Jochen Peiper: Commander of Panzerregiment ‘Leibstandarte’

Jochen Peiper: Commander of Panzerregiment ‘Leibstandarte’ by Patrick Agte

Patrick Agte, the accomplished author of Michael Wittmann, has exceeded even his previous high standards of scholarship and research with this superb biography of one of Germany’s foremost Panzer commanders. This is the definitive work on Peiper, and covers his early life through actions in France as a company commander and then, in succession, command of III./SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 2 and SS-Panzer-Regiment 1.

This book is packed with information and first-hand accounts—the full details of Peiper’s outstanding military career and controversial death. Follow Peiper through some of the most brutal fighting of the war. The book also exhaustively chronicles the post-war trial for participation in the Malmedy Massacre, his incarceration and death sentence at Landsberg and his attempts to establish a civilian livelihood after his release. The book finishes with an exhaustive account of Peiper’s murder in 1976 at the hands of French communists.

Hardcover, large format (9″x12″), 670 pages, 800+ black & white photographs.

Book Data

Author: Patrick Agte
ISBN: 9780921991465
Pages: 670
Photos: 800+
Physical: Hardcover, 305x230mm, landscape

Chapters

• Author’s Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• The Peiper Family Origins
• Peiper’s Youth in Berlin: 1919 to 1935
• With the SS-Verfügungstruppe, Officer Candidate Course in Jüterbog: 6 January to 24 April 1935 At the SS Officer Academy Braunschweig: 24 April 1935 to 30 March 1936 In the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler: I April 1936 to 4 July 1938
• On the Staff of the Reichsführer-SS: 4 July 1938 to 18 May 1940
• The Campaign in France: 18 May to 21 June 1940
• Return to the Staff of the Reichsführer-SS: 21 June 1940 to 4 August 1941
• Peiper on the Eastern Front: 4 August 1941 to II July 1942
• The Leibstandarte Transfers to France: 12 July 1942 to 11 January 1943
• Peiper Becomes the Commander of the III. (gep.)/ SS-Panzer.-Grenadier-Regiment 2 “LSSAH”
• In Action at Kharkov: 27 January to 29 March 1943
• The Capture of Belgorod on 18 March 1943
• Rest, Refitting and Training: 29 March to 4 July 1943
• Operation “Citadel”, the Kursk Offensive: 4 July to 17 July 1943
• Plans and Preparations for the “Citadel” Offensive
• Beginning of “Citadel” Offensive: 4 to 17 July 1943
• The Leibstandarte in Italy: 5 August to 24 October 1943
• The Third Time on the Eastern Front: 15 November 1943 to 1 February 1944
• Peiper takes Over the Panzer Regiment
• Operation “Advent” and the Fighting up to January 1944
• Operation “Watutin”: January 1944
• The Oak Leaves for Peiper
• SS-Panzer Regiment 1 in Action without Peiper: February to April 1944
• Reorganization of the Panzer Regiment in Flanders: April to June 1944
• Invasion: In Action at the Scheldt Estuary: 6 to 17 June 1944
• In Action in Normandy: 30 June to 20 August 1944
• Operation “Goodwood”: 18 to 20 July 1944 Fighting South of Caen: 2 I to 24 July 1944
• Operation “Spring” and the Fighting South of Caen: 25 July to 7 August 1944
• SS-Panzer Regiment I (without Peiper) in Operation “Lüttich”: 7 to 9 August 1944; The Falaise Pocket and the Fighting During the Retreat through France: end of August 1944
• Reorganization of the Division Within Germany: September to November 1944
• Preparation for the Ardennes Offensive: 18 November to 15 December 1944
• Preparations and Mission Assignment for the Ardennes Offensive
• Ardennes Offensive: 16 to 24 December 1944
• Panzergruppe Peiper in La Gleize: 21 to 23 December 1944
• Breakout from La Gleize: 24 to 25 December 1944
• The Panzer Regiment in Action under Poetschke at Bastogne: 28 December 1944 until 12 January 1945 and Observations
• Jochen Peiper Receives the Swords to the Oak Leaves Short Rest and Refitting and Transfer to Hungary: January to February 1945
• Operation “South Wind”, Smashing the Soviet Bridgehead on the Gran: 17 to 24 February 1945 Operation “Awakening Spring”, The Lake Balaton Offensive: 6 to 14 March 1945
• Fighting Withdrawal in Hungary: 18 March to 1 April 1945 The Fighting Against the Soviets on German and Austrian Territory: 1 April to 8 May 1945
• American Captivity: 22 May to 21 August 1945
• The Interrogations
• The Trial: 16 May to 16 July 1946
• Prison Years in Landsberg
• Peiper’s Life After His Release In France
• An Evaluation
• Peiper’s Own Book Documents