From the Arctic Circle to the Don River: SS Regiment Thule" 1940-1943"

Siegrunen Monograph 7. First Edition (December 2011). This is the first book to cover the story of the largely unheralded SS Regiment "Thule" in words and in pictures. SS-Regiment "Thule" began as a battalion-sized security force in Norway in 1940 and ended up as the prototype for a "rapid light infantry" deployment force, about a half-century ahead of its time. The intent in 1942 was to convey most of the "Thule" personnel either on motorcycles or in fast vehicles so that they could be sent rapidly to wherever they were most needed. Unfortunately the debilitating battles around Kharkov in early 1943 put an end to this concept
the so-called "motorcycle-rifle" regiment became a luxury that the Waffen-SS could no longer afford. In this book you will get a glimpse of the impressive soldiers of SS Regiment "Thule" in training, at their barracks, in transit, in the field and in combat. In the savage battle against Soviet communism they did their duty to the utmost and this volume will hopefully give some small inkling of their valor and sacrifice. Contents: Acknowledgments
Foreword
Notes on Spellings
Chapter 1: Formation and Initial Deployment
Chapter 2: Into Action
Chapter 3: Autumn Fighting in Finland
Chapter 4: To the Volkhov Front
Chapter 5: Reformation and Redeployment in France
Chapter 6: Reactivation for Combat Duty
Chapter 7: To the Don River Front
Chapter 8: Desperate Fighting to the South of Kharkov
Chapter 9: Counterattack, 1-8 March 1943
Chapter 10: Fighting to Regain Kharkov
Chapter 11: Action on the Don River Front
Chapter 12: SS Regiment "Thule" is Dissolved
Chapter 13: Aftermath: The "Death March" of the SS "Totenkopf Division
Appendix 1: Regimental Commanders
Appendix 2: Notes on Insignia
Bibliography
232 photos and illustrations
2 maps.