PANZERDIVISION HITLERJUGEND - Tome 1 - Volume 2 - Invasionsfront

Find the true story of the 12.SS-Panzerdivision “Hitlerjugend” during the fighting in Normandy! After several decades of research and with the help of more than a hundred veterans of the Division, the author offers you this second part of Volume 1 devoted to the engagement of the melee units of the Division in June 1944: SS -Pz.Gren.Rgt.25, SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.26, SS-Pz.Pi.Btl.12, SS-Pz.Aufkl.Abt.12, Divisions-Begleit-Kompanie ...

Thanks to the march diaries and the numerous unpublished documents and testimonies gathered, it was finally possible to establish the very precise chronology of the days of engagement of the Panzergrenadiers. Follow the day-to-day, sometimes hour-by-hour for major battles, the daily life of these young soldiers who will prove to be formidable fighters against the British troops. The violence of the fighting taken to its extreme, will not spare any man or any camp. And will also have its consequences: considerable human losses and numerous war crimes.

The sum of documents never published, enriched by an exceptional iconography with more than 760 photographs and documents - mostly unpublished - (period photographs, portraits, Soldbücher and archival documents,…) make this 496-page work , essential documentation for a better understanding of the Battle of Normandy. A reference work on one of the most famous Panzer Divisions, for all the specialists of the German units engaged in Normandy 1944 and those passionate about military history!