Eastern Front III

Eastern Front

199. BELORUSSIA 1944: THE SOVIET GENERAL STAFF STUDY,
Edited and translated by David Glantz, C,

this is a quality hardbound edition of #122 above, please
note that when this book has been released I will no longer stock #122, as
the hardbound is cheaper! Originally published under the rubric of 'war
experiences' and classified 'secret', prepared to educate Soviet commanders,
it is the most scholarly and detailed examination of the operations that has
appeared to date. While many other books have covered the operation, none
have done so as thoroughly fom the Soviet perspective. In addition, the book
contains a map supplement, including terrain maps and daily operational maps,
which permit the reader to understand the general flow of the operation,

300 pp.
$88.50* (retail is $125)

200. WAR WITHOUT GARLANDS: OPERATION BARBAROSSA 1941-42,
Robert Kershaw, C,O,
from the acclaimed author that wrote the hugely successful It Never Snows in

September, the German view of Market Garden, now turns his attention to the
Eastern Front. Kershaw examines the campaign largely through the eyes of
German forces who were sent to fight and die for Hitler's grandiose plans.
Extensive use of German war diaries, post-combat reports and other material
not previously published in English (including secret SS files containing the
perceptions of home-front Germans) gives this account of Barbarossa new
insight and persepctive. The text is complemented with many previously
unpublished photos, (his book on Market Garden is still available)

256 pp.
$40.00

201. THE COMBAT HISTORY OF STURMGESCHUTZ-BRIGADE 276, ASSAULT GUN FIGHTING ON THE EASTERN FRONT
edited by Heinz Fleischer, C,

300+ pages, 145 period photographs and approximately 10 maps and diagrams. This is the dramatic story of the unsung heroes of the Eastern Front of World War 2, the assault
gun soldiers of the Sturmartillerie. Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 276 was one of
many assault guns battalions formed to fight the onslaught of the numerically
vastly superior Soviet Forces. They provided armored protection to the
largely foot-bound infantry of the German Army. Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 276
was formed in the summer of 1943 and fought exclusively in the East until it
was virtually wiped out in 1945 in northern Prussia. This history is written
entirely in the form of first-hand accounts by members of the former
battalion. As such, the reader is drawn into the world of the assault gunner,
where cunning and tactical expertise were needed to slug it out with superior
numbers of Soviet tanks. Always giving better than it got, the men of the
assault artillery accounted for a large number of tank kills on the Eastern
Front - far more than their numbers would indicate. Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung
276, later redesignated Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 276 in early 1944, was one of
the better Sturmgeschütz units, and produced a number of Knight's Cross
recipients. This is the story of the fighting men of Sturmgeschütz-Brigade
276, from the formation of the unit, through the bitter defensive fighting in
the East and, ultimately, the story of their betrayal at the hands of the
Swedes when they were interned at the end of the war. In addition to the
exciting first-hand accounts of fighting on the Eastern Front, there are more
than 140 photographs of the unit which are being published here in the
English version of the book for the first time,

300pp.
$50.00

204. THE SOVIET ORDER OF BATTLE SERIES
Craig Crofoot, S,O,

a new order of battle series that is the first to
rely on the offical Soviet Army Order of Battle, the author's intention
being to supplement and expand prior works such as Sharp's Soviet
Organizational Series above. This is a very detailed reference study, not for
general reading. Rumor has it there will be 48 volumes by the time this
series is completed, and already rated by David Glantz as the most superior
and definitive Soviet OB's available, each volume is $20.00*
(A) THE SOVIET ORDER OF BATTLE: VOLUME 1, THE NORTHERN THEATER OF OPERATIONS:
PART 1 - 22 JUNE 1941 - JUNE 1942, An extraction of the Official Soviet Army
Order of Battle for the Soviet Arctic Region,

118 pp.
$20.00*

(B) THE SOVIET ORDER OF BATTLE: VOLUME 2, THE NORTHERN THEATER OF OPERATIONS:
PART 2 - 1 JULY 1942 - 1 APRIL 1943, An extraction of the Official Soviet
Army Order of Battle for the Soviet Arctic Region,

118 pp.
$20.00*

(C) THE BERLIN DIRECTION: APRIL - MAY 1945, An extraction of the Official
Soviet Army Order of Battle for the Soviet Arctic Region,

110 pp.
$20.00*

(D)THE ORDER OF BATTLE OF THE SOVIET ARMED FORCES "THE SLEEPING BEAR": VOLUME 1, 22 JUNE 1941
Craig Crofoot

An extraction of the Official Soviet Order of Battle for the entire armed forces of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the Great Patriotic War. Highly detailed order of battle with complete inventory of aircraft by types, tanks by types, artillery by types, etc., etc.,

127 pp.
$20.00*

208. THE RED ARMY IN ROMANIA,
Constantin Hlihor, C,

This book, written by two
well-known specialists on twentieth century Romanian history, is the first
comprehensive study of the Red Army's occupation of Romanian territory in
1940-1941, and its occupation of the country at the end of World War II,
which lasted until the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the country in 1958.
Based on previously unavailable archival sources, it will be of interest not
only to students of contemporary Romanian history, but also to anyone
interested in the occupation policies of the Red Army and Soviet policy in
Eastern Europe at the end of World War II. The authors discuss the
geopolitical and historical conditions that allowed the Red Army to occupy
Romania, the consequences of the occupation for the country, particularly on
political life, as it directly led to the establishment of a totalitarian
communist regime in Romania. An important part of the book also deals with
the consequences of Red Army's stationing on Romanian territory, its impact
on the evolution of social relations in the country, and the opposition of
Romanian society to the Russian occupation. Much attention is paid to the
economic aspects of the occupation, where a detailed account of the costs and
losses to the Romanian economy as consequence of the Red Army's abuses and
its illegal confiscation of Romanian goods and materials and their export to
the Soviet Union is presented. The circumstances surrounding the Red Army's
withdrawal from Romania in 1958 is also discussed in detail. The appendixes
also include translations of many relevant documents referring to the Soviet
occupation of Romania, making it a valuable book for students and researchers
alike,

250 pp.
$50.00

209. PANZER UNITS IN FINLAND,
Kari Kuusela, C,O,

signed, English/Finnish text, when the war between Finland and Soviet Union broke out in the summer of 1941, two German tank battalions advanced to the east as part of the
attacking forces. One battalion stayed in Finland throughout the war to the
end of 1944 and briefly fought also against the Finns, the other was
withdrawn in December 1942. In the most critical moments of the Finnish war
in June-July 1944 two German assault gun units were stiffening the defense in
the Karelian isthmus and on the Gulf of Vyborg. Besides these bigger units
also several smaller Panzer units operated in Finland. In this book the
history of these Panzers and their crews has been recorded for the first
time. The text is complimented by hundreds of excellent photos, most superior
quality, and numerous maps. A bargain at this price,

274 pp.
$53.00*

211. THE EASTERN FRONT: FROM BARBAROSSA TO BERLIN,
Stanly Rogers, C,O,

a year-by-year history along with archival photography and color maps and
drawings, dissect Wehrmacht and SS tactics along the 2,000 mile front, while
illustrating the strategies and comparing German weaponry and equipment with
that of the Red Army. 180 b/w and 30 color photos and maps,

256 pp.
$30.00

212. THE SIEGE OF LENINGRAD 1941-44: 900 DAYS OF TERROR,
David Glantz, C,O,

This compelling narrative by the master himself, explains the increasingly
drastic methods employed by the Wehrmacht to reduce the city's defenses and
break the morale of its citizens, while also examining the Red Army's frantic
counteroffensives, and the hardships faced by Leningraders. Previously
unpublished photos, detailed maps, and firsthand accounts are supplemented by
an overview of the roles played by Soviet leaders and the heroism of the
city,

224pp.
$25.00

216. WAR OF THE CENTURY: WHEN HITLER FOUGHT STALIN,
Laurence Rees, C,

the author uses previously unpublished material and photographs, dramatic
interviews with witnesses who knew Hitler or Stalin, and the voices of
soldiers and civilians on the Eastern Front to shed new light on Hitler's
"war of annihilation."" "War of the Century focuses on key events and
policies such as Hitler's decision to invade the Soviet Union, the legendary
and horrific siege of Stalingrad, the Germans' barbaric treatment of Soviet
civilians and Red Army prisoners of war, and Stalin's paranoid revenge
against real and perceived enemies. With this new evidence, Rees explores the
truth behind the war, its ruthless leaders and its devastating effects on the
military and civilian populations of both sides, an excellent study and well
written account,

256 pp.
$28.00

217. THE RUSSIAN WAY OF WAR: OPERATIONAL ART, 1904-1940,
Richard Harrison, C,

from the Russo-Japanese war to the eve of WWII, modern operational art grew
from theoritical speculations by a small group of officers to become a
critical component of the Soviet art of war. In this first comprehensive
treatment of the subject, Harrison shows how this theory emerged and
developed to become essential to the Red Army's victory over Germany in WWII.
Tracking both continuity and divergence between the imperial and Red armies,
Harrison analyzes, on the basis of theoretical writings and battlefield
performance, the devlopment of such operationally significant phenomena as
the "front", consecutive operations, and the deep operation, which relied
upon aircraft and mechanized formations to penetrate the kind of intractable
defense systems that characterized so much of WWI. Drawing upon a wide range
of sources including memoirs, theoritical works, and materials from the
Russian military archives, Harrison traces the debates within the Russian and
Soviet armies that engaged such theorists as Neznamov, Svechin,
Triandafillov,and Isserson. The end result is an exemplary military
intellectual history that helps illuminate a crtical element in the "Russian
way of war", 12 maps,

368 pp.
$40.00

218. THE IMPACT OF WORLD WAR II ON THE SOVIET UNION,
Susan J. Linz editor, S,

These essays analyze the Soviet experience during the German-Russian war,
1941-45, and the efforts at establishing 'normalcy' thereafter. Half of the
contributions address the reasons behind Soviet ability to withstand the
German onslaught; the other half treat the impact of the war and postwar
adjustments during Stalinist reconstruction, 1945-53. Sixteen . . . {authors}
variously consider the performance of industry and agriculture; the
functioning andperceptions of party and governmental bureaucracies;
demographic and nationality questions; the impact of war on religious life;
and aspects of literary creativity,

300 pp.
$30.00*

219. THE SOVIET UNION AND THE ORIGINS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR: RUSSO-GERMAN RELATIONS AND THE ROAD TO WAR, 1933-1941,
Goeffrey Roberts, C,

Drawing on a wealth of new material from the Soviet archives, this detailed and original
study analyses Moscow's response to the rise of Hitler, explains the origins
of the Nazi-Soviet pact and charts the road to Operation Barbarossa and the
disaster of the surprise German attack on the USSR in June 1942. New light is
thrown on Soviet foreign policy before the war - especially its role in the
Czechoslovakian crisis of 1938 and the way Stalin gradually moved towards a
deal with Hitler. The emphasis is firmly on Soviet foreign policy, but the
attitudes and policies of the other great powers towards the USSR are not
neglected. Geoffrey Roberts' focus on the Nazi-Soviet pact leads him to
question the inevitability of the Second World War and to suggest possible
alternative scenarios and outcomes, well written scholarly study,

208 pp.
$55.00*

221. POLAND 1939-1947,
John Coutouvidis, C,

using original source material,
this is the first major study in English of the political and diplomatic
background to the German and Soviet occupation of Poland. Beginning with the
Nazi attack followed shortly by the Soviet attack and then its occupation
under both countries. Followed by the German invasion of Russia, and Poland
under German control for the remainder of WWII. Then it details the Communist
control and the bitter internal struggle for power against the background of
Soviet power, tracing the consolidation of Communist rule up to the elections
of 1947. Also covers the story of the Polish Government in exile from its
formation in France to its disintegration and isolation at the end of WWII,

400 pp.
$65.00

$45.00*

223. ODESSA, 1941-1944: A CASE STUDY OF SOVIET TERRITORY UNDER FOREIGN RULE,
Alexander Dallin, C,

brand new reprint of the scarce study of Dallin's who
also authored the classic German Rule in Russia. This fascinating book is a
comprehensive study of the Romanian administration in Odessa. One of the
largest Soviet cities to fall into enemy hands during WWII, it was unique in
that it is wasn't under German rule but the enitire period under Romanian
administration, and Dallin carefully explores the many different methods and
results of Romanian policies. Dallin also contrasts the areas under Romanian
rule with the German occupied areas. A very unique and interesting study.
Published in Romania but in English, a very nicely bound and high quality
book,

300 pp.
$48.00

224. THE SOVIET HIGH COMMAND: A MILITARY-POLITICAL HISTORY, 1918-1941,
John Erickson, C,

The rarest of all WWII books is finally being reprinted in
hardcover! This book presents an objective and documented history of the
earliest origins and formative years of the Workers-Peasants Red Army from
the Civil War to the initial disasters of the war with Germany, the Great
Patriotic War, culminating in the 'battle for Moscow' in late 1941. The study
makes extensive use of Soviet military histories, specialist miltary
monographs, Red Army regulations, military manuals and handbooks, memoirs,
decumentary collections on Soviet military organisation and Army-Party
relations. Unpublished captured German military doucments describe the secret
Red Army-Reichswehr collaboration. Japanese Army records provide detailed
information on the Soviet miliatry build-up in the Far East. The
'Tukhachevskii affair' is investigated together with Stalin's murderous
military purge and its consequences for the Red Army. Poor Soviet performance
in the 'Winter War' with Finland prompted hasty reforms, but neither
reorganisation nor rearmament was complete before the German invasion in June
1941. First suffering catastrophic loss inflicted by the Wehrmacht the Red
Army had recovered sufficiently by December 1941 to defend Moscow and to
counter-attack. First published in 1962, this book has established itself as
the definitive work in the field. It has also become extremely rare. With a
new preface by David Glantz, and John Erickson, this boo is out of print.

926 pp.
$84.50* (please note the retail of this book has gone up to $115!, my price will hold until I sell out)

225. STALIN AND THE INEVITABLE WAR: ORIGINS OF THE TOTAL SECURITY STATE IN THE USSR AND THE OUTBREAK OF WWII IN EUROPE,
Silvio Pons, C,

this book is a study of the responses of the Soviet Union to the European crises which led to WWII based on a substantial body of documents accessible to scholars since
the opening up of former Soviet Union archives in 1992. Pons highlights the
influence that the doctrine of the inevitability of war exercised on Soviet
policymaking during the second half of the 1930's, legitimized by the
collapse of the Versailles system as a result of Hitler's foreign policy.
Stalin's strategies of a 'war of attrition' between the other powers and of
appeasement towards Hitler were a complete failure in the face of the Nazi
threat. Nevertheless, the peculiar notion of security forged in the aftermath
of the European crises and of the Great Terror became the basis of Stalin's
foreign policy.
300 pp.
$57.50

231. HAMMER AND RIFLE: THE MILITARIZATION OF THE SOVIET UNION, 1926-1933,
David Stone, C,

from 1926 to 1933 a vast transformation swept through the
Soviet Union, a massive militarization of society that was as powerful and
far-reaching as the Revolution itself. In this book the author chronicles
this transformation and shows why it is so central to our understanding of
Stalin's emergence and consolidation of power.

304 pp.
$40.00

232. HITLER'S LAST BASTION: THE FINAL BATTLES FOR THE REICH, 1944-45,
Franz Kurowskit, C,

the largely untold story of the final desperate battles for
numerous "fortified places" such as Konigsberg and Breslau, Wesel and
Kolberg, Danzig and Posen and others that Hitler ordered the defense of to
the last man. The fates of the German soldiers who offered desperate
resistance, were realized in bunkers and caves, in tunnels and fields of
rubble. Shocking scenes of apocalyptic battle are described by the author,
which for all the bloodshed, did save thousands of lives of civilians as they
were able to escape the onrushing armies,

386pp.
$35.00

224. EASTERN FRONT: THE UNPUBLISHED PHOTOGARPHS 1941-1945,
Will Fowler, C,O,

okay, you just read through 233 East Front titles and you are probably
thinking, another East Front photo book?! Well I can say the book above is
excellent, and read on for details of this book. After securing the rights to
an amazing photo archive, the author traveled to Kiev with a translator, a
bodyguard and several thousand used American dollar bills, the negotiated
cost for the collection. According to Fowler, the risk was well worth it.
This photographic record of the war on the Eastern Front is composed entirely
of imagery taken and captioned by Red Army photographers. None of the images
have previously been seen in the West. The result, which offers the
perspectives of Soviet soldiers, as well as those of ordinary men, women, and
children, is a visually stunning account covering every apsect of the epic
battles waged in Stalingrad, Kursk, Kharkov and Leningrad, 500 b/w
photographs,

224 pp.
$35.00

225. CAPTURED SOVIET GENERALS: THE FATE OF SOVIET GENERALS CAPTURED IN COMBAT 1941-45.
A. Maslov, C,

After relating the grisly circumstances of their
capture and ordeal in German prisoner of war camps, Maslov tells the sordid
tale of how an ungrateful state condemned for treason against their homeland
many of those who had served it loyally both in combat and in German camps,
showing how Stalin and Soviet security organs condemned and shot many of the
returnee-generals, most on trumped--up charges. The author also presents a
unique glimpse of the social history of the pre-war and wartime Red Army
officer corps,

300. pp.
$57.50

226. NICHIVO: TALES FROM THE RUSSIAN FRONT 1941-43,
Giorgio Geddes, C,

here is the true, poetic, and passionately told story of the civilians caught
between the Soviet and German armies in WWII. Though many histories convey
the experiences of the soldiers who fought on the Russian Front, this focuses
on the ordinary people, harried by bandits and local warlords, routinely
robbed of food and fuel by the invaders, living under the constant threat of
deportation to Germany, and fearing their own troops as much as the enemy,

288 pp.
$25.00

227. DRITTE NORDLAND: THE PHOTO HISTORY OF THE FINNISH VOLUNTEER BATTALION OF THE WAFFEN-SS,
C,O,

The history of the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the
Waffen-SS is unique. Finland was the only European country, not occupied by the Germans, which sent a battalion-sized unit of volunteers to the German Waffen-SS. Some 1200 volunteers were recruited in spring 1941, of which about 400 served in SS-Division "Wiking" in the opening phase of Operation Barbarossa. The rest formed a Finnish Battalion, which after extensive
training was later sent to the front. At the front the Battalion belonged to
Regiment "Nordland" of SS-Division "Wiking". The Battalion had an excellent
combat record and lost 255 Finns fallen in the battles of the Ukraine and the
Caucasus. The whole Battalion was withdrawn from the front in spring 1943 and
was sent to Finland on home leave. As both the military and the political
situation had changed since 1941, the High Command of the Finnish Army wanted
to keep the volunteers in Finland, and thus forbade further recruitment. The
Battalion was disbanded in July 1943. This book is the photographic history
of the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS. Include sabout 450 b/w
photos (most of which are previously unpublished) maps and documents,

256 pp.
$53.00*

230. SACRIFICE OF THE GENERALS: SOVIET SENIOR OFFICERS LOSSES, 1939-1953,
Michael Parrish, C,

The 1941-1945 campaign on the Eastern front was the
bloodiest in military history. The staggering number of Soviet casualties,
much higher than German losses, continues to be a subject of debate and
controversy. Exact figures are still unknown, but estimates range to nearly
30 million. Devoted to the losses among senior officers, this book provides
evidence that unlike the masses of the Red Army, senior officers suffered
proportionately fewer losses in the conflict than the Germans, but in Stalin
they faced an enemy only slightly less deadly than combat. Based primarily on
documents and archival material released during Glasnost, it provides
biographical entries for officers above the rank of colonel who were killed
in combat, died of natural causes, were taken prisoner, "repressed," or
demoted in rank during Stalin's reign,

544 pp.
$115.00, estimate

231. RUSSIAN HEROES 1941-1945 ,
Albert Axell, C,

This new volume by historian Albert Axell captures in full the valor of the sons and daughters, soldiers and villagers, Cossacks and snipers who battled in Moscow and Stalingrad, in the Caucasus and the Arctic, at the Brest fortress and Kursk Bulge. Their
defense of Mother Russia, the battlefront that in World War II dwarfed all
others, turned the tide of the war against Hitler and enabled the western
democratic forces to reduce dramatically the number of their casualties. From
the account of the aging Russian general who suffered drenchings in ice-cold
water rather than collaborate with his Nazi captors to that of the
nineteen-year-old private who flung himself on the gun port of a German
pillbox so that his comrades could advance, these pages not only chronicle
extraordinary selfless acts of heroism but also rectify an astonishing
oversight in innumerable histories of World War II. The stories throughout
are altogether remarkable - like that of Alexei Maresyev, the pilot who
crash-landed his plane, crawled in the snow for two weeks with the two broken
legs he eventually lost, and with a pair of artificial limbs returned to the
air to continue the fight for the country of his blood - and dramatically
illustrate how deeply patriotism and bravery lie in the Russian soul,

256 pp.
$26.00

232. BARBAROSSA: HITLER'S INVASION OF RUSSIA,
David Glantz, S,O-,

exploiting newly available Soviet archival materials, Glantz challenges the
time-honoured explanation that poor weather, bad terrain and Hitler's faulty
strategic judgment produced German defeat, and reveals how the Red Army
thwarted HItler's dramatic, seemingly inexorable and apparently seamless
German invasion before it achieved its ambitious goals. Includes 15 maps,
detailed appendices that provide German and Russian planning documents
associated with Barbarossa, summary orders of battle, June 22, 1941, and
detailed opposing orders of battle for June 22, 1941. Includes many photos,
very nicely detailed study from the planning stages to December 1941,
slightly oversize,

256 pp.
$28.00

233. STALIN'S WAR OF EXTERMINATION 1941-1945: PLANNING, REALIZATION AND DOCUMENTATION,
Joachim Hoffmann, C,

This book shows in detail how Stalin
prepared to conquer Europe; how Hitler prevented this by attacking first; how
Stalin and his Bolshevik henchman used unimaginable violence to break any
resistance in the Red Army in order to force them to fight; how the Red Army
kill not only all Germans they could get hold of, but also their own soldiers
and civilians, should they not fully comply. And finally, this book shows how
Stalin's atrocity propaganda led to endless cruelties once the Red Army
entered German territory,

416 pp.
45.00

237. SOVIET INFANTRY TACTICS IN WWII,
Charles Sharp, S,O,

Studies the tactical employment of the Soviet rifle squad, platoon, and company and also
the submachine gun squad, machine gun sections, anti-tank rifle squad, and
infantry guns. Appendices discuss infantry weapons, signals, target maps, and
anti-tank defenses, and range and other details of infantry weapons are
included,

160 pp.
$20.00*

238. STALIN'S EAGLES: AN ILLUSTRATED STUDY OF THE SOVIET ACES OF WWII AND KOREA,
Hans Seidl, C,O,

the most complete and detailed book ever published on
the Soviet aces. Hundreds of portraits illuminate the lives of many aces,
most unknown to western readers, and the desparate struggles of these pilots
who in the end were to make the skies above Eastern Europe their fiefdom with
800 pilots with over 15 kills. With over 300 unpublished photos, 470 total,
and 16 color aircraft profiles,

368 pp.
$60.00

240. POLAND IN WORLD WAR II: AN ILLUSTRATED MILITARY HISTORY,
Andrew Hempel, C,

This illustrated history is a concise presentation of the Polish military
war effort in World War II, intermingled with factual human interest stories
and 50 illustrations and maps,

150 pp.
$12.00

243. DOCTOR AT STALINGRAD,
Hans Dibold, C,

limited edition reprint of an extremely scarce memoir only previously published in England, and published by Aberdeen Bookstore. This is a story of Stalingrad seldom talked about.
Dibold relates his experiences in Stalingrad during the battle, and the utter
helplessness he felt as the casualties were so high and in conditions so
appaling with little or no medical supplies. Then after capture Dibold
remained in Stalingrad and in conditions that are beyond comprehension. Part
of the time he was in the huge underground Timoshenko bunker the Russians
built. Often working in complete darkness in narrow corridors crammed full of
injured soldiers, Dibold again was in a position of being able to offer
little in comfort. The lice were atrocious, Dibold talks of scooping them
from injured abdomen, the stench unfathomable, and the black tarry walls
dripping with stench from the condesation of steam coming from wounds. Tyhpus
was rampant. Even after the last shot was fired in Stalingrad, things were
far from over for Dibold. He words aren't minced, and he tells of the finest
and darkest of human behavior during these times, only 1000 copies printed,
bound in full cloth using an exact copy of original dust jacket published
originally in 1958!,

196 pp.
$45.00*

245. ATTACK OF THE AIRACOBRAS: SOVIET ACES, AMERICAN P-39'S, AND THE AIR WAR AGAINST GERMANY,
Dmitry Loza, C,

an extraordinary accurate and vivid account
of the combat experiences and everyday lives of Red Army fighter pilots who
flew American planes during the Great Patriotic War, showing that the
seemingly obsolete P-39 aircraft did much more than "tank busting" on the
Eastern Front. Providing a rare insider's look at Russian air operations.
Based on interviews with Soviet veterans and extensive access to squadron
histories and logbooks, 25 photographs and 3 maps,

392 pp.
$35.00

246. WINGS, WOMEN AND WAR: SOVIET AIRWOMEN IN WWII COMBAT,
Reina Pennington, C,

the author draws upon personal interviews and the Soviet archives to
detail the recruitment, training, and combat lives of these women. Deftly
mixing anecdote with analysis, it conveys wholly fresh, vivid, often unique
and revealing insights. These female regiments flew a combined total of more
than 30,000 combat sorties, produced at least 30 Heroes of the Soviet Union,
and included at least two fighter aces, 60 photographs, 6 maps,

312 pp.
$30.00

247. DESTROY WARSAW: HITLER'S PUNISHMENT, STALIN'S REVENGE,
Andew Borowiec, C,

written by a survivor of the uprising, this book examines the background of the ill-fated uprising that pitted poorly armed Polish civilians and volunteers against Hitler's well-armed and veteran forces. In addition, Borowiec examines Stalin's decision to stand by while Warsaw and its defenders were destroyed. Good military day-by day accounts of combat is provided bringing the 63-day uprising to life.

220 pp.
$35.00

249. BERLIN 1945: THE FINAL RECKONING,
Karl Bahm, S, O,

This book shows how a bitter hand-to-hand struggle developed between fanatical Nazis, SS troopers, old men and young boys of the Hitler Youth, and the hard-bitten Soviet front-line troops. The suffering of the soldiers and civilians in the city are revealed in full detail, alongside accounts from soldiers involved in the battle. The book also describes the events in the bunker behind the Reichschancellery, where Hitler spent the last few months of his life. Finally this book shows how German commanders disobeyed Hitler's orders to stand to the last man, and the fate of the city was sealed. Also includes 200 photos, many I have never seen , all very good quality, this is a large oversize paperback printed on high quality glossy paper, a very nice value.

176 pp.
$20.00

252. STALIN'S GENERALS
edited by Harold Shukman, S,

A star cast of distinguished contributors - including Dmitri Volkogonov, John Erickson, David Glantz and Oleg Rzheshevsky - paint a crucial portrait of a defining period in world history. This book looks at the training, experience, and personalities of the generals themselves. The result is illuminating, revealing how 25 men succeeded in taking Stalin from the Volga to Berlin,

416 pp.
$20.00

253. KURSK 1943: THE GREATEST TANK BATTLE EVER FOUGHT
Kathryn Barbier, S,O,

This strategic importance of the Kursk is considered as well as the factors that caused the German to delay their offensive, superbly illustrated with action photographs, featuring many rare and unpublished photos from German and Soviet collections, detailed maps of each stage of the battle, showing the disposition of the sides at key moments during the offensive. 150 b/w excellent photos,

176 pp.
$20.00

254. RUSSIAN TANKS OF WWII
Joseph Page, S,O,

The dramatic struggle of the tank crews against German advance is told through the photographs in the book, some of which have never been published before, 180 b/w photos,

176 pp.
$23.00

255. PANZERS ON THE EASTERN FRONT: GENERAL ERHARD RAUS AND HIS PANZER DIVISIONS IN RUSSIA, 1941-1945
Erhard Raus, edited by Peter Tsouras, C,

this account by Erhard Raus, written shortly after the war and published in English for the first time, concentrates on German efforts to relieve Stalingrad and Raus, as commander of the 6th Panzer Division, was in the thick of this bitter actions, urging his panzers forwards in a massive effort to break the Soviet strangle-hold. Originally written to brief the American Army it also details the tactics of the Germans and their Soviet opponents, this is a smashing book!,

256 pp.
$25.00

41. LA RUEE DE L'ARMEE ROUGE
Francois De Lannoy, C,O, French text

this highly illustrated book traces the "rush" of the Red Army from the turning point in the battles on the Eastern Front until their triumphant capture of Berlin, rolling back the Wehrmacht with an unstoppable momentum. Includes 100's of never before published photos of the Red Army, its men and equipment as well as many rare photos of the German forces such as a wonderful color photo of Model presenting medals to Hungarian troops, more than 300 illustrations total, some in color, photos and loaded with outstanding color maps. One of the finest Heimdal books published.

176 pp.
$35.00

259. A LOOKING GLASS TRAGEDY
Christopher Booker, C,

very in-depth study of the repatriations from Austria in 1945, mainly focusing on the Cossacks. This well documented book provide details of reports field by field commanders and others in Austria and looks through a microscope of many areas in Austria and exactly what happened. It is difficult to ignore the arguments and conclusions presented in this book. The author also carefully examines the writings of Nikolai Tolstoy, whose books and court cases brought considerable controversy in Britain, and concludes that the repatriations, tragic as they were, were overblown by Tolstoy. This book covers the broad course of events including numerous massacres, but is also remarkable for its detailed examinations of the lesser known and more obscure events.

480 pp.
$45.00

260. BRIDGEHEAD KURLAND: THE SIX EPIC BATTLES OF HEERESGRUPPE KURLAND
Franz Kurowski, c,

With 70 pages of photos and 15 pages of maps and illustrations. Bridgehead Kurland is the exciting account of the little-known struggles of Heeresgruppe Kurland in the waning months of World War II. Despite six separate attempts by the Red Army, the German forces in the Kurland Bridgehead in the Baltic held out against massively superior forces. Despite revisionist claims by the Soviets after the war, the fighting in Kurland resulted in the pinning of large numbers of forces and, ultimately, an unsuccessful campaign. Once again, Franz Kurowski has brought to life many fascinating aspects of an Eastern-Front campaign that has heretofore received little attention in the West. In addition to providing a strategic overview, including not only the ground forces but also the role of the Luftwaffe and the Kriegsmarine, he provides an intimate “you-are-there” look into much of the fighting.

