The 12th SS: The History of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division, Volume 1
Volume one details all aspects of the division's history with a balanced mix of both tactical and strategic accounts, including the creation and training of these teenage warriors and their baptism of fire in the Normandy campaign in World War II. |
Contents
The Division during the Defensive Battles against | 73 |
The First Battle for Caen from 6 to 10 June 1944 | 123 |
The Second Battle for Caen from 11 to 18 June 1944 | 211 |
The Third Battle for Caen from 25 to 30 June 1944 | 311 |
The Fourth Battle for Caen from 4 to 10 July 1944 | 443 |
Operation GOODWOOD to the Eve of Operation TOTALIZE | 509 |
References | 547 |
About the Author | 572 |
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The 12th SS: The History of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division, Volume 1 Hubert Meyer Limited preview - 2005 |
Common terms and phrases
11th Armoured Division Abteilung action advance anti-tank guns approximately Armee Armoured Brigade Armoured Division arrived artillery fire assembly area attack Aufklärungsabteilung Bataillon battalion battery battle bridgehead Brigadeführer British Brouay Caen Canadian capture Carpiquet Cheux command post counterattack Cristot defense diary Divi Divisional commander east edge enemy tanks Feldmarschall fighter-bombers fighting Flak flank Fontenay forces front line Führer Gavrus German Hauptsturmführer heavy Heeresgruppe Hitlerjugend Infantry Brigade Infantry Division June Kampfgruppe kilometers knocked Kompanie Korps landing located losses machine gun meters mortar NCOs night Oberscharführer Obersturmbannführer Obersturmführer Odon officer Orne river Panthers Panzer IVs Panzer-Lehr-Division Panzerabteilung Panzerdivision Panzergrenadierregiment Panzergruppe West platoon positions Pz.-Div radio Rauray reconnaissance Regiment 26 reinforced reported rifle road Rommel scouting party sector situation spotted SS-Panzerdivision SS-Panzerkorps staff Standartenführer Sturmbannführer sturmführer Sturmmann Supreme Command West terrain town troops units Unterscharführer Untersturmführer vehicles Villers-Bocage wounded Wünsche