ISBN:

• 9780306824654
• 0306824655

Edition: First edition.

Description: ix, 496 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 439-474) and index.

Contents:

• Himmler's Army
• Foundation Stones
• Creating an Elite
• The March to War
• The Destruction of Poland
• Deployment in the West
• Invading the Netherlands
• The Assault on France
• France Defeated
• Transition and Expansion
• Balkan Diversion
• The Greatest War in History
• Operation Barbarossa
• Advance on Leningrad: Army Group North
• Across the Ukraine: Army Group South
• Drive on Moscow: Army Group Center
• Holding the Line: Eastern Front
• At the Edge: Eastern Front 1942-43
• Kharkov Counterstroke
• Kursk: Clash of Armor
• A Call to Arms
• An Army of Europeans
• Defending the Ukraine
• Battle in the North
• Shoring up the Line
• Partisan Wars: The Eastern Front
• Partisan Wars: The Balkans
• War in the West
• Battle for the Beachhead
• Unequal Struggle
• Collapse and Recovery
• Final Gamble in the West
• Fight to the Last
• Disaster in Hungary
• The Waffen-SS Destroyed
• Aftermath.

LCCN: 2019014507

Control Number: 2729044

Subjects:

• Germany -- History, Military -- 20th century.
• Waffen-SS -- History.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Europe.
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Germany.