Offers a detailed account of the III SS Panzer Korps, covering its 1943 formation and early battles on the Eastern Front A masterfully researched, factual and expansive examination of the III SS Panzer Korps including its formation in 1943 and first battles on the Eastern Front in the Baltic in 1944. Translated from the original German, this book represents the best English account of many of the SS formations that made up the III Corps, including the 11th SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division “Nordland” and the 4th SS-Panzergrenadier-Brigade “Nederland”. Tieke is the author of several books on Waffen SS formations including In the Firestorm of the Last Years of the War, II. SS-Panzerkorps with the 9. and 10. SS-Divisions "Hohenstaufen" and "Frundsberg" and Horst Wessel: The Combat History of the 18. SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division.