In the
years between 1940 and 1945, a total of approximately 12,500
Belgians served in the Waffen-SS, a number roughly equal to
the strength of an infantry division in 1944. Because of
political and social problems and different objectives of
the volunteers, however, the men were not combined in a
single unit, rather they were deployed in three different
formations. This book describes the major units of the
Waffen-SS in which they were concentrated, where they were
deployed, and the battles they took part in.
New in illustrated boards - 128pp, 90 + b/w & colour
images
On
January 13, 1953, the official Soviet press agency Tass
announced the arrest of a group of ‘killer doctors’
who were systematically doing away with prominent public
figures in the Soviet Union. Nine doctors, six of them Jews,
were cited, and in the next few weeks many more were carted
off to the dread prisons of Lubyanka and Lefortovo. Among
them was Yakov Lvovich Rapoport, a distinguished
pathologist. This book is a firsthand memoir of his
imprisonment, revealing not only the suffering caused by a
fabricated ‘plot’ but also the devastating
climate of antisemitism and the appalling disarray of
medicine and science in the Stalinist era.
China and the Ordeal of HMS Amethyst. The attack on the
British frigate on the Yangtze River by Chinese Communists
in 1949 made world headlines. When she made a dramatic
escape after being trapped for 101 days, the incident was
eulogised as an example of outstanding courage and
fortitude. The 'Yangtze Incident' was made into a feature
film, which depicted the ship and her crew as innocent
victims of Communist aggression. British Government files
have now been released and in making use of these, the book
tells an intriguing tale of intelligence failure and
military over-confidence.
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.
On 7th September, 1812 at Borodino, 75 miles west of
Moscow, the armies of the Russian and French empires clashed
in one of the climactic battles of the Napoleonic Wars. The
survival of the Russian army after Borodino was a key factor
in Napoleon's eventual defeat and the utter destruction of
the French army of 1812. This new study retells the terrible
story of Borodino seen from the Russian point of view,
providing a fresh perspective on the battle and a broader
understanding of the reasons for the eventual Russian
triumph.
New in card cover - 276pp, 18 maps & diagrams, 62 b/w photos
& illustrations
