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THE GERMAN WEHRMACHT IN WWII: KNIGHT’S CROSS HOLDERS, BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS • OPERATIONAL HISTORIES & BATTLES 63 The Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves, 1940- 1945: Biographies and Images of the 889 Recipients Jeremy Dixon. This two-volumeset presents every recipient of the Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves,awardedduringWWII,andpresentedby Hitlerfrom1940until1945.Includedareeachofthe 889recipientsfromtheLuftwaffe,Heer,Waffen-SS, andKriegsmarine,aswellasforeignrecipients.This is thefirst timesuchawork is inEnglish. Size:8.5"x11"•1000color/bwphotos•648pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-4266-0•hardcover,two-volume set indeluxeslipcase•$125.00 Knight’s Cross Profiles Vol.1: Heinz-Wolf- gang Schnaufer • Rudolf Winnerl • Hermann Graf • Hans-Georg Schierholz Ralf Schumann. This book is the first in a new series profiling the Knight’s Cross holders of the Wehrmacht in World War II. Concise biographies, rare photographs of personalities, aircraft, and award documents cover not only known soldiers and airmen, but lesser known KC holders as well. This initial volume covers four Luftwaffe fighter, and bomber pilots. Size:8.5"x11"•440color/bwphotos•208pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-4057-4•hard•$35.00 Knight’s Cross Profiles Vol.2: Gerhard Türke • Heinz Bär • Arnold Huebner • Joachim Müncheberg Ralf Schumann and Wolfgang Westerwelle. This book is the second in a series profiling the Knight’s Cross holders of the Wehr- macht in World War II. Concise biographies, rare photographs of personalities, aircraft, and award documents cover not only known soldiers and airmen, but lesser known KC holders as well. Size:8.5"x11"•400bwphotos•208pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-4369-8•hard•$39.99 Knight’s Cross Holders of the Fallschirmjäger: Hitler’s Elite Parachute Force at War, 1940-1945 JeremyDixon.Presentedherearethebiographiesofthe130 menoftheFallschirmjäger–Hitler’seliteparatroopersduring WWII–whowontheKnight’sCross.Theyfoughtonnearly everyfrontduringthewar, includingHolland,Belgium,Italy andRussia.Alsoincludedaredetailsofpromotions,awards anddecorations,andover200photographs. Size:7"x10"•204color&bwphotos•256pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-4892-1•hard•$45.00 Knights of the Wehrmacht: Knight’s Cross Holders of the U-Boat Service FranzKurowski.Each recipient is presented in a capsule biography including dates of birth, awarding of the various Knight’s Cross grades, and other particulars to rank and career. Each is also shown in WWII-era photographs. Size:6"x9"•150bwphotos•280pp. ISBN:0-88740-748-X•hard•$24.95 Knights of the Wehrmacht: Knight’s CrossHold- ers of the Fallschirmjäger Franz Kurowski. Each recipient is presented in a capsule biography including dates of birth, awarding of the various Knight’s Cross grades, and other particulars to rank and career. Each is also shown in WWII-era photographs. Size: 6"x9" • 130 bw photos • 280pp. ISBN: 0-88740-749-8 • hard • $24.95 Knights of the Wehrmacht: Knight’s Cross Holders of the Afrikakorps Franz Kurowski. Each recipient is presented in a capsule biography including date of birth, awarding of the various Knight’s Cross grades, and other particulars to rank and career. Each is also shown in WWII era photographs. Size:6"x9"•150bwphotos•352pp. ISBN:0-7643-0066-0•hard•$24.95 Bayerlein: From Afrikakorps to Panzer Lehr - The Life of Rommel’s Chief-of-Staff Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein P.A. Spayd. The first and only comprehensive biography of the life of Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein (1899- 1970), Erwin Rommel’s former Chief-of-Staff and commander of the elite Panzer Lehr Division during WWII. Over 340 photos and twenty war maps drawn by Bayerlein, make this book a valuable addition to a military or biographical collection. Size:8.5"x11"•340color/bwphotos•304pp. ISBN:0-7643-1866-7•hard•$59.95 Bayerlein:AfterActionReportsofthePanzer LehrDivisionCommanderFromD-Daytothe Ruhr Spayd&Wilkins.GeneralleutnantFritzBayerlein, CommanderofthePanzerLehrDivision,wrotetwenty manuscriptswhile interredasaU.S.Armyprisonerof war,fromApril1945untilhisreleasefromcaptivitytwo yearslater.AllofBayerlein’smanuscriptsarepresented here,compiledintoachronologicalnarrative,fromthe AlliedInvasionofNormandytohissurrenderoftheLIII Armeekorps in the lastdaysofWWII. Size:8.5"x11"•170bwphotos•216pp. ISBN:0-7643-2342-3•hard•$59.95 The Private Afrikakorps Photograph CollectionofRommel’sChief-of-Staff Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein Spayd &Dittmar-Bayerlein.TheprivateAfrikakorps photograph collection of Rommel’s second incommand,GeneralleutnantFritzBayerlein. Over200photos,showingpersonalities,battle scenes,behindthefrontlinerestperiods,and non-battlescenerysuchasatourofancient ruinswithRommel. Size:11"x8.5"•200color/bwphotos•176pp. ISBN:0-7643-2065-3•hard•$49.95 Bayerlein: The Denazification Trial of Rommel’s Chief-of-Staff, and Panzer Lehr Division Com- mander Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein Spayd & Insanally. This unique book about Bayerlein covers his trial by the Denazification Tribunal conducted in September 1947. Bayerlein’s German trial is extensively documented including details of his testimony regarding his actions as a commander during WWII. Size:6"x9"•200color/bwphotos•224pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-3954-7•hard•$39.99 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 onMoscow 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 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 riseand fallofanSSwarcriminal,anddemolishes 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-Aufklärungsabtei- lung 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 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 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 andfootnoted,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