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Surrender Invites Death: Fighting the Waffen SS in Normandy
Door Jack A. English
Categorie | WO II |
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Boeknummer | #331914-VE30 |
Titel | Surrender Invites Death: Fighting the Waffen SS in Normandy |
Auteur | English, Jack A. |
Boektype | Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag |
Uitgeverij | Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books |
Jaar van uitgave | 2011 |
ISBN10 | 0811707636 |
ISBN13 | 9780811707633 |
Taal | Engels |
Beschrijving | Original brown boards, dust jacket, illustrated with b/w photographs, 8vo. |
Samenvatting | * What it was like to fight Hitler's ideological troops in Normandy starting on D-Day, June 6, 1944 Regarded as Nazi Germany's elite military force, the Waffen SS had a reputation for ferocity on the battlefield and mercilessness to prisoners. This book assesses the combat performance of American, British, and Canadian units against the Waffen SS, including first hand accounts from various Allied soldiers, from grunt to superior as well as key accounts from well-known SS soldiers like Michael Wittmann and formations such as the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler and 12th SS Panzer Division Hitler Youth. About the Author John A. English served thirty-seven years in the Canadian Army and earned a Ph. D. in military history. He has taught at the U. S. Naval War College, among... (Lees verder)st other schools. He is the author of Patton's Peers, The Canadian Army and The Normandy Campaign. English lives in Kingston, Ontario. |
Pagina's | 240 |
Conditie | Goed |
Prijs | € 12,50 |
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