West finds itself embroiled in conflict with radical Islam, it is fascinating to hear the echoes of militant Islam from
The first book to cover all the Scandinavians who served in Hitler's feared Waffen-SS right until the end in Berlin Based in part on interviews with surviving veterans, this history details the battles the Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish men of the Waffen-SS fought, and what inspired them
At the very beginning of World War II Germany invaded and occupied Belgium. Yet less than a year later some of Belgium's citizens volunteered to join the Waffen-SS and fight on the newly formed Eastern Front against Stalin's Soviet Union. By the end of the war thousands had volunteered. Casualties
The Last Knight of Flanders is the story of the Flemish volunteers of Germany's famed Waffen-SS, told by those who were there. The book centers around Remy Schrijnen, the only Flemish volunteer to win the heralded bravery award, the Knight's Cross to the Iron Cross. The book presents the varying
Here are Tales of the Waffen SS and award winning comic book writer/artist Wayne Vansant provides the stories of the German Panzer troops during World War II. This graphic novel edition collects for the first time Vansant's previous tales that were released as individual comics or as short
For many, the Waffen-SS soldier represents the archetype of the combatant, if not the warrior: well-armed, well-trained, possessing intelligence in combat, imbued with political and ideological fanaticism, he is an elite soldier par excellence, even if a lack of scruples casts a long shadow
Finally a book that unveils the shroud of mystery surrounding Waffen-SS camouflage clothing. Illustrated here, both in full color and in contemporary black and white photographs, this unparalleled look at Waffen-SS combat troops and their camouflage clothing will benefit both the historian and
The 3rd SS Panzer Regiment was part of the Totenkopf Division--one of the 38 Waffen-SS divisions active during World War II. Notorious for its brutality, most notably a mass execution of British prisoners in the battle of France, 'Totenkopf' had a fearsome reputation. The 3rd SS Panzer Regiment was
The divisions of the Waffen-SS were the elite of Hitler s armies in WWII. SS-Das Reich, the third in a series of books on the divisions of the Waffen-SS, is an in-depth examination of the second Waffen-SS unit to be formed, the SS-Das Reich. The book explores the background to the unit s formation,
This volume illustrates the evolving patterns issued to the Waffen-SS, from the first 'plane-tree' pattern to the rare 1945 'Leibermeister', including several 'mystery' patterns. It contains rare original uniforms, from private collections, photographed in colour and worn by live
This book is a detailed history of the 27th Waffen-SS Division 'Langemarck,' the Flemish volunteer SS combat formation. 'Langemarck' was employed chiefly on the Eastern Front, first in the Ukraine in early 1944, then participating with a combat group in Estonia along the Tannenberg Line in the
One of the most infamous of all Waffen-SS formations, the 3rd SS-Panzer Division 'Totenkopf' has always been identified as the very essence of the notorious 'Black Order.' Associated with war crimes in official historiography, formed initially with personnel coming from guard units from
The 17th Waffen-SS Panzergrenadier Division 'G tz von Berlichingen' was one of the few SS formations to be employed exclusively on the western front during World War II. From the time of its formation in France in 1943, 'G tz von Berlichingen' saw bitter and bloody fighting in Normandy, the Seine
All of the uniform-specific insignia used by the Waffen-SS in World War II are presented in this concise, all-color book. Included are sleeve and cap eagles in their various versions, collar tabs, sleeve shields, and cuff titles, as well as shoulder boards and straps, and rank insignia. Using
This volume in the Casemate Illustrated series examines the Waffen-SS panzer divisions during July 1944 in Normandy, including Operations Goodwood and Cobra.One of the greatest paradoxes of the Battle of Normandy is that the German divisions found it much harder to reach the front line than the
The 7th Waffen SS Mountain Division was raised for war in the rugged terrain of Yugoslavia. The unit included a huge number of Volksdeutsche, ethnic Germans recruited from outside the Reich. After numerous anti-guerrilla operations in Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia, towards the end of the
The SS grew out of Adolf Hitler's and Heinrich Himmler's obsession to prevent the treachery they believed to have caused the German defeat in the First World War. It was to be an elite corps of politically aware soldiers whose primary aim was to prevent the undermining of the Nazi Party by
Fully illustrated with detailed artwork depicting the uniforms and equipment of the volunteer soldiers, this fascinating study tells the little-known story of the Norwegians who fought with the SS in World War II.Following the Nazi occupation of Norway in 1941, the Waffen-SS began recruiting
Operation Barbarossa was the largest invasion in history. Almost 3.5 million men smashed into Stalin's Red Army, reaching the gates of Leningrad, Moscow, and Sevastopol. But not all of this vast army was German; by the summer of 1942, over 500,000 were Romanians, Italians, Hungarians, Slovaks, and
SS Colonel Jochen Peiper was one of the most controversial figures of World War II. Himmler's personal adjutant and Hitler's favorite tank commander, Peiper spearheaded the Ardennes Offensive and became the central subject in the famous Malmedy massacre trial. In Hitler's Warrior, Danny S. Parker
In 1939 and 1940 the Nazi blitzkrieg crushed Poland and the Low Countries and France. This was a new type of warfare with air and ground forces working hand-in-glove and sweeping away all resistance. On the ground the new panzer divisions symbolised this combat revolution, and in the air its symbol
This book is the history of the only Fallschirmj ger-Bataillon of the Waffen-SS during World War II. Formed in 1943 as a Bew hrungsverband for special missions (guerrilla operations in the Balkans) the unit was deployed at many focal points of heavy combat on the eastern and western fronts. Nearly
In March 1943 the three senior Divisions of the Waffen-SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (Bodyguard), Das Reich (Empire) and Totenkopf (Death s Head) were fighting against Stalin s armies in the Ukraine under the command of SS Lieutenant General Paul Hausser. Aware of the need to create more divisions
Combining the destructive firepower of the 88mm gun with the outstanding mobility of the Panther series, the Jagdpanther is quite probably the best-known tank destroyer of the Second World War. In the vehicle's first action on 30 July 1944, three Jagdpanthers managed to destroy eleven British tanks