{"product_id":"waffen-ss-on-the-western-front-ian-baxter-9781781591857","title":"Waffen-SS on the Western Front: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives","description":"This book in the popular Images of War series covers the deeds of the Waffen-SS on the Western Front during the Second World War. With extensive text and in-depth captions with many rare and unpublished photographs, it describes the fighting tactics, the uniforms, the battles and the different elements that went into making the Waffen-SS such an elite fighting unit. It traces how the Waffen-SS carefully built up their assault forces utilizing all available reserves and resources into a ruthlessly effective killing machine. It depicts how this awesome military formation grew to be used in offensive and then in defensive battles, and provides much historical information and facts about the weapons and all the components that fought on Western Front. The reader learns how the Waffen-SS battled their way through the Low Countries and the Balkans. After D-Day they played a key role in Normandy and fought at Arnhem, in the Ardennes and shifted from one disintegrating part of the front to another in a drastic attempt to stabilize the crumbling war effort. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Waffen-SS on the Western Front 1940 - 1945 provides an excellent insight into one of the most effective fighting formations in military history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Baxter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1781591857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781781591857\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pen \u0026amp; Sword Military\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.71h x 7.49w x 0.38d","brand":"Ian Baxter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44043841405183,"sku":"9781781591857","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8c507e92-e146-493d-ad15-7f9109f615a9.jpg?v=1684969437","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/waffen-ss-on-the-western-front-ian-baxter-9781781591857","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}