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Western front. SS: The Secret Archives

Door Ian Baxter

Categorie	WO II
Boeknummer	#327332-AD8
Titel	Western front. SS: The Secret Archives
Auteur	Baxter, Ian
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Hauppauge, NY : Barron's
Jaar van uitgave	2003
ISBN10	0764156748
ISBN13	9780764156748
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original pictorial boards, dust jacket, richly illustrtated with b/w photographs, 4to.
Samenvatting	The dreaded and powerful Nazi SS (or Schutzstaffel) began as the elite corps of bodyguards to Hitler, under the command of the infamous Heinrich Himmler. The SS soon expanded to include an intelligence arm and, from 1940 to 1945, an elite military corps, the Waffen-SS. This book is part of the two-volume The Secret Archives set that chronicles the exploits of the Waffen-SS, using information collected from old albums, as well as from newspaper and divisional archives. It includes a wealth of photographs, many of them previously unpublished, with extensive and informative captions. The authorï¿½s account gives a vivid picture of what life was like for Himmlerï¿½s so-called storm troopers. Each of the two volumes stands alone as an account of the Waffe... (Lees verder)n-SSï¿½s notorious activities, one title concentrating on the Eastern Front; the other on the Western Front. This volume, which focuses on the Western Front, reports on the Waffen-SS attacks into Holland and Belgium in 1940; the recruitment of Waffen-SS soldiers from Nazi-occupied countries; its actions at Normandy; its destruction of the British ï¿½Market Gardenï¿½ operation outside Arnhem, Holland; and its actions against American forces at the Battle of the Bulge. Approximately 250 black-and-white photos plus appendices.
Pagina's	192
Onderwerpen	SS (1)
Conditie	Goed — Small stain on first free endpaper.
Prijs	€ 8,00

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