The Waffen-SS armored divisions fought in some of the largest and most destructive battles of World War II, from the Eastern ...

In the weeks before the Battle of Kursk, the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler prepared for what many believed would become Germany’s decisive offensive on the Eastern Front.

The term “Panzer” refers to a series of German tanks, the Panzer I through Panzer IV early in the war, followed by heavier combatants such as the Panther and Tiger Early Panzer IIIs carried 37–50mm ...