This title is a complete history of the division, from its activation in France in October 1941 to its surrender in Austria in May 1945. The 23 PD fought exclusively on the Eastern Front, and gained a reputation as a reliable unit in some of the toughest battles of WW II. The list includes: Kharkov 1942, Caucasus, Rostov, Mius July 1943, Dnepropetrovsk and Kirov Oct 1943, Dnepr Bend Jan-Mar 1944, Jassy, Romania Apr 1944, Poland Summer 1944, Transylvania Sep 1944, Debrecen, Hungary Oct 1944, East of Budapest Nov 1944, Stuhlweissenburg, Lake Balaton Jan 1945, Retreat into Austria Apr 1945, Surrender to British May 1945. The day-by-day coverage, over 100 maps and hundreds of excellent photos make this book an excellent read and a valuable reference for those interested in serious military history literature. The author was a member of the division and has assembled a fascinating document, with a human element, that contributes to the body of historical research. Hardcover,536 pages, 641 photographs, 104 maps and 8 pages of color armored vehicle drawings. Price: $95.00

 

 

 

Totenkopf 

The author traces the complete history of this SS armored division whose core was originally formed to guard concentration camps. It fought in France in 1940 and then almost exclusively on the Eastern Front from 1941 to 1945. It participated in the most fierce East Front battles such as Kharkov, Kursk, Warsaw and Vienna, to name a few. It surrendered in May 1945 to the Americans who immediately delivered them to the Soviets. The division's history has been punctuated by atrocities, the best know of which is the massacre of British prisoners in May 1940 but other bloody crimes are also recounted in detail in this book.

Using eye-witness testamonies the author has reconstructed the exact route of the division in France. There are also first-hand veterans accounts of combat on the Eastern Front. Finally, to complement this history, there are very detailed organizational charts of the division including all heads of regiments, battalions and companies and executives General Staff through the battalion level and an exhaustive list of all officers of the division who served in concentration camps.

Charles Trang, is a 45 year old pharmacist who has been fascinated since childhood by the history of the Second World War. In 2000, he published his first book with Editions Heimdal which was devoted to the SS cavalry division "Florian Geyer" and he has contributes regularly to Heimdale's "39/45 Magazine." Although not a historian by profession, he still analyzes the different subjects in great detail using original documents from archives in Germany (Berlin, Freiburg and Koblenz), American (Washington), France (SHAT and IHTP) and Czech (HAV of Prague). Hard cover, 8.5" x 11", English text, 400 pages, 1100 photos and documents!!!  Price - $69.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

Formed in 1936, Panzer Regiment 8 served in both the 10th and 15th Panzer Divisions and saw action in Poland, France, and in May 1941 with the famed German Africa Corps, under the legendary Rommel. The regiment went on to serve with high distinction in every major battle fought in Africa until May 1943, when out of fuel and ammunition, the regiment's ability to fight on came to an end. This book sheds new light on the history of the German Panzer arm and gives in depth detail of the lives and battles that were fought by these proud Swabian troops. Hard Cover, 8.5" x 11", 240 pages, over 170 b+w photos.
Price:$59.99

 

World War II spawned some of the most famous-and infamous-fighting organizations the world has ever known. None was more feared by its battlefield foes or more hated by political enemies of the National Socialist regime than the Waffen-SS. Six decades after the last Waffen-SS unit capitulated or was annihilated, the facts about many aspects of this organization are still shrouded in legend and half-truth. Loathed by many as a criminal organization, yet also respected for the esprit, resolve, and valor of its component units and individuals, the Waffen-SS was unarguably a highly-complex, multi-faceted phenomenon, unique among the military organizations of the world. Marc Rikmenspoel, has crafted the ultimate reference for those trying to understand the intensely controversial and complicated nature of the Waffen-SS. A comprehensive overview that will be useful to historians, buffs, wargamers, and re-enactors alike, no matter what your predisposition to the Waffen-SS, you will learn a great deal from this book. The book includes a concise history of every one of the major fighting formations of the Waffen-SS (those designated as "divisions"). Size: 6"x9", Soft cover, 300 pages, 82 photos, 20 page annotated bibliography. (rzm)

Sections include:
— Formations
— Structure of Divisions
— Germans in the Waffen-SS
— Germanics in the Waffen-SS
— Non-Germans and Non-Germanics in the Waffen-SS
— Leading Personalities
— Weapons
— Misconceptions and Controversies
— Weapons Tables

Price: $19.95

 

 

The author is a loyal member of his unit's veterans' group, and his bona fides as a soldier are impeccable. Before The Aberjona Press agreed to publish this book, to the extent possible, his accounts of action against elements of the US Army's 45th and 94th Infantry Divisions were vetted against primary source documents in the National Archives, by examination of published unit histories, and by interviews with American veterans who fought against the author's unit. Especially extensive research has been carried out by Lieutenant Colonel Hugh Foster, US Army (Retired) with hundreds of American survivors of their savage battle against the author's unit at Reipertswiller, Alsace, in January 1945. All of the author's recollections have squared with the available evidence. From every bit of archival and anecdotal information it has been possible to collect, the author's pride in his unit's wartime record and battlefield conduct is fully justified. Apart from the piercing insights into the question of why the German soldier fought as he did, the author's anguished, yet resolute examination of the dialectic between the honorable comportment of his unit and the fundamentally reprehensible conduct of other non-combat groups behind the front lines who wore the same uniform makes this book unique. Size: 6"x9", Soft cover, 224 pages, 22 photos, 8 maps.
(rzm)Price: $19.95

