SS-Leibstandarte: The History of the First SS Division 1933-1945
Rupert Butler - SS-Leibstandarte: The History of the First SS Division 1933-1945
Spellmount | 2001 | ISBN: 1862271178 | English | 192 pages | PDF | 75.88 MB
Spellmount | 2001 | ISBN: 1862271178 | English | 192 pages | PDF | 75.88 MB
An in-depth, highly illustrated, examination of the first Waffen-SS unit to be formed from its initial role as Hitler's bodyguard, through the battles it fought in France, the Eastern Front and Hungary. The book explores the background to the unit's formation, including its origins as the Fuhrer's bodyguard, the men it recruited, the key figures involved in the division, and its organisation. Illustrated with rare photographs, and with an authoritative text, SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler is a definitive history of one of Germany's top fighting units of World War II.