326 pp.
$49.00

262. PANZERS IN RUSSLAND 1941 – 1945
H. Scheibert & U. Elfrath, C,O-

This is a excellent photo album of the various panzers in action on the Eastern Front. Reprint of a very scarce photo book, only limited quantities available. 400 photos & maps. English & German text

237 pp.
$27.50*

264. STAMPING OUT THE VIRUS: ALLIED INTERVENTION IN THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR 1918-1920
Perry Moore, C,

Stamping out the virus was a phrase used by Col. Fuller (the father of Tank Warfare) in an internal memo in 1919 to describe communism - to the Allies this is what the Russian Civil War was about. Thus, began a two year attempt to eradicate this virus. In 1918, over 15,000 Allied troops were sent and intervened in the Russian Civil war at Archangel on the White Sea. Also, in the Ukraine, the British sent military advisors to the White forces under General Denikin. Stamping out the Virus covers the entire war in depth. Detailed text, battle maps, orders of battle, and rare photos provide a full picture of the military operations,

300 pp.
$35.00

269. KURSK: THE GERMAN VIEW
Steven Newton, C,

This book presents the 1st person accounts of German commanders who planned and executed the largest tank battle in history. After the war the US Army interviewed and recorded the after action reports of German officers involved in the Battle of Kursk. The author has gathered all of these reports together and retranslated these overlooked historical documents to present the largely overlooked German view of the battle. This book presents a new and unprecedented picture of German strategy and operations. the author also adds the necessary commentary and original research to challenge a number of widely held ideas about this pivotal battle. Includes a nice map section and excellent detailed orders and very detailed combat strengths. Newton also examines Army Group South's assault plans suggesting that German mistakes resulted in the failure to break the Soviet defenses. Now that I've seen it I can say without a doubt that this is a whopper!

592 pp.
$35.00

270. IMAGES OF KURSK: HISTORY'S GREATEST TANK BATTLE, JULY 1943
Nikolas Cornish, S,O,

Contains more than 300 photographs, many unpublished from Soviet archives, also features firsthand accounts from Russian and German soldiers and presents details on the air action, and biographical information on the main commanders. A chapter is also devoted to Prokhorovka in which 1,000 tanks were engaged each furiously at point-blank range,

224 pp.
$20.00

271. RUSSIAN SIDESHOW: AMERICA'S UNDECLARED WAR IN RUSSIA, 1918-20
Robert Willett, C,

This is the first book to chronicle, on the tactical level, American troops participation in two failed multinational missions to defeat the Bolshevik revolutionaries at the end of WWI. Using previously classified official records and the letters and diaries of Americans who served there, Willett describes the suffering of the hundreds of American soldiers who fought and died in the subzero conditions, both in combat and from disease. Also features previously unpublished photographs, March 2003

352 pp.
$35.00

272. BLOOD RED SNOW: THE MEMOIRS OF A GERMAN SOLDIERS ON THE EASTERN FRONT
Gunther Koschorrek, C,

This isn't your basic memoir written 50 years after the fact. Kosschorrek wrote his illicit diary on any scraps of paper he could lay his hands on. As keeping a diary was strictly forbidden, he sewed the pages into the lining of his thick winter coat and deposited them with his mother in infrequent trips home on leave. The diary went missing and after the war and only recently discovered after being reunited with his daughter in the US and became Blood Red Snow. The horror and confusion of fighting in the streets of Stalingrad are brought to life by his descriptions of the others in his unit: their differing manners and techniques fore dealing with the squalor and death. This harrowing book takes the reader to the front line and paints a very human picture of what life was like under relentless Russian attacks in freezing conditions. As Koschorrek says in his introduction, the book stands as a memorial to the huge numbers on both sides who did not survive and is, over five decades later, the fulfillment of a responsibility he feels to honor the memory of those who perished. Kosschorrek was a machine gunner on the Russian front, and saw extremely heavy fighting on many fronts, this should be one of the best memoirs in years, 16 pages of plates, out of print

288 pp.
$45.00*

273. TO BATTLE: THE FORMATION & HISTORY OF THE 14TH WAFFEN-SS GRENADIER DIVISION (GALICIAN NR.1)
Michael Melnyk, C,O,

Set firmly within the political context of the time, this work demonstrates that from the outset both German and Ukrainian architects of the Division sought to exploit the formation for their own conflicting agendas. The author gives a careful assessment of the Division's military engagements and explains the reasons for its defeat at the Battle of Brody, emphasizing how the military initiative and vast material superiority of the Red Army led to its virtual destruction during the Soviet summer offensive of 1944. The book concludes with the cessation of hostilities, when the Division, despite being the focus of Stalin's attention, escaped the forced repatriation operations undertaken by the Western Allies in the immediate post-war period. Presenting over 250 previously unpublished photographs, combined with maps, documents and other illustrations, this book is one of the most important English-language books to appear on the Waffen-SS. This book is a huge oversize study, printed on top grade glossy paper, the author's father was a veteran of the unit and he has spent many years preparing this book, simply unbeatable.

274. THE BATTLE FOR LENINGRAD 1941-1944
David Glantz, C,

As usual, Glantz digs deep to recount the full story of the battle of Leningrad and how each side bludgeoned each other for nearly three years with a relentless barrage of offensives and counter-offensives designed to crush one another, in horrendous weather and a harsh terrain and with staggering loss of life on both sides. His richly detailed history shows how battles and campaigns were conceived, engaged, and resolved - including a half dozen more "forgotten battles" that took place during the blockade. He explains how the struggle for Leningrad impacted other theaters of operation along the Eastern Front, eventually forcing the Germans into their long and costly retreat back towards Berlin. Glantz also provides insights into conditions within the city, adding new details to the horrors of the siege; shed new light on partisan warfare in the countryside surrounding Leningrad: and corrects many errors found in earlier works. Based on unparalleled access to Russian archival sources and going far beyond the military aspects of other studies, Glantz's book is a testament to the nearly two million Russians who lost their lives during the Leningrad conflict and confirms his status as the preeminent authority on Russian military experience in WWII, includes 16 maps and 90 illustrations. This is the vastly expanded edition of his earlier work on Leningrad.

704 pp.
$40.00

275. THE ROAD TO STALINGRAD - NEMESIS ON THE VOLGA: THE PERSONAL DIARY OF LT. JOACHIM STEMPEL
Joachim Stempel, S,O,

This account is a continuous narrative written by an eyewitness, based on his complete diary; a junior officer in a Panzer-Division senselessly sacrificed in the street fighting. His varied experiences include being put in charge of the last 40 able-bodied men of a Panzergrenadier-Regiment, charged with fighting his way through to the banks of the Volga, 100 metres away; facing Russian positions no more than 50 metres away which protected the headquarters of General Chuikov's 62nd Army and finally reaching the Volga bank, with the enemy as close as 30 metres, fired on from all sides, in a narrow salient - and at the other extreme being given 'freedom of action' by his regimental commander. Characteristically he chose to break out rather than surrender. On that same day, in a particularly poignant passage, he took his last leave of his father, Generalleutnant Richard Stempel, commander of the neighbouring 371 Infanterie-Division: neither could face with equanimity the prospect of Soviet captivity (wisely, in view of the outcome: of 93,000 taken prisoner, only 6,000 would see Germany again), each chose his own alternative to surrender. The narrative outlines the course of battle, diary entries being complemented with Wehrmacht Communique's and entries in the OKW War Diary. Stempel's perspective on the battle changed. Initially commander of a recce party of motorcyclists scouting ahead of his Panzergrenadier-Regiment 108, he was appointed Ordonnanzoffizier to the commander of the Panzergrenadier-Brigade on 8th September, accompanying him on a visit to the front; on the 24th October he took over II/Pz.Gren.Rgt.103's remnants, as the last junior officer available, as the offensive reached its climax. Yet by 10th December, encircled and inadequately supplied, he was reduced to four slices of bread, thin soup and a few cigarettes, meat only if, by happy accident, a horse died or could be killed. Finally, on 29th January 1943 his breakout failed and he was captured. What is most remarkable in Stempel's diaries and letters home is the faith in higher authorities - Paulus, von Manstein but above all the Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler - which explains why the Sixth Army held out for so long.

180 pp.
$40.00

277. OPERATION CITADEL, A TEXT AND PHOTO ALBUM VOLUME 2: THE BATTLE IN THE NORTH
Jean Restayn, C,O,

With 30 pages of four-color artwork, maps and formation insignia. More than 540 photographs (many seen or identified correctly for the first time). The author team of Jean Restayn and Nicole Moller have done it again! They have created a superb follow-on volume to their terrific first book concerning the southern portion of the epic Kursk battlefield. Rarely has one of our planned publications so caught the imagination of our loyal customers and the reading public…and rarely have authors so thoroughly met those expectations. After years of combing archives in Europe, Restayn and Moller have succeeded in assembling more than 540 photographs of this northern sector of the battlefield. Most have never been seen before and of those that have, most have been identified here properly for the first time. In addition to providing the reader with a fantastic visual representation of the fighting, Restayn and Moller have also provided an in-depth text that covers the build-up and the fighting on a day-by-day basis. Along with 30 pages of four-color artwork, to include formation insignia, maps and all of the major vehicles used by the Germans, are dozens of tables illustrating orders of battle for both sides as well as vehicle counts and losses for the Germans. Rarely has a battle been so thoroughly researched and rarely have so many myths concerning a battle been laid to rest.

400 pp.
$108.00

278. IRON HORSEMEN: THE MEMOIRS OF OBERGEFREITER ERNST PANSE, (9/PZ RGT 24) 24 PANZER DIVISION, STALINGRAD, 1942-1943
Ernst Panse, S,O,

This is an account of the Battle of Stalingrad's later stages, written from the perspective of a radio operator in a platoon leader's, later squadron leader commander's tank. Panse's chances of survival were vastly superior to that of a simple soldier in the infantry divisions consumed in the battle of Stalingrad. Of the 145 men who started the campaign in his squadron, only 6 survived to the surrender on Feb. 2nd, 1943 (this unit continued to fight on even after Paulus surrendered on the 31st of January). After his tank was knocked out Panse was pursued by Russian assault infantry and fired on by high velocity anti-tank guns whenever he tried to stand up and run. Whilst crawling 550 meters to reach a command post of a friendly infantry unit he developed frostbite. At one stage he and his commander had to shelter beneath the bodies of recently killed infantry as the only protection against the splinters of Russian rockets. Iron Horsemen is a tribute above all to the virtues of comradeship and group loyalty; as Panse freely admits, he would never have survived the battle, nor its aftermath - the 53km 'death march' into captivity - were it not for the selfless care and concern of his fellow crewmen. To read Panse's account is to understand why the German Army, even in a situation of utter hopelessness, could hold on, to the amazement of its foes; but is equally evident how disillusion and indeed burning anger had set in by the time of Sixth Army's death throes. Panse makes plain his sense of outrage at the cynicism of Goring, the sense of betrayal at the waste of his comrades' lives caused by the empty promises of succour for a doomed cause. You can send away for a free CD with the purchase of this book.

60 pp.
$23.00

280. STALIN'S WAR: TRAGEDY AND TRIUMPH 1941-1945
Edwin Hoyt, C,

This book is one of the few that examines the war from the perspective of Stalin and well as the viewpoints of his leading commanders. Details Stalin's military strategies to defeat Germany and his struggles to expand his Soviet empire. Covers the entire war as well as the Stalin's creation of communist puppet regimes in postwar Eastern Europe. Illustrated with photos.

300 pp.
$28.00

281. HITLER'S WHITE RUSSIANS: COLLABORATIONIST AND EXTERMINATION IN BYELORUSSIA 1941-1944
Oleg Romanko, C,O,

Complete history of these Belorussian units which served in the German SS, Police, Army, and eventually helped to form the 30th SS Division. Also includes a section on the SS Flak helpers. This history of this and other collaborationist formations is covered in this book, as well as the story of the German anti-guerrilla war in the region of Army Group Center and White Russia. Hundreds of photos, maps, tables, charts, etc.

512 pages
$75 (our price $25!)

285. VLASOV'S ARMY
Jacek Solarz, S,O, Polish text with English captions

This photo book includes many rare and unseen photos of Vlasov and his army. Vlasov was a high ranking Soviet General taken prisoner by the Germans and he had no liking for Stalin and wanted to recruit other Soviet prisoners to form a army to fight Stalin. Hitler was never warm to the idea, but he strung Vlasov along as he was a good propaganda weapon, but Vlasov never really getting the opportunity to fulfill his desire in this aspect. This book includes many beautiful color illustrations of the uniforms and insignia, and vehicle colors and markings, also includes many WWII era b/w photos, and maps. All illustrations fully captioned in English.

60 pp.
$20.00

287. HITLER'S ARCTIC WAR: THE GERMAN CAMPAIGNS IN NORWAY, FINLAND, AND THE USSR 1940-1945
Chris Mann, C,O,

The German army's first campaign in the far north was an outstanding success: Between April and June 1940, German forces of less than 20,000 seized Norway, a state of three million people, while suffering only minimal losses. The army learned new skills to fight effectively in snow and ice. Since the terrain prohibited the use of tanks and heavy artillery, and lack of airfields restricted the employment of aircraft, the war became an infantry duel waged across a frozen landscape. While the war in the far north was an effective campaign that resulted in significant losses to the Red Army and Allied convoys, the Werhmacht resources committed there ultimately drained the German war effort. In the end, Hitler's obsession with preventing an Allied invasion of Norway, contributed heavily to the German collapse of 1944-45. A thorough and thought-provoking study of Germany's campaign on the northern periphery of Europe in WWII, includes 110 photos and 6 maps.

224 pp.
$25.00

290. OPERATION ZITADELLE, JULY 1943: THE DECISIVE BATTLE OF WWII
Franz Kurowski, C,

With 44 pages of black and white photographs, 22 mostly full-page maps and 18 pages of appendices. Unternehmen Zitadelle (Operation Citadel) was the last chance for the German forces in the east to wrest supremacy from the Red Army by cutting off substantial numbers of their forces inside the Kursk salient. The battle developed into a titanic struggle as the Germans repeatedly mounted ferocious attacks and the soviets defended tenaciously. The culmination of the offensive was the large armored engage at Prochorowka (Prokorovka) on 12 and 13 July, 1943-the largest action of its type in the history of warfare. There are detailed accounts of the armored clash from the viewpoint of the 3 SS divisions involved. The author, Franz Kurowski, has interviewed many of the German participants of the battle and numerous dramatic personal accounts are featured most of which are published here for the first time. All aspects of the battle are covered, including the operations of both air forces. Also included is an account of the Soviet counteroffensive against the German-held Orel salient, a kind of "Russian Kursk", where the Soviets attempted to cut off a large number of German forces. This book is an exciting account of one of the most crucial battles of World War II.

442 pp.
$66.00

293. SWASTIKA IN THE GUNSIGHT: MEMOIRS OF A RUSSIAN FIGHTER PILOT, 1941-45,
Igor Kaberov, C,

previously unpublished outside of Russia, this is Kaberovs, who became a wartime legend in Russia, vivid account of war on the Eastern Front against Germany, based largely on the personal diaries that he kept while serving with a fighter squadron. There are descriptions of dogfights with German fighters, the dreadful conditions that prevailed in Leningrad during the siege, and the insight into how a fighter squadron lived and fought. A very rare glimpse at the airwar from the Soviet perspective, and one of the only published memoirs in English of a Soviet fighter pilot, includes 40 b/w photos,

224 pp.
$35.00

294. RISING SUN AND TUMBLING BEAR: RUSSIA'S WAR WITH JAPAN
Richard Connaughton, C

This definitive history of the Russo-Japanese War received rave reviews in its first edition-The Economist, for one, called it "A remarkably lively and enjoyable account." As the 100th anniversary of the conflict approaches, Connaughton's fascinating study will receive renewed attention and appeal to both military enthusiasts and the wider history market. In fascinating detail, he reveals the hopeless confusion of the Russian command structure and how the Russian naval defeat at Tsushima was as farcical as it was complete. The Russians were wrong-footed from the start, fighting in Manchuria at the end of a 5000 mile single track railway; the Japanese were a week or so from their bases. The Russian command structure was hopelessly confused, their generals old and incompetent, the Tsar cautious and uncertain. The Russian naval defeat at Tsushima was as farcical as it was complete. The Japanese had defeated a big European power, and the lessons for the West were there for all to see, had they cared to do so. From this curious war, so unsafely ignored for the most part by the military minds of the day, Richard Connaughton has woven a narrative to appeal to readers at all levels.

368 pp.
$30.00

295. THE UKRAINIAN DIVISION "GALICIA" 1943-45 A MEMOIR
Wolf-Dietrich Heike, C,

An Aberdeen Exclusive! About ten years ago I read this book and thought it brilliant, but hard as I try I was unable to locate the publisher. After all these years I finally found out (the book was published in 1988) and I made an offer to the group of veterans that had the book and bought the lot. As the Division's Chief of Staff from January 1944 until its ultimate surrender in May 1945, the author was in an exceptionally favorable position to observe how a large group of Ukrainians reacted to the impending and politically complex crisis on the Eastern Front. The author describes the Division as it was formed in May 1943 and first saw action in July 1944 at Brody, where the major portion of its troops were killed or captured by Soviet forces. In October it was sent to Slovakia and was stationed there until January 1945. Then, by arduous marches under extremely difficult conditions, it was transferred to the mixed nationality area of southern Austria and northern Slovenia. At the war's end the Division retreated farther into Austria, to surrender to the British Army. Most combat was with regular Soviet troops advancing through Hungary toward southeast Austria. Major Heike delineates these operations skillfully and graphically. The memoir is especially valuable for his account of the campaign in Styria - likely to remain the principal source of information on the Division's activities during the last months of WWII - as well as for the light is sheds on numerous other aspects of Ukrainian involvement in the war.

200 pp.
$35.00

296. THE RUSSIAN BATTLESHIPS SEVASTOPOL CLASS
Maciej Sobanski, C,O,

Though a Polish import, the book is entirely in English. This excellent study records the history of these ships from the creation through their operational history. There is a chapter on creation with excellent photos of the shipyards and detailed technical information on their construction and also a historical overview. The next chapter is a technical data which really gets into excellent detail on armament and other aspects of the ship. The rest of the book is the operational history, but again this is heavily complemented by more technical information, for example giving details what specific types of shells were used in certain occasions. Of course all the major battles are covered. The author has researched the subject for many years, this being an interest of his since childhood. Also includes three separate fold-out sheets that has six ship drawings, 1:400 scale and also four plates in color of colors and markings. The book also has many vintage photos of excellent quality and numerous line drawings. All in all, a very nicely done (oversize, hardcover) book.

90 pp.
$48.00

297. TANK RIDER: INTO THE REICH WITH THE RED ARMY
Evgeni Bessonov, C,

Honest and irrepressibly frank, Bessonov's dramatic memoirs reveal just what it was like to fight the Germans on the Eastern Front. There he played a part in this clash of titans and he witnessed the shuddering collapse of the Third Reich. A tank rider and officer in an elite Guards unit of the Third Army, Bessonov rode tanks from Kursk, Through a western Russia Poland devastated by the Germans and right into the heart of Germany. Tank Rider is an atmospheric memoir of Bessonov telling his years of service in the vanguard of the Red Army and daily encounters with the German foe. A mere youth thrust into battle, he brings large-scale battles alive, recounts the sniping and skirmishing that
tried and tested soldiers on both sides, and narrates the overwhelming tragedy and horror of apocalyptic warfare on the Eastern Front. Includes 32 photos and 12 maps,

256 pp.
$35.00

298. THE LONG DRIVE EAST: 22 JUNE 1941 - 18 NOVEMBER 1942, VOLUME ONE
Brian Taylor, C,

A chronological account of the campaigns on the Easter Front, following the German advance from the Soviet frontier to the Red Army's bitter defense of Stalingrad. This day-by-day account allows the reader to obtain an understanding of the scale of the conflict and assess the impact of distance and time upon operations or alternatively, to concentrate upon a specific battle as it unfolded. By detailing each combat sector, be it the encirclement battles in the north or sweeping advances in the south, the reader is able to study a chosen are of operations in isolation while also assessing its impact upon the wider campaign. 25 maps, 16 b/w photos.

310 pp.
$40.00

299. BARBAROSSA TO BERLIN - VOLUME 2: NOVEMBER 1942 TO MAY 1945
Brian Taylor, C,

The second of two volumes, this is a chronological account of the campaigns on the Eastern Front, following the Soviet counter-offensive around Stalingrad to the final destruction of the Ostheer. Having carefully mustered their forces for a counter-offensive around Stalingrad, the commanders of the Red Army began the long process of besting the German Army and pushing it out of the Soviet Union. The last large-scale German offensive in the east, Kursk, broke the back of the revitalized Panzerwaffe and placed the Ostheer on the defensive for the remainder of the conflict. Unrelenting pressure pushed the Ostheer back to the Dniepr and beyond and paved the way for the overwhelming Soviet victories of 1944 and 1945. In the last 18 months of the war the Red Army demonstrated a complete mastery of the application of force and the crushing victories in Belorussia, the Balkans and Poland destroyed the cohesion of the Ostheer and proved beyond any doubt that Germany was destined for total defeat. This day-by-day account allows the reader to obtain an understanding of the scale of the conflict and assess the impact of distance and time upon operations or alternatively, to concentrate upon a specific battle as it unfolded. By detailing each combat sector, be it the hard fighting around Leningrad, the destruction of Army Group Centre in Belorussia or the battles of attrition at Kursk, the reader is able to study a chosen area of operations in isolation while also assessing its impact upon the wider campaign.

296 pp.
$40.00

300. SOVIET AIR FORCE FIGHTER COLOURS 1941-1945
Erik Pilawskii, C,O,

This book comes with my highest recommendations. If you are interested in WWII aviation this is the one book you will need on Soviet Fighters. If you interest is especially on Soviet aviation, this book is a definite must. This ground breaking work represents the most detailed study published in English on camouflage and markings of the Soviet fighter air forces during WWII. The author spent 16 years researching this book and was granted access to previously inaccessible key Soviet archival collections. The book has a detailed analysis of the developments, trends, patterns and irregularities of the colour systems as seen on Russian fighters and also a fascinating insight into the workings of the Soviet manufacturing system. The book also has tons of technical information on the main fighter types and variants. Variants, weapons and equipment are all detailed. Each technical description is supplemented by an in-depth analysis of camouflage and markings - factory supplied, field variations and seasonal. The text is supported by hundreds of rare and unpublished photos and more than 40 detailed full-color artwork subjects. Furthermore, hundreds of color illustrations portray the immense variety of patterns related to this fascinating subject. Absolutely the definitive book. Large oversize book, with very small text otherwise it would be over 300 pages.

225 pp.
$65)

303. DRAMA BETWEEN BUDAPEST AND VIENNA, THE FINAL FIGHTING OF THE 6. PANZER-ARMEE, 1945
Georg Maier, C,O,

Georg Maier, the former Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations of the 6. (SS)-Panzer-Armee, has written not only a monumental history of his former field army but a sweeping account of the little-known fighting on the southern portion of the Eastern Front in the final months of the war. Maier provides a truly objective overview of those operations by making use of primary sources ‹ documents, war diaries and surviving senior commanders ‹ to show the reader how decisions were made at senior levels of command and how certain post-war memoirs have only distorted the picture of what really happened in the final few months of the war. As such, it encompasses the operations of four different Waffen-SS corps and, by extension, nearly all of the "name" divisions of the Waffen-SS: The 1. SS-Panzer-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler," the 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich," the 3. SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf," the 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking," the 9. SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen" and the 12. SS-Panzer-Division "Hitlerjugend." In addition, many of the most-famous Army armored divisions were involved in this fighting: the 1. Panzer-Division, the 3. Panzer-Division, the 6. Panzer-Division and the 23. Panzer-Division. Maier starts his narrative with part one of a three-part drama: The brutal and ill-fated fighting to relieve the encircled city of Budapest and the IX. SS-Gebirgs-Korps by Armeegruppe Balck (primarily by the IV. SS-Panzer-Korps). He then follows up with act two: A day-by-day account of the successful, but operationally relatively inconsequential, Gran Offensive of the I. SS-Panzer-Korps and Panzer-Korps "Feldhernnhalle." This is followed by the ill-fated Lake Balaton offensive, where the 6. Panzer-Armee ‹ comprised of the I. SS-Panzer-Korps and the II. SS-Panzer-Korps, among other formations ‹ was bled white combating prepared Soviet defenses in terrain that was completely ill suited for armored warfare. He concludes the text portion of the book with act three, which details the remaining two months of the war and includes the efforts of the 6. Panzer-Armee to defend Vienna and prevent the Soviet Army from advancing into the Reich. In the course of his narrative, Maier provides insights into the political wrangling of certain generals and presents a first-hand account of the handling of the infamous "cuff title" order issued by Hitler. (Maier personally presented the Teletype message to the Commander-in-Chief of the 6. Panzer-Armee, SS-Oberstgruppenführer Sepp Dietrich, in which Hitler demanded his elite formations remove their identifying cuff titles). Not only was Georg Maier there, but he also backs up every contention with prodigiously researched material consisting almost exclusively of primary sources. Whether interested in Waffen-SS formations in general or a student of military history with an interest in the command and control of military formations at the highest levels of command, this book will be of interest to you. It is destined to become the standard work in English on this theater and period of World War II. Includes nearly 1,000 footnotes, 16 pages of photos, 124 appendices and a separate 32-page full-color map book.

500 pp, with 32 page separate map book in full color
$100.00

304. PETLYAKOV PE-2 'PESHKA'
Peter Smith, C,O,

The twin-engine Petlyakov Pe-2, or 'Peshka', formed the mainstay of the Soviet dive and light-bomber force in World War Two. Of advanced design, and sleek appearance, the twin-engine Pe-2 was an extremely fast and reliable aircraft. Aviation historian Peter C Smith tells the full story of this remarkable aircraft, and places it in the context of the Russian campaign, the success of which owed much to this reliable and very numerous machine. Using official sources, including the official Pe-2 handbook, and numerous color and black-and-white photographs from private sources, this deeply-researched book will be invaluable for the historian, enthusiast and modeler alike.

208 pp.
$50.00

307. BEYOND STALINGRAD
Dana V. Sadarananda, C

Based on in-depth analysis of contemporary war diaries, this book examines Field Marshal Erich von Manstein's conduct of operations as the commander of the German Army Group Don from November 1942-March 1943. The author traces the course of the winter campaign of 1942-43,the aftermath of the Soviet counteroffensive that trapped the German 6th Army in the city of Stalingrad, and illuminates the reasons why the Army Group Don was able to achieve a dramatic reversal of fortune and enable the German Army to regain the initiative along the critical Eastern front.

184 pp.
$66.00

308. PANZER OPERATIONS: THE EASTERN FRONT MEMOIR OF GENERAL RAUS, 1941-1945
Erhard Raus, C,

A significant postwar memoir written by one of Germany's best field commanders and a brilliant tank General. Raus entered the Soviet Union in June 1941 as commander of a brigade of the 6th Pazner division. He quickly distinguished himself earning the Iron Cross for piercing the Stalin Line. During the Russian campaign he rose steadily through the ranks and was appointed the Army Group Command in early 1945. After the war Raus wrote a detailed memoir of his service in Russia. Later the U.S. Army divided up and excerpted the portions of the memoir for use a nearly dozen tactical manuals published during the 1950's. Those manuals were heavily edited and omitted much of the author's original material. Now Steven Newton has reassembled, translated, and edited the underlying narrative of Raus's four years of war on the Eastern Front. It is the first time his complete memoirs are made available, and by far the best translation of any of his writings. A must have.

368 pp.
$35.00

309. UNDER THE ST. ANDREW'S CROSS
Peter Huxley-Blythe, C,O,

Four decades after the release of The East Came West, that long out of print classic, author Peter J. Huxley-Blythe has written a much expanded and detailed history of these very esoteric Cossack and Russian volunteer units. The book includes a "Forward" by renowned Russian writer, Count Nikolai Tolstoy, an author known throughout the world, and whose works have been published in many languages in numerous countries. The history of the Russian and Cossack volunteers who served in the German Armed Forces has received scrutiny and study since the end of the Second World War. One of the more classic works on the subject was The East Came West, first published in hardcover by Caxton Printers. Ltd. in 1964 then reprinted in 1968 in paperback due to its great popularity. This work, written by noted English scholar Peter J. Huxley-Blythe, has become "must reading" for anyone who wants to gain a better understanding and insight on the "who," "why," "where," and "when" of the German recruitment and use of Russian and Cossack volunteer units in World War II. The importance of The East Came West, was that the author had gone to the source as it were, and interviewed the surviving members of these formations. Specifically, Mr. Huxley-Blythe had tracked down many of the senior (and some not so senior) officers and gotten them to speak frankly about their experiences, and their various reasons for siding with Germany during the war. Now, four decades after the release of that long out of print classic, the author has presented for posterity a much expanded and detailed history of these still esoteric Cossack and Russian volunteer units, like Sonder Division "R", which operated in the region of Army Group North, and about which almost nothing is known. We are also given a detailed look at the inner workings of the creation, expansion, and employment of the Cossack Cavalry Corps, and its sister unit, the Special Armed Cossack Corps under General Domanov, which operated in northern Italy from 1944-1945. Using his great narrative style, and employing over 115 rare photos, the author weaves the story of these men and their units into a book that will surely be considered another classic work by readers and scholars for decades to come.

168 pp.
$40.00

310. AIR WAR OVER RUSSIA
Andrew Brookes, C,O,

Examines the history of the aerial war on the Eastern Front. Covering the campaign chronologically, the author initially examines the strategic balance before analysing the role of the Luftwaffe in the first phase of Barbarossa. Subsequent chapters records the changing strategic balance as the Russians employed more potent aircraft, including many supplied by the US. Excellent authoritative study. Illustrated with many rare Soviet photos.