As the Allies arrived at the frontiers of Germany itself in the last autumn of WWII, the Germans responded with a variety of initiatives designed to regain the strategic initiative. While the "Wonder Weapons" such as the V-2 missile are widely recognized, the Volks-Grenadier divisions (VGDs) are practically unknown. Often confused with the "Volkssturm," the Home Guard militia, VGDs have suffered the undeserved reputation as second-rate formations, filled with young boys and old men suited to serve only as cannon fodder. This ground-breaking book shows that VGDs were actually conceived as a new, elite corps loyal to the National Socialist Party and equipped with the finest weapons available. Come follow along with the soldiers of the 272nd VGD's Füsilier Company from their first battles in the Hürtgen Forest to their final defeat in the Harz Mountains . . . learn the enormous potential of VGDs . . . and feel their soldiers' heartbreak at their failure.  Size: 6"x9", Soft cover, 412 pages, 88 photos, 22 maps, 3 illustrations. (rzm) Price: $24.95

 

 

 

 

 

The Luftwaffe, part of Göring's "empire", started WWII in dramatic fashion as it spearheaded the invasion of Poland and the West. However, mounting losses (e.g. 92 aircrafts on the opening day of Operation Barbarossa alone) and sharp reverses at El Alamein and Stalingrad punctuated the Luftwaffe's long decline. From late 1942 onwards, Luftwaffe ground forces grew in number in both flak (antiaircraft) and field units, and these form the subject for this new book. The Luftwaffe was eventually to form a staggering two mechanized divisions, ten parachute and 21 field divisions, thus deplicating the role of the Wehrmacht.

As would be expected, many of the photos in this volume depict antiaircraft weapons. These include a plethora of 8.8cm guns, plus smaller systems such as the 2cm Flak 38 and Flak 30. With Dragon's recent releases of 8.8cm and 2cm flak kits, this book will give modelers a great deal of inspiration. Even antiaircraft machine guns make an appearance. Other photos show vehicles and personnel of field units in a wide variety of settings, including wintry, snow-covered ones. The authors have selected a fascinating array of photos, many of which will be unknown to readers. Searchlights and command and control equipment also receive their own section. Captions are informative, and full of interesting snippets such as the fact that on average of 3343 shells were fired for every bomber shot down! The introductory section of text is a helpful primer on the topic of Luftwaffe ground units, and a table lists the various Field Divisions that were established.

Dmitriy Zgonnik has contributed four color plates that serve as a suitable centerpiece for this book. The plates show members of the Luftwaffe serving in field or flak units, some wearing the distinctive blue-gray uniform, while others show camouflage smocks. Accompanying descriptions provide helpful information regarding uniforms and personal equipment. This is an excellent photographic record of an important component of Germany's armed forces, and it fills a gap that many enthusiasts will have in their libraries.

Long before the edelweiss was made famous in "The Sound of Music", this mountain flower was the symbol of Germany's Gebirgstruppen (Mountain Troops)! Especially trained and equipped to operate in alpine regions, these were elite troops of the German army. Incidentally, the common ascription of "Gebirgsjager" actually only refers to "mountain infantrymen". In fact, units were composed of the whole plethora of military occupations such as infantry, artillery, antitank, signals and engineer, for these divisions were self-contained. Gebirgstruppen really had their origin in WWI when fighting against Italian troops in the Alps, and interestingly they still exist today in the Bundeswehr. This latest volume from Gordon Rottman examines the whole range of Gebirgstruppen in a series of fascinating photos. The book is replete with black and white photos showing these German mountain soldiers in all kinds of environments - sometimes in their natural element on snowy peaks, and at other times at lower altitudes. The photos include details of uniforms, weapons and vehicles used by Gebirgsjager. They also give a representative look at the different geographical regions that these mountain troops operated in. Additionally, each photograph is accompanied by a detailed caption that offers insight into how these soldiers operated and were organized. The usual section of four color plates is the centerpiece of the book, and these high-quality illustrations by Stephen Andrew portray typical details of uniforms and personal equipment. A number of Gebirgs-Divisions were created as WWII progressed, and all of the divisions are summarized in the introductory text. The same commentary gives a useful explanation of how these divisions were organized. Following in the successful vein of preceding titles in this Concord series, this book is another very helpful work for modelers and military enthusiasts to have on their bookshelves. In "Gebirgsjager - German Mountain Infantry", these soldiers that proudly wore the edelweiss receive the attention they are due. Size: 11"x8.5",52 Pages, 148 photos, 4 Color Plates. (concord) Price - $16.50

 

 

 

Duel in the Mist is the first volume in a series of books examining the involvement of the 1st. SS Panzer Division 'Leibstandarte' in the Ardennes offensive, and focuses on Kampfgruppe Peiper's drive through American lines and ultimate reversal outside the village of Stoumont on the 19th of December 1944.

The written account is based on after action reports by the units involved and numerous interviews with veterans of both sides to provide a ground level perspective of the events which led up to and resulted from the failure of KG Peiper. The text is supported through the collection and painstaking analysis of thousands of images from diverse sources. Of the 127 photos in this book, over half are published for the first time but all are placed in their correct historical, chronological and geographical context. The photos are reproduced in large format to maximize their usefulness to the reader and multiple views of many of the wrecked Panthers are included. In addition, over the course of the project the detailed scrutiny of hundreds of images of Panthers has enabled the authors, in consultation with Tom Jentz and Hilary Doyle, to present for the first time a concise and authoritative analysis of the relationship between the assembly plants and the camouflage patterns applied to the tanks they produced. The resulting colour profiles are the most accurate presented to date, and provide a most useful tool in determining the origin of almost any individual Panther of the late war period.  The foreword is by Major General Michael Reynolds CB, author of 'The Devil's Adjutant'. Book Specifications : The book is presented on 170 gsm paper in landscape format (275mm x 210mm), 300 pages with 127 photographs, 9 maps and with colour vehicle profiles illustrating the various Panther factory applied camouflage schemes. (note-this description supersedes the one published in issue 33) (rzm) Price: $110.00

