In this month's book review we cover Arthur Gullachsen's second volume in his detailed look at the combat operations of the 12. SS-PanzerDivision. In this case delving into its defensive role during June and July of 1944, and in response to the Allied invasion of Normandy, France.
As we approach the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising I thought it would be appropriate to set the stage for the brave but doomed efforts of the Polish Resistance to free their city from Nazi occupation. Late in July of 1944 and as the Red Army approached Warsaw's outskirts it must have seemed as if the Soviet war machine was unstoppable. Alas, this would prove not to be true.
Even though much of the blame for the failure of the Polish Resistance to overcome their Nazi overlords must be placed at Stalin's feet (with his decision to not raise a finger to help the courageous resistance
