74 THE GERMAN IN WWII: UNIT HISTORIES: WAFFEN-SS, PANZER & ELITE TROOPS

SS Offi cers List (as of January 1942) SS-Stan- Combat Operations of the German Ord- Soldiers of von Thoma: Legion Condor Ground dartfuhrer to SS-Oberstgruppenfuhrer nungspolizei 1939-45: Polizei-Bataillone • Forces in the Spanish Civil War Franco/Garc’a. – Assignments and Decorations of the SS-Polizei-Regimenter Rolf Michaelis. Covers In October 1936 two German ships arrived in Spain Senior SS Offi cer Corps. The January 1942 the little known combat operations of the Ger- loaded with a Panzer I company and all the services “Dienstalterliste" lists the hundreds of offi cers man during WWII. Discussed are and personnel to establish Franco’s army’s fi rst armored in the SS from full Colonel to General. Detailing unit formations, personalities, and operations unit, the so-called Panzer-Gruppe Drohne. This book their posts at that time during the war, this fac- including frontline combat, security duties in presents the history of von Thoma’s units from the tank simile wartime publication also gives signifi cant occupied countries, as well as the participation crews to the infantry, and specialties. decorations they were awarded. Their ranks and of some battalions in ethnic cleansing atrocities. Size: 6"x9" • 200 color/bw photos • 240pp. most recent promotion dates are listed as well Also included are very rare photos, documents, ISBN: 978-0-7643-2926-5 • hard • $39.95 as State, Police and NSDAP posts. soldbuchs and maps. Size: 8.5"x11" • 45 bw photos • 64pp. Size: 8.5"x11" • 120 bw photos/maps • 128pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1061-5 • soft • $19.95 ISBN: 978-0-7643-3659-1 • hard • $45.00 The 1st Panzer Division 1935-45 Horst Riebenstahl. Chronicle of the oldest and most In Perfect Formation: SS Ideology and the SS-Junk- : A Photographic Chronicle experienced Panzer division in the Wehrmacht, erschule-Tölz Jay Hatheway. Extensive references to of Hitler’s Reichsführer-SS Martin Månsson. and its combat throughout WWII in over 500 original source material on the underlying SS principles Many books have been written about Heinrich photos. of blood, soil, and struggle as they were formalized in Himmler and the SS though, strangely, no photo- Size: 8.5"x11" • 500 bw photos • 226pp. SS ideology. In support of his intricate linkages between graphic study has ever been assembled. Contained ISBN: 0-88740-283-6 • hard • $39.95 ideology and its realized form, Hatheway has obtained within this volume are over 380 photos of Himmler, over 100 previously unpublished photos of the SS offi cer illustrating his entire career – from a soldier during training academy Tölz. More than a series of buildings, WWI through the years when he was the second the structure of the Junkerschule was itself a metaphor most powerful man in Europe. for the subset of Nazi ideology. Size: 8.5"x11" • 380 bw photos • 200pp. Size: 6"x9" • 100 bw photos • 192pp. ISBN: 0-7643-1202-2 • hard • $59.95 ISBN: 0-7643-0753-3 • hard • $29.95 The 7th Panzer Division: An Illustrated History of Rommel’s “Ghost Division" 1938-45 Hasso The SS-Sonderkommando “Dirlewanger": A The Last Knight of Flanders: Remy Schrijnen v. Manteuffel. The 7th Panzer Divison was one of Memoir Rolf Michaelis, Editor. A rare look inside the and his SS-Legion “Flandern"/Sturmbrigade the outstanding panzer units of WWII, and became Sonderkommando “Dirlewanger," the SS anti-partisan “ Langemarck" Comrades on the Eastern Front famous during the Battle of France in 1940 with Erwin unit notorious for atrocities in and Russia during 1941-45 Allen Brandt. This is the story of the Flemish Rommel as its commander. This photographic chronicle, WWII by a member of the unit from its formation to the volunteers of Germany’s famed Waffen-SS, told by by famed Knight’s Cross holder Manteuffel, traces end of the war who took part in nearly all its operations. those who were there. The book centers around Remy the path of the 7th PD through its entire war history. Size: 6"x9" • 44 bw photos • 128pp. Schrijnen, the only Flemish volunteer to win the heralded Size: 7"x10" • 200 bw photos • 160pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-4479-4 • hard • $29.99 bravery award, the Knight’s Cross to the Iron Cross. ISBN: 978-0-7643-1208-3 • hard • $39.99 Size: 6"x9" • 110 bw photos/maps • 272pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0588-3 • hard • $29.95 Panzer Regiment 8 in WWII: Poland • France • North Africa Kevin Fish. Formed in 1936, Panzer Regiment 8 served in both the Himmler’s Cavalry: The Equestrian SS 1930-45 Images of the Waffen-SS: A Photo Chronicle 10th and 15th Panzer Divisions and saw action in Paul J. Wilson. Dressed in black uniforms emblazoned of Germany’s Elite Troops Mark C. Yerger. This