{"product_id":"iii-germanic-ss-panzer-korps-the-history-of-himmlers-favourite-ss-panzer-korps-1943-1945-volume-2-from-the-baltics-to-the-final-apocalypse-in-be-9781804513286","title":"III. Germanic SS Panzer-Korps. the History of Himmler's Favourite Ss-Panzer-Korps, 1943-1945, Volume 2: From the Baltics to the Final Apocalypse in Be","description":"\u003cb\u003eA detailed account of the III. SS-Panzer-Korps' retreat from Estonia, battles in Courland, Pomerania, and Berlin, featuring rare photos and veteran accounts.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHeinrich Himmler regarded the III. (Germanic) SS-Panzer-Korps under SS-Obergruppenf?hre Felix Steiner as his favorite unit and general in the Waffen-SS. This SS-Panzer-Korps was supposed to ideologically unite SS volunteers from Denmark, Norway, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Belgium and Switzerland into a Germanic brotherhood - intended to politically serve Himmler s plan of a Greater Germanic Empire and the colonization in the East. Battles against the Red Army in the Baltic states, Pomerania and Brandenburg-Berlin 1944 and 1945.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVolume 2 deals with the retreat from Estonia in autumn 1944, the violent positional battles in Courland in 1944-45, the frantic fighting in Pomerania, but not last but not least, the desperate battles of defeat in Berlin in 1945.\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to unique and unpublished photographs, the volume contains a wealth of unique eyewitness accounts from decades of interviews and correspondence with Waffen-SS veterans, detailed summaries of armored corps operations, short biographies of interesting personalities, facts about German and Soviet weapons and tanks, and lesser-known SS units, such as SS-Panzer-Abteilung 11 \"Hermann von Salza\" and schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 503. Distinguished WWII-researchers have contributed with essays on key aspects of the Waffen-SS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Helion \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781804513286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416","brand":"Lennart Westberg, Petter Kjellander, Geir Brenden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45150600888501,"sku":"9781804513286","price":76.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f85d46a4-774b-4372-912b-7307ba877e18.jpg?v=1741104452","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/iii-germanic-ss-panzer-korps-the-history-of-himmlers-favourite-ss-panzer-korps-1943-1945-volume-2-from-the-baltics-to-the-final-apocalypse-in-be-9781804513286","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}