Table of Contents
Table of Comparative Ranks ix
Introduction 1
Part 1 Himmler's Army
Chapter 1 Foundation Stones 9
Chapter 2 Creating an Elite 21
Chapter 3 The March to War 35
Chapter 4 The Destruction of Poland 45
Chapter 5 Deployment in the West 57
Chapter 6 Invading the Netherlands 67
Chapter 7 The Assault on France 79
Chapter 8 France Defeated 91
Chapter 9 Transition and Expansion 101
Chapter 10 Balkan Diversion 115
Part 2 The Greatest War in History
Chapter 11 Operation Barbarossa 127
Chapter 12 Advance on Leningrad: Army Group North 141
Chapter 13 Across the Ukraine: Army Group South 153
Chapter 14 The Drive on Moscow: Army Group Center 165
Chapter 15 Holding the Line: The Eastern Front, 1941-1942 177
Chapter 16 At the Edge: The Eastern Front, 1942-1943 191
Chapter 17 Kharkov Counterstroke 205
Chapter 18 Kursk: Clash of Armor 221
Part 3 A Call to Arms
Chapter 19 An Army of Europeans 237
Chapter 20 Defending the Ukraine 253
Chapter 21 Battle in the North 267
Chapter 22 Shoring Up the Line 277
Chapter 23 Partisan Wars: The Eastern Front 287
Chapter 24 Partisan Wars: The Balkans 299
Part 4 War in the West
Chapter 25 Battle for the Beachhead 315
Chapter 26 Unequal Struggle 329
Chapter 27 Collapse and Recovery 345
Chapter 28 Final Gamble in the West 359
Part 5 Fight to the Last
Chapter 29 Disaster in Hungary 377
Chapter 30 The Waffen-SS Destroyed 391
Chapter 31 Aftermath 407
Appendix A Waffen-SS Divisions 423
Appendix B Waffen-SS Knights Cross Holders by Division 435
Acknowledgments 437
Notes 439
Select Bibliography 465
Index 475
