Waffen SS | War History

Lauri Törni: The Only SS Member to Be Buried At Arlington National Cemetery

Military portrait of Lauri Törni

Finland was in a strange place during the Second World War. At first, the nation hoped to stay out of the conflict. That became impossible…

New Gold Train? Group Claims Nazi Gold Discovery Worth Nearly $250 Million

Exterior of Seydlitz Palace

Treasure hunters have long been fascinated with locating the hidden gold and loot taken by the German Army and hidden across Eastern Europe during the…

Felix Steiner: The SS General Who Turned Against Hitler

The Waffen-SS was a German military division that aided in the Nazi party’s domination of Europe WWII. Initially consisting of soldiers with little-to-no military training,…

This Revisionist Neo-Nazi Lobby Shaped the Image of Waffen-SS After the War

From the end of the Second World War to this day, the way the public perceives the role of the infamous Waffen-SS, the armed wing…

Massacre in Oradour-sur-Glane: The Day The SS Wiped Out An Entire French Village

On December 9, 2014, a German court in Cologne dropped the multiple charges of murder and accessory to murder against an 88-year-old man named Werner…

MoH: Despite Serious Wounds, Paul Bolden Took Out 35 German SS Troops In The Bulge

To be clear, the number would have only been 20 had the German SS taken Bolden up on his act of mercy.  For after gunning…

When SS Troops Massacred Over 600 French Villagers in Oradour-sur-Glane

Many burnt our cars and other belongings can be seen to this day in Ordadour-sur-Glane On December 9, 2014, a German court in Cologne dropped…

Battle of ‘Schlos Itter’ – defended by the Americans and the Wehrmacht from the SS

Schlos Itter

Schloss Itter, defended by the Americans and the Wehrmacht from the SS [Via] The last days of the Second World War witnessed the most unlikely and…

WAFFEN-SS ON THE EASTERN FRONT – Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes
Eastern Front

It’s been a while since we’ve had something from this author to look at. You will recall he is a longstanding collector of German images,…