The Waffen_SS armed force belonged to Hitler's personal bodyguard, they were expanded as a fourth branch of the Wehrmacht and became regarded as the tough elite of the German armed forces. Known as Hitler's 'Asphalt Soldiers' they fought on all the main battle-fronts, but most notably in the East against the Soviet Union and in Normandy following 'Overlord'. By the war's end the Waffen-SS could boast almost forty field divisions manned by nearly one million troops. The organization is described as âequipment, tactics and personalities of the Waffen-SS in the Second World Warâ. A chronology outlines the major events in the history of the Waffen-SS from the founding of its forerunner, the SS-Verfugungstruppe, until May 1945 in the introduction. The handbook is illustrated with a rich selection of charts and maps, all from the private collection of Hagur, digitally gathered since 1998 up to 2003 from the time he became interested in the European World War, having at the time met Mike Steele (nickname Metal), White Power in Antwerp, exactly on his birthday November 18, 1998.