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SS Totenkopf at War: A History of the Division (Images of War) Kindle Edition

by Ian Baxter (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 46 ratings
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The SS Totenkopf (Death Head) Division even 70 years on retains its formidable and ruthless reputation as a superbly efficient yet murderous formation. It earned this for its actions throughout the Second World War, first in 1940 during the blitzkrieg in Northern France and then on the Eastern Front. The battles at Kharkov and Kurst saw some of the fiercest fighting of that long and terrible campaign. During the long retreat back to the Fatherland the Division fought with customary dogged determination, nay fanaticism. This superbly illustrated work, drawing on images taken by participants, portrays the SS Totenkopfs history from formation through training to the battles in northern France and in Russia.
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  1. Part of series
    Images of War
  2. Print length
    236 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Sticky notes
    On Kindle Scribe
  5. Publisher
    Pen & Sword Military
  6. Publication date
    September 30, 2017
  7. File size
    33058 KB
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About the Author

Ian Baxter is an avid collector of WW2 photographs. His previous books in this Series include Hitler’s Boy Soldiers, Nazi Concentration Camp Commandants and German Army on the Eastern Front – The Advance, German Army on the Eastern Front – The Retreat and Nazi Concentration Camp Commandants, The Crushing of Army Group (North) and the SS Waffen Division series including SS Leibstandarte Division and SS Totenkopf Division At War. He lives near Chelmsford, Essex.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0772LHC6T
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Military; 1st edition (September 30, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 30, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 33058 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 236 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 46 ratings

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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L. A Mantilla
5.0 out of 5 stars Good account of one of the best political indoctrinated elite units
Reviewed in the United States on October 23, 2022
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This elite indoctrinate elite unit were employed ruthless and fanatically efficient into Nazi foes, a waste of resources employed for the utter destruction of the enemy. Great read, specially that the writer exclude the brutal events, as possible ,try to focus on the war exploits of the division.
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Mark R. Seeger
4.0 out of 5 stars Good brief review of the Division History
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2022
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Well worth the 99 cents e-book edition. However few mentions of it’s war crimes. One noticeable error: book says Totenkopf was part of 6th Panzer Corps from operations near Warsaw to the relief attempt of Budapest (Nov 44 - Mar 45 )whereas it was the IV SS Panzer Corps
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M W Evans
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2018
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Excellent service, no issues
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Dave
4.0 out of 5 stars SS Totenkopf at War: A History of the Division (Images of War)
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2019
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An interesting book. My only complaint is that several images are copied from other books. Otherwise the book arrived in perfect condition.
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RAYMOND C. CLAY
5.0 out of 5 stars thank you
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2019
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thank you
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randy c
4.0 out of 5 stars good book
Reviewed in Canada on July 8, 2021
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good book
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Empe
5.0 out of 5 stars Grande serie
Reviewed in Italy on October 15, 2021
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Volumi sintetici, riccamente illustrati che affrontano capitoli a volte di nicchia della storia militare moderna. Testi sintetici ma ben documentati, foto non sempre perfette, ma fatte spesso sul campo di battaglia da dilettanti con macchine tascabili. In formato kindle (specie in offerta) costano poco e si possono zoomare le foto su un tablet grande. Imperdibili per gli appassionati. Che altro ?
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Amazon Kunde
4.0 out of 5 stars Rare photographs of one of the oldest divisions of the WSS
Reviewed in Germany on April 5, 2018
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Pretty good photographs of the men of one of the oldest divisions of the Waffen-SS.
But not all photographs are regarding troops of the Totenkopf-Divison! E.g. page 136: a soldier shown who hurls a stick grenade.
Same photo in "Kampfgruppe Mühlenkamp" page 85 referring to the battle of the Wiking in Poland! The author mixed up soldiers of the Totenkopf with members of different SS-units. He also did not know the rang of the higher German commanders like von Leeb and Fedor von Bock (mentioned as generals in 1941 but already nominated to field marshals). He even doesn`t know the difference between armoured and motorized infantry divisions (page 26). I was very surprised when I recognized that the text for the chapter "Into Battle (1940-1941)" was printed twice in this book. Fortunately only a mistake of the Printer! But due to the low price and the rarity of most of the photographs I give "Totenkopf of war" 4 stars!
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Mr. D. Pearson
3.0 out of 5 stars Don't know if mine was a misprint but I had ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 24, 2018
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Don't know if mine was a misprint but I had 2 Chapter 3 's ,also many of the photos were in other books from the series ,yet this book stated lots of photos were new ,also there seemed repetitions in the paragraphs.
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