The Collapse of Pomerania brings the reader back to the front lines in Pomerania where the volunteers of the III SS Panzer Korps were fighting the last battles of the Reich before retreating into German territory. Somehow these titanic battles have been forgotten, however the authors were able to bring their history to life in this book through correspondence and interviews with surviving Waffen SS veterans and extended research in local archives.
This unique document gives the reader the opportunity to learn about the motivation and the beliefs of these foreign Waffen SS volunteers by digging into their personal stories. Displaying standards of courage, discipline, and self-sacrifice which commands the respect of any soldier or historian they fought their way to a combat reputation and fighting power second to none. Their iron reliability led to their employment as a military fire brigade, rushed from sector to sector to shore up collapsing fronts just like they did in Pomerania. With over 150 reenactor pictures prepared for this book, the authors try to give the reader a better understanding of the equipment, uniforms, and life at the front lines in Pomerania during the last months of the Second World War. AUTHORS: Tomasz Borowski has been interested in history practically since childhood and for many years has been studying the acts of foreign volunteer formations of Waffen SS, especially Scandinavian, French and Walloon troops, which got involved in bloody battles in declining period of World War II. His fascination arose at the time when he realized, how much influence have had these small but extremely valiant and brave troops on the fate of the fronts, on which they had to fight. They fought hard even though the matter for which they shed blood was practically lost. Through a contact with many authors and historians he has access to unique, unknown to a wider group archives both in terms of memoir and photographic material. In his publications, he tries not to duplicate the well-known facts, but each time to bring closer and reveal to readers the mysteries and curiosities that are the symbols of the tragic, last weeks of the greatest of the existing armed conflict, which for many has become a mythical Twilight of Gods. He writes from a desire to tell stories. He believes that reading should primarily be a pleasure. If a story supposes to be boring, better not to show it to the world at all. Gerry Villani is a Canadian author and historian and he writes books mainly about the Waffen SS 120 colour and 40 b/w illustrations
