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PublisherSchiffer Publishing, The Limited
ISBN-100764300601
ISBN-139780764300608
eBay Product ID (ePID)296272
Product Key Features
Book TitleRiding East : the Ss Cavalry Brigade in Poland and Russia 1939-1942
Number of Pages224 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEurope / Germany, General, Europe / Poland
Publication Year1997
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorMark C. Yerger
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height8.8 in
Item Weight52.9 Oz
Item Length11 in
Item Width8.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-073232
Dewey Edition23
Number of Volumes1 vol.
Dewey Decimal940.541343
SynopsisRiding East details the history of the previously unexamined SS Cavalry Brigade. Beginning with a background of the General SS mounted units, from which personnel formed part of the Brigade's cadre, the author details the organizations, units and commanders of these pre-war formations. A detailed biography of Hermann Fegelein, commander of the Brigade, is followed by a chapter devoted to the SS command in Poland where the Brigade operated during 1939-40 as an occupational force. The units themselves are next examined from first creation in 1939 until they divided into two regiments in 1941, including all duties and operations in Poland. Assigned to the Headquarters Staff Reichsfuhrer-SS at the start of the invasion of Russia, the regiments the combined with other units to form the SS-Cavalry Brigade and conducted anti-partisan warfare operations for most of the remainder of 1941. All the summer 1941 operations are examined in depth, including the massive Pripet marshes actions, using original documents from American and European archive sources. Subordinated on 1942 to Army Group Center the SS-Cavalry Brigade fought at the front during the massive Russian offensive in 1942 and was almost completely annihilated in the Rshev area before finally being withdrwan and used as cadre for the new SS-Kavallerie-Division. Heavily documented, the detailed text is supplemented by 109 photographs, most of which are previously unpublished. In addition, six maps, six Order of Battle charts, complete officer rosters 1939-142, feldpost numbers, details of primary commanders within the Brigade, as well information on the units and commanders it was subordinated to, complete a comprehensive history of first combat mounted unit of the SS., Riding East details the history of the previously unexamined SS Cavalry Brigade. Beginning with a background of the General SS mounted units, from which personnel formed part of the Brigade's cadre, the author details the organizations, units and commanders of these pre-war formations. A detailed biography of Hermann Fegelein, commander of the Brigade, is followed by a chapter devoted to the SS command in Poland where the Brigade operated during 1939-40 as an occupational force. The units themselves are next examined from first creation in 1939 until they divided into two regiments in 1941, including all duties and operations in Poland. Assigned to the Headquarters Staff Reichsfuhrer-SS at the start of the invasion of Russia, the regiments the combined with other units to form the SS-Cavalry Brigade and conducted anti-partisan warfare operations for most of the remainder of 1941. All the summer 1941 operations are examined in depth, including the massive Pripet marshes actions, using original documents from American and European archive sources.Subordinated on 1942 to Army Group Center the SS-Cavalry Brigade fought at the front during the massive Russian offensive in 1942 and was almost completely annihilated in the Rshev area before finally being withdrwan and used as cadre for the new SS-Kavallerie-Division. Heavily documented, the detailed text is supplemented by 109 photographs, most of which are previously unpublished. In addition, six maps, six Order of Battle charts, complete officer rosters 1939-142, feldpost numbers, details of primary commanders within the Brigade, as well information on the units and commanders it was subordinated to, complete a comprehensive history of first combat mounted unit of the SS., Riding East details the history of the previously unexamined SS Cavalry Brigade. Beginning with a background of the General SS mounted units, from which personnel formed part of the Brigade's cadre, the author details the organizations, units and commanders of these pre-war formations. A detailed biography of Hermann Fegelein, commander of the Brigade, is followed by a chapter devoted to the SS command in Poland where the Brigade operated during 1939-40 as an occupational force. The units themselves are next examined from first creation in 1939 until they divided into two regiments in 1941, including all duties and operations in Poland. Assigned to the Headquarters Staff "Reichsfuhrer-SS" at the start of the invasion of Russia, the regiments the combined with other units to form the SS-Cavalry Brigade and conducted anti-partisan warfare operations for most of the remainder of 1941. All the summer 1941 operations are examined in depth, including the massive Pripet marshes actions, using original documents from American and European archive sources. Subordinated on 1942 to Army Group "Center" the SS-Cavalry Brigade fought at the front during the massive Russian offensive in 1942 and was almost completely annihilated in the Rshev area before finally being withdrwan and used as cadre for the new SS-Kavallerie-Division. Heavily documented, the detailed text is supplemented by 109 photographs, most of which are previously unpublished. In addition, six maps, six Order of Battle charts, complete officer rosters 1939-142, feldpost numbers, details of primary commanders within the Brigade, as well information on the units and commanders it was subordinated to, complete a comprehensive history of first combat mounted unit of the SS.
LC Classification NumberD757.85.Y48 1996
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- 29. Mär. 2025
Good coverage of military deployment, minimal coverage of war crimes
The book has great value for military historians, particularly those with an interest in the Waffen-SS and its operations. However, the late Mark Yerger failed completely to document the war crimes of the SS-Kavallerie-Brigade during the period (1941/42) that he covers, but that does not strip the book of utility. For coverage of those crimes, I recommend Henning Pieper's "Fegelein's Horsemen and Genocidal Warfare: The SS Cavalry Brigade in the Soviet Union" and Martin Cüppers' "Wegbereiter der Shoah: Die Waffen-SS, der Kommandostab Reichsführer-SS und die Judenvernichtung 1939–1945". As a biographical researcher and author, I find the biographical sketches and photographs useful for my work. Yerger's books belong in the library of anyone with an interest in the Waffen-SS. But it should be noted that he was an apologist for the officers and men of the ill-famed formation-- not explicitly trumpeting its alleged "greatness" but lying by omission through failing to discuss the politics and crimes of many of his subjects; he would even omit the mere fact of their NSDAP membership, in one case erroneously claiming, in "Waffen-SS Commanders, Krüger to Zimmermann" (p. 23) that SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Walter Krüger was "never a member of the NSDAP" (he was, joining on 1 May 1937 with NSDAP-Nr. 3.995.130). He often left out mention of SS officers' pre-war assignment to concentration camps, coyly stating the names of their units- which serious scholars know were assigned to the camps- but leaving out the fact that they were based at KL-Dachau, KL-Buchenwald, KL-Sachsenhausen, etc.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 20. Jul. 2021
The title literally sums up the book
This book is very historic and I really love it. It's a definite must read for anyone who loves history on the cavalry division in the SSBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
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