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Hitler's Samurai The Waffen SS in action PDF

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SS-Reichsführer Himmler watches a 7.5 cm Pak 40 demonstration by men of the Wiking Division in Russia, September/October 1942 (81/144/23A). The Waffen-SS in action © Bruce Quarrie and Patrick Stephens Ltd 1983 & 1984 Half title The German eagle presides over the Sigrunes and the SS motto (81/141/36). All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in Title spread PzKpfw VI Tiger of Das Reich at the time of any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photo- the battle of Kursk: note special divisional marking intro- copying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission duced for this operation (81/143/13 A). in writing from Patrick Stephens Limited. Page 6 A standard 7.92 mm Kar 98k fitted with aZF4 1st edition February 1983 telescopic sight (75/120/5A). Reprinted July 1983 2nd edition September 1984 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Quarrie, Bruce Hitler's samurai.—2nd rev. ed. 1. National sozialistische Deutsche Arbeiter-Partei. Waffenschutzstaffel —History I. Title 355'.00943 D757.85 ISBN 0-85059-723-4 Patrick Stephens Limited is part of the Thorsons Publishing Group. Photoset in 10 on 11 pt Garamond by Manuset Limited, Baldock. Herts. Printed in Great Britain on 115 gsm Fineblade coated cartridge by St Edmundsbury Press, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, and bound by The Garden City Press, Letchworth, Herts, for the publishers, Patrick Stephens Limited, Denington Estate, Wellingborough, Northants NN8 2QD, England. Contents Introduction 7 1. The recruits 9 2. Growth of the Waffen-SS 23 3. Uniforms and insignia 43 4. Weapons and equipment 68 5. The Waffen-SS at war 93 Appendices 153 1. The Britische Freikorps 2. Composition of a Waffen-SS Panzer Division, 1944 3. Fate of the foreign divisions Select bibliography 158 Index 159

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