The German-American Bund in words, photos and artefacts. What
were the origins of the Bund? They were a reaction to many things
including the post-WWI abortive Communist Revolution in Germany and
the response by the Freikorps movement, Hitler's early activities
from 1922-1924, the world-wide economic boycott of German products
starting in 1933 and anti-German propaganda in the USA during the
1930s tied with fresh memories of US involvement in the Great War,
and of course the Great Depression. This is an inside view of the
organisation from interviews, personal diaries, hundreds of photos
and artifacts compiled by the author.
New in illustrated
boards - 320pp,
562 colour & b/w photos
Civil servants are
not generally known for their soldierly qualities, yet in the
Great War a volunteer regiment of 'civil servants and their
friends' served with distinction in the front line, fighting in
many of the major battles. This study, subtitled 'All Bloody
Gentlemen', draws on previously unpublished material personal
memoirs, diaries and interviews to tell their extraordinary
story. It is supported by a wealth of marvellous photographs,
together with appendices on Brigade Orders of Battle, Battle
Honours and Awards, and Graves and Memorials.
New in d/w - 240pp, numerous b/w illustrations, maps, appendices, index
This fifth volume continues the author's
in-depth research of Third Reich headgear. Thousands of
foreigners served in the wartime transportation formations of
“Speer” and “Todt”. Initially starting as “NSKK-Transportbrigade
Speer” and “Todt”, they were combined to become
“NSKK-Transportgruppe Todt”, later becoming “Transportkorps
Speer”. Volume 2 covered the “Deutscher Luftsport-Verband” and
this volume deals with its sucessor, the NSFK. Also detailed are
the early labor organizations known as the “Freiwilliger
Arbeitsdienst” which would evolve into the “Reichsarbeits-dienst.”
Extensively illustrated in colour and black and white, this is a
must for collectors and historians.
New in pictorial boards -
512pp, 931 colour & b/w photos & illustrations
This, the history of 14. Waffen-Grenadier-Division of the SS (Ukrainische
NR. 1), examines the recruitment of these Ukrainians, which seems
to have contradicted Hitler's policies on the role of eastern
populations. It includes details of its equipment and training,
where it fought, and the motivation and morale of this ethnic
division. The book is sourced from contemporary German and Soviet
archives, as well as accounts of Germans and Ukrainians who served
with the division. Numerous photos and documents complement the
text of this interesting work.
New in illustrated boards - 128pp, 100 b/w ills, photos, facsimile documents &
maps
The authors' description of the events on the
fateful day, 22nd January, 1879, brings to life the shocking defeat
of the British Army at the hands of the Zulus. A Zulu force of some
20,000 warriors attacked a portion of the British main column
consisting of about 1,800 British, colonial and native troops and
perhaps 400 civilians. Despite a vast disadvantage in weapons
technology, the numerically superior Zulus ultimately overwhelmed
the poorly led and badly deployed British, killing over 1,300 troops
including all those on the forward firing line.
