Quote Originally Posted by Alexanderofmacedon
In WWII, what were some of the elite units for the different countries involved in the war? I know of the Shutzstaffel (SS) of Germany, but anyone know of any others from other countries?
Well only a handful of the SS-divisions were actually considered elite. A good portion of the SS-divisions were actually mostly used in anti-partisan duty and could hardly be considered elite.

Also the Heer had the Panzer Lehr and Grossdeutschland divisions which were definately elite.