Waffen-SS on the Western Front: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives - Couverture souple

Baxter, Ian

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1781591857 ISBN 13 : 9781781591857

Editeur : Pen & Sword Military, 2014

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

This book in the popular Images of War series covers the deeds of the Waffen-SS on the Western Front during the Second World War. With extensive text and in-depth captions with many rare and unpublished photographs it describes the fighting tactics, the uniforms, the battles and the different elements that went into making the Waffen-SS such an elite fighting unit. It traces how the Waffen-SS carefully built up their assault forces utilising all available reserves and resources into a ruthlessly effective killing machine. It depicts how this awesome military formation grew to be used in offensive and then in defensive battles, and provides much historical information and facts about the weapons and all the components that fought on Western Front. The reader learns how the Waffen-SS battled their way through the Low Countries and the Balkans. After D-Day they played a key role in Normandy and fought at Arnhem, in the Ardennes and shifted from one disintegrating part of the front to another in a drastic attempt to stabilise the crumbling war effort. The Waffen-SS on the Western Front 1940 - 1945 provides an excellent insight into one of the most effective fighting formations in military history.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Ian Baxter is a much published author and photographic collector whose many books draw an increasing following. He is the author of many books in the Images of War Series, most recently Hitler's Headquarters and Himmler's Concentration Camp Guards. He lives near Chelmsford, Essex.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pen & Sword Military
• Date d'édition: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1781591857
• ISBN 13: 9781781591857
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144