The Black Angels: A History of the Waffen-SS

By Rupert Butler

Book Overview

From the SS sprang a paramilitary force--a superbly trained machine in the face of war. This powerful spearhead was known as the "Waffen-SS. Its crack formations rolled back the Allied armies in Poland, Russia and France. By the end of the War it numbered over half a million men under arms--recruited from many different nationalities. This detailed history looks closely at both faces of the SS formations, and gives a vivid picture of the diabolical architects of the world's most terrible private army--Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312082983
• ISBN13: 9780312082987
• Release Date: January 1979
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.