Ss Panzer Battalion 501

Author : Hugues Wenkin,Christian Dujardin
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781399056205

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SS Panzer Battalion 501 by Hugues Wenkin,Christian Dujardin Pdf

The Peiper Kampfgruppe was the spearhead of the 6th Panzer Army. Most often mentioned for its actions on Ardennes soil, today the Gepanzerte Kampfgruppe "Peiper" remains an object of interest for its actions during the engagements between Stavelot and La Gleize, as well as the engagement of its Tiger II against the American armored units. Although the unit had exceptional crews, including some of the most emblematic aces of the Panzerwaffe, and benefited from the element of surprise, it suffered a bitter failure in the Ardennes. How could a vehicle considered to be among the most powerful of the conflict suffer almost 100 percent losses? In hindsight, can we speak of a tactical failure? This study, carried out by a duo of Ardennes authors experienced in this episode of the Second World War, meets the dual objective of reconstructing the facts and explaining why, in the end, the Tiger tank battalion N°501 (schwere SS-Panzer Abteilung 501) was able to survive the Battle of the Bulge. It includes a summary of their confrontations, a history of the unit, as well as a tank-by-tank analysis of the causes of destruction. In total, the authors found sixteen different examples, and the machines lost one by one in the Ardennes make it possible to follow the unit's course throughout the conflict.

Author : Gregory A. Walden
Publisher : Schiffer Military History
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945
ISBN : 076434790X

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Tigers in the Ardennes by Gregory A. Walden Pdf

"In this book, ... Walden provides the most detailed look at the actions of a single German battalion in the Battle of the Bulge.

Author : Samuel W. Mitcham
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007-09-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811745253

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German Order of Battle by Samuel W. Mitcham Pdf

Narrative histories highlighting organization, combat experiences, and casualties of each division. Lists of constituent units and division commanders. Sources for further reading on each division.

Author : Leo Kessler
Publisher : Benchmark Publishing
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781311380364

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SS Panzer Battalion by Leo Kessler Pdf

In Wotan's First Mission, von Dodenburg tackles the inpenetrable Fort Eben Emael. SS Assault Regiment Wotan was preparing for a mission so secret that it was known just by its codename, Zero. Only The Vulture, Major Horst Geier, knew that the objective was the key Belgian fortress guarding the junction of the River Meuse and the Albert Canal. It was the most impregnable stronghold in Europe and had to be taken, regardless of the cost in human lives, if Hitler's handpicked SS Panzer troops were to turn the flank of the Maginot line and force the phoney war to explode into the Blitzkrieg... Leo Kessler is a pseudonym of the late Charles Whiting. Over three million of his books have been sold worldwide.

Author : Samuel W. Mitcham
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811734387

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German Order of Battle: Panzer, Panzer Grenadier, and Waffen SS divisions in World War II by Samuel W. Mitcham Pdf

The definitive reference on the German Army in World War II, covering the organization, combat history, and commanders of each division.

Author : Steve Kane
Publisher : Merriam Press
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945
ISBN : 9781576380680

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The 1st SS Panzer Division in the Battle of the Bulge by Steve Kane Pdf

Author : Ewald Klapdor
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-04-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0811744426

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Viking Panzers by Ewald Klapdor Pdf

• Classic World War II unit history of the 5th SS Panzer Regiment, part of the 5th SS Panzer Division "Viking" • The unique 5th SS Panzer Division was made up largely of volunteers from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, the Netherlands, and Belgium • This regiment served on the Eastern Front from 1942 to the end of the war, including action at Kharkov and Warsaw • Draws heavily from the eyewitness testimonies of the 5th's members • First time in English

Author : Bob Carruthers
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473868427

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SS Panzer Divisions on the Eastern Front by Bob Carruthers Pdf

“This book is chock full of striking photographs taken throughout the war, from the invasion of Poland, to the last battles in Hungary . . . a treasure.” —Western Slope Division This book follows the path of the 1st SS Panzer Division “Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler,” 2nd SS Panzer Division “Das Reich,” 3rd SS Panzer Division “Totenkopf,” and 5th SS Panzer Division “Wiking” from the opening stages of the war and the challenges of Barbarossa, through to the long and bloody retreat to Berlin. This exceptional collection of images captures the titanic struggle endured by these divisions, and the chain of events they set in motion that proved so critical in shaping the face of the Second World War. Featuring rare images, this is the definitive record of SS Panzer Divisions on the Eastern Front, and an essential addition to any enthusiast’s collection.

