The Waffen SS: Hitler's Foreign Legion

From 1929 until the regime's collapse in 1945, the SS was the foremost agency of security, surveillance, and terror within Germany and German-occupied Europe.

The Waffen SS is integrated into the German Army.

In June 1941, Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, and all the Waffen-SS formations were involved.

German troops face unbearable conditions in Russia.

Operation Citadel was the last great German push against Russia during WWII.

A look into the recruitment process for the Waffen SS.