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84 GERMANY IN WWII: UNIT HISTORIES The 12th SS Panzer Division “HJ”: A Pic- torial History Herbert Walther. A heavily illus- trated chronicle of the “Hitlerjugend” Division in over 230 bw and 30 color photos including its late war formation and campaigns throughout Normandy and Austria. Size: 8.5”x11” • 250 color/bw photos • 120pp. ISBN: 978-0-88740-166-4 • hard • $29.99 Himmler’s Bosnian Division: The Waffen-SS Handschar Division 1943-45 George Lepre. This is the story of the “Handschar,” a Muslim combat formation created by the Germans to “restore order in Bosnia.” What actually transpired was quite different. Size: 6”x9” • 250 bw photos • 380pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0134-9 • hard • $39.95 Galicia Division: The Waffen-SS 14th Grenadier Division 1943-45 Michael O. Logusz. In 1943/44 a determined group of young men and women in Galicia volunteered to serve in a combat division destined for eastern front combat. Although initially Galicia’s Volunteers would serve in a German spon- sored military formation, in actuality the volunteers of the Galicia division wanted to engage all hostile ideologies-both from the east and west-in order to secure a free independent Ukraine. Size: 6”x9”•50bw photos •592pp. • ISBN: 0-7643-0081-4•hard•$35.00 The History of the 24. Waffen-Gebirgs (Karst- jäger)-Division der SS and the Holders of the Anti-partisan War Badge in Gold in the Second World War Rolf Michaelis. The 24. Waffen-Gebirgs [Karstjäger]-Division der SS antipartisan unit was mostly comprised of Yugoslav recruits and operated in the Karst border area of Austria, Yugoslavia, and Italy from 1943 to 1945. This is not only a history, but an examination of the German Anti-Partisan War Badge in Gold and its recipients from the unit. Size: 7”x10” • 120 color/bw photos • 96pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4802-0 • hard • $24.99 Grenadier Divisions of the Waffen-SS Rolf Mi- chaelis. A detailed look at all 18 Waffen-SS grenadier divisions in WWII. Each unit is presented in detailed history from its formation, combat operations throughout the war, and final disposition at war’s end. Size: 6”x9” • 186 bw photos • 256pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4837-2 • hard • $39.99 French Units in the Waffen-SS Rolf Michaelis. The story of the French units of theWaffen-SS inWorldWar II—the Französische SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Regiment; Französische SS-Freiwilligen-Sturmbrigade,Waffen-Gren- adier-Brigade der SS “Charlemagne”; 33.Waffen-Gren- adier-Division der SS “Charlemagne”—is told in this concise and detailed book. Size: 6”x9” • 56 b/w iimages • 136pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5181-5 • hard cover • $24.99 SS-Heimwehr Danzig in Poland 1939 Rolf Michaelis. This is the first book in English on this obscure early-WWII SS unit. In July 1939, SS-Heim- wehr Danzig was formed from members of the III./4. SS-Totenkopf-Standarte “Ostmark,” as well as from Danzig citizen volunteers. As a unit of the RFSS they reinforced other existing Danzig units for the impending invasion of Poland. Size: 6”x9” • 140 bw photos • 112pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-2943-2 • hard • $29.95 SS-Fallschirmjäger-Bataillon 500/600 Rolf Mi- chaelis. This book is the history of the only Fallschirm- jäger-Bataillon of the Waffen-SS during WWII. Formed in 1943 as a Bewährungsverband for special missions (guerrilla operations in the Balkans) the unit was deployed at many focal points of heavy combat on the eastern and western fronts. Size: 6”x9” • 70 bw photos • 120pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-2944-9 • hard • $29.95 The 10th SS-Panzer-Division “Frundsberg” Rolf Michaelis. Division “Frundsberg” was formed at the beginning of 1943 as a reserve for the Allied invasion of France. Their first campaign was in the Ukraine in April 1944. Highly motivated after combat success in Ukraine the unit was then transported back to the west where they fought the Allies in France and Arnhem. Size: 6”x9” • 100 bw photos • 168pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3099-5 • hard • $35.00 The 11th SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Di- vision “Nordland” Rolf Michaelis. Several thou- sand ethnic Germans in Romania, (the so called Volksdeutscher) were drafted into the Waffen-SS in 1943. They were first used in combat in Croatia, the Oranienbaumer, Estonia, and Latvia. After the Soviet attack in Pomerania they fought in Berlin and were destroyed there. Size: 6”x9” • 80 bw photos • 152pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3100-8 • hard • $35.00 The 32nd SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division “30.Januar” Rolf Michaelis. The SS Division “30. Januar” was one of the last SS-Divisions formed during WWII and was almost entirely composed of training units and 16-18 year old boys. With a final strength of 12,000, they fought on the Oder-front south of Frankfurt/Oder. After the Soviet attack on 