 

The classic one-volume history of what eventually became the 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking". Involved exclusively on the Eastern Front, this was the initial divisional-level formation of the Waffen-SS to make use of foreign volunteers, in this case, western European and Nordic types, such as the Dutch, Walloons, Danes, Norwegians and Swedes. Size:  6"x9", 480 pages, 112 photos and 30 maps. (fed) TBA

One of the most memorable and feared symbols of the German war machine of WWII was the Waffen-SS. The name actually means "Armed" (Waffen) Protection Squads" (Schutz Staffeln), and their "SS" initials were portrayed as runic lightning bolts. The "SS" name reflected the force's origins as a political unit to protect senior party officials, but of course it was to develop into a powerful combat entity. A total of thirty-eight Waffen-SS divisions were raised during the course of the Second World War, although many of the late-war divisions were of poor quality or were poorly equipped. The book covers the development of the Waffen-SS from its establishment on 6 December 1939, through to the end of 1942. A second companion volume will trace the Waffen-SS from 1943 through to the close of WWII. The book includes a brief description of how this notorious military organization expanded under the tutelage of Reichsfuhrer der SS Heinrich Himmler. There is a list of the eleven SS divisions formed up till 1942, and a useful table that compares German and U.S. Army ranks and formation names. As suggested by the title of this volume, the majority of the black and white photos portray Waffen-SS soldiers at war. This means there are plenty of good shots showing uniforms, equipment and weapons in the field of combat - all excellent material for figure modelers or military historians. Although not the focus of the book, there are incidental pictures of weapon systems and vehicles in use with SS forces. There are also four high-quality color plates expertly produced by Stephen Andrew. These give readers a glimpse of how uniforms and equipment was worn, and their typical coloring. The author has added very pertinent and helpful captions to the many photos contained in this book. For those wishing to take a close look at Waffen-SS personnel in action, whether in summer or winter, then this fine new volume will serve readers well. While the emphasis remains on troops serving on the Eastern Front, readers will not fail to find inspiration and enlightenment on various aspects of this important Germany military force of WWII! Size: 8.5"x11", 138 photos, 4 Color Plates, 52 Pages. (concord) Price - $16.50 

Waffen-SS at War:(2) The Late Years 1943-1944

The Waffen-SS grew from a fledgling and untried fighting force in 1939, through to a powerful combat-tested force. The twin “SS” runic lightning bolts were emblazoned on the collar lapels of nearly 247,000 soldiers at the end of 1943, but by 1945 this number had grown to 800,000 men. In all, thirty-eight SS divisions were established, though there was a huge diversity in terms of their equipment, training and combat effectiveness. This volume follows on from the earlier Part 1, which examined the Waffen-SS from 1939 to 1942. Here, the following two years are examined. The introduction gives a helpful background to this notorious military organization. It also highlights the fact that one reason for its huge expansion was the inclusion of “foreigners” from the large pool of European countries beyond Germany’s borders. “Volksdeutsche” (ethnic Germans) from places like Poland and Hungary were conscripted into the SS, while Germanic and non-Germanic volunteers opted to join the ranks of the Waffen-SS. Whole SS units were formed from volunteers from the Baltic states, Russia, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, France, even India! In fact the only occupied countries not to provide ethnic troops for the SS were Poland and Greece. As WWII progressed, and as the tide turned in 1943, Waffen-SS troops usually found themselves in the thick of the action. This is reflected in this book’s tremendous assortment of black and white photos that show soldiers operating on both the Western and Eastern Fronts. A wide variety of uniforms and units are presented, all ably backed up by incisive and informative captions. The book also offers four color plates that allow readers to see the typical coloring and equipment usage of Waffen-SS soldiers serving in such theaters as Italy, France and the defense of the Fatherland. This artwork has been beautifully produced by Stephen Andrew. This second volume is a rich source of ideas and information for anyone interested in this important combat formation. Since the remit of the book covers 1943 and 1944, important battles such as those against the Allies in France and the slow withdrawal across Russia are all vividly portrayed. For a general introduction to the numerous divisions of the Waffen-SS that fought in WWII, then this book is an ideal choice! Size: 12"x17.5"x4' , 52 pages, 131 photos, 4 color plates. Price - $16.50 

 

Stackpole publishing has rereleased Fedorowicz's best selling (and now out of print) "12th SS HJ!" These reprints are soft cover and though the content is the same, some items may have been omitted for publishing reasons. Despite the minor changes, these volumes are still amongst the most comprehensive works ever published on the various aspects of the German War Machine. We are happy to see them available again at a much lower price, making them affordable for all historians and enthusiasts! Volume one details all aspects of the division's history with a balanced mix of both tactical and strategic accounts, including the creation and training of these teenage warriors and their baptism of fire in the Normandy campaign in World War II. Size: 6 x 9", Soft cover, 480 pages, 60 excellent wartime b/w photographs and 5 maps. (rzm) Price: $19.95

Stackpole publishing has rereleased Fedorowicz's best selling (and now out of print) "12th SS HJ!" These reprints are soft cover and though the content is the same, some items may have been omitted for publishing reasons. Despite the minor changes, these volumes are still amongst the most comprehensive works ever published on the various aspects of the German War Machine. We are happy to see them available again at a much lower price, making them affordable for all historians and enthusiasts!  Volume two continues with the survivors of the bloody fighting in France regrouping to make a final stand in the Ardennes and Hungary before Germany was overcome by the Allies. A detailed and gripping account of the most famous, and infamous, division to fight in World War II for any side. Size: 6 x 9", Soft cover, 448 pages, 60 excellent wartime b/w photographs and 5 maps.(rzm) Price: $19.95

