A volume dedicated to the seminal
battles on the Eastern Front in the latter stages of the war
including Zhitomir, Cherkassy, Tarnopol, Kovel, Warsaw, and
Budapest. This is a treasure trove of recently discovered,
professionally shot photography, featuring the following
formations: 1.SS-Panzer-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf
Hitler", 2.SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich",
3.SS-Panzer-Division "Totenkopf", 4.SS-Panzer-Grenadier
Division "Polizei", 5.SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking",
9.SS-Panzer-Division "Hohenstaufen",
10.SS-Panzer-Division "Frundsberg",
11.SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Nordland",
12.SS Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend", plus a host of
other formations and hitherto rarely seen vehicles and
equipment
New in pictorial boards - Large
format, 296pp, 8 maps, 403 photos, 16 colour pages, 12
diagrams
OSPREY CAMPAIGN 264: FALL GELB (1).
PANZER BREAKTHROUGH IN THE WEST
by Douglas C. Dildy. Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Never in the history of warfare has the clash between
such great and apparently equal forces been decided so
swiftly and conclusively as the German conquest of France
and the Low Countries in May and June of 1940. Avoiding the
extensive fortifications of France's Maginot Line, Hitler's
Wehrmacht planned to advance its 136 divisions through
Belgium and northern France in order to destroy the Allied
forces there and gain territory from which to prosecute
combat operations against France and England. Beginning on
10 May 1940, this book follows the fortunes of Heeresgruppe
A as its three Panzer Korps moved stealthily through the
dark, hilly, and thickly forested Ardennes in Belgium,
before forcing a passage across the river Meuse and racing
through France to the Channel.
New in card cover - A4 format, 96pp, 3
double page colour plates, 9 colour maps/charts, b/w/colour
photos
An account of the development and service history of the
legendary F-86 Sabre, America's first swept-wing jet
fighter. This is an extensively illustrated study of all
versions in U.S. and international service covering its
succesful combat record in the Korean War against the
communist MiG-15. The book also includes details of the FJ
Fury variants used by the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps plus
the Canadian built Canadair Sabre in service with numerous
foreign air forces including the RAF. The book is in good
condition in a slightly faded and repaired dust wrapper.
Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper.
Good in d/w - 162pp, c300 b/w photos, 3-view plans,
colour frontispiece
THE
SPANISH ULCER: A HISTORY OF THE PENINSULAR
WAR
by David Gates
Following his spectacular victories over Austria, Prussia
and Russia, Napoleon dominated most of Europe by July 1807.
The only significant gap in his empire was the Iberian
Peninsula, and he therefore attempted to force Spain and
Portugal into line. This led to the outbreak of war in May
1808. Napoleon considered the war to be insignificant,
relying on his marshals to subdue the Peninsular, whilst
simultaneously launching his disastrous Russian campaign of
1812. Yet the war was to end with total defeat for the
French and the crossing of the Pyrenees into mainland France
by Wellington's army in late 1813.
Very good in d/w - 557pp, maps, illustrations,
appendices, references, bibliography, index
It is Spring 1942 and Hitler is
about to launch his summer campaign to break the back of the
Soviet Union. His objective is to destroy the Red Army and
seize the oil fields of the Caucasus. His elite 6th Army and
4th Panzer Army become bogged down amid the ruins of
Stalingrad. The Germans are running out of resources as
Stalin carefully husbands his reserves for the decisive
counterstroke. What happens next is well known: the German
Army never recovered from its defeat at Stalingrad. But the
outcome could have been very different, as Peter Tsouras
demonstrates in this thought-provoking and highly readable
alternate history of the fateful battle.
