An edition of Steel inferno (1997)

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An edition of Steel inferno (1997)

Steel inferno

I SS Panzer Corps in Normandy

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Only two divisions in the German Army bore Hitler's name: the 1st SS Panzer Division, Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler and the 12th SS Panzer Division, Hitlerjugend. Together they formed his 1 SS Panzer Corps, Leibstandarte and this is the story of their participation in the Battle of Normandy. The 1st SS Panzer Division was formed from Hitler's Bodyguard Regiment and soon earned a fearsome reputation as the premier Division of the Waffen-SS. From its ranks came the leaders of a clone Division, raised mainly from young men in the Hitler Youth organization born in the year 1926, which the Allies nicknamed "The Baby Division." But in Normandy the Hitlerjugend fought "with a tenacity and a ferocity seldom equalled and never excelled during the whole campaign." - Jacket flap.

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Sarpedon
Language
English
Pages
314

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Steel inferno: I SS Panzer Corps in Normandy
1997, Spellmount
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1997, Sarpedon
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Table of Contents

Introduction
Senior dramatis personae
Prologue
Origins
Formation
The machines of war
Organization and tactics
The setting
6th June : D-Day
7th June : first clash
8th to 10th June : the bridgehead battles
11th June : impasse
War crimes
12th to 14th June : Operation PERCH and the Battle of Villers-Bocage
14th to 24th June : lull before the storm
25th to 1st July : Operation EPSOM and the Battle of the Odon
2nd to 3rd July : departures and arrivals
4th July : Operation WINDSOR : the Battle for Carpiquet
7th to 11th July : Operation CHARNWOOD and the battle for Caen
10th to 11th July : Operation JUPITER and the battle for Hill 112
12th to 17th July : R&R
18th to 21st July : Operation GOODWOOD and the battle for the Bourguebus Ridge
25th July : Operation SPRING and the Battle of the Plain
26th July to 5th August : The battle for Tilly
6th to 9th August : another Orne bridgehead
6th to 10th August : the Mortain counter-attack
8th to 11th August : Operation TOTALIZE and the First Battle of Falaise
11th to 18th August : the Second Battle of Falaise
11th to 18th August : the Leibstandarte withdraws
18th to 25th August : the Last Battle of Normandy
Epilogue
Appendixes. 1st SS Panzer Division LAH 1st July 1944
1st SS Panzer Regiment and 1st SS Recce Bn 1st July 1944
1st and 2nd SS Panzer-Grenadier Regiments 1st July 1944
12th SS Panzer Division HJ 6th June 1944
12th SS Panzer Regiment and 12th SS Recce Bn 6th June 1944
25th and 26th SS Panzer-Grenadier Regiments 6th June 1944
US Armored Division June 1944
British/Canadian/Polish Armored Division June 1944
US Infantry Division June 1944
British/Canadian Infantry Division June 1944
German chain of command June 1944
Allied chain of command 6th June 1944
Guide to abbreviations and German words

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 302-304) and index.

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Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xxii, 314 p., [16] p. of plates
Number of pages
314
Dimensions
25 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23001169M
Internet Archive
steelinfernoissp0000reyn_v3q9
ISBN 10
1885119445
ISBN 13
9781885119445
OCLC/WorldCat
37508205
Library Thing
580818
Goodreads
934662

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