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Author Baxter, Ian, author.

Title 7th SS Mountain Division Prinz Eugen at war 1941--1945 : a history of the division / Ian Baxter
Published Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2019

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations
Series Images of War Series
Images of War Series
Summary Drawing on a superb collection of rare and unpublished photographs the The 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen 1941 - 1945 is the 7th book in the Waffen-SS Images of War Series written by Ian Baxter. The book tells the story of the 7th SS Mountain Division was formed in 1941 from the Volksdeutsche (ethnic German) volunteers and conscripts from the Banat, Independent State of Croatia, Hungary and Romania. It fought a brutal counter insurgency campaign against communist-led Yugoslav Partisan resistance forces in the occupied Serbia and Montenegro. It was given the title Prinz Eugen after Prince Eugene of Savoy, an outstanding military leader of the Habsburg Empire who liberated the Banat and Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire in the Austro Turkish War. It was initially named the SS-Freiwilligen-Division Prinz Eugen (SS-Volunteer Division Prinz Eugen)
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 5, 2019)
Subject Waffen-SS. Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen," 7. -- History
Waffen-SS. Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen," 7.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Regimental histories -- Germany
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Eastern Front.
HISTORY -- Europe -- Western.
Military campaigns
Regimental histories
Yugoslavia -- History -- Axis occupation, 1941-1945.
Eastern Front (World War (1939-1945))
Germany
Yugoslavia
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781526721433
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9781526721457
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