SS Panzer Battalion

Literature & Fiction

LEO KESSLER

Genre Fiction

Ballantine Books

Blood Mountain

Macdonald

Valley of Assassins

Claws of Steel

The SPW battalion he commanded from 1942 - 1943, gained the nickname 'Lötlampenbatallion' because of Peiper's preference of attacking enemy held villages by night from all sides, driving at full throttle and firing from all weapons which put the straw roofs of the buildings on fire and contributed to panic among enemy troops. On May 6, 1943 the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold (German Cross in Gold) was awarded him for his achievements in February 1943. The proposal for the award reads as follows:"In Stawerowka the battalion was ordered to take Zigderowka. The mission was executed by night against heavy resistance and an enemy battalion was routed, four 7,62 guns, an infantry gun, 10 mortars and many machine guns and hand guns being captured and destroyed. Peiper advanced immediately towards Kasatschij Maidan,encountered an enemy battalion on the march and executed a hasty attack. Here, he inflicted heavy losses on the enemy and took Kasatschij Maidan. From here Peiper prepared his battalion for the attack on Jeremejewka, attacked it at dawn against heavy resistance and took Jeremejewka. Exploiting the confusion among the enemy, the battalion advanced on Leninskij and broke the last resistance. By an immediate advance, he inflicted heavy losses on the enemy which was fleeing through open fields. The battalion destroyed one T 34, six guns 7,62 and captured 300 horses .Three sledge columns were routed. The enemy casualties amounted about to anywhere from 800 to 900. SS Sturmbannführer Peiper has distinguished himself in all these fights by a sensible command of his battalion and personal bravery and has proven himself worthy of the Deutsches Kreuz in Gold." Three days after his actions on the March 6th, 1943, he received the Knight's Cross. The proposal reads as follows:"SS Sturmbannführer Peiper commander III/2 Pz Gren Reg LAH had on 6 march 1943 ...

S. S. Peiper: Life and Death of Jochen Peiper

Leo Cooper

SS Peiper: The Life and Death of SS Colonel Jochen Peiper

Contemporary

HarperCollins, Publishers

<p>First in the new Rommel Series. May, 1940. Attacking without warning, striking from the smoke of battle, the 7th Panzer spearheads the German advance to the channel. The terrified Allies call it Ghost Division. The legendary Erwin Rommel is their General. Brilliant, ruthless and devastatingly unorthodox, nothing will stop him - not even the destruction of his own men. And Major Kranz is soon trapped, without his tanks, with his back to the sea...</p>

Ghost Division

Futura, 1979

Red Assault

Futura

Slaughter Ground

Himmler's Gold

Futura Publications

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