{"product_id":"arthur-dr-gullachsen-w-the-defeat-and-attrition-of-the-12-ss-panzerdivision-hitlerjugend-9781636243986","title":"The Defeat and Attrition of the 12. Ss-Panzerdivision Hitlerjugend","description":"\"...a considerable amount of tactical detail within the text.\" - Historical Miniatures Gaming Society\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nFollowing the Normandy landings, Rommel rushed Heeresgruppe B reserves towards the coast in order to crush the bridgehead and drive the Allied forces back into the sea. One of these armored reserves was the newly created 12. SS-Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend. Extremely well equipped and at near full strength by mid-1944 standards, it was seen as an extremely capable formation. As Allied forces flooded inland from the beaches, 12. SS-Panzer-Division attempted to capture and hold the battlefield initiative. However, despite this German armoured division's best efforts, it would be bludgeoned and driven back in a series of offensive set-piece operations by the British Second Army, supported by massive artillery programs and RAF air strikes. As a result, the division failed to succeed in its new defensive role, and was slowly weakened by attrition, reducing its combat arms regiments to a weakened Kampfgruppe by mid-July.\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\nThis volume focuses on the fighting between 11 June and 12 July: the Cristot triangle; the Parc de Boislonde; Fontenay-le-Pesnel; Operation Epsom and the main events of the Battle of the Odon; Operation Windsor and the attack on Carpiquet airfield; and finally the massive Anglo-Canadian assault on Caen, Operation Charnwood. A detailed set of appendices will analyze German personnel, equipment, and armored losses during the battles, and losses inflicted on the Allies.","brand":"Casemate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53821087777110,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781636243986_1.jpg?v=1781823476","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/arthur-dr-gullachsen-w-the-defeat-and-attrition-of-the-12-ss-panzerdivision-hitlerjugend-9781636243986","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}