162 pp.
$40.00

311. THE T-34 2 VOLUME SET
VOLUME ONE: T-34 STALIN'S WAR HORSE
VOLUME TWO: T-34 IN COMBAT
Przemyslaw Skulski, S,O,

Excellent set of books on the T-34, The first volume is more of a technical history of the construction and development of the T-34, with many line drawings and 8 pages in color. Also extensive information for modelers including technical drawings on various models released. The second volume is similar to the first, but operational history of the T-34. Both volumes feature outstanding photographs.

each book 86 pp.
$27.00 per volume

312. STALIN'S SECRET WAR: SOVIET COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AGAINST THE NAZIS, 1941-1945
Robert Stephan, C,

The Soviet-German War of 1941-1945 was the most extensive intelligence/counterintelligence war in modern history, involving the capture, torture, deportation, execution, and "doubling" of tens of thousands of agents--most of them Soviet citizens. While Russian armies fought furiously to defeat the Wehrmacht, Stalin's security services waged an equally ruthless secret war against Hitler's spies, as well as against the Soviet population. For the first time, Robert Stephan now combines declassified U.S. intelligence documents, captured German records, and Russian sources, including a top-secret Soviet history of its intelligence and security services, to reveal the magnitude and scope of the brutal but sophisticated Soviet counterintelligence war against Nazi Germany. Employing as many as 150,000 trained agents across a 2,400-mile front, the Soviets neutralized the majority of the more than 40,000 German agents deployed against them. As Stephan shows, their combination of Soviet military deception operations and State Security's defeat of the Abwehr's human intelligence effort had devastating consequences for the German Army in every major battle against the Red army, including Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk, the Belorussian offensive, and the Vistula-Oder operation. Simultaneously, Soviet State Security continued to penetrate the world's major intelligence services including those of its allies, terrorize its own citizens to prevent spying, desertion, and real or perceived opposition to the regime, and run millions of informants, making the USSR a vast prison covering one sixth of the world's surface. Stephan discusses all facets of the Soviet counterintelligence effort, including the major Soviet "radio games" used to mislead the Germans--operations Monastery, Berezino, and those that defeated Himmler's Operation Zeppelin. He also gives the most comprehensive account to date of the Abwehr's infamous agent "Max," whose organization allegedly ran an entire network of agents inside the USSR, and reveals the reasons for Germany's catastrophic under-estimation of Soviet forces by more than one million men during their 1944 summer offensive in Belorussia. Richly detailed and epic in scope, Stalin's Secret War opens up a previously hidden dimension of World War II.

400 pp.
$35.00

313. UNIFORMS & INSIGNIA OF THE COSSACKS IN THE GERMAN WEHRMACHT IN WORLD WAR ll.
Peter Schuster & Harald Tiede, C,O,

This superb book examines the uniforms and badges of an almost forgotten group of soldiers, the Don, Kuban, Terek and Siberian Cossack units that fought with the German forces. With the cooperation of former members on many Cossack units the author's have collected a great deal of material. Much of the information appears here in print for the first time in English. Hundreds colour illustrations & 200 b/w photos. The photos alone are nearly worth the price of the book, a fantastic collection.

156 pp.
$50.00

314. BLOOD AND IRON: THE GERMAN CONQUEST OF SEVASTOPOL
C.G. Sweeting, C,O,

Tells the story of one of the most dramatic campaigns of WWII. Sevastopol was the world's most strongly fortified city and home of the Soviet Black Sea fleet. Hitler sent one of his best field commanders, Erich Von Manstein, to lead the offensive. After a series of bloody battles, Manstein eventually outfoxed his Soviet opponents, and the campaign culminated in the epic siege of Sevastopol. Here the Germans used massive guns, including the incredible 80cm "Dora", the largest artillery piece ever constructed. This narrative is the first book length study of the subject and long overdue. Includes many unpublished photos. 110 b/w photos and 3 maps.

224 pp.
$35.00

316. THE BATTLE FOR STALINGRAD: OPERATION WINTER STORM, THE RELIEF OPERATION OF THE LVII PANZER CORPS
compiled by Hans Wijers, S,O,

"They're coming!.... They're coming!" That was the call of the soldiers of the 6th Army who had been encircled in the Stalingrad cauldron with their allied comrades - hope of liberation and salvation from destruction and imprisonment by the Red Army. The German soldiers, who had penetrated into Stalingrad, having fought their way forward meter by meter through residential areas, industrial estates and through mountains of rubble and debris, were cut off from their own units by superior Soviet forces on November 22, 1942. Now they had to defend their positions in all directions, had to hold, hang on and wait for the success of the beginning relief offensive. The feeling of being encircled, to have the continuously increasing danger of total destruction in front of you, which was experienced more and more each day, made us look to the west with demanding eyes, to where our comrades had assembled to free us out of this catastrophic situation. The highest leadership had promised the salvation of the 6th Army. Why should this promise not be kept? No, here in the cauldron nearly everybody believed that the day would come when the comrades of the attacking German divisions would reach the extended hands of the encircled troops and free them from this depressing situation. Afterwards, there was much discussion and fighting about the question of why the encircled 6th Army and its allies did not attempt to break out and advance to meet their own troops that were closing in on the cauldron. Those who knew the precarious situation in the cauldron - who knew what fighting power remained in the gutted units, who had seen the thousands of wounded remaining in the cellars and subterranean halls - could have imagined what such a "break out" would have looked like. The responsibility was gigantic. They who had brought this situation upon us by their planning, orders and actions, bore it. And there the encircled troops were listening for the noise of battle from the west; there at night they saw the flashes of firing guns and cannon! A "lighting" that seemed a good omen. "They're coming! They're creating a corridor - finally we'll be resupplied with ammunition, fuel and food. Then we'll be able to help ourselves again!" That was the slogan, and it gave the encircled troops courage and strengthened the will to continue. Includes many personal accounts, battle orders, and after the battle reports.

142 pp.
$30.00*

317. STALIN, THE RUSSIANS AND THEIR WAR 1941-1945
Marius Broekmeyer, C,

Until the advent of glasnost began to lift censorship in the Soviet Union in the mid-1980s, it was impossible for Russians in Russia to truthfully depict their own struggle against Germany. Even before World War II was over, the Soviet propaganda machine began to construct an official story: through enormous sacrifice, the Soviet people had gloriously freed themselves and the world from fascism, raising the hammer and sickle higher than ever on the ruins of Hitler's imperialist dreams. In Stalin, the Russians, and Their War, however, Marius Broekmeyer presents the testimony of Russian participants, eyewitnesses, and historians of World War II to reveal not a heroic struggle, but a war marred by catastrophes, errors, and lies. These testimonies openly discuss subjects omitted from official Soviet propaganda or glossed over in popular Western histories of the Allied victory in WWII-from purges within the Red Army and Soviet use of "punitive brigades" to the deployment of millions of poorly-equipped soldiers to the front lines. These are authentic and often shocking first-hand accounts. Such a vivid report on the day-to-day lives of Russian soldiers, officers, and citizens during World War II does not exist anywhere else in English. In stock.

320 pp.
$60.00

318. BARBAROSSA: THE FIST SEVEN DAYS: NAZI GERNANY'S 1941 INVASION OF THE SOVIET UNION
Will Fowler, C,O,

With the aid of specially commissioned maps, Barbarossa: The First 7 Days describes the dramatic history of the first week of the invasion of the Soviet Union. The book begins with an extensive overview of the Wehrmacht's success up until 1941, followed by chapters outlining the German High Command's plan of attack and the defensive dispositions of the Soviet forces. The author goes on to describe the opening bombardment, followed by detailed accounts of the three Army Groups' fortunes in the first week of the campaign. The book finishes with an analysis of the remainder of the campaign and the ultimate failure of the Germans to destroy the Red Army and capture Moscow. With first hand accounts from both sides, vivid photographs, detailed fact boxes, and specially commissioned maps of the German advance and the Soviet defensive actions, Barbarossa: The First 7 Days is a comprehensive examination of the first week of the four-year war on the Eastern Front.

208 pp.
$35.00

320. THE BATTLE FOR STALINGRAD: THE BATTLE FOR THE FACTORIES 14 OCTOBER - 19 NOVEMBER 1942
compiled by Hans Wijers, S,O

This book focuses on the northern part of Stalingrad, where the Russians still hold the bigger industrial estates, and is to be the scene of the German decisive attack. The last positions of the Russians are to be taken from both south and north. Before the onset of winter Stalingrad is to be in German hands. In this book the adventures and experiences of eyewitnesses, who took part in the big battle for Stalingrad, after more than 60 years are put to paper. Many of these men, who only now discuss their adventures and fates of those days for the first time, once again lived through the battle as part of this. Of course this account is not without gaps. Decades have passed since the battle for Stalingrad and of many units there are no more witnesses. Yet all units that fought in this sector are honoured. The author has tried to let still surviving Stalingrad veterans speak or use reports and accounts from legacies to illustrate the pitiless harshness and merciless brutality of the battle - as it was usual at the time.

180 pp.
$45.00

322. BATTLE OF STALINGRAD: RUSSIA'S GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR
I.M. Baxter, S,O,

This is part of the Concord series, but so good I include it here. Page after page of fantastic action photos, mostly action photos from the Soviet side, most of which I haven't seen before. A fantastic book for the price, these sell out quickly, don't delay in ordering.

52 pp.
$13.50

327. ZHUKOV: THE CONQUEROR OF BERLIN
John Colvin, C

Outspoken men did not normally last long in Stalin's Russia. Marshal Zhukov was an exception, although he came very close to sharing the fate of many Red Army officers who offended Stalin. One of the few generals to survive Stalin's purges, he beat the Japanese in a border battle on the Mongolian frontier on the eve of the war, then saved the day in 1941 when the German invasion was only halted at the gates of Moscow. From there to Stalingrad and to the ultimate battle for Berlin, Zhukov was the Soviet Union's leading commander. The first biography of Zhukov in many years investigates Zhukov's career and the see-sawing reputation of Stalin's greatest military commander.

207 pp.
$28.00

331. GENERALGOUVERNEMENT: INTERNAL SECURITY IN OCCUPIED POLAND
Antonio Munoz, S,O,

This is an academic study which brings out new material and adds it to existing data. Academics will like it for its detailed footnotes, histroians will enjoy it for the fluidity of study and narration in which the work is presented. Oversized (8 1/2" by 11"), paperback, 146 pages, many dozens of photos, battle maps, charts, line drawings, orders or battle, etc. The complete history of internal security in occupied Poland from 1939-1945.

146 pp.
$30.00

332. WEHRMACHT REAR GUARD SECURITY
S,

This study is a "must" for any Eastern Front library. Get this one! Full color covers, 61 pages, 4 detailed maps, 8 rare photos, paperback. Study of German rear guard security in the Soviet Union. Excellent, classic study at a very reasonable price.

61 pp.
$15.00, SPECIAL PRICE, $12.50

337. LIFE AND DEATH IN BESIEGED LENINGRAD, 1941-1944
John Barber editor, C,

From 1941-1944 Leningrad saw by far the largest-scale famine ever to occur in a developed society. This book examines the nature and consequences of the extreme conditions created by the German blockade of Leningrad between September 1941 and January 1944. Using declassified documents from Party and State archives in Moscow and St Petersburg and interviews with survivors the authors have produced the most informed and detailed analysis to date of the impact of the siege on the lives and the health of the people of Leningrad. Scholarly study.

272 pp.
$65.00

338. SLAUGHTERHOUSE: THE HANDBOOK OF THE EASTERN FRONT
David Glantz, et., S,

In this concise, yet highly comprehensive book, readers can begin to gain access to the more accurate and complete information that is now becoming available. Through the diligence and expertise of a team of highly capable and experienced military researchers and historians, including David Glantz, the widely-acknowledged foremost Soviet military historian in America, new information has been synthesized with the best of long-available data. The result is Slaughterhouse, the single most comprehensive and up to date work of its kind.
Slaughterhouse includes the following features:
— Two chapters by famed Sovietologist David Glantz: "Chronology of the War on the Eastern Front" (with nine detailed maps) and "Forgotten Battles" of the Eastern Front.
— The German armed forces and their allies: Thumbnail histories of 487 army groups, armies, corps, and divisions that saw combat on the Eastern Front.
— The Soviet armed forces: Thumbnail histories of 881 directions, fronts, armies, corps, and divisions.
— Biographical sketches of 57 key Axis and Soviet wartime personalities.
— Highly-detailed organizational diagrams of 55 types of Axis and Red Army divisions that served on the Eastern Front.
— Comprehensive, meticulously researched performance data comparisons of hundreds of Axis and Red Army weapons, including small arms, mortars, artillery, tanks, assault guns, combat aircraft, and more.
88 photos, 9 maps and extensive bibliography.

520 pp.
$30.00

340. SIEGE! SIX EPIC SIEGES OF WWII ON THE EASTERN FRONT
Patrick McTaggart, C,

With more than 70 photographs and maps. Land based military operations in World War II are usually associated with sweeping “Blitzkrieg type” battles that involve opposing forces in constant movement. However, many major battles reverted to the centuries old concept of siege warfare – two of the most significant, and extensively covered, being the epic sieges of Stalingrad and Leningrad. With Siege! the author, Pat McTaggart, has focused on six of the lesser-known sieges of WW II: The bitter defense of the Brest Litovsk Fortress by the Russians in 1941; the frozen Hell of Fortress Kholm – which held out against numerous Russian attacks; the complex operations to capture the highly fortified Sevastopol peninsula; the betrayal of the gallant Hungarian and German defenders of Budapest; the tragedy of Königsberg and the hard-fought, successful defense of Breslau, which held out until after the official German surrender. Utilizing both the latest military technology of the time and historical techniques of siege warfare, the attackers, in most cases, successfully attempted to overcome the fortifications of the defenders. However, in most cases the price of victory was a high one.

240 pp.
$42.00

341. AN INFANTRYMAN IN STALINGRAD
Adelbert Holl, C,

The author, Adelbert Holl, was a 23-year-old infantry Leutnant when he rejoined his unit in Stalingrad after recovering from wounds he suffered in April 1942. This book records his own experiences as a junior infantry commander during Stalingrad. The infantry bore the most laborious and difficult role during the battle. They were not propelled forward by engines, were not protected by armour-plating. They stood eye to eye with the enemy. That is why this report is so impressive, so enthralling, so stirring. It is sober, factual, without pathos – as written by a front-line soldier. Holl was awarded many medals, including the Wound Badge in Gold, which demonstrates that he had never spared himself from the dangers of combat. One of the best eyewitness account of the fighting in Stalingrad. 25 photos, 19 aerial photos, 24 maps, and supporting documents.

250 pp.
$42.00* (please note, I was under the impression the US list price was going to be $30, but that's before I learned the Australian price is $50, which really translates to $40, and the shipping prices to the US are just killer for these books, especially with the weak dollar. I know this is higher than I anticipated, but I had no idea of the Australian price until recently, and that is how I am invoiced.)

342. RED STAR UNDER THE BALTIC: A FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF LIFE ON BOARD A SOVIET SUBMARINE IN WWII
Victor Korzh, C,

This is the graphic personal account of a Soviet submariner during his years at sea in the Baltic during the Second World War. It describes all the action - and there was plenty of it - that the author was involved in, including numerous engagements with and sinkings of German shipping in the Baltic. There were some horrifyingly close calls and none more so than when his submarine became trapped in netting and only just managed to extricate itself . Conditions were harsh and danger was never far away; mechanical errors were a daily occurrence. Somehow the author and his colleagues managed to survive the war and witness the victory over the Germans, illustrated with photos.

210 pp.
$33.00

343. RED ROAD FROM STALINGRAD: RECOLLECTIONS OF A SOVIET INFANTRYMAN
Mansur Abduliln, C,

Mansur Abdulin fought in the front ranks of the Soviet infantry against the German invaders at Stalingrad, Kursk and on the banks of the Dnieper. This is his extraordinary story. His vivid inside view of a ruthless war on the Eastern Front gives a rare insight into the reality of the fighting and into the tactics and mentality of the Soviet army. In his own words, and with a remarkable clarity of recall, he describes what combat was like on the ground, face to face with a skilled, deadly and increasingly desperate enemy. Illustrated with photos.

210 pp.
$33.00

344. COLOSSUS REBORN: THE RED ARMY AT WAR, 1941-1943
David M. Glantz, C,

In Stumbling Colossus, David Glantz explored why the Red Army was unprepared for the German blitzkrieg that nearly destroyed it and left more than four million of its soldiers dead by the end of 1941. In Colossus Reborn he recounts the miraculous resurrection of the Red Army, which, with a dazzling display of military strategy and operational prowess, stopped the Wehrmacht in its tracks and turned the tide of war. A major achievement in the recovery and preservation of an entire nation’s military experience, Colossus Reborn is marked by Glantz’s unrivaled access to and use of Soviet archival sources. This allows him to illuminate not only Russian victories in the Battles of Moscow, Stalingrad, and Kursk, but also to rescue a host of major “forgotten battles,” many of which had been suppressed to preserve reputations and national pride. As he reveals in unprecedented detail, disastrous defeats vied with resounding victories throughout the early years of the conflict, as the Red Army struggled to find itself in the “Great Patriotic War.” Beyond the battles themselves, Glantz also presents an in-depth portrait of the Red Army as an evolving military institution. Assessing more clearly than ever before the army’s size, strength, and force structure, he provides keen insights into its doctrine, strategy, tactics, weaponry, training, officer corps, and political leadership. In the process, he puts a human face on the Red Army’s commanders and soldiers, including women and those who served in units—security (NKVD), engineer, railroad, auto-transport, construction, and penal forces—that have till now remained poorly understood. The world’s top authority on the Soviet military, Glantz has produced a remarkable study that adds immeasurably to our understanding of the one part of World War II that’s still struggling to emerge from the shadows of history. Includes 71 photographs and 6 maps, a huge tome.

816 pp.
$40.00

344(A). COMPANION TO COLOSSUS REBORN: KEY DOCUMENTS AND STATISTICS
David M. Glantz

A volume for Glantzophiles and anyone else who would like a richer and more complete documentary and statistical foundation for Colossus Reborn. Its contents include key documents relating to the every-day lives of the Red Army’s soldiers, a full roster of the senior command cadre during wartime, a description of the army’s weaponry and equipment, and an exhaustively detailed listing of the Red Army’s and NKVD’s order of battle at six crucial points from June 22, 1941, through December 31, 1943.

224 pp.
$35.00*

345. HITLER'S POLICE BATTALIONS: ENFORCING RACIAL WAR IN THE EAST
Edward B. Westermann, C,

Beginning with the invasion of Poland, the Uniformed Police were charged with following the army to curb resistance, pacify the countryside, patrol Jewish ghettos, and generally maintain order in the conquered territories. Edward Westermann examines how this force emerged as a primary instrument of annihilation. Westermann reveals initiatives pursued before the war by Heinrich Himmler and Kurt Daluege to create a culture within the existing police forces that fostered anti-Semitism and anti-Communism as institutional norms. Challenging prevailing interpretations of German culture, he draws on extensive archival research—including the testimony of former policemen—to illuminate this transformation. Purged of dissidents, indoctrinated to idolize Hitler, and trained in military combat, these police battalions repeatedly conducted actions against Jews, Slavs, gypsies, asocials, and other groups on their own initiative, even when they had the choice not to. In addition to documenting these atrocities, Westermann examines cooperation between the Ordnungspolizei and the SS and Gestapo, and the close relationship between police and Wehrmacht in the conduct of the anti-partisan campaign. Throughout, Westermann stresses the importance of ideological indoctrination within specific groups. It was the organizational culture of the Uniformed Police, he maintains, and not German culture in general that led these men to commit genocide. Hitler’s Police Battalions provides the most complete and comprehensive study to date of this neglected branch of Himmler’s SS and Police empire. 19 photographs,

256 pp.
$35.00

347. STALINGRAD THE VITAL 7 DAYS: THE GERMAN'S LAST DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO CAPTURE THE CITY, OCTOBER 1942
Will Fowler, C,O,

In early October 1942 the German Sixth Army realized that it had one last chance to break through the Soviet lines and capture Stalingrad before exhaustion and the Russian winter set in. Stalingrad: The Vital 7 Days looks in detail at this desperate last-gasp attempt by the Germans to win the battle of Stalingrad in an all-out effort, and how the Red Army managed to cling on against the odds, marking the turning point of the war on the Eastern Front. Beginning with the background to the assault on Stalingrad, the book shows how initially the Germans made good progress against the city's defenders, but failed to break them. By 14 October 1942 the German Sixth Army was ready to make its third, final assault on the Soviet 62nd Army. On that day Hitler issued an order halting all other offensive operations on the Eastern Front -Stalingrad was to be the deciding battle that determined whether the Germans could maintain their position in the East. Victory would give Germany access to the resources of the Caucasus and the Ukraine, including oil, while defeat would demoralize the Wehrmacht before winter set in. With the aid of specially commissioned maps, Stalingrad: The Vital 7 Days gives a dramatic blow-by-blow account of the desperate struggle to control the left bank of, the Volga and the key strong points in the city: the tractor works and the Red October and Barrikady factories. With firsthand accounts from both sides, vivid photographs, and specially commissioned maps of the combat zones, Stalingrad: The Vital 7 Days is a comprehensive examination of the decisive failure of the German assault that ultimately decided the course of the war in the East. Illustrated throughout in color and black and white.

192 pp.
$35.00

349. STALINGRAD 1942: A PICTORIAL HISTORY
Horst Scheibert, C,O-, English/German text.

Re-print of the original sought after title first published by Podzun Verlag. Illustrated with many b/w and colour photos. 170 photos, some in color, maps.

136 pp.
$24.99

AT WAR IN RUSSIA IN FULL COLOR!

This is the East Front as you have never seen it before...in full living color! These photos look like they were taken yesterday, but were in fact, taken in 1941-1945 "im osten", all in crisp sharp color. Daily German operations at the front in the Eastern Campaign are brought to life as never before in over 100 crisp, clear, full color photographs, in each book, mostly never before published. What is contained is nothing less than a never-before-seen frontline view of the Eastern Front. Photographs taken under all settings and circumstances show what it was like from that first summer of unstoppable blitzkrieg and countless victories, through the ruins, and into the snow. Full page and gatefold photos comprise over half the photographs in these books, of every subject matter one can imagine being associated with the German effort on the Eastern Front in 1941. Imported from Germany, these are quality hard bound, large format books. Each volume 160 pages.

351. (volume 1)STURM AUF MOSKAU: VON FINNLAND BIS ZUM SCHWARZEN MEER, DER RUSSLANDKRIEG 1941 IN FARBE
German text, C,O,

352. (volume 2)IN DIE TIEFEN RUBLANDS 1942 (AT WAR WITH RUSSIA IN COLOUR VOLUME 2)

353. (volume 3)SCHICKSALSWENDE IM OSTEN VON STALINGRAD NACH OSTPREUBEN: DER RUBLANDKRIEG 1943-45 IN FARBE

354. DIRLEWANGER
Rolf Michaelis, S,O, English captions and brief summary

photo book of one of the most notorious German SS anit-partisan units during World War 2. 60 photos. 14 maps. Some photos are not of very good quality, but I doubt many are around and one can't be too picky in that case.

74 pp.
$28.00

355. ON THE ROADS OF WAR: A SOVIET CAVALRYMAN ON THE EASTERN FRONT
Ivan Yakushin, C,

Ivan Yakushin survived the Siege of Leningrad, fought at the Battle of Kursk and pursued the retreating German army through Russia, Belorussia, Poland and into Germany itself. This is the story of his war. He tells the tale in his own words, with remarkable clarity of recall, and gives an authentic insight into what combat on the Eastern Front was like for the ordinary soldier. He also provides a detailed, firsthand record of cavalry operations during a highly mechanized war, and this gives his book its special value. The war for him began in Leningrad where he endured the terrifying first winter of the German siege. He describes the perils and privations that beset the city during a period in which over half a million civilians who lost their lives. Yet it is his vivid recollections of his experiences as an artillery man, then a cavalry officer on the Eastern Front that are at the heart of this rare memoir. In the Kursk salient Yakushin was severely wounded in the legs, during the Nevel offensive and Operation Bagration he took part in daring cavalry raids behind the German lines and, as the Soviet army penetrated into East Prussia and Germany itself, he was confronted by increasingly desperate German units struggling to defend their homeland. His descriptions of the merciless fighting during these last months of the war, in particular against the fanatical German Volkssturm, make fascinating reading.

224 pp.
$40.00

356. SAPPERS FORWARD! GERMAN BREAKOUT TACTICS ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT 1941-1944
Antonio Munoz, S,O,

fully illustrated with photos, line drawings, 20 maps, 6 detailed Orders of battle, seven chapters and two large appendices. In this study, author Antonio J. Muñoz brings us a comprehensive view of what it was like to be trapped behind Red Army lines during World War Two. The availability of this information has always been limited, but thanks to Munoz's efforts, the researcher and historian now has another valuable and meticulous study on the war in the East. The book contains much material on the German Army but has some data on the Waffen-SS, especially in Appendix 2 of the book.

90 pp.
$21.00

357. ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOVIET FIGHTERS 1939 - 1951
Herbert Leonard, C,O,

The Soviet aircraft industry of the 1940-1950 period has been incredibly productive, while Russian manufacturers, stimulated by the huge needs stressed by World War Two, competed with each other in design and creativeness. This book offers an exhaustive coverage, by chronological order which is one of its original features every single Soviet fighter of the period, from obscure projects which did no go off the drawing table, to the best known mass-produced models.
This very large deluxe hardcover book is filled with line drawings and color plates showing color schemes, markings, etc as well as an extensive selection of period b/w photos showing most planes at different angles. Much more than a photo book as there is quite a bit of text detailing the technical and performance of each aircraft. An excellent study for a very reasonable price.

192 pp.
$60.00

359. KURSK THE VITAL 24 HOURS: THE GREAT TANK BATTLE AT PROKHOROVKA, 12 JULY 1943
Will Fowler, C,O,

On the 5th July 1943, the German army launched Operation Citadel. Attacking with a force of 3000 tanks and assault guns, the Germans faced a well-dug in force of more than 3900 Soviet tanks, with another 1500 tanks in reserve. The tanks advanced with as many as 50 packed together per kilometre of line. What followed was the largest tank battle the world has ever seen, with heavy casualties on both sides in this titanic clash of arms. On the 11th July, three SS divisions - Totenkopf, Das Reich and Liebstandarte - attempted to break through the Soviet lines at the village of Prokhorovka and so unhinge the Soviet defensive position. Facing them were newly deployed Fifth Guards Tanks Army. The battle raged all day, with German attack followed by Soviet counterattack. By nightfall the Germans had lost more than 300 tanks and the Fifth Guards Tanks Army 50 percent of their strength. Despite the heavy losses, the Soviet defenders had achieved their aim: the German attack had been halted and the initiative lost. With first-hand accounts from both sides, vivid photographs, and specially commissioned maps of the combat zones, Kursk: The Vital 24 Hours is a comprehensive examination of the decisive failure of the German's last large-scale offensive on the Eastern Front. ?

192 pp.
$35.00

360. SS ARMOR ON THE EASTERN FRONT 1943-1945
Velimir Vuksic, C,O,

This book is dedicated to some of the seminal fighting on the Eastern Front in the latter stages of the war and featuring SS armor formations! Yes, that's right! Not the same old tired rehash of the handful of pictures that have been circulating forever. This is a treasure trove of mostly recently discovered, professionally shot photography featuring:
The 1. SS-Panzer-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler"
The 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich"
The 3. SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf"
The 4.SS-Panzer-Grenadier Division "Polizei"
The 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking"
The 9.SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen"
The 10.SS-Panzer-Division "Frundsberg"
The 11.SS-Panzer-Grenadier
The 12.SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend"and a host of other formations (including some Army) and heretofore rarely seen vehicles and equipment
The book features chapters on these operations: Zhitomir, Cherkassy, Tarnopol, Kovel, Warsaw, Budapest. 8 maps (2 in color) 403 photos, 12 organizational diagrams, 16 pages of color artwork. Fedorowicz is making the claim that this may be their best book ever.

296 pp.
$85.00

361. FRENCH EAGLES SOVIET HEROES: THE 'NORMANDIE-NIEMEN' SQUADRONS OF THE EASTERN FRONT
John Clarke, C,

In 1942, General de Gaulle agreed to send French pilots to fight alongside the Red Air Force against the Germans on the Eastern Front. On 1 September 1942, the Groupe de Chasse III or 3rd Fighter Group 'Normandie' was created, equipped with Yak-3 fighter aircraft. The group became the most highly decorated fighter unit ever to fly for France, and the second highest scoring fighter air group of the Soviet Air Force. The first of the Western Allies to capture and occupy German territory, 'Normandie-Niemen' clashed with the crack German fighter group JG51 Mölders in the air battle over Königsberg in March 1945. By the war's end the Group had racked up an impressive 273 confirmed victories and another 36 probables.

288 pp.
$35.00

362. ON THE BLOODY ROAD TO BERLIN: FRONTLINE ACCOUNTS FROM NORTH-WEST EUROPE AND THE EASTERN FRONT, 1944-45
Edited by Duncan Rogers, C,

What was it like to drive a Sherman tank into the offensive against Budapest, to lead your platoon through the hell of the Normandy bocage or to face the might of the Red Army in the suburbs of Berlin? 'On the Bloody Road to Berlin' puts you in the front-line of the titanic struggles fought in North-West Europe and on the Eastern Front between June 1944 and May 1945. Follow the course of these campaigns through the eyes of a small number of British, American, Russian and German soldiers. Although the editors provide the necessary background information on a strategic and tactical level, the great majority of this book consists of outstanding first-person narratives of the bitter fighting on the road to Berlin. Eyewitnesses include troops from the British infantry, tank and airborne forces, US infantry, Russian infantry, tank and artillery units, and German infantry and Waffen-SS. Events narrated include the taking of Pegasus Bridge, vicious fighting in Normandy, Operation Bagration, Arnhem, the Ardennes and Alsace, the massive Vistula-Oder offensive in the East and the final battles in Vienna and Berlin. If you ever wanted to know what it felt like to be involved at the sharp end of these battles then look no further than 'On the Bloody Road to Berlin'! Key sales points: This extraordinary book features the eyewitness narratives of a small number of Allied and German soldiers relating their experiences of the North-West European and Eastern Front campaigns, June 1944-May 1945, Only a small number of eyewitnesses have been used, thus allowing the reader to thoroughly acquaint themselves with each individual's story, Features rare photos and specially-commissioned maps, Includes previously unpublished accounts, including the fascinating story of female Russian scout on the Eastern Front and a US infantry officer from the 1st 'Big Red One' Infantry Division.

288 pp.
$40.00

363. RED STAR AIRACOBRA: MEMOIRS OF A SOVIET FIGHTER ACE 1941-45
Evgenily Mariinskiy, C,

Evgeniy Mariinskiy, a Soviet fighter ace and Hero of the Soviet Union, shot down 20 enemy planes in aerial combat over the Eastern Front between 1943 and 1945. He frequently engaged enemy fighters and bombers, shot down many but was himself shot down several times. This is his extraordinary story. His vivid inside view of the ruthless war in the air on the Eastern Front gives a rare insight into the reality of fighting and tactics of the Red Army Air Force. In his own words, and with a remarkable clarity of recall, Evgeniy Mariinskiy describes what combat was like in the air, face to face with a skilled, deadly and increasingly desperate enemy. The reader can follow his career from an unskilled novice who has just arrived at his regiment through to him becoming an ace, and Hero of the Soviet Union, under the leadership of experienced commanders. The terrifying moments of action, engagements with enemy fighters, forced landings, nervous strain before attacks, loss of comrades and everyday life of pilots - all these aspects of a Soviet fighter pilot's experience during the Great Patriotic War are brought dramatically to life in his memoirs. In his memoirs Mariinskiy describes tactics which enabled him to have an upper hand in dog-fights against experienced German pilots. The grand strategy of the campaigns across the Eastern Front is less important here than the sequence of engagements that were the first-hand experience of the author. It is this close-up view of combat that makes Evgeniy Mariinskiy's reminiscences of such value.

