The Waffen SS: Hitler's Foreign Legion

Name: The Waffen SS: Hitler's Foreign Legion
Released: 2012-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · War & Military

This series provides a powerfully insightful new look at the ferocious foreign fighters who swelled the ranks of the SS.

2012 · 43m

EPISODE 1

Schutzstaffel

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.
EPISODE 2

Lightening War

The Waffen SS is integrated into the German Army.
EPISODE 3

Teutonic Knights

In June 1941, Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, and all the Waffen-SS formations were involved.
EPISODE 4

Winter Krieg

German troops face unbearable conditions in Russia.
EPISODE 5

Citadel

Operation Citadel was the last great German push against Russia during WWII.
EPISODE 6

Receding Tides

A look into the recruitment process for the Waffen SS.