The 12th SS Panzer Division ‘Hitlerjugend’ is, without exaggeration, one of the most legendary divisions of the German army during World War II. Staffed with personnel below the usual draft age, which is why it was often called the ‘seventeen-year-old’ division, it created a real sensation during the Normandy campaign of 1944, fully recouping all the funds invested in it and earning recognition and respect from both its comrades and enemies.