The Sturmartillerie was a key part of Germany's armoured
arsenal throughout World War II. Its armoured assault guns
were designed to support the artillery on the battlefield,
largely using the purpose-built Sturmgeschütz infantry
support gun. This new and exhaustive study details the
development and operational history of this innovative
force, as well as describing how its role and the tactics it
employed changed from the glory years of Blitzkrieg through
to the desperate defence of the last years of the war. It
also describes the technical development and evolution of
the vehicles employed, and includes combat action reports
and excerpts from interviews with veterans.
New in d/w - 288pp, c450 b/w photos
& orders of battle
A rare photographic compendium of
the Hitlerjugend and Bund Deutscher Madel (League of German
Maidens). It looks at their origins, their day-to-day
activities and comradeship. A scarce translation and
facsimile (although printed on gloss, art paper) of an
original WWII German publication by Obergebietsfuhrer Willi
Korber. This is a must for the serious scholar of the Third
Reich. German/English text
Originally Published c1943
by Deutcher Jugendverlag gmbh.
CHURCHILL'S DESERT
RATS IN NORTH AFRICA,
BURMA, SICILY & ITALY
byPatrick
Delaforce
The author covers the difficult early years when the
Nazis were victorious on many fronts and Britain stood
alone. Indeed it was at El Alamein that 7th Armoured
Division and the rest of Montgomery's Eighth Army turned the
tide, three Victoria Crosses having been won in the desert.
The successful completion of the North African campaign led
to the invasion of Sicily and the long slog up Italy. The
Desert Rats were at the forefront of these campaigns. At the
end of 1941 armoured contingents were also sent to the Far
East, seeing action in the Burmese jungle against the
Japanese under the command of General William Slim.
The effectiveness of the early light panzers was only
proven because Hitler's Panzerwaffe (despite their technical
excellence) was poorly equipped. The critically short supply
of the Panzerkampfwagen III and IV placed an ever-increasing
onus on the light tanks that filled the Panzerwaffe's ranks
during the early years of WWII. In this book, Bryan Perrett
examines the evolution of the PzKpfw I and II. This is the
original Osprey Vanguard edition which has been re-issued in
1998 as New Vanguard 26. Colour illustrations are by Terry
Hadler.
Very good in card
cover - A4 format, 40pp, 8 plates with 27 colour
illustrations, 38 b/w photos
One of the renowned Putnam Aviation series, this is the
history of Hawker's development and the examination of
each distinct aircraft type ever flown, with numerous
photographs and three-view drawings. There is full
production data and details of service allocation of
individual aircraft. Appendices provide full details on
projects which never reached the production stage, plus
a list of company test pilots.
Third revised
edition with updated appendices and an expanded section
on unbuilt and unfinished projects.
Like new in
d/w - 657pp, 400 + photos, 80 + three-view drawings
