By Gordon Williamson, Stephen Andrew
Regardless of being disdained by means of the German Army’s specialist officer corps, the army department of the Nazi SS safety organization grew from an preliminary energy of just a handful of battalions on the outbreak of World conflict II in 1939, to millions of troops in dozens of divisions. The battlefield attractiveness of the finest armoured and mechanised divisions might develop into moment to none; lavishly outfitted and considered as completely trustworthy, they have been thrown into many determined battles on either Western and jap fronts, usually reaching amazing effects. Illustrated with infrequent photos, this primary of 4 Men-at-Arms titles information the corporation, uniforms and insignia of the Waffen-SS.
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Com An SS-Unterscharführer from the Polizei Division. Note the Police cap and the Army-style Litzen collar patches. Only the visible wingtip of his SS sleeve eagle at bottom right indicates his membership of the division. collars, but in May 1940 the left-hand insignia were replaced by the standard rank patches. Cuffbands A divisional band with the title ‘Totenkopf’ in Latin script was introduced in 1942, and manufactured in machine-embroidered, flat-wire woven and BeVo woven forms. Regimental: ‘Thule’ SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 5 wore this title in Latin script, flat-woven in aluminium wire.
In November the division was further upgraded to the status of a Panzer division, though it was still relatively weak. Nevertheless, during these battles the Soviets lost over 300 tanks and 5,000 prisoners. Renewed Soviet assaults saw Totenkopf once again thrown into the breach, and on 18 November the division began a threeday battle during which they destroyed almost 250 more tanks. After a few days of quiet yet another Soviet assault was launched and once again held. Despite losses of 20 to 25 per cent of its strength in these battles, Totenkopf once again blunted a further Soviet attack in the area in December 1943, before being moved to Kirovograd.
Nordische Division Nr. ) 20 December 1940 SS-Division Wiking 9 November 1942 SS-Panzergrenadier Division Wiking February 1944 5. com Commanders Dec 1940–May 1943 SS-Obergruppen-führer Felix Steiner; May 1943–Aug 1944 SS-Obergruppenführer Herbert Gille; Aug 1944 SS-Oberführer Dr Eduard Deisenhofer; Aug–Oct 1944 SS-Standartenführer Johannes Mühlenkamp; Oct 1944–May 1945 SS-Oberführer Karl Ullrich. Gille photographed when an SS-Oberführer and commander of the artillery regiment of the Wiking Division.