The history of Panzer Brigade 105,
September, 1944. This is the story an experiment that failed - the
creation of separate armored brigades, within the Panzertruppe in
1944. They were to be a form of field army level reserve and
strike force. This book examines the formation, deployment,
virtual destruction and ultimate deactivation of Panzer Brigade
105. Instead of being deployed on the Eastern Front as originally
intended, the brigade was rushed to the West and the unstable
situation there in 1944. The story is presented not only from the
German side, but also from the viewpoint of the various US forces
employed against the brigade in September 1944.
New in illustrated boards - 582 pages, 147 photographs, 22 maps,
extensive charts and documentation
BATTLEGROUND PRUSSIA: THE ASSAULT ON
GERMANY'S EASTERN FRONT 1944-45
by Prit Buttar
In September 1944
the Soviet Army poured into German territory, flooding Prussia,
the heartland of the Reich. Hopelessly outnumbered by the human
wave of the Red Army, the Wehrmacht fought with determination, but
was gradually beaten back. This book describes the great battles
that marked the Soviet conquest, from Memel to Königsberg, the
Heiligenbeil Pocket to Danzig. Using accounts never before
published in English, Buttar looks at the campaign both from a
command level, and from the perspective of normal soldiers on the
front line.
New in d/w - 482pp. numerous b/w illustrations, maps.
PANZER TRACTS NO. 2-3:
PANZERKAMPFWAGEN II AUSF.D, E, AND F
by Thomas L Jentz & Hilary Louis Doyle
Development and production from 1937 to 1942. For the first
time the design evolution of the Pz.Kpfw.II has been correctly
analysed and the characteristics of each model correctly
identified. This has been made possible by many years of research
in private and public archives, chassis number analysis, and the
sharing of rare photos showing legible chassis numbers. Hundreds
of hours were spent precisely measuring surviving Pz.Kpfw.II
Ausf.F and Flamm components and over a thousand hours were spent
in creating detailed drawings. This book is packed with new
information on the history, production, and unit organization, the
text and data being based on primary sources.
New in card cover - A4 format, 48pp,
25 scale drawings & 55 b/w photos
Slovenia and Croatia, 1991-95.
Following the death of the
Yugoslavian strongman President Tito in 1980, the
semi-autonomous republics and provinces that he had welded into
a nation in 1945 moved inexorably towards separation. After a
deceptively clean break for independence by Slovenia in 1991,
the world watched a series of wars rip through this modern
European state. In this first of two volumes, experts on the
Balkan region give an unprecedentedly clear, concise explanation
of the Slovene, Croatian and Krajina-Serb armies of these
campaigns, illustrated with rare photos and colour uniform
plates by Darko Pavlovic.
New in card cover - 64pp, 8 colour plates, c50 colour & b/w photos &
illustrations
Bosnia, Kosovo and Macedonia, 1992-2001.
For ten years from 1991, the world watched in horror as a series
of bloody wars ripped a modern European state apart, and the
intolerable spectacle eventually forced international
intervention. Illustrated with rare photos and colour uniform
plates by Darko Pavlovic, this second of two volumes by experts
on the Balkan region offers a concise breakdown of the
indigenous forces involved in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kosovo and
Macedonia.
New in card cover - 64pp, 8 colour plates, c50 colour & b/w photos &
illustrations
