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245 00 Hitler's elite : |bthe SS 1939-45 / |cedited by Chris McNab.
264  1 Oxford : |bOsprey Publishing, |c2013.
264  4  |c©2013
300    400 pages : |billustrations (some colour) ; |c25 cm
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
500    "This work is a compilation of several Osprey books [by various authors]"--Title page verso.
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 366-367) and index.
505 0  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.
520    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.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
610 20 Waffen-SS.
610 20 Allgemeine-SS.
610 20 Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. |bSchutzstaffel.
651  0 Germany |xArmed Forces |xHistory |yWorld War, 1939-1945.
700 1  McNab, Chris, |d1970- |eeditor.
852 0   |bstacks |hD757.85 |i.H58 2013