Hubert Meyer
This article needs additional citations for verification. (December 2012) |
Hubert Meyer | |
---|---|
SS Division Hitlerjugend | |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Hubert Meyer (5 December 1913 – 16 November 2012) was a German
SS career
Born in 1913, Meyer joined the
In the years after the war, Meyer "repeatedly took part in battlefield studies with British, Canadian and United States veterans in Normandy and the Ardennes."[1]
Activities with HIAG
Starting in the 1950s, Meyer was active in
The divisional history
Over a period of 14 years,[1] Meyer wrote a two volume book: Kriegsgeschichte der 12 SS-Panzerdivision "Hitlerjugend", which was published by Munin Verlag in 1982.[3] (Munin Verlag[de] was owned by HIAG.) "Many surving soldiers of this Division, of all ranks, have collaborated in producing this book."[1] The book used both German, British, Canadian and United States Army war diaries.[1] Meyer tried to be objective, but was nevertheless selective in the way he presented his division.[4] The book is rich in terms of historical material.[4] The book was described as "very good and clearly recommended",[3] and praised for the "very thorough research in the records of casualties suffered by the division".[5] The two volumes were translated into English and published as a single hardback volume in 1994 as The History of the 12.SS-Panzerdivision Hitlerjugend by J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing.[3] It was issued in two paperback volumes by Stackpole Books in 2005 as The 12th SS: The History of the Hitler Youth Panzer Division. The Fedorowicz edition is 401 pages long (not including 20 page map book). The Stackpole editions are 580 and 604 pages long. They have the same content, except that the Stackpole edition does not have Appendix 5 of the Fedorowicz edition, and the Stackpole edition's Appendices 5 and 6 are the Fedorowicz edition's Appendices 6 and 7.
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d Meyer, Hubert (1994). The History of the 12.SS-Panzerdivision Hitlerjugend. Translated by Henschler, H Harri. J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing. p. xi.
- ^ Parker 2014, p. 425.
- ^ a b c Zetterling, Niklas (2000). Normandy 1944. J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing. p. 402.
- ^ a b Lieb, Peter (2007). Konventioneller Krieg oder NS-Weltanschauungskrieg? Kriegführung und Partisanenbekämpfung in Frankreich 1943/44. R. Oldenbourg Verlag, München. p. 114, footnote 319.
- ^ Zetterling, Niklas (2000). Normandy 1944. J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing. pp. 255–6.
Bibliography
- Parker, Danny S. (2014). Hitler's Warrior: The Life and Wars of SS Colonel Jochen Peiper. Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0306821547.