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The Panzer III was designed to be the backbone of the Panzer force and was deployed on every front. However, due to its deficient armament and poor armour, and despite…
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The first vehicle to be produced in any numbers for the Panzerwaffe was the tiny Panzer I known as the MG Panzerwagen. Almost from the outset the limitations of the…
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Once you heard that pinging sound you knew they had got to you, then the depth charges came. Terrible, just terrible. Kurt Wehling, u-boat survivor The steel coffins was the…
This comprehensive overview of the anti-tank weapons utilised by the Wehrmacht and the conduct of operations in the field was compiled and introduced by Emmy Award winning historian Bob Carruthers…
This book is part of the Eastern Front from Primary Sources series, a new military history range compiled and edited by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers. The…
Fully integrated with original black and white photographs, line drawings and technical diagrams of the Panzer tanks and tables giving the tank’s specifications. This book is part of the Hitler’s…
This book is part of the Luftwaffe in Combat 1939-45 series, a new military history range compiled and edited by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers. Contains original…
This fascinating compilation of wartime battlefield reports drawn from Russian and German sources produces an absorbing overview of the organization and tactics of the Red Army in World War II…
This unique volume combines the book Tiger I In Combat with a facsimile of the original German wartime crew manual for the Tiger tank, the Tigerfibel. This overview draws on…
An overview of the German Army in contemporary art and illustration.
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The material in this book is taken from the wartime US intelligence journal Tactical and Technical Trends. It was originally collected from British and US combat reports, captured Japanese documents…
The German campaigns in the northern theatre of operations encompassing Denmark, Norway, Finland and the far north of Russia are detailed in this long neglected account of the campaign as…
The Fallschirmj ger were the German paratroopers, the elite troops frequently deployed as the vanguard of attacks and as the bulwark of a difficult defense. This fascinating overview draws on…
On June 22, 1941, three huge German Army Groups launched a surprise attack on Soviet Russia. The most barbaric and brutal struggle in history was about to be played out…
This is the complete wartime translation by the U.S. Navy of the 1943 edition of the official handbook given to all U-boat commanders. The original handbook was compiled from combat…
Over 150 images of original propaganda posters and materials used by the Nazis during the Second World War. In-depth analysis of the types of Propaganda used and the affect it…
This illustrated book tells the chronological story of the First Anglo-Afghan War using the original letters, personal diaries, official reports and dispatches written by the soldiers and politicians who took…
The Panther V evidenced a number of problems in combat, and this was the proof of the rushed development programme that was made obvious from the events at Kursk. However…
If the tanks succeed, then victory follows. Heinz Guderian This is the powerful record of the lightning campaign against Poland as documented by the Kriegsberichter. This book incorporates the whole…
This is the fifth volume in the complete proceedings of the Nuremberg trial of the German major war criminals before the International Military Tribunal sitting at Nuremberg, Germany. Taken from…
This is the fascinating account, as told from the German perspective, of the Battle of the Atlantic, the longest-running, continuous military campaign in World War II, spanning from 1939 through…
Most of the men were veterans of World War I Major Schwark, plant protection battalion This fascinating collection of primary source accounts focuses on the combat actions of the Wehrmacht…
The Panzer IV was the only German tank to stay in production throughout the war. It was the backbone of the Panzer force and was deployed on every front. Due…
This is a fascinating collection of primary sources reflecting often-overlooked aspects of the Great War. The struggle for Verdun, the battles between Austro-Hungarian and Russian forces in the East, and…
This unique contemporary account produced from contemporary reports and debriefs provides a primary source insight into reality of being a fighter pilot in World War II. Fascinating reading for military…
The Nuremberg Trials were held by the four victorious Allied forces of Great Britain, the USA, France and the USSR in the Palace of Justice, Nuremberg from November 1945 to…
The Jewish question will not be solved separately, but by laws which we enact, for we are the anti-Jewish Government. Dr. Josef Goebbels, 1935 This is the third volume in…
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Edited and compiled by Emmy Award winning historian Bob Carruthers this is the compendium edition featuring five complete reprints from the series entitled ‘Hitler’s War Machine.’ Comprising a varied range…
Complete with approximately 40 original black and white photographs and battle maps. This book is part of the World War II From Original Sources series, a new military history range…
This unique collection of contemporary combat accounts provides a primary source insight into the reality of the Afrika Korps in combat actions from 1941-43 in Libya and Tunisia. This fascinating…
We are all seized with a kind of passion for the chase from the glorious feeling of having saved much German bloodshed with every tank destroyed. Hans-Ulrich Rudel, Stuka ace…
This is the fascinating account of the massive German attack on Soviet Russia and the fierce fighting which took place from 1941 to October 1942. It was first published as…
All efforts to save survivors of sunken ships, such as the fishing out of swimming men, must stop. Grand Admiral Karl Donitz, 1942 This is the fourth volume in the…
Primary source engravings, drawings and paintings with 100 images from the Great War period.
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Primary source engravings, drawings and paintings. Includes artists, illustrators and propagandists with 100 images from the Great War period.
Three hours later the search party found me, six miles away from the dropping zone, hanging helplessly from the highest branches of a clump of trees. Captain J. Dawes, during…
This unique collection of contemporary combat accounts provides a primary source insight into the reality of artillery operations on the Eastern Front. Mobile, rail and towed artillery are all considered…
