German Early War Armored Vehicles : World War II Armored Fighting Vehicle Plans Contains fine scale drawings of German AFVs covering the time period of the Blitzkrieg across Europe through the greatest tank battle in history, Kursk. Multiple angles provide a level of detail for the 8-wheeled Armoured Car, Sd. Kfz. Panzer I Tank, Sd. Kfz. Panzer II Tank, Sd. Kfz. Panzer 35 T Tank, Sd. Kfz. Panzer IIIm Sd. Kfz. Armored Halftrack, and dozens more.   George Bradford 9780811733410 100 b&w illus 215x280mm, paperback 96 pages Stackpole Books £9.50 German Late War Armored Fighting Vehicles : World War II AFV Plans Filled with fine-scale drawings of Germany's late war armoured vehicles including Panther, Tiger, Elephant, Jagdtiger, and dozens more... George Bradford 9780811733557 100 b&w illus 215x280mm, paperback 96 pages Stackpole Books £9.50 German Order of Battle, Volume 1 : 1st-290th Infantry Divisions in WWII (Stackpole Military History Series) This is the first of 3 definitive volumes that cover the German ground forces that swept across Europe with such ruthless efficiency in 1939 and 1940 and battled the Allies around the globe until the bitter end in 1945. Taken together, these volumes are the most comprehensive and accessible reference available on the Germany Army in World War II, unmatched in the information compiled on each division from inception to destruction. Volume One covers the 1st through 290th Infantry Divisions. Introduction; The German Division; The Wehrkreise System; The 1st-290th Infantry Divisions; Index. Samuel W Mitcham Jr 9780811734165 20 b/w photos & 4 maps 155x230mm 352 pages Stackpole Books £12.50 pb German Order of Battle, Volume 2 : 291st-999th Infantry Divisions, Named Infantry Divisions, & Special Divisions in WWII (Stackpole Military History Series) This second of 3 volumes on German ground forces in World War II covers the 291st through 999th Infantry Divisions; named infantry divisions (e.g., Division von Manteuffel and Division Sicily); jaeger, light, and mountain divisions; security divisions; and Luftwaffe ground divisions, including parachute, flak, and field troops. The units presented here show how truly diverse the German Army was. Introduction; The 291st-999th Infantry Divisions; The Named Infantry Divisions; The Jäger and Light Divisions; The Mountain Divisions; The Parachute Divisions; The Luftwaffe Field Divisions; The Flak Divisions; Miscellaneous Divisions; Index. Samuel W Mitcham Jr 9780811734370 b/w photos & maps 155x230mm 375 pages Stackpole Books £12.50 pb German Order of Battle, Volume 3 : Panzer, Panzer Grenadier, & Waffen SS Divisions in WWII Series: (Stackpole Military History Series) The final volume of Samuel Mitcham's trilogy on the German Army in World War II focuses on panzer, panzer grenadier, motorised, and Waffen SS divisions. Among these units are the 1st SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler Division, whose members included tank ace Michael Wittmann; the notorious 12th SS Hitler Youth Division that fought the Allies in Normandy; the 3rd SS Totenkopf Division that wreaked havoc on the Eastern Front; and the panzer divisions that spearheaded the German blitzkrieg in the East and West. Introduction; The Panzer Divisions; The Motorised & Panzer Grenadier Divisions; The SS Divisions; Index. Samuel W Mitcham Jr 9780811734387 20 b/w photos & 3 maps 155x230mm 304 pages Stackpole Books £12.50 pb Germany's Panzer Arm in World War II No 20th-century military organisation has been as widely studied as the German Army in World War II. Nevertheless, there are almost no truly integrated studies that cover the organisational, economic, personnel, doctrinal, and tactical factors that affected the panzer arm's performance. Drawing on German military documents as well as memoirs, battle reports, and other materials, DiNardo fills that gap with this detailed examination of the panzer arm from the inter-war years through the end of World War II and provides new perspectives on the rise and decline of the Third Reich's war machine. R L DiNardo 9780811733427 8 b&w photos, 18 charts 155x230mm, paperback Stackpole Books £10.50 GI Ingenuity : Improvisation, Technology & Winning WWII (Military History Series) Real Battles. Real Soldiers. Real Stories. "GI Ingenuity" is in large part an old-fashioned combat narrative, with mayhem and mass slaughter at centre stage. The U.S. forces that fought in Normandy during the summer of 1944 met a battle-hardened German enemy and a forbidding landscape of earthen hedgerows, sunken roads, and thick bushes and trees. American GIs lacked the combat experience of their opponents but made up for it with their ability to innovate, adapt, improvise, and experiment on the battlefield, finding ingenious ways to blow through hedgerows and slam the Germans with massive firepower. Their innovations helped win World War II and transformed the American way of war. Prologue: A Genius for War; Wrong War, Right War; Day of the Doughboys; The Innovation Revolution; D-Day Disasters; Trial and Error; The Air-Ground Miracle; An