GERMANIC VOLUNTEERS IN THE WAFFEN SS (Eng Subs)

German Army firing heavy artillery guns, German tanks, German Heer troops using flamethrowers, and German troops advancing. Shows many battlefield explosions. German soldier throws hand grenade. VS of German Stuka dive bombers, CU of Stuka dive bomber in flight. VS of German artillery firing. LS, supplies are parachuted to German troops on outskirts of burning town. Scenes of burning and destroyed buildings in unknown village or town. CU of a blazing building.

VS, of rural districts (areas) with buildings at a Waffen-SS (Schutzstaffel) training camp. VS, Dutch, Norwegian, and Danish volunteers lined up in formation to be sworn in as German SS (Schutzstaffel) troops. German SS Officer addresses the volunteers. CU of volunteers. Flashback to MCUs of Hitler and Himmler with other German Officers. CU of SS volunteers. SS rookies march to barracks carrying suitcases. SS rookie trainees are greeted by comrades. SS trainees are issued clothing and shown to quarters in SS training camp. Shows young SS trainees in mess hall at mealtime, receiving instructions, and relaxing in recreation rooms.

Note: The Waffen-SS was created as the armed wing of the Nazi Party. In 1940 Hitler gave approval for a new SS division to be formed from foreign nationals with German Officers. By June 1941 Danish and Norwegians volunteers had formed the SS Regiment Nordland with Dutch and Flemish volunteers forming the SS Regiment Westland, the two regiments together with Germania (transferred from the Reich Division) forming the SS Division Wiking. Volunteers came forward in such numbers that the SS was forced to open a new training camp just for foreign volunteers at Sennheim in Alsace-Lorraine.

German Troops sightseeing, visiting old hamlets and large cities. CUs, German troops looking up at cathedral spires. Street scenes of towns in Europe and old European stone building architecture of hamlets and towns of Europe. SS training camp activities: Reveille, sanitation, and physical checkup.