Bolt Action | German Waffen-SS Early War | 28mm Metal Unit

As Hitler's military machine unleashed its devastating assault on Poland in 1939, the SS were in the process of transitioning from a political to a military organization, becoming the Waffen-SS (armed SS), the military wing of the Nazi party. Well-supplied and well-led, the fanatical Waffen-SS became an increasingly formidable fighting force, though they were dogged by accusations of atrocities, particularly in Poland and on the Eastern Front during Operation Barbarossa.

Dressed in their trademark camouflage smocks and helmet covers, and with squads often built around the firepower of the reliable Czech-made CZ-26 light machine gun, the Waffen-SS were at the forefront of the German Blitzkrieg offensive in the early stages of World War II.