2017, ISBN: 9781591147442

Schiffer Military History, 2017-01-28. Hardcover. Like New., Schiffer Military History, 2017-01-28, 5, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2010. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcov… More...

Schiffer Military History, 2017-01-28. Hardcover. Like New., Schiffer Military History, 2017-01-28, 5, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2010. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 439 pages. 11 black and white maps. 1 figure of a U.S. propaganda leaflet directed at the 6th SS-Gebirgs Division. Foreword. Preface, Prologue. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. Topics covered include Birth of the Nord Division; Operation Nordwind and Beyond; The Saar-Palatinate Falls; Convergence; Nord Falls Behind, 31 March 1945; The First Day: Assenheim and Altenstadt, 1 April 1945; The Second Day: Waldensberg, 2 April 1945; The Second Day: Leisenwald, 2 April 1945; The Third Day: Dissolution, 3 April 1945; Completing the Record. Also contains Appendix A, Table of Comparative Ranks; Appendix B, Glossary of Terms and Equipment; and Appendix C: Select Order of Battle. Stephen M. Rusiecki, USA (Ret.), is Dean of Academics and Deputy Commandant of the U.S. Army Inspector General School at Fort Belvoir, VA. He is also the author of a book on the Battle for Losheimergraben. In April 1945 the U.S. 71st Infantry Division exacted the final vestiges of life from the Reich's 6th SS Mountain Division in central Germany. On Easter weekend, the bypassed German division fought to the bitter end as it was first surrounded and then destroyed as a fighting force. The author argues that the battle demonstrates that the Wehrmacht's last gasp on the Western Front was anything but a whimper, as some historians charge. Stephen Rusiecki argues, the Nazis fought to exact every last bit of pain possible. The book follows the histories of both the German and American divisions from their inceptions until their fateful confrontation and serves as a testament to the human experience in war, from the perspective of the soldiers and the civilians who suffered the brunt of the fighting. The 6th SS Mountain Division "Nord" (6. SS-Gebirgs-Division "Nord") was a German unit of the Waffen-SS during World War II, formed in February 1941 as SS Kampfgruppe Nord (SS Battle Group North). The division was the only Waffen-SS unit to fight in the Arctic Circle when it was stationed in Finland and northern Russia between June and November 1941. It fought in Karelia until the Moscow Armistice in September 1944, at which point it left Finland. It fought in the Operation Nordwind in January 1945, where it suffered heavy losses. In early April 1945, the division was destroyed by U.S. forces near Bn, Germany. The division took part in Operation Nordwind in the Low Vosges mountains of northeastern France. By 2 January, part of the division (SS Gebirgs Regiment 12 and 506th Battalion) went into action against the U.S. 45th Infantry Division, attached to 361st Volksgrenadier Division. For six days the SS men fought in and around the town of Wingen, finally being pushed back by the U.S. forces with most of the battle group killed or captured. On 16 January, the SS Regiment 11 surrounded six companies of the American 157th Infantry Regiment. The American troops were forced to surrender three days later, losing 482 men. Nord advanced for six more days before being stopped by American counterattacks. German attempts at a breakthrough were halted altogether by 30 January. The division remained on the western front after the Nordwind offensive, fighting American forces around Trier and Koblenz on the Moselle River in March. By Easter 1945 it numbered about 2,000 soldiers, including stragglers from other units. It still had six howitzers and an assault gun. The division refused to give up, and moved east to re-establish contact with other German units. However, as it moved, it drew the attention of the US Army by cutting American lines of communication. In early April 1945 over the course of several days the U.S. 71st Division fought a series of meeting engagements with the 6th SS Division Nord. As a result, the division was destroyed; its personnel scattered or captured., Naval Institute Press, 2010, 3<

2010, ISBN: 9781591147442

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2010. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 439 pages. 11 black and white maps. 1 figure of a U.S. propaganda leaflet di… More...

Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 2010. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 439 pages. 11 black and white maps. 1 figure of a U.S. propaganda leaflet directed at the 6th SS-Gebirgs Division. Foreword. Preface, Prologue. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index. Topics covered include Birth of the Nord Division; Operation Nordwind and Beyond; The Saar-Palatinate Falls; Convergence; Nord Falls Behind, 31 March 1945; The First Day: Assenheim and Altenstadt, 1 April 1945; The Second Day: Waldensberg, 2 April 1945; The Second Day: Leisenwald, 2 April 1945; The Third Day: Dissolution, 3 April 1945; Completing the Record. Also contains Appendix A, Table of Comparative Ranks; Appendix B, Glossary of Terms and Equipment; and Appendix C: Select Order of Battle. Stephen M. Rusiecki, USA (Ret.), is Dean of Academics and Deputy Commandant of the U.S. Army Inspector General School at Fort Belvoir, VA. He is also the author of a book on the Battle for Losheimergraben. In April 1945 the U.S. 71st Infantry Division exacted the final vestiges of life from the Reich's 6th SS Mountain Division in central Germany. On Easter weekend, the bypassed German division fought to the bitter end as it was first surrounded and then destroyed as a fighting force. The author argues that the battle demonstrates that the Wehrmacht's last gasp on the Western Front was anything but a whimper, as some historians charge. Stephen Rusiecki argues, the Nazis fought to exact every last bit of pain possible. The book follows the histories of both the German and American divisions from their inceptions until their fateful confrontation and serves as a testament to the human experience in war, from the perspective of the soldiers and the civilians who suffered the brunt of the fighting. The 6th SS Mountain Division "Nord" (6. SS-Gebirgs-Division "Nord") was a German unit of the Waffen-SS during World War II, formed in February 1941 as SS Kampfgruppe Nord (SS Battle Group North). The division was the only Waffen-SS unit to fight in the Arctic Circle when it was stationed in Finland and northern Russia between June and November 1941. It fought in Karelia until the Moscow Armistice in September 1944, at which point it left Finland. It fought in the Operation Nordwind in January 1945, where it suffered heavy losses. In early April 1945, the division was destroyed by U.S. forces near Bn, Germany. The division took part in Operation Nordwind in the Low Vosges mountains of northeastern France. By 2 January, part of the division (SS Gebirgs Regiment 12 and 506th Battalion) went into action against the U.S. 45th Infantry Division, attached to 361st Volksgrenadier Division. For six days the SS men fought in and around the town of Wingen, finally being pushed back by the U.S. forces with most of the battle group killed or captured. On 16 January, the SS Regiment 11 surrounded six companies of the American 157th Infantry Regiment. The American troops were forced to surrender three days later, losing 482 men. Nord advanced for six more days before being stopped by American counterattacks. German attempts at a breakthrough were halted altogether by 30 January. The division remained on the western front after the Nordwind offensive, fighting American forces around Trier and Koblenz on the Moselle River in March. By Easter 1945 it numbered about 2,000 soldiers, including stragglers from other units. It still had six howitzers and an assault gun. The division refused to give up, and moved east to re-establish contact with other German units. However, as it moved, it drew the attention of the US Army by cutting American lines of communication. In early April 1945 over the course of several days the U.S. 71st Division fought a series of meeting engagements with the 6th SS Division Nord. As a result, the division was destroyed; its personnel scattered or captured., Naval Institute Press, 2010, 3<

2010, ISBN: 9781591147442

hardcover, Very Good in Very Good jacket, Size: 6x1x9; VG red boards with silver lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; contents clean and unmarked. VG dust jacket no… More...

hardcover, Very Good in Very Good jacket, Size: 6x1x9; VG red boards with silver lettering along spine. Binding and hinges tight and square; contents clean and unmarked. VG dust jacket not price clipped; light rubbing along edges. 443pp. Index. Published 2010. First printing., [PU: Naval Institute Press]<

2010, ISBN: 1591147441

[EAN: 9781591147442], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Naval Inst Pr, Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.], WWII, NORD, REICH, SS MOUNTAIN DIVISION, Jacket, Very good condition. Clean text, ti… More...

[EAN: 9781591147442], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Naval Inst Pr, Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.A.], WWII, NORD, REICH, SS MOUNTAIN DIVISION, Jacket, Very good condition. Clean text, tight binding. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall, Books<

2010, ISBN: 1591147441

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[EAN: 9781591147442], Near Fine, [PU: Naval Institute Press], WORLD WAR II, 6TH SS MOUNTAIN DIVISION, UNIT HISTORY, Jacket, Hardcover, xviii,439p. Dust jacket covered with mylar jacket pr… More...

[EAN: 9781591147442], Near Fine, [PU: Naval Institute Press], WORLD WAR II, 6TH SS MOUNTAIN DIVISION, UNIT HISTORY, Jacket, Hardcover, xviii,439p. Dust jacket covered with mylar jacket protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, Books<