Surrender Invites Death: Fighting the Waffen SS in Normandy

by John A. English

Book Overview

What it was like to fight Hitler's ideological troops in Normandy starting on D-Day, June 6, 1944 Regarded as Nazi Germany's elite military force, the Waffen SS had a reputation for ferocity on the battlefield and mercilessness to prisoners Assesses the combat performance of American, British, and Canadian units against the Waffen SS Included are accounts of well-known SS soldiers like Michael Wittmann and formations such as the 1st SS Panzer Division...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811707636
• ISBN13: 9780811707633
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.8" x 9.0"