Steel Inferno: I SS Panzer Corps in Normandy: I SS Panzer Corps in Normandy, The Story of the 1st and 12th SS Panzer Divisions in the 1944 Normandy Campaign - Softcover

Reynolds, Michael

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1848840012 ISBN 13: 9781848840010

Verlag: Pen & Sword Military, 2009

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Reseña del editor:

Steel Inferno provides a unique insight into the experiences of 1st SS Panzer Corps, one of only two units in the German Army which bore Hitler's name, during their fight against their Allied adversaries in Normandy. This meticulously researched book also explores the origins, formation and organisation of the unit, and examines some of their more remarkable achievements during this bitter fight. It also lays to rest the myth that these two remarkable Waffen-SS divisions were annihilated in Normandy. In fact, though the Allies could never forget or forgive the attrocities the Wehrmacht and SS troops commited, many admired the Panzer Corps, and one compared fighting with them to 'fighting with tigers'.

Biografía del autor:

Major General Michael Reynolds CB joined the British Army in 1948, and was commissioned into the Queens Royal Regiment in 1950. In the course of a long and distinguished career, he served in Korea, where he was severely wounded, Northern Ireland and West Germany. On promotion to Major General he assumed command of NATO's Allied Command Europe Mobile Force (Land). In retirement, he became guest speaker on British Army and NATO battlefield tours in the Ardennes, publishing a number of detailed histories on World War 2 operations in Europe. He died in 2015.

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• Verlag: Pen & Sword Military
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1848840012
• ISBN 13: 9781848840010
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 352