Panzers East and West
Panzers East and West

Author: Dieter Stenger

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2017-09-01

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 0811765903

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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.

The 10. Panzer-Division
The 10. Panzer-Division

Author: Jean Restayn

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 392

ISBN-13:

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This photo album presents the history of the division through a brief text, hundreds of photographs, several maps and numerous custom color illustrations. This book offers the first account in English of this battle-proven division, which was formed shortly before the outbreak of the war. It fought in Poland, France and in the opening stages of the campaign in Russia. In mid-1942, it was pulled out of the line, reconstituted and reorganized in France and then sent to North Africa as part of Hitler's desperate attempt to save the situation there. Although the division spent only six months in the desert, it fought both the British and the Americans.

German Panzer Divisions
German Panzer Divisions

Author: Source Wikipedia

Publisher: University-Press.org

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9781230638867

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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: 10th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 116th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 11th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 13th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 14th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 155th Reserve Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 179th Reserve Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 17th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 18th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 19th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 1st Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 20th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 21st Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 22nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 233rd Reserve Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 23rd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 24th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 25th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 273rd Reserve Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 27th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht), 2nd Light Division (Wehrmacht), 3rd Light Division (Wehrmacht), Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Goring, Panzertruppenschule II, Panzer Division Clausewitz, Panzer Division Feldherrnhalle 2, Panzer Division Kempf, Panzer Division Muncheberg, Panzer Division Tatra, Panzer Lehr Division.

The German 10th Panzer Division and the Battles of Poland and France
The German 10th Panzer Division and the Battles of Poland and France

Author: Albert Schick

Publisher: Pen & Sword Military

Published: 2024-06-30

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781399003087

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Originally written in German by Mr. Albert Schick, this unit history covers the history of an unusual Panzer Division of the German Army in WW II. It describes its establishment shortly before the Polish Campaign and its combat record through the Polish 1939 and French 1940 campaigns. A second volume will explore the division's subsequent campaigns in Russia and North Africa. This division participated in some of the most important battles of WW II including the crossing of the Meuse River at Sedan, the bloody battle at Stonne, and the capture of Calais. This first volume of the divisional history is a good mixture of command level descriptions of the movements and fighting, as well as personal small unit accounts.

Das Reich
Das Reich

Author: Max Hastings

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA

Published: 2013-06-15

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 161058824X

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A world-renowned British historian recounts the actions of one of Hitler’s most elite armor units in one of World War II’s most horrific months. June 1944, the month of the D-Day landings carried out by Allied forces in Normandy, France. Germany’s 2nd SS Panzer Division, one of Adolf Hitler’s most elite armor units, had recently been pulled from the Eastern Front and relocated to France in order to regroup, recruit more troops, and restock equipment. With Allied forces suddenly on European ground, the division—Das Reich—was called up to counter the invasion. Its march northward to the shores of Normandy, 15,000 men strong, would become infamous as a tale of unparalleled brutality in World War II. Das Reich is Sir Max Hastings’s narrative of the atrocities committed by the 2nd SS Panzer Division during June of 1944: first, the execution of 99 French civilians in the village of Tulle on June 9; and second, the massacre of 642 more in the village of Oradour-sur-Glane on June 10. Throughout the book, Hastings expertly shifts perspective between French resistance fighters, the British Secret Service (who helped coordinate the French resistance from afar and on the ground), and the German soldiers themselves. With its rare, unbiased approach to the ruthlessness of World War II, Das Reich explores the fragile moral fabric of wartime mentality. Praise for Das Reich “A gripping blend of narrative and investigation.” —Evening Standard “This classic account of WWII is a microcosm of the global conflict. Hastings brings to life the horror that the 2nd SS Panzer division, Das Reich, inflicted upon the citizens living in a bucolic corner of France.” —Dennis Showalter, author of Patton and Rommel and Hitler’s Panzers

