Description
| Product ID: | 9781472825605 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | Combat |
| Title: | Hitlerjugend Soldier vs Canadian Soldier |
| Subtitle: | Normandy 1944 |
| Authors: | Author: David Greentree, Johnny Shumate |
| Page Count: | 80 |
| Subjects: | Second World War, Second World War, Warfare and defence, Warfare & defence, France, Germany, Canada, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2) |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This absorbing study covers the brutal fighting between Nazi Germany’s Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) Division and its Canadian opponents at the height of World War II. Canadian and Waffen-SS troops of 12 SS-Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend faced one another in a series of bloody battles following the D-Day landings of June 1944. The Canadian units were drawn from a number of distinguished regiments, while the Hitlerjugend Division were drawn from the ranks of the Hitler Youth organizations. Officers and NCOs were joined by inexperienced teenagers, and clashed with the Canadians repeatedly, notably at Authie, Bretteville, and Hill 168. The struggle quickly took on an especially bitter nature, fueled by the massacre of Canadian prisoners by Hitlerjugend personnel. |
| Imprint Name: | Osprey Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-07-26 |
