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Das Reich
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Author : Max Hastings
language : en
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Release Date : 2013-06-15
Das Reich written by Max Hastings and has been published by Quarto Publishing Group USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-06-15 with History categories.
A world-renowned British historian recounts the actions of one of Hitler’s most elite armor units in one of World War II’s most horrific months. 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. Das Reich is Sir Max Hastings’s narrative of the atrocities committed by the 2nd SS Panzer Division during June of 1944: first, the execution of 99 French civilians in the village of Tulle on June 9; and second, the massacre of 642 more in the village of Oradour-sur-Glane on June 10. Throughout the book, Hastings expertly shifts perspective between French resistance fighters, the British Secret Service (who helped coordinate the French resistance from afar and on the ground), and the German soldiers themselves. With its rare, unbiased approach to the ruthlessness of World War II, Das Reich explores the fragile moral fabric of wartime mentality. Praise for Das Reich “A gripping blend of narrative and investigation.” —Evening Standard “This classic account of WWII is a microcosm of the global conflict. Hastings brings to life the horror that the 2nd SS Panzer division, Das Reich, inflicted upon the citizens living in a bucolic corner of France.” —Dennis Showalter, author of Patton and Rommel and Hitler’s Panzers
The 2nd Ss Panzer Division Das Reich
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Author : Yves Buffetaut
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2017-08-19
The 2nd Ss Panzer Division Das Reich written by Yves Buffetaut and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-19 with History categories.
“Certainly my first recourse from now on when looking at the SS panzer divisions. Give yourself a treat and buy a copy ASAP if tanks are your thing” (Army Rumour Service). The Das Reich Division was the most infamous unit of the Waffen-SS. Originally a paramilitary formation raised to protect the members of the Nazi Party, it was founded in 1934 as the SS-Verfügungstruppe. During the invasion of Poland, the unit fought as a mobile infantry regiment. After the Battle of France, the SS-VT was officially renamed the Waffen-SS, and in 1941, the Verfügungs-Division was renamed Reich, later Das Reich. By the time Das Reich took part in the battle of Moscow, it had lost sixty percent of its combat strength. It was pulled off the front in mid-1942 and sent to refit as a panzer-grenadier division. Returning to the Eastern Front, Das Reich took part in the fighting around Kharkov and Kursk. Late in the year, it was designated a panzer division. In 1944, the unit was stationed in southern France when the Allies landed in Normandy. The following days saw the division commit atrocities, hanging one hundred local men in the town of Tulles in reprisal for German losses, and massacring 642 French civilians in Oradour-sur-Glane, allegedly in retaliation for partisan activity in the area. Later in the Normandy fighting, Das Reich was encircled in the Roncey pocket by US 2nd Armored Division, losing most of their armored equipment. Das Reich surrendered in May 1945. “Another fascinating piece of military history from the opposite point of view . . . this doesn’t purport to be an illustrated history of the Reich, but it damn well is!” —Books Monthly
Das Reich
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Author : Max Hastings
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Das Reich written by Max Hastings and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with categories.
Division Das Reich Iv 1943
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Author : Otto Weidinger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Division Das Reich Iv 1943 written by Otto Weidinger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Europe categories.
Ss Das Reich
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Author : Gregory Louis Mattson
language : en
Publisher: Zenith Press
Release Date : 2002
Ss Das Reich written by Gregory Louis Mattson and has been published by Zenith Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
This book is an in-depth examination of the second Waffen-SS unit, the elite of Hitler's armies in WWII, to be formed. It explores the background to the unit's formation, including its origins as the SS-VT Division, the men it recruited, the key figures involved in the division throughout its war service, and its organization. It also looks at the specialist training of the Waffen-SS, and the uniforms and insignia that members of the division wore.
Das Reich
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Author : Max Hastings
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
Das Reich written by Max Hastings and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with France categories.
The march of the Das Reich 2nd SS Panzer Division from southern France to Normandy in June 1944 is one of the great untold sagas of the Second World War. In the wake of D-Day, General Heinz Lamerding and 15,000 German soldiers swept through France seeking to subdue the Resistance with absolute ruthlessness. Meanwhile, French maquisards, armed by British and French officers of Special Operations Executive, created a parallel legend in challenging their passage. On the roads of southern France, at terrible cost, local résistants manned their barricades against tanks and armoured cars. At Tulle, which 3,000 communists seized after D-Day, the Das Reich fought its way into the town and hanged 99 civilians from the lampposts in reprisal. When maquisards captured an SS battalion commander near Limoges, in the search that followed one of his comrades revenged himself by massacring and burning 642 men, women, and children in the village of Oradour-sur-Glane. Rail attacks, coordinated by British officers, made it impossible for the Das Reich to move its tanks to Normandy for over two weeks, despite desperate orders from the German high command. As the bulk of the division crawled north by road, its vital gasoline supplies were destroyed by bombing directed by a party of 50 officers and men of the British Special Air Service, who had been parachuted near Poiters to attack German communications, and who were eventually captured and shot. Only a handful survived.
Ss Das Reich
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Author : Gregory Louis Mattson
language : en
Publisher: Spellmount, Limited Publishers
Release Date : 2002
Ss Das Reich written by Gregory Louis Mattson and has been published by Spellmount, Limited Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.
This military history examines the Second Waffen-SS division, covering its formation, through to its involvement in the invasion of poland, Holland, France, the Balkans and Kursk on the Eastern Front, and on to Hitler's final defeat.
Reich
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Author : James Lucas
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2013-11-20
Reich written by James Lucas and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-20 with History categories.
While Allied propaganda would have us believe that during World War II the German population were downtrodden workers, with no rights and under the power and influence of the all-controlling Gestapo, the truth is somewhat different. While the Allies saw Hitler as an evil to be removed from power, in 1933 the German people saw him as a saviour, able to rescue them from the humiliation the Treaty of Versailles imposed on them. In the early days of the Nazi regime, the German people widely felt that they had social benefits unmatched by its neighbouring states, and that its poverty had been eliminated while its economy had been stabilised. James Lucas presents a fascinating insight into the real Reich, a glimpse into the life on the German home front, from the role of women to the propaganda machine, assessing the German view of how the war would be fought, and how Hitler directly intervened in all level of party politics and decisions. Case studies of operations Barbarossa and Sealion provide an insight into military decisions of a wider scale. After many years' research and interviews with civilians and German soldiers, Reich offers a study of the social, economic and military phenomena of the Nazi regime.
Das Reich
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Author : James Lucas
language : en
Publisher: Cassell PLC
Release Date : 1999
Das Reich written by James Lucas and has been published by Cassell PLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with History categories.
The remarkable and courageous war record of the famous Das Reich 2nd SS Division, a fearsome unit which saw heavy fighting throughout the war, from France to the Eastern Front and back to Germany. The 2nd SS Division was an elite, highly trained, volunteer fighting force, the premier Division of the Waffen SS and far removed from the more familiar SS Nazi Police role. Driven always by the military virtues of courage, duty and loyalty, it saw action in some of the bloodiest battles of the war, in particular on the Eastern Front. It fought a hard war, suffered terrible casualties, and set new standards of battlefield excellence. Through extensive research, James Lucas tells a gripping story of close quarter hand-to-hand combat, of commanders who led from the front, of camaraderie and unit pride. This is a book about the best of soldiers in the worst of times.
Das Reich 1940 1941
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Author : Otto Weidinger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Das Reich 1940 1941 written by Otto Weidinger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.