The History of the Panzerkorps Grossdeutschland, Vol. 2

Hard cover, small format (6" x 9"), 494 pages, 20 maps. Volume 2 covers the "GD" from late 1942 until early 1945. It includes extensive details on affiliated units such as Kurmark, Brandenburg and the Führer-Begleit-Brigade. Lots of first-hand descriptions and small-unit actions. Military History - World War 2 COVER 1 CONTENTS 7 INTRODUCTION 11 PART I — KHARKOV 1943 13 Kharkov 1943 13 In the Defensive Battle 13 Plan of Tachertkowe 16 the Great Counterattack 66 Rest Time in the Poltava Area 90 Sketch of Positions of IV.Btl./Gren.-Regt. GD on March 18, 1943 in front of Borrissowka 93 Wachbataillon GD 103 Watch Standing Orders 111 OPERATION “CITADEL” - Army Group Center and Army Group South July 5, 1943 113 Part II - ZITADELLE—AND THE AFTERMATH 114 The Attack 114 Army Group Centre 116 Army Group South 116 In the Forest of Karachev 144 Battles for the Karachev Forest Map 150 With Army Group South Again 156 DEFENSIVE PERIMETERS OF FORTRESS ACHTYRKA 163 “Operation Natzmer” 174 Conversation in a Hole in the Ground 189 Three Green Flares 206 PART III — THE DNIEPER 216 Battle Zone Krivoy Rog (from 30 Sept., 1943) 216 Fighting Along The Dnieper (Oct., 1943) Map 221 Withdrawals (Oct. - Nov., 1943) 231 The Big Night Singsong 242 With the Großdeutschland Panzer-Fusiliers at Lyubimovka (17.11.43) 252 Christmas 1943 with 2nd Battery, Panzer-Artillery Regiment GD 263 The Southern Front, January 1944 273 PART IV — FROM THE KIROVOGRAD AREA TO JASSY 276 The Overall Situation 276 The Defensive Battle for Kirovograd 278 On The Lower Dnieper 287 Führer-Begleit-Bataillon with Army Group North (“Battle Group Bohrend” - FBB) 293 Großdeutschland in the South of the Eastern Front 297 1029th Reinforced Grenadier Regiment (Mot.) GD 302 Bitterberg Overview 308 PART V — IN RUMANIA 317 Targul Frumos and Jassy 317 The Battle of Jassy 322 Defensive Victory at Targul Frumos 327 The Final Battles in Rumania 346 From Führer Escort Battalion (Führer-Begleit Bataillon) to Führer Grenadier Regiment and the Führer Escort Regiment (Führer-Begleit Regiment) 358 Officer Candidate School Großdeutschland 365 Part VI - THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT 370 The Assassination Attempt in the Wolfsschanze on 20 July 1944 370 Wolfsschanze Layout, in July, 1944 372 Berlin - Bendler Straße 377 OKH Berlin-Bendlerstraße 381 Part VII - FROM VILKAVISHKIS TO MEMEL 390 The Pz.Gren.Div. GD’s “Horizon Crawl” 390 March from Wirballen to Schaulen Map 403 Attack on Wilkowischken Map 404 With I (Panther) Battalion, Panzer Regiment GD 431 Führer Grenadier Brigade (FGB) 439 First Action between Goldap and Gumbinnen 439 The Führer Escort Brigade (FBB) 456 The Memel Bridgehead 460 Part VIII - BATTLES IN THE WEST 474 The Führer Escort Brigade and the Führer Grenadier Brigade During the Ardennes Offensive 474 The Ardennes Offensive Map 485 COVER 505 ISBN-10:,0921991274,ISBN-13:,978-0921991274 ISBN-10: 0921991274,ISBN-13: 978-0921991274 Panzerkorps Grossdeutschlands historie er beskrevet i tre bind. Historien starter med Wachregiment Berlin (1921), Kommando der Wachtruppe(1934), Wachtruppe Berlin (1936), Wachregiment Berlin (1937), Infanterie - Regiment Grossdeutschland(1938) og senere Panzergrenadier - Division Grossdeutschland. Enheden var en regulær panserinfanteridivision (PNINFDIV), men opstillede også den særlige Führer - Begleit - Bataillon, der senere blev udvidet til et regiment, der havde særlige bevogtningsopgaver i forbindelse med Hitlers ophold i sine forskellige hovedkvarterer Denne enhed spillede også en rolle ved attentatet på Hitler den 20. juli 1944. Panserkorps "Grossdeutschland" fik navn efter de ovennævnte stamenheder. Korpset blev oprettet omkring årsskiftet 1944/45 og foruden Panzergrenadier - Division Grossdeutschland indgik tillige infanteridivisionerne Brandenburg og Kurmark i korpset