The SS troops are traditionally considered the elite of the armed forces of the Third Reich. Despite this, there are many dark spots and unexplored moments i...

The 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitler Youth" is, without exaggeration, one of the most legendary divisions of the German army during the Second World War. Mann...

The 10th SS Panzer Division "Frundsberg" was one of the elite SS divisions. Particular interest in it arose after Nobel laureate writer Günter Grass unexpect...

Talking about the history of the SS troops, most researchers mention primarily elite formations, forgetting at the same time that a significant number of SS ...

There has never been a book like this! This is the first serious study of the service of Volksdeutsche (ethnic Germans who lived in other countries, includin...

In the first half of 1944, the Red Army made two attempts to capture an important transport hub - the Volyn city of Kovel. Both offensives ended in failure, ...

After the defeat and death of Paulus's 6th Army in Stalingrad, the German command made titanic efforts to regain the lost strategic initiative. At the beginn...

The experience of the Second World War shows that the officer corps of the SS troops proved to be one of the most effective among the armies of the warring p...