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The 12th SS Panzer Division “HJ”: A Pic- The 11th SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Di- The Kaminski Brigade Rolf Michaelis. The political and torial History Herbert Walther. A heavily vision “Nordland” Rolf Michaelis. Several thou- military movement of Bronislav Kaminski in Russia 1941- illustrated chronicle of the “Hitlerjugend” Division sand ethnic Germans in Romania, (the so called 44 was an interesting case in the German occupation. in over 230 bw and 30 color photos including its Volksdeutscher) were drafted into the Waffen-SS in His Peoples Selfdefend Army reached 10,000 men and late war formation and campaigns throughout 1943. They were first used in combat in Croatia, the fought for at least two years with great success against Normandy and Austria. Oranienbaumer, Estonia, and Latvia. After the Soviet partisans on the Russian front. Size: 8.5”x11” • 250 color/bw photos • 120pp. attack in Pomerania they fought in Berlin and were Size: 6”x9” • 100 bw photos • 192pp. ISBN: 978-0-88740-166-4 • hard • $29.99 destroyed there. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3765-9 • hard • $39.99 Size: 6”x9” • 80 bw photos • 152pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3100-8 • hard • $35.00

Himmler’s Bosnian Division: The Waffen-SS The 32nd SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division Belgians in the Waffen-SS Rolf Michaelis. In the Handschar Division 1943-45 George Lepre. This “30.Januar” Rolf Michaelis. The SS Division “30. years between 1940-45, approximately 12,500 Belgians is the story of the “Handschar,” a Muslim combat Januar” was one of the last SS-Divisions formed served in the Waffen-SS, a number roughly equal to formation created by the Germans to “restore order in during WWII and was almost entirely composed of the strength of an infantry division in 1944. This book Bosnia.” What actually transpired was quite different. training units and 16-18 year old boys. With a final describes the major units of the Waffen-SS in which Size: 6”x9” • 250 bw photos • 380pp. strength of 12,000, they fought on the Oder-front the Belgian volunteers were concentrated, and where ISBN: 0-7643-0134-9 • hard • $39.95 south of Frankfurt/Oder. After the Soviet attack on they were deployed. 16 April 1945 they were wiped out in the pocket of Size: 6”x9” • 90 color/bw photos • 112pp. Halbe southeast of Berlin. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4034-5 • hard • $35.00 Size: 6”x9” • 80 bw photos • 128pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3101-5 • hard • $29.99

Galicia Division: The Waffen-SS 14th Grenadier Russians in the Waffen-SS Rolf Michaelis. From Panzer Divisions of the Waffen-SS. Rolf Michaelis. Division 1943-45 Michael O. Logusz. In 1943/44 summer 1941, some 100,000 Russians served in the A detailed look at all seven Waffen-SS panzer divi- a determined group of young men and women in Wehrmacht, mostly as so called Schutzmannschaften sions in WWII: 1.SS-PD “LAH”; 2.SS-PD “Das Reich”; Galicia volunteered to serve in a combat division under the command of the German Police (Höhere 3.SS-PD “Totenkopf”; 5.SS-PD “Wiking”; 9.SS-PD destined for eastern front combat. Although initially SS- und Polizeiführer) in the eastern occupied areas. “Hohenstaufen”; 10.SS-PD “Frundsberg”; 12.SS-PD Galicia’s Volunteers would serve in a German spon- The most famous unit was the Brigade Kaminski, es- “HJ.” Each unit is presented in detailed history from sored military formation, in actuality the volunteers tablished by Bronislav Kaminski in the summer of 1941. its formation, combat operations throughout the war, of the Galicia division wanted to engage all hostile Size: 6”x9” • 100 bw photos • 120pp. and final disposition at war’s end. ideologies-both from the east and west-in order to ISBN: 978-0-7643-3348-4 • hard • $29.99 Size: 6”x9” • 113 bw photos • 320pp. secure a free independent Ukraine. Size: 6”x9” • 50 bw ISBN: 978-0-7643-4477-0 • hard • $45.00 photos • 592pp. • ISBN: 0-7643-0081-4 • hard • $35.00

