This book is an in-depth examination of the second Waffen-SS unit, the elite of Hitler's armies in WWII, to be formed. It explores the background to the unit's formation, including its origins as the SS-VT Division, the men it recruited, the key figures involved in the division throughout its war service, and its organization. It also looks at the specialist training of the Waffen-SS, and the uniforms and insignia that members of the division wore.