How did Germany keep its infamous Panzers running throughout six
years of war? How did the German army prepare for motorized
warfare? What special vehicles and recovery equipment were used by
the maintenance units? How were they organized? How did supplies
reach the front and how were they distributed amongst the battered
divisions? The answers to these questions are to be found here.
Based solely on original reports, diaries and manuals, you will
learn how Panzers were recovered and what really put them out of
action. Packed with large format photos, most unpublished and
reproduced full-page size, plus drawings, diagrams, and tables,
this is a must for serious mechanised armour historians.
New in hard cover - Landscape format, 256pp, 291 b/w photos, 17 drawings,
5
diagrams,19 tables
NACH HAUSE GESCHRIEBEN. AUS DEM FELDZUG
1941 GEGEN SOWJETRUSSLAND
by Major Fritz Gercke
"Letters home for the campaign in 1941 against Soviet Russia".
Written by Major Fritz Gercke. Published in Berlin in 1941, this
is an interesting and scarce contemporary account by a
participant in Operation Barbarossa. Together with 127 pages of
detailed text, the book includes a map of western Soviet Union
and 64 black and white photos of German troops in action and at
rest. Bound in stiff paper covers the book is in good condition
for its age, though it does suffer from some water staining at
the foot of pages from 111 to 128 plus an ink stain at the top
from page 153 to the back cover.
This impressive publication details the insignia and dress
distinctions of the six cavalry regiments raised for hostilities
only during World War II. These regiments were the 22nd Dragoons,
23rd Hussars, 24th Lancers, 25th Dragoons, 26th Hussars and 27th
Lancers. The book includes 25 A4 colour plates of insignia
(including trial patterns), uniform items, plus numerous black and
white images showing various items of insignia being worn. The
orders by which these regiments were raised and subsequently
disbanded are also included together with potted histories of
each, along with historical notes about their 18th and 19th
century predecessors.
New in card cover - A4 format, 173pp,
25 colour plates, numerous colour
& b/w photos & illustrations
"As a sniper, I’ve killed more than a few Nazis. A Nazi officer
hasn’t got the slightest idea that he only has seconds to live."
Vassili Zaitsev’s account of Stalingrad is moving and harrowing.
This was a battle to the death – fighting street by street, living
like rats in a desperate struggle to survive. Here, the rules of
war were discarded and a psychological war was waged. The sniper
was king – an unseen enemy. Zaitsev volunteered to fight at
Stalingrad in 1942. In his first 10 days, he killed 40 Germans,
ultimately achieving at least 225 kills.
Roughly 40,000 Latvians served in the Waffen-SS from 1943 to
the end of war in the 15.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lettische
Nr.1) and 19.Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lettische Nr.2).
They fought in Russia, Latvia, West Prussia and eventually
Berlin in April 1945. This book is the complete operational
history of this little-known unit and includes first-hand
accounts, maps, and very rare war-era photographs, and soldbuchs.
New in illustrated boards - 111pp,
85 b/w & colour illustrations
