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Figure comes with to exchangeable heads, one with real hair ! ALLGEMEINE-SS(CEREMONIAL GUARD) Willi Baver ITEM NO: D80040 AVAILABLE: Mid-March 07 The SS was created on April 4, 1925 and subordinated to the SA on November 1, 1926. It was thus a subunit of the SA and the NSDAP. It was considered to be an elite organization by both party members and among the general population. The main task of the SS was the personal protection of the Führer of the Nazi Party, Adolf Hitler. After the so-called Machtergreifung by the National Socialists, the SS began to expand into a massive organization: By March 1933 it included over 52,000 registered members. By December 1933 the SS had increased to over 204,000 members and Himmler ordered a temporary freeze on recruitment. In August 1934, Himmler received permission from Hitler to form a new organisation from the SS Sonderkommandos and the Politischen Bereitschaften, the SS-Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT). During this period the SS was reorganized, with the creation of the Allgemeine-SS as a result. The new organization grew quickly achieving peak membership in 1938, with 485,000 members. At that time, of the 13,867 active SS-Führer only 1,144 or 8.3% did not belong to the NSDAP. A second decree from Hitler on May 18, 1939 merged the Totenkopfverbände into the Allgemeinen-SS, adding 50,000 new members to the organization. By August 1939 there were 485,000 members of the Allgemeine-SS (including 180,000 men in the so-called Reserve-Standarten). Approximately 170,000 were called up for service in the Wehrmacht and 35,000 others into the Waffen-SS. Only the 100,000 full-time SS leaders in the main offices had been exempted from the military service. Here the actual history of the Allgemeine-SS ends, since the war would ensure that the Waffen-SS would completely eclipse the Allgemeine-SS, both in size and importance. But the main offices of the Allgemeine-SS, which were originally only staff departments of the SS main office (the so-called Reichsführung-SS) responsible for the coordinating the day-to-day operations of the Allgemeine-SS, were officially responsible for the members of the Waffen-SS also in the war years. Towards the end of the war in 1945 the Gesamt-SS had over 840,000 members. From these 48,500 were members of the Allgemeine-SS. Much of the remainder was comprised of 18,000 officers, 52,000 NCOs, and 600,000 enlisted members of the Waffen-SS and 130,000 police. SS membership numbers were formally lent to the members of the Waffen-SS of all ranks, while SS membership was also automatically lent to police officers.

Feldgendarmerie - German Military Police Karl Stroop ITEM NO: D80042 AVAILABLE: Early-Jan. 07' The roots of military police in the German armed forces can be traced back to the Proffoss of the 16th Century, and the creation of the Reitendes Feldjagerkorps by Friedrich II in 1740. The primary duties of the Reitendes Feldjagerkorps were to control traffic, to carry important messages, and to protect members of the royal family. Springing from this band was the Feldjagerkorps zu Fuss (1741) which served both in the Napoleonic Wars and the Franco-Prussian War. The start of WWII opened the floodgates for numerous police formations to form and characterized the sometimes-chaotic hierarchy of the German armed forces. Civilian police units would form the basis for the Fallschirmtruppen as well as a number of Waffen SS divisions too with at least two well known commanders Sepp Dietrich and Kurt Meyer of the 12th SS serving as policemen prior to joining the military. The organization of the Feldgendarmerie began at the German High Command O.K.H (Oberkommando Des Heeres). Within the German Army of the Third Reich, the Feldgendarmerie (also known as Kettenhunde or Chain Dogs) was a military organization that had received full infantry training and yet had extensive police powers. These military police units were employed with army divisions and higher formations. Feldgendarmerie establishments provided various different detachments which were self-contained units under the command of an army division. They worked in close cooperation with the Secret Field Police (Geheime Feldpolizei) and with district commanders and town majors. In Potsdam there was a military police school set up for the purpose of training military police and the subjects taught in these schools were as follows: Criminal code, general and special police powers, forestry, fishery and waterway codes, traffic codes, industrial codes, reporting duties, passport and identification duties, folk culture, first aid, weapons drill and instruction, shooting, defense techniques, criminal police methodology, identification service and general correspondence training. As well as all this there were also lessons in air defense, animal protection and typewriter and stenography courses. At the war's end many Feldgendarmerie, specifically those who had not fallen into Soviet hands, found themselves assigned to police roles by the Allies. This happened on a few occasions and an officer of the 101st Airborne Division recalls assigning Feldgendarmerie to guard German officers who had been ordered to take charge of German prisoners of war. Another account goes one further and recalls the British 8th Corps based in Schleswig-Holstein forming an entire regiment of Feldgendarmerie to maintain discipline and order in the Demobilisation Centre at Meldorf. Four battalions and a regimental staff battalion, this Feldgendarmerie-Regiment Krps contained all volunteers, some of whom were ex-police personnel. They wore an armband as identification which bore the legend Wehrmactordnungstruppe (Armed Forces Order Troop) and below this read Military Police. They were all armed and payment for their services came in the form of increased rations.

