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Waffen SS - Hitler's Elite Guard at War - 1939-1945

By: Cornell University Press

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Reference Books (Cornell University Press)

Last Stocked on 5/20/2024

Product Info

Title
Waffen SS - Hitler's Elite Guard at War - 1939-1945
Category
Publish Year
1984
Pages
366
Dimensions
6x9x1"
NKG Part #
2148008857
Type
Softcover

Description

This landmark study, first published by Cornell University Press in 1966, shows how Hitler's elite army grew from a praetorian guard of barely 28,000 men at the beginning of the Second World War to a combat-hardened army of more than 500,000 in 1945. George H. Stein examines in detail the structure and organization of the Waffen SS and describes the rigid personnel selection and intensive physical, military, and ideological training that helped to create the tough and dedicated cadre around which the larger force of the later war years was built.