The titles below represent a number of our German texts dealing with topics of interest
for the World War 2 period. By and large, these books come highly
recommended as long as the non-German speaking reader knows what he is getting into. For
those of you with some knowledge of German, these books are a gold mine of information.
 Chronique
de la SS-Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 10
(Formation, Buczacz,
Normandie, Arnhem, Pomeranie, Halbe) (Stephane Cazenave
)
This exceptional
volume is a comprehensive account of one small formation in the 10.
SS-Panzer-Division "Frundsberg".
Comprising the
contributions of some 20 veterans, the book contains many previously unpublished
photographs of the Sd.Kfz. 250/251 and the Panzerspähwagen (armored
reconnaissance vehicles). It provides a detailed account of its training in
France and of all the fighting it participated in fom Tarnopol in the Ukraine to
Normandy.
The author has
compiled detailed lists showing the members of each company and provides
detailed biographies of each of the officers who served and fought, with
particular attention being given to those who received top awards such as the
Knight's Cross and the German Cross in Gold. Several elements in particular are
singled out for special treatment, with one being Erich Rech's Spähtrupp (Rech
received the Knight's cross for the operations of his unit in Normandy). Lists
of losses and honors support the study.
Hard cover, 9" x 12", French/German
text only, 300 pages,
200 photos.
Price:
$60 USD / CAD / INT.
 21.
Panzerdivision, 1943-1945 by Werner Kortenhaus.
This is a
hardcover reprint of Werner Kortenhaus' privately published history of the
division. Almost impossible to get, with many collectors never even knowing it
existed, our own author, Wolfgang Schneider, has brought it out in German.
The book is in German, however, and the photo alone probably do not warrant
getting the book, if that is the primary thing you are after. Here's the German
jacket blurb:
Werner Kortenhaus, ehemaliger Angehöriger der Division,
hat in jahrelanger Recherche alle zugänglichen Quellen ausgewertet und
lückenlos den Weg dieses Großverbands nach seiner Wiederaufstellung
beschrieben, von den erbitterten Kämpfen nach der Landung der Allierten in
der Normandie über die Einsätze in Elsaß-Lothringen und an der Oderfront bis
zum bitteren Ende im Mai 1945 im Kessel von Halbe.
 
Hardcover, small format (6"x8"), 606 pages, with 16 photo pages and 16 maps. The original title
did not have any photos or maps, so Schneider has improved the original book
considerably. Price: $70 USD / CAD / INT
Armor and Infantry Divisional Histories (Dörfler)
These are reprints from the Podzun-Pallas-Verlag series of divisional
histories and armor-related themes. They are identical to the original releases
and, unless otherwise noted, are photo albums. The main text is in German,
but many have photo captions in English as well. These have not been generally
available for a long time and many were out of print until these reprints by
Dörfler-Verlag. The initial shipment was small, but we can get more. If you
order and we are out, we will not charge you until the order comes in.
 Die 14. Panzer-Division, 1940-1945 (Grams). This
is the text history, but there is also a photo section. 388 pages.
Price:
$33 USD / $33 CAD/INT).
Infantry, the Queen of Battle
Die 61. Infanterie-Division. Price: $30 USD / $30
CAD/INT).
Die 126. Infanterie-Division.
Price: $33 USD / $33 CAD/INT.
Die 215. Infanterie-Division.
Price: $33 USD / $33 CAD/INT.
Die 260. Infanterie-Division.
Price: $30 USD / $30 CAD/INT.
ARANDT
 Ostpreussen
1944/45 im Bild "East Prussia 1944/45 in Photos"
Never was so harrowing a picture of the desperate struggle for Germany's
easternmost province and its people seen. With the large Soviet offensive of
January 1945, endless refugees tried to reach the Baltic Sea ports which were
lost to the Russians. While the Navy under Admiral Donitz evacuated hundreds of
thousands of civilians, the German army was struggling grimly to hold every
square meter of German soil. Dramatic large scale photographs, often in color,
show the whole desperate struggle - to the bitter end.
Hard cover, 8 1/2" x 11 3/4", 144 pages, 140 photos (most are full page). GERMAN
TEXT ONLY
Price $50USD / $65CAD
 Großadmiral Karl Dönitz
by Meinolf Reitz
Another great title in the Arndt-Verlag series of color photo books on WWII.
This title features color images depicting Grossadmiral Karl Dönitz and the
Kriegsmarine.
Hard cover, 81/2" x 11", German text, 157 pages, color photos.
Price: $50 USD / $55 CAD/INT
 Stuka-As Hans-Ulrich Rudel by Dieter Vollmer
Another great title in the Arndt-Verlag series of color photo books on WWII.
This title features color images depicting the renowned fighter Ace Hans Rudel
throughout his career.
Hard cover, 81/2" x 11", German text, 157 pages,
color photos. Price: $50 USD / $55 CAD/INT
 Austrian
Unification: Contemporary History in Color (Arndt/F.