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SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs Division Prinz Eugen SS-Obersturmführer - Herbert Zeller ITEM NO: D80041 AVAILABLE: November 06' The Division was formed in March 1942 by volunteers but this later changed when conscription was introduced. The unit itself was formed by a SS Selbstschutz (SS Protection Force) and the Einsatz-Staffel (ES) (Also called Prinz Eugen) from Croatia and named SS-Freiwilligen-Division Prinz Eugen. The Gebirgs Division was formed in autumn 1942 when it gathered some 21,500 soldiers. Its weaponry was mainly composed of captured equipment such as Czech machine guns and French light tanks It was designated to the Balkans as an anti-partisan mountain division – the fist such division in Yugoslavia since 1941. The first actions Prinz Eugen participated near the Serbian-Montenegro border in the mountains east of the Ibar River. Prinz Eugen advanced alongside the 1. Gebirgs-Division, elements of the “Brandenburg” Regiment, 369. (Kroatische) Infanterie-Division, 118. Jäger-Division and 104. The Division was reorganized on 22 October 1943 and was renamed to 7. SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division Prinz Eugen. The next big offensive, in which Prinz Eugen participated, was the assault on Drvar, codenamed Rosselsprung, which began on 25 May 1944. The goals of this operation were to kill or capture Tito on the Drvar island with the SS-Fallshirmjäger-Bataillon 500, the 1. Brandenburg Regiment of the Division Brandenberg and other units with a massive support of the Luftwaffe. On 21 September l944, it was at that time that the division saw action in one of the most crucial operations in the Balkans so far. Linking up with 13. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS Handschar (kroatische Nr. 1) the remnants of the 23. Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS Kama (kroatische Nr. 2) and 21. SS Waffen-Gebirgs-Division der SS Skanderbeg (albanische Nr. 1), Prinz Eugen created the Vardar corridor in Macedonia allowing the retreat north of 350,000 German soldiers from occupation duties in the Aegean and Greek regions. In the beginning of November the SS Skanderberg Division was disbanded and its remnants incorporated into the 14. Regiment of Prinz Eugen, which received its honour title Skanderbeg. The fighting around Nisch in October caused the unit some heavy casualties and the 7th SS was sent for refreshing. In January 1945 the Division once again fought the Red Army and Tito’s partisans around Otok and Vukovar. The retreat from Bosnia continued and Prinz Eugen soon retreated to Croatia in April, where it was to hold its positions south of Karlovac on 2 May 1945. On 10 May 1945 the Division retreated towards Celje in Slovenia where it surrendered on 11 May 1945 to Yugoslav forces.

During World War II the Luftwaffe raised a variety of Fallschirmj?er units. These infantrymen were part of the air force rather than the regular army. Starting from a small collection of Fallschirmj?er battalions at the beginning of the war, the Luftwaffe built up a division-sized unit of three Fallschirmj?er regiments plus supporting arms and air assets, known as the 7th Air Division. Later in the war the 7th Air Division's Fallschirmj?er assets were reorganized and used as the core of a new series of elite Luftwaffe infantry divisions. These formations were organized and equipped as motorized infantry divisions, and often played a "fire brigade" role on the western front. Their constituents were often encountered on the battlefield as ad hoc battle groups detached from a division or organized from miscellaneous available assets. After mid-1944 Fallschirmj?er troops were no longer trained as parachutists due to the realities of the strategic situation, but they still retained the Fallschirmj?er honorific. Near the end of the war the series of new Fallschirmj?er divisions extended to over a dozen, with a concomitant reduction in quality in the higher-numbered units of the series. Fallschirmj?er participated in many famous battles, including the airborne seizure of Fort Eben-Emael and airdrops in Norway in 1940, and the defense of Carentan during the Battle of Normandy in 1944. Their most famous airdrop was in the Battle of Crete in 1941, where the entire 7th Air Division division was deployed along with other assets such as the German 22nd Air Landing Division. During the Battle of Monte Cassino, the 1st Fallschirmj?er Division, operating as ordinary infantry, held out for months against repeated assaults and heavy bombardment and earned the nickname Green Devils by the Allied forces for their tenacious defense, though they were finally forced out of the position by Polish and French Morrocan forces.

