Author: Sharpe, Michael; Davis, Brian L.; Davis, Brian Leigh
Publisher: Ian Allan Pub
Year: 2002
ISBN: 0711029229
Binding: Soft Cover
Book Condition: As New
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Description:
New book, 96 pages, 110+ photos. Initially the SS-Stabswache Berlin - an SS guard that formed a cordon around the Fuhrer at the Nuremberg rallies - Hitler's bodyguard became the Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler in 1933. It took a leading role in internal affairs but also took on a military role during the war, as a motorised regiment during the invasion of Poland, the Low Countries and France; a brigade during the conquest of the Balkans; a motorised division during Operation 'Barbarossa'; and an SS-Panzergrenadier Division during 1942. In 1943 it reformed in Italy becoming 1st SS-Panzer Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, and fought in Italy and Russia before being transfered to Normandy. Destroyed in the Falaise Pocket, a further refit saw it in action again in the Ardennes, before moving to Hungary, what was left of the division finally surrendered to US forces at Linz. Contents: Origin and History; Organisation, order of battle and how this changed; Battle History, theatre by theatre; Insignia and Markings; Top People - biographies of commanders and personalities.