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German Amateur Photographers in the First World War: A View from the Trenches on the Western Front
Sebastian Remus

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2008

This book is an unprecedented view of the Western Front in World War I from the perspective of German amateur photographers. While fighting in the trenches tens of thousands of German soldiers had their cameras with them in their field packs and took shots of the surrounding reality of war. Largely forgotten since the 1920s, German amateur photographs show the trench war at the Western Front as the infantry man or the company officer captured it ...

The SS Totenkopf Ring: Himmler's Ss Honor Ring in Detail
Craig Gottlieb

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2008

Using modern tools not available to previous authors on this subject, Craig Gottlieb paints a comprehensive picture of the Totenkopf Ring and the man who was behind it - Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. Gottlieb draws on a body of over 200 examples to document currently believed notions about the ring. He offers never before seen photos and documents, and even develops many new well-reasoned theories about the Totenkopf (Death Head) ring. The ...

Waffen-SS Knights and their Battles: The Waffen-ss Knight's Cross Holders: 1939-1942

1 review
Peter Mooney

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2008

Interesting
This book traces the units and men who won the Knights Cross of the Waffen SS during the period of 1933 - 1942 and also covers the formation of each individual unit the holders were assigned too. It gives a thumbnail sketch first of the campaign where the units of the Waffen SS were involved with, some nice maps detailing the advance axis of these divisons and where they were when the men won ...

The 32nd SS-Freiwilligen-Grenadier-Division "30.Januar"
Rolf Michaelis

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2008

The SS Division "30. Januar" was one of the last SS-Divisions formed during World War II and was almost entirely composed of training units and 16-18 year old boys (the honorary name "30. Januar" was the same date Hitler became Reich chancellor in 1933). First planned as a motorized division, the unit ended up as a normal infantry division because of a lack of fuel. With a final strength of 12,000, they fought on the Oder-front south of ...

The 11th SS-Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier-Division "Nordland"
Rolf Michaelis

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2008

Several thousand ethnic Germans in Romania, (the so called Volksdeutscher) were drafted into the Waffen-SS in 1943. With these new troops Himmler built up the new 11th Waffen-SS Division. To fill the ranks Division "Nordland" also took over battalion strength units from Danmark and Norway, though ninety percent of the division were Volksdeutsche from Romania. They were first used incombat in Croatia, the Oranienbaumer, Estonia, and Latvia. After ...

The German National Railway in World War II
Janusz Piekalkiewicz

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2008

The Second World War made the greatest demands on the German Reichsbahn (national railway). Year after year, great quantities of war materiel were transported - and almost always delivered. At times the trains rolled over nearly the entire continent of Europe. This heavily illustrated book documents the everyday life along the German rail lines on many war fronts. This is the first book of its kind in English for both the railroad fan as well as ...

Panzer Regiment 8: In World War Ii: Poland-france-north Africa
Kevin Fish

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2008

Formed in 1936, Panzer Regiment 8 served in both the 10th and 15th Panzer Divisions and saw action in Poland, France, and in May 1941 with the famed German Africa Corps, under the legendary Rommel. The regiment went on to serve with high distinction in every major battle fought in Africa until May 1943, when out of fuel and ammunition, the regiment's ability to fight on came to an end. This book sheds new light on the history of the German ...

The 10th SS-Panzer-Division "Frundsberg"
Rolf Michaelis

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2008

The 10th Waffen-SS Division "Frundsberg" was formed at the beginning of 1943 as a reserve for the expected Allied invasion of France. However, their first campaign was in the Ukraine in April 1944. Highly motivated after combat success in Ukraine the unit was then transported back to the west where they fought the Allies in France and Arnhem. The division was later transported to Pomerania then fought southeast of Berlin in the Lausitz area to ...

The Military Intervention Corps of the Spanish Blue Division in the German Wehrmacht 1941-1945: ...
Jesus Esteban

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2008

For the first time in English, a new and detailed dimension to the history of the Spanish troops fighting with the German Wehrmacht in World War II: the participation of the Military Intervention Corps in "La Division Azul" - the "Blue Division". More than four hundred unpublished photograph provide an in-depth study of the military uniforms, uniforms, documents, and organization of the Spanish and German Military Administration of the period.

On the Highways of the Skies: The 8th Air Force in World War II
Martin W. Bowman

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2008

The story in words and pictures, many of them never before seen, of the U.S. 8th Air Force fighter and bomber groups of the 1st, 2nd and Third Air Divisions 1942-45. Many first person stories tell what comnbat was like in the skies in the ETO against the Luftwaffe Gruppes of Bf 109s and Fw 190s and the B-17 Flying Fortresses and B -24 Liberators. Many first hand accounts detail the frenetic missions that were fraught with flak and fighters as ...

