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BK282
Surrender Invites Death
Fighting the Waffen SS in Normandy
by John A. English
Book Description:
Surrender Invites Death:Normandy in the summer of 1944 posed enough challenges to the invading Allies–narrow country roads, thick hedgerows, and an entrenched German opponent ready to contest every field and village–and when the enemy was the Waffen SS, Hitler's elite ideological warriors, achieving victory seemed even more daunting. Yet American, British, and Canadian soldiers battled these fanatical troops from June to August 1944 and ultimately drove them from Normandy. In Surrender Invites Death, veteran military historian John A. English chronicles this bitter campaign from D-Day to Falaise, Caen to St. Lo, Goodwood to Cobra.
Originally created as a bodyguard for Hitler, the Waffen SS gained its reputation for ferocity and atrocity on the Eastern Front during the war's early years. Not always tactically proficient, Waffen SS units made up for it with a willingness to fight to the death and an unwillingness to grant quarter to the enemy. Equipped with the Third Reich's most fearsome tanks, the Waffen SS was a formidable foe, and in Normandy, the Allies would face some of its finest panzer divisions, such as the 1st SS Leibstandarte, the 2nd SS Das Reich, and the 12th SS Hitlerjugend.
D-Day caught the Germans off guard, and indecision about their panzer reserves ensured that even the Waffen SS would remain on the defensive for much of the campaign–but still pack a lethal punch. For instance, tank ace Michael Wittmann delivered a punishing blow to British armor at Viller-Bocage, and Kurt Meyer's boy soldiers of the 12th SS massacred Canadian prisoners near Caen.
As the summer wore on and the German situation in Normandy crumbled, the Waffen SS's fighting edge diminished. Matching their opponents' legendary tenacity, the Allies pressed forward in a series of hard-hitting offensives that shattered the Germans' lines and left them reeling. The campaign ended in the nightmare of the Falaise gap as the mauled remnants of the German military, including the Waffen SS, streamed out of Normandy.
About the Author:
John A. English served thirty-seven years in the Canadian Army and earned his doctorate from Queen's University. His previous books include Patton's Peers, The Canadian Army and the Normandy Campaign, and On Infantry.
What it was like to fight Hitler's ideological troops in Normandy starting
on D-Day, June 6, 1944
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BK282 - Surrender Invites Death
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Details: Hardcover, 240 pages, approximate size 6-1/4 x 9-1/4 inches, English text.
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