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Surrender invites death : fighting the Waffen SS in Normandy / John A. English.
- Title
- Surrender invites death : fighting the Waffen SS in Normandy / John A. English.
- Author
- English, John A. (John Alan)
- Publication
- Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, c2011.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | D756.5.N6 E55 2011 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xv, 240 p. : ill., map; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Meticulously researched by a veteran military historian, this book examines what it was like to fight Hitler's ideological troops in Normany from D-Day on. It assesses the combat performance of American, British, and Canadian troops against the Waffen SS and includes accounts of well-known SS soldiers like Michael Wittmann and formations such as the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Who were the Waffen SS? -- Perdition on the Eastern Front -- First encounters with the Waffen SS in Normandy -- Tiger shock and "colossal cracks" -- A tough business -- Tank charge to conserve infantry -- Cobra spring -- A murder of panzers -- Surrender invites death -- Intractable enemy.
- ISBN
- 9780811707633
- 0811707636
- LCCN
- ^^2010034562
- OCLC
- 658200555
- SCSB-12007162
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library