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SS-Brigadeführer Wilhelm Mohnke and 62 Soldiers of Hitler's Elite Division.
Even today, some 60-plus years after World War II has ended, anyone with even a passing knowledge of that massive conflict has heard of the Leibstandarte. The Leibstandarte, which started out as Hitler's personal bodyguard, was considered the elite within the elite of the SS. Even before the war broke out in September 1939, the Leibstandarte had started to expand and take on more and more military duties in addition to its representational function in guarding the Führer at the Reich chancellery, at his mountain retreat in Austria or on his travels and parades. It participated in the occupation of the Sudetenland and then the rest of Czechoslovakia and the annexation of Austria. It started the war as a reinforced motorized rifle regiment and expanded almost exponentially during the conflict, eventually evolving into the 1. SS-Panzer-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" division and providing much of the cadre for the I. SS-Panzer-Korps and the 12. SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend".
Also unique among publications concerning the Leibstandarte is the appearance of nearly 700 photographs, 165 images of award documents and more than 70 other illustrations, with almost all of the pre-war and wartime photographs having been previously unpublished! In addition to never-before-seen candid images of Hitler, Dietrich and a number of other leading military personalities, there are exceptional photographs of the forces in the field and with their weapons and equipment. In all, there are 352 pages, with numerous appendices and extensive footnoting.
Even today, some 60-plus years after World War II has ended, anyone with even a passing knowledge of that massive conflict has heard of the Leibstandarte. The Leibstandarte, which started out as Hitler's personal bodyguard, was considered the elite within the elite of the SS. Even before the war broke out in September 1939, the Leibstandarte had started to expand and take on more and more military duties in addition to its representational function in guarding the Führer at the Reich chancellery, at his mountain retreat in Austria or on his travels and parades. It participated in the occupation of the Sudetenland and then the rest of Czechoslovakia and the annexation of Austria. It started the war as a reinforced motorized rifle regiment and expanded almost exponentially during the conflict, eventually evolving into the 1. SS-Panzer-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" division and providing much of the cadre for the I. SS-Panzer-Korps and the 12. SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend".
Also unique among publications concerning the Leibstandarte is the appearance of nearly 700 photographs, 165 images of award documents and more than 70 other illustrations, with almost all of the pre-war and wartime photographs having been previously unpublished! In addition to never-before-seen candid images of Hitler, Dietrich and a number of other leading military personalities, there are exceptional photographs of the forces in the field and with their weapons and equipment. In all, there are 352 pages, with numerous appendices and extensive footnoting.
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- Books (first-hand)
- Author
- Fischer, T.
- Title
- Soldiers of the Leibstandarte
- Details
- Englischer Text, sehr viele Abb. 352 Seiten.
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