50 THE GERMAN WEHRMACHT IN WWII: OPERATIONAL HISTORIES, BATTLES Heroes in Death: The von Blücher Brothers in the Stalingrad 1942-1943: Uniforms • Equip- Army Group North: The Wehrmacht in Russia Fallschirmjäger, Crete, May 1941. Adrian Nisbett. ment • WeaponsWehrmacht: Tank Crews, 1941-45 Werner Haupt. After long years of studying The life stories of the three von Blücher brothers,members Infantry, Snipers, ArtilleryRed Army: Tank sources and literature, Haupt presents the military of the famed 1st Fallschirmjäger Regimen. who all died Crews, Infantry, Snipers, Pilots Edited history of one of the larger theaters of WWII. The during the battle for Heraklion airfield, Crete, on May by Jean-Patrick André and Jacques Scipion. completion of the history of Army Group North is the 20 & 21, 1941. Also described are paratroop training, This book is a not only a concise history of result of the author’s utilization of all German and the battle in which the brothers died, and the aftermath combat operations, but also a detailed look Russian literature, as well as those combat diaries of their tragic deaths. The book is illustrated with more at the uniforms, weapons, and equipment of and documents of the committed troop units that than 140 photographs, many from the von Blücher family both the Wehrmacht and Red Army as used are available in German archives. and most never before published. during the battle. Superb color photography Size: 6”x9”45 • 70 bw photos/maps • 416pp. Size: 7”x10” • 141 photos • 176pp. showcases the wide variety of items used by ISBN: 0-7643-0182-9 • hard • $39.95 ISBN: 978-0-7643-4631-6 • hard cover • $35.00 select service branches. Size: 9”x12” • 170 color/bw photos • 80pp. Army Group Center: The Wehrmacht in Russia 2000 Quotes from Hitler’s 1000-Year Reich ISBN: 978-0-7643-4800-6 • hard • $29.99 1941-45 Werner Haupt. After long years of studying French L. MacLean. Quotations from 289 men sources and literature, Haupt presents the military and five women in the Third Reich. All quoted Operation Barbarossa in Photos Paul Carell. history of one of the larger theaters of WWII. This in the work are described in concise biographies. Renowned author’s photo album to accompany his history of Army Group Center is the result of the With all quotations documented and footnoted, definitive studies on the war in Russia Hitler Moves author’s utilization of all available German and Rus- and many put into historical context, this is an East and Scorched Earth. Over 570 color/bw photos sian literature, as well as those combat diaries and easy to use valuable resource for all students of from both German and Russian archives explore the documents of the committed troop units, that are WWII history, writers and researchers of military, entire campaign. available in German archives. political and Holocaust subjects. Size: 7”x10” • 570 color/bw photos • 460pp. Size: 6”x9” • 80 bw photos/maps • 400pp. Size: 6”x9” • 100 bw photos • 480pp. ISBN: 0-88740-280-1 • hard • $49.95 ISBN: 978-0-7643-0266-4 • hard • $35.00 ISBN: 978-0-7643-2786-5 • hard • $29.95 OPERATIONAL HISTORIES, BATTLES Army Group South: The Wehrmacht in Russia German Panzers on the Offensive: Russian 1941-45 Werner Haupt. After long years of studying Scorched Earth: The Russian-German War 1943-44 Front, North Africa 1941-42 R.H.S. Stolfi. The sources and literature, Haupt presents the military Paul Carell. Carrell’s eastern front study picks up where acknowledged superiority of the German Army in battle history of one of the larger theaters of WWII. The Hitler Moves East left off. Beginning with the battle of fighting is exemplified by the offensives of 1939-42, completion of the history of Army Group South is Kursk in July 1943, Carell traverses the vast expanse of and this book combines description and interpretation the result of the author’s utilization of all available the Russian War, from the siege of Leningrad and the of the advances of nine German panzer divisions to German and Russian sources, as well as combat diaries fierce battles of the northern front, to the fourth battle of reveal extraordinary details of the great victories. and documents of committed troop units available in Kharkov, and the evacuation of the Crimea, a withdrawal Size: 6”x9” • 8 bw photos/maps • 224pp. German archives. forbidden by Hitler. The book ends in June of 1944 ISBN: 0-7643-1770-9 • hard • $35.00 Size: 6”x9” • 80 bw photos/maps • 480pp. when the Soviet Armies reach the East Prussian frontier. ISBN: 0-7643-0385-6 • hard • $39.95 Size: 6”x9” • 70 bw photos/maps • 600pp. ISBN: 0-88740-598-3 • hard • $39.95 Foxes of the Desert: The Story of the Afrikakorps Last Victory in Russia: The SS-Panzerkorps Deadlock Before Moscow Franz Kurowski. Study of Paul Carell. Here for the first time from the German and Manstein’s Kharkov