The Waffen-SS Part 2

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 military branch of the Nazi SS security organisation grew by the end of World War II from a handful of poorly regarded infantry battalions in 1939, into a force of more than 30 divisions including units of every type. Their battlefield reputation varied widely, from the premier armoured divisions which formed Germany's utterly reliable spearheads on both main fronts, to low quality 'anti-partisan' units. The divisions covered in this second of four titles include the first mountain and cavalry units, and two of the remarkable new Panzer divisions raised in the great 1943 expansion. Illustrated with rare photographs from private collections, the text details their organisation, uniforms and insignia, and summarises their battle record. Zusammenfassung The military branch of the Nazi SS security organisation grew by the end of World War II from a handful of poorly regarded infantry battalions in 1939, into a force of more than 30 divisions including units of every type. This text details their organisation, uniforms and insignia and their battle record. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 6. SS-Gebirgs-Division 'Nord' 7. SS-Freiwilligen Gebirgs Division 'Prinz Eugen' 8. SS-Kavallerie Division 'Florian Geyer' 9. SS-Panzer Division 'Hohenstaufen' 10. SS-Panzer Division 'Frundsberg' The Plates Index

Product details

• Authors: Gordon Williamson, Williamson Gordon
• Assisted by: Stephen Andrew (Illustration), Andrew Stephen (Illustration)
• Publisher: Osprey Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.03.2004
• EAN: 9781841765907
• ISBN: 978-1-84176-590-7
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 250 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Man at Arms; Men-at-Arms; Men-At-Arms (Osprey); Men-at-Arms; Men-At-Arms (Osprey); Man at Arms
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; HISTORY / Europe / Germany, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Military / Special Forces, HISTORY / Military / Pictorial, Warfare & defence, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Special & elite forces, Special and elite forces, Military life & institutions, Land forces & warfare, Military institutions, Land forces and warfare, History / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / European Theater, HISTORY / Military / Land Forces