Poland, France, and in May 1941 with the famed with the SS fl ash, Heinrich Himmler’s horsemen carried heavily illustrated photo album on the infamous German Afrikakorps, under the legendary Rommel. the SS banner across the German countryside and to Waffen-SS provides material for the model builder, Size: 8.5"x11" • 170 bw photos • 360pp. equestrian competitions throughout Germany and vehicle enthusiast, memorabilia collector and those ISBN: 978-0-7643-3087-2 • hard • $59.99 Europe. Wilson provides numerous anecdotes, statistics, interested in SS holders of the Knight’s Cross. and capsule biographies of Equestrian SS personnel. Size: 9"x12" • 320 bw photos • 176pp. Size: 6"x9" • 17 bw photos • 224pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0078-4 • hard • $49.95 ISBN: 0-7643-1112-3 • hard • $29.95

The German Wehrmacht on all Fronts 1939-45: Images from Pri- vate Photo Albums Coil/Ellmauthaler. Riding East: The SS Cavalry Brigade in Waffen-SS in the West: Holland, Belgium, Images portraying the German armed Poland and Russia 1939-42 Mark C. Yerger. France 1940. The sought after original SS publi- forces during WWII were shot by closely Riding East details the history of the SS Cavalry cation Waffen-SS im Westen is available here for censored war correspondents. Brigade. It's supplemented by 109 photos, six the fi rst time. Translated into English and carefully maps, six Order of Battle charts, complete offi cer reproduced, this rare SS book photographically Vol.1: Nebelwerfer, Panzer, rosters 1939-42, feldpost numbers, details of documents the Waffen-SS campaigns in Holland, Flak, Funker, Gebirgsjäger primary commanders within the Brigade, as well Belgium, and France during 1940. Size: 12"x9" • 700 photos • 296pp. information on the units and commanders it was Size: 8.5"x11" • 130 bw photos • 144pp. ISBN: 978-0-7643-2783-4 • hard subordinated to. ISBN: 0-7643-1553-6 • hard • $29.95 • $59.95 Size: 8.5"x11" • 100 bw photos • 224pp. ISBN: 0-7643-0060-1 • hard • $59.95 Vol.2: Wegschilder (Field Signs), Infantry, U-Boats, Luftwaffe, Generals Size: 12"x9" • 700 color/bw photos • 376pp. Allgemeine-SS: The Commands, Units and The Mountain Troops of the Waffen-SS 1941-45 ISBN: 978-0-7643-2931-9 • hard • $59.95 Leaders of the General SS Mark C. Yerger. Roland Kaltenegger. The fi rst comprehensive study on The commands, units and leaders of the General the little-known mountain troops of the Waffen-SS, Afrikakorps: Rommel’s Tropical SS are fi nally compiled into a single detailed refer- complete with numerous photos and documentation. Army in Original Color Peitz & Wilkins. ence book. The biographical data for individuals The 6th SS Mountain Division “Nord" and many other This book, for the fi rst time ever in print, alone adds vast detail to this fascinating topic. divisions are examined. presents a pictorial chronology of the A detailed index allows referencing of individual Size: 7"x10" • 180 bw photos • 160pp. campaign in Africa and the Deutschen commands or personalities. ISBN: 0-88740-813-3 • hard • $24.95 Afrikakorps (DAK) the way the soldiers Size: 8.5"x11" • 120 bw photos/maps • 256pp. themselves experienced it – the way they ISBN: 0-7643-0145-4 • hard • $49.95 lived it: in color. It offers more than 150 photos derived from what, at that time, was revolutionary original color slide fi lm. Size: 12"x9" • 200 color/bw photos • 192pp. Police Battalions of the Third Reich Stephen German Mountain Troops in WWII: A Photo- ISBN: 978-0-7643-2140-5 • hard • $59.99 Campbell. The role that the German Police Battalions graphic Chronicle of the Elite Gebirgsjäger played in the destruction of the and the Eastern Roland Kaltenegger. Under the emblem of the Panzerkorps Grossdeutschland Helmut European nationalities that the Third Reich had deemed Edelweis, the soldiers of the German mountain Spaeter. Photo history of one of the most elite superfluous or dangerous is little known. The German corps fought on every front in WWII. During the fi ghting units in WWII by one of its former mem- Police, often aided by local auxiliaries shot at close range war, the army alone formed a total of eleven bers. Includes listing of Knight’s Cross Winners. over a million people in less than two years. Later in mountain divisions, plus independent battalions Size: 8.5"x11" • 300 bw photos • 248pp. the war the battalions were formed into regiments and units. This chronicle offers the reader an ex- ISBN: 0-88740-245-3 • hard • $29.99 and absorbed into the SS where they were active traordinary view into the world of these elite troops. in the hunt for partisan bands behind the front lines. Size: 8.5"x11" • 340 bw photos • 272pp. Size: 8.5"x11" • 120 bw photos • 160pp. ISBN: 0-7643-2218-4 • hard • $59.95 ISBN: 978-0-7643-2771-1 • hard • $59.95