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(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) With the development of the German Panzerwaffe, military planners realized both the enormous potential of the tank as a breakthrough weapon, but also the issues faced by support units following the attacking force. A tank assault moved rapidly forwards and this required a motorized infantry which could keep pace with the attack.… Read more

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) During 12–14 January 1945 the Russian Army broke out from the Vistula River and headed for the Oder River on the way to Berlin. It swept away the German defending units, which retreated in disarray. In an attempt to slow down the Russian assault, Hitler declared a number of key cities to… Read more

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) Mass market paperback. Pages tanned. Good. The British Free Corps also know as The British Legion of St. George was formed by John Amery who tried to recruit British and Commonwealth POW's in German camps to fight by the side of the Wehrmacht on the Russian Front. Less than a hundred succumbed… Read more

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) Mass market paperback. Pages browning. Good. A history of the German Parachute forces in WWII. Looks at the fate of the Fallschirmjager from their spectacular debut during the invasion of Crete 1941. (Published: 1975) (Publisher: Corgi Books) (ISBN: 0552098744) (Pagination: 224pp maps) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) From the earliest days as Hitler's personal bodyguard, to the height of its power in WWII. This collection of photographs illustrates the complexity of the SS organisation and the diversity of its activities - the maternity homes and the SS' ideas on race and genealogy, the concentration camps that specialised in extermination,… Read more

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) Mass market paperback. Pages browning. Good. A history of the SS Panzer Divisions (Published: 1977) (Publisher: Futura Publishers) (ISBN: 0860074870) (Pagination: 205pp, 10 photos, maps.) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) Mass market paperback. Pages browning. Good.A detailed history looking at both faces of the SS formations with a vivid picture of the architects of the world's most terrible private army, Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler. (Published: 1978) (Publisher: Hamlyn) (ISBN: 0600394298) (Pagination: 275pp, photos) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) Blandford War Photo-Files series. Over 200 photographs featuring the Combat SS units together with many of the West and East European Volunteer units. Arranged in order of the theatres and campaigns in which the Waffen-SS fought. (Published: 1987) (Publisher: Blandford Press) (ISBN: 0713715456) (Pagination: 213pp, 214 photos) (Condition: Very good in card… Read more

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) An illustrated history of the Western European Legions of the SS 1941-1943. These legions were formed from "Germanic" volunteers including Norwegians, Danes, Dutch and Flemings. The book examines the motivations, origins and military careers of those who served Hitler on the Eastern Front, their uniforms, insignia and flags. (Published: 1978) (Publisher: Macdonald… Read more

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) This is a 1996 re-issue of the book first published in 1939, thus mis-describing the Gestapo, as the 'German Secret Service'. It was actually The Geheime Staatspolizei (Secret State Police), abbreviated Gestapo, and was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe. The book however provides a contemporary account of… Read more

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) The history of Rommel's Afrika Korps, written from the German view point. Examines the desert conditions, terrain, tactics, the Siege of Tobruk, Operations Battleaxe and Crusader, the capture of Tobruk, defeat at El Alamein and the fight to defend the Tunisian Bridgehead (Published: 1977) (Publisher: MacDonald Janes) (ISBN: 0354010565) (Pagination: 211pp, 60… Read more

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) The specialist German infantry who served in the Panzer and Panzer Grenadier Divisions of the German Army and Waffen SS In WWII. Includes organisation and equipment, as well as accounts of the actions of units of the SS Das Reich before Moscow, the 12th Hitler Youth in Normandy, the fighting at Arnhem,… Read more

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) A study on the elite German mountain divisions in WWII. They served in Norway, Russia, Crete and, in the final days of the war, defended the frontier of the Reich in Austria. (Published: 1992) (Publisher: Arms & Armour Press) (ISBN: 1854090798) (Pagination: 224pp, 60 photos, 6 maps, index) (Condition: good in dw.)… Read more

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) Small stamp on endpaper. The history of the SS Division "Das Reich". James Lucas describes the military role of the 2nd SS Division, it's origins, organisation and recruitment, it's WWII battles and campaigns including Poland, Yugoslavia and the Eastern Front to the final surrender in 1945. (Published: 1991) (Publisher: Arms & Armour… Read more

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) The destruction of the German Army Group Centre on the Russian Front in the Summer of 1944. The author looks at the build-up of the campaign, the German Army and its command structure, the Soviet forces under Stalin, anti-partisan operations and how both sides viewed the situation as the decisive year of… Read more

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) An excellent study on the Waffen SS from its formation to the end of World War II. The primary purpose of the book is to trace the evolution of the Waffen-SS and to ascertain the part it played in the history of the Third Reich. The author traces the development of Himmler's… Read more

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) An account of German Paratroopers in the Poland Campaign, 1939. Although the fledgling paratroop operations in Belgium and the Netherlands in 1940, and on Crete in 1941, attracted worldwide attention, less well-known is that the use of airborne forces had been planned for the invasion of Poland in 1939, in an act… Read more

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) An extremely rare diary by Sturmbandfuhrer Sepp Kraft, commander of SS Panzer-Grenadier Depot and Reserve Battalion 16. It is a detailed account of the Battalion's actions in the Arnhem Campaign, 17 September to 7 October, 1944. Battalion 16 was originally a training and replacement unit for the 12th SS-Panzer Division ‘Hitlerjugend’. The… Read more

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) German text. Light foxing on card covers. Good. ex libris sticker on inside page. THE SAGA OF STORM BATAILLON 500 (Published: 1971) (Publisher: Verlag K W Schutz) (Pagination: 228pp, 20 photos) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) A comprehensive look at the German Army (das Heer) as it evolved during WWII. The book focuses on its origins in the post-Versailles Treaty era, and its resurgence under the Nazi regime, plus training and organisation during the war years, equipment, vehicles, weapons, uniforms, ranks and insignia. Features the parts played by… Read more