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German Units in Normandy - 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler, 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, 21st Panzer Division, 17th SS Pan (Paperback)
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Pages: 45. Chapters: 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler,
12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, 21st Panzer Division, 17th SS
Panzergrenadier Division Gotz von Berlichingen, 2nd SS Panzer
Division Das Reich, 9th Panzer Division, 9th SS Panzer Division
Hohenstaufen, 503rd heavy tank battalion, II SS Panzer Corps, 352nd
Infantry Division, 709th Static Infantry Division, 10th SS Panzer
Division Frundsberg, SS Heavy Panzer Battalion 101, 716th Static
Infantry Division, 5th Panzer Army, SS Heavy Panzer Battalion 102,
243rd Static Infantry Division, 91st Infantry Division, 94th
Infantry Division, 916th Grenadier Regiment. Excerpt: The
Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler (LSSAH) was Adolf Hitler's personal
Bodyguard. Initially the size of a regiment, the LSSAH eventually
grew into a divisional-sized unit. ("Leibstandarte" derived partly
from "Leibgarde" or "Life Guard" -- a somewhat archaic German
expression for the personal bodyguard of a military leader and
"Standarte" -- the SS/SA term for a regiment-sized unit). The LSSAH
independently participated in combat during the Invasion of Poland.
The LSSAH was amalgamated into the Waffen-SS together with the
SS-VT and the combat units of the SS-TV prior to Operation
Barbarossa in 1941. By the end of World War II it had been
increased in size from a regiment to a Panzer division. The elite
division was a component of the Waffen-SS which was found guilty of
war crimes in the Nuremberg Trials. Members of the LSSAH
participated in numerous atrocities and it is estimated that they
murdered at least 5,000 prisoners of war in the period 1940-1945,
mostly on the Eastern Front. In the earliest days of the NSDAP,
leaders realized that bodyguard units composed of trustworthy and
loyal men would be a wise development. Ernst Rohm formed a guard
formation from the 19.Granatwerfer-Kompanie, and from this...
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Books LLC, Wiki Series
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2012 |
First published: |
October 2012 |
Authors: |
Source Wikipedia
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Editors: |
Books Llc
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Creators: |
Books Llc
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Dimensions: |
246 x 189 x 3mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
46 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-155-76859-5 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-155-76859-0 |
Barcode: |
9781155768595 |
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