Description
| Product ID: | 9780306824654 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | Waffen-SS |
| Subtitle: | Hitler's Army at War |
| Authors: | Author: Adrian Gilbert |
| Page Count: | 512 |
| Subjects: | European history, European history, History, Second World War, Land forces and warfare, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, Second World War, Land forces & warfare, Germany, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating From an award-winning and bestselling historian, the first comprehensive military history in over fifty years of Hitler's famous and infamous personal army: the Waffen-SS The Waffen-SS was one of the most feared combat organizations of the twentieth century. Originally formed as a protection squad for Adolf Hitler it became the military wing of Heinrich Himmler''s SS and a key part of the Nazi state, with nearly 900,000 men passing through its ranks. The Waffen-SS played a crucial role in furthering the aims of the Third Reich which made its soldiers Hitler''s political operatives. During its short history, the elite military divisions of the Waffen-SS acquired a reputation for excellence, but their famous battlefield record of success was matched by their repeated and infamous atrocities against both soldiers and civilians. |
| Imprint Name: | Da Capo Press Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Hachette Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-07-25 |
