The Waffen SS were considered the elite
of the German armed forces in the Second World War and were
involved in almost continuous combat. From the sweeping tank
battle of Kursk on the Russian front to the bitter fighting among
the hedgerows of Normandy and the last great offensive in the
Ardennes, forever immortalized in history as the Battle of the
Bulge, these men and their tanks made history. This is the scarce,
hardcover first edition.
Very good in pictorial boards - 366pp,
420 photos, 7 maps, tables.
Large format.
J J Fedorowicz, 1990
ISBN 0921991096
SOLD
Web No
05040-01
£49.00
OSPREY AVIATION ELITE UNITS 26:
JAGDSTAFFEL 2 'BOELCKE'
by Greg Van Wyngarden
The story of Jasta 2, the unit named to commemorate its commander,
Hptm Oswald Boelcke who was Manfred von Richtofen's mentor. By
August 1916, the German Air Service was fighting a losing struggle
in the skies over the Somme. In response, an entirely new type of
fighting formation came into being -the Jagdstaffel, a unit designed
solely as a fighting squadron. One of the most famous was Jasta 2,
formed and led by Boelcke, Germany's premiere fighter ace. This
title examines the tactics, personalities and achievements of
thesquadron which finished the war with an immense 336 victories,
second only to Richthofen's own unit in confirmed kills.
New in card cover -
128pp, 11 colour plates illustrating 36 aircraft, c 220 b/w photos
COLLABORATION IN GREECE: GREEK
VOLUNTEERS IN
THE GERMAN ARMED FORCES, SS AND POLICE, 1943 - 1944
by Antonio J Munoz
The history of the various Greek collaborationist forces of
Ioannis Rallis's pro-Axis puppet government. The Germans employed
their old adage of "divide and conquer" by exploiting the rift
between Greek communists and republicans. From 1943 until 1944
some 27-30,000 pro-German Greek troops served to prop up the Nazi
occupation. This excellent reference source features extremely
rare photos and maps.
New in card cover - 138pp, numerous detailed maps and illustrations
The recollections of the remarkable German air ace, Colonel
Hans-Ulrich Rudel, the one man in the German Armed Force to
receive the highest award for courage, The Knight’s Cross of the
Iron Cross with Golden Oakleaves, Sword and Diamonds. He flew over
2500 missions in WWII on the Eastern front, lost a leg but
continued flying.
A new, hardcover reprint of the 1952 original.
When the first British tanks crawled into view on the Western
Front in 1916 they were viewed as a joke but they would go on to
transform the nature of ground warfare forever. In this acclaimed
work the author follows the tank's extraordinary advance through
the twentieth century. It was a practical weapon but also an
overwhelming symbol of its age.
New in card cover - 499pp, 15 b/w & 7 colour photos
