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PANZER LEHR DIVISION 1944-45 (Helion Wwii German Military Studies)
Fred Steinhardt

Helion and Company, 2008

The Panzer Lehr Division was one of the most e'lite German armoured formations in existence in early 1944. Its baptism of fire was in the deadly Normandy bocage. Although suffering heavy losses in Normandy, the Division continued to fight in North-West Europe until the end of the war, seeing particularly notable service during the Ardennes Offensive and in the Ruhr. The first volume in the new Helion series WWII German Military Studies prints an ...

A LONG LONG WAR: Voices from the British Army in Northern Ireland 1969-98
Ken Wharton

Helion and Company, 2008

This is the story of the Troubles in Northern Ireland told from the perspective of the British soldiers who served there between 1969 and 1998. This was a war against terrorists who knew no mercy or compassion; a war involving sectarian hatred and violent death. Over 1,000 British lives were lost in a place just 30 minutes flying time away from the mainland. The British Army was sent into Northern Ireland on August 14, 1969 by the Wilson ...

FOR EUROPE: The French Volunteers of the Waffen-SS

4 reviews
Robert Forbes

Helion and Company Ltd., 2006

Outstanding work...
Undoubtedly, Robert Forbes has written with "For Europe : ..." the most precise, objective, accurate (to that date) and exciting account about the french serving in the Waffen SS between 1943 and 1945 and notably in the 33rd Grenadier Division of the SS "Charlemagne". Forbes details the different backgrounds of the frenchmen (from working class to aristocracy!) who opted for a military ...

PANZER GUNNER: From My Native Canada to the German Osfront and Back. In Action with 25th Panzer Regiment, 7th ...

4 reviews
Bruno Friesen

Helion and Company, 2008

At last, a view of war from the turret of a tank!
For those of you who are keen to read about the fighting on the Eastern Front 1944/45, from the point of view of a German tank crew member, then look no further than this book! The author was born to ethnic German parents in Canada, and was promptly shipped back to Nazi Germany in early 1939 with his brothers, to help the Third Reich! He ended up learning German, joining the Army, and serving ...

AFTER STALINGRAD: The Red Army's Winter Offensive, 1942-1943
David Glantz

Helion and Company Ltd, 2008

In the wake of the Red Army's signal victory at Stalingrad, which began when its surprise counteroffensive encircled German Sixth Army in Stalingrad region in mid-November 1942 and ended when its forces liquidated beleaguered Sixth Army in early February 1943, the Soviet High Command (Stavka) expanded its counteroffensive into a full-fledged winter offensive which nearly collapsed German defenses in southern Russia. Exploiting newly released ...

ROAD TO DESTRUCTION: Operation Blue and the Battle of Stalingrad: a Photographic History
Ian Baxter

Helion and Company, 2008

Road to Destruction' offers a unique visual insight into the climactic Battle of Stalingrad during the autumn and winter of 1942-43. Pushing forward through the southern steppes aiming to capture the vital Caucasian oil fields, before being caught up in some of the most vicious street fighting known in military history, the German 6th Army was bled white and ultimately destroyed. The author has drawn on a wide selection of rare and mostly ...

Bloody Streets: The Soviet Assault on Berlin, April 1945
A. Stephen Hamilton

Helion and Company, 2008

On 16 April 1945 the Soviet Army launched the fourth largest offensive of WWII with the goal to capture Berlin in five operational days. The Soviet Army took four days just to breech the prepared German defenses along the Seelow Heights, followed by another four days to reach Berlin. Berlin's fall occurred after another eight days of bloody street fighting-sixteen days after the operation began and eleven days longer than planned. The backbone ...

PANZERSCHLACHT: Armoured Operations on the Hungarian Plains September-November 1944

3 reviews
Perry Moore

Helion and Company, 2008

Good coverage of a neglected subject
The major tank battles on the Hungarian plains fought in late 1944 have been neglected, for some reason, for many years by English-speaking writers. Thankfully, this situation has now been remedied with this excellent book! The author's text describes in great detail, on a virtually daily basis, the military activities not only of the German and Soviet forces, but also the Hungarian and ...

IN THE FIRE OF THE EASTERN FRONT: The Experiences of a Dutch Waffen-SS Volunteer on the Eastern Front 1941-45 ...

5 reviews
Hendrik Verton

Helion and Company Ltd, 2008

Excellent coverage of Siege of Breslau 1945
This is a very interesting book. The author manages to cover a lot of interesting ground, which is not usually written about in other German World War II memoirs. In particular, his perspective as a Dutch volunteer is written about at length. The prewar conditions in the Netherlands that the author views as responsible for the early years of World War II seeing so many of his fellow countrymen ...

The Black Devils' March--A Doomed Odyssey: The 1st Polish Armoured Division 1939-1945

2 reviews
Evan McGilvray

Helion and Company Ltd., 2005

Excellent appraisal of an overlooked formation
Whilst the bare outline of the existence of Polish troops in NW Europe during the 1944/45 campaign is known by many, Mr McGilvray's book puts 'flesh on the bones'. The author is to be praised for his insight into the background to the formation of the division, and interwar Polish politics. The creation, equipping and training of the division is covered in great detail, followed by an ...

