Feared, superbly well trained and ruthlessly dedicated to realizing their Fuhrer's monstrous dream of German world superiority, the Waffen-SS looms large in military histories of the 20th century's most harrowing conflict. However, what most of these accounts fail to mention is that, by war's end, more than half of these elite commandos were not even German. This film provides a powerfully insightful new look at the ferocious 'foreign fighters' who swelled the ranks of the SS.
The Waffen SS – Hitler’s Foreign Legion – Episode 1: Schutzstaffel
2012
From 1929 until the regime's collapse in 1945, the SS was the foremost agency of security, surveillance, and terror within Germany and German-occupied…
The Waffen SS – Hitler’s Foreign Legion – Episode 2: Lightening War
2012
The Waffen SS is integrated into the German Army.
The Waffen SS – Hitler’s Foreign Legion – Episode 3: Teutonic Knights
2012
In June 1941, Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, and all the Waffen-SS formations were involved.
The Waffen SS – Hitler’s Foreign Legion – Episode 4: Winter Krieg
2012
German troops face unbearable conditions in Russia.
The Waffen SS – Hitler’s Foreign Legion – Episode 5: Citadel
2012
Operation Citadel was the last great German push against Russia during WWII.
The Waffen SS – Hitler’s Foreign Legion – Episode 6: Receding Tides
2012
A look into the recruitment process for the Waffen SS.
The Waffen SS – Hitler’s Foreign Legion – Episode 7: Witch’s Cauldron
2012
In September 1944, after the victorious end of the Normandy campaign, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery devised a daring operation to open the way to the…
The Waffen SS – Hitler’s Foreign Legion – Episode 8: Downfall
2012
The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II.