Hitler's Samurai The Waffen SS in action

169 Pages·1984·89.33 MB·English

by  Bruce Quarrie

SS-Reichsführer Himmler watches
a 7.5 cm Pak 40 demonstration
by men of the Wiking Division in
Russia, September/October 1942
(81/144/23A).

The Waffen-SS in action

© Bruce Quarrie and Patrick Stephens Ltd 1983 & 1984 Half title The German eagle presides over the Sigrunes
and the SS motto (81/141/36).
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in Title spread PzKpfw VI Tiger of Das Reich at the time of
any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo- the battle of Kursk: note special divisional marking intro-
copying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission duced for this operation (81/143/13 A).
in writing from Patrick Stephens Limited.
Page 6 A standard 7.92 mm Kar 98k fitted with aZF4
1st edition February 1983 telescopic sight (75/120/5A).
Reprinted July 1983
2nd edition September 1984
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Quarrie, Bruce
Hitler's samurai.—2nd rev. ed.
1. National sozialistische Deutsche
Arbeiter-Partei. Waffenschutzstaffel
—History
I. Title
355'.00943 D757.85
ISBN 0-85059-723-4
Patrick Stephens Limited is part of
the Thorsons Publishing Group.
Photoset in 10 on 11 pt Garamond
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Printed in Great Britain on 115 gsm Fineblade
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Northants NN8 2QD, England.
Contents
Introduction 7
1. The recruits 9
2. Growth of the Waffen-SS 23
3. Uniforms and insignia 43
4. Weapons and equipment 68
5. The Waffen-SS at war 93
Appendices 153
1. The Britische Freikorps
2. Composition of a Waffen-SS Panzer Division, 1944
3. Fate of the foreign divisions
Select bibliography 158
Index 159