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	Beyond the Beachhead - The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy By 1945, the US Army had sixty-eight infantry divisions, forty-two of which fought in the great campaign in North-west Europe that began with the amphibious landings on D-Day and ended eleven months later with Germany's surrender. Beyond the Beachhead examines the experience of one infantry division-the 29th-during forty-five days of combat from Omaha Beach on D-Day to the liberation of St. Lô. Using interviews, official records, and unit histories and supplementing his narrative with meticulously detailed maps, Balkoski follows the 29th from the bloody landings at Omaha through the hedgerows of Normandy, illustrating the brutal realities of life on the front line.	Joseph Balkoski 9780811732376 155x230mm 336 pages Stackpole Books £12.50 pb
	Brandenburger Commandos - Germany's Elite Warrior Spies in WWII (Stackpole Military History Series) Very few books have been written about this clandestine operations unit, which was run by the German Army's intelligence service. Trained to be quick, mobile, and self-reliant and steeped in local customs and languages, the Brandenburgers operated behind enemy lines around the world. From Western Europe to Romania, Russia, Egypt, Afghanistan, and World War II's other fronts, they seized bridges and other strategic targets and engaged in sabotage, espionage, and other daring missions -- often bending the rules of war in the process. Although the unit was dissolved in 1944, its tactics influenced special forces around the world both during the war and after.	Franz Kurowski 9780811732505 155x230mm 378 pages Stackpole Books £12.50 pb
	British Armored Fighting Vehicles Filled with fine-scale drawings of British armored vehicles, including: # Stuart I Light Tank # Crusader III # Tank # Humber Scout Car # Valentine Bridgelayer # Cromwell IV Tank # Daimler Armored Car And dozens more . .	George Bradford 9780811734530 20 b/w photos & 80 illustrations 96 pages 210x297mm Stackpole Books £9.50 pb
	'C' Force to Hong Kong : A Canadian Catastrophe 1941-1945 This is the story of a "no military risk" campaign that slowly turned into a nightmare. The book provides new answers to a number of difficult questions beginning with a discussion of why Canadian troops were sent to Hong Kong at the request of the British War Office. Were the British duplicitous in making this request? Was Canadian Chief of the General Staff, Lieutenant-General Harry Crerar, guilty of putting his own interests above those of his men in telling the minister of National Defence that there was "no military risk" in sending the "C" Force? The book recounts the formation of the "C" Force and its departure to Hong Kong where it arrived just three weeks before the Japanese attack. It outlines the course of the battle from December 8, 1941, until the inevitable surrender of the garrison on Christmas Day. It places appropriate emphasis on the Canadian contribution, refuting 1947 allegations by the British General-Officer-Commanding - allegations which were only made public in 1993 - that the Canadians did not fight well. Greenhous attacks these charges with solid evidence from participants and eye-witnesses. Finally, the book tells the story of life and death in the prison camps of Hong Kong and Japan.	Brereton Greenhous 9781550022674 30 b&w photos and illus 155x230mm, hardback 158 pages Dundurn Group £13.99
	Canada and Noord-Brabant : An Eternal Bond Dr Jan Luijten (1932), a neurologist and psychiatrist by profession, was living in Bergen op Zoom during the Second World War. He describes the battles of the Canadian forces for the liberation of the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant in this well documented and finely illustrated book. The author offers interesting new insights into the fighting and the decisions made by the Allied Commanders and their German counterparts.	Jan A F M Luijten 9789059110717 b&w photos 140x215mm, paperback 76 pages Aspekt Uitgeverij BV £9.95
	Canada and the Liberation of the Netherlands, May 1945 Nazi Germany's invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940 marked the beginning of five years of terror for the Dutch people. They faced oppression and death with remarkable stoicism, but nothing could save them from the Hunger Winter of 1944-5, when more than 30,000 people died of starvation. In this time of unimaginable despair, Canada came to the rescue, playing the largest role in liberating the Netherlands and ending the Nazi reign of terror. The Canadians gave the Dutch freedom - and food - and out of such dark times an eternal friendship was forged. Told through interviews with Dutch survivors and Canadian veterans, Canada and the Liberation of the Netherlands, May 1945 delves into this little known chapter of history. Darkness; A Ray of Hope; Battle of the Scheldt: 1 October - 8 November 1944; Winter on the Maas: 9 November 1944 - 7 February 1945; The Rhineland Campaign: 8 February - 11 March 1945; The Final Phase: 12 March - 4 May 1945; De Bevrijding: 5 May 1945; Between Friends.	Lance Goddard 9781550025477 275 b&w illus 230x225mm 240 pages Dundurn Group £15.99 pb
