Bibliograph

Das Reich, the march of the 2nd SS Panzer Division through France, June 1944, Max Hastings

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Das Reich, the march of the 2nd SS Panzer Division through France, June 1944, Max Hastings

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

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mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Das Reich

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

854852900

Responsibility statement

Max Hastings

Sub title

the march of the 2nd SS Panzer Division through France, June 1944

Summary

June 1944, the month of the D-Day landings carried out by Allied forces in Normandy, France. Germany's 2nd SS Panzer Division, one of Adolf Hitler's most elite armor units, had recently been pulled from the Eastern Front and relocated to France in order to regroup, recruit more troops, and restock equipment. With Allied forces suddenly on European ground, the division--Das Reich--was called up to counter the invasion. Its march northward to the shores of Normandy, 15,000 men strong, would become infamous as a tale of unparalleled brutality in World War II

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