Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS: 1943-45

by Will Fey

Overview

This German WWII military history offers an in-depth view of armored combat across Europe from the perspective of the Waffen SS.

The Waffen SS were considered the elite of the German armed forces in the Second World War and were involved in almost continuous combat. In this volume, a former Waffen SS captain offers an in-depth account of their armored combat operations across the European Theater and into the Eastern Front. 

From the sweeping tank battle of Kursk in southwestern Russian to the bitter fighting among the hedgerows of Normandy and the last great offensive in the Ardennes, forever immortalized in history at the Battle of the Bulge, this chronicle presents a vivid frontline view of the drama.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780811742436
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	06/14/2023
Series:	Stackpole Military History Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	417
Sales rank:	760,227
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Will Fey was a highly decorated German panzer commander in WWII.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the English Edition xi

Foreword Otto Kumm xii

About the Author xiii

Introduction xiv

The Formation of the First Panzer Units of the Waffen-SS xvi

Part I Panzer Actions at the Hot Spots of the Eastern Front 1943-1944

Panzers Between Charkowand Dnjepropetrowsk 2

The Recapture of Charkow in March 1943 11

The Panzer Battle for Kursk-Operation "Zitadelle," July 1943 19

Panzer Battles Between the Mius and Dnjepr Rivers, Autumn of 1943 30

Battleground Kiev-Shitomir, Winter 1943-44 40

The Encirclement Battle for Kowel 73

Defensive Fighting East of Warsaw, 1944 82

Part II Panzer Actions In Normandy and the Ardennes

On the Battleground of Caen 94

Tiger-Abteilung 102's Battle for Hill 112 104

Battleground Carentan-St. Lo-Avranches 116

Defensive Combat in the Vire-Chenedolle Area 135

Panzer Battle on Route Nationale 158 between Caen and Falaise, August 1944 149

The Falaise-Trun Pocket 168

Retrospective and Analysis 180

The Winter Battle in the Ardennes (Code Name: "The Watch on the Rhine") 183

Panzer Attack in the Direction of Lüttich (Liège) 199

The Bold Drive of Panther 401 through U.S. Units to Manhay 206

The Battle for Bastogne 216

Panzer Actions of the 10. SS-Panzer-Division Frundsberg in Lower Alsace 221

Part III Last Battles on the Eastern Front: Hungary, Vienna, and Berlin

Panzer Attack to Relieve "Fortress Budapest" 226

Panzers as Rear Guard near Stuhlweißenburg 232

The Battle for Vienna 234

The Last March of SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 ("T") 239

Last Battles for Danzig-Gotenhafen-Arnswalde 241

Between the Oder and the Elbe, 1945 251

Night Attack to Relieve "Fortress Küstrin" 257

The Major Russian Offensive on Berlin, April 16, 1945 264

The 9. Army in the Halbe Pocket 295

Breaking Through the Russian Encirclement 301

The Final Battle for Berlin-Königstigers in Their Last Action 317

Part IV Appendices

Das Reich Panzers 342

Register of the Panzer Units of the Waffen-SS 351

Tank Types of the Enemy in the East and West 352

German Panzer Production 354

Insignia of the Seven SS-Panzer-Divisions of the Waffen-SS 356

Technical Data on the Best-Known Panzers and Tank Types in World War II 357

Waffen-SS Service Ranks 361

U.S. Deliveries to USSR 362