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Elite of the Third Reich
Until now, this essential reference book has only been available in its hard-to-find German version - Helion are pleased to announce not only a complete translation of this important source. The text lists all known recipients (over 7,000 of them), giving name, rank, unit, and date of award for each. Recipients of the higher classes of this decoration, such as the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, are also included. Elite of the Third Reich is destined to become a standard reference work on the Second World War German Armed Forces - Army, Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe and Waffen-SS. The publication of occasional updates is planned, containing corrections and amendments.
The Axis Forces 15
The contents of this new issue: the Totenkopf-Division on the Western Front (May-June 1940), General der Waffen-SS Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, Hitler’s Cossacks (part 3), Hans Siegel, Knight’s Cross Holder of the 12. SS-Panzer Division, SS-Panzergrenadier-Division Wiking on the Manytsch Front and the Panzerschreck.
D-Day Volume 2
‘DIE?INVASION?HAT?BEGONNEN!’ — Oberst Bodo Zimmermann OMAHA AND UTAH AREAS — Lieutenant General Omar N. Bradley THE MEDALS OF HONOR • GOLD AREA — Brigadier Harold Pyman • THE D-DAY VICTORIA CROSS • JUNO AREA — Lieutenant-Colonel Charles P. Stacey SWORD AREA — Brigadier David Belchem • MULBERRY — Captain Harold Hickling AIRFIELDS — Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory AN?APPRECIATION — Generalfeldmarschall Gerd von Rundstedt • POSTSCRIPT — The Editor 50th ANNIVERSARY?COMMEMORATIONS — Brigadier Tom Longland NORMANDY?TODAY — Major Tonie Holt
The Complete Knight's Cross
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, to give it its full name, owes its origins to the 'Pour le Merite' (Blue Max), an imperial award dating back to 1740. The Complete Knight's Cross volumes tell the story of all 7,364 men who were granted the award (including all the disputed awards). The three volumes have over 200 photos of holders of the medal and over 100 photos of their graves. Volume One deals with 1939-41 (numbers 1-1267) and is subtitled 'The Years of Victory'. Volume Two deals with 1942-43 (numbers 1268-3685) and is subtitled 'The Years of Stalemate'. Volume Three deals with 1944-45 (numbers 3686-7364) and is subtitled 'The Years of Defeat'. The recipients are listed in the order of the date of award. Each entry starts with the recipient's rank and name, followed by details of the action or actions for which they were granted the award. Other interesting facts and stories are also included for many of the awards. Burial locations, where known, are also given. Any higher awards (Oak Leaves, Swords, Diamonds and the ultimate Golden award) are also covered.
Military Operations of the Dutch Army, 10th-17th May 1940
Most studies of the 1940 Western Campaign have tended to focus on a narrow range of topics, principally those relating the German forces or the epic of Dunkirk. The publication of this title is aimed at redressing the balance by providing a detailed account of the operations of the Dutch army during this campaign. The author begins by presenting a detailed account of the Dutch army prior to the campaign, including its plan of campaign. He also includes a fascinating chapter discussing the geography of the Netherlands from a military point of view. The remainder of the text consists of a daily account of the Dutch army's operations down to regimental or independent battalion-level. In doing so, the author clearly demonstrates the combat capability of the Dutch troops and the brave and tenacious defense with which they met the German invasion. Appendices provide a detailed order-of-battle, and sample orders. This is a significant contribution to the literature available on the 1940 campaign in France and the Low Countries.
Hitler's Jewish Soldiers
On the murderous road to "racial purity" Hitler encountered unexpected detours, largely due to his own crazed views and inconsistent policies regarding Jewish identity. After centuries of Jewish assimilation and intermarriage in German society, he discovered that eliminating Jews from the rest of the population was more difficult than he'd anticipated. As Bryan Rigg shows in this provocative new study, nowhere was that heinous process more fraught with contradiction and confusion than in the German military. Contrary to conventional views, Rigg reveals that a startlingly large number of German military men were classified by the Nazis as Jews or "partial-Jews" (Mischlinge), in the wake of ra...
The Fifth Field
"The Fifth Field reveals one of the final secrets of the war: how 96 American soldiers in Europe and North Africa were tried by American General Courts-Martial, convicted by military juries, sentenced to death, executed and buried in an obscure, secret plot at an American military cemetery in France"--Author's website.
Batterie...fuoco!
Il Trattato di pace di Versailles del 1919 consentiva alla Germania di costituire per le sue Forze Armate future solo delle unità di artiglieria leggera. L’artiglieria della Reichswehr sarà quindi armata dapprima con pezzi leggeri della prima guerra mondiale, e nel 1928-1929 furono progettati e in seguito adottati dei nuovi leichte Feldhaubitze, sempre in osservanza al Trattato. Solo nell’autunno del 1935, dopo che per anni, più o meno clandestinamente, erano stati sviluppati e sperimentati diversi pezzi di artiglieria da campagna e pesante campale, furono ufficialmente formate le unità di artiglieria pesante. Dopo una rapida espansione, concentrata in pochi anni, l’artiglieria tedesca, nella seconda guerra mondiale, formava la terza maggiore Arma della Heer, essendo costituita, nel 1939, dal 12.8 per cento del Feldheer ed Ersatzheer, e rappresentando, nel 1943, con i suoi 655.000 uomini, il 22.6 per cento della Heer.