176 pp.
$50.00

365. RED COMMANDERS: A SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE SOVIET ARMY OFFICER CORPS, 1918-1951
Roger Reese, C,

One of the largest and most feared military forces in the world, the Red Army was a key player in advancing the cause of Soviet socialism. Rising out of revolutionary-era citizen militias, it aspired to the greatness needed to confront its Cold War adversaries but was woefully unprepared to change with the times. In this first comprehensive study of the Soviet officer corps, Roger Reese traces the history of the Red Army from Civil War triumph through near-decimation in World War II and demoralizing quagmire in Afghanistan to the close scrutiny it came under during Gorbachev’s reform era. Reese takes readers inside the Red Army to reconstruct the social and institutional dynamics that shaped its leadership and effectiveness over seventy-three years. He depicts the lives of these officers by revealing their class origins, life experiences, party loyalty, and attitudes toward professionalism. He tells how these men were shaped by Russian culture and Soviet politics—and how the Communist Party dominated every aspect of their careers but never allowed them the autonomy they needed to cultivate a high level of military effectiveness. Red Commanders offers new insight into the workings of a military giant and also restores Leon Trotsky to his rightful place in Soviet military history by featuring his ideas on building a new army from the ground up. It is an important look behind the scenes at a military establishment that continues to face leadership challenges in Russia today.

336 pp.
$35.00

366. RED STAR AGAINST THE SWASTIKA: THE STORY OF A SOVIET PILOT OVER THE EASTERN FRONT
Vasiliy B. Emelianenko, C,

This is the extraordinary story of Vasily B. Emelianenko, the veteran pilot of one of the Soviet Union’s most contradictory planes of WWII – the I1-2. This heavily armoured aircraft was practically unrivalled in terms of fire power, but it was slow to manoeuvre and an easy target for fighters. I1–2 had to attack enemy flak columns at extremely low altitudes, which led to enormous tolls both in equipment and personnel. It is no wonder then that, having flown eighty combat sorties against the Germans, Emelianenko was awarded the highest decoration – the Hero of the Soviet Union. He went on to complete a total of ninety-two sorties. His plane was shot down three times, and on each occasion he managed to pilot the damaged aircraft home, demonstrating remarkable resilience and bravery in the face of terrifying odds. Emelianenko’s vivid memoirs provide a rare insight into the reality of fighting over the Eastern Front and the tactics of the Red Army Air Force. With remarkable clarity, he recalls what it was like to come face to face with a skilled, deadly and increasingly desperate enemy. Hair-raising encounters with fighters, forced landings on enemy territory, and the death of friends are all brought dramatically and movingly to life in this rare first-hand account.

240 pp.
$35.00

367. KV-1: SOVIET HEAVY TANK OF WWII
VOLUME ONE: EARLY VARIANTS
VOLUME TWO: LATE VARIANTS
S,O, complete English text.

Together there is 313 photos in the set, and I'm telling you these are the best quality photos I've seen of the KV tanks, not only the quality of the
photo itself, most super crisp, but the photos themselves are very fascinating. There is also numerous line drawings and many close-ups of
specific areas of the tanks. There is also some text covering specific types and production.
Volume one covers the heavy tank concept, the way to prototypes, KV with small turret, Evacuation to the Ural, KV-1 Model 1939, KV-1 Model
1940 F-32, KV-1 Model 1940 ZIS-5 and KV-1 with M-17 engines.
Volume two covers KV-1 with infantry sledge, KV-1S, KV-1S-85 and KV-85, KV-1 Technical description, the KV-1 in combat, and KV-1 within
the Finnish Army.
Overall this is the first comprehensive documentation on the series production variants of the KV-1, their history, technology and combat use.

160 pp total
$22.00 PER VOLUME

370. HELL'S GATE: THE BATTLE OF THE CHERKASSY POCKET JANUARY - FEBRUARY 1944
Donald Nash, C,O,

The most requested book, right after of course Paul Carell's Hitler Moves East is not being reprinted in a limited quantity. Virtually unknown in the English-speaking world, the Battle of Cherkassy (also known as the Korsun Pocket) still stirs controversy in both the former Soviet Union and in Germany. Although small in scale when compared to the gigantic battles of Moscow, Stalingrad, and Kursk, the Battle of the Cherkassy Pocket occupies a prominent place in the Russo- German War. It was at Cherkassy where the last German offensive strength in the Ukraine was drained away, creating the conditions for the victorious Soviet advance into Poland, Rumania, and the Balkans during the summer and autumn of 1944. The culmination of years of research and survivor interviews, Hell's Gate is a riveting hour by hour and day by day account of this desperate struggle analyzed on a tactical level through maps and military transcripts, as well as on a personal level, through the words of the enlisted men and officers who risked the roaring waters of the Gniloy Tickich to avoid certain death at the hands of their Soviet foe. 220 photos, 14 maps plus bonus reproduction "break-out" map.

420 pp.
$70.00

372. RUSSIA: WAR, PEACE AND DIPLOMACY, ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF JOHN ERICKSON
Mark Erickson editor, C,

For many readers John Erickson opened up the history of Russia with his classic book THE ROAD TO STALINGRAD. The drama and scale of Russia's history makes it perennially popular and many of today's best-known historians write about or specialise in it - including Norman Stone, Robert Service and Antony Beevor. They have all contributed to this book, together with other leading historians, in honour of John Erickson. As a result this is a distinguished collection of great variety; from David Glantz exploring forgotten battles with Germany, to Reina Pennington on the women who took part in the Battle of Stalingrad, Antony Beevor explaining how he uncovered the realities of the seige, and James Cant on the controversy of Russian nuclear missiles trained on Europe.

288 pp.
$40.00

373. DIE STALIN-LINE 1941: BOLLWERK AUS BETON UND STAHL
Sonja Wetzig, C,O-, German text

It's very rare to see a book on fortifications on the Eastern Front, most books are all devoted to the Western Front, and only touching on the Soviet side. Now of course unless you can read German, you still won't be able to read about these fortifications, but luckily this is mostly a photo book anyway, which features over 300 photos and diagrams. The photos display excellent shots at bunkers and their weapons. Most are close ups, there are some interiors photos as well as aerial, also photos of disguised entrances. The diagrams show the layouts and designs.

144 pp.
$24.99*

374. SNIPER ON THE EASTERN FRONT: THE MEMOIRS OF SEPP ALLERBERGER KNIGHT'S CROSS
Sepp Allerberger & Albrecht Wacker, out of print

Josef "Sepp" Allerberger was the second most successful sniper of the German Wehrmacht and one of the few private soldiers to be honoured with the award of the Knight's Cross.An Austrian conscript, after qualifying as a machine gunner he was drafted to the southern sector of the Russian Front in July 1942. Wounded at Voroshilovsk, he experimented with a Russian sniper-rifle while convalescing and so impressed his superiors with his proficiency that he was returned to the front on his regiment's only sniper specialist. In this sometimes harrowing memoir, Allerberger provides an excellent introduction to the commitment in fieldcraft, discipline and routine required of the sniper, a man apart. There was no place for chivalry on the Russian Front. Away from the film cameras, no prisoner survived long after surrendering. Russian snipers had used the illegal explosive bullet since 1941, and Hitler eventually authorised its issue in 1944. The result was a battlefield of horror. Allerberger was a cold-blooded killer, but few will find a place in their hearts for the soldiers of the Red Army against whom he fought. This book is as good as it sounds, trust me.

196 pp.
$35.00*

377. LAVOCKIN La-5
Milos Vestsik, S, O,

Lvochkin La-5 –In early 1942 the Lavochkin Design Bureau was facing up to a bleak future, its primary fighter design the LaGG-3 was performing poorly against the might of the Luftwaffe and their great design rival Yakovlev was scheming against them with his chief supporter, none other than Stalin himself. To remain in the fighter game they needed to solve the problem of improving their design’s performance; the solution to mate the airframe with the Shvetsov M-82 radial engine was viewed with some alarm by Lavochkin. The result however was a series of wartime fighters culminating in the Lavochkin La-7, arguably the finest piston-engined fighter aircraft designed in Europe during WW2. This new title from Publications MBI looks at the development of the La-5 from the LaGG-3 M-82 prototype, through the La-5 and La-5F to the ultimate, (pre La-7), La-5FN version of the aircraft and at the training and experimental versions accruing from it. The profile also covers operational service with the Soviet Air Forces and its use by their Czechoslovak allies, especially during the Slovak National Uprising of 1944. Post-war use by the newly re-constituted Czechoslovak Air Force is also covered. The book includes a discussion on the controversial subject of Soviet Wartime camouflage and markings as applied to the La-5 and also looks at the colour schemes used post-war by the Czechoslovaks. A technical analysis of the aircraft rounds of this profile. This expanded 109 page book is packed full of photos, detail and line drawings of the aircraft. 4 pages of 1/72 scale drawings and scrap 1/48 views, 12 pages of colour artwork, includings cockpit colour artwork being a highlight of this title. The book has bi-lingual text in Czech and English, is softback and is printed on good quality art paper with glossy laminated covers.

108 pp.
$23.00* (retail 15 pounds)

378. T-34 IN ACTION
Artem Drabkin, C,

The Soviet T-34 medium tank was one of the most famous and effective fighting vehicles of the Second World War. Along with the German Tiger and the American Sherman, it was a milestone in tank design that changed the course of the conflict. Much has been written about the technical history of the tank and the vital part it played in the huge tank battles on the Eastern Front, but less has been said about the men who went to war in the T-34 and lived, fought and sometimes died in these remarkable machines. This pioneering book, which is based on extensive interviews with tank crews, records their experiences and offers a compelling inside view of armored warfare in the mid-twentieth century.

224 pp.
$40.00

380. STALIN'S KEYS TO VICTORY: THE REBIRTH OF THE RED ARMY
Walter Dunn, C,

Most military historians have difficulty comprehending the miracle that took place in late 1941 and early 1942 in the Soviet Union. In the summer of 1941, the German Army routed the Red Army as it had routed the Polish, British, French and other armies in 1939, 1940, and early 1941. None had been able to withstand German might more than a few weeks. When Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941, his legions quickly overcame the Soviet divisions they met, and it appeared to most that Hitler would succeed as he had before. A major portion of the prewar Red Army had been completely annihilated, millions of prisoners taken, and the most populous and developed provinces of the Soviet Union occupied by the Germans and their allies. In September, the Germans surrounded and captured a huge bag of divisions east of Kiev, only to encounter a flood of new Red Army divisions when they redirected their intentions on Moscow. In short order the Wehrmacht broke through this line, and approached within sight of the outskirts of the capital. There, they were surprised by a massive offensive mounted by even more new divisions. Other countries had surrendered after losing one army, let alone two. The Soviets came back with a third--which sent the Germans reeling to the rear. How was this possible? Dunn's detailed examination shows that, far from carelessly throwing thousands of disorganized, untrained men into battle, the Soviets wisely used the resources at hand to resist and drive back the invaders once the initital shock had been absorbed. Tracing the formation and commitment to battle of Soviet units, regardless of the changes of designation, is crucial to understanding the success and failure of Soviet operations.

176 pp.
$50.00

383. ARMAGEDDON OST: THE GERMAN DEFEAT ON THE EASTERN FRONT 1944-45
Nik Cornish, C,O-

By the end of the summer of 1944, whilst Germany was facing ultimate defeat, its army was still capable of inflicting major losses on opposing forces. In the east, some of the most bitter fighting of the entire war occurred during its final year.
It appeared that every inch of soil was being defended to the last, as the Germans doggedly sought to defend the territory conquered. For them, it was not just that retreat would bring the dreaded Red Army to the very gates of Berlin, it was also from these areas that much of the raw material required to sustain the war effort was derived. Armageddon Ost examines in detail the final year of the war in the east. It records the inexorable march of the Red Army towards ultimate victory. With a narrative drawn from a variety of sources, including first-hand accounts from those involved in the fighting, the book records the advance of the Red Army from Russian soil through Poland, Hungary and the Balkans and into Germany itself. Illustrated with a superb range of photographs, many drawn from Russian archives and never previously published, this is a sobering account of the horror of this final phase of the war in the East. 180 B/W photographs.

160pp
$40.00

384. RUSSIAN ARMOUR: THE IS TANKS: IS-1, IS-2, IS-3
Mikhail Baryatinskiy, S,O-

The war on the Eastern Front was dominated by armour. With the German development of the Panther and Tiger tanks, it looked as though Axis forces had tanks capable of destroying anything that the Red Army possessed. In order to counter this threat the Soviets produced the IS series, of which some 2,000 IS-1 and IS-2 models were constructed before the end of the war. The radically different IS-3, with its inverted saucer turret, was also developed but was only introduced in time to be used as a propaganda piece at the Berlin Victory Parade in September 1945. The IS-3 was, however, to form the basis of Soviet heavy armour for the next decade and saw active service in Hungary during the 1956 uprising and, on the Arab side, during the Six Day War of 1967. In the first of the new ’Russian Armour‘ series, Mikhail Baryatinskiy provides the reader with a comprehensive account of the development and operational record of the IS series of tanks. Utilising photographs, line drawings and specially prepared artworks, he provides a detailed portrait of these highly successful tanks. 150 mono and colour illustrations

96pp.
$25.00

385. RUSSIAN ARMOUR: LIGHT TANKS BT-2 ETC
M Baryatinskiy, S,

The Russian Armour series is designed to provide authoritative information on the classic Russian/Soviet tank designs of the 20th century. Based on research in Russian archives, this series will dispel myths and misunderstandings and will be required reading for all those interested in Russian military power in the last century. In the second of the series, Mikhail Baryatinskiy provides a comprehensive account of the development and operational record of the light tanks developed from British and US designs. Line drawings. 11 colour profiles. 104 b/w and 20 colour photos

96 pp.
$25.00

386. T-34 MEDIUM TANK 1939-1943
Mikhail Baryatinskiy, S,O-

This is the fourth title in our new Russian Armour series which has been designed to provide much needed authoritative information on the classic Soviet tank designs of the 20th century. The books are written by Russian experts and the research has been done in Russian archives. The series has already established itself as required reading for all those interested in the development of armored warfare over the past 100 years. The latest title examines in detail the T-34, one of the most famous and successful vehicles in the history of armored warfare. The T-34 was a Soviet medium tank produced from 1940 to 1958. It was widely regarded as the world's best tank when the Soviet Union entered the Second World War, and although its amour and armament were surpassed by later World War II tanks, it is credited as the war's most effective, efficient and influential design. First produced at the KhPZ factory in Kharkov, it was the mainstay of Soviet armored forces throughout World War II, and widely exported afterwards. At least 39 countries are known to have operated T-34s. It was the most-produced tank of the war, and the second most-produced tank of all time, after its successor, the T-54/55 series. The T-34 was still in service with twenty-seven countries as late as 1996. There are hundreds of surviving T-34s. Examples of the type are in the military collections and museums around the globe, and hundreds more serve as war memorials in Russian and former Eastern bloc countries. Aimed at the modeler, military historian and wargamer, we believe that the Russian Armour series provides authoritative information on the classic Soviet tank designs of the 20th century, to a level of detail probably not previously available in the English language.

96 pp.
$25.00

387. KV-2: SOVIET HEAVY BREAKTHROUGH TANK OF WWII
Jochen Vollert, S,O, complete English text

Fantastic book from Tankograd. It's packed with fantastic photos, most of which are excellent quality and not published previously. Also included technical line drawings and a good selection of technical data. The text details production, series variants and combat operations. A few color photographs are also included.

80 pp
$22.00

388. TYAGATSHI: SOVIET FULL-TRACKED ARTILLERY TRACTORS OF WORLD WAR 2 IN RED ARMY AND WEHRMACHT SERVICE
Jochen Vollert, C,O,

Soviet full-tracked artillery tractors have played a key role in the mechanization of the Red Army Corps of Artillery during WWII. Without these tractors the so-called "Red God Of War" - Soviet Artillery - would not have been capable of providing such decisive blows in the battles on the Eastern Front. Unfortunately this role has hitherto not been recognised by an equivalent coverage in available literature. Now, after ten years of researching German and Russian sources as well as obtaining every wartime photograph accessible, the author provides the reader with the most comprehensive coverage on the subject ever published. Illustrated throughout with 491 b/w photographs, 3 color photographs, 66 graphics, 15 scale drawings 1/35 and 24 color plates. This is a big heavy oversize hardcover book with a dust jacket. The paper used is top of the line heavy duty photo paper and the photos are reproduced beautifully, really striking in their clarity. Includes quite a bit of technical data and detailed text on production and use. This is one of those books that if you just have to have one book on the subject, this is it.

360 pp.
$75.00*

389. PENALTY STRIKE: THE MEMOIRS OF A RED ARMY PENAL COMPANY COMMANDER, 1943-45
Alexander Pyl'cyn, C,

The focus of this book are the author's vivid memories of service as a company commander in a Red Army officers' penal battalion on the Eastern Front 1944-45. During this time, he and his unit participated in the 1944 Soviet summer offensive Operation 'Bagration', the Vistula-Oder operation into eastern Germany, and the final assault on Berlin. The stories of penal companies and battalions in the Red Army gave birth to legends about men who rushed to the attack across minefields against German machine-guns with one rifle per three men. The author of this book knows from his own experience what a penal battalion is. A common threat during the war, "I will send you to a penal battalion!" meant nothing to him. He was there. He was a platoon commander and later a commander of an officers' penal company. He was a senior lieutenant having a degraded regiment commander as a second-in-command. He and his company had to carry out the most difficult and dangerous operations in order to break through the enemy defences. With more than 80% of the men lost his company succeeded in completing their missions. The horrors of war, the hand-to-hand fights with a desperately struggling enemy are described in this book along with a story of a strong feeling between the young officer and a hospital nurse Rita. Thanks to Alexander Rita was appointed a nurse in the penal battalion. She saved dozens of soldiers, carrying them from the battlefield under enemy fire. It was Rita who saved Alexander Pyl'cyn from death, when he was badly wounded near Berlin. She became his wife in the last months of the war. The author is brilliant at detailing the way of life and personal relations in the war. In this horrible slaughter cowardice and treason went side by side with friendship and heroism. In these inhuman conditions people remained as they were: they lived, they laughed, they loved. 20 photos.

208 pp.
$60.00*

390. STALIN'S GUERRILLAS: SOVIET PARTISANS IN WORLD WAR II
Kenneth Slepyan, C,

When the Wehrmacht rolled into the Soviet Union in World War II, it got more than it bargained for. Notwithstanding the Red Army’s retreat, Soviet citizens fought fiercely against German occupiers, engaging in raids, sabotage, and intelligence gathering—largely without any oversight from Stalin and his iron-fisted rule. Kenneth Slepyan provides an enlightening social and political history of the Soviet partisan movement, a people’s army of irregulars fighting behind enemy lines. These insurgents included not only civilians—many of them women—but also stranded Red Army soldiers, national minorities, and even former collaborators. While others have documented the military contributions of the movement, Slepyan is the first to describe it as a social phenomenon and to reveal how its members were both challenged and transformed by the crucible of war. By tracing the movement’s origins, internal squabbles, and evolution throughout the war, Slepyan shows that people who suddenly had the autonomy to act on their own came to rethink the Stalinist regime. He assesses how partisan initiative and self-reliance competed with and countered the demands of state control and how social identities influenced relations among partisans, as well as between partisans and Soviet authorities. Slepyan has tapped newly opened Soviet archives, as well as wartime radio broadcasts and Communist Party publications and memoirs, to depict the partisans as agents actively pursuing their own agendas. His book gives us a picture of their day-to-day struggle that was previously unknown to all but those few who personally survived the experience, paying special attention to questions of nationality, ethnicity, and gender to illuminate the sociopolitical relations within this diverse group. Through these varied accounts, he demonstrates that Soviet citizens reinterpreted Stalinism and the Soviet experience in the context of total war. Offering numerous fresh insights into the partisans’ multifaceted relationship with the state, Slepyan’s book reveals the ways in which the war simultaneously reinforced and undermined both Stalinism and the Soviet system. Ultimately, his study rescues the Soviet partisans from obscurity to depict the complexity of their lives and underscore their vital contributions to the defense of their homeland. 24 photographs, 5 maps.

288 pp.
$35.00

391. BLACK CROSS/RED STAR THE AIR WAR OVER THE EASTERN FRONT, VOLUME 3: EVERYTHING FOR STALINGRAD
Christer Bergstrom, C,O,

Never before has the history of the air war on the Eastern Front been written in such depth, in such detail, and so carefully balanced between both sides. The air war on the Eastern Front in World War II was history's largest and longest air campaign. Nevertheless, it has been one of the least known and least understood chapters of aviation history. This is because prior to the release of the Black Cross/Red Star series, publications on this immense subject have been based on material taken almost exclusively from the German side. Black Cross/Red Star, presented in several photo-laden volumes, has evolved as the most complete and detailed series ever published on the air war on the Eastern Front. Volume 3, has been subtitled Everything for Stalingrad and covers the German summer offensive in 1942; the subsequent fierce air battles over the Caucasus; the Luftwaffe's onslaught on Convoy PQ-17; the hard air war over the Central and Northern combat zones, when the Soviets launched their relief offensives in the summer and fall of 1942; and, mainly, the huge Air Battle over Stalingrad. Similar to Volume 2, Volume 3 will contain a large number of photos and 37 high-quality aircraft color profiles, by one of the best aircraft profile artists in the world--Claes Sundin.

280 pp.
$49.00

392. ISLAND OF FIRE: THE BATTLE FOR BARRIKADY GUN FACTORY IN STALINGRAD, Jason D. Mark, C, S,

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
$65.00*

393. RED STORM OVER THE BALKANS: THE FAILED SOVIET INVASION OF ROMANIA, SPRING 1944
David Glantz, C,

Germany’s Eastern Front in World War II saw many campaigns and battles that have been “forgotten” by a Soviet Union that tried to hide its military failures. The Red Army’s invasion of Romania in April and May 1944 was one such campaign, which produced nearly 200,000 casualties and tarnished the reputations of its commanders. The redoubtable David Glantz, the world’s leading authority on the Soviet military in World War II, now restores this tale to its proper place in the annals of World War II. Working from newly available Russian and long-neglected German archives—plus Red Army unit histories and commanders’ memoirs—Glantz reconstructs an imposing mosaic that reveals the immense scope and ambitious intent of the first Iasi-Kishinev offensive. His re-creation shows that Stalin was not as preoccupied with a direct route to Berlin as he was with a “broad front” strategy designed to gain territory and find vulnerable points in Germany’s extended lines of defense. If successful, the invasion would have also eliminated Romania as Germany’s ally, cut off the vital Ploiesti oilfields, and provided a base from which to consolidate Soviet power throughout the Balkans. Glantz discloses General Ivan Konev’s strategic plan as the 2nd Ukrainian Front prepared its Iasi offensive and fought a climactic battle with the German Eighth Army and its Romanian allies in the Tirgu-Frumos region in early May, then the regrouping of General Rodion Malinovsky’s 3rd Ukrainian Front for its decisive offensive toward Kishinev, which aborted in the face of a skillful counterstroke by a threadbare German Sixth Army. Glantz describes how the Wehrmacht, with a nucleus of combat veterans, was able to beat back Soviet forces hampered by spring floods, while already fragile Soviet logistical support was further undermined by the Wehrmacht’s scorched-earth strategy. Although Konev’s and Malinovsky’s offensives failed, the Red Army managed to inflict heavy losses on Axis forces, exacerbating the effects of Germany’s defeats in the Ukraine and making it more difficult for the Wehrmacht to contain the Soviet juggernaut’s ultimate advance toward Berlin. 44 photographs.

424 pp.
$40.00

394. DRAGONS ON BIRD WINGS: THE COMBAT HISTORY OF THE 812TH FIGHTER AIR REGIMENT, VOLUME 1: LIBERATION OF THE MOTHERLAND
Vlad Antipov, S,O,

Drawing on a comprehensive range of archives, memoirs and photographs, the authors describe this unit's daily combat activities in detail, including Stalingrad as well as along the shores of the Sea of Azov and beyond. As far as we can determine this work represents the first time a comprehensive VVS unit history has been presented fully in English translation. The story is so detail-rich, in fact, that we saw it prudent to release it in two parts. This part, Volume 1, covers the Liberation of the Motherland while Volume 2 will complete the saga as The Liberation of Europe. With this production strategy we are able to offer a coherent self-contained segment of this incredible story to the increasingly VVS-conscious military aviation readership much earlier than if all was within a single set of covers. Includes 30 full colour maps and diagrams based on original VVS and personnel materials, 26 large scale colour profiles of aircraft from the combatants of both sides, Over 120 (mostly) rare photographs collected from archives, personnel, and their families and 21 detailed appendices covering losses, victories, structure, basing, and commanders. This section also includes 12 pages of deeply researched scale drawings of the Yak fighter and trainer types used by the 812th IAP through to May 1944.

150 pp.
$40.00

395. VOICES FROM STALINGRAD: NEMESIS ON THE VOLGA
Jonathan Bastable, C,

This is a fascinating record of the pivotal event of World War II, told through the personal accounts of the German and Soviet soldiers who fought it, the Russian civilians who watched the destruction of their city, and Western onlookers such as diplomats and newspaper correspondents. Many of these voices are gleaned from newly-discovered archive material, and from rare sources and reminiscences in Germany and Russia, including KGB sources. Many have never been published, or are totally unknown in the English-speaking world. All foreign voices are quoted in fresh and engaging new translations from the original sources. There are rare photographs of the battle, from both sides of the front. Good heavy and sturdy hardcover book.

304 pp.
$25.00

396. AT LENINGRAD’S GATES: THE COMBAT MEMOIRS OF A SOLDIER WITH ARMY GROUP NORTH
Wehrmacht Captain William Lubbeck with David B. Hurt, C,

This is the remarkable story of a German soldier who fought throughout World War II, rising from conscript private to captain of a heavy weapons company on the Eastern Front. William Lubbeck, age 19, was drafted into the Wehrmacht in August 1939. As a member of the 58th Infantry Division, he received his baptism of fire during the 1940 invasion of France. The following spring his division served on the left flank of Army Group North in Operation Barbarossa. After grueling marches admidst countless Russian bodies, burnt-out vehicles, and a great number of cheering Baltic civilians, Lubbeck’s unit entered the outskirts of Leningrad, making the deepest penetration of any German formation. The Germans suffered brutal hardships the following winter as they fought both Russian counterattacks and the brutal cold. The 58th Division was thrown back and forth across the front of Army Group North, from Novgorod to Demyansk, at one point fighting back Russian attacks on the ice of Lake Ilmen. Returning to the outskirts of Leningrad, the 58th was placed in support of the Spanish “Blue” Division. Relations between the allied formations soured at one point when the Spaniards used a Russian bath house for target practice, not realizing that Germans were relaxing inside. A soldier who preferred to be close to the action, Lubbeck served as forward observer for his company, dueling with Russian snipers, partisans and full-scale assaults alike. His worries were not confined to his own safety, however, as news arrived of disasters in Germany, including the destruction of Hamburg where his girlfriend served as an Army nurse. In September 1943, Lubbeck earned the Iron Cross First Class and was assigned to officers’ training school in Dresden. By the time he returned to Russia, Army Group North was in full-scale retreat. Now commanding his former heavy weapons company, Lubbeck alternated sharp counterattacks with inexorable withdrawal, from Riga to Memel on the Baltic. In April 1945 Lubbeck’s company became stalled in a traffic jam and was nearly obliterated by a Russian barrage followed by air attacks. In the last chaotic scramble from East Prussia, Lubbeck was able to evacuate on a newly minted German destroyer. He recounts how the ship arrived in the British zone off Denmark with all guns blazing against pursuing Russians. The following morning, May 8, 1945, he learned that the war was over. After his release from British captivity, Lubbeck married his sweetheart, Anneliese, and in 1949 immigrated to the United States where he raised a successful family. With the assistance of David B. Hurt, he has drawn on his wartime notes and letters, Soldatbuch, regimental history and personal memories to recount his four years of frontline experience. Containing rare firsthand accounts of both triumph and disaster, At Leningrad’s Gates provides a fascinating glimpse into the reality of combat on the Eastern Front. 16 pages b/w illustrations

264 pp.
$33.00

398. GOD, HONOR, FATHERLAND: A PHOTO HISTORY OF PANZERGRENADIER DIVISION "GROSSDEUTSCHLAND ON THE EASTERN FRONT 1942-1944
Thomas McGuirl & Remy Spezzano, C,O

This reprint contains painstakingly retouched and balanced duotone photos which possess a clarity far superior to the original print run.
Panzergrenadier Division "Grossdeutschland" was one of Germany's most celebrated military formations of the Second World War. Formed in 1942 by the expansion of Infantry Regiment (motorized) "Grossdeutschland," the new division quickly earned its reputation on the Eastern Front of being the elite of the German Army. Twice the size of most other divisions, it was an immensely powerful and hard-hitting mechanized formation that cut a large swath through the Red Army, whether in the attack or on the defense. Its carefully selected officer and non-commissioned officer corps ensured that no matter what the odds, the division would always give a good account of itself in battle and would possess an esprit de corps enjoyed by few other comparable divisions, including those of the Waffen-SS. The thousands of volunteers from every land and province in Germany who fought and died while serving in the ranks of Panzergrenadier Division "Grossdeutschland" represented a cross-section of German society, a radical departure from the manner in which most German divisions of the era were created. Now for the first time, the faces of these men, at rest and in battle, can be seen through the images gleaned from hundreds of photographs taken by the division's war correspondents or Kriegsberichter. This outstanding selection of photographs, which until recently remained unseen for decades in a European archive, have been recovered and painstakingly researched by authors Remy Spezzano and Thomas McGuirl. Together with the assistance of the division's Veterans' association, they identified hundreds of men, living and dead, as well as dozens of combat vehicles, items of equipment, and specific engagements the division took part in from April 1942 to September 1944. Accompanied by a detailed narrative that ties each of the photos within the context of the war on the Eastern Front, "God, Honor, Fatherland" represents a milestone in the study of the war in the East and shows the face of the German soldier as he has never been shown before. 387 duotone images.

