The division was rebuilt with replacements in the fall of 1944. The 12th SS Panzer Division was ”Hitler Jugend” (Hitler Youth), named after the youth organization that every young German had ...

The most implacable opponents of the British and Canadians fighting in Normandy were the largely teenage soldiers of the Hitlerjugend From D1 through to attacking back into the Falaise Pocket this ...

Karl Münter, 96, was part of the SS 12th Panzer Division, which was responsible for a number of war crimes AN EX-NAZI SS officer who was involved in the massacre of 86 French men and boys during ...

The primary objective of the 21st Panzer Division was to cut off the American supply lines. However, they did not anticipate the fierce resistance from the 12th Armored Division and the French forces.

Defending the sector were grenadier units of the 12th SS Panzer Division (Hitler Jungen) supported by elements of the Panzer Lehr Division and from the east, the 21st Panzer Division. The SS ...

Col. Bryan Denny, "not just in it was the first squadron-level exercise between 2SCR and 12th Panzer, but it provided an opportunity for us to learn from a tank battalion that has had two ...

Some 20,000 Nazi teenagers face off against Allied forces in 1944. Despite their young age, the 12th SS Panzer Division sows terror and destruction in its path.