AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY:
THE 7TH WAFFEN-SS VOLUNTEER
GEBIRGS (MOUNTAIN) DIVISION "PRINZ EUGEN"
by Massimiliano Afiero
This is the complete history of
one of the most famous and well-known divisions of the
Waffen-SS. Created as a mountain unit to be employed
exclusively on the Balkan Front against partisan units, the
unit fought with valor and fierceness on the battlefield.
After numerous anti-guerrilla operations in Bosnia, Croatia,
Montenegro, and Serbia, towards the end of the war it was
employed against units of the Bulgarian Army and Red Army
forces in the difficult mission of covering the withdrawal
of German forces retreating from Greece and Albania. Accused
of having committed numerous crimes against civilians, its
members met with a tragic fate, especially those who ended
up in the hands of communist partisans.
New in
illustrated boards - large format, 160pp, 425 b/w photos
Established in 1932, the
Vozdushno-desantnye voyska (‘air-landing forces', or VDV) of
the Red Army led the way in airborne doctrine and practice.
They conducted major drops during World War II,
including at the Dnepr River in September 1943. After the
war ended, the VDV became independent of the Air Force and
were elevated to the role of strategic asset. The newly
rebuilt divisions were organized and trained to conduct deep
insertions behind enemy lines, attacking command-and-control
facilities, lines of communication, and key infrastructure
targets such as nuclear power plants. This training came
into play in numerous Cold War confrontations, including
Soviet operations in Hungary (1956) and Czechoslovakia
(1968). During the Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979-89), the
VDV proved to be the most formidable of the Mujahideen's
opponents, with the development of the air assault concept -
the transport, insertion and support of air-landed troops by
helicopter rather than parachute.
New in card cover
- A4 format, 64pp, 8 colour plates, 15 colour & numerous
b/w photos
October 1950
and the stunning Chinese intervention in the Korean war.
Drawing on official military records, con-temporary
accounts, and the memoirs of Chinese field commander Peng
Dehuai, Hoyt searches the causes and results of the Korean
War. How did a UN police action erupt into a struggle
between the super-powers? Why did China become involved? Was
US policy responsible?
BRITISH FLIGHT TESTING: MARTLESHAM HEATH
1920-1939
by Tim Mason
A classic Putnam volume covering
the development of testing for aircraft intended for the
Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm. For nearly twenty
years Martelsham Heatrh was the site from which all British
military aircraft underwent their type testing before
acceptance into service (or indeed, rejection). Tim Mason,
in colaboration with T. Heffernan, provides a detailed
record of the testing of the aeroplanes, their equipment and
armaments.
Fine in d/w -
Large format, 256pp, 300+ b/w photos & illustrations
London
was a target for Zeppelins and bombers during the First
World War, for bombers, V1s and rockets in the Second World
War, and for terrorists in more recent times, yet rarely has
the history of twentieth-century attacks on the capital been
studied as a whole. This thought-provoking account vividly
describes how the destructive potential of aerial bombing
and terrorist actions has increased and how Londoners have
struggled to protect themselves and their city. There are
graphic accounts of the German raids on the city in the
First World War, the Blitz, the V1 and V2 campaigns and the
bombing tactics adopted by terrorists from the 1970s onward.
