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73 THE GERMAN WEHRMACHT IN WWII: KNIGHT’S CROSS HOLDERS, BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS, OPERATIONAL HISTORIES & BATTLES Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock: The War Diary 1939-45 Klaus Gerbert. The Von Bock memoirs allow the reader to see the entire drama of WWII through the eyes of one of Germany’s most important military commanders. After the attacks on Poland and Western Europe, von Bock became Commander-in-Chief of Army Group Center which carried out the main drive on Moscow during Operation Barbarossa and brought the Red Army to the verge of collapse in the great battles of encirclement. Size:6”x9”•62bwphotos•640pp. ISBN:0-7643-0075-X•hard•$39.95 Waffen-SS Commanders: The Army, Corps and Division Leaders of a Legend Mark C. Yerger. The units of the Waffen-SS were some of the most successful and influential combat formations produced by any country in this century. Finally, the commanders of these elite units are examined here in detail. Volume 1: Augsberger to Krüger Contains forty-four biographies that reveal the lives of the most senior Waffen-SS commanders. Size:8.5”x11”•400bwphotos•352pp. ISBN:0-7643-0356-2•hard•$59.95 Volume 2: Krüger to Zimmermann Contains sixty-one biographies that reveal the lives of the most senior Waffen-SS commanders. Size:8.5”x11”•440bwphotos•392pp. ISBN:0-7643-0769-X•hard•$59.95 SS Officers List (as of January 1942) SS-Stan- dartfuhrer to SS-Oberstgruppenfuhrer – As- signments and Decorations of the Senior SS Officer Corps The January 1942 “Dienstalterliste” lists the hundreds of officers in the SS from full Colonel to General. Detailing their posts at that time during the war, this facsimile wartime publication also gives significant decorations they were awarded. Their ranks and most recent promotion dates are listed as well as State, Police and NSDAP posts. Size:8.5”x11”•45bwphotos•64pp. ISBN:0-7643-1061-5•soft•$19.95 Tiger Ace: The Life Story of Panzer Com- manderMichaelWittmann GarySimpson.The first comprehensive study of the legendary Panzer commander. Though there have been numerous articles on Wittmann, none have come close to understanding the scope of his life and combat experiences.Wittmann’smilitaryexploitsstandout from all the rest, as his Sturmgeschütz III and Tiger I crews succeeded in destroying 138 enemy tanks and132anti-tankgunsandfieldartillerypieces. Size:7.75”x10.5”•77bwphotos•400pp. ISBN:0-88740-526-6•hard•$39.95 Joachim Peiper: A Biography of Himmler’s SS Commander Jens Westemeier. In this new historical investigation, Westemeier portrays the rise and fall of an SS war criminal, and demolishes persistent myths of a Nazi icon. Using primary sources and personal interviews, a compelling image of the SS colonel emerges. The result is a highly readable and scholarly account with the first complete picture of Joachim Peiper. Size:8.5”x11”•160bwphotos•288pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-2659-2•hard•$59.95 My Commando Operations: The Memoirs of Hitler’s Most Daring Commando Otto Skorzeny . The memoirs of the legendary Skorzeny in its first un- abridged English edition. Skorzeny’s fame began with the successful raid to free Benito Mussolini from the Gran Sasso, Italy, in 1943. Hitler presented Skorzeny with the Knight’s Cross for this operation. Not only is this raid explained in minute detail, many of Skorzeny’s previously unknown operations in all European and Russian theatres of WWII are given in detailed accounts. Size:6”x9”•26 bwphotos•496pp.ISBN:0-88740-718-8•hard•$39.99 SS-BrigadeführerundGeneralmajorderWaffen- SSTheodor“Teddy”Wisch MarkusLippl.The life ofTheodorWisch,Waffen-SSGeneralandSwordsto theKnight’sCrossholdertoldingreatdetail.Amember oftheLAHfrom its1933creationtotheendofWWII, he ledsomeof itsmostfamouscombatelementsand rose to command the division as successor to Sepp Dietrich. Includesmorethaneighty illustrations,most previously unpublished along with many of Wisch’s survivingawarddocuments. Size:8.5”x11”•80bwphotos•80pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-4046-8•soft•$24.99 SS-Obersturmbannführer Otto Weidinger: Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves and Swords SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Regiment 4 Der Führer Mark C. Yerger. This fully revised and expanded edition of Weidinger’s authorized biography provides a wealth of information for the historian and military collector. Lavishly illustrated with many never before seen photos, the volume covers Weidinger’s military career and life in complete detail. Size:8.5”x11”•130bwphotos•96pp. ISBN:0-7643-1169-7•soft•$24.95 SS-Sturmbannführer Ernst August Krag: Holder of the Knight’s Cross with Oak Leaves Kommandeur SS-Sturmgeschütz- abteilung 2/SS-Panzer-Aufklärungsabteilung 2 “Das Reich” Mark C. Yerger. A close look at one of the elite troops’ most decorated officers. Examining his career from the pre-war armed SS to 1945, the detailed text covers his entire wartime career including accounts of the combats resulting in his awards. Size:8.5”x11”•35bwphotos•64pp. ISBN:0-7643-0049-0•soft•$19.95 The SS-Sonderkommando “Dirlewanger”: A Memoir Rolf Michaelis, Editor. A rare look inside the Sonderkommando “Dirlewanger,” the