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The Defeat and Attrition of the 12. Ss-Panzerdivision Hitlerjugend
Volume II: Operations Martlet, Epsom, Windsor and Charnwood 11 June-12 July 1944
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Casemate Publishers Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: Z9EQ2Z6
EAN: 9781636243986
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Beschreibung
"The maps are numerous, well-placed, and prepared. They do much to help the reader visualize the deployments of the respective combatants. In addition, numerous photographs are provided to offer further illustration of the weaponry, locations, and troops involved in the fight. Finally, the book features a detailed set of appendices covering important details related to the fighting - not least of which in documenting German armored losses during these battles. This is a valuable book that very much adds to our understanding of these crucial Second World War events and why the Germans ultimately lost this campaign. " - Globe at War. Following the Normandy landings, Rommel rushed Heeresgruppe B reserves towards the coast in order to crush the bridgehead and drive the Allied forces back into the sea. One of these armored reserves was the newly created 12. SS-Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend. Extremely well equipped and at near full strength by mid-1944 standards, it was seen as an extremely capable formation. As Allied forces flooded inland from the beaches, 12. SS-Panzer-Division attempted to capture and hold the battlefield initiative. However, despite this German armoured division's best efforts, it would be bludgeoned and driven back in a series of offensive set-piece operations by the British Second Army, supported by massive artillery programs and RAF air strikes. As a result, the division failed to succeed in its new defensive role, and was slowly weakened by attrition, reducing its combat arms regiments to a weakened Kampfgruppe by mid-July. This volume focuses on the fighting between 11 June and 12 July: the Cristot triangle; the Parc de Boislonde; Fontenay-le-Pesnel; Operation Epsom and the main events of the Battle of the Odon; Operation Windsor and the attack on Carpiquet airfield; and finally the massive Anglo-Canadian assault on Caen, Operation Charnwood. A detailed set of appendices will analyze German personnel, equipment, and armored losses during the battles, and losses inflicted on the Allies.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Arthur W. Gullachsen
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2026
Format
- Buch (Hardcover)
Anzahl Seiten
- 384