A collection of military facts, stories, anecdotes and
oddities, quotations and events of the British Army. With chapters
on Honours and Awards, Fighting the Good Fight, Officers and
Gentlemen, Conduct Unbecoming, Animals, Music, Uniform and Dress,
Nicknames and Definitions.
SS PEIPER: THE LIFE AND DEATH OF SS COLONEL JOCHEN
PEIPER
by Leo Kessler
Peiper was a senior Waffen-SS officer in World War II and a
convicted war criminal. By the end of his military career in 1945,
Peiper was the youngest regimental colonel in the Waffen-SS,
holding the rank of SS-Standartenführer. He also served as
personal adjutant to Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS, in the
period April 1938 to August 1941. The book includes his
involvement in the Malmedy Massacre, and the mystery of his murder
in 1976 in France.
These copies are brand new and are
in the publisher's original
plastic wrapping.
INSIGNIA AND HISTORY OF THE
RHODESIAN ARMED FORCES 1890-1980
by Dudley Wall
Specialist writer, Dudley Wall, has thoroughly researched the
history and insignia of the Armed Forces of Northern and Southern
Rhodesia - now Zambia/Malawi and Zimbabwe respectively. He
describes and illustrates insignia, badges, patches, equipment,
history and organisation of the various branches starting with the
British South Africa Police, the forces of the Ministry of
Internal Affairs, the Rhodesian Air Force and the Air Askiri
Corps, to the complex structure of the Rhodesian Army. This
consisted of Mounted and Infantry/Rifle regiments plus Commando
units and Special Forces such as the Rhodesian SAS and the
legendary Selous Scouts. Detailed text on the military history of
Rhodesia plus synopsis of the units and regiments mentioned is
accompanied by more than one thousand beautifully reproduced
colour photographs of the insignia, badges, caps and some
contemporary uniforms. Third edition.
This copy has a small tear/nick at the top of the spine. Otherwise
it is in perfect condition. The price has been reduced
accordingly.
New in card cover - A4 format, 128pp,
1000 + colour photos & ills
The experiences of ordinary Germans during the era of the Third
Reich. Includes experiences on the Home Front in WWII and of the
service men in U-Boats, the Luftwaffe, the Army and the SS, and
the women who served with the armed forces.
An examination of the theory of insurgency warfare, its practice,
counter-insurgency, isolating the guerilla, the security forces,
combat operations and propaganda. A wealth of case studies from
the Congo, Kenya, Rhodesia, Angola and Kurdistan.