226 pp.
$70.00

BARBAROSSA 1941 VOL. II (TANK POWER XXXVIII)
Jacek Domanski, S,O, English captionsm, brief summary

11 pages of full color plates, numerous maps and an excellent selection of unpublished photos.

100 pp.
$27.00

BELGRAD 1944 (TANK POWER XXXIII)
Jacek Domanski, S,O, English captions and brief summary

11 pages of color plates, numerous maps and 100+ great photos

92 pp.
$27.00

399. HITLER'S BANDIT HUNTERS: THE SS AND NAZI OCCUPATION OF EUROPE
Philip Blood, C,

In August 1942, Hitler directed all German state institutions to assist Heinrich Himmler, the chief of the SS and the German police, in eradicating armed resistance in the newly occupied territories of Eastern Europe and Russia. The directive for “combating banditry” (Bandenbekämpfung), became the third component of the Nazi regime’s three-part strategy for German national security, with genocide (Endlösung der Judenfrage, or “the Final Solution of the Jewish Question”) and slave labor (Erfassung, or “Registration of Persons to Hard Labor”) being the better-known others. An original and thought-provoking work grounded in extensive research in German archives, Hitler’s Bandit Hunters focuses on this counterinsurgency campaign, the anvil of Hitler’s crusade for empire. Bandenbekämpfung portrayed insurgents as political and racial bandits, criminalized to a greater degree than enemies of the state; moreover, violence against them was not constrained by the prevailing laws of warfare. Philip Blood challenges the traditional view of Himmler as an armchair general and bureaucrat, exposing him as the driving force behind one of the most successful security campaigns in history, and delves into the contentious issue of the complicity of ordinary German police, soldiers, and citizens, as well as the citizens of occupied territories, in these state-sponsored manhunts. This book provokes new debates on the Nazi terrorization of Europe, the blind acquiescence of many, and the courageous resistance of the few.

401 pp.
$30.00

400. 800 DAYS ON THE EASTERN FRONT: A RUSSIAN SOLDIER REMEMBERS WORLD WAR II
Nikolai Litvin, C,

During his 800 days of war, Nikolai Litvin fought at the front lines in the ferocious tank battles at Kursk, was wounded three times, and witnessed unspeakable brutalities against prisoners and civilians. But he survived to pen this brief but powerful memoir of his wartime experiences. Barely out of his teens, Litvin served for three years in the Red Army on the killing fields of the Eastern Front. His memoir presents an unadorned, candid narrative of the common soldier’s lot in Stalin’s army. Unlike the memoirs of Russian officers—usually preoccupied with large military operations and political concerns—this narrative offers a true ground-level view of World War II’s deadliest theater. It puts a begrimed human face on the enormous toll of casualties and provides a rare perspective on battles that were instrumental in the defeat of the German army. Litvin’s varied roles, ranging from antitank gunner at Kursk to heavy machine gunner in a penal battalion to staff driver for the 352nd Rifle Division, offer unique per-spectives on the Red Army in World War II as it fought from the Ukraine deep into the German heartland. Litvin documents such significant battles as Operation Kutuzov, Operation Bagration, and the German counterattack on the Narev, while also providing unique personal observations on fording the Dnepr River under enemy fire, the rape of German women by Russian troops, and literally seeing his life pass before his eyes as he watched a Stuka’s bomb fall directly on his position. Originally written in 1962, with events still fresh in his mind, Litvin’s memoir lay unpublished and unseen until translator Stuart Britton and a Russian colleague approached him about publishing it in English. Britton interviewed Litvin to flesh out the details of his original recollection and annotated the resulting work to provide historical context for the campaigns and battles in which he participated. Remarkably free of Soviet-era propaganda, this gem of a memoir provides a view of the war never seen by western readers, including photographs from Litvin’s personal collection.

200 pp.
$25.00

402. THE FALL OF HITLER'S FORTRESS CITY: THE BATTLE FOR KONIGSBERG, 1945
Isabel Denny, C,

In 1945, two and a half million people were forced out of Germany’s most easterly province, East Prussia, and in particular its capital, Königsberg. Their flight was a direct result of Hitler’s ill-fated decision to invade the Soviet Union in 1941. The horrors of Leningrad and Stalingrad were to be avenged by an army determined not only to invade Germany but to take over its eastern-frontier territories. The Russians launched Operation Bagration in June 1944, to coincide with the D-Day landings. As US and British forces pushed west the Russians liberated Eastern Europe and made their first attacks in the autumn of 1944. Königsberg itself was badly damaged by two British air raids at the end of August 1944, and the main offensive against the city by the Red Army began in January 1945. The depleted and poorly armed German army could do little to hold it back, and by the end of January East Prussia was cut off. The Russians exacted a terrible revenge on the civilian population, who were forced to flee across the freezing Baltic coast in an attempt to escape. On 9 April, the city surrendered to the Russians after a four-day onslaught. Through first-hand accounts as well as archival material, The Fall of Hitler’s Fortress City: The Battle for Königsberg, 1945 tells the dramatic story of a place and its people that bore the brunt of Russia's vengeance against the Nazi regime.

256 pp.
$35.00

403. HOLD THE WESTWALL OR PERISH WITH IT: THE HISTORY OF PANZER-BRIGADE 105, SEPTEMBER 1944
Tim Haasler, C,

"Hold the Westwall" tells the story of an experiment that failed: The creation of separate armored brigades within the Panzertruppe in 1944. Formed at the direction of Hitler in response to the dramatic situation that was developing on the Eastern Front in the summer of 1944, the brigades 10 in all were to be a form of field army level ready reserve and strike force. These brigades, which featured a tank battalion, a mechanized infantry battalion, a company of mechanized combat engineers as well as a substantial amount of organic antiaircraft firepower, could have been the "iron fist" envisioned by Hitler had they not been so hastily formed and then committed in ways never doctrinally called for. This book represents the first study in English of this failed experiment, concentrating on the formation, deployment, virtual destruction and ultimate deactivation of Panzer-Brigade 105. Instead of being deployed on the Eastern Front as originally intended, the brigade was rushed to the West to the increasingly perilous and unstable situation there for the Germans in the fall of 1944. Making use of virtually every known primary source available concerning the brigade, as well as conducting extensive interviews of surviving members and reviewing all relevant secondary literature, author Timm Haasler has woven together a fascinating glimpse into the short life of this little-known element of the late-war Panzertruppe. The story is presented not only from the German side, but also from the viewpoint of the various US forces that were employed against the brigade. As a result, the reader comes away with a comprehensive understanding of the tactics employed by both sides in the US attempt to breach the Westwall better known as the "Siegfried Line" to most American readers in the Stolberg area of Germany in September 1944. In the end, although almost completely wiped out, the brigade was able to slow down and then ultimately stop the US advance in its area of operations, thus delaying a rapid penetration through the frontier defenses of German, which might have hastened the end of the war. 147 photographs, 22 maps and extensive charts and documentation.

582 pp.
$64.00

380. FROM RETREAT TO DEFEAT: THE LAST YEARS OF THE GERMAN ARMY ON THE EASTERN FRONT 1943-45, A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY
Ian Baxter, C,O,

From Retreat to Defeat is a unique insight into the last desperate years of the German Army at war on the Eastern Front 1943-45. On the vast steppes of the Soviet Union, it describes how the German Army together with the elite mountain troops and Luftwaffe field divisions played a decisive role in trying to stem the rout along the disintegrating front lines. Drawing on previously rare and unpublished photographs with in-depth captions, the book provides an absorbing analysis of this traumatic period of the war. It reveals in detail how the beginning of the end began at the battle of Kursk, and how this massive operation led to the Red Army recapturing huge areas of the Soviet Union and bleeding white the German armies it struck. Despite the adverse situation in which the German Army was placed, soldiers were still infused to fight to the bitter end and attempt to build new lines of defense. But as the Red Army launched its long-awaited summer offensive in 1944, code-named `Operation Bagration`, the book reveals how the German Army were forced to withdraw under the constant hammer blows of ground and air bombardments. Those German forces that survived the artillery barrages, the onslaught of the tank armadas, and mass infantry assaults, streamed back from the battlefield and fought vicious battles through the Baltic states, Byelorussia, and built up new defenses along the Vistula in Poland. As the final months of the war were played out on the Eastern Front it depicts how the German Army, with diminishing resources, withdrew across a devastated Reich and fought out the last battles with party militia forces around a bombed and blasted Berlin. 190 photos, maps

160 pp.
$60.00

381. WORLD WAR II AFV PLANS: RUSSIAN ARMORED VEHICLES
George Bradford, S, O,

Technical artist and military historian George Bradford has been producing detailed drawings of armored fighting vehicles for over thirty years. Based on meticulous research of actual vehicles, official photographs, factory specifications, and, in some cases, the original design plans, each drawing is rendered with great precision--and in exact scale--offering military enthusiasts and modelers an essential reference on these steel chariots of war. Filled with fine-scale drawings of German AFVs covering the time period of the Blitzkrieg across Europe through the greatest tank battle in history, Kursk. Multiple angles provide a level of detail for the enthusiast and modeler. 100 illustrations.

Filled with fine-scale drawings of Russian armored fighting vehicles including:

T-34 Model 1940
BA-64B Model 1943 Light Armored Car
BT-7 (Model 1937 Fast Tank)
SU-76i (on Pz.III chassis)
KV-8 flamethrower
ZIS-42 Halftrack
and dozens more

96 pp.
$15.00

382. RED PARTISAN: MEMOIRS OF A SOVIET RESISTANCE FIGHTER ON THE EASTERN FRONT
Nikolai Obryn'ba, C,

The epic World War II battles between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union are the subject of a vast literature, but little has been published in English on the experiences of ordinary Soviets—civilians and soldiers—who were sucked into a bitter conflict that marked their lives forever. Their struggle for survival, and their resistance to the invaders’ brutality in the occupied territories, is one of the great untold stories of the war. This is why Nikolai Obryn’ba’s unforgettable, intimate memoir is so valuable. Written late in the author’s life, it tells of Operation Barbarossa, during which he was taken prisoner; the horrors of SS prison camps; his escape; his war fighting behind German lines as a partisan; and the world of suffering and tragedy around him. His perceptive, uncompromising account lays bare the everyday reality of war on the Eastern Front. 34 photos.

256 pp.
$27.00

383. III.PZ. KORPS AT KURSK
Didier Lodieu, C,O,

This book is the first in a new series devoted to German armored formations of World War II. Packed with full color images and a large amount of previously unpublished material, it is custom designed to appeal to modelers, AFV enthusiasts, and readers interested in Second World War technical history. The book traces the battle of Kursk and the involvement of the German Panzer Units, through first hand records. Many hitherto unpublished photos, plus recently discovered memoirs from veterans combined with color profiles of AFVs, contribute to make this book a real reference bible for the enthusiast. Didier Lodieu is a dedicated specialist on the German Army of World War II. In more than thirty years of research. he has learned how to find the most interesting photos and historical sources.

128 pp.
$60.00

386. BOY SOLDIER: BUDAPEST 1944 - 1945
Ervin Galantay, C, only 500 copies published in hardcover.

This book is based on the war diary of an adolescent soldier during the siege of Budapest by the Red Army in 1944-45. The narrative focuses on the day-by-day account of the defence of a key sector of 'Fortress Budapest' by a volunteer unit. This unit, the Vannay Battalion, held off a division's worth of Soviet infantry and armour for seven weeks in unimaginably tough winter conditions. The author served as a 14-year-old officer cadet in the Hungarian Army, working as a dispatch runner. The battle of Budapest lasted 102 days and ended with an breakout attempt of the encircled garrison on 12 February 1945 - by contrast, the siege of Berlin lasted just two weeks. The defence of the city was fought out over the heads of the 800,000 non-combatant civilians, of whom some 38,000 died during the siege. The Hungarian and German soldiers who died in the battle bring the total losses for the defenders to 76,000; the attacking Red Army and their Romanian allies also lost 80,000 men. The defence of the city of Budapest is a story of urban combat in atrocious conditions. The innovative tactics of the author's battalion are described in some detail and will provide valuable observation on urban warfare for professional readers and scholars. From the use of armour, through infiltration via the sewers to ambushes and house cleaning, his story has much to teach the contemporary soldier about the conduct of fighting in built-up areas. The book also attempts to give the reader a whiff of the stench and exaltation of battle, and in doing so also provides us with an insight into the mind of a child caught up in one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. Includes a nice section of photos and maps.

192 pp.
$49.99*

387. VOM EISMEER BIS ZUM KAUKASAS: DIE DEUTSCHE GEBIRGSTRUPPE IM ZWEITEN WELTKRIEG 1941/42
Alex Buchner, C,O-, German text.

The first 92 pages includes a photo and a few maps. But the last 114 pages is entirely photos, which would be enough as a stand alone photo book. I would estimate there is close to 500 photos in this book. Really a fantastic collection of German Mountain troops in the Kaukasus.

209 pp.
$24.99*

388. THE WOLVES OF WORLD WAR II: AN EAST PRUSSIAN SOLDIER'S MEMOIR OF COMBAT AND CAPTIVITY ON THE EASTERN FRONT
Hans Thiel, S,

On September 25, 1944, Hitler attempted to shore up his faltering forces by creating the Volkssturm or People’s Army. His new draft called into service all remaining able-bodied men, including those whose civilian labor had previously been deemed indispensable. Among the latter was an East Prussian farmer named Hans Thiel, who suddenly found himself on the Eastern front, fighting not to bring glory to the Nazi Party (for which he felt at best a troubled resignation) but to save his country from destruction. With the defeat of the Germans, Thiel was taken prisoner by the advancing Soviet forces.
From the closing days of World War II through three years of postwar captivity, this memoir details the experiences of Hans Thiel. Beginning with the realities of agrarian life during World War II, it then describes Thiel’s conscription, his combat experiences, and his life as a postwar prisoner, held first by the Red Army and then transferred to camps under Polish control. The atrocities these prisoners suffered at the hands of their captors—as retaliation for German military war crimes—are discussed in detail. The book includes a glossary (general terms), an appendix commenting on German agrarian policy under the Third Reich, a second appendix discussing the difficulties of tracing Thiel’s route through the war-torn countryside, and a third appendix of placenames. Photographs and maps are also included.

191 pp.
$30.00

389. WEHRMACHT & SS: CAUCASIAN, MUSLIM, ASIAN TROOPS
J. Borsarello, C,O, Fully bilingual with complete English text.

The period 1941 - 1942 marked a decisive and unexpected turning point in the way the Nazis looked on the issue of "non-aryans" in their ranks. Following high losses in Russia, the need for replacement troops was very great. As a consequence, Bosnians, Arabs, Asians, Trans-Caucasians and Indian soldiers were all enlisted in the Wehrmacht and even in the Waffen-SS. More thank a million such men served. This large format book from Heimdal, illustrated with more than 300 photographs, badges, flags, maps, uniforms and other documents, tells the little known story of these troops.

176 pp.
$40.00

390. SOVIET NATIONALS IN GERMAN WARTIME SERVICE 1941-45
Edited by Antonio Munoz, S,O

numerous full page color uniform plates of the various eastern volunteers from the Baltic, Ukraine, Belorussia, Caucasus, etc. This is an authoritative and scholarly account of the various national volunteers that made up the Soviet Union, and their collaboration with the Germans in World War II. The work has been edited, but the various monographs have been written by PhD's and MA's specializing in military history. You will refer to this one single work again and again. This item does not incorporate any previous books Axis Europa has published in the past.

154 pp.
$28.00

392. BARBAROSSA 1941: HITLER'S WAR OF ANNIHILATION
Geoffrey Megargee, C

On June 22, 1941, Hitler began what would be the most important campaign of the European theater. The war against the Soviet Union would leave tens of millions of Soviet citizens dead and large parts of the country in ruins. The death and destruction would result not just from military operations but also from the systematic killing and abuse that the German army, police, and SS directed against Jews, Communists, and ordinary citizens. By drawing on the best of military and Holocaust scholarship, this study dispels the myths that have distorted the role of Germany's military leadership in both the military operations and the unthinkable crimes that were a part of them.

256 pp.
$35.00

393. AN ARTILLERYMAN IN STALINGRAD
Dr. Wigand Wuster, C,

In August 1942, Wigand Wüster was a veteran 22-year-old officer leading an artillery battery in Artillerie-Regiment 171 (71. Inf.-Div.) as it approached Stalingrad. The preceding months had been marked by heat, dust, endless marches, and brief skirmishes with the enemy – but mostly by an ongoing battle with his bullying battalion commander. In this brutally honest account, Wüster provides a glimpse of the war on the Eastern Front rarely seen before. With frankness, humour and perception, Wüster takes us from the heady days of the German 1942 summer offensive to the icy hell of Stalingrad’s final hours, and finally into captivity.

• 160 photos
• 3 maps
• 3 aerial photos
• 5 appendices
• 6 supporting documents
• Index

264 pp.
$43.00*

395. BATTLE OF THE BALTIC THE WARS 1918 - 1945
Robert Jackson, C,

During World War II hostilities in the Baltic Sea commenced on 1 September 1939 when the German battleship Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on the Polish fortress of Westerplatte and ended on 9 May 1945 with the final evacuation of German refugees from the Hela peninsula. In the intervening years battles raged back and forth between the confines of this cold cruel sea. The Soviets attacked the Finnish island of Russarõ on 30 November 1939 with an air and naval bombardment. The Russian naval blockade of Finland began and their submarines attacked merchant vessels in the Gulf of Bothnia and their ships engaged shore batteries and coastal towns. The German fleet then turned on their former allies and attacked the Soviet Union, each side’s submarines stalked the others and the Russians encountered disaster in a minefield. Finally the Russians retreated under heavy sea and air attack. The siege of Leningrad began in September 1941 and was not broken until 1943. In 1944 the Russian’s reached Riga, leaving pockets of stranded German troops on the Courland Peninsula. Then the Russian navy broke out – the race for East Prussia was on, sparking the biggest seaborne evacuation in history. 80 b/w photos

224 pp.
$40.00

396. RED AIR FORCE AT WAR BARBAROSSA AND THE RETREAT TO MOSCOW: RECOLLECTIONS OF SOVIET FIGHTER PILOTS ON THE EASTERN FRONT
Artem Drabkin, C

The onset of war in the summer of 1941 was a disaster for the Soviet Air Force. In a few weeks, faced by the onslaught of the Luftwaffe, most of the Soviet frontline aircraft were destroyed, and the casualty rate among the pilots was cripplingly high. Yet the surviving few gained precious battle experience and they formed the core of the fighter force that turned the tables on the Germans and eventually won air superiority over the Eastern Front. Many of these Soviet pilots are still alive today and in this book they vividly recall the air battles of 60 years ago. 50 b/w photos

224 pp.
$40.00

397. BUDAPEST THE STALINGRAD OF THE WAFFEN-SS
Richard Landwehr, C

The battle for Budapest was the culmination of three and a half years of bitter, unequal struggle against Soviet Bolshevism and its capitalist allies.
The Waffen-SS troops involved constituted the backbone of the defensive effort and took the severest losses. For IX SS Corps and the "Florian Geyer" and "Maria Theresia" Cavalry Divisions, Budapest was another Stalingrad. "Maria Theresia" in particular had the unfortunate distinction of being the only large formation of the Waffen-SS to be almost totally obliterated. This work details the vicious struggle from beginning to end, a struggle in which 40,000 defenders tied up almost half a million Soviet combat and support troops, buying the Germans much needed time. 101 photos, 6 illustrations , 4 maps

186 pp.
$34.95*

398. THE EASTERN FRONT 1944/45 IN PHOTOS ARNDT COLOR PHOTO BK

OSTPREUBEN 1944/45 IM BILD: ENDKAMPF-FLUCHT-VERTREIBUNG, (EASTERN FRONT 1944/45 IN PHOTOS)
Heinz Schon, C,O, Text in Germnan.

Excellent color photo by Arndt capturing the final bitter years on the Eastern Front. Many photos include the horrendous wreckage to cities, refugees fleeing to the West, and wonderful full page color portraits of German military leaders. Some of these photos are quite gruesome. Also of interest are many photos of the Volkssturm, learning to fire weapons, or shown digging ditches in an attempt to thrawt Soviet tanks.

160 pp.
$50.00

399. STALINGRAD HOW THE RED ARMY SURVIVIED THE GERMAN ONSLAUGHT
Michael K Jones, C, with a foreward by David Glantz calling this the finest history of its type published to date.

This new history of Stalingrad offers a radical reinterpretation of the most crucial battle in World War II. Focusing on the first half of this epic clash, it reveals new information on how nearly the Germans succeeded, and the incredible courage of the Soviet fighters who held on. Red Army chief of staff Vasilevsky called August 23, 1942, when the Germans reached the Volga, “an unforgettably tragic day.” The Russians had never been able to stop a good-weather German offensive, and it appeared that Stalin’s namesake city would be lost. Indeed, Soviet armies on all sides were falling back before Hitler’s summer offensive, and only one, the 62nd Army, was assigned to hold out in the city to defy the Wehrmacht. Who could have guessed that this sole force, surrounded on three sides, the river at its back, hiding out in ruins, would create such a bleeding sore that the Wehrmacht was never to recover? Combining eyewitness testimony of Red Army fighters with fresh archive material, this book gives dramatic insight into the thinking of Soviet commanders and the desperate mood of ordinary soldiers. Col-General Anatoly Mereshko, a staff officer to 62nd Army commander Chuikov, worked closely with the author and provided testimony that is entirely new. His accounts of the battle are supported by other key veterans and recently released war diaries and combat journals. For three months in Fall 1942 the Germans held a preponderance of force in Stalingrad as they tried to root out the diehards of 62nd Army. The latter force was nearly annihilated on several occasions, as guns from across the river failed to stem the German attacks and the Luftwaffe plunged into the chaos, bombing at will. The Russians could only respond by going underground, in caves near the river and in the labrynthine ruins of the city itself. Yet, as the rest of the Motherland held its breath, the small, surrounded force—motivated by inspirational leadership as well as a grave sense of the battle’s vital importance—continued to deny the Nazis a victory. As we now know, Stalin was not idle while the courageous remnants of 62nd Army continued to defend his city. On November 19 and 21, new Soviet armies in overwhelming strength counterattacked across the Volga, turning the tables on the Germans to begin one of the most pitiful sagas in Western history. The more famous siege of the Germans, concluding on February 2, 1943, has dominated the literature of Stalingrad. This book reminds us that the greater time-line of the battle consisted of the Russians besieged, and just barely holding on.

320 pp.
$33.00

401. OPERATION BAGRATION: THE DESTRUCTION OF ARMY GROUP CENTRE JUNE-JULY 1944, A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY
Ian Baxter, C,O

Drawing previously on rare and unpublished photographs accompanied by in-depth captions the book vividly describes how the German forces of Army Group Centre endured a massive Russian offensive three years to the day after Germany`s 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union. Fighting over many of the same battlefields, it reveals how scores of German troops were urged on by their Führer to defend their positions to the death in a desperate attempt to prevent the mighty Red Army forces from recapturing Byelorussia, the last bastion of defense for the Germans before Poland. The Bagration offensive was a bloodthirsty battle of attrition which resulted in a catastrophe of unbelievable proportions. Throughout the book the author provides an absorbing analysis of this traumatic battle and shows how German soldiers continued to fight to the bitter end amidst the constant hammer blows of ground and aerial bombardment, and endless armored and infantry attacks. Although many German units continued to wage a grim and bitter defense the Red Army swamped the already overstretched front lines. over 160 b+w photos and maps.

144 pp.
$60.00

402. . PANZER GUNNER: FROM MY NATIVE CANADA TO THE GERMAN OSTFRONT AND BACK. IN ACTION WITH 25TH PANZER REGIMENT, 7TH PANZER DIVISION, 1944-45
Bruno Friesen, C

There are few memoirs available of German Panzer crews that focus on the climactic last 12 months of the war on the Eastern Front, 1944-45. What makes Bruno Friesen's account virtually unique is his family background: his parents came from a German-speaking Mennonite community in Ukraine, and were to all intents and purposes culturally German. To make matters even more complex, in 1924 his parents left the Ukraine for Canada, where Bruno was born. In March 1939 he and his brother Oscar found themselves on a ship bound for Bremerhaven in Germany. He barely spoke German, and had never been to Germany, nevertheless his father envisaged that a better life awaited them in the Third Reich. Needless to say, Bruno became caught up in the Second World War, and in 1942 was drafted into the Wehrmacht. The author provides a full account of his family background, and how, through these unusual circumstances, he found himself a Canadian-born German soldier. The bulk of the book is a detailed account of the author's training, and his subsequent service with 25th Panzer Regiment, part of 7th Panzer Division. As the title suggests, Bruno Friesen served as a gunner aboard, initially, Panzer IVs, before crewing the lesser-known Jagdpanzer IV tank hunter. The author provides a fantastic amount of information about these two vehicles, and how the crews actually fought in battle with them. This kind of 'hands-on' detail has almost never been available before, particularly such extensive information concerning the characteristics and combat performance of the Jagdpanzer IV. Apart from providing a large fund of information about specific German tanks and their combat performance, the author writes in great detail about the combat the experienced on the Eastern Front, including tank battles in Rumania, spring 1944, Lithuania in the summer of 1944, and West Prussia during early 1945. If one wants to know how German tank crews fought the Soviets in the last year of the war, then this book provides an outstanding account, containing material simply not found elsewhere. The author closes his account by reflecting on his post-war efforts to return to Canada, which eventually succeeded in 1950, and his subsequent life there. This book is not just a critique of armored fighting vehicles and tank warfare, it is above all a very human story, told in a lively, conversational and fluid manner, and is a remarkable contribution to the literature of the Second World War.

220 pp.
$50.00

403. THIRD AXIS FOURTH ALLY: ROMANIAN ARMED FORCES IN THE EUROPEAN WAR 1941-1945
Mark Axworthy, S,

The Eastern Front is rightly portrayed as a struggle between two gigantic opponents; the USSR and Germany. However, such was the scale that it has swallowed the campaigns of arguably the second Axis army in Europe, that of Romania, almost without a trace. That the Romanian Army could claim this status might come as something of a surprise even to close students of WWII, who will generally assume that the Italian Army held this position. This disputable assumption has its roots in the absence of any works on Romania in the war. This book endeavors to fill this void.

368 pp.
$50.00

404. THE COSSACK CORPS: GERMAN EXPLOITATION OF ARAB NATIONALIST MOVEMENTS IN WWII
General der Flieger Hellmuth Felmy And General der Artillerie Walter Warlimont, S,

At the end of WWII, both the Soviets and the Americans raced to capture as much of the German military leadership as possible. Many of these Admirals and Generals were some of the most dynamic in their professions, and their knowledge was coveted for what many believed would be a post-war conflict between the two remaining super powers. The US Army Europe's Historical Division, put these generals to work and had them write of their experiences on a whole host of subjects. As far as we know this is the first time these reports have been published publicly, and in both cases there is only one known copy of each…until now. The Cossack Corps is a brief history of the famous Russian horseman who fought not so much for the Germans as against Stalin, and the German Exploitation of Arab Nationalist Movements in World War II, chronicles the German attempts to foment dissent and provoke an Arab uprising in those areas controlled by England. Brief, yet fascinating studies that are guaranteed to be new additions to any library on WWII.

68 pp.
$18.95*

405. HITLER'S OCCUPATION OF THE UKRAINE (1941 - 1944)
Ihor Kamenetsky, S

Out of print for over 50 years, this is still the standard work on the occupation of the Ukraine by the Germans and how their policies turned success into failure.
The greatest reservoirs of anti-Bolshevik manpower - those in eastern Poland, the Baltics and in the Ukraine - were left untouched, as the population of these territories was to be reduced to colonial status within the German eastern empire; on the other hand, loud huzzahs and spectacular celebrations greeted appearing Spanish Blue Divisions, "Wallon" and "French" SS-Legions... Originally welcomed as liberators, the Germans quickly squandered that good will, as they pressed ahead with their archaic racial policies, and proceed to turn the Ukraine into a "German India". The lessons to be learned are that almost any population, which is the key to an insurgency, can be won over by even the most odious occupier, if they so choose. The seeds of Germany's failure in the Ukraine (and the Soviet Union) were sown, and what rose was a guerrilla force that not only fought the Germans, but continued to fight the Soviets until 1950.
A concise history of the occupation, this work is also one of the few studies available that addresses the various Ukrainian resistance groups. A must have for any World War II collection.

101 pp.
$18.95*

406. HITLER'S SPANISH LEGION
Gerald R. Kleinfeld and Lewis A. Tambs, S,

A valuable work on a relatively unknown but important part of the Second World War. Driven by a fervent anti-Communism, and supported by Franco, Spanish volunteers form a division to fight with Germany on the Eastern Front. The Blue Division was a unique political tool, as it allowed Franco to "buy-off" his German ally, while finding an "outlet" for some of the more radical members of his coalition. What at first looked like an opportunity to get in on the rout, eventually led the Spaniards into some of the most brutal fighting of the war. Almost 50,000 served, with about half becoming casualties. Out of print for almost thirty years, this work is a unique addition to the scholarship of the Eastern Front.

434 pp.
$28.95*

407. FROM STALINGRAD TO PILLAU: A READ ARMY ARTILLERY OFFICER REMEMBERS THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR
Isaak Kobylyanskiy, C

Stalingrad’s outskirts provided Isaak Kobylyanskiy, a 19-year-old Jew from Ukraine, with his first exposure to combat and initiated his long odyssey in the Great Patriotic War against Germany. It would be more than three years before he was finally reunited with his family and his sweetheart, Vera, the schoolmate he had promised to marry. Kobylyanskiy started the war as a 76-mm infantry support gun crew commander for the 300th Rifle Division (and its later incarnations) and celebrated V-E Day as a battery commander. His combat journey was a long process of exhausting marches punctuated by harrowing moments of intense combat. From the liberation of Sevastopol, through Lithuania’s countryside, to the final storming of Königsberg’s heavy fortifications, Kobylyanskiy’s memoir sweeps across the great expanses of the Eastern Front. His narrative is packed with dramatic details and insights into the daily life of the Soviet army: the relentless marches to locate and engage the enemy, the prejudicial treatment of female soldiers, and the plight of Soviet civilians. Kobylyanskiy also discusses the role of military political officers (and his own conflicted views on communism), clarifies the place of Jews in the Red Army and discusses how his reaction to anti-Semitic utterances added a sense of responsibility to his fighting, and frames his account with personal glimpses into the stifling repression of Stalinist society, including the brutal collectivization program and resulting famine in Ukraine. But he balances such memories with warm recollections of some of his comrades and especially with an affecting portrait of his courtship of Vera, and concludes with an emotional coda: their wedding ceremony in a war-ravaged but recovering Kiev. By turns vivid, reflective, intense, and entertaining, Kobylyanskiy’s narrative charts one warrior’s epic journey and joins a select group of memoirs that deepen our understanding of what it was like for Russian soldiers on the Eastern Front. 36 photographs

328 pp.
$30.00

408. KV TANKS VOL. I/II, Tank Power Series Vol. LX.
S,O, English captions and summary

189 b/w photos, 23 pages of color profiles,1/35 scale drawings, this is a double issue and includes a seperate booklet of large 1:35 scale drawings with English captions for everything and summary. Fantastic b/w photos, great color plates, and when this publisher states "limited edition" they aren't messing you about.

