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LET’S GO!: The History of the 29th Infantry Division 1917-2001
Alexander F. Barnes, with
Tim Williams and Chris Calkins
Lovro Persen
HUNTING TITO: A History of Nachtschlachtgruppe 7 in World War II
• History of one of most significant and longest lasting Luftwaffe combat units in WWII
• Nachtschlachtgruppe 7 supported Axis armies fighting Tito and Yugoslav Partisans
• Rare history of a Luftwaffe flying unit in direct combat with partisans
For the first time, the history of one of the most significant and longest-lasting Luftwaffe
combat units is presented. Operating against Tito and his partisans in Yugoslavia,
Nachtschlachtgruppe 7, and its predecessor units Störkampfstaffel Kroatien and Südost,
fought an extraordinary war—one that was different from any other Nachtschlachtgruppe
in existence on either the eastern or western fronts. The history of Nachtschlachtgruppe
7 is unbreakably cross-linked with its “sister” unit Nahaufklärungsstaffel Kroatien, who
eventually became its 2.Staffel in Autumn 1943. Despite their obsolete equipment—flying
the Hs 126, Do 17 and He 46—they fought courageously against Tito’s forces until the end
of the war.
Lovro Persen is a Croatian who lives and works in Lyon, France. As a child he started
aircraft modelling with his father. This led to research on aviation history with a special
interest in the Croatian territory from its very beginning to 1945.
Size: 7” x 10” • 163 photos • 224 pp.
ISBN: 978-0-7643-4632-3 • hard cover • $35.00
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• Detailed chronicle of the 29th from WWI, through the D-Day landings in WWII to the
present
• Includes small units and soldiers in Korea, Vietnam, Desert Storm, the Sinai and Bosnia
• Photographs of many unpublished and undocumented uniforms and equipment
America’s entry into World War I in 1917 was marked by the need to quickly build an Army
and deploy it to France. Among the units deploying was the 29th “Blue and Gray” Division.
Comprised of National Guardsmen from the Mid-Atlantic region, it quickly achieved a
reputation as a top-notch outfit during the Meuse-Argonne campaign. This reputation
was enhanced in World War II when the 29th was selected for the assault on German-
occupied France in the D-Day landings of June 6, 1944. The courage and sacrifice shown
by Guardsmen that day was later matched in bloody fighting at St Lô, Brest, and Julich.
In the years that followed, the 29th would add to its lustrous reputation by becoming the
Guard’s first “Light” division and serving effectively as peacekeepers in the Balkans—at
times only fifty miles fromwhereWorldWar I started. Using previously unpublishedmaterial
and images from 1917 to 2001, here is their story.
Alexander Barnes is an Army civilian at Fort Lee, Virginia. He served in the Marine Corps
and Army National Guard, retiring as CW4. He has a master’s degree in Anthropology
and authored “In a Strange Land; The American Occupation of Germany 1918-1923.” Tim
Williams is an Army civilian in the Combined Arms Support Command, Fort Lee, Virginia.
He’s an alumnus of Virginia Tech and the U.S. Army War College. Additionally, he is a
Colonel serving in the Virginia Army National Guard.
Size: 8 1/2” x 11” • 761 color and b/w photos • Index • 272 pp. •
ISBN: 978-0-7643-4636-1 • hard cover • $69.99
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