Wilhelm Bodewin Johann Gustav Keitel (September 22, 1882 – October 16, 1946) was a German Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) and a senior military leader during World War II. He was born in Helmscherode near Hanover, Germany, the son of Carl Keitel, a middle-class landowner. He was a career soldier, after education in Göttingen he became a Fahnenjunker (Cadet Officer) in 1901 and joined the 6th Lower-Saxon Field Artillery Regiment. He married Lisa Fontaine, in 1909. In 1937 he was made a general and in 1938 after the Blomberg-Fritsch Affair and the replacement of the Reichswehrministerium with the Oberkommando der Wehrmacht (OKW, High Command of the Armed Forces) he became Chief of the Supreme Command of the Armed Forces. He was made a Generalfeldmarschall (field marshal) in 1940. During World War II, Keitel proved a weak and cautious commander: he advised territory. Hitler against invading France and opposed Operation Barbarossa. Both times he backed down in the face of Hitler and tendered his resignation: it was not controls and ensuing terror in captured Russian accepted. In 1942 he again stood up to Hitler over Field Marshal Siegmund List. His defense of List was his last act of defiance to Hitler, after that he did not challenge another of Hitler's orders and was referred to by his colleagues as Lakaitel ("nodding ass"). He signed numerous dubious orders, most infamous being the notorious Commissar order, and unquestionably allowed Himmler a free hand with his racial controls and ensuing terror in captured Russian territory. He signed the surrender to the Red Army on May 9, 1945 and was arrested on the 13th. He faced the International Military Tribunal charged with: Conspiracy to commit crimes against peace, planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression, war crimes and crimes against humanity. His defense that he was following orders was rejected. He was found guilty on all charges. His request to be shot by firing squad was denied and he was hanged.

With the formation of the Schuzstaffel in 1925 there existed two competing and separate paramilitary political organizations within the NSDAP, The SA and the SS. It is from this point that the history of the Leibstandarte truly begins. In the Spring of 1933, that a move was made to form an elite unit within the already elite SS. This elite of the elite was to be a new, special body guard unit, formed from hand picked SS men, to act as the special body guard of Hitler, and to be responsible only to his wishes. This new unit was named the SS-Stabswache Berlin. Shortly after its formation, later in 1933, it was redesignated as the SS-Sonderkommando Berlin. Two other SS-Sonderkommando units were formed in the early summer of 1933, SS-Sonderkommando Zossen and SS-Sonderkommando Juterbog. These two Sonderkommandos functioned as training cadres for the SS, as well as in therole of auxiliary police units until that function was later dissolved. Both units were later absorbed into the SS-Sonderkommando Berlin in 1933, at which time, its designation was changed once more to the Adolf Hitler-Standart. On November 8/9th, 1933, the 10th anniversary of the failed Munich Putsch, the entire Adolf Hitler-Standarte took part in a mass oath taking rally, in honor of those killed in the 1923 uprising. The rally took place at the location of the Feldherrnhalle, erected on the spot where many of the party members had been killed during the Putsch. During this rally, each member personally swore his life to the Fuhrer. Also during this rally, the unit was again renamed, this time as the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. In 1934, by order of Himmler, the initials "SS" were added to the Leibstandarte's title, thus becoming the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler.

Under the doctrine of WWII German infantry tactics, the squad machine gun is the centre of operation where the rest of the squad will maneuver and try to achieve its objective under the lead of the squad machine gun fire. The Maschinengewehr 1942 or MG42 is the replacement of the MG34, first manufacture in 1942. The stamped sheet metal construction allows more rapid production to meet the growing needs in the battle field and was the infantry weapon with the fastest rate of fire in WWII. The MG gunner of each squad is usually the most capable and experience because the rhythm of the advance is often control by the gunner. Our impression, SS-Sturmann “Kurt Dorr” is also equipped with a P38 pistol, a binocular for his spotter, MG gunner’s kit and . At Normandy campaign, he was issued the camouflage face veil, which they have used at several ambush situations. All metal construction MG ammo links with turned brass cartilages and an all metal construction ammo can is also included. Each figure is unique because each uniform is slightly weathered by hand to replicate the field used uniform.