PANZER LEHR DIVISION 1944-45
The Panzer Lehr Division was one of the most élite German Armoured formations in existence in early 1944. Its baptism of fire was in the deadly Normandy bocage. Although suffering heavy losses in Normandy, the Division continued to fight in North-West Europe until the end of the war, seeing particularly notable service during the Ardennes Offensive and in the Ruhr. The first volume in the new Helion series WWII German Military Studies paints an extensive number of reports written by former officers of the Division, principally its commander Fritz Bayerlein. Virtually all of these reports have remained unpublished since they were written soon after the end of WWII. They cover all aspects of the Division's history, although with particular emphasis upon events in Normandy, the Ardennes and Germany. A number of the reports include detailed order-of-battle and other organizational data. A very large number of situation maps are also featured. The whole has been expertly translated, edited and annotated by Fred Steinhardt. Key sales points: * This new series is designed at bringing into print previously unavailable archival material covering all aspects of the German Armed Forces during the 1933-45 period. / * Volume 1 contains an extensive series of previously unpublished reports covering all aspects of Panzer Lehr Division's combat history, especially in Normandy, the Ardennes and Germany 1944-45. / * Many reports feature detailed order-of-battle data and are supported by a large number of situation maps. / * All material has been expertly translated, edited and annotated by Fred Steinhardt. / * Publication marks a major contribution to the history of the Panzertruppen during the final year of WWII. Size: 6"x9", 25 photos, 85 maps and tables & diagrams, 304 pages. (casemate) Price - $59.95

 

In late 2000, the book 'Pour l'Europe: the French volunteers of the Waffen-SS' was published privately in a limited edition of 500 copies. Helion are pleased to present a heavily revised and expanded edition of this book which provides the definitive account of its subject, impeccably researched directly from French and German sources, and with assistance from former volunteers. 'For Europe' covers: * The formation of the French Sturmbrigade of the Waffen-SS and its engagement in Galicia/* The formation of the French Division of the Waffen-SS called 'Charlemagne', including brief histories of its main component parts, namely the LVF and Milice française/* The bitter fighting and and massacre of 'Charlemagne' on the Eastern Front, in Pomerania 1945 /* The reformation of 'Charlemagne'/* A blow-by-blow account of the French Sturmbataillon in the final battle for Berlin/*
The French Waffen-SS in NW Europe 1944-45, including a new and detailed study of the events surrounding the murder of 12 French volunteers of the Waffen-SS at Bad Reichenhall with information provided by a relative of one of those murdered/* The story of a French nurse of the Waffen-SS/* New material on the French volunteers who served with the NSKK and SK-OT/* The postwar years/* The former French volunteers of the Waffen-SS who fought in the ranks of the BILOM in Indochina. Key sales points: * For years, knowledge of the history and fate of the French volunteers of the Waffen-SS has been plagued by inaccurate and misleading accounts. 'For Europe' now tells this story accurately for the first time. An exhaustive account of the formation and service of all French SS units, focusing on the 33rd 'Charlemagne' Division Includes officer lists. One of the most important books relating to the Waffen-SS published in recent years. Size: 6"x9", 6maps, 424 pages. (casemate) Price - $59.95

During the interwar years the major European powers learnt the military lessons of World War 1. However, the erstwhile combatants had come to different conclusions about the nature of any future war. For the French, in particular, fearful of losing a further generation of men in another war, saw the creation of a major fortification — the Maginot Line — along their border with the Germans as providing the best guarantee that there would be no further invasion from the east and the Belgians also, remembering their experience of invasion in August 1914, also constructed defensive lines, most notably the fort of Eben Emael. The Germans, however, had learnt other lessons and had experienced more modern warfare in their involvement in the Spanish Civil War. For the Germans, any future war would be fought by the integration of infantry, armor and air power into a single offensive force — a strategy that became known as Blitzkrieg. Size: 9"x12", 170 b/w and color photos, 96 pages.(casemate) Price - $29.95

After the Poland campaign, Theodor Eicke transformed the Totenkopfverbande into the Totenkopf Division. The Death's Head Division's baptism of fire came in May 1940 in France where its men fought with courage and zeal. The Division was part of the reserve in Operation Barbarossa but at the Luga Line, the Totenkopf fought against suicidal Russian resistance. In 1942, the Division was involved in the Demyansk pocket battles but suffered heavy casualties. After re-fit, the Totenkopf joined other crack Waffen SS units in the battles of Kharkov and Zitadelle in 1943. After Kursk, the Division would never again possess anything like the strength it had at the beginning of 1943. With the general withdrawal of German forces in 1944, the Totenkopf fought rearguard actions at Grodno and Warsaw. In 1945, the Division defended Budapest and finally surrendered to the Americans near Vienna. This book is written by Paul Thomas, a renowned WWII historian, with many books on Germany Army to his credit. There are many unpublished photos, especially the ones taken at the Demyansk pocket during the winter months in 1942. The 4 color plates are illustrated by Stephen Andrew, a good source reference for uniform, equipment and weapons of the Totenkopf soldiers in France 1940, Russia 1941, Poland 1944 and Hungary 1945. Size: 8.5"x11", 146 pages, 4 color plares, 52 pages. (concord) Price - $16.50

 

 

A very thorough examination of the Luftwaffe’s Flak arm as well as the whole range of German ground defenses from air defense radar to decoy sites. The contribution of the Flak arm has previously been either ignored or dismissed as relatively ineffective and costly. The author convincingly argues that Flak was both a highly effective means of defense and relatively cost efficient. Indeed, in the last months of the war the Flak guns were virtually the only means of defense against the Allied bombing of cities and industrial sites. This excellent book fills what has been a significant gap in the history of the Luftwaffe in World War II Highly recommended. Size: 6"x9", 25 photos, 16 tables, 394 pages. (fed) Price - $45.00

