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For the Homeland: The History of the 31st Waffen-SS Volunteer Grenadier Division
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by Rudolf Pencz
Sales Rank: 1241075
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$30.00
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 224 pages
Published by: Helion and Company Ltd.; English ed edition November 2002
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1874622019
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1874622017
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 5.8 x 0.8 inches
Weighs: 1.4 pounds
Product Description
Although much has been published about the Waffen-SS in English, coverage of the majority of its units is patchy, inaccurate or even nonexistent. This carefully-researched study from Rudolf Pencz records the complete history of one of these rarely-covered W-SS formations, the 31st W-SS Volunteer Grenadier Division.
The division, established in Autumn 1944, was mainly composed of ethnic Germans living in Hungary. After a brief period of training, the division was soon sent into action against the Red Army in Hungary, late 1944. At the end of the year it was withdrawn from the front for rest and refitting, before participating in the bitter fighting against the Soviets in Silesia until the end of the war. The remnants of the division surrendered to the Soviets in May 1945.
For the Homeland! is a detailed and complete history of the division; the text features a large number of personal accounts and eyewitness reports from former members. Detailed appendices include divisional officer lists, and a complete order-of-battle.
Key FeaturesAn accurate and well-researched study which breaks new ground in English-language coverage of the Waffen-SS
Text features a large number of personal accounts and eyewitness reports from former members of the division
Also includes detailed appendices
First time any detailed and accurate information about the 31st Waffen-SS Division has appeared in English
Reader Reviews
This division was formed in late 1944 from ethnic Germans who were mostly Hungarian citizens. Poorly trained and equipped, it was thrust into combat on the Danube front and nearly destroyed by superior Red Army forces. Reformed in Silesia, the division acquitted itself well in the final days of the Third Reich. Following the surrender, about 1/3 of the soldiers were disarmed and murdered by Czechs. Strangely, most of the survivors found refuge in Soviet PWs camps, which were brutal and claimed their share of lives, but beat being murdered by the Czechs. The division was "horse drawn," meaning it relied on horses for most of its transportation and supply needs, and this alone makes refreshing reading, because so much of what is known about the Waffen-SS tends to focus on the armored and motorized formations and not on the majority of the straight-leg infantry divisions that formed much of the SS order of battle in the last two years of WWII.
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