Branded as Hitler’s teenage division, the 12th SS Panzer shocked Allied troops with their brutal effectiveness in Normandy. Led by Kurt Meyer, their relentless defense of Caen, suicidal tenacity, and ...
In one of Normandy’s most intense armored clashes, the 12th SS Panzer Division’s Panther tanks launched a surprise assault near Rots on June 8, 1944. Facing them were Canadian Sherman Fireflies of the ...
Fusilier Piper John Hardie (1920-85), Corps. Commander's Parade, Landesbergen, Germany, September 1946. The Road to Calvary At 0415 on the morning of the 25th of June 1944, the British 49th Infantry ...
They grew up under the Nazi regime. They pledged to give their lives for Hitler. They were fanatics who would not be stopped. They were the 20,000 teenagers who made up the 12th SS Panzer Division.