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87 GERMANY IN WWII: UNIT HISTORIES Along the Neva: German Paratroops of the 1st Battalion 3rd Fallschirmjäger Regiment on the Russian Front Sept.–Nov. 1941 Edgar Alcidi. Covers the first operational use of German paratroops in the Russian campaign, and also the first time they served as conventional infantry. Focusing specifically on the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Fallschirmjäger Regiment, it includes the operational history and recollections and reminiscences of surviving veterans. Size: 9"x12" • 130 color/bw photos • 128pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3657-7 • hard • $59.99 The Volksdeutschen in the Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS, Ordnungspolizei in World War II Rolf Michaelis. In WWII, ethnic Germans all over Europe were drafted into the German military from all of the occupied countries. Nearly 650,000 from all occupied countries men were put into the Wehrmacht, Waffen-SS, and Order Police. This book details each country and unit from all service arms and includes rare docu- ments, soldbuchs, and war-era photographs. Size: 8.5"x11" • 100 color/bw photos • 136pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4261-5 • hard • $39.99 The Cavalry of the Wehrmacht 1941-45 Klaus Christian Richter. This new book is a detailed study of one of the lesser-known aspects of the Wehrmacht inWWII. Covers the variety of unit types, equipment, insignia, training, and operations. Size: 7"x10" • 300 bw photos • 208pp. ISBN: 0-88740-814-1 • hard • $29.95 Horses of the German Army in WWII Paul Louis Johnson. If one really means to understand the performance and tactics of the Wehrmacht in WWII, one must understand the horse and its logistic requirements. This book presents one of the most comprehensive photo collections of the men and equipment of the horse-mounted troops. Size: 8.5"x11" • 500 color/bw photos • 352pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2421-7 • hard • $59.95 German World War II Reenacting: The Wehrmacht in Living History Scott Lee Thompson. A full color look at German military of WWII come to life. Tanks, airplanes, artillery and vehicles are put to use by dedicated reenactors, creating stunning color scenarios from the pages of history. Follow the life of German fighting men and women through explosive battles and day-to-day chores of survival. Size: 8.5"x11" • 196 color/bw photos • 200pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4889-1 • hard • $34.99 Ruhetag: The Day to Day Life of the Ger- man Soldier in WWII: Vol. I: Health and Hygiene LTC (Ret.) Jimmy L. Pool. Focuses on the daily life of the individual German soldiers when they weren’t involved in combat operations. Relying on wartime British, American, and German references, this book sheds light on a topic that has only received passing coverage. A must for every collector and historian of the German military in WWII. Size: 8.5"x11" • 987 color/bw photos • 256pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4919-5 • hard • $59.99 Ruhetag: The Day to Day Life of the Ger- man Soldier in WWII: Volume II, Morale and Welfare LTC (Ret.) Jimmy L. Pool. Focuses on the daily life of the German soldier, exploring many of the intangibles like religion, leave, pro- paganda, etc., that motivated the German soldier to fight. A must for every serious collector and historian of the German military inWWII. Size: 8.5"x11" • 918 color/b/w photos • 256pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-5205-8 • hard • $59.99 Gulaschkanone: The German Field Kitchen in WWII and Modern Reenactment Scott Thompson. The German army of WWII fed their men from field kitchens like these. The cooks risked danger and adversity to deliver hot meals to the soldiers at the front. This book looks at the role the field kitchen played in WWII. Size: 8.5"x11" • 200 color/bw photos • 144pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3767-3 • hard • $49.99 German Combat Engineers in WWII Horst Rieben- stahl. The German engineer troops developed out of a branch that only developed into a fighting service arm by WWII. Thus, along with the special engineers, there were also assault engineers, armored engineers. This volume of photo documentation includes rare pictures of bridgelaying tanks in action, mine operations, and the construction of makeshift bridges. Size: 7"x10" • 300 bw photos • 144pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0574-3 • hard • $24.95 The German Army Medical Corps in WWII Alex Buchner. This is the only book in English to present a detailed look at the German medical corps in WWII. Among the topics covered are training, structure of the corps, equipment, transport, medical care in a variety of combat zones, and a selection of personal memoirs from veterans. Size: 7"x10" • 200 bw photos • 152pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0692-8 • hard • $24.95 German Military Chaplains inWWII Mark Hayden. Combining a large number of period images from private collections and photos of chaplain items in collections around the world, Hayden examines the moral dilemma of being a priest in Hitler’s Germany. Size: 6"x9" • 170 color/bw photos • 160pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2156-0 • hard • $39.95 Those They Left Behind: WWII Photo- graphs ofGermanSoldierswithTheir Wives, Families, and Sweethearts • Kriegsmarine • Heer • Luftwaffe • NSDAP•SS•Polizei •SA•HJ Holford & Radovic. Includes images of soldiers in uniform, fromall theservices,withtheirwives, families and loved ones. Photos captioned witha full descriptionofwhat is beingworn. Size: 11.5"x9" • 200 bw photos • 216pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3768-0 • hard • $59.99 Parades of the Wehrmacht: Berlin 1934–40 Horst Scheibert. Parades in Berlin during the Third Reich era were presented during Heroes’ Memorial Days, Hitler’s Birthday and occasions to honor foreign guests. This new photo album shows the military parades in Berlin from the years 1934-1940, and shows the great variety of early uniforms, equipment and vehicles used by the Wehrmacht at the time. Size: 7"x10" • 100 bw photos • 80pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0231-0 • hard • $19.95 Zollgrenzschutz: Border Guards on the Frontier of the Reich, Hauptzollamt Villach, 1941–1945. Tommaso Chiussi. A new illustrated history of a relative- ly small, obscure German police unit, which occupied a lonely outpost along the mountainous southeastern border of the Third Reich. Size 7"x10" • 100 b/w photos, maps • 160 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6705-2 • hard • $29.99 US/£27.99 GBP/$39.99 CAD Trawniki Guards: Foot Soldiers of the Holocaust: Vol. 2, Investigations and Trials. Josh Baldwin. WWII ended, legal reckoning began. At least 100 former Trawniki guards were investigated, arrested, and tried in the postwar period, mostly in the Soviet Union. Dozens were sentenced to death and executed. Others received 25 years’ imprisonment in Soviet gulags. In 1955, a gen- eral amnesty caused all those imprisoned to be released. Size 6"x 9" • 55 b/w photos • 288 pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6353-5 • hard • $29.99 Trawniki Guards: Foot Soldiers of the Holocaust. Josh Baldwin. This is a study of some of the rank-and- file men, the foot soldiers, who carried out the “Final Solution.” The Trawniki concentration camp in Poland was used by the SS to train more than 5,000 men in the execution of mass murder. Size: 6"x9" • 90 b/w photos • 192pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-6069-5 • hard • $29.99