In June 1944, Operation OVERLORD, the largest amphibious operation in history, initially seized the German defensive positions in Normandy. In an attempt to stabilize the situation, Hitler deployed the elite Waffen-SS divisions to avert the crisis.

This classic book from the Images of War series describes how the powerful divisions Leibstandarte, Das Reich, Hitlerjugend, Hohenstaufen, and Frundsberg, supported by the Wehrmacht, fought fanatically despite the threat of enemy air forces and the well-organized Allied forces. Their increasing losses and logistical problems with supplies and fuel culminated in the defeat of the Falaise Pocket, when twenty-five out of thirty-eight German divisions were completely destroyed. As a result, the remaining Waffen-SS units had to withdraw and regroup in the Netherlands and Belgium or be sent to the Eastern Front to try to halt the relentless Soviet advance.

With many rare and unpublished photographs with detailed captions, Waffen-SS in Normandy is a graphic narrative of the Waffen-SS operations in Normandy and their subsequent retreat through France. Pages: 128, Dimensions: 18.9x18.9cm