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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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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.
Subject
  • Waffen-SS
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Normandy
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Tank warfare
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