The Waffen SS: Hitler's Elite Guard at War, 1939–1945

Just Another Book Diary (2023) (176 books items)

"25.6. A classic study on the controversial matter. Waffen SS was never officially part of the German army, but Hitler's private guard with its own laws and logic. At first it was meant to be racially superior and politically indoctrinated group of elite soldiers, but as the time passed and the nazis failed to gain any results they started hiring and forcing non-German men to join the ranks. At the end of the war the majority of the guard were foreign born with very little to do with the origina"