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From the Realm of a Dying Sun - Volume 1 - 4th SS Panzerkorps and the Battles for Warsaw

By: Casemate Publishing

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Reference Books (Casemate Publishing)

MSRP old price: $37.95


Product Info

Title
From the Realm of a Dying Sun - Volume 1 - 4th SS Panzerkorps and the Battles for Warsaw
Category
Author
Douglas E. Nash, Sr.
Publish Year
2020
Pages
542
Dimensions
6.5x9.5x1.75"
NKG Part #
2147868726
Type
Hardcover

Description

During World War Two, the armed or Waffen-SS branch of the Third Reich's dreaded security service expanded from two divisions in 1940 to 38 divisions by the end of the war, eventually growing to a force of over 900,000 men until Germany's defeat in May 1945. Not satisfied with allowing his nascent force to be commanded in combat by army headquarters of the Wehrmacht, Heinrich Himmler, chief of the SS, began to create his own SS corps and army.
Herbert Otto Gille's IV SS-Panzerkorps was renowned for its tenacity, high morale and, above all, its lethality, whether conducting a hard-hitting counterattack or a stubborn defense in situations where its divisions were hopelessly outnumbered. Often embroiled in heated disputes with its immediate Wehrmacht higher headquarters over his seemingly cavalier conduct of operations, Gille's corps remained to the bitter end one of the Third Reich's most reliable and formidable field formations.