More than 250 period photographs, many never published before, coupled with a first-hand history of the regiment, written by one of its former officers! A great complement to the 3-volume "Großdeutschland" series. This volume traces the history of the tank formations with "Großdeutschland," starting with the battalion and culminating with the regiment. Panzerregiment "Großdeutschland" had the largest tank regiment in the German Army. In 1944 it had three battalions, one of which was equipped with the Tiger -- the only German Army regimental formation so equipped. Excellent accounts of the fighting, especially at "Zitadelle" and Targul Frumos. Some superb late war photos, including Panthers and Tigers as well as interesting assault gun and Nebelwerfer images. Size: 6"x9", 250+ period photos, 443 pages. (rzm) Price - $50.00

The mobilization of all German males between the ages of 16 and 60 for the “Peoples Militia” – the Volkssturm – has been previously considered by historians as both an insanely desperate act and completely ineffectual in practice. In this first comprehensive study of the Volkssturm, in either English or German, the author thoroughly examines the formation, mobilization, training, equipping and combat performance, in both the East and West, of this predominantly National Socialist organization. The reasons for its ultimate failure and occasional successes (particularly on the Eastern Front under Wehrmacht command) are examined in detail. This very well researched book fills an important gap in the literature of the final months of the Third Reich. Definitely recommended. Size: 6"x9", 34 b/w photos, 27 tables, 6 maps,305 pages. (fed) Price - $40.00

The final stage of World War II, with the enemy across the Reich's borders, saw final desperate battles for numerous "fortified places" and blocking positions. In these isolated bastions the war-weary German units offered desperate resistance. This stubborn holding-on to the last round saved hundreds of thousands of women and children. The fates of German soldiers were realized in bunkers and caves, in tunnels and fields of rubble. Shocking scenes of apocalyptic battle were played out wherever Hitler's last bastions held out against the onrushing enemy. 432 pp. with over 110 b&w photographs, charts, and maps. Hardback. (sch) Price - $35.00

Organized in France in March, 1944 from elements of the 16th Panzer-Grenadier Division and the 179th Reserve Panzer Division, the 116th Panzer Division was one of the relatively rare German armored formations that fought exclusively on the Western Front. As a result, its opponents included some of the most formidable and famous US Army units of World War II, including the 1st, 4th, 28th, 29th, and 30th Infantry Divisions, and the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th, and 8th Armored Divisions, to name only some. The 116th also fought the British and Canadians, bitterly contesting the areas around Arnhem and the Reichswald against outfits like the 2d and 3d Canadian Infantry Divisions, the 43d (Wessex) and the 53d (Welsh) Divisions. The "Greyhound" Division's history has now been meticulously chronicled in narrative form and lavishly documented by the wartime Division Chief of Staff and Operations Officer, Heinz Günther Guderian. This comprehensive history was first published in the German language in 1994, but, under contract with the author, is now available in the English language exclusively by The Aberjona Press, the company Military Heritage magazine pronounced "Publisher of the Year 2000" in the Small Publisher Category. " Size: 6"x9", 64 photos of unit in action and key members of division, 26 highly detailed maps, 648 pages hard cover. (aberjona) Price - $29.95

This book covers the entire history of the HG unit from its inception as Police regiment WECKE up to its formation as a Parachute Panzerkorps. This elite unit fought in France 1940, Russia 1941/42, Tunisia, Sicily, Anzio, Cassino, Poland 1944, and East Prussia. This is the first combat history of this formation. 504 pp., 157 photos, 31 maps, & 26 documents/orders of battle. (RZM) Price - $45.00

This book consisted of two parts: Hitler Youth and the Hitlerjugend at war. Youth movement in Germany started as early as the 1920's and when Kurt Gruber took charge, the movement was officially called "Hitler Jugend" in 1926. By 1933, the membership rose to 2,300,000 youths. The underage boys were trained in all sorts of military skills including marksmen. Throughout the war, Hitler Jugend were involved, especially during the last days of the Reich, when Hitler Jugend fought alongside the Volkssturm defending the Fatherland. The 12.SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend" was formed in 1943. Many high rank officers were transferred from LSSAH including Fritz Witt, Kurt Meyer and Wilhelm Mohnke. The division was ready for action in the spring of 1944. The baptism of fire came when the Allies landed in Normandy and the division was thrown into battle against the Canadians. The division was enveloped in the Falaise pocket and survivors fought a series of rear guard actions as they withdrew from France towards Belgian, finally back to Germany. In December 1944, the division took part in the Ardennes Offensive. In 1945, the division was transferred to Hungary to fight against the Soviets and subsequently surrendered to the Americans in Austria on 8 May, 1945. Tom Cockle provides very informative and accurate text on the Hitler Youth and 12.SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend", backed up by many rare photos, especially those depicting boys in arms. As usual in this series, Ronald Volstad provides us with four high quality color plates, a good reference for modelers on the Hitler Jugend at war. Size: 8.5"x11", 146 photos, 4 color plates, 52 pages. Price - $16.50

 A companion volume to our very successful In a Raging Inferno - Combat Units of the Hitler Youth, Hans Kissel's study offers a highly-detailed account of the German Volkssturm, or Home Guard. Formed from men unfit for military service, the young, and the old, this ad-hoc formation saw extensive combat during the desperate defence of the Reich, 1944-45. The author describes the Volkssturm’s training, leadership, organisation, armament and equipment, in addition to its active service on both the Eastern and Western fronts. The text is supported by an extensive selection of appendices, including translations of documents and many fascinating eyewitness combat reports. This edition also includes over 150 previously unpublished b/w photos, and 4 pages of specially-commissioned colour uniform plates by Stephen Andrew. 180 pp., 4 pages color plates, approx 150 b/w photos, 1 map, Hardback.(RZM)  Price -  $59.95

