Waffen-SS: Hitler’s Elite in Photographs

Waffen-SS: Hitler’s Elite in Photographs is a full pictorial record of the development, combat actions and criminal activity of Hitler’s Praetorian Guard, before and during World War II. Including 500 photographs, many seldom seen outside the personal archives of former soldiers, Waffen-SS: Hitler’s Elite in Photographs contains all the battles and campaigns that the Waffen-SS fought, including Poland, France and on the Eastern Front. The book charts the growth of the Panzer divisions, their battlefield tactics, recruitment and organization of units, and also offers an examination of the weapons, equipment, and leading figures. From the beginning the blackuniformed men of the armed Schutzstaffel (Protection Squad) were ideological warriors, this book does not shy away from their atrocities.