The Defeat and Attrition of the 12. SS-Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend - Part 1

The Defeat and Attrition of the 12. SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend": Operations Martlet, Epsom, Windsor and Charnwood, 11 June -12 July 1944 - Part 1 With Arthur Gullachsen Part of our DDay and Normandy series    • Sicily and Italy in WWII   1939-45    • 1939-1945   Part of our Panzers series    • Panzers - German Armour in WWII   Part of our Third Reich and German Forces series    • Third Reich and German Forces   Following the Normandy landings, Rommel rushed Heeresgruppe B reserves towards the coast in order to crush the bridgehead and drive the Allied forces back into the sea. One of these armored reserves was the newly created 12. SS-Panzer-Division Hitlerjugend. Extremely well equipped and at near full strength by mid-1944 standards, it was seen as an extremely capable formation. As Allied forces flooded inland from the beaches, 12. SS-Panzer-Division attempted to capture and hold the battlefield initiative. However, despite this German armoured division’s best efforts, it would be bludgeoned and driven back in a series of offensive set-piece operations by the British Second Army, supported by massive artillery programs and RAF air strikes. As a result, the division failed to succeed in its new defensive role, and was slowly weakened by attrition, reducing its combat arms regiments to a weakened Kampfgruppe by mid-July. This show focuses on the fighting between 11 June and 12 July: the Cristot triangle; the Parc de Boislonde; Fontenay-le-Pesnel; Operation Epsom and the main events of the Battle of the Odon; Operation Windsor and the attack on Carpiquet airfield; and finally the massive Anglo-Canadian assault on Caen, Operation Charnwood. Part 2 https://youtube.com/live/DAszn8zmDGE Buy the book: USA https://www.casematepublishers.com/97... USA https://bookshop.org/a/21029/97816362... UK https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-D... Dr Arthur W. Gullachsen is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and a professor in the RMC History Department at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario. After joining the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) in late 2006, he gained acceptance into the PhD program in history at Western University in London, Ontario, graduating in 2016. His previous appaearances on WW2TV The Battles for Tilly-la-Campagne: July-August 1944 https://youtube.com/live/NmgkptiYn6Q Bloody Verrières - The I. SS-Panzerkorps defence of the Verrières-Bourguébus Ridges https://www.youtube.com/live/SCtctI5Csug You can become a YouTube Member and support us here    / @ww2tv   You can become a Patron here   / ww2tv   Please click subscribe for updates also "like" the video - it really helps! Social Media links -   / ww2tv     / ww2tv     / ww2tv   https://www.ddayhistorian.com/ WW2TV Merchandise https://ww2tv.creator-spring.com/ WW2TV Bookshop - where you can purchase copies of books featured in my YouTube shows. Any book listed here comes with the personal recommendation of Paul Woodadge, the host of WW2TV. For full disclosure, if you do buy a book through a link from this page WW2TV will earn a commission. UK - https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV USA - https://bookshop.org/shop/WW2TV Patreon Brigadiers: Andrew Harris, Tonet Rivera, John Lonsberg, Susan Yu, David Keahey, Tom Mullen and Jim Walsh Become a WW2TV Brigadier and become part of this Hall of Fame   / ww2tv