Waffen-SS

From Turtledove

The Waffen-SS was the combat arm of the SS. The Waffen-SS was a group of combat units composed of volunteer troops, with its members partially having strong personal commitments to Nazi ideology and also partially selected on a racial basis.

[edit] Waffen-SS in The Man With the Iron Heart

Well known for its brutal nature, many members of the postwar German Freedom Front had been members of the Waffen-SS , including its second leader, Standartenfuehrer Joachim Peiper.