Blood and Honor

Blood and Honor

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Blood and Honor The History of the 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitler Youth" Author:Craig W.H. Luther Language:English text Format:Hardback Dimensions:7" x 10" Pages:288 Photos:over 160 bw images Publisher:Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. ISBN:9780764342677 The 12th SS Panzer Division "Hitler Youth" was formed in early 1943 following the German disaster at Stalingrad in Russia, and was trumpeted by German propaganda as a symbol of the willingness of German youth to make the ultimate sacrifice for Führer und Vaterland. Most of the division's soldiers were born in 1926, and averaged barely eighteen years of age when they underwent their baptism of fire among the verdant fields and hedgerows of Normandy on 7 June 1944. Anchoring the eastern flank of the Normandy front, these young SS soldiers successfully defended the strategically vital town of Caen against British and Canadian forces until finally overwhelmed a month later by the Allies enormous superiority in men and materiel

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