SS Steel Storm : Waffen-SS Panzer Battles on the Eastern Front, 1943-1945

by Hart, Russell

• ISBN13: 9780760309377
• ISBN10: 076030937X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-11-05
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl

Summary

In the final years of World War II, the outnum- bered Waffen-SS capitalized on superior training, equipment, and commanders to plug several open gaps on the Eastern Front. Explanations include the use of offensive tactics as defensive maneuvers, the development of tank technology, and methods that allowed the Germans to survive fierce Russian bombardments.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	7	(1)
Key to maps	8	(1)
Map list	9	(1)
Introduction Hitler's Guard	10	(8)
Winter Tempest	18	(10)
Waffen-SS - Panzer Elite	28	(20)
Kharkov	48	(28)
Kursk	76	(36)
Death Ride of the Totenkopf	112	(14)
The Fuhrer's Fire Brigade	126	(14)
Death on the Dnieper	140	(12)
Kessel Battles	152	(14)
Holding the Line	166	(10)
Spring Awakening	176	(18)
The Bitter End	194	(26)
Appendices
Waffen-SS ranks	200	(1)
Waffen-SS divisional insignia	201	(1)
Armoured fighting vehicle and artillery capabilities	202	(4)
I SS Panzer Corps' order of battle	206	(2)
Army Group South average tank strength February 1943	208	(1)
Soviet order of battle in the Ukraine, February 1943	209	(1)
II SS Panzer Corps' order of battle, July 1943	210	(1)
Soviet forces at Prokhorovka, 12 July 1943	211	(1)
German Sixth Army order of battle, July 1943	212	(1)
Soviet order of battle, Mius Front, July 1943	213	(1)
German forces in the Kharkov sector, August 1943	214	(1)
Soviet order of battle west of Kharkov, August 1943	215	(1)
German XXXXIV Panzer Corps' order of battle, November 1943	216	(1)
German orders of battle, Cherkassy Pocket, February 1944	217	(1)
Hohenstaufen and Frundsberg Divisions orders of battle	218	(1)
I SS Panzer Corps LSSAH and Hitlerjugend orders of battle	219	(1)
Bibliography	220	(1)
Index	221