The history of the German/Austrian fighting unit, 4-SS
Panzer-Grenadier Regiment "Der Fuhrer" 1938-1945, written by
Knight's Cross holder and last regimental commander, Otto
Weidinger, with contributions from three other regimental
commanders - Georg Keppler, Sylvester Stadler and Otto Kumm. "Der
Fuhrer" was one of the original infantry regiments of the pre-war
SS-Verfugungstruppe (Special Purpose Troops) and fought throughout
the war as a component of Division "Das Reich".
The
Development of the Royal Ordnance Yards, 1770–1945. This major new
book reveals, for the first time, the complete history of Britain’s
naval ordnance yards from the early conversion of fortifications
such as Upnor Castle and Portsmouth’s Square Tower, through the
development of the major sites at Priddy’s Hard and Bull Point, to
the underground strongholds of the Second World War.
New in
card cover - Large format,
272pp, 250 photos, drawings & plans
The Museum of Naval Firepower,
2006
ISBN 9780955363207
The history of all
Pals Battalions who fought on the Somme during the First World
War. The book looks at the events which led to the war and how the
‘Pals’ phenomenon was born. It covers their training, the
preparations for the ‘Big Push’ of July 1916, going over the top,
how each battalion fared, failed or succeeded, and looks at how
the battalions were eventually amalgamated. The book examines how
British towns and cities coped in the aftermath of losing so many
men in the three year slaughter, and visits the Battlefields as
they are today.
A Biographical Guide
to the Key British Generals of World War II. Including British and
Indian Army Regulars, Teritorial Army and Royal Marines there were
more than 750 British Generals and this unrivalled biographical
reference charts the wartime careers of 125 of them with detailed
information on the units with which they served. Apart from the
well known names such as Wavell, Brooke, Montgomery, Alexander,
Auchinleck, Slim and Wingate there is considerable information on
many of the lesser known figures of the War.
Between 1942 and 1945, MI-19, a division of the British
Directorate of Military Intelligence, created a number of Detailed
Interrogation Centres in and around London, the most important of
these being at Trent Park. Secret gramophone recordings were made of
conversations between German general staff officers, and in these
transcripts the officers reflect on how they thought the war was
progressing, and the direction of German strategy. The book includes
biographies of all of the officers who appear in the transcripts.
