Was every member of the Waffen SS necessarily a member of the Nazi party ie was party membership a prerequisite for joining? Many thanks Clint
Re. SS Panzer Grenadier Regiment 26 Links : 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Wikipedia III. Bataillon, SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 26,...
I was at a 1940's war time experience weekend which is held each year in Leeds West Yorkshire. I happened to notice that a reenactor was wearing...
Hi everyone I'm looking for sources of information on this unit. Particularly war diaries if available. My father's story: I believe my father...
Hi everyone Suggested from your sister site that I register on here. I'm the son of an ex-pat Latvian who served in the Waffen SS 15th Grenadier...
I am helping the family of Rifleman John Woodward to learn about their relative. At the moment the family know very little outside of the way he...
Saw this in the IWM collection. At first it looks like the Waffen-SS were issued with warm snug tartan blankets, that is until you read the text...
I wondered if anyone else had come across this, flicking through material tends to be rather fruitless and online searches even less so....
Spotted by GERArmyResearch Subtitled. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypwkXTcwwrw
Thought I'd post this in 1940 (mods please move if appropriate) Bert Evans D Coy 2nd Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment has died, age 92 The funeral...
Hello I have recently got my grandfathers service records and am trying to identify a unit listed...2.Kompanie/SS-Ersatz-Battalion 6. Does...
Okay guys I am new to the forum but I had to post what I found last week in an attic here in my home town. I am a heating tech and I was putting a...
Does anyone know the PT to the Waffen-SS? Such as pushups and such?
Waffen-SS Kriegsberichter Photograph Collection I am offering two DVDs with digital images from the US National Archives' SS-Kriegsberichter...
Cable TV history programs join 'Waffen SS' and 'elite' into a single phrase. Were they elite, whatever that means?. I haven't been able to find...
Hi all, nearly finished a new book called 'Blood Lands' by an historian educated at the University of Oxford and currently Professor of History at...
what were the differences between the standard waffen SS and those who gaurded the camps such as uniforms weapons, cuff titles etc??
Thought provoked by a throwaway little comment in a Ken Tout book that they were 'hated by their own side'. Interested in any contemporary quotes...
first three Waffen SS divisions who were probably the best the Waffen SS had to offer?
Hello all Would the Mods redirect this post if it is in the wrong category.:) I have been given a beautifully framed set of medals and other...
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