16 April 1945 they were wiped out in the pocket of Halbe southeast of Berlin. Size: 6”x9” • 80 bw photos • 128pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3101-5 • hard • $29.99 Russians in the Waffen-SS Rolf Michaelis. From summer 1941, some 100,000 Russians served in the Wehrmacht, mostly as so called Schutzmannschaften under the command of the German Police (Höhere SS- und Polizeiführer) in the eastern occupied areas. The most famous unit was the Brigade Kaminski, es- tablished by Bronislav Kaminski in the summer of 1941. Size: 6”x9” • 100 bw photos • 120pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3348-4 • hard • $29.99 Ukrainians in the Waffen-SS Rolf Michaelis. With the beginning of the Operation Barbarossa more than 100,000 Ukrainians volunteered for the fight against Stalin and communismn. These volunteers were put into Schutzmannschafts-Bataillone under the control of the German Police. Size: 6”x9” • 100 bw photos • 128pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3349-1 • hard • $29.99 Estonians in theWaffen-SS Rolf Michaelis. Thousands of Estonians wanted to take part in the war against Russia. Besides the Schutzmannschaften of German Police in 1942 Himmler built up an Estonian SS-Volunteer Brigade which became later the 20. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (estnische Nr.1). Size: 6”x9” • 100 bw photos • 120pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3350-7 • hard • $29.99 Cavalry Divisions of the Waffen-SS Rolf Michaelis. A concise combat history of the three Waffen-SS cavalry divisions in WWII: 8th SS-Cavalry Division Florian Geyer; 22nd SS-Freiwilligen Cavalry DivisionMaria Theresia; 37th SS-Freiwilligen Cavalry Division Lützow. The formation and combat histories of each are discussed in detailed text, along with maps and rare photographs. Size: 6”x9” • 150 bw photos • 168pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3661-4 • hard • $35.00 Panzergrenadier Divisions of the Waffen-SS Rolf Michaelis. A concise combat history of the six Waffen-SS panzergrenadier divisions in WWII includes: the 4th SS-Polizei Panzergrenadier Division; 11th SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier Division Nordland; 16th SS-Panzergren- adier Division Reichsführer-SS; 17th SS-Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen; 18th SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel; 23rd SS-Frei- willigen Panzergrenadier Division Nederland. Size: 6”x9” • 190 bw photos • 208pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3660-7 • hard • $39.99 The Kaminski Brigade Rolf Michaelis. The political and military movement of Bronislav Kaminski in Russia 1941- 44 was an interesting case in the German occupation. His Peoples Selfdefend Army reached 10,000 men and fought for at least two years with great success against partisans on the Russian front. Size: 6”x9” • 100 bw photos • 192pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3765-9 • hard • $39.99 Belgians in the Waffen-SS Rolf Michaelis. In the years between 1940-45, approximately 12,500 Belgians served in the Waffen-SS, a number roughly equal to the strength of an infantry division in 1944. This book describes the major units of the Waffen-SS in which the Belgian volunteers were concentrated, and where they were deployed. Size: 6”x9” • 90 color/bw photos • 112pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4034-5 • hard • $35.00 Panzer Divisions of the Waffen-SS Rolf Michaelis. A detailed look at all seven Waffen-SS panzer divi- sions in WWII: 1.SS- PD “LAH”; 2.SS -PD “Das Reich”; 3.SS -PD “Totenkopf”; 5.SS -PD “Wiking”; 9.SS- PD “Hohenstaufen”; 10.SS -PD “Frundsberg”; 12.SS -PD “HJ.” Each unit is presented in detailed history from its formation, combat operations throughout the war, and final disposition at war’s end. Size: 6”x9” • 113 bw photos • 320pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4477-0 • hard • $45.00 Latvians in the Ordnungspolizei and Waffen-SS Rolf Michaelis. Roughly 40,000 Latvians served in the Waffen-SS from 1943 to the end of war in the 15. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lettische Nr.1) and 19. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lettische Nr.2). This book is the complete operational history of this little-known unit and includes first-hand accounts, maps, and very rare war-era photographs, and soldbuchs. Size: 6”x9” • 85 color/bw photos • 112pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4262-2 • hard • $29.99 The Cruel Hunters: SS-Sonderkommando Dirle- wanger–Hitler’s Most Notorious Anti-partisan Unit French L. MacLean. The Dirlewanger Battalion, also known as “SonderkommandoDirlewanger”was perhaps the least understood, but at the same time the most notorious German SS antipartisan unit inWWII.Medieval in their outlook onwar and certainly not indicative ofmany German military formations, this unit is a reflection of a segment of mankind gone mad in the inferno of WWII on the eastern front.Size: 6”x9” • 50 bw photos/maps 336pp.ISBN: 978-0-7643-0483-5 • hard • $35.00