SS-Leibstandarte: The History of the First SS Division, 1933-45 de Rupert Butler - 2001

MBI Publishing, 2001. Hardback. Collectible: Like New. 1st Edition LIKE NEW - Unread. Dust jacket is like new and in mylar protection. 192 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. . . . . . . . . . TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1.) Foundation -- 2.) Organization -- 3.) Blooding -- 4.) France -- 5.) The East -- 6.) Kursk -- 7.) Cherkassy -- 8.) Normandy -- 9.) Ardennes -- 10.) Last throw -- 11.) Key figures. . . . . . . . FROM THE DUST JACKET FRONT FLAP: The divisions of the Waffen-SS were the elite of Hitler?s armies in World War II. SS-Leibstandarte is an in-depth examination of the first Waffen-SS unit to be formed, the SS-Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler. The book explores the background of the unit?s formation, including its origins as the F?hrer?s bodyguard, the men it recruited, the key figures involved in the division, its organization, training, uniforms and insignia. SS-Leibstandarte also provides a full combat record of the division, which fought on both fronts during World War II. The book outlines the unit?s involvement in the fall of France, its service on the Eastern Front, the desperate attempts to throw the Allies out of Normandy after D-Day, and the final, fruitless attempts to relieve Budapest and save Vienna from the Red Army. Illustrated with rare photographs and written by an acknowledged expert, SS-Leibstandarte is a definitive history of one of Nazi Germany?s most effective fighting units of World War II.