LEADER 02939nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910459675303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-96468-9 010 $a9786613793935 010 $a1-61251-001-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000078507 035 $a(EBL)679989 035 $a(OCoLC)712016179 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000537846 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12216581 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537846 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10553828 035 $a(PQKB)11685304 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC679989 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL679989 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10463092 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL379393 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000078507 100 $a20100603d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIn final defense of the Reich$b[electronic resource] $ethe destruction of the 6th SS Mountain Division "Nord" /$fStephen M. Rusiecki 210 $aAnnapolis, Md. $cNaval Institute Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (488 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-59114-744-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBirth 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. 330 $aIn 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 las 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories$zGermany 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns$zEurope, Northern 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xRegimental histories 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945$xCampaigns 676 $a940.54/1343 700 $aRusiecki$b Stephen M$0994888 712 02$aAssociation of the United States Army. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459675303321 996 $aIn final defense of the Reich$92279005 997 $aUNINA