Counteroffensive Army Group Center during the 1942/43 Soviet campaign viewpoint and with a great deal of hitherto unpublished - February-March 1943 George M. Nipe. The and the bitter defensive battles that ensued. Never material is the complete story of one of the most bitterly first detailed and comprehensive account of before has such detail on this aspect of the Russian fought, exciting campaigns in modern warfare. As a result the Kharkov counteroffensive, the operations of front campaign been available in English. First-person of personal interviews with over a thousand combatants, the SS divisions and the supporting actions of accounts, and never before published documentation tireless reading, and painstaking research, Carell has Armeeabteilung Fretter-Pico and 1. Panzerarmee. to present this, the turning point of the war in Russia. skillfully blended a mass of new and exciting information Size: 8.5”x11” • 210 bw photos • 368pp. Size: 6”x9” • 70 bw photosï 412pp. into a dramatic and completely authentic narrative. ISBN: 0-7643-1186-7 • hard • $59.95 ISBN: 0-88740-412-X • hard • $34.95 Size: 5.75”x8.5” • 70 bw photos/maps • 370pp. ISBN: 0-88740-659-9 • hard • $29.95 Invasion! They’re Coming! The German Account German Battle Tactics on the Russian Front Ostfront 1944: The German Defensive Battles of the D-Day Landings and the 80 Days’ Battle 1941-45 Steven Newton. The tenacity of the Ger- on the Russian Front 1944 Alex Buchner. In 1944, for France Paul Carell. A revised and updated edition man Army in Russia from 1941-45, fighting against when the entire Russo-German front was “ablaze” of Carell’s great classic. Carell takes into account the overwhelming odds but refusing to disintegrate, has under continual Soviet attacks, wrong estimations by most recent results of historical research, especially the fascinated readers for decades. Newton has retrieved, the highest German command led to critical decisions successful allied deception effort achieved by agents, retranslated, and annotated the detailed tactical with grave consequences. The Red Army was growing phoney radio transmissions and sophisticated disinfor- accounts of combat in Russia that German officers increasingly stronger, and launched a major offensive. mation operations, details of which have only recently provided their American captors after the war. This in-depth study uses presently available sources been revealed, and which led to fateful false estimations Size: 6”x9” • maps • 320pp. and the reports of still-living participants, to document by Hitler and the German generals. ISBN: 0-88740-582-7 • hard • $24.95 the events on the Eastern Front of 1944. Size: 6”x9” • 70 bw photos/maps • 320pp. Size: 6”x9” • 60 bw photos • 336pp. ISBN: 978-0-88740-716-6 • hard • $35.00 ISBN: 0-88740-282-8 • hard • $29.95 Barbarossa Unleashed: The German Blitz- Retreat from Leningrad: Army Group North Hitler’s Last Bastion: The Final Battles for the krieg through Central Russia to the Gates 1944-45 Steven Newton. Most histories of the northern Reich 1944-45 Franz Kurowski. The final stage of of Moscow June-December 1941 Craig W.H. sector of the Russian front concentrate on the siege WWII, with the enemy across the Reich’s borders, saw Luther. The advance of German forces through of Leningrad, and focus little attention on the heavy final desperate battles for numerous fortified places central Russia in the summer of 1941,with brief fighting during the Wehrmacht’s withdrawl into the and blocking positions. Hitler ordered the defense of accounts of the Battle of Moscow and winter battles Baltic countries. Retreat from Leningrad begins where these fortified places such as Königsberg and Breslau, into early 1942. Based on hundreds of veterans’ those books end, with the massive January 1944 Soviet Wesel and Kolberg, Danzig, Posen and many others. accounts, archival documents and key literature, offensive that was designed not only to break the siege Size: 6”x9” • 110 bw photos/maps • 432pp. this is the most detailed account to date of the completely but also to destroy Army Group North. ISBN: 0-7643-0548-4 • hard • $35.00 German soldiers’ experiences in Russia in 1941. Size: 6”x9” • maps • 328pp. Size: 7”x10” • 220 bw photos/maps • 808pp. ISBN: 0-88740-806-0 • hard • $24.95 ISBN: 978-0-7643-4376-6 • hard • $59.99 Stalingrad: The Defeat of the Ger- Assault on Moscow 1941: The Offensive, The Operation Drvar: A Facsimile of Official man 6th Army Paul Carell. Carell sets Battle, The Set-Back Werner Haupt. Detailed unit Kriegsberichter Reports on the Attack by his talents to discussing the operations operations and individual accounts make for absorbing SS-Fallschirmjäger on Tito’s Headquarters of the 6th Army from the 1942 German reading, and a rare chance for the reader to examine May 25, 1944 Edited by Branislav Radovic.