The 12th SS

by Meyer, Hubert

• ISBN13: 9780811731997
• ISBN10: 0811731995
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780811749213
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-05-01
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
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Summary

12th SS is a Stackpole Books publication.

Author Biography

Hubert Meyer was chief of staff of the 12th SS until its surrender in 1945.

Table of Contents

PART II: The Division during the Defensive Battles against the Allied Invasion in Normandy (continued from Volume I)
5.4 Preparation of Operation 'TOTALIZE' and Defense Against It. Fighting in the Bridgehead of Grimbosq on 7 and 8 August 1944	2	(15)
5.5 The Canadian-British Operation 'TOTALIZE'. Defensive Battles near St. Sylvain and at the Laison Sector from 8 to 11 August 1944	17	(34)
5.6 Operation 'TRACTABLE'. Defensive Battles North of Falaise and in the Falaise Encirclement from 13 to 19 August1944	51	(49)
5.7 Breakout from the Falaise Encirclement on 20 and 21 August1944	100	(21)
Section 6: The Battles Between the Touques and Seine Rivers from 21 to 25 August 1944	121	(14)
Section 7: Withdrawal from Northern France-Rearguard Fighting in the French-Belgian Border Area-Return to the Reich	135	(63)
PART III: The Division during the Ardennes Offensive
8.1 Refitting in Reich Territory	198	(9)
8.2 Planning and Preparation	207	(25)
8.3 The Assembly	232	(8)
8.4 The Attack on 16 December and the Ensuing Fighting to Break Through the American Front Line	240	(43)
8.5 Attacks on the Bütgenbach Estate and on Bütgenbach from 19 to 22 December 1944	283	(25)
8.6 Attacks against the Ourthe Sector-Battles near Sadzot, 27 to 29 December 1944	308	(17)
8.7 The Attacks Near Bastogne from 2 to 7 January 1945-Change-over to Defense from 7 to 10 January 1945	325	(35)
8.8 Final Observations on the Ardennes Offensive	360	(17)
PART IV: The Division during the Battles in Slovakia, Hungary and Austria during Winter and Spring 1945
Section 9: Move of the Division to Hungary-Action During the Offensive Operations in February and March 1945	377	(50)
9.0 Systematic Account	377	(1)
9.1 Move from the Cologne Area to Hungary into the Area Southeast of Raab	378	(2)
9.2 Organization and Condition of the Division at the Start of the Action in Slovakia	380	(3)
9.3 The Development of the Military Situation in Southern Slovakia and in Central Hungary Around the Turn of the Year 1944-45	383	(3)
9.4 The Division in the Offensive against the Soviet Bridgehead at Gran, 17-24 February 1945	386	(17)
9.5 The Division in the Lake Balaton Offensive, 6-18 March 1945	403	(24)
Section 10: The Division in Rearguard Action from Lake Balaton to the Reich Borders, 19-31 March 1945	427	(34)
Section 11: The Division in Rearguard and Defensive Fighting in Austria, 1 April to 8 May 1945	461	(44)
11.1 Rearguard Action in Burgenland, Rearguard and Defensive Fighting in Lower Austria, 1 April to 2 May 1945	461	(36)
11.2 The Division as Armee Reserve-Capitulation on 8 May 1945	497
PART V: The Postwar Period
Section 12: Captivity	505	(18)
Section 13: Meetings and Friendships	523	(6)
Section 14: Addendum	529	(10)
Appendices	539	(32)
References	571	(26)
Index	597