They led Hitler’s deadliest offensives—armed with Tigers, Panthers, and unflinching obedience. At Kursk, the Waffen SS spearheaded the largest tank battle in history. But what followed was the ...

RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Over a thousand Latvians on Saturday commemorated Nazi-allied World War II soldiers while police used force to prevent violence from erupting between participants and ethnic ...

Nearly 80,000 Jews, or 90 percent of Latvia’s prewar Jewish population, were killed in 1941-42, or before the formation of the Latvian Waffen SS units. This, claim many Latvians, shows the unit ...