	A Child of Hitler Germany in the Days When God Wore a Swastika In this starkly candid account of one boy's indoctrination into the Hitler Youth, we see a side of Nazism that has been little recorded. This autobiographical account is a rare glimpse at World War II from a German boy's viewpoint	Alfons Heck 9780939650446 Primer Publishing £12.99 pb
	City of Life, City of Death - Memories of Riga A stirring and haunting personal account of the Soviet and German occupations of Latvia and of the Holocaust. Michelson had a serene boyhood in an upper middle-class Jewish family in Riga, Latvia – at least until 1940, when the fifteen-year old Michelson witnessed the annexation of Latvia by the Soviet Union. Private properties were nationalised, and Stalin's terror spread to Soviet Latvia. Soon after, Michelson's family was torn apart by the 1941 Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. He quickly lost his entire family, while witnessing the unspeakable brutalities of war and genocide. Michelson's memoir is an ode to his lost family. Part One: Growing Up Jewish in Prewar Latvia; Part Two: The War and Post-War Years. "With each memoir by a survivor, Riga's tragic fate becomes better known. Thus Max Michelson's book, filled with poignant and moving episodes, deserves to be read by anyone wishing to learn more about the life and death of a Jewish community which included the great historian Shimon Dubnov. But it is also a story of courage and rebirth of a young man who wants to find meaning in his survival..." -- Elie Wiesel. "Through the prism of his own experiences, Michelson provides a wonderful glimpse into Eastern European life both before and during the Nazi occupation of Latvia..." -- Julie D Freeman, SUNY-Oneonta.	Max Michelson 9780870817885 34 b/w photos, 2 line drawings, 2 maps 155x230mm 171 pages University Press of Colorado £15.50 pb
	Coast Watching in World War II : Operations Against the Japanese in the Solomon Islands, 1941-43 From their perches on islands such as Buka and Bougainville, coast watchers - for the most part, Australian civilians - monitored Japanese shipping and aircraft activity. They played a pivotal role during the battle for Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942, when their intelligence facilitated the interception and destruction of twelve Japanese transports. These reports from the participants themselves provide a fascinating account that will intrigue historians as well as World War II and espionage buffs.	A B Feuer 9780811733298 16 b&w photos, 12 maps 155x230mm, paperback 208 pages Stackpole Books £10.50
	Colossal Cracks - Montgomery's 21st Army Group in Northwest Europe, 1944-45 (Stackpole Military History Series) A reinterpretation of the British Army's conduct in the crucial 1944-45 Northwest Europe campaign, this work examines the Colossal Cracks operational technique employed by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's Anglo-Canadian 21st Army Group. Rooted in concerns about morale and casualties, Colossal Cracks was a cautious, firepower-laden approach that involved the concentration of massive force at points of German weakness. Hart argues that Montgomery and his two senior subordinates handled this formation more effectively than some scholars have suggested and that Colossal Cracks represented the most appropriate weapon the British Army could develop under the circumstances. Introduction; The Maintenance of Morale; Casualty Conservation; "Colossal Cracks" I: The Set-Piece Battle; "Colossal Cracks" II: The Other Elements; Dempsey and the Second (British) Army; Crerar and the First Canadian Army; Conclusions, Index.	Stephen Ashley Hart 9780811733830 8 b/w photos & 3 maps 155x230mm 231 pages Stackpole Books - February 2007 £10.50 pb
	Combat History of German Heavy Anti-Tank Unit 653 In World War II Hundreds of photos, many never published before, of Germany's rarely seen tank destroyers, including the Ferdinand, Elephant, and Jagdtiger; Colour illustrations focus on unit markings, numbering, and camouflage Accompanying text chronicles the unit's combat operations; Personal accounts from the men who rode in these mechanical monsters. The German Heavy Anti-Tank Unit 653 was equipped with the heaviest tank destroying vehicles of the German armed forces. Initially activated as an assault gun battalion and re-designated in April 1943, the 653 received its first Ferdinand tank destroyers (later modified and renamed Elephants) in May 1943 and went into action on the Eastern Front a month later. In 1944, the unit converted to the even more massive Jagdtiger. The seventy-five-ton, heavily armoured Jagdtiger was the behemoth of the battlefield and boasted a 128mm gun -- as opposed to the Ferdinand's 88 -- with a range of more than thirteen miles, making it deadly despite its limited mobility. Outfitted with these lethal giants, the 653 saw service in Russia, Italy, Austria, and Germany.	Karlheinz Munch 9780811732420 Colour and b&w photos 215x280mm, paperback 370 pages Stackpole Books £18.50