150 pp.
$40.00

409. LENINGRAD UNDER SIEGE: FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF THE ORDEAL,
Ales Adamovich, C

Leningrad was under siege for almost three years, and the first winter of that siege was one of the coldest on record. The Russians had been taken by surprise by the Germans' sudden onslaught in June 1941. This book tells the story of that long, bitter siege in the words of those who were there. It vividly describes how ordinary Leningraders struggled to stay alive and to defend their beloved city in the most appalling conditions. They were bombed, shelled, starved and frozen. They dug tank-traps and trenches, built shelters and fortifications, fought fires, cleared rubble, tended the wounded and, for as long as they had strength to do so, buried their dead. Many were killed by German bombs or shells, but most of them died of hunger and cold. Based on interviews with survivors of the siege and on contemporary diaries and personal memoirs. The primary focus is on three people: a young mother with two small children, a boy of sixteen at the outbreak of war, and an elderly academic. We see the siege through their eyes as its horrors unfold and as they struggle to survive.

210 pp.
$33.00

410. VICTIMS, VICTORS: FROM NAZI OCCUPATION TO THE CONQUEST OF GERMANY AS SEEN BY A RED SOLDIER
Roman Kravchenko-Berezhnoy, S

As a teenager in Nazi-occupied Ukraine the author had one aim in his life, “I had a dream: to survive until our guys got back, become a soldier myself, get a submachine gun, and head westward with them. Our forces weren‘t moving westward, however. They were still busy retreating, somewhere there, on the Volga, in the Caucasus. It was a vague promise I had made to myself—to ‘sometime, someday‘. . . .” Written as a journal of his experiences while a teenager during the German occupation and later, as a memoir of his Red Army service, Victims, Victors, describes the confusion and agony of the conquered, and, ultimately, the triumph over those who invaded his homeland and murdered its citizens. Victims, Victors is, however, much more than a common chronicle of wartime experiences. Victims, Victors provides inside detail and views that could not be found in Russian books printed during the Soviet era. 6 maps 22 photos

310 pp.
$20.00

413. IS VOL. II
S,O, English captions and summary.

61 b/w photos, 19 pages in color, 1/35 scale and technical drawings.

106 pp.
$33.00

414B. FROM BARBAROSSA TO ODESSA: THE LUFTWAFFE STRIKES SOUTH-EAST JUNE-OCTOBER 1941, VOLUME 2
Denes Bernad, S,O

Second of two volumes on the air combat that took place on the southern flank of the Eastern Front following Operation Barbarossa. This volume includes an examination of the often overlooked involvement of aircraft from Axis states other than Germany, who between them claimed over 600 victories. 2 maps. 6 colour profiles. 116 b/w & 3 colour photos.

96 pp.
$30.00

416. PANZERKAMPFGRUPPE STRACHWITZ
Michael H. Pruett, C,O

Although many who are familiar with the ferocious fighting on the Eastern Front in World War 2 have heard of the three “Operations Strachwitz” through references and popular accounts—the most popular of which are the memoirs of Tiger ace Otto Carius in his best-selling book, Tigers in the Mud—few have ever seen much in-depth coverage of the fighting or images of the battle area. All that has changed with Panzerkampfgruppe Strachwitz which not only presents the reader with an overview of the small-unit actions that constituted the fighting associated with these three operations, but also presents 140 professionally shot images by war correspondents assigned to the front. While the quality of German war photographers is almost universally praised, many of the images are of rather mundane subjects and not much has surfaced in terms of late-war photography. Recently, however, a file photo grouping was discovered that can unequivocally be traced to this famous small-unit action on the Eastern Front during the Second World War. That grouping features numerous images of the three most famous armored formations that participated: schwere Panzer-Abteilung 502 (Otto Carius’ Tiger battalion), the Führer-Begleit-Bataillon (Hitler’s headquarters bodyguard consisting of soldiers from Großdeutschland and other named formations) and Panzer-Grenadier-Division “Feldherrnhalle” (often referred to as Hitler’s forgotten elite). As such, these photographs fill a void in the literature and coverage and represent a boon to armor enthusiasts, unit historians, collectors and model makers. 1 map, 2 divisional organization charts and 140 images (most never previously published and most full page).

120 pp.
$40.00

417. THE WINTER WAR: RUSSIA'S INVASION OF FINLAND, 1939 -40
Robert Edwards, C,

When Russian invaded Finland in November 1939, the international community reacted with a combination of shock and outrage.
But while the rest of the world dithered, Finland was left alone to face the full might of the Soviet Army. The results of the conflict seemed a foregone conclusion. The Soviet Army was reputed to be the best in the world, and the Finns were outnumbered almost four to one. To everyone’s surprise, however, they pushed back against the Russians and became an international cause célébre. For 105 days, it looked as if they just might achieve the impossible and keep the huge Soviet Army at bay. In his new interpretation of this little-understood war, Robert Edward’s describes one of the most doomed but valiant defenses since Thermopylae. Despite eventual defeat, the geopolitical consequences were far reaching, as Nazi Germany watched the Soviet embarrassment from the sidelines. 16 pages of B&W photographs and maps.

352 pp.
$27.00

418. CASE WHITE: THE GERMAN ARMY IN THE POLISH CAMPAIGN SEPTEMBER 1939
William Russ, S,O,

This is a highly detailed study of the German invasion of Poland, examining, on a daily basis, the actions of every group. It explores the campaign down to the regimental level. The appendicies begin on page 145 with complete orders of battle for the Germans and the Polish. There then follow 69 maps of the campaign. 69 B&W maps of the campaign.

271 pp.
$25.00*

419. TURNING POINT: RECOLLECTIONS OF RUSSIAN PARTICIPANTS AND WITNESSES OF THE STALINGRAD BATTLE
P.P. Popov, A.V. Kozlov & B.G. Usik, C

Rarely do Westerners gain an understanding of the Russian perspective of the battle. While a flurry of translated memoirs by senior commanders like Zhukov and Chuikov in the 1960s and 1970s provided a higher level point-of-view, very little has been reported in English about how the fighting affected ordinary Russian soldiers and civilians. Retired Colonel Anatoli Venediktovich Kozlov, a participant in the battle and section chairman of Volgograd city?s veterans? council, realised it was imperative to record the accounts of the few remaining veterans before time inevitably claimed them all. Glasnost has enabled these veterans to provide a more candid account of their experiences than if they had been interviewed during the Communist era. Kozlov?s wish was for this book to be available to Westerners? and now it is.
The book is divided into two distinct parts, each describing a different aspect of the Stalingrad battle. In Part 1, titled ?On the Southern Approaches to Stalingrad?, Popov writes about a sector often overshadowed by dramatic events further north. Long before the Germans approached Stalingrad, tens of thousands of its citizens were put to work erecting defences around the city and in doing so endured unbelievable hardship. The southern district of Krasnoarmeysk was soon struck by the full might of Hoth?s panzer army in August 1942. Popov explores the district?s preparations, defence and retribution in detail.
In Part 2, ?From Beyond the Don to the Volga?, Kozlov and Usik explore the better known aspects of the battle by way of rivetting first-hand accounts. It begins with the battle in the great bend of the Don, an armoured clash in the hot dusty steppe which resulted in Kozlov losing his entire tank unit. The fighting then moves into the streets of Stalingrad and we discover how the brutal struggle was viewed by Red Army soldiers and scores of civilians remaining in the city. The book concludes with the victorious November counteroffensive and eventual destruction of Paulus?s 6. Armee in the Stalingrad pocket.
Russians are proud of their victory at Stalingrad, and justifiably so, but only by reading the veterans? own words can this source of pride even be begun to be comprehended. Several photos, maps and aerial photos

264 pages
$42.00*

420. EASTERN FRONT COMBAT: THE GERMAN SOLDIER IN BATTLE FROM STALINGRAD TO BERLIN
edited by Hans Wijers, S, Though the publisher's description below claims this information appears for the first time in English, there is some overlap with his privately printed books that I have sold in the past.

Appearing for the first time in English, these are original accounts by German soldiers who fought on the Eastern Front in World War II. Included are stories from a panzer crewman who survived the fighting at Stalingrad as well as a paratrooper making a last stand before Berlin. Many of the photos have never been published before. 25 photos,

368 pp.
$20.00

421.. BARBAROSSA: THE AIR BATTLE JULY - DECEMBER 1941
Christer Bergstrom, C,O,

Although Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of Russia in June 1941, is widely perceived seen as a great land offensive, equally important was the aerial supremacy that the Luftwaffe achieved over the front during its early phases. Without the elimination of the threat posed by the Soviet air force, it would have been impossible for the army to have made the rapid advances of the summer and autumn of 1941.
This book provides a detailed account of the massive aerial campaign fought in the skies over the Soviet Union following the launch of Operation Barbarossa. Drawing on both Russian and German sources, the strength of Christer Bergström's writing lies in its detail, his ability to tell the story from the viewpoints of both sides and to put events in both their strategic and tactical contexts. A large number of rare and previously unpublished photographs, biographical studies of major players, data tables, technical assessments and appendices accompany the text. Compiled by one of the world's leading experts on the air war over the Eastern Front, this is the first in a series of books to cover the major phases of World War Two in this theatre of operations. 125 color and black and white illustrations.

144 pp.
$50.00

422. STALINGRAD - THE AIR BATTLE: NOVEMBER 1942 - FEBRUARY
Christer Bergstrom, C,O,

The huge air battles that took place over Stalingrad between August and November of 1942 and the subsequent airlift operation to relieve the German Sixth Army, by then trapped in the city, were important in determining the fate of both the besieged and their besiegers. The air war during the subsequent Soviet counter-offensive and the German counter-counter-offensive is also covered. c125 b/w and colour illustrations.Volume 2 in this series.

144 pp.
$50.00

423. KURSK THE AIR BATTLE - JULY 1943
Chirster Bergstrom, C ,O,

Fought in July and August 1943, the Battle of Kursk is widely regarded as the greatest tank battle in the history of warfare. This exceptional new book examines the massive confrontation which raged in the air over the front as the huge German and Soviet armoured forces clashed on the ground.
Compiled by one of the world’s leading experts on the subject of the air war over the Eastern Front, Christer Bergström, Kursk: The Air Battle, is the third in a popular series of books covering the major phases of the air war in this theatre of operations. No single study has ever been written in English on the air aspect of this momentous battle. The author’s unique ability to tell the story from the viewpoints of both sides and from both strategic and tactical contexts makes this essential reading for all historians. There is also an impressive array of eye-witness material accompanied by a stunning collection of previously unpublished photographs, ‘biography boxes’, plus data tables, technical assessments and appendices. c150 mono and colour photographs,

144 pp.
$50.00

424. BAGRATION TO BERLIN: THE FINAL AIR BATTLES IN THE EAST, 1944 - 45
Christer Bergstrom, C,0

Written by a leading expert in World War 2 air operations on the Eastern Front, this is the last in a quartet of books that together gives total coverage of air battles in this theatre of war from 1941 to 1945. It details the final phase of air operations in the East from late 1943, and then covers the German defensive operations around the River Dnepr and the Sea of Azov in September 1943, and the subsequent German retreat and the air bridge to Cherkassy in early 1944. Final coverage is given to the major Soviet offensive against the Army Group Centre in mid-1944, the fall of Romania and the autumn battles in Poland, Courland and on the Vistula, ending with the major Soviet winter offensive of early 1945 and the last ditch battles over Berlin itself. The strength of the author’s writing lies not only in the fantastic in-depth detail, but the ability to tell the story from the viewpoints of both sides and also from both strategic and tactical contexts. There is also unique eye-witness material and the text is accompanied by a large number of rare and many previously unpublished photographs, ‘biography boxes’, plus data tables, technical assessments and appendices. 400 b/w photos,

144 pp.
$53.00

425. THE KORSUN POCKET: THE ENCIRCLEMENT AND BREAKOUT OF A GERMAN ARMY IN THE EAST, 1944
Niklas Zetterling & Anders Frankson, C

During the second half of 1943, after the failure at Kursk, Germany’s Army Group South fell back from Russia under repeated hammer blows from the Red Army. Under Erich von Manstein, however, the Germans were able to avoid serious defeats, while at the same time fending off Hitler’s insane orders to hold on to useless territory. Then, in January 1944, a disaster happened. Six divisions of Army Group South became surrounded after sudden attacks by the 1st and 2nd Ukrainian Fronts under command of generals Nikolai Vatutin and Ivan Konev around the village of Korsun (near the larger town of Cherkassy on the Dnieper). The Germans’ greatest fear was the prospect of another Stalingrad, the catastrophe that had occurred precisely one year before. This time, though, Manstein was in control from the start, and he immediately rearranged his Army Group to rescue his trapped divisions. A major panzer drive got underway, led by General der Panzertruppen Hans Hube, a survivor from Stalingrad pocket, which promptly ran up against several soviet tank armies. Leading the break-in was Franz Baeke with his Tiger and Panther-tanks. Due to both weather and ferocious resistance, the German drive stalled. Ju-52s still flew into Korsun’s airfield, delivering supplies and taking out wounded, but it soon became apparent that only one option remained for the beleaguered defenders: breakout. Without consulting Hitler, on the night of February 16 Manstein ordered the breakout to begin. Led by the strongest formation within the pocket, SS Wiking, the trapped forces surged out and soon rejoined the surrounding panzer divisions who had been fully engaged in weakening the ring. When dawn broke, the Soviets realized their prey was escaping. Although the Germans within the pocket lost nearly all of their heavy weapons and left many wounded behind, their escape was effected. Stalin, having anticipated another Stalingrad, was left with little but an empty bag, as Army Group South—this time—had pulled off a rescue. In The Korsun Pocket, Niklas Zetterling, a researcher at the Swedish Defense College since 1995 and Anders Frankson, have provided a highly detailed and often breathtaking account of one of the most dramatic battles of World War II. From grand strategy to soldiers’ voices on the ground, including expert statistical analysis, the action, and the stakes, of the battle at Korsun are made vividly clear. 16 pages b/w photos, maps

320 pp.
$33.00

426. STORMTROOPER ON THE EASTERN FRONT: FIGHTING WITH HITLER'S LATVIAN SS
Mintauts Blosfelds, C,

Following the conquest of his native Latvia by the Nazis, the author was given the stark choice: service in the SS or forced labor in a slave camp. So he 'volunteered' to fight for the Nazis. He describes his training and how he became an instructor before being sent into Russia. He nearly perished during the terrible winter of 1943-44 being wounded and finding himself with his friend lying dead on top of him. As the tide turned and the Russians advanced remorselessly through. He was wounded twice more and awarded the Iron Cross for bravery. With German resistance collapsing, the author had to flee for his life - capture by the Russians meant almost certain death. He surrendered to the Americans but describes the neglect he suffered at their hands. Unable to return to Latvia now occupied by the Russians, he became a Displaced Person eventually settling in the UK. 16 pages of b/w photos

224 pp.
$33.00

427. ROAD TO DESTRUCTION: OPERATION BLUE AND THE BATTLE OF STALINGRAD: A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY
Ian Baxter, C,O,

Road to Destruction' offers a unique visual insight into the climactic Battle of Stalingrad during the autumn and winter of 1942-43. Pushing forward through the southern steppes aiming to capture the vital Caucasian oil fields, before being caught up in some of the most vicious street fighting known in military history, the German 6th Army was bled white and ultimately destroyed. The author has drawn on a wide selection of rare and mostly previously unpublished photographs accompanied by in-depth captions to provide a superb photographic history of this key turning point in the Second World War. The images reveal the unfolding story, through the hopeful beginnings and major successes at the beginning of operations, as German forces cut a rapid swathe towards the oil fields. By early autumn 1942, the Germans were seemingly on the brink of success as they reached the banks of the Volga and the vitally important city of Stalingrad. Yet the Red Army dug extremely deep, and relying on grim determination, courage and resourcefulness, fought bitterly. The German advance was slowed to a crawl, as incredibly bitter hand-to-hand fighting took place throughout the city. The situation for the German troops became worse and worse, winter set in, and with it major Soviet counter-attacks. By late November 1942 the situation was worsening for the Germans fighting at Stalingrad. Completely encircled, Soviet forces slowly closed in as the vicious winter took hold, and the Luftwaffe's air support operations became increasingly ineffective. The remnants of 6th Army surrendered in February, shadows of the troops that had advanced across the steppes the previous summer. In all, the horrendous fighting resulted in more than 1.5 million casualties on both sides.
An important visual record of one of history's greatest and most bitterly fought battles. 200 photos, maps

160 pp.
$60.00

428. SOVIET AIR POWER IN WORLD WAR 2
Yefim Gordon, C,O,

As distinct from previous books on the Soviet Air Force in the Second World War, which dwell largely on individual aircraft types, this book takes a closer look at the Soviet Air Force’s structure and aircraft fleet. The order of battle is analysed from the top (Air Armies) down to regiment and squadron level – on the eve of the war, showing how it developed over the wartime years, including the Winter War of 1939, the Great Patriotic War of 1941-45 and the armed conflicts with Japan prior to and at the end of the Second World War. The reader will be interested to see the unit insignia of Soviet air armies, divisions and regiments, as well as the varied artwork and camouflage schemes on individual aircraft represented by numerous photos and colour side views. The book features brief descriptions (including performance data) of all aircraft types operated by the Soviet Air Force in the immediate pre-war years and in the Second World War. The most important combat operations conducted by the Air Force and the Soviet Naval Aviation are described and illustrated by tactical maps. Since the majority of the aircraft in question were manufactured by the indigenous aircraft industry under the auspices of NKAP (the People’s Commissariat of Aircraft Industry), a brief history is given of NKAP and its enterprises; as the invading German forces advanced, most of these enterprises had to be evacuated east – to the Urals region and beyond to Siberia; there the production process had to be mastered anew. Tables included in the book show the year-by-year production of Soviet combat aircraft and aero engines. The book also tells about the Soviet Air Force commanders and famous Soviet aces of the period; the aces’ aircraft and their personal insignia are illustrated. The colour schemes and artwork included in the book will be of interest not only to aviation and military history fans but to scale modellers as well.

528 pp.
$80.00

429. PANZERSCHLACHT: AMOURED OPERATIONS ON THE HUNGARIAN PLAINS SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER 1944
Perry Moore, C,O,

'Panzerschlacht' covers in detail the unraveling of the southern sector of the Eastern Front during late summer and autumn 1944, which led to some of the largest and most vicious, yet unknown, tank battles of the Second World War. Slammed by continuous Russian attacks that ripped the Romanian Front to pieces and by late August had caused Romania to defect to the Soviets, Germans forces were left threadbare. Only Hungary narrowly failed to defect to the USSR, and was coerced into remaining Germany's ally. Despite a gross imbalance in numbers, the German Army, and more notably, their Panzer divisions (some with only 30 AFVs) delayed, disrupted and destroyed much larger Russian units with successful counter-attacks. As the Russians blitzed through Romania and neared Hungary in late August 1944, it was the Hungarian Army that stymied the Red horde. The Hungarian units pulled themselves together and in September conducted two very important and overlooked counterattacks: Arad and Torda. The Arad counterattack sent the defending Romanians reeling, forcing them to give up the city of Arad and beyond as the Hungarian 1st Armoured Division faced little opposition. At Torda, the Hungarian 2nd Armoured Division also made significant gains towards the mountain passes until the arrival of Russian armor. The book covers these in detail with maps so often missing in other accounts. Both battles temporarily put the 'brake' on the Russian blitzkrieg. From mid-September until November, the focus of the Russians now became the Hungarian Plains - a flat area ideally suited to the massive and chaotic tank battles that occurred throughout October. The Russian operations around Debrecen envisioned the 6th Guards Tank Army and others cutting out the seemingly meager German and Hungarian forces across the line northwards to Debrecen and Nyiraghaza. Their plan, if successful, would encircle the whole German 8th Army still holding on east in the mountains. It was aimed to deal a crippling blow. However, the German commanders saw the writing on the wall and began to withdraw their 8th Army. As the Russians ground northwards, the German 6th and 8th Armies fought tooth and nail during their withdrawal. It was no easy victory for either side. Panzerschlacht covers all of these operations in detail. Using excellent color maps and detailed orders of battles showing unit strengths, the reader can follow this David versus Goliath event as it unfolded. A large number of rare archival photographs, many previously unpublished, complement the text. Full-color artwork provides detailed information about the camouflage and markings carried by the vehicles involved in the fighting, including the rarely-seen Hungarian AFVs. A variety of German, Hungarian, Russian and Romanian sources were used by the author. Overall, this is an excellent account of a hitherto-unknown series of major tank battles fought on the Eastern Front in the autumn of 1944. 8 pages color profiles, 120 color & b/w photos, and many b/w maps

132 pp.
$60.00

430.THROUGH THE MAELSTROM: A RED ARMY SOLDIER'S WAR ON THE EASTERN FRONT, 1942 - 1945
Boris Gorbachevsky, C

The monumental battles of World War II’s Eastern Front—Moscow, Stalingrad, Kursk—are etched into the historical record. But there is another, hidden history of
that war that has too often been ignored in official accounts. Boris Gorbachevsky was a junior officer in the 31st Army who first saw front-line duty as a rifleman in the 30th Army. Through the Maelstrom recounts his three harrowing years on some of the war’s grimmest but forgotten battlefields: the campaign for Rzhev, the bloody struggle to retake Belorussia, and the bitter final fighting in East Prussia. As he traces his experiences from his initial training, through the maelstrom, to final victory, he provides one of the richest and most detailed memoirs of life and warfare on the Eastern Front. Gorbachevsky’s panoramic account takes us from infantry specialist school to the front lines to rear services areas and his whirlwind romances in wartime Moscow. He recalls the shriek of Katiusha rockets flying overhead toward the enemy and the unforgettable howl of Stukas divebombing Soviet tanks. And he conveys horrors of brutal fighting not recorded previously in English, including his own participation in a human wave assault that decimated his regiment at Rzhev, with piles of corpses growing the closer they got to the German trenches. Gorbachevsky also records the sufferings of the starving citizens of Leningrad, the savage execution of a Russian scout who turned in false information, the killing of an innocent German trying to welcome the Soviet troops, and a chilling campfire discussion by four Russian soldiers as they compared notes about the women they’d raped. His memoir brims with rich descriptions of daily army life, the challenges of maintaining morale, and relationships between soldiers. It also includes candid exposés of the many problems the Red Army faced: the influence of political officers, the stubbornness of senior commanders, the attrition through desertions, and the initial months of occupation in postwar Germany. Through the Maelstrom features the swiftly moving narrative and rich dialogue associated with the grand style of great Russian literature. Ultimately, it provides a fitting and final testament to soldiers who fought and died in anonymity. 32 photographs.

496 pp.
$37.00

431. BLITZKRIEG UNLEASHED: THE GERMAN INVASION OF POLAND 1939
Richard Hargreaves, C

At dawn on Friday 1 September 1939 the Germans launched their land, sea and air assault on Poland. The World became aware of the awesome power of Hitler's Third Reich and the limitless and ruthless nature of his ambition. The Blitzkrieg (Lightning War) attack, spearheaded by Panzers, took the German forces to the gates of Warsaw in a week. The vital port of Danzig fell, crushed by naval and air bombardment and land assaults. The Polish Air Force, out-numbered and out-gunned, were driven from the skies. In a month Warsaw fell amid great bloodshed and in six weeks the Poles were defeated. The speed of the German conquest was matched by its brutality. Lives and property meant little to the invaders and civilians and POWs were summarily executed. Jews received particular attention and these atrocities were not just perpetrated by the SS but soldiers of the Wehrmacht. Blitzkrieg Unleashed is told in the words of those who conquered Poland, thanks to the author's research into letters, diaries, unpublished accounts, official documents and histories and newspapers. 24 pages of b/w illustrations

320 pp.
$50.00

432. BERLIN BATTLEFIELD GUIDE: THIRD REICH AND COLD WAR
Tony Le Tissier, C

On 16 April 1945 the Red Army unleashed a colossal offensive against Berlin with the aim of destroying Hitler's armies in the East and capturing the German capital before the Western Allies. Over two million soldiers confronted each other in the last act in the war against Nazi Germany. In the course of the next three weeks, relentless Soviet assaults crashed against a desperate, sometimes suicidal defense, and the historic city was turned into a vast battleground. This was the climax of an awful conflict. It represented the death struggle of Hitler's Third Reich and the supreme achievement of Stalin's forces, and the story of the battle has fascinated students of warfare ever since. Yet this epic contest can only be understood by visiting the sites of the battle on the ground, on the outskirts of the city, in the suburbs, in the city center where the final dramatic combat took place. And this is the aim of Tony Le Tissier's definitive guide to the Battle of Berlin. 120 color photos, 180 b/w photos and 38 maps

320 pp.
$60.00

433. THE CHIEF CULPRIT: STALIN'S GRAND DESIGN TO START WORLD WAR II
Viktor Suvorov, C

Bestselling author Victor Suvorov probes newly released Soviet documents and reevaluates existing material to analyze Stalin's strategic design to conquer Europe and the reasons behind his controversial support for Nazi Germany. A former Soviet army intelligence officer, the author explains that Stalin's strategy leading up to World War II grew from Vladimir Lenin's belief that if World War I did not ignite the worldwide Communist revolution, then a second world war would be needed to achieve it. Stalin saw Nazi Germany as the power that would fight and weaken capitalist countries so that Soviet armies could then sweep across Europe. Suvorov reveals how Stalin conspired with German leaders to bypass the Versailles Treaty, which forbade German rearmament, and secretly trained German engineers and officers and provided bases and factories for war. He also calls attention to the 1939 nonaggression pact between the Soviet Union and Germany that allowed Hitler to proceed with his plans to invade Poland, fomenting war in Europe. Suvorov debunks the theory that Stalin was duped by Hitler and that the Soviet Union was a victim of Nazi aggression. Instead, he makes the case that Stalin neither feared Hitler nor mistakenly trusted him. Suvorov maintains that after Germany occupied Poland, defeated France, and started to prepare for an invasion of Great Britain, Hitler's intelligence services detected the Soviet Union's preparations for a major war against Germany. This detection, he argues, led to Germany's preemptive war plan and the launch of an invasion of the USSR. Stalin emerges from the pages of this book as a diabolical genius consumed by visions of a worldwide Communist revolution at any cost—a leader who wooed Hitler and Germany in his own effort to conquer the world. In contradicting traditional theories about Soviet planning, the book is certain to provoke debate among historians throughout the world. 35 photos,

385 pp
$39.00

434. MARSHAL ZHUKOV AT THE ODER: THE DECISIVE BATTLE FOR BERLIN
Tony Le Tissier, C

An impressively detailed account of the Nazi-Soviet battles that culminated in 1945 with the last major land battle in Europe - one that proved decisive for the fate of Berlin and the Third Reich. In the dying months of the Second World War on 31 January 1945, the first Red Army troops reached the River Oder, barely forty miles from Berlin. Everyone at Soviet Headquarters expected Marshal Zhukov’s troops quickly to bring the war to an end. But despite bitter fighting by both sides, a bloody stalemate persisted for two months. At the end of this time the Soviet bridgeheads north and south of Kustrin were eventually united, and the Nazi fortress finally fell. Tony Le Tissier has written an impressively detailed account of the Nazi-Soviet battles in the Oderbruch and for the Seelow Heights, east of Berlin. They culminated in 1945 with the last major land battle in Europe that proved decisive for the fate of Berlin - and the Third Reich. Drawing on official sources and the personal accounts of soldiers from both sides who were involved, Le Tissier has meticulously reconstructed the Soviets’ difficult breakthrough on the Oder: the establishment of bridgeheads, the battle for the fortress of Kustrin, and the bloody fight for the Seelow Heights. Numerous maps help the reader follow the ebb and flow of battle, and a selection of archive photographs paint a sobering picture of the final death throes of Hitler’s Thousand-Year Reich.
illustrated with b/w photos.

322 pp.
$38.00

435. RAISING THE RED BANNER THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF STALIN'S FLEET 1920 - 1945
Richard Worth, C,

The extraordinary story of the foundation of what would become the major threat to the West during the Cold War – built by the Bolsheviks from nothing
A unique volume on a neglected area of military history. At the revolution, the Tsar’s navy, such as it was, was obsolete and scattered, much of it never to return home. From a standing start a huge fleet was built by the Bolsheviks, who were obliged to deal with the West: engines from Italy, warship plans and gun turrets from Germany (in exchange for 3.5 million tons of food and material as late as February 1940). Stalin himself took a deadly, keen interest, insisting for example that at the last moment the boilers on a new Soviet destroyer class were repositioned. It was done! With more than 200 photographs, most previously unpublished, the pictorial content alone of Raising the Red Banner is of immense interest to naval enthusiasts and students of the Second World War.

288 pp.
$40.00

436. BLOODY STREETS THESOVIET ASSAULT ON BERLIN APRIL 1945
A. Stephen Hamilton, C,O,

On 16 April 1945 the Soviet Army launched the fourth largest offensive of WWII with the goal to capture Berlin in five operational days. The Soviet Army took four days just to breech the prepared German defenses along the Seelow Heights, followed by another four days to reach Berlin. Berlin's fall occurred after another eight days of bloody street fighting-sixteen days after the operation began and eleven days longer than planned. The backbone of Berlin's defense was the German LVI Panzer Corps, newly formed and under strength. This corps bore the brunt of the Soviet attack along the Seelow Heights by the 5th Shock, 8th Guards, 1st and 2nd Guards Tank Armies and now was faced with holding Berlin against the combined weight of seven separate Soviet Armies from two competing Soviet Fronts. Supporting the LVI Panzer Corps were various formations of the Volkssturm, Hitler Youth, and SS, as well as smaller ad hoc formations of foreign volunteers and locally formed units. The Battle of Berlin precipitated the death of Adolf Hitler and the fall the Third Reich-at a high cost. Soviet operational daily casualty rates were among the highest of the war, and they lost more than the equivalent of a Tank Army in armor and self-propelled guns in the streets of Berlin. Bloody Streets is a massive new work that uses previously unpublished German, Russian, and Allied first person accounts, as well as previously unused primary sources and photographs, including aerial imagery, to bring to life the largest urban assault in military history. All aspects of this battle are covered with new insights into how it was planned, shaped, and executed. This book uniquely presents a day-by-day account of the tactical fighting throughout the city's ruins in greater detail than previously published. German and Soviet units come to life through vivid first person accounts and insightful analysis that are interwoven to provide a complete picture of the brutal urban combat that ensued in the bloody streets of Berlin. 220 photos, 8 pages color afv profiles, 10 maps, 11 tables

368 pp.
$100.00*

437. NOTES OF A SNIPER
Vassili Zaitsev, S, This is the sniper that the movie Enemy At the Gates is based. Stalingrad is only one chapter in this book, the rest is just as fantastic.

