VOLUME SS-NS4ATVM JHL JO AYOLSIH GNY NOILVZINVDUO ‘SWYOSsINN Ey % oye —— ROGER Jo Ads ie se and s. Se Aue ZN e VNR vUNIFORMS, ORGANIZATION AND HISTORY WAFFEN-§f ROGER JAMES BENDER AND HUGH PAGE TAYLORFirst Printing, June 1971 Second Printing, January 1975 ‘Third Printing, June 1979 Fourth Printing, May 1986 copyricht@1971 By ROGER JAMES BENDER ‘AND HUGH PAGE TAYLOR ISBN No. 0.912138-03-3 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DESIGNED AND ILLUSTRATED BY. ROGER JAMES BENDER ALL RIGHTS RESERVE! R_PARTS THEREO! MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN ANY FORM WITHOUT PERMIS: SION OF THE AUTHORS. R. JAMES BENDER PUBLISHING P.O. Box 23456, San Jose, Calif. 95153 Contents Introduction .........0.00200+ Control of the Waffen-SS . ‘The SS Main Office. . : The SS Main Operational Office . eas Field Headquarters of the SS Reich Leader ..... ‘The SS High Command..........++ ‘The SS Economic & Administrative Main Office . ‘The SS Personnel Main Office.......+ ‘The SS Race & Resettlement Main Office .. Recruitment for the Waffen-SS .. ‘Training of the Waffen-SS. . Waffen-SS Replacement. ... Control of the Waifen-SS as a Military Force SS Army Groups & Army... x army Group "Stelner! -++eseseee Army Group "Schérner" ..., Army Group "Upper Rhine”. ‘Army Group "Vistula" . 6th SS Armoured Army .. SSCOFPS .sssseseesssseeseee Ist SS Armoured Corps ..+.. Ind $$ Armoured Corps .. Mird (Germanic) $8 Armoured Corps « IVth SS Armoured Corps . satis g Vth SS Volunteer Mountain Corps Vith (Latvian) SS Volunteer Army Corps .. Vilth SS Armoured Corps . VIith SS Cavalry Corps.. IXth Croat Non-Germanic Mountain Corps of the SS.... Xth SS Army Corps. Xith SS Armoured Corps «+ Xilth SS Army Corps . XMlIth SS Army Corps . XIVth SS Army Corps + 8 Hs XVth Cossack Cavalry Corps se... esses ee XVth SS Army Corps XVIth SS Army Corps.- XVIith SS Army Corps . XVIIth SS Army Corps Arbitrary Sequence adopted for Army & Corps ‘Troops......+++ a Introduction to the Waffen-SS Divisions. 1. SS-Panzer-Division "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler: 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich”... 3. SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf" . 4. SS-Polizei-Panzer-Grenadier-Division . 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking". 6. SS-Gebirgs-Division "Nord" Appendix (corrections and additions Bibliography --