{"product_id":"the-defeat-and-attrition-of-the-12-ss-panzerdivision-hitlerjugend-volume-ii-operations-martlet-epsom-windsor-and-charnwood-11-june-12-july-1944-9781636243986","title":"The Defeat and Attrition of the 12. Ss-Panzerdivision Hitlerjugend: Volume II: Operations Martlet, Epsom, Windsor and Charnwood 11 June-12 July 1944","description":"\u003cb\u003eChronicles the 12th SS Panzer Division's battles in Normandy, from Cristot to Caen, and its eventual attrition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Casemate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/28\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636243986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384","brand":"Arthur W. Gullachsen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52146995691701,"sku":"9781636243986","price":32.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_e40faa32-f5f3-4f54-ad0a-78b96a720e1e.jpg?v=1767678383","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-defeat-and-attrition-of-the-12-ss-panzerdivision-hitlerjugend-volume-ii-operations-martlet-epsom-windsor-and-charnwood-11-june-12-july-1944-9781636243986","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}