Vol. 2, 1942-45

• Combat history of a renowned German tank regiment in World War II
• Follows the unit from the sands of North Africa to the bloody cauldron of the Eastern Front, where it was repeatedly destroyed and reconstituted
• Numerous firsthand accounts from tank commanders and crews
• Illustrations include photos, graphs, organizational charts, and maps
• Sequel to Panzers in the Sand, Vol. 1. (rzm)   Price - $32.95

 

 

The armor reconnaissance battalion in the SS division “Nordland” fought in varied battlefields; from Ingermanland’s snow-clad hills, to the defense of the historic town of Narva. Then further over Latvia’s billowing landscape against the Soviet armored thrusts that were threatening Riga. Later on, the battalion fought in the muddy trenches in Kurland and on the plains of Pomerania.

Finally, in 1945, it was to be pulled in and exterminated in the final battle of Brandenburg, in the last desperate defense of the Chancellor’s office in Berlin. This unit was unique as it contained the largest concentration of Swedish volunteers in the German army during World War II.

This book is the first of its kind about the unit and it presents unique facts and photo material. The book is based on diary notes and on an original manuscript written by men who participated.

The original material has been enhanced with additional pictures, more maps, more eyewitness stories told by Swedes and more facts than the original manuscript contained. This is the first time that the world gets access to such rich material with such an explosive description of the brutal reality on the Eastern Front 1943- 1945, described by members in one of the most experienced front units in the German army’s most dreaded elite force; the Waffen-SS. Hardback, 7 1/2" x 10", 425 pages, 37 color profiles and 250 B+W photos. (rzm) Price - $57.95

 

 

 

George Nipe, author of "Last Victory in Russia" and "Decision in the Ukraine", has written a revealing and unprecedented re-analysis of the II.SS-Panzer-Korps' operations during the Battle of Kursk in the summer of 1943. Unlike all previous books on the subject, which refer almost exclusively to Russian accounts of the battle, "Blood, Steel and Myth" makes extensive use of original German source material. In so doing he convincingly exposes the conventional wisdom, which through its constant repetition over the years has assumed mythic status, as being fundamentally flawed and patently untrue.

Based principally on Heer and Waffen-SS combat and intelligence reports from the southern sector of the Kursk salient, as well as the individual accounts of veterans, the book covers in detail the daily progress of Operation Citadel. With meticulous attention to detail the author illustrates the unfavorable circumstances and erroneous command decisions which irrevocably doomed Germany's last major offensive in Russia to failure.

The personal notes, conversations and official orders of Generals Hausser, Hoth, and Manstein are all closely scrutinized to shed new light on this much celebrated but incorrectly recounted clash of arms, with particular attention being paid to the "greatest tank battle in history" at Prochorovka. With "Blood, Steel and Myth" George Nipe sets the record straight with all the conviction of an Eastern Front historian whose veracity and impeccable scholarship have been proven time and again.

"Blood, Steel and Myth" is heavily illustrated with hundreds of photos (many previously unpublished) and numerous maps to provide a strong visual component to this unique account of the Kursk Offensive's Southern Front. 13 tactical maps, shown at regiment leve  Hardcover w/dust jacket, 8.5" x 11", 496 pages, 312 B+W wartime photos. (rzm) Price -  75.00

 

 

 

 

Their extraordinary story gives a compelling insight into the dreadful climax of the Battle for Berlin and into the conflicts of loyalty faced by the French in the Second World War. Yet, whatever their motivation, the performance of these soldiers as they confronted the Soviet onslaught was unwavering, and their fate after the German defeat was grim. Once captured, they were shot out of hand by their French compatriots or imprisoned.  SS Charlemagne is a gripping, fluently written study of one of the most revealing side stories of the war.  Hard cover, 6" x 9.5", 192 pages, 30 illustrations. (rzm) Price - 39.95

 

 

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 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

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

 

 

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

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

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

 

 

 

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