The Waffen-SS (4): 24. to 38. Divisions, & Volunteer LegionsIn 1944–45 the Waffen-SS formed many nominal 'divisions' from a motley range of sources, whose battlefield value was as varied as their backgrounds. The best were built around existing Western European volunteer regiments; some, raised from Central Europeans and Russians, were strong in numbers but weak in morale; some were of negligible size, scraped together from remnants and trainees; and some were sinister 'anti-partisan' gangs, assembled from the military dregs of the Eastern Front. Illustrated with rare photographs from private collections and meticulous colour artwork, this final title in our sequence details their organisation, uniforms and insignia, and summarises their battle records. |
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26 WAFFEN GRENADIER DIVISION DER SS ungarische Nr2 | 6 |
27 SSFREIWILLIGEN GRENADIER DIVISION LANGEMARCK 3 flamische Nr1 | 7 |
28 SSFREIWILLIGEN GRENADIER DIVISION WALLONIEN | 11 |
32 SSFREIWILLIGEN GRENADIER DIVISION 30 JANUAR7 | 23 |
34 SSFREIWILLIGEN DIVISION LANDSTORM NEDERLAND | 34 |
35 SS und POLIZEI GRENADIER DIVISION | 35 |
36 WAFFEN GRENADIER DIVISION DER SS | 36 |
37 SSFREIWILLIGEN KAVALLERIE DIVISION LÜTZOW | 39 |
38 SSGRENADIER DIVISION NIBELUNGEN | 40 |
THE PLATES | 43 |
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29 WAFFEN GRENADIER DIVISION DER SS russische Nr1 | 15 |
29 WAFFEN GRENADIER DIVISION DER SS italienische Nr1 | 17 |
30 WAFFEN GRENADIER DIVISION DER SS russische Nr2 | 20 |
31 SSFREIWILLIGEN GRENADIER DIVISION | 21 |
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Common terms and phrases
1945 SS-Oberführer 1945 SS-Standartenführer Abteilung 32 Allgemeine-SS Altdamm anti-partisan operations April August badge Bataillon battalion BeVo machine-woven Brigadeführer camouflage Campaigns Charlemagne combat cuffband Debica Dirlewanger Dirlewanger's Division der SS divisional Eastern Front Edelweiss February Flemish formation Freikorps Gottlob Berger hand collar patch Himmler Hungarian Hunyadi infantry insignia Collar patches Iron Cross Josef Charita June Kaminski Kaminski Brigade Kampfgruppe Karstjäger Knight's Cross Landstorm Nederland Langemarck Léon Degrelle machine-embroidered manufactured March Men-at-Arms national armshield Neuhammer Nordland November numbers Oberführer Operation Bagration Panzerjäger partisans personnel photographic evidence Pomerania Principal elements recruitment Red Army Regiment der SS Regt right hand collar Russian sleeve eagle Soviet Special insignia Collar SS Charlemagne SS italienische Nr.1 SS russische SS-Division SS-Freiwilligen Grenadier Division SS-Freiwilligen Grenadier Regiment SS-Freiwilligen Sturmbrigade SS-Inf SS-Ogruf SS-Panzer SS-Rottenführer SS-runes SS-Sturmbrigade RONA surrender uniform unit Volksdeutsche volunteers Waffen Grenadier Division Waffen Grenadier Regiment Waffen-SS Wallonie Wallonien Walloon wears worn