Author : Tim Saunders,Richard Hone
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 499 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-04-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526757371

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12th Hitlerjugend SS Panzer Division in Normandy by Tim Saunders,Richard Hone Pdf

The history of the armored division comprised of German teenagers in the Normandy campaign, drawing on new materials from former Eastern Bloc archives. Raised in 1943 with seventeen-year-olds from the Hitler Youth movement, and following the twin disasters of Stalingrad and ‘Tunisgrad,’ the Hitlerjugend Panzer Division emerged as the most effective German division fighting in the West. The core of the division was a cadre of officers and NCOs provided by Hitler’s bodyguard division, the elite Leibstandarte, with the aim of producing a division of ‘equal value’ to fight alongside them in I SS Panzer Corps. During the fighting in Normandy, the Hitlerjugend proved to be implacable foes to both the British and the Canadians, repeatedly blunting Montgomery’s offensives, fighting with skill and a degree of determination well beyond the norm. This they did from D+1 through to the final battle to escape from the Falaise Pocket, despite huge disadvantages, namely constant Allied air attack, highly destructive naval gunfire, and a chronic lack of combat supplies and replacements of men and equipment. Written with the advantage of new materials from archives in the former Eastern Bloc, this book is no whitewash of a Waffen SS division and it does not shy away from confronting unpalatable facts or controversies. Includes photographs

Author : Steve Kane
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-02-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781678173555

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The 1st Schutzstaffel Panzer Division In the Battle of the Bulge by Steve Kane Pdf

Merriam Press World War 2 History. An extremely readable account of the 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler" (LAH) throughout the Ardennes Offensive relating the actions of the LAH and a variety of German units who fought with them as well as considerable detail about the American units that fought against the 1st SS Panzer Division. Contents: Background; The Saga of Kampfgruppe Peiper; The Rest of the Saga; Analysis; Appendices: Waffen-SS/U.S. Army Officer Rank Equivalents; Chronology; Bibliography; Afterword; End Notes. 128 photos, 14 maps.

Author : Dieter Stenger
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780811765909

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Panzers East and West by Dieter Stenger Pdf

Organized and trained during 1943, the 10th SS Panzer Division saw its first action in the spring of 1944 during the relief of an encircled German army on the Eastern Front. Several months later, in response to the Allied invasion at Normandy, the division returned to the West in mid-June 1944. Here the division engaged in a series of armored attacks and counterattacks against British and American forces. The 10th SS briefly held off a few enemy thrusts but gradually had to fall back to Falaise, where the division escaped the Allied encirclement with no tanks and only a fraction of its men. The 10th SS Panzer Division next defended against the Allied parachute assault during Operation Market Garden in September 1944. Depleted and now a division in name only, the 10th SS fought in Alsace before Hitler sent it to the Eastern Front again. There, east of Berlin, the division participated in the final battles to enable the escape of German soldiers and civilians from Soviet captivity.

Author : Dennis Oliver
Publisher : Pen and Sword Military
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526791238

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Tiger I and Tiger II Tanks by Dennis Oliver Pdf

By the first weeks of 1945, the Eastern Front had been pushed back to the Carpathian mountain passes in the south and Warsaw on the Vistula River in the center, while in the north, the German army was fighting in East Prussia. The Wehrmacht's armored and mobile formations were now employed exclusively as fire brigades, rushed from one crisis to the next as the Red Army pushed inexorably westward. Critical to the German defense were the army's heavy Panzer battalions whose Tiger tanks, with their 8.8 cm guns, were almost invincible on the open plains of central Europe. In his latest book in the TankCraft series, Dennis Oliver uses archive photos and extensively researched color illustrations to examine the Tiger tanks and units of the German Army and Waffen-SS heavy Panzer battalions that struggled to resist the onslaught of Soviet armor during the last days of the conflict which culminated in the battle for Berlin. A key section of his book displays available model kits and aftermarket products, complemented by a gallery of beautifully constructed and painted models in various scales. Technical details as well as modifications introduced during production and in the field are also examined providing everything the modeler needs to recreate an accurate representation of these historic tanks.

Author : Michael Frank Reynolds
Publisher : Spellmount, Limited Publishers
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Ardennes, Battle of the, 1944-1945
ISBN : UOM:39015048525326

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Men of Steel by Michael Frank Reynolds Pdf

A military historical account of the actions of the 1st and 12th SS Panzer Divisions in Normandy; Hitler's elite Leibstandarte Corps. The author describes the successes and failures of the Battle of the Bulge and the final offensive on the Eastern Front in 1945.

Author : Michael Reynolds
Publisher : Dell
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 9780440225966

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Steel Inferno by Michael Reynolds Pdf

Chronicles the rise and fall of Hitler's tank warriors, and provides an account of their role in the three-month battle of Normandy.

Author : Adrian Dragoș Defta
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781527571358

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The 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" by Adrian Dragoș Defta Pdf

This book demythologises one of the top Waffen-SS units during the Second World War, the Hitlerjugend Division. In addition to bringing together new research in European historiography, it also represents an innovative scientific approach using social psychology. It provides insights into inner psychological mechanisms that facilitated moral disengagement and culminated in the division’s unparalleled combat motivation and war crimes. Best known for their alleged fanaticism, Nazi indoctrination and inclination to perpetrate atrocities, Hitlerjugend soldiers are analysed here using perspectives drawn from across sociology, anthropology and psychology.