UNIFORMS,
ORGANISATION AND HISTORY OF THE WAFFEN-SS:
VOLUME 5
by Roger James Bender & Hugh Page Taylor
This volume includes the combat
histories of the 15th, 19th and 20th SS Divisions, brief
biographies of Arturs Silgailis and General Bangerskis. The
Latvian and Estonian Divisions, Orders of Battle, battle
histories, insignia and commanders. 2nd printing of 1982
original.
Very good in illustrated boards - 256pp, 180
llustrations, maps & tables
THE STORY OF THE 79th ARMOURED DIVISION
OCTOBER 1942 - JUNE 1945
By Officers of the Division
This is the story of the British
Army's famed 79th Armoured Division, a specialised unit
created in readiness for the D-Day invasion of Normandy in
1944. The Division used armoured vehicles modified for
special tasks named 'Hobart's Funnies' after the Division's
commander, Maj-Gen. Sir Percy Hobart. These included
amphibious tanks that floated, could clear mines, destroy
defences, carry and lay emergency bridges and roadways and
other tasks. This official history follows the Division from
its formation through its finest hour on D-Day to final
victory in Europe. This is the original Regimental
publication printed in Hamburg in 1945 and it is profusely
illustrated with photos and coloured maps.
Very good in
beige, cloth covered boards with pasted Regimental. insignia
- 314pp, numerous b/w photos and coloured maps
As neo-fascist rumblings are being felt again throughout
Europe, this book re-examines the development of the Third
Reich and the philosophies of its leaders. It presents
twenty-two biographical sketches of some of the most
notorious fascist leaders of the twentieth century: Joseph
Goebbels, propagandist extraordinaire; Heinrich Himmler, the
director of the infamous SS; Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi
foreign minister; Rudolf Hess, considered by many to be
deputy Fuehrer; Hermann Goering, Hitler's right- hand man;
Martin Bormann; Alfred Rosenberg; Otto Ohlendorf; Ernst
Julius Rohm; and many others of the inner circle, including
Adolf Hitler himself.
OSPREY AIRCRAFT OF THE ACES 95:
POLIKARPOV I-15, I-16 AND I-153 ACES
by Mikhail Maslov
The I-15, I-16 and I-153 fighters were the world’s first
mass-produced fighters. Some 17,000 had been manufactured by
the time production ceased in 1941. They served with the
Republicans in the Spain, the Chinese against Japan in
1937−38, and the Soviets against both Japan in the Nomonhan
Incident and Finland during the Winter War. By 1941, more
than 20 Soviet pilots had made ace in Polikarpovs, and many
more attained that status during the first months of the
German invasion. Though thoroughly outclassed, the
Polikarpov was the backbone of the Soviet air force early in
WWII.
New in card cover
- A4 format, 96pp, 10 colour plates, numerous b/w photos
Another volume in Service Publications series on Canadian
Weapons of War. The small, card covered volume describes
development of the ill-fated Bobcat Armored Personnel Carrier of
the 1960s. After many cost over-runs the project (which had
originated in 1954) was terminated in November, 1963 and US M113
APCs were ordered in its place.
New in card cover -
24pp, 21 b/w photos, 4-view plan
