The glory of the Leibstandarte SS Adolph Hitler was their ambition.
No mission was impossible, even if death was the price.
Of the 30,000 SS soldiers who signed up with this elite force, only thirty would survive the war.
Some perished in the abortive push on Normandy directed by the Fuehrer.
Others suffered gruesome deaths in the hands of the Russians.
But wherever they went they left a trail of terror as they butchered their way across Europe.
In a chilling day-by-day account of the final year of this crack squad, Charles Whiting chronicles their bloody demise which culminated in humiliation at the Battle of the Bulge.
Charles Whiting is the author of numerous history books on the Second World War. Under the pen name of Leo Kessler he also wrote a series of bestselling military thrillers, including ‘Guns at Cassino’ and ‘Valley of the Assassins’.
Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now.
No mission was impossible, even if death was the price.
Of the 30,000 SS soldiers who signed up with this elite force, only thirty would survive the war.
Some perished in the abortive push on Normandy directed by the Fuehrer.
Others suffered gruesome deaths in the hands of the Russians.
But wherever they went they left a trail of terror as they butchered their way across Europe.
In a chilling day-by-day account of the final year of this crack squad, Charles Whiting chronicles their bloody demise which culminated in humiliation at the Battle of the Bulge.
Charles Whiting is the author of numerous history books on the Second World War. Under the pen name of Leo Kessler he also wrote a series of bestselling military thrillers, including ‘Guns at Cassino’ and ‘Valley of the Assassins’.
Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now.
