5th SS Wiking at War 1941-1945: History of the Division

by Ian Baxter

Overview

Drawing on a superb collection of rare and unpublished photographs the 5th SS Division Wiking 1941 - 1945 is the 5th book in the Waffen-SS Images of War Series by Ian Baxter. The book tells the dramatic story of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking at War. The men of the division were recruited from foreign volunteers in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, the Netherlands and Belgium under the command of German officers. Not all were collaborators - the choice they were all too often presented with was join up or be locked up - or worse. During the course of the war, the division served on the Eastern Front in 1941. It surrendered in May 1945 to the American forces in Austria.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781526721341
Publisher:	Pen and Sword
Publication date:	05/30/2018
Series:	Images of War
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	9.50(w) x 9.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ian Baxter is a military historian who specialises in German twentieth-century military history. He has written more than fifty books. He has also reviewed numerous military studies for publication, supplied thousands of photographs and important documents to various publishers and film production companies worldwide, and lectures to various schools, colleges and universities throughout the United Kingdom and Southern Ireland.

Table of Contents

Introduction 5

Chapter 1 Baptism of Fire in the East 11

Chapter 2 Battles in Southern Russia 51

Chapter 3 Kursk and Beyond 91

Chapter 4 Fighting for Survival 109

Appendix: Order of Battle 136