German Armor in Normandy
German Armor in Normandy

Author: Yves Buffetaut

Publisher: Casemate

Published: 2018-10-19

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1612006442

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Throughout the Second World War, a shift occurred in the composition of the large armored units of armies which lead to an increase in the power of their tanks in particular. The Germans were no exception. Many of its recently formed Panzer divisions, from the 12th SS-Panzerdivision Hitlerjugend to the 2nd SS-Panzerdivision Das Reich, were thrust into the effort to repel the Allies from June to August 1944 in Normandy. Within just ten weeks they would be defeated. This volume of Casemate Illustrated starts by exploring the initial struggle to gain control of Caen after the Allies had landed on the beaches of Normandy which resulted in the ferocious German Tiger tanks destroying the 7th Armored Division, with British losses totaling twenty-seven tanks. The subsequent strategies the commanders devised for the Panzer tanks during Operations Goodwood and Cobra were not so successful, ultimately ending in disaster for the Germans as the Allies broke through the German line by the end of July. With over 100 photos, diagrams showing the composition of German armored divisions, and color profiles of tanks and other armored vehicles, this is a detailed examination of the German armored forces in Normandy in 1944, focusing on the organization of the 10 Panzer divisions that took part, the vehicles they relied on and the battles they fought in and why ultimately their combined strength was not enough.

The Panzer Legions
The Panzer Legions

Author: Samuel W. Mitcham, Jr.

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 9780811733533

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Hitler's tank divisions were his most lethal weapons during World War II. From success to failure, in victory and defeat, each division played a role in Hitler's campaign against the Allies. Examines vehicles, armor quality, manpower, and leadership and includes a comprehensive index of individuals, units, battles, and campaigns First guide to chronicle the history of each division from its inception to its destruction Includes a career sketch of every panzer divisional commander

The 3rd SS Panzer Regiment
The 3rd SS Panzer Regiment

Author: Pierre Tiquet

Publisher: Casemate

Published: 2020-07-30

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1612007325

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“A fascinating look into the experiences of the men of an elite armored unit that fought on the Eastern Front, written essentially in their own words.” —AMPS The 3rd SS Panzer Regiment was part of the Totenkopf Division—one of the thirty-eight Waffen-SS divisions active during World War II. Notorious for its brutality, most notably a mass execution of British prisoners in the Battle of France, Totenkopf had a fearsome reputation. The 3rd SS Panzer Regiment was formed in France in late 1942, and transferred to the Eastern Front in early 1943, where it fought for the rest of the war. The regiment participated in a number of battles, and would be reduced and rebuilt a number of times. The panzers of 3rd SS Panzer Regiment fought at Kharkov, took part in Operation Citadel, fought in the battle of Krivoi Rog, and the relief of the Korsun Pocket. The regiment then retreated over the Dniester. They fought in Poland against the Russian advance, before being moved to Hungary where they participated in the attempt to relieve Budapest. They eventually surrendered in Czechoslovakia to the 11th US Armored Division. This book tells the story of the 3rd SS Panzer Regiment through the words of the veterans themselves. Among the veterans whose accounts are included are Walter Weber, a member of a tank crew in 5. Kompanie who recounts their optimism and high spirits at the start of Operation Citadel as the Germans made initial advances, followed by retreat as winter set in and the Russians began to push them back. Unterscharführer Stettner recalls the fierce tank battles and the difficulties advancing across minefields and evading an often well-concealed foe. Corporal Fritz Edelmann records the attempts to relieve Budapest in 1945 that Totenkopf took part in, which ended in encirclement, defeat and surrender to the Americans on May 9, 1945. In addition, it is illustrated with a wealth of contemporary photographs, original documents, and artifacts.

Panzerkrieg
Panzerkrieg

Author: Peter McCarthy

Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers

Published: 2003-10-04

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 9780786712649

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The authors serves up the first comprehensive account of this most important arm of the German military machine during World War II, tracing the movements of these deadly units from the initial blitzkrieg through Europe to their role in defending the Fatherland from Allied invasion. Reprint.