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Totenkopf. Volume 2: The Structure, Development And Personalities Of The 3.SS-Panzer-Division

In "Totenkopf" volume II Mark C. Yerger begins with a lengthy chapter on the SS officer and Waffen-SS combat arms schools. Especially relevant to the earliest divisions, many "Totenkopf" officers were trained by this system with divisional veterans found serving with their ever-changing faculties. Starting with the prewar Junkerschulen and their expansion, both the wartime created academies are included. Overlooked despite their significance, the arms schools that produced SS officers among their variety of specialist training programs from mid-1942 to nearly the end of hostilities are detailed. Facilities examined include the SS-Pionierschule "Hradsichko," SS-Panzergrenadierschule "Kienschlag," SS-Artillerieschule II, SS-Nachrichtenschule, and the assault gun school in Bukowan that became the SS-Panzerjäger(Sturmgeschütz)Schule "Janowitz." The final 53 German Cross in Gold recipients are examined next with unpublished details for all ranks. Among them are men also awarded the Knight's Cross, material being included from the personal photo albums of two such officer recipients with dozens of other new images along with over 30 proposal texts relating the combats resulting in these decorations. A chapter examines those entered in the Roll of Honor (later Honor Clasp holders), including narratives resulting in that distinction. With the most of any Waffen-SS division, the 33 Close Combat Clasp in Gold holders are detailed. A lengthy chapter on the formation preparing for Russia opens with text details on its essential but often overlooked support units. The March-April 1941 transfers and final component are added, in total showing all divisional command and staff personnel. Men found elsewhere are noted, with priority service specifics given for nearly 250 more officers of the division. That data includes specifics of officer school graduates, reflecting on the stated significance of the opening chapter. Rather than faceless statistics, the massive casualties in 1941-1942 that comprised individuals becomes humanly grasped as was the continued tenacity of the division in Demjansk despite those losses. Order of Battle charts are compared to actual composition of the division. An addendum adds to volume I with an index for the nearly 800 personnel within this volume. Lavishly illustrated with primarily unpublished photographs in larger size, other images that have been seen were traced to original prints and negatives for previously unseen reproductive clarity. Appendix, glossary and bibliography. 367 pages, 230 illustrations.

Hardcover: 360 pages

Publisher: Helion and Company (August 5, 2016)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1910777994

ISBN-13: 978-1910777992

Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 1.2 x 10.9 inches

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I have thoroughly enjoyed reading my copy of Volume 2. The superior photo reproduction is consistent throughout the book and adds significantly to the overall quality. The author made the extra effort to ensure that each photo was of the highest possible image quality. No “dark” photos were noted. I believe that the photographic results here set a benchmark for other authors to strive for. After reading the introductory sections I spent several days studying the information in the 40 pages of end Notes. I found significant information that was useful in my own research and appreciate the depth of the author’s research. The first biography that I read was that of the war criminal Walter Reder. I was curious how the author would deal with Reder’s direct involvement with serious war crimes in Italy in 1944 since Mark Yerger in the past has been criticized by some for not including the participation in war crimes of some of the people and divisions that he writes about. I found the author’s description of Reder to be completely objective by including the facts of Reder’s involvement in the murder of hundreds civilians as determined by an Italian court of law and not being influenced by the HIAG who for many years claimed that Reder was innocent along with the notorious Rome Gestapo chief, Herbert Kappler. Volume 2 is a remarkable achievement that the author and those who assisted him can be proud of.

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