SS - Steel Rain (Hardcover)

The well-equipped armored divisions of the Waffen-SS were among the most effective German orders of battle in World War II. From D-Day in June 1944 to the Fall of Berlin in May 1945, this illustrated account of the Waffen-SS panzers in western Europe features accounts of the battles in which they took part, as well as firsthand anecdotes from surviving Waffen soldiers and from Allied troops who fought against them. Strategies and weaponry are detailed, as are the major battles, including the effort to hold Caen, Operation Market Garden and the Ardennes Offensive. Illustrated throughout with archival photography and battle maps.