This volume in the Casemate Illustrated series examines the Waffen-SS in Normandy during the fierce fighting of June 1944, when they struggled to hold back the Allied advance on Caen, though the picture was by no means one-sided.
This is an impressive look at tactical-level events and command decisions, highlighting the armored combat tactics that were able to stop Montgomery's Army Group from breaking through the German lines near Caen for two months.
This book in the popular Images of War series covers the deeds of the Waffen-SS on the Western Front during the Second World War.
What it was like to fight Hitler's ideological troops in Normandy starting on D-Day, June 6, 1944.
He was killed two months later while attempting to repulse an Allied assault, but the book continues beyond his death until the Leibstandarte's surrender.
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Coming for him was Lieutenant-Colonel Richard E. Goodwin's 1st Battalion, the Suffolk Regiment, which had landed on Sword at ... WN17, or objective Hillman.22 Supported by tanks, artillery and a machine-gun platoon from 2nd Battalion, ...
This miltary history gives the reader an account of the battles fought by the panzer divisions of the Waffen-SS, amongst one of the finest units in Germany. The author takes...
The Russians had half of Orphanage Hill and they could see our cannons so we had to move them. Our 2nd Battalion was sent to recapture the hill, and we had to figure out where the Russians were on the hill so we could support the 2nd ...
An examination of how the Waffen-SS fared in Normandy in June 1944 and whether they deserve their reputation of being the ultimate fighting soldiers.