(Ebook) In Final Defense of the Reich: The Destruction of the 6th SS Mountain Division, Nord by Stephen M. Rusiecki ISBN 9781591147442, 1591147441

(Ebook) In Final Defense of the Reich: The Destruction of the 6th SS Mountain Division, Nord by Stephen M. Rusiecki ISBN 9781591147442, 1591147441

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. This analysis of the battle demonstrates that the Wehrmacht's last gasp on the Western Front was anything but a whimper, as some historians charge. Instead, Stephen Rusiecki argues, the Wehrmacht fought to extract every last bit of pain possible. The book follows the histories of both the German and American divisions from their inception until their fateful confrontation in April 1945 and serves as a testament to the human experience in war, both from the perspective of the soldiers and from the civilians who suffered the brunt of the fighting. This book is published in cooperation with the Association of the U.S. Army.