Das Reich

The savagery of Waffen's most notorious division Das Reich is revisited in the book. Tales of hanged men burned women and mutilated children fill the book as the 2nd SS Panzer Dvision moved from southern France to reinforce the Wehrmacht units overwhelmed by the Allied landing in Normandy.

This is also the story of the resistance in France and the role play by the maquis in delaying the advance of the 2nd SS Panzer Division to Normandy. The story of British and American troops dropped in France to train the resistants in order to mount a challenge to the Germans.

The book lacks depth in the stories of the characters but aims to tackle the question of whether the resistance movements played a crucial role in delaying the 2nd SS Panzer Division through sabotage of railways lines and bridges. In the end, it seems they played a role but not significant enough to be considered a worthy contributor to the liberation of France.