SS Das Reich at War 1939-1945: A History of the Division on the Western and Eastern Fronts: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Images of War) - Softcover

Baxter, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1473890896 ISBN 13: 9781473890893

Verlag: Pen & Sword Military, 2017

Inhaltsangabe

Between 1933 and 1939, the strength and influence of the SS grew considerably with thousands of men being recruited into the new ideological armed formation, many into units known as the SS-Verfgungstruppe (Special Disposal Troop). These troops saw action in Poland before switching to the Western Front in 1940. Out of this organisation the SS Das Reich Division was created.This book, with its extensive text and over 250 rare and unpublished photographs with detailed captions describes the fighting tactics, the uniforms, the battles and the different elements that went into making the Das Reich Division such a formidable fighting force. The chapters reveal the Division as it battled its way through Poland, the Low Countries, the Balkans and the Eastern Front. Finally the Das Reich defended Normandy before falling back to Germany.The Division gained its fearsome and notorious reputation for its fighting ability, often against vastly numerically superior forces, as well as its fanatical zeal.

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Ian Baxter is a military historian who specialises in German twentieth-century military history. He has written more than fifty books. He has also reviewed numerous military studies for publication, supplied thousands of photographs and important documents to various publishers and film production companies worldwide, and lectures to various schools, colleges and universities throughout the United Kingdom and Southern Ireland.

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• Verlag: Pen & Sword Military
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1473890896
• ISBN 13: 9781473890893
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144
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