Imagining of Armor; The King of Battle; Warriors; Epilogue: Fantastic Voyage; Notes; Index. James Jay Carafano 9780811734684 16 b/w photos 155x230mm 262 pages Stackpole Books £10.99 pb   Greatcoats and Glamour Boots : Canadian Women at War - 1939-1945, Revised Edition Women in the military? To many, never was too soon. But by 1940, British women were out 'doing their bit' for the war effort, and Canadians battled for that same right. Young Canadian women wanted to serve their country, 'to free a man to fight', as the recruiting posters urged. By the war's end almost 50,000 of them were in the forces. Carolyn Gossage has compiled a fascinating collage of anecdotal and documentary material. The colourful story of Canada's 'forgotten women' -- those who volunteered for service during World War II in the RCAF Women's division, the Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC) and the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (Wrens) -- entertains and enlightens. Carolyn Gossage; Foreword by Roberta Bondar 9781550023688 198 pages, paperback Dundurn Group £10.99 Greece 1940-41 : Eyewitnessed This is the story of a forgotten epic. It is the story of Greece's defiance of the Axis powers in 1940-41 by opposing Mussolini's mighty forces with a comparatively small army, yet with fierce determination worthy of the classical Greek tradition. The book is an anthology of oral and written testimonies of survivors supported by diaries, poems, photos, sketches and authentic material. C N Hadjipateras & M S Fafalios 9789602265338 b/w illustrations 120x180mm 295 pages Efstathiadis Group £7.99 pb Greece and Crete, 1941 In the campaign in Greece and the battle for Crete the tale is of military failure, mainly due to the German command of the air over both land and sea. But the skill and endurance of British forces staved off utter disaster in Greece and made the Germans pay a heavy and unwelcome price for their conquest of Crete. Christopher Buckley 9789602260418 Paperback Efstathiadis Group £5.99 Grenadiers - The Story of Waffen SS General Kurt 'Panzer' Meyer (Stackpole Military History Series) Known for his bold and aggressive leadership, Kurt 'Panzer' Meyer was one of the most highly decorated German soldiers of World War II. Successively commanding a motorcycle company, a reconnaissance battalion, a grenadier regiment, and the Hitler Youth Panzer Division, Meyer saw intense combat across Europe: the invasion of Poland, the fall of France in 1940, the sweep through the Balkans and Greece, the bitter fighting on the Eastern Front, and the 1944 campaign for Normandy, where he fell into allied hands and was charged with war crimes. His first-hand account, written with unmatched vividness and immediacy, conveys the grim reality of war as well as the bravery of the young men he commanded. Kurt Meyer 9780811731973 b/w illus 155x230mm 436 pages Stackpole Books £12.50 pb Herbie & Friends - Cartoons In Wartime Clearly the favourite character of Canada's overseas troops during World War 2, 'Herbie' had a penchant for getting into some of the most bizarre predicaments imaginable. With feet that generally led to trouble and a nose like a disillusioned banana, Herbie provided Canadian soldiers with a daily ration of laughter at a time when humour was often at a premium. No figure before or since boosted so effectively the spirit of Canadians overseas. As J D MacFarlane, Editor of The Maple Leaf, stated so aptly: "War can be funny as hell. Things happen to soldiers that shouldn't happen to a human -- crazy situations that add touches of humour to an otherwise grim business... Herbie helped to win the war with laughs." Barry D Rowland 9780920474525 205x255mm 104 pages Natural Heritage Books £10.50 pb Hiroshima : Chronicles of a Survivor This book was written nearly 50 years ago by Katharine Johnson, a teacher at Hiroshima Girls' School for 18 years prior to World War II. The manuscript, held by her family since the author's death in 1959, has been released to tell the story of the school and the people of Hiroshima on the 50th anniversary of the first atomic bomb used on a human population. Katherine Johnson 9780828320016 Branden Publishing £19.99 hb Hitler, Stalin & Mussolini, 2nd Edition - Totalitarianism in the Twentieth Century Like its predecessor, one of the most popular volumes in the 'European History Series', this second edition provides a unique interpretative comparison of the economics, propaganda, culture, and education and healthcare systems of all three forms of European totalitarianism. Punctuated by vivid portraits of the dictators' youths, early careers, personal relationships, management styles, and cults of personality, the second edition of this fascinating book features a greatly expanded photographic essay as well as a consideration of the very latest scholarship. This succinct and adept description of probably the most frightening phenomenon of the twentieth century remains ideal for use in courses on German, European, and World History. Its broad interdisciplinary scope also makes it an excellent