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Zaitsev titled the book Notes of a Sniper; For Us There Was No Land Beyond the Volga. Zaitsev details the battle from when he was first sent to Stalingrad, up until he was wounded by shrapnel in January of 1943. He heard the German surrender from his hospital bed in Stalingrad - he heard the captive German army marching past. If you are the sort of person who likes first person accounts by actual participants, this is the book for you - Zaitsev explains how he became a marksman in his youth, and then how he and a small band of Red Army snipers managed to terminate more than 1200 Nazis - mostly officers, sergeants, machine - gunners and artillery spotters. " Zaitsev is good writer who was there during the biggest battle of all time and he gives a blow by blow account of the dirt, the blood, the grime, the smells, when he first arrived he was a unit messenger and he only got the sniper assignment 4 or 5 weeks into the battle. Although he had high scores on the shooting range no one thought to make him a sniper until they saw him shoot a Nazi machine gunner and the Nazi's two loaders, at a range of 600 yards, using a gun with standard sights. Zaitsev reports that he had never seen a rifle with telescopic sights until he was in Stalingrad and he had no idea how to use a sniper rifle. He was a self taught marksman with only a few days of instruction from a graduate of the Moscow Army Sniper School. When his superiors saw his success they ordered him to create a sniper detachment in Stalingrad, and Zaitsev recruited his marksmen on the spot.

281 pp
$10.00

438. PARTISAN'S COMPANION: DEADLY TECHNIQUES OF SOVIET FREEDOM FIGHTERS DURING WWII
translated by Paul J Schmitt, S

Learn how regular citizens fought back against Hitler's army in this exclusive translation of the first guide for Soviet partisans. The original version of this manual was distributed to the public in December 1941 as Nazi tanks rolled toward Moscow. Inside was chapter after chapter of guerrilla warfare and survival tactics designed to turn ordinary civilians into freedom fighters capable of defending the motherland against a superior force. Of historic note as the first step toward the development of an organized Soviet partisan movement, the original book had an initial printing of 50,000 copies; printed on low-grade paper, they are rare finds today. In this translation, you'll learn the tactics of partisan warfare as practiced by Soviet citizens during World War II, including how to destroy tanks; set up and use improvised sniper positions; carry out sapper work such as felling trees, damaging telephone and telegraph wires and destroying bridges; fighting with knives and entrenching tools; and surviving under harsh winter conditions.

226 pp
$20.00

439. THE BLOODY TRIANGLE: THE DEFEAT OF SOVIET ARMOR IN THE UKRAINE 1941
Victor Kamenir, C

It was a tank battle exceeded in size and significance only by the famous defeat of Germany's Panzer force near Kursk in 1943. And yet, little is known about this weeklong clash of more than two thousand Soviet and German tanks in a stretch of northwestern Ukraine that came to be known as the "bloody triangle." This book offers the first in-depth account of this critical battle, which began on 24 June 1941, just two days into Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union. Author Victor Kamenir describes the forces arrayed against each other across that eighteen-hundred-square-mile-triangle in northwestern Ukraine. Providing detailed orders of battle for both Wehrmacht and Red Army Forces and contrasting the strengths and weaknesses of the Soviet and German tanks, he shows how the Germans slowly and decisively overwhelmed the Russians, apparently opening the way to Moscow and the ultimate defeat of the Soviet Union. And yet, as Kamenir's account makes clear, even at this early stage of the Russo-German war the Soviets were able to slow down and even halt the Nazi juggernaut. Finally, the handful of days gained by the Red Army did prove to have been decisive when the Wehrmacht attack stalled at the gates of Moscow in the dead of winter, foreshadowing the end for the Germans. Illustrated with b/w photos.

320 pp.
$30.00

440. NAZI RULE AND THE SOVIET OFFENSIVE IN EASTERN GERMANY, 1944-1945: THE DARKEST HOUR
Alastair Noble, C

The Darkest Hour is a groundbreaking English-language examination of the final period of Nazi rule in Germany’s eastern provinces at the end of the Second World War. It outlines the wartime role of this region and assesses the impact of Nazi ‘popular mobilisation’initiatives during the closing months of the conflict. Major projects such as the preparation of the Ostwall defences and the raising of the Volkssturm (Home Guard) are examined in depth. The book concludes by weighing up the importance of propaganda and coercion to the Nazi regime as it attempted to prolong its existence in the face of crushing military defeats. The Darkest Hour incorporates a unique synthesis of archival and printed source material from the English-speaking world, Germany, Poland and Russia. The eastern German Nazi leadership, their crimes and their corruption, are covered collectively to a greater extent in this book than in any English-language account hitherto. As the Third Reich was on the brink of defeat, its leader and lackeys wielded life or death powers and were loathed by the civilian population as much as the advancing Soviets were feared. This extensive account of this important historical period and circumstance is essential reading for all scholars and students of the Third Reich and European military history. Small photo section and a few maps.

360 pp.
$100.00

441. ZITADELLE: THE GERMAN OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE KURSK SALIENT 4-17 JULY 1943
Mark Healy , C

This account of the great tank battle at Kursk, the turning point of the German Eastern offensive in July 1943, is a detailed and valuable analysis of the German and Russian actions during the confrontation. It describes fully the German attempt to excise the Kursk Salient, and the brilliant Russian defenses instigated during German delays which ultimately led to the defeat of the panzers and the Soviet advance on the Reich. The German and Russian tactics, plans, and realities of war on sodden battlefields are fully explored, and new light is shed on the scale of the German defeat, which has been exaggerated for years without question by historians who relied on Soviet accounts of the battle. It is brought to life by maps and a wide collection of photographs taken during the campaign. 17 Color Photos, 150 B/W Photos, 8 Maps,

384 pp.
$70.00

442. RUSSIAN PATRIOT: A RED ARMY SOLDIER'S SERVICE FOR HIS MOTHERLAND AND AGAINST BOLSHEVISM
Sigismund Diczabalis, C

Did Sigismund Diczbalis betray his motherland, or was his conversion to the anti-Bolshevik cause the act of a true patriot? That question is at the heart of The Russian Patriot, a compelling account of one man's tumultuous war. A committed young Communist who joined the Red Army on the day Hitler's Blitzkrieg tore across the Soviet Union's borders in June 1941, Sigismund unquestioningly offered his life to the service of his motherland. Captured and thrown into a German prisoner of war camp, fate offered him escape from certain death through service to the 'new order'; chance made him a Red partisan spy. Ordered to infiltrate a German-run anti-partisan unit, his conversion began and soon he was a committed anti-Bolshevik, joining the Russian Army of Liberation that was devoted to toppling Stalin. It was all too little too late and when in the spring of 1945 Sigismund fell into the hands of Soviet spy-hunters, death seemed a certainty...until fate once again played a part in giving him a new lease of life in a far away land. Traitor or patriot? In The Russian Patriot Sigismund Diczbalis reveals that the 60 years since the Second World War ended have done little to erase a question that has troubled him lifelong.

192 pp.
$35.00

443. DOUBLE FIGHTER KNIGHT
Ilmari Juutilainen, C

In reading this remarkable memoire, one finds himself drawing some rather fascinating conclusions about this little-known piece of World War II. For example, the story sheds a light on; Finland's motivation for its participation in the war against the Soviet Union, the role of tactical aviation on the Eastern Front, fighter tactics in general, the incredible performance of the Finnish Air Force against overwhelming odds in the harsh environment of Karelia and the Gulf of Finland and, most interesting of all, about the author himself; clearly one of the most successful and deadly aerial tacticians in the entire history of military aviation. That Air Master Sergeant Ilmari "Illu" Juutilainen was an eminently successful fighter pilot goes without question. That he was deadly in an aerial engagement is demonstrated by his having killed 94 enemy airplanes and sustained no damage from enemy fighters what-so-ever. But, he was neither vicious, nor cruel, nor lacking in gallantry or even magnamity. He had feelings of empathy for his opponents and often wished them well after having put their airplanes out of action. But, he was involved in a raw, brutal, terrifying business... the pitting of men in flying machines against other men of war. No quarter was asked; and none was given. They went at each other with machine guns and cannons, in flimsy machines in the bitter cold skies over Finland. There were no points awarded for coming in second in aerial combat... only torn and shattered bodies, a fiery funeral pyre and a final, violent impact with the earth. Yet, despite its violance, many of the participants in this spectacle relished it, reveled in the adrenaline-packed mael-storm of the dogfight and came back for more day after day. These were the ones who came in first. These were the victorious knights. Air Master Sergeant Ilmari "Illu" Juutilainen was surely one of the best of these men! 48 page photo section

254 pp.
$41.00*

444. RED STARS 5 - BALTIC FLEET AIR FORCE IN THE WINTER WAR
F Geust, G Petrov and S Tirkeltaub, C

The fifth volume of the acclaimed Red Stars -book series describes the operations of the Air Force of the Soviet Baltic Fleet (VVS KBF) during the Winter War between USSR and Finland which lasted from November 30 1939 to March 13 1940, with Finnish ports and shipping being main targets of the Soviet attacks. Red Stars Vol. 5 is the result of several years of labour by the well-known aviation historians Carl-Fredrik Geust and Gennadiy Petrov who have now been joined by Samuil Tirkeltaub. A balanced and in-depth view of the air combat operations of both sides is presented, including identification and analysis of victory claims and losses. The extremely detailed day-to-day chronicle is based on extensive archive research in both countries, and is accompanied by some 300 top quality photographs (including unique air recce photos of both fighting sides - taken both before and during the Winter War), 18 color profiles and full Order of Battle and loss tables. For the first time ever air photos taken by the Finnish Air Force of Soviet AF bases in summer 1939 are published.

192 pp.
$59.00*

445. THE SNIPER - SIMO HAYHA: ONE SHOT ONE KILL
Tapio A. M. Saarelainen, C

Simo Häyhä (1905 – 2002) is the most famous sniper in the world. He is a sniper with a capital S. During the Winter War, which was fought between Finland and Soviet Union in 1939 – 1940, he obediently carried out the demanding tasks he was commanded to. He was one of the significant persons who created the Spirit of the Winter War by leading the way. He has been a role model for snipers all over the world and paved the way for them by showing their significance in the battlefield. He still holds the record of the snipers, 542 confirmed kills, with iron sights. Simo Häyhä was a man of action who spoke very little. He was rewarded for his actions in many ways during and after the Winter War, the only war he ever participated in. He was promoted from corporal to second lieutenant and he was awarded the Cross of Kollaa (Kollaan Risti). He was also rewarded a Honorary Rifle, Sako m/28 on February 17 1940 at Kollaa front. For sniping Simo Häyhä used his own m/28-30 rifle the whole time. Simo was wounded on March 6 1940. Simo Häyhä lived two lives: The first one before the Winter War and the second one after his recovery. Simo got back on his feet and created long lasting career in farming and forestry. His roots were deep in the Finnish soil and he loved the life in rural Finland. He was also a master in breeding hunting dogs and he knew how to hunt small game and moose. He shot 73 moose, last one in 1984. Tapio Saarelainen, the author of this book, is a career officer in the Finnish Army. He has spent two decades in training snipers. In his youth he competed in rifle shooting. The author has spent lots of time investigating Simo Häyhä’s life and accomplishments and he interviewed Simo dozens of times during 1997 – 2002. The author has also participated in writing the Sniper’s Manual for the Finnish Defence Forces in 2000 – 2003. He has transferred Simo Häyhä’s trade secrets to the mentioned manual through this writing process. Waging war is the essential part of humanity. This has not changed, although the form of waging war and the methods have. War is getting more technical, but the nature of sniping remains the same. There is always a sniper with the duty to carry out the commanded task. One shot – one kill is the goal, also in the future!

135 pp.
$70.00*

446. 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 - $85.00*

447. T-34/76 CAMOUFLAGE AND MARKINGS (MUSHROOM MODELS GREEN SERIES NO 4105)
Przemystaw Skulski, S,O

The T-34 was possibly the best medium tank of WWII, and was a major influence on all subsequent tank designs. It served in huge numbers with the Soviet Army, its allies, and its enemies. Describes the colors and markings applied to the T-34/76 in service with all major users, including unit and tactical markings, individual names and insignia, and air recognition features. Profusely illustrated with 80 b/w and 30 color photos and more than 50 full color profiles and graphics. Green Series; Skulski and Filipiuk;

80 pp.
$37.00

448. HITLER'S NEMESIS THE RED ARMY, 1930 - 45
Walter Dunn, S,

Hitler's Nemesis traces the development of the Russian army in reaction to the rise of Hitler, Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941, and the progression of World War II over the following four years. Caught by surprise in 1941, the Red Army teetered on the brink of destruction before bouncing back to defend Moscow, defeat the Germans at Stalingrad and Kursk, and annihilate the German Army in 1944-45. This is the story of how the Soviets staged this miraculous turnaround.

288 pp.
$19.00

449. TO THE CAUCASUS AND THE AUSTRIAN ALPS: THE HISTORY OF THE 23. PANZER-DIVISION IN WORLD WAR II
Ernst Rebentisch, C,O,

This 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. 641 photographs, 104 maps and 8 pages of color armored vehicles drawings,

536 pp.
$95.00

450. SOVIET TANK UNITS 1039 - 45 THE ESSENTIAL VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION GUIDE
David Porter, C,O-

The Essential Vehicle Identification Guide: Soviet Tank Units, 1939–45 offers an highly illustrated guide to the main armored fighting vehicles used by the Red Army during World War II. This compact volume includes sample unit structures and orders of battle from company up to corps level, providing an organizational context for key campaigns throughout the war. Organized chronologically, the book offers a comprehensive survey of Soviet-employed armored fighting vehicles by campaign, including the German invasion of 1941, the defense of Moscow, the Stalingrad counteroffensive, the battles of Kharkov and Kursk, Operation “Bagration,” and the final defeat of Axis forces in Berlin, Vienna, and Budapest in May 1945. All the major and many minor tanks are featured, including every variation of the BT fast tank, T-26 light tank and T-34 to see action on the Eastern Front. The guide also includes numerous Lend-Lease AFVs – such as the British Churchill and US Sherman tanks – as well as many examples of Soviet light vehicles, self-propelled guns, tractors, and trucks. Packed with 250 full-color artworks and photographs with exhaustive specifications, The Essential Vehicle Identification Guide: Soviet Tank Units, 1939–45 is a key reference guide for military modelers and World War II enthusiasts. 250 b/w and color illustrations and photos,

192 pp.
$30.00

451. US AIRCRAFT IN THE SOVIET UNION AND RUSSIA
Yefim Gordon, C,O,

A new and detailed examination of how imported American aircraft, engines and aviation equipment were used in pre-revolutionary Russia, the Soviet Union, and today’s Russia, influencing the development of aircraft industry, civil and military aviation over all these years.
US aviation first ‘set foot’ on Russian soil in 1908 and since then many different aircraft have been used. Between the two World Wars, Boeing and Martin attempted to sell their aircraft to the Soviet Union with many different variants flying. During the Second World War, Soviet airmen flew and fought in US aircraft supplied under the Lend-Lease agreement and these planes proved to be very popular with Soviet aircrew. After the Cold War, co-operation was established between US and Russian aircraft manufacturers and research establishments (such as the effort by Sukhoi and Gulfstream to create supersonic business jets); deliveries of US aero engines for certain Russian aircraft have also taken place. This unique book is illustrated with over 600 photographs, many of which have never been published, line drawings and colour profiles and will be of real interest to aviation enthusiasts everywhere. 600 colour and mono illustrations,

352 pp.
$64.00

452. TANKS IN THE WINTER WAR 1939 - 1940: Operations: Scandinavia 1939
Maxim Komolyets, C,O

Tanks in the Winter War is a unique book. Certainly there have been shelves of books written about the Winter War, but none have described the Soviet units and their efforts, and none have described the tanks used in the conflict. This book is based upon Russian sources and therefore stands out remarkably from other books on the market about the Finnish Winter War. You are given a concise account of the Soviet units, their equipment and the commanders and operations. You also get an account of the Finnish defense, the fortifications, the obstacles, the mines and the armours etc. Furthermore; the only tank battle of the Winter War, the battle of Honkaniemi, is described in detail. The ‘Tanks in the Winter War’ is a must for all who are interested in what happened in Finland during World War II and is destined to become a collectors item! 32 color profiles & 130 b/w illustrations

160 pp.
$40.00

454. ORDER OF BATTLE: THE RED ARMY IN WWII
David Porter, C

Broken down by key battles or campaigns within each theater of war, Order of Battle: The Red Army in World War II shows the strengths and organizational structures of the Red Army’s ground forces campaign by campaign, building into a detailed compendium of information. With extensive organizational diagrams and full-color campaign maps showing the disposition of units, Order of Battle: The Red Army in World War II is an easy-to-use guide to the Russian, Polish, Czech and units of other nationalities that served as part of Stalin’s army, their strengths during key campaigns and battles, and details of where they served throughout the war. The book will be an essential reference guide for any serious enthusiast of World War II. 20 illustrations and photos, 30 maps,

192 pp.
$35.00

455A. TO THE GATES OF STALINGRAD: SOVIET-GERMAN COMBAT OPERATIONS, APRIL - AUGUST 1942, THE STALINGRA
David Glantz, C

The confrontation between German and Soviet forces at Stalingrad was a titanic clash of armies on an unprecedented scale—a campaign that was both a turning point in World War II and a lasting symbol of that war’s power and devastation. Yet despite the attention lavished on this epic battle by historians, much about it has been greatly misunderstood or hidden from view—as David Glantz, the world’s foremost authority on the Red Army in World War II, now shows. This first volume in Glantz’s masterly trilogy draws on previously unseen or neglected sources to provide the definitive account of the opening phase of this iconic Eastern Front campaign. Glantz has combed daily official records from both sides—including the Red Army General Staff, the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs, the German Sixth Army, and the Soviet 62nd Army—to produce a work of unparalleled detail and fresh interpretations. Jonathan House, an authority on twentieth-century warfare, adds further insight and context. Hitler’s original objective was not Stalingrad but the Caucasus oilfields to the south of the city. So he divided his Army Group South into two parts—one to secure the city on his flank, one to capture the oilfields. Glantz reveals for the first time how Stalin, in response, demanded that the Red Army stand and fight rather than withdraw, leading to the numerous little-known combat engagements that seriously eroded the Wehrmacht’s strength before it even reached Stalingrad. He shows that, although advancing German forces essentially destroyed the armies of the Soviet Southwestern and Southern Fronts, the Soviets resisted the German advance much more vigorously than has been thought through constant counterattacks, ultimately halting the German offensive at the gates of Stalingrad. This fresh, eye-opening account and the subsequent companion volumes—on the actual battle for the city itself and the successful Soviet counteroffensive that followed—will dramatically revise and expand our understanding of what remains a military campaign for the ages. 80 photographs, 87 maps, 6 x 9

736 pp.
$40.00

455B. ARMAGEDDON IN STALINGRAD SEPTEMBER - NOVEMBER 1942: THE STALINGRAD TRILOGY VOLUME 2
David Glantz, C,

The German offensive on Stalingrad was originally intended to secure the Wehrmacht’s flanks, but it stalled dramatically in the face of Stalin’s order: “Not a Step Back!” The Soviets’ resulting tenacious defense of the city led to urban warfare for which the Germans were totally unprepared, depriving them of their accustomed maneuverability, overwhelming artillery fire, and air support—and setting the stage for debacle. Armageddon in Stalingrad continues David Glantz and Jonathan House’s bold new look at this most iconic military campaign of the Eastern Front and Hitler’s first great strategic defeat. While the first volume in their trilogy described battles that took the German army to the gates of Stalingrad, this next one focuses on the inferno of combat that decimated the city itself. Previous accounts of the battle are far less accurate, having relied on Soviet military memoirs plagued by error and cloaked in secrecy. Glantz and House have plumbed previously unexploited sources—including the archives of the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD) and the records of the Soviet 62nd and German Sixth Armies—to provide unprecedented detail and fresh interpretations of this apocalyptic campaign. They allow the authors to reconstruct the fighting hour by hour, street by street, and even building by building and reveal how Soviet defenders established killing zones throughout the city and repeatedly ambushed German spearheads. The authors set these accounts of action within the contexts of decisions made by Hitler and Stalin, their high commands, and generals on the ground and of the larger war on the Eastern Front. They show the Germans weaker than has been supposed, losing what had become a war of attrition that forced them to employ fewer and greener troops to make up for earlier losses and to conduct war on an ever-lengthening logistics line. 123 photographs, 49 tables, 97 maps, 6 x 9

900+ pp.
$40.00

457. AFTER STALINGRAD: THE RED ARMY'S WINTER OFFENSIVE, 1942 - 1943
David M. Glantz, C

In the wake of the Red Army's signal victory at Stalingrad, which began when its surprise counteroffensive encircled German Sixth Army in Stalingrad region in mid-November 1942 and ended when its forces liquidated beleaguered Sixth Army in early February 1943, the Soviet High Command (Stavka) expanded its counteroffensive into a full-fledged winter offensive which nearly collapsed German defenses in southern Russia. Exploiting newly released Russian archival materials, After Stalingrad reveals the unbounded ambitions that shaped the Stavka's winter offensive and the full scope and scale of the Red Army's many offensive operations. For example, it reflects on recently rediscovered Operation Mars, Marshal Zhukov's companion-piece to the more famous Operation Uranus at Stalingrad. It then reexamines the Red Army's dramatic offensive into the Donbas and Khar'kov region during February, clearly demonstrating that this offensive was indeed conducted by three rather than two Red Army fronts. Likewise, it describes how the Stavka expanded the scale of its offensive in mid-February 1943 by ordering major strategic efforts, hitherto ignored, by multiple Red Army fronts along the Western (Orel-Smolensk) axis and, in Zhukov's forgotten operation Polar Star, along the Northwestern (Demiansk-Leningrad) axis as well. Finally, by restoring the full scope of these failed or partially failed Red Army offensives to history, this volume also reassesses the impact of Manstein's dramatic counterstrokes in the Donbas and Khar'kov regions, concluding that their impact was equivalent to that of a full-fledged strategic counteroffensive. This new study includes over 100 operational maps to highlight key aspects of the offensives.

496 pp.
$60.00

458. POLAND BETRAYED: THE NAZI SOVIET INVASION OF 1939
David Williamson, C

Hitler's attack on Poland in 1939 was the first brutal act in six years of world war, but the campaign is often overshadowed by the momentous struggle that followed across the rest of Europe. David Williamson, in this timely and thought-provoking study, reconstructs each stage of the battle in graphic detail. He looks at the precarious situation of the Polish nation caught between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, reconsiders the pre-war policies of the other European powers, particularly France and Britain, and assesses the state of the opposing armed forces before the Germans launched Operation White. In a vivid and fast-moving narrative he follows the course of the campaign as it moved across Poland in September 1939. His book should encourage a fresh understanding of the Polish-German war and of its significance for the wider conflagration that followed. Critical episodes in the German offensive are re-examined: the mock attack at Gleiwitz, the battles at Westerplatte and Bzura, the siege of Warsaw and the impact of the intervention of the Red Army. Throughout the narrative, first-hand accounts of soldiers and civilians who were caught up in events are used to give an insight into the experience of the war. The author dispels myths that persist about the course of the campaign - the apparent destruction of the Polish air force, the Poles' use of cavalry - and he draws attention to often overlooked flaws in German military organization. He also records the immediate aftermath of the Polish capitulation - the division of Poland between Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Soviet Union and the fate of the captured Polish troops. 40 b/w photos,

256 pp.
$40.00

459. TWILIGHT OF THE GODS: A SWEDISH VOLUNTEER IN THE 11TH SS PANZERGRENADIER DIVISION "NORDLAND" ON THE EASTERN FRONT
Thorolf Hillblad, editor, S

This is the story of Erik Wallin, a Swede who volunteered for the Waffen-SS, serving in the panzer reconnaissance battalion of the 11th SS Panzergrenadier Division, a unit composed mainly of volunteers from Scandinavia. The division saw combat in the Courland Pocket, along the Oder River, and in Berlin.

160 pp.
$19.00

460. BATTLE IN THE BALTICS: THE FIGHTING FOR LATVIA, LITHUANIA AND ESTONIA, A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY
Ian Baxter, C,O,

Battle in the Baltics 1944 - 1945 is an exclusive insight into the last frantic months of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1944 - 1945. From mid-August 1944 there was nothing but a drum-beat of defeats for the German Army as it fought to the grim death to try and hold back the overwhelming might of the Russians from reaching the borders of the Reich. It was in the Baltic`s where Army Group North played a decisive role in trying to stem the rout and preventing the fragile lines from finally being smashed to pieces. Drawing on a host of rare and unpublished photographs accompanied by in-depth captions, the book provides a revealing insight into the last desperate months of the war. It reveals in detail how the remnants of Army Group North were driven back across a scarred and devastated wasteland to the borders of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, East Prussia and Pomerania. What followed was the Battle of the Baltic`s where exhausted and undermanned German forces fought to almost near extinction against the constant hammer blows of Soviet ground and aerial bombardments. 220 b/w photos,

112 pp.
$70.00

461. STALIN'S REVENGE: OPERATION BAGRATION & THE ANNIHILATION OF ARMY GROUP CENTRE
Anthony Tucker-Jones, C

In the summer of 1944 the Red Army crushed Army Group Centre in one of the largest offensives in military history. Operation Bagration - launched almost exactly three years after the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union - was Stalin's retribution for Hitler's Operation Barbarossa. Earlier battles at Stalingrad and Kursk paved the way for Soviet victory, but as Anthony Tucker-Jones demonstrates in this fascinating study, Bagration ensured that the Germans would never regain the strategic initiative. In one fell swoop the Wehrmacht lost a quarter of its strength on the Eastern Front. And in a series of overwhelming assaults, the Red Army recaptured practically all the territory the Soviet Union had lost in 1941, advanced into East Prussia and reached the outskirts of Warsaw. As he reconstructs this massive and complex battle, Anthony Tucker-Jones assesses the opposing forces and their commanders and gives a vivid insight into the planning and decision-making at the highest level. He recreates the experience of the soldiers on the battlefield by using graphic contemporary accounts, and he sets the Bagration offensive in the wider context of the Soviet war effort. He also asks why Stalin's road to retribution proved to be such a long and bloody one - for the Germans, despite their crippling losses, managed to resist for another ten months. 30 b/w photos

208 pp.
$40.00

462. SNIPER ACE: FROM THE EASTERN FRONT TO SIBERIA
Bruno Sutkus, C

Throughout World War II, German snipers were obliged to carry a 'Scharfshützen Buch' which recorded every kill. Each success noted had to be verified by a witness and signed by a superior officer. The journal of Sutkus is one of only a few such books to have survived the war. It records more than 200 kills, placing him as one of the war's most successful snipers. A large part of his journal is reproduced for the first time here. As a Hitler Youth member his skill as a marksman was quickly noted and, in July 1943, aged 19, he was drafted into the Wehrmacht. A month later he was sent on a five month sniper's course in Wilna, after which he was posted to the Eastern Front. He was so successful that his superiors sent him to crucial positions. Despite his age, he was regarded as one of Germany's best snipers and in November 1944 he was awarded the Scharfshützenabzeichen 3 Stufe - the highest award for a sniper. After being wounded in January 1945, Sutkus was given time to recuperate away from the Eastern Front. During this time he met a Red Cross nurse, to whom he gave all his journal. When the war finished, Sutkus was forced to join the Red Army. He deserted to join the Lithuanian resistance fighters. After being captured again he was tortured by the KGB and deported to Siberia to endure forced labour. It was not until the collapse of the Soviet Union that he was able return to Germany and find his journal, still in the hands of the same nurse. 50 pages of illustrations

256 pp.
$33.00

463. ENDKAMPF UM DAS REICHSGEBIET 1944 - 1945 ( THE FINAL BATTLES ON GERMAN TERRITORY
Axel Urbanke, C,O, German and English Text

This large-format volume is the first hardbound book to be released by the German publisher Luftverlag-Start. Consisting of 160 pages, with unique unpublished wartime photos, this title covers the battles fought by Wehrmacht units to defend the borders of the Reich. This title contains 186 black-and-white wartime photos showing the German side. Most were taken by German soldiers during the final battles and thus represents a unique perspective, for by then film was difficult to obtain. Also included are 23 rare color photos taken during the fighting. All the photographs are accompanied by detailed text and maps which was extensivly researched by the author. All the photos are reproduced full page on quality glossy paper to the highest possible standards.

Battles covered in this title:

-Nemmersdorf and Goldap, the Russian drive across the East Prussian border
-From Königsberg to Pillau - Fighting Withdrawal in Samland, East Prussia April 1945 (Panther photos)
-The 1st Marine-Schützen-Division actions at the Oder in the Zehden Bridgehead in February 1945
-The fighting in Silesia in spring 1945 (Panther photos)
-The battle for Fortress Breslau
-Actions by the "Hermann Göring" Fallschirmpanzerkorps at Bautzen and Görlitz in April 1945 (Panther photos)
-The Führer-Begleit-Division in the fighting in Lauban (Panther photos)
-The SS-Freiwilligen-Brigade "Wallonien" and the 4th SS-Polizei-Division in the Battle for Pomerania
-SS-Panzer-Jäger-Abteilung 560 z.b.V. in action at the Oder (Hetzer photos)
-The action against the Russian Bridgehead over the Oder at Küstrin and "Fortress Küstrin" (Panther and Hetzerphotos)
-Heiligenbeil and Oxhöfter Kämpe - the fight about the pockets at the Haff and the Danziger-Bucht
186 black-and-white photos, 23 rare color photos,

160 pp.
$85.00

464. THE ESTONIAN SOLDIER IN WORLD WAR II
Mart Laar, C,O,

A monumental album with ca 1500 illustrations about Estonian soldiers in World War II

Photos taken in Estonia in the summer of 1939 show a country looking peacefully and joyfully into the future, a country without any inkling of the terrifying events soon to descend upon it. In his Independence Day parade speech on 24 February 1939 president Konstantin Päts stated that Estonia’s only wish was to live in peace and stay away from wars and conflicts. And this was indeed the case. However, history went its own way, and nobody cared about what small Estonia wanted. The Soviet occupation and annexation of Estonia in 1940 also meant that from this time, Estonian men could no longer wear their own army’s uniform during World War II. Either voluntarily or compulsorily it had to be replaced by German, Russian, Finnish, British or US uniforms or insignia. In spite of the uniform worn, most Estonian men who fought in WWII wanted the war to end with the restoration of Estonian freedom. In some cases this goal was completely clear, in other cases it had to be hidden. Service in different armies also led to many cases where Estonians were forced to fight other Estonians. Estonians confronting Estonians on the battlefield suffered the tragedy of fratricidal war. World War II was particularly tragic for Estonia, because in spite of the sacrifices, the war still ended with the destruction of Estonian independence. However, resistance against foreign occupation continued after the end of the battles in Europe. Estonian independence was not achieved without bloodshed, only the last phase of restoring independence passed without the sacrifice of life. Although Estonia succeeded in restoring its independence in 1991, for Estonia World War II actually ended only on 31 August 1994, when the last uninvited foreign soldier left Estonian territory. Tens of thousands of Estonian men and women had given their lives for the arrival of that day. The following album is dedicated to their memory.

