SS-Das Reich. Historie Druhe Divize SS v Letech 1939-1945

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Название: SS-Das Reich. Historie Druhe Divize SS v Letech 1939-1945

Автор: Gregory Louis Mattson

Издательство: Svojtka & Co.

Год: 2003

ISBN: 8072375733

Страниц: 193

Язык: Czech

Формат: PDF

Размер: 144 MB

The 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich was an elite Waffen-SS division during World War II. It is considered to be one of the better fighting formation amongst the thirty-eight divisions fielded by the Waffen-SS.

It served during the invasion of France and took part in several major battles on the Eastern Front (particularly in the Battle of Prokhorovka against the 5th Guards Tank Army at the titanic Battle of Kursk). Afterwards, it was transferred to the West and took part in the fighting in Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge, ending the war with the last desperate fighting in Hungary and Austria.

The symbol for the Das Reich division was the wolf's hook, or Wolfsangel. As a whole, the Waffen-SS was found guilty of war crimes in the Nuremberg tribunal, with Das Reich itself being notorious for the Oradour-sur-Glane massacre.