The 32nd Ss-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division: "30.Januar" (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780764331015)

The SS Division "30. Januar" was one of the last SS-Divisions formed during World War II and was almost entirely composed of training units and 16-18 year old boys (the honorary name "30. Januar" was the same date Hitler became Reich chancellor in 1933). First planned as a motorized division, the unit ended up as a normal infantry division because of a lack of fuel. With a final strength of 12,000, they fought on the Oder-front south of Frankfurt/Oder. After the Soviet attack on 16 April 1945 they were wiped out in the pocket of Halbe southeast of Berlin.

Author: Rolf Michaelis
ISBN-10: 0764331019
ISBN-13: 9780764331015
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Language: English
Published: 10/31/2008
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.80d