Viking panzers
Subtitle: the German 5th SS Tank Regiment in the East in World War II
By: Ewald Klapdor
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Mechanicsburg, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 481
ISBN-13: 9780811708029
Subjects: Waffen-SS. Panzerregiment "Wiking," 5; Waffen-SS; Tank warfare; Campaigns; World War, 1939-1945; Regimental histories; History
Work titles: Mit dem Panzerregiment 5 Wiking im Osten
Description: "Despite its belief in Germany's superiority to other nations, the Waffen SS nevertheless raised a number of units that consisted largely of non-Germans. The 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking and its formidable Panther-equipped spearhead, the 5th SS Tank Regiment, rank among the most elite of these -- or any other -- formations. Recruited from anticommunist volunteers from Scandinavia and other parts of Western Europe, the Vikings served with distinction on the Eastern Front, clashing with T-34s and other Soviet armor. From the fall of 1942 into 1944, the 5th SS Tank Regiment's area of operations consisted of the Caucasus and Ukraine"--Jacket.
Notes: "Original German-language edition self-published by Ewald Klapdor in Siek, Germany, in 1981 as Mit dem Panzerregiment 5 Wiking im Osten"--T.p. verso.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The activation and commitment of SS-Panzer-Abteilung 5 on the Eastern Front; title: Attack and pursuit across the Don, the Kuban, and the Terek; title: Retreat and defense between the Manytsch and the Don; title: Defensive operations between the Donez and the Dnjepr; title: In the pocket battles between the Dnjepr and the Bug : out of the Dnjepr line and into the Tscherkassy pocket; title: Between Brest Litowsk and Warsaw; title: The first battle of Warsaw; title: The second battle of Warsaw; title: Fighting in the "wet triangle"; title: The development of the military situation along the Danube from August to December 1944; title: The final fighting.