$89.98*

465. HITLER'S WAR ON RUSSIA (AKA HITLER MOVES EAST)
Paul Carell, C,

This special limited edition of an all time classic on the war on the Eastern Front is based off the original British first edition. The dust jacket, photos and fold out map are reproduced exactly here as the original. The only small changes are upgrades on the binding, paper and overall production in which no expense was spared. Launched with an immense invasion force of three million men, Germany's surprise attack against Russia in 1941 was planned by Hitler to crush the Soviets within eight weeks. Instead, hampered by major strategic errors, fanatical Soviet resistance, and the severity of Russian winters, "Operation Barbarossa" lingered on until, in 1943, The German fighting machine finally broke down at Stalingrad in one of the most shattering defeats of the century. Rarely has this war of attrition be reconstructed in such authentic detail and with such starkly dramatic effects as it is in this account. Paul Carell, basing his story on official military records, the memoirs of commanders in both German and Russian armies, and extensive conversations with survivors of all ranks, has drawn an objective, extraordinary vivid pictures of a struggle which, in the size of the forces involved and the ferocity of the fighting, was unparalleled in the history of the war. Along "the greatest front in world history" three armoured spearheads advanced simultaneously in a Blitzkrieg aimed at the vital centers of Russia. Their superior direction of operations, the daring mobility of the Panzer Corps, and the toughness of the troops swept the Germans to within 60 miles of Moscow. But in 1942, while his generals were urging a direct attack upon the capital, Hitler ordered them to concentrate upon a drive south into the Ukraine and towards the oil of the Caucasus. The Germans rapidly penetrated as far as Stalingrad on the River Volga, and Hitler became obsessed with the necessity of capturing the city. By September his troops were fighting in its streets. But the Russians resisted heroically, and after breaking out from the city, encircled and captured a number of German divisions and high-ranking officers. It was this sudden collapse at Stalingrad which turned the tide of the war in Russia. Paul Carell demonstrates clearly in this definitive account the strategic issues of the Campaign, its origins and significance, Hitler's tactical blunders and his generals' achievements in spite of them. Includes stunning color and black and white photographs, that have easily stood the test of time in their dramatic appeal.

630 pp.
$55.00

466. TANKS IN RUSSIA: THE GERMAN ARMORED UNITS IN THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN 1941 - 1944
Horst Scheibert, C, O- bilingual English/German text

The reader experiences the advance of the Panzer divisions to Leningrad, the moment when the city was close enough to touch from the tank's tips. He experienced the huge, full encirclement battles of Army Group Center and South, the thunderous, dust-offensives of the summer of 1941 in the south, the bold forays without edge protection up into the steppes, where the attack petered out. More than 400 exciting, poignant photographs of all parts of the front are complemented by a wealth of information on the names of the battlefields, which involved tank and armored infantry divisions, the images and descriptions of many leading generals and officers, some legendary armor and weapon types with numerous technical descriptions such as strength of the armor, cruise speed, caliber of the guns, fire, speed, etc.

192 pp.
$29.50*

467. RUSSIANS IN THE WAFFEN-SS
Rolf Michaelis, C,

From summer 1941, some 100,000 Russians served in the German Wehrmacht, mostly as so called Schutzmannschaften under the command of the German Police (Höhere SS- und Polizeiführer) in the eastern occupied areas. The most famous unit was the Brigade Kaminski, established by Bronislav Kaminski in the summer of 1941. In 1944 it became the Waffen-Sturmbrigade der SS "Rona" later the 29. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS "Rona" (russische Nr.1). A second division was later established from various Schutzmannschafts-Bataillonen and was designated 30. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (russische Nr.2). over 100 bw images

128 pp.
$30.00

468. UKRAINIANS IN THE WAFFEN-SS
Rolf Michaelis, C,

With the beginning of the Operation Barbarossa more than 100,000 Ukrainians volunteered for the fight against Stalin and communismn. These volunteers were put into Schutzmannschafts-Bataillone under the control of the German Police. After Stalingrad however, Ukrainians were allowed to build up a division sized unit for the frontline. Around 15,000 Ukrainians were drafted and their first combat was at the Brody front in Galicia in summer 1944. 100 bw images

128 pp.
$30.00

469. ESTONIANS IN THE WAFFEN-SS
Rolf Michaelis, C

When German troops entered Estonia in the summer of 1941 they were welcomed by the Estonians. Thousands of Estonians wanted to take part in the war against Russia. Besides the Schutzmannschaften of German Police in 1942 Himmler started to build up an Estonian SS-Volunteer Brigade which became later the 20. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (estnische Nr. 1). They fought most notably at the Narwa-Front, and later in Silesia. 100 bw images

128 pp.
$30.00

470. KURSK 1943: THE GREATEST TANK BATTLE IN HISTORY
S

In the summer of 1943, after two years of total war on the Eastern Front, the Germans were ready to meet the Soviets on the decisive battlefield. The greatest tank battle of all time proved to be the beginning of the end for the Third Reich. The elite panzer formations were decimated and would never again regain their former strength. Nothing could turn the fortunes of the war for the Axis and their Soviet flood was not to be stopped until the ruins of Berlin. Illustrated with color and b/w photographs, color maps, 12 aircraft and 18 armor profiles, and 12 color uniform plates.

136 pp.
$35.00

471. HITLER'S PANZER ARMIES ON THE EASTERN FRONT
Robert Kirchubel, C

Hitler's panzer armies spearheaded the blitzkrieg on the Eastern Front. They played a key role in every major campaign, not simply as tactical tools but also as operational weapons that shaped strategy. Their extraordinary triumphs and their eventual defeat mirrors the fate of German forces in the East. And yet no previous study has concentrated on the history of these elite formations in the bitter struggle against the Soviet Union. Robert Kirchubel's absorbing and meticulously researched account of the operational history of the panzer armies fills this gap in the literature. And it gives a graphic insight into the organization, tactics, fighting methods and morale of the Wehrmacht at the height of its powers and as it struggled to defend the Reich. Using German sources, including many first-hand accounts seen for the first time in English, the author reconstructs the operations of the panzer armies from the launch of Operation Barbarossa in 1941 to the German collapse in May 1945. He follows each army and its men through the series of massive offensives and counteroffensives that swung across a vast front that stretched from the Baltic in the north to the Caucasus in the south. Their far-reaching campaigns included the ill-fated assault on Moscow, anti-partisan operations in the Balkans and the defense of Germany¹s Fatherland. His study is a valuable addition to the history of the Nazi-Soviet conflict and to understanding the part played by armored formations in the world war as a whole. It is absorbing reading.

246 pp.
$33.00

472. OPERATION BARBAROSSA AND GERMANY'S DEFEAT IN THE EAST
David Stahel, C,

Operation Barbarossa, the German invasion of the Soviet Union, began the largest and most costly campaign in military history. Its failure was a key turning point of the Second World War. The operation was planned as a Blitzkrieg to win Germany its Lebensraum in the east, and the summer of 1941 is well-known for the German army's unprecedented victories and advances. Yet the German Blitzkrieg depended almost entirely upon the motorised Panzer Groups, particularly those of Army Group Centre. Using previously unpublished archival records, David Stahel presents a new history of Germany’s summer campaign from the perspective of the two largest and most powerful Panzer Groups on the eastern front. Stahel’s research provides a fundamental reassessment of Germany’s war against the Soviet Union, highlighting the prodigious internal problems of the vital panzer forces and revealing that their demise in the earliest phase of the war undermined the whole German invasion. 20 b/w illus. 16 maps 2 tables

500 pp.
$94.00*

473. STEEL BULWARK: THE LAST YEARS OF THE GERMAN PANZERWAFFE ON THE EASTERN FRONT 1943-34 A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY
Ian Baxter, C,O,

Steel Bulwark: The Last Years of the German Panzerwaffe on the Eastern Front 1943-45 is a unique visual book providing the reader with a wide selection of rare and mostly unpublished photographs accompanied by in-depth captions. The images reveal the unfolding story of the last desperate years of the German Panzer forces - the Panzerwaffe - which had played a vital role in the military victories of the Nazis between 1939 and 1942. In the remaining years of the war it provided the backbone of Germany`s defense. Although its strength was badly depleted following serious losses at Kursk in the summer weeks of July 1943, the Panzerwaffe remained committed on the battlefield in spite of the titanic struggles which took place. Throughout the last years of the war it demonstrated the German tank soldiers' superior tactical abilities and showed how they carefully utilized all available reserves and resources into building numerous variants that went into production and saw action on the battlefield. The photos portray how these formidable machines were adapted and up-gunned to face the ever-increasing enemy threat. Even when it was forced to withdraw towards the frontiers of the Reich under the constant hammer blows of enemy ground and air bombardments, it reveals how the Panzerwaffe played a decisive role in trying to stem the rout along the disintegrating front lines. The book is a captivating glimpse of a remarkable band of soldiers showing the evolution of their tactics and unmatched fighting vehicles. It reveals its successes and many of its defeats. Even during the last months of the war as the German Panzers withdrew ever further into their Homeland, it shows how units of the Panzerwaffe fought on to the grim death, hoping to hold back the superior weight of their enemy in order to win time and save their forces from ultimate destruction.

128 pp.
$60.00

474. SIEGE OF KUSTRIN 1945: GATEWAY TO BERLIN
Tony Le Tissier, C

The unexpected arrival of Soviet troops at the end of January 1945 at the ancient fortress and garrison town of Küstrin came as a tremendous shock to the German High Command - the Soviets were now only 50 miles from Berlin itself. The Red Army needed the vital road and rail bridges passing through Küstrin for their forthcoming assault on the capital, but flooding and their own high command's strategic blunders resulted in a sixty-day siege by two Soviet armies which totally destroyed the town. The delay in the Soviet advance also gave the Germans time to consolidate the defenses shielding Berlin west of the Oder River. Despite Hitler's orders to fight on to the last bullet, the Küstrin garrison commander and 1,000 of the defenders managed a dramatic breakout to the German lines. The protracted siege had an appalling human cost - about 5,000 Germans were killed, 9,000 wounded and 6,000 captured, and the Russians lost 5,000 killed and 15,000 wounded. Tony Le Tissier, in this graphic and painstakingly researched account, has recorded events in extraordinary detail, using the vivid eyewitness testimony of survivors to bring the story of the siege to life.

288 pp.
$50.00

475. CIRCLE OF FIRE: THE EPIC BATTLE OF CHOLM
C,O, This is long out of print, I recently purchased the few remaing copies from the publisher.

In December of 1941, the German Offensive in Russia came to a halt. The Soviet leadership unleashed its reserves in a counteroffensive. In the Northern sector, the Third Russian Shock Army achieved a breakthrough on 8 January 1942 and enveloped German forces at a number of spots, including Demjansk. About 100 kilometers southwest of Demjansk, lay the small town of Cholm. The German garrison there was surrounded on 21 January. As in other cases, Hitler ordered them to hold to the last man. Generalmajor Theodor Scherer, the commander of 281.Sicherungs-Division, was tasked with organizing Cholm's defense. From the mishmash of German units reeling back from the Soviet attack, he organized approximately 5500 men and held the city for 105 days against overwhelming odds. This unique book illustrates with more than 150 photos taken during the encirclement this significant battle and shows the conditions and hardships faced by the men of Kampfgruppe Scherer throughout the battle until the town was liberated. with fold-out map,

142 pp.
$40.00*

476. FOREST BROTHERS: THE ACCOUNT OF AN ANTI-SOVIET LITHUANIAN FREEDOM FIGHTER, 1944-1948
Juozas Luksa, C,

An autobiographical account of the armed resistance against the Soviet Union, which took place between 1944–1956. Published in English for the first time in unabridged form, Lukša’s memoir remains one of the few reliable eye-witness accounts of the “Invisible Front”, as dubbed by Soviet security forces. At its zenith 28,000 guerilla fighters participated in battles and skirmishes throughout Lithuania, Lukša (partisan codename Daumantas) being one of the leaders. Forest Brothers also documents the role of women in the resistance, giving equal credit to these often silent partners. In 1948 Lukša and two comrades broke through the Iron Curtain on the Polish border. He sought training from the French intelligence and from the CIA. Lukša was flown back into the Soviet Union under the radar on the night of October 4, 1950. He managed to survive and operate eleven months until his near capture and death on the night of September 5, 1951. His account, written during 1948–1950, while he was living in hiding in Paris, describes in vivid scenes and dialogue the daily struggles of the resistance. 50 black and white photos

422 pp.
$45.00*

477. CRUCIBLE OF COMBAT: GERMANY'S DEFENSIVE BATTLES IN THE UKRAINE 1943 - 44
Rolf Hinze, C,

In his historical series Hinze provides the only comprehensive account of events on the central and southern portions of the German Eastern Front during the years of German retreat. This volume covers events on the southern portion of the Eastern Front from late 1943, in the aftermath of the Battle of Kursk, through the great Soviet summer offensives of 1943 and 1944. Following the final failure of German hopes in the great Battle of Kursk, the German forces in the Ukraine were forced ever back, losing ground gained in the years of victorious advance. This volume describes the bitter and eventful battles of German army groups in the Ukraine and the evacuation of the Crimean Peninsula during 1943 -1944. It follows the retreat from the Dnjepr to the Dnjestr rivers, Tscherkassy, Nikopol, Chersson, the fighting around Kriwoi Rog and Kirowograd, the loss of the Dnjepr salient, the breakout from the Tscherkassy Kessel ['pocket'], and the battles on the Rumainan frontier around Targul-Frumos. The roster of battles goes on and on, including Tarnopol and the magnificent feats of the Hube Kessel, as the cut-off German First Army fought its way as a 'moving pocket' to freedom. The panorama stretches from the Pripjet swamps north of Kiew on the boundary with Heeresgruppe Mitte to the Sea of Azov, the Black Sea and Sewastopol in the south, from the Mius and Donez Rivers to the borders of Hungary and Rumania. Hinze's accounts are indispensable to any study of the collapse of the German central front (covered in his two volumes on the collapse of Heeresgruppe Mitte), the great retreats across the Ukraine to the borders of Hungary and Rumania, and the evacuation of the Crimean Peninsula (both covered in this volume), the fate of Heeresgruppen Nordukraine, Südukraine and Süd-/ Ostmark in 1945 (to be covered in a subsequent title) and the battles of Heeresgruppe Nordukraine/A/Mitte (covered in 'To the Bitter End', published by Helion). There are no other detailed but comprehensive accounts in which the various individual narratives, unit histories and studies of individual battles may find their place in relation to the big picture. Hinze's maps, alone, would justify his works, for most of the unit histories, narratives and studies of individual battles lack maps illustrating their place in the larger geography of the war. The study is complemented by orders of battle, the aforementioned maps (over 100 of them), plus photographs. 'Crucible of Combat' represents a major contribution to our understanding of the Soviet-German War 1941-45. 100 b/w photos, 105 maps

504 pp.
$60.00

478. ILYUSHIN IL-2/IL-10
Yefim Gordon, C,O,

The Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik is perhaps the most famous aircraft in the history of Russian and Soviet aviation. During WWII this rugged ground attack aircraft was arguably the Soviet's most effective weapon. Protected by its heavy armour, the low-flying aircraft was incredibly difficult to shoot down and its powerful array of weaponry included a cannon, machine guns, rockets and special anti-tank bombs. The Il-2 was so successful that the design was produced in greater numbers than any other military aircraft in history, with over 40,000 being built. This is the most comprehensive book on the aircraft with detailed coverage of its development, career and variants. 9 line 3-views. 5 line profiles. Diagrams. 123 colour profiles. 17pp scale plans. 78 colour & 578 b/w photos.

452 pp.
$80.00

479. UNDER HIMMLER'S COMMAND: THE PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF OBERST-HANS-GEORG EISMANN, OPERATIONS OFFICER, ARMY GROUP VISTULA, EASTERN FRONT 1945
Hans-Georg Eismann, C,

Under Himmler's Command addresses two areas of World War II hitherto neglected - Heinrich Himmler as a military commander, and the German staff officer corps during the last months of the war on the Eastern Front. The author, Hans-Georg Eismann, was the Operations Officer for Army Group Vistula, a German formation created in late January 1945 to which Heinrich Himmler was appointed as commander. Eismann's memoir of this period has remained unpublished for over fifty years, and its wider circulation is long overdue. Full of fascinating detail he recounts the disturbing and sometimes bizarre atmosphere that pervaded the German high command in the East during the final months of the war. Much light is thereby thrown on Himmler the military commander, and on the final climactic battles fought on the Eastern Front during 1945.

176 pp.
$50.00

480. IN THE FIRE OF THE EASTERN FRONT: THE EXPERIENCES OF A DUTCH WAFFEN-SS VOLUNTEER, 1941-1945
Hendrik Verton, S,

Dutch SS accounts are very rare, particularly ones that describe recruiting, training, and frontline service as completely and colorfully as In the Fire of the Eastern Front. Hendrick C. Verton volunteered for the Waffen-SS in early 1941 and fought on the Eastern Front until the end of the war as a member of the 5th SS Panzer Division and SS Regiment Besslein.

288 pp.
$19.00

481. TWILIGHT OF THE GODS: A SWEDISH WAFFEN-SS VOLUNTEER'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE 11TH SS-PANZERGRENADIER DIVISION NORDLAND, EASTERN FRONT 1944-45
Thorolf Hillblad and Erik Wallin, C

Few new personal accounts by Waffen-SS soldiers appear in English; even fewer originate from the multitude of non-German European volunteers who formed such an important proportion of this service's manpower. Twilight of the Gods was originally written in Swedish, and published in Buenos Aires shortly after the end of WWII. Erik Wallin, a Swedish soldier who volunteered for service with the Waffen-SS, and participated in the climactic battles on the Eastern Front during late 1944 and 1945, later telling his story to this book's editor, Thorolf Hillblad. Wallin served with the Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion, 11th SS-Panzergrenadier Division Nordland, a unit composed mainly of non-German volunteers, including Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes. The division enjoyed a high reputation for its combat capability, and was always at the focal points of the fighting on the Eastern Front in the last year of the war. During this period it saw combat in the Baltic, in Pomerania, on the Oder, and finally in defence of Berlin, where it was destroyed. Erik Wallin served with his unit in all of these locations, and provides the reader with a fascinating glimpse into these final battles. The book is written with a 'no holds barred' approach which will captivate, excite and maybe even shock the reader - his recollections do not evade the brutality of fighting against the advancing Red Army. Twilight of the Gods is destined to become a classic memoir of the Second World War.

144 pp.
$35.00

482. NOTES OF A RUSSIAN SNIPER
Vassili Zaitsev, C,

A fascinating memoir by the Red Army's greatest sniper-the inspiration for the movie, Enemy at the Gates. "As a sniper, I've killed more than a few Nazis. I have a passion for observing enemy behavior. You watch a Nazi officer come out of a bunker, acting all high and mighty, ordering his soldiers every which way, and putting on an air of authority. The officer hasn't got the slightest idea that he only has seconds to live." Vassili Zaitsev's account of the hell that was Stalingrad is moving and harrowing. This was a battle to the death - fighting street by street, brick by brick, living like rats in a desperate struggle to survive. Here, the rules of war were discarded and a psychological war was being waged. In this environment, the sniper was king - an unseen enemy who frayed the nerves of brutalized soldiers. Zaitsev volunteered to fight at Stalingrad in 1942. His superiors recognized quickly his talent, and made him a sniper. He adapted his hunting skills to the ruins of the city, watching his prey with nerves of steel. In his first 10 days, Zaitsev killed 40 Germans. He achieved at least 225 kills and the tactics he developed are still being studied today. Vassili Zaitsev was born in 1915, and spent his early life as a hunter in the Urals. He joined the Russian navy in 1937, and volunteered for Stalingrad after hearing about the appalling losses.Zaitsev's mastery as a sniper became legendary, and he was awarded several times for his skill,including the coveted gold star.
208 pp.
$33.00

483. EYEWITNESS TO HELL: WITH THE WAFFEN-SS ON THE EASTERN FRONT IN WORLD WAR 2
Eric Stahl, S,

While the Waffen-SS has become legendary as an elite fighting force in World War II, there are few accounts that present the human face of those fearsome formations. Erich Stahl was a professional journalist assigned to cover some of the most famous of these unitsâ€”the 1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler," the 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking," and the Dutch and Ukrainian volunteers serving with the SS-but with a twist: he actually pulled duty as a soldier in the front lines, where he experienced all the hardships, privations, and gut-wrenching emotions of the men who fought the Soviets. While the author was a committed National Socialist at the time, his insights concerning the conduct of the war and the reasons for its existence offer a real eye opening to those who have never read about the conflict from the German point of view. Erich Stahl lives in Germany. 74 B+W photos and 2 maps

304 pp.
$19.00

484. THE SOVIET COUNTERINSURGENCY IN THE WESTERN BORDERLANDS
Alexander Statiev, C,

The Soviet Counterinsurgency in the Western Borderlands investigates the Soviet response to nationalist insurgencies that occurred between 1944 and 1953 in the regions the Soviet Union annexed after the Nazi-Soviet pact: Eastern Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Based on new archival data, Alexander Statiev presents the first comprehensive study of Soviet counterinsurgency that ties together the security tools and populist policies intended to attract the local populations. The book traces the origins of the Soviet pacification doctrine and then presents a comparative analysis of the rural societies in Eastern Poland and the Baltic States on the eve of the Soviet invasion. This analysis is followed by a description of the anti-communist resistance movements. Subsequently, the author shows how ideology affected the Soviet pacification doctrine and examines the major means to enforce the doctrine: agrarian reforms, deportations, amnesties, informant networks, covert operations, and local militias. The book also demonstrates how the Soviet atheist regime used the church in its struggle against guerrillas and explains why this regime could not curb the random violence of its police. The final chapter discusses the Soviet experience in the global context.

384 pp.
$90.00*

485. BERLIN L'AGONIE DU REICH
Georges Bernage, C,O, French text.

In this sequel to Berlin 1945, George Bernage explores the brutality of war inflicted upon this European capital. With over 400 rare photographs, he takes us street by street to witness the ravages of combat on the city and the fate of the civilian population during this last phase of the war that commenced on 20 April, 1945. 400 photographs

176 pp.
$45.00

486. THE LAST RALLY: THE GERMAN DEFENCE OF EAST PRUSSIA, POMERANIA AND DANZIG, 1944-45, A PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY
Ian Baxter, C,O,

Drawing on a superb collection of rare German and Russian photographs, this sequel to 'Battle in the Baltics 1944-45' covers the last battles fought by the Wehrmacht and their SS counterparts in East Prussia, Pomerania and the West Prussian city of Danzig. 160 b/w photos, map,

112 pp.
$60.00

487. KV TECHNICAL HISTORY & VARIANTS
Neil Stokes, C,O,

The book covers all major variants and sub-variants including the KV-1, KV-1S, KV-85, KV-2, KV-8 and SU-152. It draws upon wartime Soviet documents and technical manuals, factory archive material and other primary source references to provide the most in-depth treatment of the KV series ever published. The majority of the photographs come from private sources and less than 10% have been previously published. They include rarely seen top views, interior photographs of the KV-1 and SU-152, along with previously unpublished photographs providing glimpses of the turret interior on the KV-2. The book is accompanied by a web site www.4bogreen.com containing modeling-related information including kit reviews, lists of available after-market products and tweaks lists. By utilizing the web site to complement the book, the author and publisher can more easily include information about new kits and after-market products as they become available. 350 B+W photos, 12 pages of color profiles, 300 technical drawings, 50 pages of 1:35 scale drawings.

560 pp.
$130.00

488. ARCHITECT OF SOVIET VICTORY IN WWII: THE LIFE AND THEORIES OF G.S. ISSERSON
Richard Harrison, S, O-

The Red Army’s leading operational theorist in the 1930s, Georgii Samoilovich Isserson was the mastermind behind the "deep operation"--the cornerstone of Soviet offensive operations in World War II. Drawing from an in-depth analysis of Isserson’s numerous published and unpublished works, his arrest file in the former KGB archives, and interviews with his family, this book provides the first full-length biography of the man. The bulk of the narrative deals with the flowering of his intellectual talents from 1929 through 1941. Additional chapters deal with Isserson’s arrest and his remaining 35 years, 14 of which were spent in labor camps and internal exile. 32 photos, 4 diagrams, charts, notes, bibliography, index

411 pp.
$50.00

489. ORDER OF BATTLE SOVIET ARMY WORLD WAR 2
Jean-Luc Marchand, S,O,

Vol 1 - Operation Barbarosa - June-Septemberr 1941 - 119 pages
Vol 2 - Operation Typhoon - October-December 1941 - 124 pagese
Vol 3 - Moscow Counter Offensive - January-February 1942 - 114 pages
Vol 4 - Desmiansk Pocket: Operation Bruckenschlag - March-April 1942 - 130 pages
Vol 5 - 2nd Battle of Kharkov - May-June 1942 -137 pages
Vol 6 - Operation "Fall Blau" - July-August 1942 - 130 pages
Vol 7 - Slaughterhouse Stalnigrad - September-October 1942 - 140 pages
Vol 8 - Operation "Uranus" - November-Decemer 1942 - 145 pages

These volumes are a smiple listing of all the units of the Soviet Army in WWII, organized by armies, corps, reserves, etc., etc. It provides the structure of the Soviet Army through the course of the war, from 21 June 1941 to August 1945.

$20.00 per volume

490. A BETTER COMRADE YOU WILL NEVER FIND
Helmut Schiebel, c,

A Better Comrade You Will Never Find presents Eastern Front experiences of Helmut Schiebel from 1941 to the end of WW II. The author took part in the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941 as a member of the 43 Motorcycle Infantry Battalion of the 13 Panzer Division. In September he left for an Officer Candidate course in Germany, returning as a Leutnant and platoon leader to the division’s reconnaissance battalion at the end of April 1942. He was wounded at the end of June and retuned to Russia in September 1943. On the way to the 18 Panzer Division, he found out that the division was being dissolved and opted to transfer to the antitank branch. He arrived at Panzerjager Abteilung 88 in October 1943 where he was given a manual for antitank troops and soon after became a platoon commander on a Marder tank destroyer. After heavy losses, in November 1943 the unit was transferred to Mielau Poland, where it trained on and was equipped with the heavy Hornisse tank destroyer. When the battalion was sent to the Eastern Front in mid-February 1944, the author stayed behind to receive missing equipment and additional personnel. Panzerjager Abteilung 88 was trapped in the Kamenez-Podolsk wandering pocket, and its actions there are recounted through the eyes of some other soldiers. After the battalion escaped the trap, the author rejoined it (as platoon leader) in Galicia in mid-July 1944. Suffering heavy losses, the battalion was withdrawn to receive new equipment and train replacements. It returned to the front at the end of December 1944 in the Krakow area. By that time, Schiebel was the commander of the 2nd company. The unit fought across southern Poland, through Silesia and eastern Germany to the area around Karlsbad. There, on May 7, 1945, Panzerjager Abteilung 88 surrendered to American troops. This book will keep you immersed from the first page to the last; there are hardly any breaks in the action. From the first days of the invasion of the Soviet Union, where the motorcycle troops were always at the front, to the last desperate days of the war, when the few tank destroyers were rushed from one hot spot to another, you will share the full spectrum of emotions of the author and his troops. Life was short and brutal at the front for many soldiers, comrades died suddenly nearby, experience and luck was needed to survive. The descriptions of the combat are detailed and there is much to be learned about armour tactics. This is not just another memoir; the author was an excellent commander and imparts many valuable lessons for those that are interested in small-unit actions. 5 B&W images, 12 colour images, 45 photos, 4 colour 3D drawings.

272 pp.
$50.00

RED SNIPER ON THE EASTERN FRONT: THE MEMOIRS OF JOSEPH PILYUSHIN
Joseph Pilyushin, C

Joseph Pilyushin, a top Red Army sniper in the ruthless fight against the Germans on the Eastern Front, was an exceptional soldier and he has a remarkable story to tell. His firsthand account of his wartime service gives a graphic insight into his lethal skill with a rifle and into the desperate fight put up by Soviet forces to defend Leningrad. He also records how, during the three-year siege, close members of this family died, including his wife and two sons, as well as many of his comrades in arms. He describes these often-terrible events with such honesty and clarity that his memoir is remarkable. Piluyshin, who lived in Leningrad with his family, was already 35 years old when the war broke out and he was drafted. He started in the Red Army as a scout, but once he had demonstrated his marksmanship and steady nerve, he became a sniper. He served throughout the Leningrad siege, from the late 1941 when the Wehrmacht’s advance was halted just short of the city to its liberation during the Soviet offensive of 1944. His descriptions of grueling front-line life, of his fellow soldiers and of his sniping missions are balanced by his vivid recollections of the protracted suffering of Leningrad’s imprisoned population and of the grief that was visited upon him and his family. His gripping narrative will be fascinating reading for any one who is keen to learn about the role and technique of the sniper during the Second World War. It is also a memorable eyewitness account of one man’s experience on the Eastern Front. 20 illustrations

288 pp.
$33.00

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LEGEND: C=CLOTH, S=SOFTBOUND, O=OVERSIZE, G=GERMAN TEXT, GE=GERMAN/ENGLISH TEXT, (all other books English)

Eastern Front III

Revised: July 28, 2010 .

LEGEND: C=CLOTH, S=SOFTBOUND, O=OVERSIZE, G=GERMAN TEXT,
GE=GERMAN/ENGLISH TEXT, (all other books English)