TWELVE YEARS WITH HITLER: A HISTORY
OF
1.KOMPANIE LEIBSTANDARTE SS ADOLF HITLER
Edited by Hans
Quassowski
A magnificent Schiffer publication produced by the LAH Veterans
Association & many years in preparation. This is the history of
1.Kompanie Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1945. The
original cadre of the later Waffen-SS was formed in March 1933 as
the "SS Headquarters Guard Berlin". From the first 117 volunteers
there emerged more than fifty senior SS officers, to serve in the
38 Waffen-SS divisions that were later formed. Twenty former
members won the Knight's Cross having served om almost every front
during WWII.
Mint in protected d/w - Large format, 383pp, over 460 photos, 30
maps
New Book Club edition. The unspeakable horror of the five-month
siege of Stalingrad where 20 German Divisions under Paulus accounted
for half a million Russian dead. The author demonstrates that,
outstanding as some Soviet commanders were, they prevailed only
because of the ruthless expenditure of Russian lives and the vast
production of war materials.
An overview of the
3/4-ton Special Military Pattern truck, including the cargo
carrier, ambulance, signals panel truck and linesman vehicles.
Includes 1:35 scale drawings.
The evolution of the SAAF in the ‘Border War’ that raged in Angola
and South West Africa (Namibia) from 1966 to 1989. Dick Lord has
drawn on his own first-hand operational reports and diaries,
incorporating anecdotes from dozens of aviators from a wide
variety of squadrons flying Buccaneers, Canberras, Mirages,
Bosboks, C-160s, C130s and helicopters. He also expands on the
close relationship the SAAF had with the ground troops in a
variety of operations. Lord studies the broader ramifications of
the conflict in that it was not a simple black–white war. Angola
was really just a sideshow for the Soviets who wanted to bleed the
SAAF in a war of attrition before attempting total domination of
South Africa.
New in d/w - 448pp, 300 colour & b/w photos, 40 maps, diagrams
The invasion of Sicily on 10 June 1943 and the landings on the
Italian mainland in September, gave the Allies their first toehold
in Europe since 1941. Following success on Sicily they were put
under considerable pressure to take advantage of the changed
situation. Landing at Salerno without a clear strategic aim they
were met with fierce German counterattack and the subsequent, slow
march north was complicated by Italy's unique terrain, its
climatic extremes and strong German resistance. Gooderson's
considered analysis of the entire campaign examines the convoluted
mixture of air, land and naval actions.