Wallner).
Hard cover, large format, German text and photo
captions, 142
pages (of which 28 are text) and many extremely good quality color photographs
(some double page).
Price $50 USD/ $55 CAD
 Great
Military Parades of the Third Reich (Arndt/W.
Landhoff).
Hard cover, large format, German text with separate
English photo captions, 160
pages (of which 28 are text) and 97 black and white photos and 31 full color
photos. Covers large parades from 1934 to 1939.
Price $50 USD/ $55 CAD
 Hitlers Neue
Reichskanzlei (Arndt).
Hard cover, large format, German text, 174
pages (of which 48 are text) and 108 extremely good quality color photographs. A
photographic history of the Reich chancellery showing the interior splendor of
the building, the people who worked in it and the numerous foreign dignitaries
and heads of state who were received there. A number of special events held in
the building are also documented. Many of the photos are full or double page.
Price $50 USD/ $55 CAD
 Sturm
auf Moskau from Finland to the Black Sea. The Russian war 1941 in
color An amazing book of full color wartime photos
depicting the German Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS in combat and at rest on
the Russian front. This is part one of a three part color photo series from
Germany. Hard cover, 8 1/2" x 11", 158 pages, excellent full color photos (most
are full page).GERMAN TEXT with English translation sheet for the photo
captions.
Price: $50 USD / $55 CAD/INT
 In die Tiefen Russlands (Into the Depths of Russia) (Pour le Merite).
Hard cover, large format, German
text, 160 pages , 145 photos (mostly full page). Beautiful photo album covering the
second year of the war on the Eastern
Front. This is the second volume of a three part set and is the follow
on to Sturm Auf Moskau. Most of the color photos are full or double page. Very, very good
photo quality. The photos are a mix of combat shots, landscapes and
"everyday life" images of soldiers and civilians going about their
business in a wartime setting.
Price $50 USD/ $55 CAD/INT.
 Schicksalswende
im Osten 1943-1945 (Russian Front in Color) (Pour le Merite).
Hard
cover, large format, German
text, 155 pages , 145 photos (mostly full page and in color). Beautiful photo
album covering the last 2 years of the war on the Eastern Front. This is the
final volume of three part set and is the follow on to In die Tiefen Russland.
Most of the color photos are full or double page. Very, very good photo quality.
The photos are a mix of combat shots, landscapes and "everyday life" images of
soldiers and civilians going about their business in a wartime setting.
Price $50 USD/ $55 CAD/INT  Die deutsche
Militärelite 1939-1945 (Pour le
Merite).
Beautiful photo album
covering the personalities that constituted the senior military hierarchy of
Hitler's Germany.
Hard cover, large format, German text with English
summary, 160 pages, 22 black and white photographs and 108 color photos (most
full page, with some double page) and 11 campaign maps.Price $50 USD/ $55 CAD
 Hitlers
Berghof, 1928/1945.
Large format, German text, 160 pages, 31 B&W photos, 100 color photos -
many double page - of the Berghof and the various personalities that visited
Hitler over the time period. The unique photographs are excellent.
Price: $50 USD / $55 CAD
 Führerhauptquartier
Wolfschanze, 1940-1945
(Arndt).
Mainly a photo album with
shots of life at the Wolfschanze interspersed with portraits of Senior
commanders, Dignitaries and Knights Cross recipients.
Large format, 160 pages, German text, 109 superb color photos -
mostly double or full page, 31 B&W photos, 2 maps. Price: $50 USD / $55 CAD
Eichenlaubträger, 1940-1945, Volumes
1-3
  Volume
1 covers from A-H
     Volume
2 covers from I-P
   Volume
3 covers from R-Z
Hard cover, 8 1/2" x 11 3/4", German text, 160 pages, 145
photos (most are full page or massive gate-fold page color). Price: $60 USD /
$60 CAD/INT.
Biblio appears to have folded. Despite numerous efforts, we have been
unable to contact the publisher. Correspondingly, the titles listed below are
ones we have in stock. It can be assumed that no others will be available
Deutschlands Generale und Admirale. (Germany's Admirals and Generals)
Part I: Germany's admirals from 1849-1945. Short biographies of the military
careers of all officers in admiral rank. On average there are two pages of text for each
admiral along with a portrait. Information is presented as follows: Chronological listing
of all promotions, chronological listing of all assignments and, finally, a listing of all
works published, awards received, and family information.
Volume 4: Navy officials in the rank of admiral (Albath to Zimmermann), plus additions
to the first three volumes. 277 pages. Price: $112.00 USD/CAD
Part IV: Generals of the Army. (Same format as above).