HITLER'S LAST LEVY: The Volkssturm 1944-45

1 review
Hans Kissel

Helion and Company Ltd., 2005

A fine account of the German Home Guard
Hans Kissel's Hitler's Last Levy: The Volkssturm 1944-45 provides a companion to IN A Raging Inferno - Combat Units Of The Hitler Youth, but stands well on its own as a fine account of the German Home Guard, which was formed from men unfit for military service, the young, and the old. The Guard saw extensive combat and Kissel here describes the Volkssturm's training, organization, armament and ...

BLOOD CLOT: In Combat with the Patrols Platoon, 3 Para, Afghanistan 2006
Jake Scott

Helion and Company Ltd, 2008

"As you know 'blood clot' means blood cells coming together to form a strong clot that forms and sticks together to keep the wound sealed enabling it to repair. The Parachute Regiment's 'blood clot' acts the same, whether downtown scrapping or in some far away country fighting alongside each other. Our maroon berets come together, they stick together, they close ranks forming the blood clot and fight against anything that comes their way." (Jake ...

Twilight of the Gods: A Swedish Waffen-SS Volunteer's Experiences with the 11th SS-Panzergrenadier Division ...

13 reviews
Thorolf Hillblad, Erik Wallin

Helion and Company Ltd., 2004

A Swedish Volunteer in the War Against Communism
Both Eric Wallin, and the editor, Thorolf Hillblad served as Swedish volunteers in the 11th Waffen-SS PanzerGrenadier Division "Nordland". This was a truly elite division made up of volunteers from Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, and even a few Britons. This divsion was, in 1945, the single most effective unit in the defence of Berlin against Stalin's communist hordes. Wallin's ...

POUR LA FRANCE: A Guide to the Formations and Units of French Land Forces 1914-1918, Volume 1
Micheal Cox

Helion and Company, 2008

For many years serious students of the First World War have lacked a detailed English-language guide to the French Army. Apart from the British guide to the French army that was published in 1914, no such guide has been produced. In this, the first of two volumes, the authors seek to fill this gap through the provision of detailed information on the infantry and cavalry divisions of the French Army. The French Army expanded from 43 active ...

OPERATION BAGRATION: The Destruction of Army Group Centre June-July 1944, A Photographic History

3 reviews
Ian Baxter

Helion and Company, 2007

Good selection of photos
This book does what it suggests on its cover, and provides a collection of photos - some rare, some not so rare - covering the Soviet summer offensive of 1944. Inevitably photos by this stage of the war are not plentiful, yet the author does a good job finding a hefty number I hadn't seen before. The images are clearly reproduced, and there are useful orders-of-battle at the rear. Excellent value ...

UNDER HIMMLER'S COMMAND: The Personal Recollections of Oberst Hans-Georg Eismann, Operations Officer, Army ...
HansGeorg Eismann

Helion and Company, 2008

Under Himmler's Command addresses two areas of World War II hitherto neglected - Heinrich Himmler as a military commander, and the German staff officer corps during the last months of the war on the Eastern Front. The author, Hans-Georg Eismann, was the Operations Officer for Army Group Vistula, a German formation created in late January 1945 to which Heinrich Himmler was appointed as commander. Eismann's memoir of this period has remained ...

RED STAR AIRACOBRA: Memoirs of a Soviet Fighter Ace 1941-45 (Soviet Memories of War)

3 reviews
Evgeniy Mariinskiy

Helion and Company Ltd., 2006

His first-hand experiences and accounts of battle engagements provide enlightening details
Evgeniy Mariinskiy's RED STAR AIRACOBRA: MEMOIRS OF A SOVIET FIGHTER ACE 1941-45 tells of a Soviet air fighter ace and hero who shot down twenty enemy plains during world War II - and was himself shot down not once, but several times. His memoir provides an soldier's eye view of the Eastern Front, surveying the fighting forces and tactics of the Red Army and providing a 'you are there' set of ...

1812 THROUGH FIRE AND ICE WITH NAPOLEON: A French Officer's Memoir of the Campaign in Russia
Eugene Labaume

Helion and Company Ltd., 2002

This reprint of an important French narrative is sure to generate a considerable amount of interest, as Napoleon's epic 1812 Russian Campaign continues to fascinate and enthrall. Out-of-print for 150 years, Labaume's text presents a superb evocation of the Grande Arme'e in 1812. We follow this French officer of engineers as he marches with Eugene de Beauharnais' IV Corps deeper and deeper into Russia, and experience the strange fascination ...

POUR LA FRANCE: A Guide to the Formations and Units of French Land Forces 1914-1918 Volume 2: Higher ...
Michael Cox

Helion and Company Ltd, 2008

In the second volume of this, the first guide to the French Army 1914-1918 to be written in English since the British War Office Guide of 1914, the authors build on the coverage of divisions and regiments found in volume 1. The first part of the book provides a detailed history of a higher formations of the French Army: the army groups, armies and army corps. It is rare to find adequate coverage of such formations for any of the armies of the ...

FROM RETREAT TO DEFEAT: The Last Years of the German Army on the Eastern Front 1943-45, A Photographic History
Ian Baxter

Helion and Company, 2007

From Retreat to Defeat is a unique insight into the last desperate years of the German Army at war on the Eastern Front 1943-45. On the vast steppes of the Soviet Union, it describes how the German Army together with the elite mountain troops and Luftwaffe field divisions played a decisive role in trying to stem the rout along the disintegrating front lines. Drawing on previously rare and unpublished photographs with in-depth captions, the ...

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