The History of the 24. Waffen-Gebirgs (Karst- Ukrainians in the Waffen-SS Rolf Michaelis. With Latvians in the and Waffen-SS jäger)-Division der SSand the Holders of the the beginning of the Operation Barbarossa more than Rolf Michaelis. Roughly 40,000 Latvians served in Anti-Partisan War Badge in Gold in the Second 100,000 Ukrainians volunteered for the fight against the Waffen-SS from 1943 to the end of war in the 15. World War Rolf Michaelis. The 24. Waffen-Gebirgs Stalin and communismn. These volunteers were put Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lettische Nr.1) and [Karstjäger]-Division der SS anti-partisan unit was into Schutzmannschafts-Bataillone under the control 19. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (lettische Nr.2). mostly comprised of Yugoslav recruits and operated in of the German Police. This book is the complete operational history of this the Karst border area of Austria, Yugoslavia, and Italy Size: 6”x9” • 100 bw photos • 128pp. little-known unit and includes first-hand accounts, maps, from 1943 to 1945. This is not only a history, but an ISBN: 978-0-7643-3349-1 • hard • $29.99 and very rare war-era photographs, and soldbuchs. examination of the German Anti-Partisan War Badge Size: 6”x9” • 85 color/bw photos • 112pp. in Gold and its recipients from the unit. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4262-2 • hard • $29.99 Size: 7”x10” • 120 color/bw photos • 96pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4802-0 • hard • $24.99

SS-Heimwehr in 1939 Rolf Estonians in the Waffen-SS Rolf Michaelis. Thousands Michaelis. This is the first book in English on this of Estonians wanted to take part in the war against Russia. obscure early-WWII SS unit. In July 1939, SS-Heim- Besides the Schutzmannschaften of German Police in Waffen-SS Commanders: The Army, Corps and Division Leaders of wehr Danzig was formed from members of the III./4. 1942 Himmler built up an Estonian SS-Volunteer Brigade a Legend Mark C. Yerger. The units of the Waffen-SS were some of the most SS-Totenkopf-Standarte “Ostmark,” as well as from which became later the 20. Waffen-Grenadier-Division successful and influential combat formations produced by any country in this Danzig citizen volunteers. As a unit of the RFSS they der SS (estnische Nr.1). century. Finally, the commanders of these elite units are examined here in detail. reinforced other existing Danzig units for the impending Size: 6”x9” • 100 bw photos • 120pp. . ISBN: 978-0-7643-3350-7 • hard • $29.99 Size: 6”x9” • 140 bw photos • 112pp. Volume 1: Augsberger to Krüger. Contains ISBN: 978-0-7643-2943-2 • hard • $29.95 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 SS-Fallschirmjäger-Bataillon 500/600 Rolf Mi- Cavalry Divisions of the Waffen-SS Rolf Michaelis. chaelis. This book is the history of the only Fallschirm- A concise combat history of the three Waffen-SS cavalry jäger-Bataillon of the Waffen-SS during WWII. Formed divisions in WWII: 8th SS-Cavalry Division Florian Geyer; in 1943 as a Bewährungsverband for special missions 22nd SS-Freiwilligen Cavalry Division Maria Theresia; 37th (guerrilla operations in the Balkans) the unit was SS-Freiwilligen Cavalry Division Lützow. The formation deployed at many focal points of heavy combat on and combat histories of each are discussed in detailed the eastern and western fronts. text, along with maps and rare photographs. Size: 6”x9” • 70 bw photos • 120pp. Size: 6”x9” • 150 bw photos • 168pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-2944-9 • hard • $29.95 ISBN: 978-0-7643-3661-4 • hard • $35.00 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. The 10th SS-Panzer-Division “Frundsberg” Rolf Panzergrenadier Divisions of the Waffen-SS Rolf ISBN: 0-7643-0769-X • hard • $59.95 Michaelis. Division “Frundsberg” was formed at the Michaelis. A concise combat history of the six Waffen-SS beginning of 1943 as a reserve for the Allied invasion panzergrenadier divisions in WWII includes: the 4th of France. Their first campaign was in the Ukraine in SS-Polizei Panzergrenadier Division; 11th SS-Freiwilligen April 1944. Highly motivated after combat success in Panzergrenadier Division Nordland; 16th SS-Panzergren- Ukraine the unit was then transported back to the west adier Division Reichsführer-SS; 17th SS-Panzergrenadier where they fought the Allies in France and Arnhem. Division Götz von Berlichingen; 18th SS-Freiwilligen Size: 6”x9” • 100 bw photos • 168pp. Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel; 23rd SS-Frei- ISBN: 978-0-7643-3099-5 • hard • $35.00 willigen Panzergrenadier Division Nederland. Size: 6”x9” • 190 bw photos • 208pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3660-7 • hard • $39.99