The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) —nicknamed the Screaming Eagles—is an air assault division of the United States Army mainly trained for air assault operations. The division was activated on August 15, 1942 at Camp Claiborne, Louisiana. On August 19, 1942 its first commander, Major General William C. Lee, promised his new recruits that the 101st had a "rendezvous with destiny." During World War II, the Pathfinders of the 101st Airborne Division led the way on D-Day in the night drop prior to the invasion. They left from RAF North Witham having trained there with the elite, veteran 82nd Airborne Division. On August 2, 1944 the division became part of the First Allied Airborne Army. As part of this formation it took part in Operation Market Garden. During the Battle of the Bulge the 101st, as one of the few forces available to contain the German advance was rushed forward to defend the vital road junction of Bastogne. Famously, Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe answered the German demand for surrender with the reply "To the German Commander: NUTS! -The American Commander" and the division fought on until the siege was lifted and the German advance halted. For their efforts during World War II, the 101st Airborne Division was awarded four campaign streamers and two Presidential Unit Citations. The division suffered 1,766 Killed In Action; 6,388 Wounded In Action; and 324 Died of Wounds during World War II. During the Vietnam conflict, the 101st was redesignated an airmobile division, and later as an air assault division. It keeps the identifier "airborne" but does not conduct parachute operations at a division level. Many modern members of the 101st are graduates of the U.S. Army's Air Assault School, and wear the Air Assault Badge, but it is not a prerequisite to be assigned to the division. The division is headquartered at Fort Campbell, Kentucky and is currently serving in Iraq.

Formed in 1939 from the Wacht regiment Berlin and the infantry training battalion at Doeberitz, Grossdeutschland. The core of this four battalion infantry regiment used for ceremonial purposes. Thus the name Grossdeutschland was used meaning "Greater Germany". The unit's first designation was "Infanterie-Regiment Grossdeutschland". In 1940, GD received the Assault Gun Battery 640 (With 6 StuG III). which became the 16th Company. Grossdeutschland took part in the invasion of Yugoslavia in April 1941 and then by 22 June, 1941 they headed into Russia during operation Barbarossa. In this campaign they were part of the 2nd Panzerarmee. Distinguishing itself in combat, Grossdeutschland was one of the few German units to reach the out skirts of Moscow. Following the harsh winter battles from Tula to Orel, Grossdeutschland served as an excellent fighting unit while suffering heavy casualties. As a result the unit under went several reorganizations. By April 1942 Armored units were added for better support. The unit was then reformed as "Infanterie-Division (mot) Grossdeutschland". As a much larger unit Grossdeutschland fought several major engagements ending the year west of Moscow. The PzB41 is one of the largest anti-tank rifles produced during World War 2. By the time it entered service in 1941 the anti-tank rifle was an ineffective weapon even when chambered for a 20mm round. The first PzB41's were sent to the East front and were incapable of stopping all but the lightest Soviet tanks, the rest were sent to the Italian front in 1943 and were only slightly more effective. The PzB41 was expensive to build and had little effect as an anti-tank weapon; due to this, only a few were built.

A sapper, in the sense first used by the French military, was one who sapped another's fortifications. When an army was defending a fortress with cannon, they had an obvious height and therefore range advantage over the attacker's own guns. The attacking army's artillery had to be brought forward, under fire, so as to facilitate effective counter-battery fire. This was achieved by digging what the French termed a 'Sappe'. Using techniques developed and perfected by Vauban, the sapeurs (sappers) began the trench at such an angle so as to avoid enemy fire 'enfilading' (passing directly along) the sappe. As they pressed forward, a position was prepared from which cannon could suppress the defenders on the bastions. The sappers would then change the course of their trench, zig-zagging their way toward the fortress wall. Each leg brought the attacker's artillery closer and closer until (hopefully) the besieged cannon would be sufficiently suppressed for undermining to begin. Broadly speaking, sappers were originally experts at demolishing or otherwise overcoming or bypassing fortification systems. A sapper is an individual usually in British or Commonwealth military service. Called a génie by the French, a sapper may perform any of a variety of tasks under combat conditions. Such tasks typically include bridge-building, laying or clearing minefields, demolitions, field defences as well as building, road and airfield construction and repair. In other words, the sapper's tasks now involve facilitating movement of allied forces and impeding movement of the enemy's. In France, the civil firefighters and the military firefighters of the Paris Fire Brigade are called "sappers-pumpers" (sapeurs-pompiers, SP): the first fire company created by Napoléon I was a military sappers company. Apart from this, the sappers are the combat engineers.

