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Informationen zum Autor Gordon Williamson is a retired civil servant who spent several years working for the Royal Military Police (TA). He has written over 60 military books, including a number of titles for Osprey: ELI 183 U-boat Tactics in World War II, MAA 434 World War II German Police Units etc. Amongst his primary interests are the German Navy in World War II, U-Boats, and the Military Police forces of the Allied and Axis armies. He lives near Edinburgh in Scotland. Klappentext The Waffen-SS grew from a handful of obscure infantry battalions in 1939, to a force of more than 30 divisions by the end of World War II, including units of every type and every level of battlefield value. The mid-war divisions covered in this third title represent that range, from some of the most effective German and Western European volunteer formations - e.g. the 12. SS-Pz Div 'Hitlerjugend', and the Scandinavians and Dutchmen of the 11. 'Nordland' and 23. 'Nederland' divisions - to the Bosnian Muslims of the anti-partisan 13. 'Handschar' Division. Illustrated with rare photographs from private collections and meticulous colour artwork, the text details their organization, uniforms and insignia, and summarizes their battle records. Zusammenfassung In the early 1920s, a tiny group was formed within the SA to serve as Hitler's personal bodyguard. Originally labelled the 'Stosstruppe Adolf Hitler,' they later became known as the SS - Schutz Staffeln. From these humble beginnings, the SS rose to the strength of 38 divisions of over 800,000 men by 1945. Inhaltsverzeichnis Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier Division 'Nordland' · Panzer Division 'Hitlerjugend' · Waffen Grenadier Division der SS · Waffen Grenadier Division der SS · Panzergrenadier Division 'Reichsfuhrer-SS' · SS Panzergrenadier Division 'Gotz von Berlichingen' · SS Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier Division 'Horst Wessel' · Waffen Grenadier Division der SS · Waffen Grenadier Division der SS · Freiwilligen Kavallerie Division 'Maria Theresia' · Waffen Gebirgs Division der SS 'Kama'...
