By one of the acknowledged masters of 20th Century military
history this is the story of the battle for Japan. It ended many
months after the battle for Europe and involved enormous naval,
military and air operations from the borders of India to the most
distant regions of China. This gripping account explores not just
the global strategic objectives of the USA, Japan and Britain, but
also the first–hand experiences of the airmen, sailors and
soldiers of all the nations who participated in the Far East and
the war in the Pacific.
A Russian soldier remembers World War II. 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.
New in d/w - 200pp, 12
photographs
University Press of
Kansas, 2007
ISBN 9780700615179
A superb new account
of the Spanish volunteers of the Waffen-SS by acknowledged expert,
Richard Landwehr. This new format volume features more than 60
rare photos plus articles on Spanish volunteers and other non
German volunteer formations. Now in its 31st year of publication
the book includes 14 articles, book reviews, Waffen-SS miscellany,
1 map, plus a colour portrait of SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer Conrad
Schellong, commander of the Legion Flandern, 6.SS-Sturmbrigade "Langemarck",
and SS-Kampfgruppe "Langemarck" on the Eastern Front in 1945.
New in card cover - 164pp, 60 + b/w photos
& illustrations , colour covers & portrait.
Previously unpublished
personal accounts of the Nazis’ treatment of captured Allied air
force personnel, and of the organization of the PoW camps. The
notorious 'Great Escape' is covered in detail, from tunnelling
activities to the terrible aftermath, based on the testimony of
several of those involved. The evaders recount their escapes
through Sweden, the Comet Line to Spain, and through Italy. Two
men who were captured by the Gestapo were sent to the infamous
Fresnes prison in Paris. One man gives a riveting description of
his torture there and both men recount their survival of the
deadly Buchenwald concentration camp.
An extensively illustrated and concise history of the regiments
which comprised Kent's Yeomanry forces. More than 300 photographs
are included. These are conveniently divided into sections covering
the period 1794 - 1800, The Boer War, 1900-1914, The First World
War, 1920-1939, The Second World War, and finally the post war
period to 1961 when the regiments were amalgamated.
