Overview
- Summary
- The SS has become the most infamous military formation in history. From its diminutive origins in the 1920s as Hitler's personal bodyguard, by the late war years it grew to a sprawling organization of hundreds of thousands of men, with a field army (the Waffen-SS-Armed-SS) numbering nearly 40 divisions and huge corporate, racial, and political power in the Allgemeine-SS (General-SS). The activities of the SS ranged from the heroic to the horrific; from fighting extraordinary defensive battles on the Eastern and Western Fronts, to running the concentration and extermination camp systems, and providing personnel for the Einsatzgruppen murder squads in Eastern Europe.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Oxford : Osprey Publishing, 2013
©2013 - Locale
- Germany
- Contents
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Origins and evolution of the SS
The Allgemeine-SS and the Nazi police state
The Waffen-SS soldier
Days of victory
Turning fortunes
Diversification and destruction
Conclusion. - Notes
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"This work is a compilation of several Osprey books [by various authors]"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-367) and index.
Origins and evolution of the SS -- The Allgemeine-SS and the Nazi police state -- The Waffen-SS soldier -- Days of victory -- Turning fortunes -- Diversification and destruction -- Conclusion.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781782000884
1782000887 (hbk.) - Physical Description
- 400 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm
Keywords & Subjects
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- 2014-07-07 10:56:00
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