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Das Reich: The March of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Through France, June 1944
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Das Reich: The March of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Through France, June 1944
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Max Hastings
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:336 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 130 |
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| Category/Genre | Second world war |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780330509985
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| Classifications | Dewey:940.5421 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Pan Macmillan
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| Imprint |
Pan Books
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| Publication Date |
21 August 2009 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
Within days of the D-Day landings, the Das Reich 2nd SS Panzer Division marched north through France to reinforce the front-line defenders of Hitler's Fortress Europe. Veterans of the bloodiest fighting of the Russian Front, 15,000 men with their tanks and artillery, they were hounded for every mile of their march by saboteurs of the Resistance and agents of the Allied Special Forces. Along their route they took reprisals so savage they will live for ever in the chronicles of the most appalling atrocities of war. Max Hasting's powerful account of their progress is a true military classic.
Author Biography
Max Hastings, author of 20 books, was editor of the Daily Telegraph for almost a decade, and then for six years edited the Evening Standard in London. In his youth he was foreign correspondent for newspapers and BBC television. He has won many awards for his journalism, particularly his work in the South Atlantic in 1982. He was knighted in 2002.
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