Die Armee der Geächteten or The Army of the Outlaws
Felix Martin Julius Steiner was born on 23 May 1896. He was a German Reichswehr and Waffen-SS officer who served in both World War I and World War II. He was commander of the Waffen-SS. He was then chosen by Himmler to oversee the creation of, and then command the volunteer SS Division, SS-Division Wiking. In 1943, he was promoted to the command of III (Germanic) SS Panzer Corps. On 28 January 1945, Steiner was placed in command of the 11th SS Panzer-Army. His army was part of Army Group Vistula. On 21 April, during the Battle for Berlin, Steiner was placed in command of Army Detachment Steiner. On 22 April, the Russians outnumbered Steiner's worn out and exhausted unit by ten to one. Hitler gave orders for Steiner's forces through a pincer attack to envelop 1st Belorussian Front, advancing from north of Berlin. However, he was not able to attack because he did not have enough men. After the surrender, Steiner was incarcerated until 1948. He faced charges at the Nuremberg Trials, but they were all dropped and he was released. He dedicated the last decades of his life to writing his memoirs and several books about the war, the most important of which was Die Armee der Geächteten published in 1963. He died on 12 May 1966.