Das Reich
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Follow the infamous 2nd SS Panzer Division on its march through Southwest France to the Massacre at Oradour with this illustrated battlefield guide. The 2nd SS Das Reich Division Das Reich committed was an elite division known for its ruthlessness. Stationed in the French village of Montauban, near Toulouse, when the Allies invaded Normandy in 1944. When ordered to rush North, they ran into a series of French Resistance, SAS, and SOE delaying actions. The Division responded with vicious reprisals that culminated in the Massacre at Oradour. Illustrated with maps and photographs, this battlefield guide offers in-depth historical context for these events. Bringing to life the heroism and tragedy, the author presents the British, French, and German viewpoints.
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- Intro
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- FOREWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER ONE - 2nd SS PANZER DIVISION DAS REICH
- The Arrival of Das Reich
- Setting the Ground Plan
- The SS Background
- The Regiment and Its Staff
- Town Visit
- Order to Move
- CHAPTER TWO - SOE, SAS AND THE FRENCH RESISTANCE
- The Background to SOE
- Tempsford Airfield
- The History of SOE
- Operational Plans
- Performance and Casualty Rates
- Organisation of the French Resistance
- CHAPTER THREE - NORMANDY INVASION 1944
- The German Plan of Defence
- French Resistance and SOE
- CHAPTER FOUR - DAS REICH ENTERS MAQUIS COUNTRY
- The First Resistance Battles
- CHAPTER FIVE - BRIVE AND TULLE
- CHAPTER SIX - VIOLETTE SZABO
- The Maquis
- Parachuting-in
- CHAPTER SEVEN - LIMOGES
- Resistance & SOE Tour of Limoges
- CHAPTER EIGHT - PRELUDE TO MASSACRE
- The Disappearance of Kämpfe
- The Gerlach Affair
- CHAPTER NINE - ORADOUR SUR GLANE
- Oradour-sur-Glane - a martyred village, a lasting monument to man's inhumanity to man - a sepulchre on the road to Normandy.
- CHAPTER TEN - OPERATION BULBASKET AND THE 'JEDS'
- Action Summary
- Battle Route
- Capture and Execution
- CHAPTER ELEVEN - DAS REICH - RENDERING AN ACCOUNT
- The Fighting in Normandy
- Germany, The Ardennes, Hungary, Vienna and Prague
- Surrender And Captivity
- The Trials
- Bordeaux 1947
- Wuppertal, May 1946
- Wuppertal, March 1947
- The French
- The British
- CHAPTER TWELVE - EYEWITNESS
- Bibliography - NOTE ON PRINCIPAL SOURCES
- Appendix I - 1ST SS PANZER REGIMENT SPECIAL HQ ORDER, DEPARTMENT OF THE LOT, 10.5.44.
- Appendix II - HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS
- INDEX
