PANZERDIVISION FRUNDSBERG - Ukraine - Normandie 1944

After several decades of research, thanks to the testimonies of several dozen veterans of this Division, to the still existing marching logs and to the numerous unpublished documents and archives collected, it is finally possible to restore with precision the terrible engagements of the 10.SS- Panzerdivision “Frundsberg” from the Galician plains in Ukraine (Buczacz sector) to the Normandy bocage. Engaged late in the very last days of June 1944, the "Frundsberger" will fight in the sectors around hills 112 and 113 near Caen for more than a month before being projected further west, towards Vire . The rapid deterioration of the German military situation after the operation on Mortain led to the strategic withdrawal of the Division, which would now engage in rearguard combat. Barenton, Fromentel, Putanges, Trun, Saint-Lambert, Mont-Ormel, so many localities that sounded the death knell for the units of the "Frundsberg" managing to extract themselves from the Falaise Pocket. The withdrawal turned into a general retreat for the German army and only a third of the initial troops of the 10.SS-Panzerdivision "Frundsberg" were able to cross the Seine.

The sum of documents never published, enriched with an exceptional iconography with more than 800 photographs and documents — mostly unpublished — (period photographs, portraits, Soldbücher and archive documents, etc.) constitutes essential documentation for a better understanding of the commitment of this Division in Galicia and during the battles of the Battle of Normandy. A reference work on one of the most famous Panzerdivision, for all specialists of German units engaged in Normandy 1944 and military history enthusiasts!