The Waffen-SS in Normandy. June 1944: The Caen Sector (Buffetaut Yves)(Paperback)

Nejnižší cena za posledních 60 dní: 480 Kč

ENbook.cz

480 Kč

Do obchodu

Ceny a dostupnost se mohou měnit i několikrát za den. Zkontrolujte si aktuální údaje přímo v e-shopech. Všechny dostupné barvy a velikosti naleznete přímo v e-shopech.

Popis produktu
Historie ceny
Další zajímavé produkty
Jak nakoupit nejvýhodnější?

The Waffen-SS in Normandy. June 1944: The Caen Sector (Buffetaut Yves)(Paperback) - popis produktu

For many, the Waffen-SS soldier represents the archetype of the combatant, if not the warrior: well-armed, well-trained, possessing intelligence in combat, imbued with political and ideological fanaticism, he is an elite soldier par excellence, even if a lack of scruples casts a long shadow. However, is this picture true? In the case of the Battle of Normandy, opinions diverged, not only among today's historians, but also amongst the German generals at the time.

In all, the Waffen-SS fielded six divisions during the Battle of Normandy, as well as two heavy battalions of Tiger tanks. But they were by no means a single homogenous entity, for with the exception of II. SS-Panzerkorps, the divisions arrived at the front one after another and were immediately thrown into battle.

This volume in the Casemate Illustrated series examines the Waffen-SS in Normandy during the fierce

The Waffen-SS in Normandy. June 1944: The Caen Sector (Buffetaut Yves)(Paperback) - historie ceny a dostupnosti

The Waffen-SS in Normandy. June 1944: The Caen Sector (Buffetaut Yves)(Paperback) - další zajímavé produkty

480 Kč

The Waffen-SS in Normandy. June 1944: The Caen Sector (Buffetaut Yves)(Paperback)

461 Kč

The Falaise Pocket: Normandy, August 1944 (Buffetaut Yves)(Paperback)

A highly illustrated account of the battle of the Falaise Pocket, Normandy 1944.The battle of the Falaise Pocket, in August 1944, was the turning point in the Normandy campaign. By early August the German Army was in turmoil: while it was managing to hold back the Allies, the defense involved

494 Kč

German Armor in Normandy (Buffetaut Yves)(Paperback)

Throughout the Second World War, a shift occurred in the composition of the large armored units of armies which lead to an increase in the power of their tanks in particular. The Germans were no exception. Many of its recently formed Panzer divisions, from the 12th SS-Panzerdivision Hitlerjugend to

373 Kč

Normandy 1944: The Battle for Caen (Forty Simon)(Paperback)

Caen, a D-Day objective on 6 June 1944, did not fall to the British and Canadian troops of Second Army until 6 August, by which time much of the city had been reduced to rubble. The two-month struggle was a crucial stage in the Normandy campaign and, as Simon Forty demonstrates in this photographic

424 Kč

Tiger I & Tiger II Tanks: German Army and Waffen-SS Normandy Campaign 1944 (Oliver Dennis)(Paperback)

In his latest book in the TankCraft series, Dennis Oliver uses archive photographs and painstakingly researched, exquisitely presented color illustrations to examine the part these powerful tanks played in the Normandy battles and also the units that operated them.In spite of the relatively small

487 Kč

Allied Armor in Normandy (Buffetaut Yves)(Paperback)

Tanks were the deciding factor in many Second World War battles. Capable of achieving breakthroughs where infantrymen could not, armored warfare became a crucial factor in the war machines of many nations. Throughout the summer of 1944, both the Allied forces and the Germans readily employed tanks

613 Kč

Hitler's Paratroopers in Normandy: The German II Parachute Corps in the Battle for France, 1944 (Villahermosa Gilberto)(Pevná vazba)

In June 1944, Allied forces fighting desperately to establish a foothold in Normandy and then breakout of the confining bocage found themselves opposed by a bewildering array of formations of the German Wehrmacht. Among them were the newly formed German II Parachute Corps.This gripping new account

250 Kč

The Falaise Gap Battles: Normandy 1944 (Forty Simon)(Paperback)

The denouement of the battle of Normandy, the fighting around Falaise and Chambois in August 1944 and the pursuit of the retreating German armies to the Seine provided the Allies with an immense victory. After ten weeks of hard attritional fighting, the Allies had broken loose from the bocage and

376 Kč

Operation Totalize (Saunders Tim)(Paperback)

By early August 1944 the Germans fighting in Normandy had been worn down by the battles around Caen, while to the west, the American breakout was finally gaining momentum. Now was the time to launch II Canadian Corps south towards Falaise. With much of the German armor having been stripped away for

374 Kč

The Normandy Air War 1944 (Tucker-Jones Anthony)(Paperback)

Photographic history of the war in the air during the Normandy

494 Kč

The 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich (Buffetaut Yves)(Paperback)

The 2nd SS Division, 'Das Reich,' was a battlefront mainstay for Nazi Germany throughout WWII--from the invasion of Poland in 1939 to the final surrender in May 1945. In between it was switched back-and-forth between east and west depending on the crisis, and it fought in nearly every major

369 Kč

Normandy 1944: The Battle of the Hedgerows (Forty Simon)(Paperback)

