PANZERS IN THE SAND: THE
HISTORY OF PANZER-REGIMENT 5, VOLUME TWO 1942-45
by Bernd Hartmann
Panzer-Regiment 5 joined Erwin Rommel
in North Africa and helped the Desert Fox win an impressive
string of victories during 1941. The Germans began 1942 with
an offensive that quickly captured Benghazi and then drove
east toward the fortress of Tobruk, before being halted by
the British at El Alamein in October. By 1943, the African
campaign had shifted west to Tunisia. Crippled by supply
problems and Allied air superiority, the Germans surrendered
in May 1943. The remnants of Pz-Rgt 5 were eventually
reconstituted as Panzer-Abteilung 5, an assault gun unit,
and sent to the Eastern Front. Featuring scores of
photographs and vivid firsthand accounts from members of the
unit, this second volume continues the combat history of
PzRgt and PzAbteilung 5, from the sand and sun of North
Africa to the bitter end near Berlin.
First published
in German in 2002, these two volumes are a comprehensive
history of Panzer-Regiment 5 by a veteran of the formation.
New in d/w - 290pp, numerous b/w
photos & illustrations
The
Russian Air Force’s strategic bomber component was inherited
from the Soviet Air Force after the disintegration of the
Soviet Union. It began by recovering some of the heavy
bomber assets left outside its borders, including Tu-95MS
Bear-Hs based in Kazakhstan, eight Tu-160 Blackjacks and
three Tu-22M Backfire-Cs taken over by the Ukraine. Flown
by the Russian Air Force’s 37th Air Army these bombers were
involved in, amongst others, the military operation to
against Georgia over South Ossetia in august 2008 and a
visit to Venezuela by three Tu-160s which caused much
consternation in the USA. The book includes development and
design history of the Blackjack, Bear and Backfire, their
armament, unit badges and insignia. With over 500
photographs, many previously unreleased, detailed line
drawings and colour profiles of individual names and nose
art, this book provides a wealth of information for the
historian and modeler alike.
New in d/w -
Large format, 272pp, 500 + colour photos & illustrations
The Occupation and Denazification
of Germany. Germany had entered the twentieth century
prosperous and strong. During the 1930s, embittered by a
lost war and scarred by mass unemployment, Germany embraced
the dark cult of National Socialism. Within less than a
generation, its great cities lay in ruins and its shattered
industries and its cultural heritage seemed beyond
salvation. This is the story of Germany’s year zero, telling
of the final Allied campaign, the hunting down of the Nazi
resistance, the vast displacement of peoples, the
competition between Soviet Russia and the West and the
hunger and near starvation of a once proud people.
Ranging from
18th-century India to 21st-century Afghanistan, this new,
highly illustrated history of the Brigade of Gurkhas is
destined to become the definitive work on the subject. In
this account, the whole panorama of the Brigade’s unique
story is covered from the early 19th Century to the present
day, including the tense moments when the continued
existence of the Brigade hung by a thread. The book is
lavishly illustrated with pictures, photographs and maps,
many never before seen in print. With a foreword by the
Colonel Commandant Brigade of Gurkhas, General Sir David
Richards, KCB CBE DSO ADC.
German missiles, 1934-1945. This impressive book covers
the great variety of secret and largely unknown German
missile programs of World War II. It includes such types as
the Henschel Hs 293, Hs 294, Hs 295 and "Zitterrochen", the
Blohm und Voss Bv 226, Bv 246 "Hagelkorn" and Lippisch
GB-3/L, Blohm und Voss Bv 143, Henschel G.T. 1200 and other
gliding torpedos, Piloted missiles such as the Blohm und
Voss Bv 40 and Messerschmitt Me 328, plus the well known
'Revenge Weapons' ,the Fiesler Fi 103 Flying Bomb (V-1) and
the A 4 (V-2) Ballistic Missile. Numerous Surface to Air and
Air to Air guided and unguided Anti-Aircraft Missiles are
also described and illustrated.
This was a new copy
but it was damaged in transit. There is a split at the lower
front and back board edges.
As new in
illustrated boards but transit damage on board edges - large format, 144pp, 150 photos,
colour profiles & drawings.