Marbles: Identification and Price Guide (Schiffer Book for Collectors)

2 reviews
Robert Block

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 1996

Great Marble Book!
Easier to use than some of the other marble "standards." It is well organized and the values, based on the condition of the marble, are with the marbles. Some of the other books have you constantly flipping from back to front to find a value. The different types of antique handmade marbles are logically grouped for the most part and the machine made marbles are divided by manufacturer.There ...

Parade Medal Bars of the Third Reich
Thomas M. Yanacek

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2008

Presented for the first time in detail, this examination of German medal bars covers a subject long overlooked in reference books. Illustrating over one-hundred German medal bars in full color, both obverse and reverse views are shown, as well as close up images that highlight some of the finer details. Medal bars of the military, police, political, and civil organizations are covered. Examples of original award documents are shown, as well as ...

German Combat Divers In World War II
Michael Jung

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2008

Presented here for the first time is the complete history of the German combat divers in World War II. The author discusses military diving, the development of technical equipment, the establishment and organization of the German combat diver units, and their use in sabotage operations. Also, the completely unknown story of the creation of the "Sea Commando Battalion Brandenburg" and the navy's Combat Diver Training Detachment 700 which emerged ...

Penzers 35(t) and 38(6) and their Variants 1920-1945
Walter Speilberger

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2008

This classic, definitive series continues with this volume on Czech panzers and armored vehicles in German use from 1920-1945. Spielberger, a leading expert in the field of German military vehicles, presents the wide variety of variants on the 35(t) and 38(t) chassis: self-propelled artillery, anti-tank guns, flak, mortars, flamethrowers, Hetzer, half-tracks, trucks, personnel carriers, etc.

The Nieuport 28: America's First Fighter
Theodore Hamady

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2008

The first squadrons of American-trained fighter pilots to enter combat in April 1918 during World War I were equipped with the Nieuport 28. Douglas Campbell, Jimmy Meissner, and Eddie Rickenbacker, were among those who cut their teeth on the Nieuport 28 fighter and gained the experience, skills, and confidence necessary to survive and succeed in aerial combat. This book provides an exhaustive history of the Nieuport 28, from its design inception ...

Zuni Jewelry

2 reviews
Theda Bassman, Michael Bassman

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2006

Another gorgeous book from Schiffer
Even though these are obstensibly for the information of collectors, all the Schiffer books that I have ever gotten are magnificent just for the those who wistfully wish they could afford a piece. The reader can't handle the actual pieces, but it's about as close as one will get in a picture. And if one ever does get enough money to buy a piece, one will know what one wants. This is full of ...

Uniforms of the Waffen-SS, Vol. 1: Black Service Uniform, LAH Guard Uniform, SS Earth-Grey Service Uniform, ...

2 reviews
Michael D. Beaver

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2002

A MUST HAVE book on the subject of SS uniforms
If you've been looking for a book that offers BOTH wartime photographs AND multi angle/ close up studies of uniforms from actual collections, this book (and the two other volumes from that trilogy) is EXACTLY what you need. More than just a splendid coffee table book, it is an outstanding source of information about the history/construction and regulation for each and every variety of uniform ...

Operation Drvar: A Facsimile of Official Kriegsberichter Reports on the Attack by Ss-fallschirmjager on ...

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2008

This book is a text and photographic facsimile of two very rare after action reports by Luftwaffe kriegsberichter (war correspondents) chronicling Operation "Drvar" where German airborne and land forces attempted to capture or kill the Yugoslav communist partisan leader Tito in his headquarters in Drvar, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Includes text in English and German, and over forty rare photographs.

Uniforms of the Waffen-SS Sports and Drill Uniforms 'Black Panzer Uniforms'

1 review
Michael D. Beaver

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2002

Essential addition to the trilogy and the camouflage book
This third book in the collection of the "Uniforms Of The Waffen-SS" deals with with the panzer uniforms (2/5 of the book), the camouflage uniforms (2/5) and the special uniforms (concentration camps, Sipo-SD, female auxiliaries). I think this one is almost as interesting as the first book and the famous "Camouflage Uniforms Of The Waffen-SS" (the "prologue" of the present "trilogy" about the ...

The Volkswagen Kubelwagen type 82 in World War II
Janusz Piekalkiewicz

Schiffer Pub Ltd, 2008

The famed World War II vehicle - the German equivalent of the American "Jeep" - is presented here in a superb collection of vintage photographs, and detailed text included testing, production, guidebooks, and technical manuals. Included are the many variants that saw use on a variety of war fronts throughout the Second World War with special coverage of its extensive use in North Africa.

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