Very few books have been written about this elite and somewhat mysterious clandestine operations unit. Noted author Franz Kurowski has produced a very informative account of the Brandenburgers and their diverse missions which took them from Western Europe to Rumania, Russia, Egypt, Afghanistan and many other countries in a series of daring actions. Size: 6"x9", 100 photos and maps, 305 pages. (casemate) Price - $50.00

 This tough SS mountain division fought in Yugoslavia in a vicious war against Tito’s partisans and, later, regular Russian troops in some of the harshest terrain imaginable. Many of the place names, such as Sarajevo and Mostar, are familiar to anyone following the continuing conflict in Bosnia. This history is complete is one volume. Hard cover, small format (6"x9"), 352 pages, 70 photographs, 24 maps (3 in color). (RZM) Price - $44.00

This book is typical Tieke: terse, to-the point, factual and exciting reading! It presents all of the original material from Tragödie um die Treue as well as selected excerpts from Korps Steiner and original material added just for the English edition. It concentrates on the fighting in the Baltic but covers all the way until the end of the war and the final fighting in Berlin.  This will probably represent the only thorough account in English of some of the formations in the corps: e.g., the 11. SS-Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland" and the aforementioned 4. SS-Panzergrenadier-Brigade "Nederland". Hard cover, small format, English text,300+ pages, more than 100 photos, including 50+ previously unpublished photos of a member of SS-Panzerjger-Abteilung 54 of the 4.SS-Panzergrenadier-Brigade "Nederland" and score of maps(RZM) Price - $40.00

The final volume of the 5 volume series concerns itself with the final battles, with the emphasis on; The Ardennes Offensive, the elimination of the Soviet Gran Bridgehead and the final offensive to relieve Budapest. Size: 6"x9", 458 pp., 70 photos, 6 maps. Hardback. (RZM) Price -  $50.00

 

 

The first of a 5-volume set, this volume covers the 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich" from its formation in 1934 to the conclusion of the Polish Campaign in 1939. A lot of detail on the formation of the SS.  Hard cover, small format (9"x6"), 304 pages, 115 photographs 13 maps, charts and tables. (RZM) Price - $44.00

 

 

The first volume of a 3-volume set covers the "GD" from its inception as a "Wach"-Regiment in 1921 through its evolution into an infantry regiment. Covered are the unit’s first action in France in 1940 and its reorganization as a Panzergrenadier-Division. This volume covers the regiment through the end of 1942. Hard cover, small format (6"x9"), 479 pages, many maps and orders of battle. (RZM)  Price - $55.00

 

Volume 2 covers the "GD" from late 1942 until early 1945. It includes details on affiliated units such as Kurmark, Brandenburg and the Führer-Begleit-Brigade.Lots of first-hand descriptions and small-unit actions. Hard cover, small format (6x9"), 494 pages, 20 maps.  (RZM) Price - $55.00

 

This is the third and final volume of the text history of this elite formation. We are in the process of finishing the layout now. Sections include:  The creation of Panzer-Korps  Großdeutschland"; the complete history of the Brandenburgers as a commando unit; the history of Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Brandenburg"; the final fighting of both "Großdeutschland" and "Brandenburg"; the activation of additional "Großdeutschland" formations in the final, desperate fighting; the "Führer" Divisions on the Eastern Front; the Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Kurmark".Each section is filled with detailed, first-hand accounts from the participants. The author, Knight's Cross recipient Helmut Spaeter, recently passed away. Hard cover, 6"x9", 512 pages, 30+ maps and diagrams.  (RZM) Price - $58.00

 

The commands, units and leaders of the General SS are finally compiled into a single detailed reference book for both the historian and SS memorabilia collector. This complete volume begins with an explanation of the twelve administrative and command main offices involving the SS to include the development, components and functions of each, as well as their respective office chiefs. The following section explores the most powerful posts in the SS, the Higher SS and Police Leaders, along with the subordinate SS and Police Leaders found in occupied territories - both the commands and the individual holder of these posts are examined in depth. The SS Main Districts are covered next including all their various subordinate components, title changes, development, commanders and chiefs of staff. The more than forty SS Districts follow, detailed in a similar format. Examining the more than one-hundred and twenty-five SS Foot Regiments in the General SS, the names and ranks of the hundreds of commaners, as well as details of unit location changes, popular and honor titles as well as other data for each are within a separate chapter. Finally, the elite SS Riding Districts and Regiments are covered similarly. Career biographies are included for more than two hundred senior SS commanders, many of whom served portions of their career in the Waffen-SS, Polizei, SD and other facets of Himmler's commands. The biographical data for individuals alone adds vast detail to this fascinating topic. Along with more than 120 rare photos of SS senior ranking officers and seven maps, a detailed index allows referencing of individual commands or personalities. Size: 8.5"x11", over 120 photos and maps, 256 pages. Price - $49.95

The SS-Panzer-Artillery Regiment 1 Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (LAH) in WW II 

 

