The 17th Waffen-SS Panzergrenadier Division ``Gotz von Berlichingen`` was one of the few SS formations to be employed exclusively on the western front during World War II.
Despite the overwhelming superiority of Allied forces, the units that comprised the.
From the time of its formation in France in 1943, ``Gotz von Berlichingen`` saw bitter and bloody fighting in Normandy, the Seine front, Metz, the Saar, the Palatinate, and later the defense of the west wall until the final battles in Germany.
The 17th Waffen-SS Panzergrenadier Division ``Gotz von Berlichingen`` was one of the few SS formations to be employed exclusively on the western front during World War II