Grenadiers: The Story of Waffen SS General Kurt Panzer Meyer (Stackpole Military History Series)

Reprint of the classic World War II memoirGerman General Kurt "Panzer" Meyer's autobiography is a fascinating insight into the mind of one of Germany's most highly decorated and successful soldiers of World War II. If you love small-unit actions, this is the book for you. Follow Meyer with the 1st SS-Panzer Division "Leibstandarte" and the 12th SS-Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend," from the first day of the war in Poland, through service in France, Russia, and Greece, up until his capture in Normandy in 1944 and his postwar trials and tribulations. Poland -- From Prague To The Western Front -- Operations Against Rotterdam -- Into France -- The Formation Of The Reconnaissance Battalion At Metz -- The Balkans -- Into Greece -- The Crossing To Peloponnesus -- The Struggle Against The Soviet Union -- From Sasselje To Cherson -- From The Dnepr To The Don -- The Winter War: 1942-43 -- The Fighting For Kharkov -- The Counterattack -- The 12. Ss-panzer-division Hitlerjugend -- The Invasion -- The Final Fighting Around Caen -- From The Evacuation Of Caen To The Falaise Pocket -- The Employment Of The 12. Ss-panzer-division Hitlerjugend From The End Of The Invasion To The End Of The War / By Hubert Meyer -- Imprisonment In England -- Back To Germany -- The Trial -- On Death Row -- From Dorchester To Werl. Kurt Meyer ; [translated By Michael Mendé And Robert J. Edwards]. Includes Index. This WWII memoir by a decorated Nazi officer and war criminal offers a vivid account of German operations across Europe and the Eastern Front. Known for his bold and aggressive leadership, Kurt “Panzer” Meyer was one of the most highly decorated German soldiers of World War II. He successively commanded a motorcycle company, a reconnaissance battalion, a grenadier regiment, and the Hitler Youth Panzer Division. Meyer also saw intense combat across Europe: the invasion of Poland, the fall of France, the sweep through the Balkans and Greece, the bitter fighting on the Eastern Front, and the 1944 campaign in Normandy, where he fell into Allied hands and was charged with war crimes. His firsthand account, written with unmatched vividness and immediacy, conveys the grim reality of war. Known for his bold and aggressive leadership, Kurt "Panzer" Meyer was one of the most highly decorated German soldiers of World War II. Successively commanding a motorcycle company, a reconnaissance battalion, a grenadier regiment, and the Hitler Youth Panzer Division, Meyer saw intense combat across Europe: the invasion of Poland, the fall of France in 1940, the sweep through the Balkans and Greece, the bitter fighting on the Eastern Front, and the 1944 campaign for Normandy, where he fell into Allied hands and was charged with war crimes. His firsthand account, written with unmatched vividness and immediacy, conveys the grim reality of war as well as the bravery of the young men he commanded. German General Kurt Panzer Meyer's autobiography is a fascinating insight into the mind of one of Germany's most highly decorated and successful soldiers of World War II. If you love small-unit actions, this is the book for you. Follow Meyer with the 1st SS-Panzer Division Leibstandarte and the 12th SS-Panzer Division Hitlerjugend, from the first day of the war in Poland, through service in France, Russia, and Greece, up until his capture in Normandy in 1944 and his postwar trials and tribulations. Kurt Meyer was awarded the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords for his exploits during World War II • Reprint of the classic World War II memoirGerman General Kurt'Panzer'Meyer's autobiography is a fascinating insight into the mind of one of Germany's most highly decorated and successful soldiers of World War II. If you love small-unit actions, this is the book for you. Follow Meyer with the 1st SS-Panzer Division'Leibstandarte'and the 12th SS-Panzer Division'Hitlerjugend,'from the first day of the war in Poland, through service in France, Russia, and Greece, up until his capture in Normandy in 1944 and his postwar trials and tribulations. Known for his bold and aggressive leadership, Kurt 'Panzer' Meyer was one of the most highly decorated German soldiers of World War II. Meyer saw intense combat across Europe. This work features his account, conveying the reality of war as well as the bravery of the young men he commanded.