Marc Rikmenspoel was born on 26 July 1970 in Albany, New York to a Dutch father and an American mother. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Colorado State University in Fort Collins in 1992 with a B.A. in History and continues to reside in Fort Collins. This is his second book; the first, Soldiers of the Waffen-SS: Many Nations, One Motto, was published by J J. Fedorowicz in 1999. Since the first edition of Waffen-SS Encyclopedia, Rikmenspoel also co-authored For Rex and For Belgium: Leon Degrelle and Walloon Political and Military Collaboration, 1941-1945, published by Helion Books in 2004.

• 82 photos
• 300 pages; extensive, 20-page annotated bibliography.
• Soft Cover, 6" x 9" format
• ISBN 10: 0-9717650-8-1
• ISBN 13: 978-0-9717650-8-5