Hitler's Bodyguards: SS Leibstandarte (Ballantine's Illustrated History of the Violent Century: Weapons Book, No. 39)

160 pp. SS-Panzerdivision "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"), began as Adolf Hitler's personal bodyguard unit, responsible for guarding the Führer's person, offices, and residences. Initially the size of a regiment, the LSSAH eventually grew into an elite division-sized unit during World War II.