Formed in 1939 at Truppenübungsplatz Wandern as the Polizei-Division. On 1941 became under the SS, and was officially taken over by the Waffen-SS on 1942 as the SS-Polizei-Division. On 4.43 began conversion to a motorized division, when Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 1 and 2 were formed in Cracow 1943, these two regiments were re-designated as SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division, while the SS-Polizei-Division still remained in Russia under its old designation. Both regiments moved to the Balkans in mid 1943, under Heeresgruppe E. The SS-Polizei-Division finally moved to Saloniki and truly became a Panzergrenadier-Division with the two new regiments. A Kampfgruppe Polizei-Division would, however, remain in Russia and was then united with the rest of the division. This Division was formed and composed of members of the Ordnungpolizei. The unit was trained at Truppen-Unungsplatz Wandern and completed its training in 1940. The Division was not considered to be an elite SS Division. The Division was initially held in reserve for the opening of the Campaign in France. On 1940 the Division first saw action in the crossing of the Aisne River and Ardennes Canal. Finally, in January, 1942, the Division was given "official" Waffen SS status, and its title was changed to the SS Polizei Division. All of the Divisions sub-units were then renamed as SS such-and-such, now being a part of the Waffen SS itself. From January to March, 1942, the Division saw action along the Wolchow River and helped in the encirclement and destruction of the 2nd Soviet Assault Army. In January and February, 1943, the Division saw action south of Lake Ladoga during a number of Soviet offensives, with the Division retreating to west of Kolpino where it held. The Division itself was reformed as the 4th SS Polizei Grenadier Division, and after training and forming, was sent to the Balkans area. Elements of the Division saw action in Greece on anti-partisan duties, and the Division also fought near Belgrade. In January, 1945, the Division was pushed into Slovakia, and from there it was moved North to the Pommerania area where it once again saw action attempting to hold the Soviets back. Soon after, the 4th SS was moved to Danzig where it was trapped by Soviet forces. After dire battle the Division was shipped across the Hela Peninsula and over sea to Swinemude. From there, the Division rested, and then moved to postion itself to surrender to the Americans near Wittenberge-Lenzen.

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The US 29th Infantry Division was a United States infantry division that existed during World War I and World War II. Nicknamed "Blue and Gray", the division's motto is "29 Let's Go," taken from General Eisenhower's inspiring speech to the troops preparing for the invasion of Normandy. The shoulder patch is a half-blue, half-gray circlecontaining the nomad, or "yin-yang," Korean symbol of eternal life; the symbol was approved 14 December 1917 and was designed by Maj. James Ulio. The uniting of the blue and grey symbolizes the fact that the division was composed of regiments from Virginia and Maryland that had fought on both sides of the American Civil War. It is currently part of the US Army National Guard. In WWII, the 29th Division was formed on 3 February 1941 and departed for the United Kingdom on 5 October 1942 where it continued training in Scotland and England from October of 1942 up to June, 1944 in preparation for the invasion of France. Teamed with the US 1st Infantry Division, the 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Division was in the first assault wave to Teamed with the US 1st Infantry Division, the 116th Infantry Regiment of the 29th Division was in the first assault wave to face of intense enemy fire but soon secured the bluff tops and went on to occupy Isigny on 9 June. The division cut across the Elle River and advanced slowly toward St. Lo, fighting bitterly in the Normandy bocage (hedge rows). The 29th Infantry Division had spent 242 days in combat during campaigns in Normandy, Northern France, the Rhineland and Central Europe, earning four Distinguished Unit Citations in the process. Two soldiers of the division were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. Also awarded were 44 DSCs, one DSM, 854 Silver Stars, 17 Legion of Merit, 24 Soldier's Medal and 6,308 Bronze Stars. The 29th Division returned to the United States on January 4, 1946 and was demobilized a fortnight later.

The history of the Sturmabteilung (SA), often referred to as the "brown shirts", began when the Rollkommando was formed on1920 to protect the meetings held by the Deutsche Arbeiter Partei (DAP). The SA was formally formed on 4th Nov 1921 following a party meeting when a large number of opponents attempted to disrupt it but was beaten and thrown out by the men of the Turn- und Sportabteilung. At the end of 1921 there was a conflict between Röhm and Hitler, Röhm wanted to train the SA as an army but Hitler wanted to use it solely for propaganda and intimidating opponents. Klintzsch left the command of the SA 11 May 1923 to return to Brigade Ehrhardt and was replaced by Hauptmann Hermann Göring. Göring reorganized the SA according to military lines and divided it into standarten, sturmbannen and hundertschaften. AVehrkehrsabteilung was formed in Munich of men with access to or knowledge cars or motorcycles, this would later evolve into the NSKK. An elite guard unit, the Stabswache, was a