The Atlantikwall was constructed by the
Germans in World War II as a gigantic defensive system along the
coastline of occupied Europe. It consisted of hundreds of huge
batteries and thousands of smaller positions ranging from Flak
towers, control bunkers, u-boat bunkers and coastal batteries.
This amazing book describes the origin, development and concept
of this formidable defence line. The Atlantic Wall stretched
from Norway to the Franco-Spanish border (including
fortifications in the Channel Islands) and much of it still
exists today. illustrated in full-colour with 360 colour
photographs, 970 illustrations and 110 maps, this is the
definitive publication on this massive feat of engineering.
THE SS TOTENKOPF RING: AN
ILLUSTRATED
HISTORY FROM MUNICH TO NUREMBERG
by Craig Gottlieb
Craig Gottlieb paints a comprehensive picture of the Totenkopf
(Death's Head) Ring and the man behind it – Reichsführer-SS
Heinrich Himmler. He uses more than 200 examples to document
current beliefs about the ring, offering previously unseen photos
and documents. The book also covers the history of the Totenkopf
ring, placing its appearance in historical context, and includes
sections on award documents and frames, ring shipping boxes, with
many photographs of rings in wear.
New in d/w - 256pp, 200 + colour
& b/w illustrations
The Washington Naval Treaty of 1921 effectively established the
size and composition of the various navies in World War II. They
laid down design parameters and tonnage limitations for each class
of warship including battleships, aircraft carriers, cruisers and
destroyers. With one or two exceptions, battleship construction was
deferred until the mid 1930s but virtually all navies embraced the
concept of 8 inch, gun armed 10,000 ton heavy cruisers and laid down
new vessels almost immediately. This book describes the heavy
cruisers designed and built to the same rules by each nation and
then consider how the various classes fared in World War II.
New in d/w - 185pp,
numerous b/w photos & illustrations
The Rise and Fall
of Major General Charles Townshend. He achieved fame when he
commanded the besieged garrison at Chitral (now in Pakistan) in
1895. As a result, he became known as ‘Chitral Charlie’. Decorated
by Queen Victoria, in 1916 he was given command on 6th Indian
Division and sent to Mesopotamia. He made a devastating advance up
the River Tigris to Kut but then, against all the tenets of
military common sense, he advanced to take Baghdad. Confronted by
a determined Turkish foe, his Division was depleted and exhausted.
Townshend withdrew to Kut, where he was besieged and forced into a
humiliating surrender.
This outstanding book offers a superb collection of photographs
of scale models from contributors throughout the world, and digital
images by Mario Merino and Andreas Ott of secret German designs.
Myhra gives the reader much more than pictures of proposed German
aircraft projects, the total number of German projects described
being in excess of 400. From Blohm und Voss with over 200 project
designs, he examines Wolderman Voight's Me P.1101, Gotha's Go P.60,
the Horten brother's Flying Wings and Alexander Lippisch's many
projects. Although over 400 proposed aircraft were on the drawing
board when the war in Europe ended in May 1945, only a handful had
reached the prototype stage.
New in d/w -
Large format, 352pp,
c1,000 colour & b/w photos & illustrations
