02939nam 2200589 a 450 991045967530332120200520144314.01-281-96468-997866137939351-61251-001-9(CKB)2670000000078507(EBL)679989(OCoLC)712016179(SSID)ssj0000537846(PQKBManifestationID)12216581(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537846(PQKBWorkID)10553828(PQKB)11685304(MiAaPQ)EBC679989(Au-PeEL)EBL679989(CaPaEBR)ebr10463092(CaONFJC)MIL379393(EXLCZ)99267000000007850720100603d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIn final defense of the Reich[electronic resource] the destruction of the 6th SS Mountain Division "Nord" /Stephen M. RusieckiAnnapolis, Md. Naval Institute Pressc20101 online resource (488 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-59114-744-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Birth of the Nord Division -- Operation Nordwind and beyond -- The Saar-Palatinate falls -- Convergence -- Nord falls behind, 31 March 1945 -- The first day : Assenheim and Altenstadt, 1 April 1945 -- The second day : Waldensberg, 2 April 1945 -- The second day : Leisenwald, 2 April 1945 -- The third day : dissolution, 3 April 1945 -- Completing the record -- Appendix A. Table of comparative ranks -- Appendix B. Glossary of terms and equipment -- Appendix C. Select order of battle.In April 1945 the American 71st Infantry Division exacted the final vestiges of life from the Reich's 6th SS Mountain Division in central Germany. On Easter weekend, the bypassed German division fought to the very end as they were first surrounded and then destroyed as a fighting force. Rusiecki argues that the battle demonstrates that the Wehrmacht's last gasp on the Western Front was anything but a whimper as some historians charge. Instead, many of Germany's final combat formations fought to the very end against a chaotic tableau of misery, destruction, and suffering to exact every lasWorld War, 1939-1945Regimental historiesGermanyWorld War, 1939-1945CampaignsEurope, NorthernElectronic books.World War, 1939-1945Regimental historiesWorld War, 1939-1945Campaigns940.54/1343Rusiecki Stephen M994888Association of the United States Army.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459675303321In final defense of the Reich2279005UNINA