This book is the first volume about Artillery Regiment 1 of the 1st Waffen-SS Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (LAH). The artillery batteries of the LAH during the whole of World War II faced some of the hardest combat, and probably no other artillery unit was used as often at critical spots on all fronts. While it had only three batteries of light field howitzers during the French campaign, when the full artillery regiment was set up in August 1940, it later received heavier guns and 88mm flak. In April 1941, at Lake Kastoria in Macedonia during a tremendous artillery battle, the full regiment fired as a unit for the first time. During the battles on the Russian Front the regiment's artillery equipment was constantly upgraded. One of the artillery batteries was equipped from 1943 with Wespe and Hummel self-propelled guns and later with Nebelwerfer rocket launchers that gave the regiment its tremendous firepower. Especially during the difficult defensive battles in the winter of 1943-1944 in the Ukraine, every artillery piece - whether a heavy field howitzer, or 15cm rocket launcher - was often used at such close range that it was fired with barrels in a horizontal position. The battery was later attached to the reconnaissance unit in the vanguard of the LAH and experienced the hardest battles while using "Panzermeyer tactics" that required rapid marches and lightning fast deployment into firing positions. Nearly 300 photos, most never before published, document the bitter battles of the LAH artillery regiment. Size: 8.5"x11", over 290 b/w photos, 208 pages. Price - $59.95

 

A photo chronicle of the LAH in over 300 photos including formation and campaigns throughout WWII. Size: 8.5"x11", photographs throughout, 120 pages. Price - $24.95

 

Chronicle of the oldest and most experienced Panzer division in the Wehrmacht, and its combat throughout WWII. Size: 8.5"x11", over 500 photographs, 226 pages. Price - $29.95

A photo chronicle of the HJ in photos including its late war formation and campaigns throughout Normandy and Austria. Size: 8.5"x11", over 230 b/w and 30 color photos, 120 pages. Price - $24.95

The first comprehensive study on the little-known mountain troops of the Waffen-SS, complete with numerous photographs and documentation. The 6th SS Mountain Division "Nord" and many other divisions are examined. Size: 7"x10", Photographs throghout, 160 Pages. Price - $24.95

 

Dressed in black uniforms emblazoned with the SS flash, Heinrich Himmler's horsemen carried the SS banner across the German countryside and to equestrian competitions throughout Germany and Europe. They rode as the Equestrian SS, an SS cavalry force designed to win elite support, to enhance social prestige, and to attract farmers to Himmler's essentially urban organization. The Equestrian SS was the only SS organization acquitted at the Nuremberg Trials. Yet the Equestrian SS trained to be a security and occupation force. In mounted Death's Head regiments in Poland and in the SS Cavalry Brigade in Russia, Equestrian SS personnel fulfilled their obligations as devoted SS political soldiers. Driven by SS training, SS horsemen murdered thousands of Jews in Eastern Europe. Wilson provides numerous anecdotes, statistics, and capsule biographies of Equestrian SS personnel. This carefully researched study is essential reading for scholars and lay people interested in the history of Nazi Germany, the SS, and the Holocaust. Size: 6"x9", 17 b/w photos, 224 pages. Price - $29.95

 

With over 260 images, this new volume is a concise, illustrated history of Germany’s World War II anti-tank weapons, units and operations. Photos include both the towed and self-propelled weapon types. Also included are detailed unit organizational charts and line schematics of anti-tank rounds. Size:7"x10", over 260 b/w photos and line drawings, 176 pages. Price - $35.00

Fallschirmjagers

This new series focuses on the elite German Fallschirmjagers (Paratroopers) in combat on the Eastern Front during the winter months of 1941-43. In Russia these elite airborne warriors took on an infantry role and were used to probe enemy defensive lines destroying bunkers and trench systems in an attempt to hinder the Russians from breaking through the German ring surrounding the city of Leningrad. Size: 8.5"x11", 150 pages, 120 photos, hardback.

Like a Cliff in the Ocean

This new title captures Operation "Merkur" the Battle for Crete, through the eye-witness accounts of the German paratroopers and those facing them, the British Expeditionary Force. This book, lively and precise, is the first to show more than 400 unpublished and unique photographs of the preparation and the operation itself; it also presents detailed organization of the forces present. These riviting first hand accounts will take the reader into the heart of the action! Size: 9 1/2"x12 1/2", 160 pages, hundreds of B/W photos and color illustrations. Price - $37.95

 

 

 

Germany`s airborne troopers, or Fallschirmjager, were developed through the 1930`s as an elite force trained in warfare tactics that set them apart from other branches of the Reich`s armed forces. Landing suddenly and without warning on the field of battle by parachute or in specially designed gliders, they provided the means by which specific objectives could be captured in the enemies rear areas and held until relieved by the main body of the attacking force. After the battle of Crete, this band of men were seldom used as parachutisits, fighting instead as elite infantry and frequently being givin tasks that brought their combat abilities to the very limits of their skill and endurance. Soft Cover, 8 1/2"x11", 52 pages,132 B/W photos, 4 color plates. Price - $16.50 

Initially Hitler`s personal bodyguard-a 120-man SS guard that formed a cordon around him at the Nuremberg rallies, it became the Leibstandarte-SS Adolf Hitler in 1933 under SS-Obengruppenfuhrer Sepp Dietrich. It took on a military role in internal affairs but also took on a military role during the war, as a motorized regiment during the invasion in Poland, the Low Countries, and France; a brigade during the conquest of the Balkans; a motorized division during Operation "Barbarossa"; and an SS-Panzergrenadier Division during 1942. In 1943 it reformed in Italy becoming the 1st SS-Panzerdivision Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, and fought in Italy and Russia before being transferred to Normandy. destroyed in the Falaise Pocket, a furthur refit saw it in action again in the Ardennes, before moving to Hungary. What was left of the division finally surrendered to US forces at Linz. Soft Cover, 7 1/2"x10", 96 pages, 80 color and B/W photos and maps. Price - $19.95

