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First edition. Hard cover in original laminated boards, issued without dust jacket. Published Bedford, PA: Aberjona Press, 2001, first printing. 8vo., xiv+607pp., illus. with b/w photographs and maps. A few minor spots on front edge of page block. Fine, crisp, bright, unmarked.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherAegis Consulting Group
ISBN-100966638972
ISBN-139780966638974
eBay Product ID (ePID)2021540
Product Key Features
Original LanguageGerman
Book TitleFrom Normandy to the Ruhr : with the 116th Panzer Division in World War II
Number of Pages648 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2001
TopicEurope / Germany
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorHeinz G. Guderian
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight44 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisNormandy... Arnhem... Aachen... the Hurtgen Forest... the Ardennes Offensive... the Reichswald... the Ruhr Pocket... Only the men of one unit on either side fought in them all - the 116th Panzer Division Organized in France in March, 1944 from elements of the 16th Panzer-Grenadier Division and the 179th Reserve Panzer Division, the 116th Panzer Division was one of the relatively rare German armoured formations that fought exclusively on the Western Front. The Greyhound Division's history has now been meticulously chronicled in narrative form and lavishly documented by the wartime Division Chief of Staff and Operations Officer, Heinz Gunther Gunderian. Rarely does the student of the Second World War have the opportunity to see military operations through the eyes of the men who planned and directed the battles at the tactical level. Thanks to General Guderian's keen recollections and careful research, readers of From Normandy to the Ruhr can do exactly this. Rarer still is the author who can lucidly and comprehensively analyse and explain the course of those battles. As the Division's First General Staff Officer throughout its training and combat, General Guderian possessed a uni