Just as the Anglo-Canadian forces in the east found it difficult to advance beyond Caen after D-Day, so the US First Army labored to advance through the Norman bocage country in the west. The lethal struggle that developed there was a defining episode in the Normandy campaign, and this photographic

428 Kč

Men of Steel: the Ardennes & Eastern Front 1944-45 (Reynolds Michael)(Paperback / softback)

In March 1943 the three senior Divisions of the Waffen-SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (Bodyguard), Das Reich (Empire) and Totenkopf (Death s Head) were fighting against Stalin s armies in the Ukraine under the command of SS Lieutenant General Paul Hausser. Aware of the need to create more divisions

1 537 Kč

British Armour in the Normandy Campaign (Buckley John)(Paperback)

The popular perception of the performance of British armour in the Normandy campaign of 1944 is one of failure and frustration. Despite overwhelming superiority in numbers, Montgomery's repeated efforts to employ his armour in an offensive manner ended in a disappointing stalemate. Explanation of

415 Kč

Hitler's Vikings: The History of the Scandinavian Waffen-Ss: The Legions, the Ss-Wiking and the Ss-Nordland (Trigg Jonathan)(Paperback)

The first book to cover all the Scandinavians who served in Hitler's feared Waffen-SS right until the end in Berlin Based in part on interviews with surviving veterans, this history details the battles the Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, and Finnish men of the Waffen-SS fought, and what inspired them

371 Kč

Panther Tanks: German Army and Waffen-Ss, Defence of the West, 1945 (Oliver Dennis)(Paperback)

In late 1944 and 1945 the Panther tank played an important role in Germany's desperate efforts to stem the Allied advance on the Western Front. The Panther, perhaps the best armored vehicle produced by Germany during the Second World War, was a key element in the Wehrmacht's defensive tactics, in

408 Kč

The Americans on D-Day and in Normandy: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives (Blades Brooke S.)(Paperback)

The experiences and achievements of the United States land, sea and air forces on 6 June 1944 and the weeks following have been deservedly well chronicled. Omaha Beach saw the fiercest fighting of the whole OVERLORD invasion and the opposition faced in the US sector shocked commanders and men at

753 Kč

D-Day and Normandy: A Visual History (Richards Anthony)(Paperback)

In the hours before dawn on June 6, 1944, an unprecedented assemblage of men, weapons, and machines swung into action. The long-awaited, highly secret D-Day invasion had begun. By the end of the day, the mission to liberate Europe had made its most crucial advance. This book marks the

420 Kč

Hetzer - Jagdpanzer 38 Tank Destroyer: German Army and Waffen-SS Western Front, 1944-1945 (Oliver Dennis)(Paperback)

By 1944 the German army was on the defensive on all fronts and Allied bombing was putting increasing pressure on the nation's industrial output. Since the earliest days of the war the Germans had experimented with mounting anti-tank weapons on obsolete chassis and one of the most successful of

299 Kč

Allied Tanks in Normandy 1944 (Zaloga Steven J.)(Paperback)

A concisely detailed guide to the Allied tanks that fought from D-Day to the breakout from Normandy, their qualities, numbers, and performance, and how they were used on the battlefield. When Allied tanks began to roll off the landing craft on D-Day, it marked the start of one of the great periods

376 Kč

Jagdpanther Tank Destroyer: German Army and Waffen-Ss, Western Europe 1944-1945 (Oliver Dennis)(Paperback)

Combining the destructive firepower of the 88mm gun with the outstanding mobility of the Panther series, the Jagdpanther is quite probably the best-known tank destroyer of the Second World War. In the vehicle's first action on 30 July 1944, three Jagdpanthers managed to destroy eleven British tanks

536 Kč

Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945 (Toll Ian W.)(Paperback)

In June 1944, the United States launched a crushing assault on the Japanese navy in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. The capture of the Mariana Islands and the accompanying ruin of Japanese carrier airpower marked a pivotal moment in the Pacific War. No tactical masterstroke or blunder could

315 Kč

Forgotten Voices of D-Day: A New History of the Normandy Landings (Bailey Roderick)(Paperback)

6 June 1944 the day Allied forces crossed the Channel and began fighting their way into Nazi-occupied Northwest Europe. Initiated by airborne units and covered by air and naval bombardment, the Normandy landings were the most ambitious combined airborne and amphibious assault ever attempted. Their

328 Kč

Marching from Defeat: Surviving the Collapse of the German Army in the Soviet Union, 1944 (Neuber Claus)(Paperback)

In June 1944, in Belarus on the Eastern Front, the Red Army launched Operation Bagration, the massive offensive that crushed Hitler's Army Group Centre. German soldiers who weren't encircled and captured had to fight their way back towards their own lines across hundreds of miles of enemy

The Waffen-SS in Normandy. June 1944: The Caen Sector (Buffetaut Yves)(Paperback) - jak nakoupit nejvýhodnější?

Prohlédněte si také další produkty z jednotlivých e-shopů.
Porovnejte si cenu produktu spolu s doplňkovým příslušenstvím.
Zjistěte, zda můžete získat doručení zdarma.
Zjistěte, zda můžete získat prodlouženou záruku nebo jiné výhody.
Zjistěte, zda můžete získat doplňkové služby – montáž, odvoz starého spotřebiče a jiné.
Nesoustřeďte se jen na cenu, ale na nabídku jako celek.