The first ever examination of the unknown story of WWII
Canadian tank production, based on official reports &
coupled with many recently uncovered photographs. The
vehicles described in this book proved that Canada was
capable of developing & constructing tanks which could more
than hold their own, but the realities of economy of scale
meant that Canadian Divisions eventually came to be equipped
with American Armoured Fighting vehicles.
New in card cover
- A4 format, 56pp, 51 b/w illustrations
The memoir of Dr. Hans Heinz
Rehfeldt covering his service in Russia, Hungary, Lithuania
and the Battle for East Prussia. In 1940, Rehfeldt
volunteered for the Panzer Arm, but was trained on heavy
mortar and Machine Guns with Grossdeutschland Division. He
was on the Front from 1941 fighting for the city of Tula,
south of Moscow. Battling in freezing conditions. In 1942,
fighting near Oriel, however, his batallion suffered heavy
losses and was disbanded. Ill with frostbitten legs,
Rehfeldt was treated in hospital and once recovered was
dispatched to the Front. Following battles at Werch and
Bolchov his batallion again suffered heavy losses and it
merged. In agony from severe frostbite to his legs, Rehfeldt
defied the odds and astonished his surgeon when he walked
again. He was promoted from Gunner to Trained Private
Soldier in 1942, and to Corporal for bravery in the field in
1943.
New in d/w -
341pp, numerous b/w photos & illustrations
EASTERN FRONT SNIPER: THE LIFE OF MATTHAUS
HERTZENAUER
by Roland Kaltenegger
Mathaus Hetzenauer, born in
December 1924, the son of a Tyrolean peasant family, was
drafted into the Mountain Reserve Battalian 140 at the age
of 18 but discharged five month’s later. He received a new
draft notice in January 1943 for a post in the Styrian
Truppenubungsplatz Seetal Alps where he met the best German
snipers and learned his art. He went on to fight in Romania,
Eastern Hungary and in Slovakia and, in recognition of his
300 plus confirmed kills, was awarded the Knight's Cross of
the Iron Cross. After nearly five years of Soviet captivity
Hetzenauer returned to Austria on January 10, 1950.
New in d/w -
149pp, numerous b/w photos & illustrations
German Guns and Ballistic
Directional Equipment: 88mm, 105mm, 128Mm, 150mm. An
extensively illustrated study of these weapons in service
with the German Armed Forces during World War II.
New in illustrated boards - Large format, 160pp, 250+ b/w
photos
In World War
II, aside from the battlefields in the West, the Eastern
Front and in North Africa, there was another small area
where the Panzers ruled: the OZAK (Operations Area Adriatic
Coastland), a large area which included the north-eastern
border regions of Italy and parts of present-day Slovenia
and Croatia. What makes this area so unique are the German
armoured formations deployed there with an exceptional range
of strange vehicles, which could be found nowhere else on
any other frontline of World War Two. This publication looks
at this exciting area of Wehrmacht Panzer history. Anglo
German text and captions.
New in card cover - A4 format, 64pp,
137 b/w & 1 colour photos
