{"product_id":"from-the-realm-of-a-douglas-e-nash-9781636244877","title":"From the Realm of a Dying Sun: Volume I - IV. Ss-Panzerkorps and the Battles for Warsaw, July-November 1944","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"The book is eminently readable and, unlike a myriad of other books that focus on units, never seems to get mired in writing mud but moves along briskly. Overall the volume is well-illustrated, and the reader will sense this is a well-researched book. Critically the book is well-steeped in doctrinal materials from both sides of the hill in a deft manner.\" -- ARMOR Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring World War Two, the armed or \u003ci\u003eWaffen-SS\u003c\/i\u003e branch of the Third Reich's dreaded security service expanded from two divisions in 1940 to 38 divisions by the end of the war, eventually growing to a force of over 900,000 men until Germany's defeat in May 1945. Not satisfied with allowing his nascent force to be commanded in combat by army headquarters of the \u003ci\u003eWehrmacht\u003c\/i\u003e, Heinrich Himmler, chief of the SS, began to create his own SS corps and army headquarters beginning with the \u003ci\u003eSS-Panzerkorps\u003c\/i\u003e in July 1942. As the number of \u003ci\u003eWaffen-SS\u003c\/i\u003e divisions increased, so did the number of corps headquarters, with 18 corps and two armies being planned or activated by the war's end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe histories of the first three SS corps are well known - the actions of I, II, and III (Germanic) \u003ci\u003eSS-Panzerkorps\u003c\/i\u003e and their subordinate divisions, including the \u003ci\u003eLeibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDas Reich\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHitlerjugend\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHohenstaufen\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrundsberg\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNordland\u003c\/i\u003e divisions, have been thoroughly documented and publicized. Overlooked in this pantheon is another SS corps that never fought in the west or in Berlin but one that participated in many of the key battles fought on the Eastern Front during the last year of the war - the \u003ci\u003eIV SS-Panzerkorps\u003c\/i\u003e. Activated during the initial stages of the defense of Warsaw in late July 1944, the corps, consisting of both the \u003ci\u003e3\u003c\/i\u003e. and \u003ci\u003e5.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSS-Panzer\u003c\/i\u003e Divisions (\u003ci\u003eTotenkopf\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWiking\u003c\/i\u003e, respectively) was born in battle and spent the last ten months of the war in combat, figuring prominently in the battles of Warsaw, the attempted Relief of Budapest, Operation Spring Awakening, the defense of Vienna, and the withdrawal into Austria where it finally surrendered to U.S. forces in May 1945.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHerbert Otto Gille's \u003ci\u003eIV SS-Panzerkorps\u003c\/i\u003e was renowned for its tenacity, high morale and, above all, its lethality, whether conducting a hard-hitting counterattack or a stubborn defense in situations where its divisions were hopelessly outnumbered. Often embroiled in heated disputes with its immediate Wehrmacht higher headquarters over his seemingly cavalier conduct of operations, Gille's corps remained to the bitter end one of the Third Reich's most reliable and formidable field formations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas E. Nash\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1636244874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781636244877\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Casemate\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/31\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 541\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Douglas E. Nash","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46489412337919,"sku":"9781636244877","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6be6528d-b47e-41cd-b1f7-1bd1cf126090.jpg?v=1736953480","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-the-realm-of-a-douglas-e-nash-9781636244877","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}