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Victory Was Beyond Their Grasp: With the 272nd Volks-Grenadier Division from the Huertgen Forest to the Heart of the Reich

By Douglas E. Nash

Book information

Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Year
2015
ISBN
9781612003054, 9781612003061
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9384484 bytes)
Pages
452\452
Time added
2022-06-02 09:16:01

Description

Title Page Copyright Contents Illustrations Foreword Prologue Acknowledgments Tactical Symbols Maps 1. The Story of a Suitcase 2. The Volks-Grenadier Division 3. Origins and Lineage of Füsilier Company 272 4. Of Mortal Coil—The Men of Füsilier Company 272 5. Arrival in the Hürtgen Forest 6. The Battle for Bergstein 7. Fight for Control of the Kall River Gorge: The Assault on “Castle Hill” 8. Two Divisions Collide at Kesternich 9. The Defense of Kesternich 10. The Interlude of January 1945 11. The Americans Drive on the Dams 12. Withdrawal Beyond the Roer 13. The Retreat to the Rhine 14. The Battle for Hönningen 15. Last Stand on the Wied Defense Line 16. From the Hürtgen Forest to the Heart of the Reich Epilogue Endnotes Appendices A. Command and Staff, 272nd Volks-Grenadier Division B. Volks-Grenadier Division Crew-Served Weapons C. Standard Organization of a Volks-Grenadier Division and a Füsilier Company D. Volks-Grenadier Division Numbering E. Higher Headquarters of the 272nd Volks-Grenadier Division from 2 November 1944 to 12 April 1945 F. Table of German Rank Equivalents G. Knight’s Cross and German Cross in Gold Holders, 272nd Volks-Grenadier Division H. Füsilier Company 272 Casualties and Replacements, September 1944–March 1945 Bibliography Index

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