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The Defeat and Attrition of the 12. SS-Panzerdivision 'Hitlerjugend' - Arthur W Gullachsen

The Defeat and Attrition of the 12. SS-Panzerdivision 'Hitlerjugend'

Volume I: The Normandy Bridgehead Battles 7–11 June 1944
Buch | Hardcover
288 Seiten
2024
Casemate Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-63624-347-4 (ISBN)
CHF 57,50 inkl. MwSt
A new analysis of the German military response to the eastern side of the Normandy Bridgehead.
Following the Normandy invasion of 6 June, 1944, Heersgruppe B under German Generalfeldmarschall Erwin Rommel rushed reserves to the newly created bridgehead in order to crush it and drive the Allied forces into the sea. One of these armored reserves was the newly created 12. SS-Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend. Extremely well equipped and at near full strength by mid-1944 standards, it was seen as an extremely capable formation that could defeat any Allied invasion.During this period studied in this volume, 7-11 June 1944, the 12. SS-Panzer-Division attempted to capture and hold the battlefield initiative, and in conjunction with other Panzer-Divisionen, throw what would become the Second British Army into the sea. The main thesis presented will be that despite this division's best efforts, it was defeated by a firm Allied defence that repulsed their offensive operations, eventually robbing the Germans of the initiative in a grinding series of bridgehead battles.This first volume will study combat in the period 7-11 June 1944 in the eastern sector of the Normandy Bridgehead. Chapters will analyze the Anglo-Canadian D-Day assault and the deployment of the division, then analyze in detail the fighting of the Hitlerjugend in the following areas: northern Caen, Putot, Bretteville l'Orgueilleuse, Norrey-en-Bessin, Hill 103, Le-Mesnil-Patry, and finally Rots. Also studied will be contrasting German and Anglo-Canadian tactical doctrine, the influence of tactical airpower, and the war crimes committed by the Hitlerjugend immediately after the invasion.The conclusion will reinforce the thesis presented above and a detailed set of appendices will analyze German personnel, equipment, and armored losses during the battles, and losses inflicted on the Allies. This will be Volume 1 of a planned multi-volume commitment.

Captain Arthur W. Gullachsen is the author of three previous books and is currently an Associate Professor in the RMC History Department at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario. After joining the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in late 2006, he gained acceptance into the PhD Program in History at Western University in London, Ontario, graduating in 2016. A Second World War specialist, Captain Gullachsen's areas of expertise include the study of the replacement of equipment and personnel losses as well as German armoured forces during the late war period. He is also interested in twentieth century airpower and seapower. He recently published both Bloody Verrieres volumes with Casemate Publishing (2022 and 2023).

Introduction

 

1: The D-Day assault and the march of the 12. SS-Panzer-Division

2: The 7 June attack of Kampfgruppe Meyer

3: The 8 June attack of Kampfgruppe Mohnke

4: The 8-9 June attack on Bretteville l'Orgueilleuse

5: The 9 June attack on Norrey

6: The 10 June attack of SS-Pz.Pio.Btl. 12 on Norrey

7: The battle of Hill 103, 11 June 1944

8: The defence of Le Mesnil-Patry, 11 June 1944

9: The defence of Rots, 11-12 June 1944

10: The transition to the defence and the death of Brig.Fhr. Witt

 

Conclusion: Reassessment

Appendices

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 40 photographs and maps
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte 1918 bis 1945
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Militärgeschichte
ISBN-10 1-63624-347-9 / 1636243479
ISBN-13 978-1-63624-347-4 / 9781636243474
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