DAS REICH Vol 4

Das Reich Vol 4" is the long-awaited fourth volume in the detailed history of 2.SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich". This volume covers 1943 and covers the epic battle of Kharkov, the high-water mark of Operation Citadel and the subsequent bitter and battering battles along the Mius. Making use of numerous primary sources - to include the war diaries of higher headquarters, the division itself and its organic subordinate formations and units - this is a first-class divisional history. In addition to a number of period sources, the book makes use of an abundance of first-hand accounts that make this unit history come alive. The reader is treated to a practically day-by-day account of this elite formation and is assisted in his efforts through innumerable maps. The book consists of 384 pages, numerous appendices, fifteen maps and 102 black and white photographs.