| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 375 pages) : illustrations, maps, plans, portraits |
| Contents |
The prewar background : the development of the concentration camp system and the SS Totenkopfverbände -- The Polish campaign and the creation of the SS Totenkopfdivision -- Growing pains : December 1939-May 1940 -- The SS Totenkopfdivision and the battle of France -- The long interlude : occupation duty and transfer to the East -- The SS Totenkopfdivision and the war in Russia : June 1941-January 1942 -- The Soviet counteroffensive : encirclement in the Demyansk Pocket, January-October 1942 -- Perpetual crisis : the Führer's firemen, 1943-1945 -- Some observations : ideology, personality, and the question of Totenkopf criminality |
| Summary |
Surveys the emergence of the Nazi SS and its Death's Head Division, noting the impact of this elite and powerful army upon military history |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-362) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Waffen-SS. Panzer-Division Totenkopf, 3.
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Waffen-SS. Panzer-Division Totenkopf, 3. |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Germany
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Soviet Union.
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HISTORY -- Military -- World War II.
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Military campaigns.
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Regimental histories.
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France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945.
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Soviet Union -- History -- German occupation, 1941-1944.
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France.
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Germany.
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Soviet Union.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780691214160 |
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0691214166 |
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