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73 THE GERMAN WEHRMACHT IN WWII: KNIGHT’S CROSS HOLDERS, BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS, OPERATIONAL HISTORIES & BATTLES 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 Includesmorethaneighty illustrations,most previously unpublished along with many of Wisch’s survivingawarddocuments.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 Invasion! They’re Coming! The German Account of the D-day Landings and the 80 Days’ Battle for France Paul Carell. A revised and updated edition of Carell’s great classic. Carell takes into account the most recent results of historical research, especially the successful allied deception effort achieved by agents, phoney radio transmissions and sophisticated disinfor- mation operations, details of which have only recently been revealed, and which led to fateful false estimations by Hitler and the German generals. Size:6”x9”•70bwphotos/maps•320pp. ISBN:978-0-88740-716-1•hard•$35.00 German Defensive Batteries and Gun Em- placements on the Normandy Beaches Karl Hienz & Michael Schmeelke. Extensive coverage of the German defensive batteries all along the Normandy front including details of weapons and implacements Size:8.5”x11”•80bwphotos/drawings•48pp. ISBN:0-88740-755-2•soft•$9.95 Barbarossa Unleashed: The German Blitz- krieg through Central Russia to the Gates of Moscow June-December 1941 CraigW.H.Luther. TheadvanceofGerman forcesthroughcentralRussia in the summer of 1941,with brief accounts of the Battle of Moscow and winter battles into early 1942. Based on hundreds of veterans’ accounts, archival documentsandkey literature,this isthemostdetailed account to date of the German soldiers’ experiences in Russia in 1941. Size:7”x10”•220bwphotos/maps•808pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-4376-6•hard•$59.99 Knights of the Skull, Vol. 1: Germany’s Panzer Forces in WWII, Blitzkrieg: Poland, France, North Africa, 1939–41 Wayne Van- sant. Knights of the Skull is a full-color, graphic non-fiction series chronicling the development of the German Panzer (armored) forces in World War II. This first volume features the unleashing of Blitzkrieg in Poland, the incredible defeat of the western Allies in France, and Rommel’s initial North African campaigns Size:8.5”x11”•338color illustrations•80pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-5377-2•soft•$16.99 Knights of the Skull, Vol. 2: Germany’s Panzer Forces in WWII, Barbarossa: The In- vasion of Russia, 1941 Wayne Vansant. Knights of the Skull is a full-color, graphic non-fiction series chronicling the development of the German Panzer (armored) forces in World War II. Volume 2 starts with the April 1941 Balkans and Greece campaigns, then moves into the planning and early months of Operation Barbarossa. Size:8.5”x11”•329color illustrations•80pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-5378-9•soft•$16.99 Stalingrad: The Death of the German Sixth Army on the Volga, 1942-1943, Vol. 1: The Bloody Fall & Vol. 2: The Brutal Winter Col. French L. MacLean. The first published work to detail the situation of every German corps and division for every day of the six-month Stalingrad campaign. This two-volume set derives from the Sixth Army daily operation reports and the German Army High Command (OKH) situation maps (Lage Ost). Size:7”x10”•510photos•640pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-4343-8•hard•$69.99