2nd World War - BOOK - by Max Hastings, ed "Le... Lot 940

2nd World War - BOOK - by Max Hastings, ed "Le Grand livre du Mois" 1983. "THE DAS REICH DIVISION AND THE RESISTANCE". June 8 - June 20, 1944 Victories of the Maquis and martyrdom of the population. Hardback, 380 pages in dust jacket. June 8, 1944, the 15,000-strong Das Reich Division, with 209 tanks and artillery, set off from Montauban towards Normandy. Hampered in its progress by the Resistance, its route soon became notorious for 2 ignominious acts of reprisal at Tulle and Oradour sur Glane... A complete, day-by-day history of the action, in great detail, seen from both the German and French sides, with archives, survivor testimonials, etc...