by Colonel Dmitriy Loza. Translated by James F. Gebhardt
The author commanded a Sherman equipped tank battalion in the
Red Army in WWII. He saw action in the Ukraine, Romania,
Hungary, Czechoslavakia and Austria, 1943-45, taking part in the
actions at Kosum-Shevenkoviy, Jassey, Bupapest, Vienna and
Prague. In the later stages of the war formations of the 6th
Guards Tank Army were moved east to spearhead the Soviet attacks
on Japanese forces in Manchuria. In May, 1946 Loza was awarded
the USSR's highest decoration for valor, being made a Hero of
the Soviet Union for his actions in the battle for Vienna.
New in illustrated boards - 173pp,
12 b/w illustrations, 2 maps
University of Nebraska Press, 1996
ISBN 0803229208
JAPANESE ARMY STRAGGLERS AND MEMORIES
OF THE WAR IN JAPAN, 1950-1975
by Beatrice Trefalt
This book charts comprehensively the various discoveries in
Southeast Asia and the Pacific, of Japanese soldiers still
fighting the Second World War many years after it had ended. It
explores their return to Japan and their impact on the Japanese
people, revealing changing attitudes to war veterans and war
casualties' families, as well as the ambivalence of memories of
the war.
OSPREY AIRCRAFT OF THE ACES 86:
P-36 HAWK ACES OF WORLD WAR 2
by Lionel Persyn &
Kari Stenman
The Curtiss P-36 was considered a
revolution in performance design in comparison to other US
fighters, yet by the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
it was increasingly being supplanted by the P-40. The P-36 was
then exported to France under the guise of the Hawk 75. Flown by
the French, captured by the Germans, sold to the Finns,
transferred to India and Africa, and used by the RAF, the Hawk
75 saw service in every theatre of operations. Co-authored by
Andrew Thomas and illustrated by Chris Davey, this book depicts
the P-36 with colour artwork, photographs and first-hand
accounts.
New in card cover - A4 format, 96pp, 8 colour plates, 1:72 scale
plans/diagrams, 96 b/w photos
At 16, Mark Time wants to become either a geologist
or a Royal Marines Commando. So which does he choose?
Despite his love of basalt, he chooses the career that
teaches him how to kill...and sh*t in plastic bags.
Knowing his weak body will have to shape up to complete
thirty weeks of commando training, Mark prepares for the
Royal Marines by sleeping in his shed wearing only
plastic bags. He braves pain by ordering his mate to
attack him while trapped in a sleeping bag and starves
himself in a stupid urban survival exercise. He is
ready, some might say, for the asylum. Hilarious and yet
shockingly sobering, this is the story of a boy who
joins an elite military unit, with only naivety and
incompetence equalling his will to succeed.
From 5th to 20th July, 1944, American invasion forces ran into
fierce resistance around the French town of Saint-Lô, an
important railway and road communications center in Normandy. As
well as Heer divisions such as the Panzer Lehr, GIs had to fight
the redoubtable German Fallschirmjäger and Waffen-SS units who
extracted a heavy price for each hedgerow and each village they
took. Didier Lodieu paints an accurate picture of the Battle for
Saint-Lô, from original unit logbooks and first hand accounts
from veterans. The book is illustrated with almost 300
previously unpublished photos.
As new in illustrated boards -
Large format,
176pp, c300 photos,
colour artwork & maps
