Trang, Charles

The Waffen-SS is one of the most curious subjects in military history. From a small, highly elitist Praetorian Guard, representing Germanic concepts of "racial purity," it ended up draining about a million increasingly eclectic fighters whose military quality ranged from elite to the largest to (...)

The Wiking division was the only armoured SS division to fight exclusively on the Eastern Front.It is true that it was partly composed of Flemish, Dutch and Scandinavian volunteers whose primary motivation for most of them , was to fight against Bolshevism.It would have been a political mistake to (...)

This second illustrated volume on the history and battles of the 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking" covers the period from May 1942 to April 1943. Formations of war volunteers from the Netherlands or Scandinavian countries formed a significant part of this elite division. The unit was deployed (...)

The Wiking Division was the only SS armored division exclusively to fight on the Eastern Front. True, it was partly composed of volunteers Flemish, Dutch and Scandinavian whose primary motivation - most of them - was to fight against Bolshevism. It fought with an energy never wavered even if the (...)