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Surrender Invites Death: Fighting the Waffen SS in Normandy

- 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 — Assesses the combat performance of American, British, and Canadian units against the Waffen SS — Included are accounts of 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 — Meticulously researched by a veteran military historian

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 240
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780811707633
  • Genres
  • war
  • Release date
  • 2011