Photo unit history of 7th SS Mountain Div. and their savage battles against Tito's partisans in the mountains of Yugoslavia. Published by the unit veterans association, many of the 554 photos came from the private collections of the few surviving veterans and are published no where else. Large format. Full German and English text.
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An Outstanding Waffen SS Single Unit History,
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This review is from: 7. SS-Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen" im Bild ( 7th SS Mountain Division "Prince Eugene" in Photos ) (Hardcover)
Of all the various picture histories available regarding the Waffen SS, I found this volume on the 7th SS Mountain Division to be the most interesting. Much of that interest lies in the fact that there is not a tremendous amount of source material related to this division. It spent the war in a backwater front fighting Tito's Partisans. Most Second World War histories spend more time on Tito's men and very little on the German Units they faced off against.
This volume tells the tale well from beginning to end and for once, the pictures are related to the subject. You won't find Totenkopf grenadiers at Kursh mislabeled here. And these are pictures that most of us have not seen before. There is also an operational energy to these pictures that is not often seen. The reader gets a glimpse into the unique logistics required to fight in the Karst regions of the former Yugoslavia. Another very interesting aspect of this volume, is the descriptions of the Banat region, from which many of the division's Volk Deutsch were recruited. Prior to owning this volume, my own previous knowledge of this division was very unfavorable. Many of the earlier, general histories of the Waffen SS labeled Prinz Eugen as a division guilty of extensive atrocities. While this volume does not spend any time on atrocities committed by the division, it is clear that war in Yugoslavia was an unremitting horror where quarter was neither offered or given by either side. The volume concludes with descriptions of the divisions' destruction and the executions or imprisonments of its survivors. One last note of interest is the fact that this volume contains the "infamous" photograph of Austrian Chancellor, Kurt Waldheim, which caused him so much political grief. Guilt by association....??? You be the judge.
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