{"product_id":"das-reich-the-march-of-the-2nd-ss-panzer-division-through-france-june-1944","title":"Das Reich : The March of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Through France, June 1944","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'The literary VC goes without doubt to Max Hastings . . . the story of a march that left behind a trail of blood and death, torture and heroism' - \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWritten from the perspective of the French Resistance, British SOE and SAS, and the German SS, \u003ci\u003eDas Reich\u003c\/i\u003e is bestselling historian Max Hastings's gripping and powerful examination of wartime brutality in the aftermath of D-Day.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Within days of the D-Day landings in June 1944, the elite 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich marched north through France to reinforce the front-line defenders of Hitler's Fortress Europe. Veterans of the bloodiest fighting of the Russian Front, 15,000 men with their tanks and artillery, they were hounded for every mile of their march by saboteurs of the Resistance and agents of the Allied Special Forces.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Along their route they took reprisals so savage they will live for ever in the chronicles of the most appalling atrocities of war, including the massacre of 642 men, women and children from Oradour-sur-Glane. Even-handed and insightful, \u003ci\u003eDas Reich\u003c\/i\u003e vividly brings to life a dark period of the Second World War, revealing stories of cruelty on both sides as well as tales of heroism and sacrifice.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A gripping blend of narrative and investigation' - \u003ci\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Das Reich : The March of the 2nd SS Panzer Division Through France, June 1944","offer_id":45672815132869,"sku":null,"price":36.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-0350-2239-7.jpg?v=1769055845","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/das-reich-the-march-of-the-2nd-ss-panzer-division-through-france-june-1944","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}