SS anti-partisan unit notorious for atrocities in Poland and Russia during WWII by a member of the unit from its formation to the end of the war who took part in nearly all its operations. Size:6”x9”•44bwphotos•128pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-4479-4•hard•$29.99 WilfriedSonnenthal’sMemoriesoftheWaffen-SS: AnSSRadiomanwiththeSS-Karstwehr-Bataillon Remembers Wilfried Sonnenthal with Rolf Michaelis. Wilfried Sonnenthal joined the SS Signals Replacement Battalion in Nuremberg in January 1943, and in June 1943 he was transferred to the SS-Karstwehr-Bataillon in Pottenstein.Hedescribescombatactionsagainstthemainly Slovenianpartisans intheprovinceofGörzandthe Italians in the province of Udine, for which he was awarded the Anti-PartisanWarBadge inBronze. Size:6”×9”•63b/wphotos•96pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-5464-9•hardcover•$24.99 Leo Wilm’s Memories of the Waffen-SS: An SS-Heimwehr Danzig, SS-Totenkopf-Division, and 9. SS-Panzer-Division “Hohenstaufen” Veteran Remembers Leo Wilm with Rolf Michaelis. This book is a rare memoir from a Waffen-SS soldier who fought for six years in some of the most savage fighting on the Russian front during WWII. Size:6”x9”•74b/wphotosandmaps•128pp. 978-0-7643-5298-0•hardcover•$24.99 Albert Schwenn’s Memories of the Waffen-SS: An SS Cavalry Division Veteran Remembers Albert Schwenn with Rolf Michaelis. Albert Schwenn was called up by the SS Cavalry Replacement Battalion in Warsaw in October 1942, and in March 1943, was seconded to the SS Cavalry Division. Schwenn gives a vivid account of the brutal combat on the Russian front, and especially operations against partisans. Size:6”x9”•62b/wphotosandmaps•128pp. 978-0-7643-5297-3•hardcover•$24.99 The War Diaries of a Panzer Soldier: Erich Hager with the 17th Panzer Division on the Russian Front • 1941-45 Edited by Garden & Andrew. This book is a unique personal account of the war on the Russian Front, written using the diaries and photos of Hager who served in the 39th Panzer Regiment, 17th Panzer Division throughout the war in Russia. Size:8.5”x11”•370color/bwphotos•240pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-3514-3•hard•$59.99 The Tiger Project: A Series Devoted to Ger- many’s WWII Tiger Tank Crews Edited by Dale Richard Ritter. A series that delves into the inner workings of Germany’s most fearsome panzers of WWII, the Tiger and Tiger II. Based mainly on interviews, personal diaries, and recollections, Tiger and King Tiger crewmen are presented as soldiers who served as a members of crews and units that fielded a truly extraordinary and deadly weapon. Book 1: Alfred Rubbel - Schwere Panzer (Tiger) Abteilung 503 This first book is devot- ed solely to Alfred Rubbel, who served with the PanzertruppeontheRussian front fromOperation Barbarossa through to the end of the war. Size: 8.5”x11” • 220 bw photos/maps • 168pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2000-9 • hard • $49.95 Book2:HorstKrönke-SchwerePanzer(Tiger) Abteilung 505 Krönkewas introducedtothenew Tiger tank and served with a Tiger unit, transferring to schwere Panzer Abteilung 505 to serve with his brother, until the end of the war. Size: 8.5”x11” • 400 bw photos/maps • 152pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2101-3 • hard • $49.95 The Tiger Project: A Series Devoted to Ger- many’s World War II Tiger Tank Crews: Dr. Günter Polzin – Schwere Panzer (Tiger) Abteilung503 DaleRichardRitter.Thisthirdbook intheseriescoversthestoryofatanksoldier, from Germany’s Wehrmacht of the Second World War. Size: 8.5”x11” • 178 color/bw photos • 144pp. • ISBN:978-0-7643-4638-5•hardcover•$49.99 2000QuotesfromHitler’s1000-YearReich French L.MacLean.Quotationsfrom289menandfivewomen in the Third Reich. All quoted in the work are described in concise biographies. With all quotations documented and footnoted,andmanyput intohistoricalcontext,this isaneasytousevaluableresourceforallstudentsofWWII history, writers and researchers of military, political and Holocaustsubjects. Size:6”x9”•100bwphotos•480pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-2786-5•hard•$29.95 OPERATIONAL HISTORIES & BATTLES Scorched Earth: The Russian-GermanWar 1943-44 Paul Carell. Carrell’s eastern front study picks up where Hitler Moves East left off. Beginning with the battle of Kursk in July 1943, Carell traverses the vast expanse of the Russian War, from the siege of Leningrad and the fierce battles of the northern front, to the fourth battle of Kharkov, and the evacuation of the Crimea, a withdrawal forbidden by Hitler. The book ends in June of 1944 when the Soviet Armies reach the East Prussian frontier. Size:6”x9”•70bwphotos/maps•600pp. ISBN:0-88740-598-3•hard•$39.99 Foxes of the Desert: The Story of the Afrikakorps Paul Carell. Here for the first time from the German viewpoint and with a great deal of hitherto unpublished material is the complete story of one of the most bitterly fought, exciting campaigns in modern warfare. As a result of personal interviews with over a thousand combatants, tireless reading, and painstaking research, Carell has skillfully blended a mass of new and exciting information into a dramatic and completely authentic narrative. Size:5.75”x8.5”•70bwphotos/maps•370pp. ISBN:0-88740-659-9•hard•$29.95