	Combat Medic World War II Over fifty years after the carnage at Normandy, Dr. John Kerner draws from his wartime journals and letters home to present an insightful portrait of war. Medical units under his charge pushed through western Europe, improving the treatment and transportation of the wounded during some of the most brutal fighting. Amidst the mud and blood of combat, this decorated medical officer shares a time and place when living beyond each day was in serious question. Kerner's account includes some of the greatest moments in World War II: the dramatic breakout of the Normandy hedgerow country, the thrilling dash across France in the summer of 1944, and the siege of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge.	John A Kerner MD 9781596873162 b/w illustrations 155x230mm 268 pages Brick Tower Press (ibooks) £7.99 pb
	Company Commander : The Classic Infantry Memoir of World War II - From the Battle of the Bulge to the Crossing of the Rhine As a newly commissioned Captain of a veteran Army regiment, MacDonald's first combat was war at its most hellish - the Battle of the Bulge. In this plain-spoken but eloquent narrative we live each minute at MacDonald's side, sharing in all of combat's misery, terror and drama. How this green commander gained his men's loyalty in the snows of war-torn Europe is one of the great, true, unforgettable war stories.	Charles B MacDonald 9781580800389 278 pages Burford Books £14.99
	Confronting the 'Good Death' - Nazi Euthanasia on Trial, 1945-1953 This readable study analyses the post-war attempt to prosecute perpetrators of a Nazi campaign against the mentally ill that facilitated 270,000 murders and set a precedent for Nazi mass murder. Introduction; The Emperor of Ice-Cream: Nationalist Socialist Euthanasia, 1933-1945; Constructing Mass Murder: The United States Euthanasia Trials, 1945-1947; First Reckonings: The German Euthanasia Trials, 1946-1947; Lucifer on the Ruins of the World: The German Euthanasia Trials, 1948-1950; Law and Power: The West German Euthanasia Trials, 1948-1953; Conclusion.	Michael S Bryant 9780870818097 13 b/w photos & 1 map 155x230mm 269 pages University Press of Colorado £28.50 hb
	Crete 1941 Eyewitnessed This is not a book of military history. It is a human document. It is the story of all those Greeks, Allies and Germans who lived and witnessed every moment of the eleven-day battle of Crete, the one and only airbourne invasion in history. Combined with the six-moth Greek epic on mainland Greece this epoch-making campaign greatly contributed in turning the tide of World War II in favour of the Allies. This book is an anthology of authentic testimonies. Supported by letters, diaries, poems, photographs, sketches, it recaptures in a uniquely vivid way the 'feel' of this fateful battle. But, above all, it reflects the futility of war, the heavy penalty paid by losers and victors alike.	C Hadjipateras 9789602261842 Paperback Efstathiadis Group £8.50
	Danish Unity : A Political Party Between Fascism and Resistance, 1936-1947 Danish Unity was founded in 1936 and can be seen in the context of general European Fascism. It was impressed by German National Socialism, but also held important reservations against it due to Danish Unity's own Christian and national standpoint. During the German occupation of 1940-1945, Danish Unity contributed substantially to the resistance movement, and after the liberation it tried to re-define its ideology under aspiration from the Christian democratic parties in France, Italy and Germany.	Henrik Lundbak 9788772897240 Illustarted 155x230mm, hardback Museum Tusculanum Press £23.00
	D-Day Juno Beach : Canada's 24 Hours of Destiny Many have called it the most important event of the twentieth century and Canada played a key role. When Canadian troops landed at Juno Beach, they faced some of the fiercest opposition of the attack, and yet they managed to advance further inland than all the other Allied forces. The book chronicles that momentous day hour-by-hour, through the words of the men themselves. With more than 300 illustrations, this is a vivid remembrance of one of Canada's greatest military achievements.	Lance Goddard 9781550024920 310 b&w photos 230x230mm, paperback 256 pages Dundurn Group £15.99