The Waffen-SS, as an elite combat force, was a phenomenon of World War II - all 600,000 of them. This book comprises over 210 photographs featuring the combat SS units, including the SS-VT and the early 'German' Waffen SS regiments, together with many of the West and East European Volunteer Units arranged in order of the theatres and campaigns in which the Waffen-SS fought. The photographs are specially selected to show SS troops under combat conditions, as well as at important functions, such as parades and march pasts, and in training. The author is an established and respected military writer and a leading authority on badges and insignia, whose thorough knowledge of the German soldier illuminates this collection.
