SS Panzer Divisions on the Eastern Front (Carruthers Bob)(Paperback)

SS Panzer Divisions on the Eastern Front (Carruthers Bob)(Paperback)

Rare photographs from SS sources illustrating the armored formations which took part in this titanic struggle. Includes rare images of the Panther in

SS Specialist Units in Combat (Carruthers Bob)(Paperback)

It is an often overlooked fact that the SS Divisions included Cavalrymen, Paratroopers, Mountain and Ski Battalions and these rare photographs illustrate the unique role played by specialist units in

The Waffen-SS in Normandy. July 1944: Operations Goodwood and Cobra (Buffetaut Yves)(Paperback)

This volume in the Casemate Illustrated series examines the Waffen-SS panzer divisions during July 1944 in Normandy, including Operations Goodwood and Cobra.One of the greatest paradoxes of the Battle of Normandy is that the German divisions found it much harder to reach the front line than the

Panzer Killers (Drabkin Artem)(Pevná vazba)

What was it like to confront the German panzer armies as an anti-tank gunner on the Eastern Front during the Second World War? How could you hope overcome of one of the best-equipped, well-trained and tenacious armored forces of the time? And how did the Red Army's tactics and skills develop over

Panzerartillerie: Firepower for the Panzer Divisions (Anderson Thomas)(Pevná vazba)

The German Panzerartillerie was one of the key components of the Panzer divisions that were the spearhead of the German forces in the years when they overran most of Western Europe and reached as far as the gates of Moscow in the East. Warfare in the age of Blitzkrieg required fast-moving, mobile

German Armour Lost on the Western Front (Carruthers Bob)(Paperback)

The German armored forces lost some 10,000 armored fighting vehicles. Today there are very few surviving vehicles from the Wehrmacht. We are fortunate therefore that these unique photographs detail the fate of the Panzers destroyed in action in the

German Army on the Eastern Front: The Advance (Baxter Ian)(Paperback)

German Army on the Eastern Front - The Advance is a highly illustrated record of the extraordinary feat of arms that saw the Nazi armies drive deep into the vast terrain of the Soviet Union, to the gates of Stalingrad and Moscow. It traces the campaign from these hopeful beginnings until, on the

Eastern Inferno: The Journals of a German Panzerjger on the Eastern Front, 1941-43 (Alexander Christine)(Paperback)

Participating in every key campaign on the Eastern Front, a young German soldier keeps a private uncensored diary as he battles the Red Army to conquer Russia.This book presents the remarkable personal journals of a German soldier who participated in Operation Barbarossa and subsequent battles on

Germany Ascendant: The Eastern Front 1915 (Buttar Prit)(Paperback)

The massive offensives on the Eastern Front during 1915 are too often overshadowed by the events in Western Europe, but the scale and ferocity of the clashes between Imperial Germany, Hapsburg Austria-Hungary, and Tsarist Russia were greater than anything seen on the Western Front and ultimately as

Air War on the Eastern Front (Guardia Mike)(Paperback)

A lavishly illustrated account of the entire air campaign on the Eastern Front in World War II.The Red Air Force versus the Luftwaffe in the skies over Eastern Europe. June 1941: Having conquered most of Western Europe, Adolf Hitler turned his attention to the vast Soviet Union. Disregarding his

The Splintered Empires: The Eastern Front 1917-21 (Buttar Prit)(Paperback)

At the beginning of 1917, the three empires fighting on the Eastern Front were reaching their breaking points, but none was closer than Russia. After the February Revolution, Russia's ability to wage war faltered and her last desperate gamble, the Kerensky Offensive, saw the final collapse of her

Panzer-Divisions at War 1939-1945 (Baxter Ian)(Paperback)

From the beginning in 1935 this attractive book describes the different elements that went into the Panzer-Divisions. It describes how the Germans carefully built up their assault forces utilizing all available reserves and resources into making an effective fighting machine. It depicts how these

Panzer Destroyer: Memoirs of a Red Army Tank Commander (Krysov Vasiliy)(Paperback)

Eyewitness account of tank warfare on the Eastern

Tank Wrecks of the Eastern Front 1941-1945 (Tucker-Jones Anthony)(Paperback)

Four years of armored battle on the Eastern Front in the Second World War littered the battlefields with the wrecks of destroyed and disabled tanks, and Anthony Tucker-Jones's photographic history is a fascinating guide to them. It provides a graphic record of the various types of tank deployed by

Steel Inferno: I SS Panzer Corps in Normandy (Reynolds Michael)(Paperback)

Steel Inferno provides a unique insight into the experiences of 1st SS Panzer Corps, one of only two units in the German Army which bore Hitler s name, during their fight against their Allied adversaries in Normandy. This meticulously researched book also explores the origins, formation and

Kursk 1943: The Southern Front (Forczyk Robert)(Paperback)

Mauled at Stalingrad, the German army looked to regain the initiative on the Eastern Front with a huge offensive launched near the city of Kursk, 280 miles southwest of Moscow. Armed with the new Panther tank, Hitler and Field Marshal von Manstein were confident that they could inflict another

Hitler Versus Stalin: The Eastern Front 1943 - 1944: Kursk to Bagration (Cornish Nik)(Paperback)

Grenadiers: The Story of Waffen SS General Kurt Panzer Meyer (Meyer Kurt)(Paperback)

Reprint of the classic World War II memoirGerman General Kurt 'Panzer' Meyer's autobiography is a fascinating insight into the mind of one of Germany's most highly decorated and successful soldiers of World War II. If you love small-unit actions, this is the book for you. Follow Meyer with the 1st

Grenadiers: The Story of Waffen SS General Kurt Panzer Meyer (Meyer Kurt)(Paperback)

Reprint of the classic World War II memoir. German General Kurt 'Panzer' Meyer's autobiography is a fascinating insight into the mind of one of Germany's most highly decorated and successful soldiers of World War II. If you love small-unit actions, this is the book for you. Follow Meyer with the

The 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich (Buffetaut Yves)(Paperback)

The 2nd SS Division, 'Das Reich,' was a battlefront mainstay for Nazi Germany throughout WWII--from the invasion of Poland in 1939 to the final surrender in May 1945. In between it was switched back-and-forth between east and west depending on the crisis, and it fought in nearly every major

Leibstandarte: Ardennes 1944 (Smith Stephen)(Paperback)

The 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler was the spearhead of the assault by Sepp Dietrich's Sixth Panzer Armee on the northern flank of the German Ardennes offensive. Divided into Kampfgruppen, the lead was Kampfgruppe Peiper whose armored force included SS Heavy Tank Battalion 501

Eastern Front 1914-1917 (Stone Norman)(Paperback / softback)

An account of the Russian Front in the First World War. It dispels the myths surrounding a still relatively little-known aspect of the war, showing how inefficiency rather than economic shortage led to Russia's desperate privations and eventual

Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front - An Untold Story of World War II (Plokhy Serhii)(Paperback / softback)

Panther Tanks - German Army Panzer Brigades: Western and Eastern Fronts, 1944-1945 (Oliver Dennis)(Paperback)

Uses archive photos and extensively researched color illustrations to examine the Panther battalions of the Panzer brigades.In July 1944, with the Eastern Front crumbling and the first cracks appearing in the Normandy defenses, Hitler ordered the creation of a new type of unit based on the ad-hoc