3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf
Campiagns of the 3rd SS tank division Totenkopf (Part II: from 1943 to 1945). Back to Part I: SS-Totenkopf-Division 1939-42. Russia 1943 Kursk tank battle and the Donez Basin The …
Waffen-SS
Waffen-SS divisions 33-38
Order of Battle Waffen-SS divisions 33 (3rd Hungarian) – 38 (Nibelungen). Several of this last nominal ‘divisions’ of the Waffen-SS fielded no more than a few hundred ill-equipped men scrambled …
Waffen-SS Uniforms
Uniforms, ranks, rank badges and special insignias of foreign volunteers and formations of the Waffen-SS during the Second World War. Uniforms of the Waffen-SS The prewar uniform of the SS …
Waffen-SS Crimes
Myths about the Waffen-SS (Part II). Crimes of the Waffen-SS: Einsatzgruppen (special task forces), concentration camp guards and war crimes. Here to Part I: Waffen-SS Myths. Myths of the Waffen-SS …
9th SS Hohenstaufen from Arnhem to the end
Campaigns of the 9th SS-Panzer Division Hohenstaufen (Part II). From Arnhem, in the Ardennes and to Hungary to the end of the war. To Part I: 9th SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen. Arnhem …
Waffen-SS divisions 1-3
Order of Battle Waffen-SS divisions 1 – 3 (LAH, Reich, Totenkopf). Between early 1943 and until the end of World War II the ‘Order of Battle’ of the Waffen-SS rose …
Waffen-SS divisions 13-19
13 Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS Handschar, 14 Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (1st Ukrainian), 15 Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (1st Latvian), 16 SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division Reichsführer-SS, 17 SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division Götz von Berlichingen, 18 SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division Horst Wessel, 19 …
2nd SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich
Operations of the 2nd SS-Panzer-Division Das Reich 1943-45 (Part II). Here to Part I: Creation and Campaigns of the SS-Verfuegungsdivision (later Reich) from 1939 to 1942. Russia 1943 After its …
Waffen-SS divisions 4-6
Order of Battle Waffen-SS divisions 4 – 6 (4 SS-Polizei-Panzer-Grenadier-Division, 5 SS-Panzer-Division Wiking (W), 6 SS-Gebirgs-Division Nord). The Waffen-SS divisions 4 to 6. 4 SS-Polizei-Panzer-Grenadier-Division Raised (as division) October 1940 …
Waffen-SS
The Waffen-SS – origin, formation, war crimes, combat performance and strength of Hitler’s elite fighters of the Third Reich 1933 to 1945. History of the Waffen-SS. Creation of the Waffen-SS …
LSSAH Campaigns
1. SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte-SS-Adolf Hitler (Part II) The campaigns of the LSSAH: ‘Anschluss’ of Rhineland and Austria, Polish and Balkans campaign 1938-1941, in Russia 1941-1943, Italy 1943, Russia 1943-1944, Western Front …
5th SS Panzer division Wiking
Creation and Campaigns of the 5th SS Panzer division Wiking. Designations, commanders, creation, Russia 1941, Caucasus 1942-43, Eastern Front 1944 and Hungary 1945. The Wiking-Division was the first foreign volunteer …
9th SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen
Creation and Campaigns of the 9th SS-Panzer-Division Hohenstaufen. Designations, commanders, formation in 1943, first action Russia in spring 1944 and in Normandy from June. The history of the 9th SS-Panzer-Division …
12th SS Panzer Division Hitler Youth
Creation and Campaigns of the 12th SS Panzer division Hitler Youth. Designations, commanders, insignia, organization, in Normandy 1944, Battle of the Bulge and in Hungary 1945. The history of the …
Waffen-SS Myths
Myths about the Waffen-SS (Part I). Disproportionately high losses, poorer leadership and better and more equipment and weapons in the Waffen-SS. Myths of the Waffen-SS Disproportionately high losses in the …
