Download or read book Waffen-SS Handbook written by Gordon Williamson and published by Sutton Publishing. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originating in Hitler's personal bodyguard, the Waffen-SS (armed SS) was expanded as a fourth branch of the Wehrmacht and became regarded as the tough elite of the German armed forces. Known as Hitler's Asphalt Soldiers they fought on all the main battle-fronts. This is an illlustrated history.