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The German Wehrmacht in Wwii: Knight’S Cross Holders, Biogra Phies & Memoirs 62 U.S. & ALLIES FROM WWI TO THE PRESENT • THE GERMAN WEHRMACHT IN WWII: KNIGHT’S CROSS HOLDERS, BIOGRA PHIES & MEMOIRS Heroes of Our Time: 239 Men of the Vietnam Along the Tigris: The 101st Airborne Division The Knight’s Cross with Oakleaves, 1940- War Awarded the Medal of Honor 1964-72 in Operation Iraqi Freedom Thomas L. Day. The 1945: Biographies and Images of the 889 Kenneth N. Jordan. Heroes of Our Time contains all story of 16,000 soldiers, from the training grounds of Recipients Jeremy Dixon. This two-volume set 239 Medal of Honor citations, along with the citations Fort Campbell, through the toughest battles in the blitz presents every recipient of the Knight’s Cross with are newspaper accounts of various battles. of Baghdad to the Nineveh province, where the 101st Oakleaves, awarded during WWII, and presented by Size: 6"x9" • 30 bw photos • 368pp. Airborne Division anchored for eight months after the Hitler from 1940 until 1945. Included are each of the ISBN: 0-88740-741-2 • hard • $24.95 overthrow of Saddam Hussein. 889 recipients from the Luftwaffe, Heer, Waffen-SS, Size: 6"x9" • 150 color photos • 400pp. and Kriegsmarine, as well as foreign recipients. This ISBN: 0-7643-2620-2 • hard • $35.00 is the fi rst time such a work is in English. Size: 8.5"x11" • 1000 color/bw photos • 648pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4266-0 • hard cover, two-volume THE GERMAN WEHRMACHT IN WWII set in deluxe slipcase • $125.00 • Schiffer LTD Men of Honor: Thirty-Eight Highly Decorated Knight’s Cross Holders of the Fallschirmjäger: Marines of WWII, Korea and Vietnam Kenneth KNIGHT’S CROSS HOLDERS, BIOGRAPHIES & MEMOIRS Hitler’s Elite Parachute Force at War, 1940-1945 N. Jordan. Men of Honor contains more than 100 Jeremy Dixon. Presented here are the biographies of the 130 offi cial citations for bravery above and beyond the Knights of the Reich: The Twenty-Seven Most men of the Fallschirmjäger – Hitler’s elite paratroopers during call of duty along with several eyewitness accounts. Highly Decorated Soldiers of the Wehrmacht WWII – who won the Knight’s Cross. They fought on nearly There are short biographies of all 38 men, newspaper in WWII Günther Fraschka. Biographies of the twen- every front during the war, including Holland, Belgium, Italy articles, and photos. ty-seven Holders of the Diamonds to the Knight’s Cross and Russia. Also included are details of promotions, awards Size: 6"x9" • 48 bw photos • 320pp. from the Luftwaffe, Heer, Kriegsmarine and Waffen-SS: and decorations, and over 200 photographs. ISBN: 0-7643-0247-7 • hard • $29.95 Mölders, Galland, Gollob, Marseille, Graf, Rommel, Luth, Size: 7"x10" • 204 color & bw photos • 256pp. Nowotny, Schulz, Rudel, Graf Strachwitz, Gille, Hube, ISBN: 978-0-7643-4892-1 • hard • $45.00 Kesselring, Lent, Dietrich, Model, Hartmann, Balck, Ramcke, Schnaufer, Brandi, Schorner, von Manteuffel, Tolsdorff, Mauss, von Saucken. Palace Gate: Under Siege in Hue City - Tet January Size: 6"x9" • 93 bw photos • 320pp. Bayerlein: From Afrikakorps to Panzer 1968 Richard L. Brown. Air Force Lt. Col. Brown lived ISBN: 0-88740-580-0 • hard • $39.95 Lehr - The Life of Rommel’s Chief-of-Staff in the Hue MACV compound and remained in the city Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein P.A. Spayd. during the fi rst seventeen days of the battle. These Knight’s Cross Profi les Vol.1: Heinz-Wolf- The fi rst and only comprehensive biography of are his memoirs. gang Schnaufer • Rudolf Winnerl • Hermann the life of Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein (1899- Size: 6"x9" • 70 bw photos • 224pp. Graf • Hans-Georg Schierholz Ralf Schumann. 1970), Erwin Rommel’s former Chief-of-Staff and ISBN: 0-88740-745-5 • hard • $24.95 This book is the fi rst in a new series profi ling the commander of the elite Panzer Lehr Division during Knight’s Cross holders of the Wehrmacht in World WWII. Over 340 photos and twenty war maps War II. Concise biographies, rare photographs of drawn by Bayerlein, make this book a valuable personalities, aircraft, and award documents cover addition to a military or biographical collection. not only known soldiers and airmen, but lesser Size: 8.5"x11" • 340 color/bw photos • 304pp. known KC holders as well. This initial volume ISBN: 0-7643-1866-7 • hard • $59.95 covers four Luftwaffe fi ghter, and bomber pilots. The Advisor: The Phoenix Program in Vietnam John Size: 8.5"x11" • 440 color/bw photos • 208pp. Bayerlein: After Action Reports of the Panzer L. Cook. From his arrival in war-torn Vietnam in 1968 to ISBN: 978-0-7643-4057-4 • hard • $35.00 Lehr Division Commander From D-Day to the his reluctant departure twenty-fi ve months later, Cook Ruhr Spayd & Wilkins. Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, served as an advisor in the district of Di An and took part Knight’s Cross Profi les Vol.2: Gerhard Türke Commander of the Panzer Lehr Division, wrote twenty in the systematic operations of the Phoenix Program to • Heinz Bär • Arnold Huebner • Joachim manuscripts while interred as a U.S. Army prisoner of destroy the Infrastructure, the political organization of Müncheberg Ralf Schumann and Wolfgang war, from April 1945 until his release from captivity two the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces. Westerwelle. This book is the second in a series years later. All of Bayerlein’s manuscripts are presented Size: 6"x9" • 70 color/bw photos/maps • 352pp. profi ling the Knight’s Cross holders of the Wehr- here, compiled into a chronological narrative, from the ISBN: 0-7643-0137-3 • hard • $35.00 macht in World War II. Concise biographies, rare Allied Invasion of Normandy to his surrender of the LIII photographs of personalities, aircraft, and award Armeekorps in the last days of WWII. documents cover not only known soldiers and Size: 8.5"x11" • 170 bw photos • 216pp. airmen, but lesser known KC holders as well. ISBN: 0-7643-2342-3 • hard • $59.95 Size: 8.5"x11" • 400 bw photos • 208pp. Rescue Under Fire: The Story of Dust Off in ISBN: 978-0-7643-4369-8 • hard • $39.99 The Private Afrikakorps Photograph Vietnam John L. Cook. This is the story of the men who Collection of Rommel’s Chief-of-Staff risked everything to fl y their evacuation helicopters into Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein Spayd the teeth of the most intense fi ghting the war produced Knights of the Wehrmacht: Knight’s Cross & Dittmar-Bayerlein. The private Afrikakorps to achieve a single goal – evacuate the wounded. And Holders of the U-Boat Service Franz Kurowski. Each photograph collection of Rommel’s second that is what they did, day after day, night after night, recipient is presented in a capsule biography including in command, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein. under every condition imaginable. dates of birth, awarding of the various Knight’s Cross Over 200 photos, showing personalities, battle Size: 6"x9" • 100 bw photos • 208pp. grades, and other particulars to rank and career. Each scenes, behind the front line rest periods, and ISBN: 0-7643-0461-5 • hard • $24.95 is also shown in WWII-era photographs. non-battle scenery such as a tour of ancient Size: 6"x9" • 150 bw photos • 280pp. ruins with Rommel. ISBN: 0-88740-748-X • hard • $24.95 Size: 11"x8.5" • 200 color/bw photos • 176pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2065-3 • hard • $49.95 Year of the Horse: Vietnam - 1st Air Cavalry Bayerlein: The Denazifi cation Trial of Rommel’s in the Highlands 1965-67 Kenneth D. Mertel. Knights of the Wehrmacht: Knight’s CrossHold- Chief-of-Staff, and Panzer Lehr Division Com- The day-by-day story of the Jumping Mustangs – 1st ers of the Fallschirmjäger Franz Kurowski. Each mander Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein Spayd Ballalion, Airborne, 8th Cavalry, of the 1st Air Cavalry recipient is presented in a capsule biography including & Insanally. This unique book about Bayerlein covers Division, written by the man who knows them best, dates of birth, awarding of the various Knight’s Cross his trial by the Denazifi cation Tribunal conducted in 1st Air Cav Lt.Col. Kenneth Mertel. Mertel pays tribute grades, and other particulars to rank and career. Each September 1947. Bayerlein’s German trial is extensively to the many acts of heroism of his men, who lived, is also shown in WWII-era photographs. documented including details of his testimony regarding worked and fought together in some of the world’s Size: 6"x9" • 130 bw photos • 280pp. his actions as a commander during WWII. most inhospitable conditions. ISBN: 0-88740-749-8 • hard • $24.95 Size: 6"x9" • 200 color/bw photos • 224pp. Size: 6"x9" • 59 color photos/9 maps • 384pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-3954-7 • hard • $39.99 ISBN: 0-7643-0138-1 • hard • $35.00 Forever Forward: K-9 Operations in Vietnam Mike Knights of the Wehrmacht: Knight’s Cross Generalfeldmarschall Fedor von Bock: The Lemish. The fi rst in-depth account of K-9 Operations Holders of the Afrikakorps Franz Kurowski. Each War Diary 1939-45 Klaus Gerbert. The Von Bock during the Vietnam War, and provides a behind the recipient is presented in a capsule biography including memoirs allow the reader to see the entire drama of scenes look at how Allied forces employed dog teams in a date of birth, awarding of the various Knight’s Cross WWII through the eyes of one of Germany’s most variety of roles, the evolution of the United States military grades, and other particulars to rank and career. Each important military commanders. After the attacks working dog program, and the aftermath of Vietnam.
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