The 3rd Waffen-SS Panzer Division Totenkopf 1939-1943 Volume 1 Hardcover by Schiffer Publishing

Features

• 224 Pages
• 712 Photos and Illustrations

One of the most infamous of all Waffen-SS formations the 3rd SS-Panzer-Division Totenkopf has always been identified as the very essence of the notorious Black Order. Associated with war crimes in official historiography formed initially with personnel coming from guard units from concentration camps the unit was nevertheless able to prove itself on the battlefield distinguishing itself in all of the main campaigns in which it fought from France to the Russian front. This second of two volumes analyzes the summer 1943 campaign that followed Kursk until the end of the war: from its operations on the Mius front to the fighting in the Kharkov area on the Dnieper River its transfer to the Polish front and its subordination to IV.SS-Panzer-Korps the fighting on the Hungarian front to liberate Budapest and then its participation in the Frühlingserwachen (Spring Awakening) offensive until the final fighting in Austria and the surrender. The volume includes a series of appendices covering order of battle lists of award recipients and details of uniforms and insignia pertaining to the division.