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Now in stock!

ANGRIFF: THE GERMAN ATTACK ON STALINGRAD IN PHOTOS
Jason D. Mark, C,O,

Too often the visual aspect of the Stalingrad battle is portrayed using the same well-known images, and while most are no doubt stunning, their repeated use - with incorrect or misleading captions - adds nothing new to the record. Angriff:The German Attack on Stalingrad in Photos aims to rectify that. A rich cache of spectacular images is spread throughout collections across the globe. The photos used in this book have been gathered from a multitude of sources: military archives, photo libraries, museums, but most of all from private collections. The content of photos from these collections often portray the battle from the perspective of an individual soldier. Some of these photos certainly depict the stark reality of war but not every soldier saw action on the front-line. When all these private photos are combined, however, they form a montage and provide an insight into the lives of 6. Armee's soldiers. Furthermore, they often show periods of the battle that never fell within the viewfinder of a professional photographer. Every photo - including each famous image - has been painstakingly researched so that it is paired with a meaningful and accurate caption. In most cases, the location of the photo has been pinpointed, as has the date and unit depicted. This has enabled it to be placed in its correct historical, chronological and geographical context. While this process has cast a light on previously vague aspects of the battle, it has also debunked captions to many familiar images. If you want to see what Stalingrad was like from the German perspective, this book is for you. 700 photos

368 pp.
trade edition - $80.00*
 

almost sold out in hardcover!

392. ISLAND OF FIRE: THE BATTLE FOR BARRIKADY GUN FACTORY IN STALINGRAD, Jason D. Mark, C,  hardcover now out of print, but in stock at present.

Stalingrad symbolises many things: the ideological clash between Nazism and Communism, the battle of wills between Hitler and Stalin, and the absolute fortitude of the Soviet people. In most people’s minds, however, it represents the savagery, folly and utter waste of urban combat, a city where dozens of lives were readily exchanged for a ruined building. And nowhere did this senselessness manifest itself more than in the Barrikady Gun Factory and its housing settlement. The men of the German 305. Infanterie-Division had captured all of the factory’s massive workhalls by the end of October 1942. The only obstacles standing between them and the Volga were a few battered houses and the remnants of the Soviet 138th Rifle Division. Five fresh pioneer battalions were brought in to help the Germans and the ‘final’ attack in Stalingrad (known erroneously as Operation ‘Hubertus’) was launched on 11 November, 1942. The push to the river cut off the Soviet troops and left a tiny bridgehead. Grim fighting raged around this fiery perimeter for three months. To the Soviet soldiers, this bridgehead was known as ‘Lyudnikov’s Island’, or ‘Ognenniy ostrov’ – ‘Island of Fire’. Painstakingly compiled from German and Russian sources such as war diaries, combat reports, published works, eyewitness accounts, letters and photos, this book presents an unbiased chronicle of the pitiless struggle from both perspectives. 

• 656 pages on high-quality paper
• Aberdeen Bookstore will be selling the Hardcover edition
• over 250 photos
• 110 maps & aerial photos
• Large separate A3 map showing the Barrikady area in minute detail
• 8 appendices
• Comprehensive source notes, bibliography & index
$195.00* 

the ultimate book on the T-34 is now out of print, only a few remain!
397. T-34 MYTHICAL WEAPON
Robert Michulec, Mroslaw Zientarzewski, C,O, English text, out of print

When this book was announced 3 years ago it had 300 pages. Over those 3 years the publication expended to 520 pages . Unfortunately prices for printing and shipping also increased over those years, which affected the price of the book as well. This massive book has 880 b/w photographs, 58 pages of 1/35 scale drawings of all versions of the tank, 20 pages in color, 36 color interior photos, color 3D drawings and detailed photos of all components of the tank. This is by far the definitive study ever published on the T-34, really a must for any armor fan.

520 pp.
$125.00*

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