choice of supplementary reading for courses in Government, International Relations, economics, sociology, women's studies, and ethics. Bruce F Pauley 9780882959931 140x215mm 312 pages Harlan Davidson £15.50 pb Home Front USA, 2nd Edition : America During World War II Since the first edition of this well-received title appeared, there has been an explosion of scholarly as well as popular interest in World War II and the home front. Informed by the latest historical literature and a deepened awareness of the accomplishments of the American civilian at home, this new edition has been thoughtfully revised, featuring a new prologue-taking up the question of "the good war" -- an epilogue and added material on the atomic bomb, women, African Americans, American Jews, Japanese Americans, and the many other groups that, though relegated to the fringe of mainstream society, contributed in important ways to the nation's successful prosecution of its greatest challenge. Includes 20 illustrations, bibliographical essay, and index. Contents: The Arsenal of Democracy -- The President and Mobilisation; Industrial Mobilisation; Mobilisation and the Business Community; Mobilisation and the Workforce; Mobilisation and Money; Conclusion. American Society at War -- Mood and Morale; Campaigns and Popular Culture; Shortages and Controls; Wartime Dislocations; Conclusion. Outsiders and Ethnic Groups -- Women and the War; African Americans and the War; Latinos and the War; American Indians and the War; Italian Americans Under Attack; Japanese Americans: Civilian Casualties of War; American Jews and the War; Conclusion. The Politics of War -- The Elections of 1940 and 1942; The Election of 1944; The Impact of the Conservative Coalition; Executive Leadership and Expansion; Harry S Truman; Conclusion. Epilogue. Allan M Winkler 9780882959832 b/w photos 135x200mm 135 pages Harlan Davidson £11.50 pb   Hungary 1944-45, The Forgotten Tragedy : Germany's Final Offensives During World War II Using documents from German, American, and Hungarian archives, and previously unpublished photographs, the author describes Hitler's obsession with the Hungarian oilfields near Nagykanisza and how it influenced his military and political actions. He also discusses the tragic extradition of the Hungarian Jews by SS-commander Eichmann. "This is an excellent high quality... paperback... The author has managed to not only write a well researched, scholarly work, but a lucid and readable story... The amount of detail in this work is excellent... Highly recommended..." - Axis Europa Journal. Perry Pierik 9789075323108 b&w photos 140x215mm, paperback 300 pages Aspekt Uitgeverij BV £15.95 Hunger in Holland : Life During the Nazi Occupation What was life like in occupied Holland during World War II? What was it like for a nation to find itself overwhelmed by a foreign power? How did people survive the repressive Nazi occupation? This compelling first-person account is an eye-opening experience. As seen through the eyes of twelve-year-old Cornelia, Hunger In Holland chronicles the steady deterioration of normal, everyday life; the loss of freedom and security; and the role of the law as food and many of life's amenities became scarce. Young Cornelia takes on the responsibility of begging for food and helping to hide her father from the Nazis, who had shipped every man they could find to the munitions factory to work for the Nazi war effort. She captures the day-to-day struggle for survival and vividly illustrates the strength, ingenuity, and dogged determination needed to carry on. Fuykschot sketches the changing lives of ordinary people; their efforts to go to school, to work, to clean house, to find food, to maintain some semblance of normalcy against a backdrop of bombing raids and the daily terror of the Nazis. "Hunger in Holland" is a moving description of a horrific period in world history, a testament to those who survived, and a valuable lesson for those who have never known the terror of war. Cornelia Fuykschot 9780879759872 155x230mm 175 pages Prometheus Books £23.50 hb   Ill Met By Moonlight : The Abduction of General Kreipe One of the finest true adventure stories of the last world war, this justly famous book describes the secret landings, the plan, stalking and kidnapping, and escape of the motley crew of kidnappers and their victim. W S Moss 9789602260456 b&w illustartions 120x190mm, paperback 192 pages Efstathiadis Group £5.99 Infantry Aces : The German Soldier in Combat in WWII  (Stackpole Military History Series) This is an authentic account of German infantry aces, common foot soldiers who were thrust into a blazing maelstrom of bloody horror the world had never seen. On the frozen Russian steps, under the scorching African desert sun, and in the final desperate battles, they were outnumbered and outgunned and faced impossible odds. Here are the fascinating stories of the men who stared death in the face during some of the most brutal battles ever waged. Franz Kurowski 9780811732024 b/w photos 155x230mm 504 pages Stackpole Books £12.50 pb