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Admired, feared, or resented: How German generals judged the Waffen-SS

Senior German commanders held sharply divided views of the Waffen‑SS, weighing battlefield performance against ideology and ...
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When Americans, Germans and POWs fought the SS from the walls of a castle

80 years ago, on May 5, 1945, the strangest fight in World War II took place. American soldiers and Wehrmacht troops teamed up to fight the SS. By Nicholas Slayton Published May 5, 2025 12:31 PM EDT ...
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Former SS guard of Nazi camp, 92, to go on trial in Germany

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BERLIN (AP) — A 92-year-old former SS ...
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Forging the Elite: Waffen SS' First Bloody Battles of WWII

The Waffen SS, one of Nazi Germany’s most infamous military units, faced its first test in combat during the early stages of World War II. From the invasion of Poland in 1939 to the lightning-fast ...