Waffen SSTough, lavishly equipped and politically indoctrinated, SS troops formed over 38 divisions and numerous other regimental and battalion sized units, totalling nearly a million men under arms. Their armoured units won many plaudits for their actions, and although relationships between regular army units and the Waffen SS were sometimes strained, most SS units fought ferociously, against great odds until the wars end in Berlin, 1945. The Waffen SS was a