In the original dustsheet. Tan cloth binding with black title on the spine.

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Very Good small quarto 160pp., b/w plates, maps, unit histories., bibliog., indexes, Looks at four actions: 2nd Waffen-SS Das Reich Moscow 1941; 12th Waffen-SS Hitler Jugend Normandy 1944; Waffen-SS Training Battalion Arnhem 1944; Panzer Grenadier Division Brandenburg Neisse River 1945

The term Panzergrenadier had been introduced in 1942, and was applied equally to the infantry component of Panzer divisions as well as the new divisions known as Panzergrenadier Divisions. Most of the Heer’s PzGren. divisions evolved via upgrades from ordinary infantry divisions, first to Motorized Infantry divisions and then to PzGren. divisions, retaining their numerical designation within the series for infantry divisions throughout the process. This included the 3rd, 10th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 25th, and 29th divisions. Others, such as the Großdeutschland Division, were built up over the course of the war by repeatedly augmenting the size of an elite regiment or battalion. The Waffen-SS also created several PzGren. divisions by the same methods, or by creating new divisions from scratch later in the war. A number of PzGren. divisions in both the Heer and Waffen-SS were upgraded to Panzerwaffe divisions as the war progressed.