Ss-Hitlerjugend

by Butler, Rupert

• ISBN13: 9781932033083
• ISBN10: 1932033084
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Casemate Pub & Book Dist Llc

Summary

The divisions of the Waffen-SS were the elite of Hitler's armies in World War II. SS-Hitlerjugend, the latest volume in a series of books on the divisions of the Waffen-SS, is an in-depth examination of the unit formed in 1943 from veterans of the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Division and members of the Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) organization. The majority of the recruits were 17-year-old volunteers (born in 1926) who were fanatically devoted to the Nazi cause, and to Hitler personally. The book explores the background to the unit's formation, the type of young men it recruited, the key figures involved in the division, and its organization. It also looks at the uniforms and insignia that members of the division wore to distinguish themselves on the battlefield.

Author Biography

Rupert Butler is an author and journalist who specializes in historical narratives on the origins of the Third Reich and on World War II. A contributor to many international newspapers and magazines, he is the author of a numbr of books, Rupert Butler lives in London, UK.

Table of Contents

Beginnings	6	(24)
Training	30	(18)
Organization	48	(16)
Normandy	64	(22)
Falaise	86	(20)
Ardennes	106	(26)
Hungary	132	(24)
Key Figures	156	(28)
Appendices	184	(6)
Index	190