Volume 1: A-Bi (Abberger to Bitthorn). 422 pages. Price: $166 USD/CAD
Volume 5: Ha-Hi (von Haack - Hitzfeld). 478 pages. Price: $166 USD/CAD
Volume 6: Ho-Kl (von Hochbaum - Klutmann). Similar in size and format to
the previous volumes. Same price as before: Price: $166 USD/CAD
Volume 7: Kn-Lu. Same format as previous volumes. 674 pages! Price: $160 USD/CAD/INT
Die deutschen
Divisionen, 1939-45 (Band 3: Divisionen 11-16) by P. Schmitz, K.-J. Thies, G. Wegmann and Chr. Zweng. Hard cover, German text,
6"x9" , 652 pages, 138 maps (many two-color), extensive orders of battle.
Price:
$170 USD/CAD
This volume covers all German divisions which were
numbered from 11-16. Although written in German, the information is presented in a format
which allows easy research even for a non-German reading audience. Each division has the
following information: activation lineage; assignment history; list of commanders; list of
operations officers; organic and attached units/organizations of the division; names of
winners of the KC and the GC in the division. Each division has maps which outline the
movements for each year of the war in which they were employed along with a detailed
movement/activity history for that year. Empfohlen! (Recommended!)
Volume 1, Die Divisionen 1-5. $170 USD/CAD
Die Träger der Nahkampfspange in Gold: Heer - Luftwaffe - Waffen-SS. (Awardees
of the Close Combat Badge in Gold) by Manfred Dörr. 609 pages with numerous
illustrations. Covers all 619 documented winners of this rare award. Where available, the
author has added pictures of the award documents and/or the
awardees. Price: $110 USD/CAD
Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten
Weltkrieg (Formations and Branches of Service of the German Armed Forces and the Waffen-SS
in WW2) by Walter Held. Research bibliography for the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS.
Each volume consists of a general part which covers tables of organizations and equipment,
equipment, and personnel/administrative titles. The second part of the books covers all
known articles, reports and books on individual army-level formations, divisions,
regiments, air force formations, cruisers, destroyers, etc. The volumes are divided into
time periods when the material first appeared.
Volume 4: 1987-1991. 607 pages, including additions to the first three volumes.
Price: $150 USD/CAD
Volume 5: 1992-1996.
Price: $150 USD/CAD
Die Ritterkreuzträger der deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945
(Knight's Cross
Winners of the German Armed Forces) by Franz Thomas and Günter Wegmann. Hands
down, the best series on KC winners of the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS. The series is broken
down by branch of service. Every KC winners is pictured (usually several times, in a
variety of uniforms). Additional information: date of award(s); places where the soldier
was employed; short biographical (military sketch) of assignments; list of all awards;
and, promotions.
Part II: Die Ritterkreuzträger der Fallschirmjäger.442 pages with 619
illustrations (of which 119 are of award documents). 110 KC winners are covered.
Price: $150 USD/CAD
Part III: Die Ritterkreuzträger der Infanterie.
Price: $150 USD/CADeach.
Volume 2: Bialetzki to Bottler. 331 pages with illustrations.
Volume 5: Drange - Emmert. Page count: 340 pages with 221 illustrations.
Part VII: Die Ritterkreuzträger der Kriegsmarine.
Price: $150 USD/CAD each.
Volume 2: L-Z. 456 pages with numerous illustrations.
Part VIII: Panzertruppe und Panzerabwehrtruppe.
Die Ritterkreuzträger der Deutschen Wehrmacht 1939-1945,
Teil
VIIIA: Panzertruppe
Band 1:A-E (Biblio Verlag/G. Wegmann). Large format, hard cover, German text,
472 pages, hundreds of black
and white photographs, many documents. A photo and brief
details of every RK recipient of the armor troops (whose names started with the
letters A-E) -- a very good reference. Price: $160 USD /$160 CAD
Die Truppenkennzeichen der Verbände und Einheiten der deutschen Wehrmacht und
Waffen-SS und ihre Einsätze im Zweiten Weltkrieg (Insignia of Organizations and Units of
the German Armed Forces and the Waffen-SS in WW2) by Peter Schmitz and
Klaus-Jürgen Thies. Includes illustrations for all known unit/organization
insignia in use during WW2, as well as a short organizational overview and
theaters of employment for each of the formations concerned. Highly recommended!
Each volume is $112 USD/CAD
Volume 1: The Army. 937 pages. Includes higher commands, infantry, fast troops,
engineers, signals, supply, security, named units (no numerical designation).
Die geheimen Tagesberichte der deutschen Wehrmachtführung im Zweiten Weltkrieg
1939-1945 (The Secret Daily Briefings of the Wehrmacht Leadership During WW2).
The contents of the daily briefings given by each of the major commands during
the war: OKW, OKH, OKL and OKM as well as occasional individual theater reports.
A day-by-day description of the war situation, as briefed by general-staff
officers. Price: $150 USD/CAD
Volume 5: 1 June 1942 - 30 November 1942. 395 pages with situational maps for volumes 5
and 6.
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