Any Waffen-SS book recommendations?

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Linlu
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Any Waffen-SS book recommendations?

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Post by Linlu » 09 Aug 2002, 15:26

Hi all,
Anybody from Canada (or USA) that can recommend some good Waffen-SS books? Can't find any good ones from Chapters.

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Post by Marcus » 09 Aug 2002, 15:41

Just out of curiosity, why don't you want recommendations from the member outside of Canada and the US?

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Post by Romulus » 09 Aug 2002, 15:54

They may not be in english Marcus...other than that i don't know.

check out some of these:
http://www.angelraybooks.com/waffenss/list.htm

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Post by Linlu » 09 Aug 2002, 16:31

Hi Marcus and all,

Romulus was right, since the members are from all over the world, the books might not be in English.

Also, the books printed in England, or elsewhere, might not be available in Canada. I have never bought anything on the internet before (don't trust online shopping enough yet :mrgreen: ).

Well, thanks for the website, I could use it to browse for potential books to buy. :D

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Post by Marcus » 09 Aug 2002, 16:41

linluz,

A better approach would be to ask for books available in Canada or book available in english, instead of limiting yourself to suggestions from US or Canadian member.
Just my opinion of course.

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Post by Mark C. Yerger » 09 Aug 2002, 17:56

A wide topic, for a list need to narrow the area wanted.

Mark

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Post by Benoit Douville » 09 Aug 2002, 19:46

Linluz,

I have two amazing books on the Waffen SS that i bought here in Canada in downtown Montreal.

-WAFFEN-SS / Hitler's Black Guard at War by Christopher Ailsby

-SS-DAS REICH / The History of the second SS division 1941-45 by Gregory L. Mattson

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#8

Post by Linlu » 09 Aug 2002, 20:09

Greetings Everyone!

Thanks for the book recommendations! 8)

I am most interested in campaigns involving the Waffen-SS and the atrocities they committed. Also unit histories, but they are very hard to find in a book store (if there is any at all).

- Linlu :mrgreen:

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Post by Erich » 09 Aug 2002, 23:00

Just a thought, but if you are really interested in the W-SS divisional histories let me mention a gentleman that responded to your post. Mr. Mark Yerger. Write him privately for information on his Das Reich volumes and his other W-SS histories and his new book on DK winners. You will not be dissappointed, they are some of the best written.......

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Post by JohnRayTaylor » 10 Aug 2002, 08:55

I just finished (Soldiers of Destruction The SS Death's Head Division 1933-1945 by Charles W. Sydnor, J.R.) . I found it to be a good book to read.
JohnRayTaylor

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Post by Linlu » 10 Aug 2002, 15:08

Thanks all!

- Linlu :mrgreen:

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Post by Brannik » 09 Sep 2002, 00:30

Hey Linlu,
the best I have read so far,it is available in the US and ( it was originally written in english,I do not know if it has been translated)it is called
"Beyond Monsters and Clowns" by Karl H. Theile.
I read it a couple of moths ago and I am still sad to have finished it,it's THAT good :(
Regards

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Post by Lawrence Tandy » 10 Sep 2002, 15:19

Das Riech, by James Lucas. Bought it at chapters last year.

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Post by Lawrence Tandy » 10 Sep 2002, 15:20

Oh yeah, and steel inferno by Michael Reynolds is also very very good.

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Post by HPL2008 » 18 Sep 2002, 17:03

Some more recommendations:

- "Soldiers of Destruction" by Charles Sydnor, already mentioned in JohnRay Taylor's post. Very good divisional history of the Totenkopf-Division, includes biographical info on Theodor Eicke and interesting information about the division's early days and the connections between the Waffen-SS and the concentration camp system. Very well written and even entertaining, too.

- "The Cruel Hunters" by French L. MacLean about the most notorious Waffen-SS formation, Oskar Dirlewanger's Sonderkommando. Sometimes a bit dry for my taste, but thoroughly researched and informative and still the best book about this subject.

- "Hitler's Gladiator" by Charles Messenger. Good biography of Sepp Dietrich with info about the Leibstandarte's history, too. Some interesting and rarely-seen photographs as well.

"Riding East" by Mark Yerger, about the SS Cavalry Brigade. Beautifully made, very informative, illustrated with interesting b/w photographs throughout.

- "Renegades" by Adrian Weale. Not a book about the Waffen-SS per se, but rather about British traitors in World War II. However, it includes excellent info on the "British Free Corps" of the Waffen-SS. I've always found this unit very interesting, although or maybe because it was so totally obscure.

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