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81 GERMANY IN WWII: KNIGHT’S CROSS HOLDERS, BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS 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 com- mander 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" • 340 color/bw photos • 304pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1866-7 • hard • $59.95 Bayerlein: After ActionReports of the Panzer Lehr Division Commander fromD-day to the Ruhr Spayd&Wilkins.Generalleutnant FritzBayerlein, Commander of thePanzer LehrDivision,wrote twenty manuscripts while interred as a US Army prisoner of war,fromApril 1945until his release fromcaptivity two years later.All ofBayerlein’smanuscriptsarepresented here, compiled intoachronological narrative, fromthe Allied InvasionofNormandy tohis surrender of the LIII Armeekorps in the last days of WWII. Size: 8.5"x11" • 170 bw photos • 216pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2342-3 • hard • $59.95 The Private Afrikakorps Photograph Collectionof Rommel’s Chief-of-Staff Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein Spayd &Dittmar-Bayerlein. TheprivateAfrikakorps photograph collection of Rommel’s second incommand,Generalleutnant FritzBayerlein. Over200photos, showingpersonalities,battle scenes, behind the front line rest periods, and nonbattle scenery such as a tour of ancient ruins with Rommel. Size: 11"x8.5" • 200 b/w photos • 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" • 200 color/bw photos • 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" • 62 bw photos • 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" • 400 bw photos • 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" • 440 bw photos • 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" • 45 bw photos • 64pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1061-5 • soft • $19.95 Tiger Ace: The Life Story of Panzer Com- manderMichaelWittmann Gary Simpson. 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’smilitary exploits standout fromall the rest, as his Sturmgeschütz III and Tiger I crews succeeded indestroying138enemy tanksand 132 antitank guns and field artillery pieces. Size: 7.75"x10.5" • 77 bw photos • 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" • 160 bw photos • 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 bw photos • 496pp. ISBN: 0-88740-718-8 • hard • $39.99 SS-BrigadeführerundGeneralmajorderWaffen- SSTheodor “Teddy”Wisch Markus Lippl. The life of TheodorWisch,Waffen-SSGeneral andSwords to theKnight’sCrossholder told ingreatdetail.Amember of the LAH from its 1933 creation to the endofWWII, he led someof itsmost famous combat elements and rose to command the division as successor to Sepp Dietrich. Includesmore thaneighty illustrations,most previously unpublished along with many of Wisch’s surviving award documents. Size: 8.5"x11" • 80 bw photos • 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" • 130 bw photos • 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 prewar 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" • 35 bw photos • 64pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0049-0 • soft • $19.95 WilfriedSonnenthal’sMemoriesof theWaffen-SS: AnSSRadiomanwith theSS-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.Hedescribes combat actionsagainst themainly Slovenianpartisans in the province of Görz and the Italians in the province of Udine, for which he was awarded the Anti-PartisanWar Badge in Bronze. Size: 6"x9" • 63 b/w photos • 96 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5464-9 • hard cover • $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" • 74 b/w photos andmaps • 128pp. 978-0-7643-5298-0 • hard cover • $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" • 62 b/w photos andmaps • 128pp. 978-0-7643-5297-3 • hard cover • $24.99 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" • 44 bw photos • 128pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4479-4 • hard • $29.99 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" • 370 color/bw photos • 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 Panzertruppe on the Russian 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: Horst Krönke - SchwerePanzer (Tiger) Abteilung 505 Krönkewas introduced to the new 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