{"product_id":"book-es6s","title":"12th Hitlerjugend SS Panzer Division in Normandy","description":"Raised in 1943 with seventeen-year-olds from the Hitler Youth movement, and following the twin disasters of Stalingrad and \"Tunisgrad\", the \u003ci\u003eHitlerjugend\u003c\/i\u003e Panzer Division emerged as the most effective German division fighting in the West. The core of the division was a cadre of offices and NCOs provided by Hitler's bodyguard division, the elite \u003ci\u003eLeibstandarte\u003c\/i\u003e, with the aim of producing a division of \"equal value\" to fight alongside them in I SS Panzer Corps.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the fighting in Normandy, the \u003ci\u003eHitlerjugend\u003c\/i\u003e proved to be implacable foes to both the British and the Canadians, repeatedly blunting Montgomery's offensives, fighting with skill and a degree of determination well beyond the norm. This they did from D+1 through to the final battle to escape from the Falaise Pocket, despite huge disadvantages, namely constant Allied air attack, highly destructive naval gunfire, and a chronic lack of combat supplies and replacements of men and equipment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten with the advantage of new materials from archives in the former Eastern Bloc, this book is no whitewash of a Waffen SS division and it does not shy away from confronting unpalatable facts or controversies.","brand":"Tantor","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49363414548784,"sku":"BDes6s","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49363414647088,"sku":"ZEes6s","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49363414745392,"sku":"ZMes6s","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/es6s-Square-cover.jpg?v=1780041779","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-es6s","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}