The story of the 1st and 12th SS Panzer Divisions in the 1944 Normandy campaign.

Introduction -- Senior dramatis personae -- Prologue -- Origins -- Formation -- The machines of war -- Organization and tactics -- The setting -- 6th June : D-Day -- 7th June : first clash -- 8th to 10th June : the bridgehead battles -- 11th June : impasse -- War crimes -- 12th to 14th June : Operation PERCH and the Battle of Villers-Bocage -- 14th to 24th June : lull before the storm -- 25th to 1st July : Operation EPSOM and the Battle of the Odon -- 2nd to 3rd July : departures and arrivals -- 4th July : Operation WINDSOR : the Battle for Carpiquet -- 7th to 11th July : Operation CHARNWOOD and the battle for Caen -- 10th to 11th July : Operation JUPITER and the battle for Hill 112 -- 12th to 17th July : R & R -- 18th to 21st July : Operation GOODWOOD and the battle for the Bourguebus Ridge -- 25th July : Operation SPRING and the Battle of the Plain -- 26th July to 5th August : The battle for Tilly -- 6th to 9th August : another Orne bridgehead -- 6th to 10th August : the Mortain counter-attack -- 8th to 11th August : Operation TOTALIZE and the First Battle of Falaise -- 11th to 18th August : the Second Battle of Falaise -- 11th to 18th August : the Leibstandarte withdraws -- 18th to 25th August : the Last Battle of Normandy -- Epilogue -- Appendixes. 1st SS Panzer Division LAH 1st July 1944 -- 1st SS Panzer Regiment and 1st SS Recce Bn 1st July 1944 -- 1st and 2nd SS Panzer-Grenadier Regiments 1st July 1944 -- 12th SS Panzer Division HJ 6th June 1944 -- 12th SS Panzer Regiment and 12th SS Recce Bn 6th June 1944 -- 25th and 26th SS Panzer-Grenadier Regiments 6th June 1944 -- US Armored Division June 1944 -- British/Canadian/Polish Armored Division June 1944 -- US Infantry Division June 1944 -- British/Canadian Infantry Division June 1944 -- German chain of command June 1944 -- Allied chain of command 6th June 1944 -- Guide to abbreviations and German words.