Contents

Preface and acknowledgements

Dramatis Personae – Senior German Commanders

Principal German Armoured Fighting Vehicles deployed in Normandy

Principal Allied Armoured Fighting Vehicles deployed in Normandy

List of plates

Maps

1. Panzergruppe West’s Dilemma

2. The Road to Falaise – Goodwood, Cobra and Mortain

3. Throw them back into the Sea – 21st Panzer Division

4. Formidably Equipped – Panzer Lehr Panzer Division

5. Fanatical Nazi Teenagers – 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend

6. The Iron Fist – 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen

7. The Tigers are Coming! – The 503, 101 SS and 102 SS Heavy Panzer Battalions

8. Operation Lüttich – 2nd Panzer Division

9. Tough Resistance – 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler

10. Fighting Withdrawal – 9th SS Panzer Division Hohenstaufen

11. Point 112 – 10th SS Panzer Division Frundsberg

12. The Road to St Lô – 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich

13. Stabilising the Line – 116th Panzer Division Windhund

14. Stopping Patton – 9th Panzer Division

15. Falaise – The Killing Grounds

16. The Flawed Victory

17. The Reckoning in the West

18. The Reckoning in the East

Appendix I: Panzer Division and General Headquarters Panzer Formations Strength in Northern France June–September 1944

Appendix II: German Panzer Divisions in Normandy

Appendix III: Independant and Infantry Panzer Units in Normandy

Appendix IV: German Order of Battle June 1944 and July–August 1944

Appendix V: Panzergruppe West and 7th Army Panzer Division Commanders

Appendix VI: Principal Allied Codenames

Appendix VII: Table of Equivalent Ranks

Bibliography

Index