The new Spearhead series is designed to look at the cutting edge of war, dealing with units capable of operating completely independently in the forefront of battle. Each volume in the series examines a historic units orgins, history, organization, order of battle, battle history, insignia and markings. The 21st Panzer Division gained greatest fame in North Africa, but also served in Normandy and on the Russian Front. Each Spearhead title includes an evaluation of the units combat effectiveness as seen by the unit, including a bibliography and a listing of museums, websites, reenactment groups and memorials. Soft Cover, 7 1/2"x10", 96 pages, 80 color and B/W photos and maps. Price - $19.95

Guderian`s Eastern Front Elite. The German Army`s premier mechanized unit in World War II. Fromed as a mechanized infantry regiment in 1939, Grossdeutschland ended World War II as a panzer corps, having fought in France and the Balkans and, from 1941, exclusively on the Russian Front. the unit was involved in the most important tactical maneuvers and fiercest fighting in the East. Includes an evaluation of the units combat effectiveness as seen by the unit, its opponents and subsequent researchers, and a research section incliding a bibliography and a listing of museums, websites, re-enactment groups and memorials. Size: 7 1/2"x10", 96 pages, 80 color and B/W photos and maps. Price - $19.95

Raised in Holland in 1939, Das Reich became one of the deadliest of Hitler`s tank divisions, fighting with distinction in many of the war`s major battles. After taking part in the Blitzkrieg in the west, Das Reich moved East and took part in operations in the Balkans and Operation Barbarossa, Hitler`s invasion of Russia. It stayed on the eastern front until October 1943, taking part in some of the biggest tank battles in history, such as those at Kharkov and Kursk. In Normandy, Das Reich`s mixture of veterans and recruits was all but destroyed by the time the Falaise gap was closed. It would spend the last days of the war refitting and then fighting in Hungary and Austria, where it surrendered to American forces. Soft Cover, Size: 7.5"x10", 96 pages, coloe and B/W photos throught and maps. Price - $19.95

From its creation in 1933 until Hitler's death in May 1945, anyone living in Nazi-controlled territory lived in fear of a visit from the Gestapo--Geheime Staatpolizei--or Secret State Police. Young or old, rich or poor, nobody was beyond the attentions of a brutally efficient organization that spread its malign influence into every corner of Europe in the wake of the all-conquering German armed forces. The Gestapo is a detailed history of Heinrich Himmler's evil organization, whose 20.000 members were responsible for the internal security of the Reich. Under its auspices, hundreds of thousands of civilians, resistance fighters, and spies in occupied Europe were brutalized, tortured, and murdered, and many, many more were deported to almost certain death in concentrations camps. The book describes the Gestapo's transformation into a vital element of the Nazi regime, operating from the most feared address in the Reich---Prinz-Albrecht-Strasse 8. Based upon the Gestapo's own archives and eyewitness accounts, the author charts the development of the organization, its key figures, such as Reinhard Heydrich and Heinrich Muller, its brutal methods, and how the Gestapo dealt with internal security, including the various unsuccessful attempts to assassinate Hitler. The Gestapo is a lively and expert account of this notorious but little-understood secret police that terrorized hundreds of thousands of people across Europe. Hard Cover, size: 8" x 9", 208 pages, b+w photos.(RZM) Price- - $34.95

 

 

Germany`s Afrika Korps of World war II became one of the all-time greatest military legends. With German offensives stalled on other fronts, Third Reich photographers gave maximum coverage to the Afrika Korps and its charismatic commander Erwin Rommel. In this remarkable work, hundreds of photographs, many previously unpublished, cover every aspect of the men, equipment, and campaigns of the desert army from the begining in Libya in 1941 to the bitter end in Tunsia in 1943.  Size: 9"x12", 480 pages, 700 B/W and 100 color photos, maps. Price - $59.95

 

The twenty-eight day sige of the Warsaw Ghetto was one of the most protracted large-scale urban battles in World War II. Only the fighting at Leningrad from 1941-1943, Stalingrad in 1942-1943, the Warsaw Rebellion of 1944, and Budapest in 1944-1945 lasted longer. The Jews had resisted en masse and had created a legend that would transcend the war and continue even to this day. Much has been written on this heroic struggle from the standpoint of the young men and women of the Jewish War Organization, Nevertheless, a book from the German perspective has yet to be written that captures all aspects of the fight from the standpoint of the attackers-until now. The Gheto Men presents every fact possible concerning the who, when, with what and how the SS troops razed the Warsaw Ghetto. The men and officers of the dreaded Security Service and Gestapo are here as well as the units, weapons and tactics, and a day-byday analysis of the fighting. Size: 8.5"x11", over 110 b/w photos, 224 pages. Price - $59.95

 

Two thousand nine hundred forty-five men lined up in four motorized columns immediately behind the German Army on June 22, 1941 as it prepared to launch Operation Barbarossa - the German attack on the Soviet Union - an attack designed to win the war. Their mission - for the glory of Greater Germany - was to butcher as many human beings as they could get their hands on - men, women and children who were at that very moment peacefully sleeping in their warm beds in dozens of large cities and scores of small hamlets from the Gulf of Finland to the Black Sea, and from the border with old Poland to the outskirts of Moscow. The field men of the Einsatzkommandos, the men of Bach and Beethoven, Grimm and Gutenberg - and now Hitler and Heydrich - were very thorough at what they did. Over the course of the next two years, by means of machine-guns, carbines, gas vans, explosives, rifle butts or ax handles, the field men would slaughter 1,300,000 people. The Field Men, a companion volume to MacLean's The Camp Men: the SS Officers Who Ran the Nazi Concentration Camp System, covers the entire gamut, from the organization of the units, to the SS officers who served in this scourge on the Eastern Front. Some 380 SS officers are described in full detail and extensively analyzed. The photographic section of the book contains over 175 photographs, while detailed maps show the locations for each unit throughout the campaign. Size: 8.5"x11", over 175 photographs and maps, 232 pages. Price - $59.95