DIE STURMFLUT UND DAS ENDE VOLUME 3:
MIT DEM RUCKEN ZUR WAND
by Helmut Gunther
"The Storm Surge and the End". The history of the 17th SS Panzer
Grenadier Division "Götz von Berlichingen". An account of the
division's final battle in Germany. The author of this final volume
is Helmut Gunther. A scarce and collectible volume. German text
White boards, black
titles and map, very good - 518pp, over 150 photos, maps
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. Also available in
softcover.
January 31, 1968. A cold, dense fog had settled over the city
of Hue, South Vietnam. Nothing could be seen or heard until the
blinding flash and shocking concussion of an exploding rocket tore
through the fog. A hail of rockets and mortar shells was followed
by a sustained ground attack. It was soon obvious to the Army,
Navy, Marine and Air Force personnel inside the compound that a
large group of people outside the compound wanted to kill them.
The Tet offensive on Hue was on. The intense fighting lasted for a
month and the NLF massacred thousands of residents of the city.
When dawn arrived on September 26th, 1944, Lieutenant Russ Kennedy
of the 23rd Field Company, Royal Canadian Engineers, found himself
on the wrong side of the Rhine in a boat with an engine that
wouldn’t start. With him were thirty-six battle weary members of the
British 1st Airborne Division, crammed into a boat meant to carry
only sixteen men. They had just witnessed the fate of the previous
boat. Without an engine, twenty-five men had tried to paddle across
without success. Only four of them lived to make it to safety. All
night, the engineering units had ferried over 2,300 troops across
the river. What was left of the besieged British 1st Airborne
Division had been rescued. This is the story of how the Royal
Canadian Engineers not only supported the Royal Engineers, but
ferried the lion’s share of the Airborne troops across the flooded
river.
New in card cover -
128pp, numerous
b/w photos, maps
The Rise of the Privatized Military Industry. Some have claimed
that “War is too important to be left to the generals,” but Singer
asks “What about the business executives?” Corporations products
range from trained commando teams to strategic advice. Such firms
have participated in wars in Africa, Asia, the Balkans, and Latin
America. More recently, they have become a key element in US
military operations in Iraq. Singer finds that the introduction of
the profit motive onto the battlefield raises troubling questions
for democracy.
