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Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
An examination of Flemish soldiers' motivation to answer Himmler's call to arms Illustrated with rare photographs, many previously unpublished, and with close analysis of the key figures such as Flemish Knight's Cross winner Remy Schrijnen, this is a fascinating study of fanatical courage. By the end of World War II there were soldiers of more than 30 nationalities fighting in the 38 combat division of the Waffen SS; Reich Germans were in the minority....
Author
Series
Hitler's legions volume 1
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The divisions of the Waffen-SS were among the elite of Hitler's armies in World War II, alongside the Germans in the Waffen-SS fought an astonishingly high number of volunteers from other countries. By the end of World War II, these foreign volunteers comprised half of all Hitler's Waffen-SS, and filled the ranks of more than 24 of the nominal 38 Waffen-SS divisions. So during the most brutal war that mankind has ever known hundreds of thousands of...
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Nazi Germany's assault on the Soviet Union in the summer of 1941, Operation Barbarossa, was the largest invasion in history. Almost 3.5 million men smashed into Stalin's Red Army, reaching the gates of Leningrad, Moscow, and Sevastopol. But not all of this vast army was German; indeed by the summer of 1942 over 500,000 were Romanians, Italians, Hungarians, Slovaks, and Croatians - Hitler's Axis allies. As part of the German offensive that year, more...
Author
Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The story of tens of thousands of Muslims from as far away as India who volunteered to wear the SS double lightning flashes and serve alongside their erstwhile conquerors As the West finds itself embroiled in conflict with radical Islam, it is fascinating to hear the echoes of militant Islam from World War II. This history gives insight into the prewar politics that inspired these Islamic volunteers, who for the most part did not survive. Those who...
Author
Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
The first book to cover all the Scandinavians who served in Hitler's feared Waffen-SS right until the end in Berlin Based in part on interviews with surviving veterans, this history details the battles the Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish men of the Waffen-SS fought, and what inspired them to join. The Nazis' dream of a world dominated by legions of Aryan "supermen," forged in battle and absolutely loyal to Adolf Hitler, was epitomized by the...
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