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12th Hitlerjugend SS Panzer Division in Normandy

By: Tim Saunders, Richard Hone
Narrated by: Bruce Mann
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Raised in 1943 with 17-year-olds from the Hitler Youth movement, and following the twin disasters of Stalingrad and "Tunisgrad", the Hitlerjugend Panzer Division emerged as the most effective German division fighting in the West. The core of the division was a cadre of offices and NCOs provided by Hitler's bodyguard division, the elite Leibstandarte, with the aim of producing a division of "equal value" to fight alongside them in I SS Panzer Corps.

During the fighting in Normandy, the Hitlerjugend proved to be implacable foes to both the British and the Canadians, repeatedly blunting Montgomery's offensives, fighting with skill and a degree of determination well beyond the norm. This they did from D+1 through to the final battle to escape from the Falaise Pocket, despite huge disadvantages, namely constant Allied air attack, highly destructive naval gunfire, and a chronic lack of combat supplies and replacements of men and equipment.

Written with the advantage of new materials from archives in the former Eastern Bloc, this book is no whitewash of a Waffen SS division and it does not shy away from confronting unpalatable facts or controversies.

©2021 Tim Saunders and Richard Hone (P)2021 Tantor Europe Military Western Europe War
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the voice sounded a bit like artificial inheritance, slightly robotic, non human. other than that, great book giving the Germans perspective

great book

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very interesting and informative story which was a new insight into this part of WW2 history. i did find the narration hard work though as he sounded like a robot reading a menu at times I'm afraid

interesting new story for me

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why does it sound live a robot is narrating it which is a little disappointing

Good detail

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Very detailed book. Unlike a book you can see any maps of the areas of conflict. Still a great listen. I got use to the narrator voice as the book when on. Don’t let it put you off.

Robotic reader which made it an interesting listen

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Brilliant Book, have enjoyed this book very much, the only gripe I have got is the person who read it, read it in the style of Stephen Hawking and after a while it got tired listening to his voice.

Book Good / Voice Horrible

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