The history of II SS Panzer Corps is a short and violent one. This
meticulously researched book documents the actions of the 9th and 10th
SS Panzer Divisions from activation until October 1944, and the 2nd and
9th SS Divisions from December 1944 until the end of the war. This
period encompasses the Battle of Normandy, the escape from the Falaise
Pocket, the MARKET GARDEN episode and Hitler's last great offensive in
the West, the Battle of the Bulge. Sons of the Reich also dismantles the
myth that the Waffen SS were a volunteer force of brainwashed thugs and
fanatics, in fact II SS Panzer Division were ordinary conscripts, whose
tenacity (most notably at Arnhem in September 1944) was admired by
friend and foe alike.