DAS REICH II
1940 - 1941

2 SS PANZER DIVISION

OTTO WEIDINGER

J. J. FEDOROWICZ, WINNIPEG, CANADA
1995

This volume contains further division combat actions in the 1940 Western Campaign, the campaign against Yugoslavia in 1941 and the campaign against Russia up to the conclusion of the Battle for Yelnya in 1941.

CONTENTS
Introduction
Development of the Wartime Situation
After the Polish Campaign
Preparation for Operations in the West

PART A The 1940 Western Campaign 10 May to 28 June 1940.
The Campaign in Holland—10 to 17 May 1940.
The Battle of Flanders 21.-31. May 1940
The Battle for France
Review of the SS V Division's Actions in the Western Campaign…
Epilogue to the 1940 Western Campaign

PART B
I Movement to the Netherlands 3-11 July 1940.
II Securing the Netherlands and Coastal Defense 12 July to 15 December 1940

PART C Occupation Unit in Southern France
I Deployment to the Vesoul Area 15 to 17 December 1940
II Participating in the Occupation of Southern France in the Haute Saone Region from 18 December 1940 to 31 March 1941.
Renaming the division
Creating the SS Assault Gun Battery " Reich"
Creating the SS Motorcycle Infantry Battalion "Reich"
Distinctive Unit Insignia

PART D Southeastern Campaign 1941: 1 April to 1 May 1941..
I Movement to Temesvar, Rumania 1-7 April 1941.
II The Campaign Against Yugoslavia

PART E Refitting at the Home Front
I Transfer to the Linz—Eferding—Traunsee Area
II Detachments, Refitting and Training.
III Actions in the Eastern Operational Area 13-25 June 1941 .

PART F The Campaign Against Russia Operation "Barbarossa" .
I From the Bug to the Yelnya
Defensive Battles in the Yelnya Bend 18.8.1941
Summary and Conclusion

23 x 15 cm. x + 390 pp + b/w photo plates.

Very good + condition. Spine slightly cocked but otherwise like new.