Book Listing [Archive]

Andrew Hall

10-24-2006, 05:51 PM

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Author: Tomioka Yoshikatsu
Publisher: Dai Nippon Kaiga, Japan
ISBN 4-499-22693-7

This photo book contains images of German armoured vehicles from the French ECPA archives. Photos are printed full page for the most part and the production quality is high. The book features several specific units, each unit gets an average of 5 or so printed pages. Photo captions are in Japanese though there is a brief summary for each unit in English.

Units featured are;

StuG.Abt 202, Smolensk, Russia 1943 (StuG III)
190.Pz.Aufklarungskompanie, Tunisia 1942 (Sd.Kfz 231 8-Rad)
10.Pz.Div., Tunisia, 1942 (Sd.Kfz 233)
1.Ski.Jager.Brig. (Grille, 251)
Pz.Lehr.Div. Normandy, 1944 (251/9)
SS.Pz.Rgt.12, Normandy, 1944 (Pz.IV)
9.SS.Pz.Div., Normandy, 1944, (251/10)
12.SS.Pz.Div, Normandy 1944 (Mixed bag)
Un'ID'd unit retreating, Normandy, 1944 (Mixed bag)
Pz.Abt 2111, Lorraine, 1944 (Pz.IV.J)
Pz.Brig.111, Lorraine, 1944 (Flakpanzer IV)
116.Pz.Div., Belgium, 1944 (251/3)
s.Pz.Jg.Abt.560, Russia, 1943 (Hornisse)
Unknown unit (Sd.Kfz 10)
Various truppenkennzeichen (aka unit emblems)
I./Pz.Rgt.15, Russia, 1943 (Panther D, 251)
Pz.Rgt.39, France 1943 (Panther D)
Pz.Rgt.6 (attached Pz.Lehr.Div), Normandy 1944
SS.Pz.Rgt.12, Normandy 1944 (Panther)
s.Pz.Jg.Abt.654, Normandy, 1944 (Jagdpanther)
Pz.Rgt.16, Lorraine, 1944 (Panther G)
Pz.Rgt.15, Lorraine, 1944 (Panther)
Unknown unit, (France/Belgium/Holland), 1944 (Befehlspanther)

Andrew

Andrew Hall

10-24-2006, 06:21 PM

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Author: Tomioka Yoshikatsu and Koboyashi Motofumi
Publisher: Dai Nippon Kaiga
ISBN: 4-499-22688-0

This Japanese title is especially useful to the 'Tiger' modeller as it contains sequential shots. Repro quality is high, the shots coming from the French ECPA archives. Several units are featured and photo captions are in dual Japanese/English, I suspect by the knowledgable Kitamura.

s.Pz.Abt.502 summer 1943
s.Pz.Abt.502 spring 1943
s.Pz.Abt.501 late 1942
s.Pz.Abt.503 late summer 1943
s.Pz.Abt.502 spring 1944
SS.s.Abt.102, July 1944
s.Pz.Abt.503 July 1944
GD August 1943

At the back there is an extremely useful type of Tiger Fibel. Though nothing like the original, it uses well drawn characters (and very useful detail drawings of the sort found in the the Achtung Panzer series) to guide the reader through operating a Tiger.

Andrew

landm

10-24-2006, 07:19 PM

I thought this thread might be a place to share information on books. If we use a similiar format in each post, for example Title (typed in the Reply Header bar), Author, Publisher, ISBN then it should be easily searchable. Adding comments, good or bad, quality and choice of photos, whatever etc. etc. etc.

Andrew
I think this is a fantastic idea Andrew!:thumb: Also, thank you very much for the synopsis of the first two listed above!

Best,
Mike

landm

10-24-2006, 07:36 PM

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Edited by Dale R. Ritter
Publisher: Schiffer
ISBN: 0-7643-2000-9

Here's one I'll post as well.
First of all if you are looking for a book with lots of “new” pics of Tigers then this book is probably not what you want. Of the approximately 230 pics in the book only 28 have the Tiger in them. This is also not a book for those who want technical info on the Tiger. What you will find is an overview of the time Alfred Rubbel spent during the war, and immediately afterward. As opposed to the combat diaries that are available these days, this is more an account of the men themselves, and the crews they fought and lived with.
Beginning in the first chapter Mr. Rubbel describes how he first volunteered for duty at the age of 18, and spent his first 6 months in the infantry. From there you learn how he ended up in the Panzertruppe, and later was assigned to one of the new Tiger-abteilungs as a newly commissioned officer. As an example of some of the memories Mr. Rubbel shares with the reader, he talks about some time spent in Charkow where he developed a relationship with a Russian girl whose family he and his crew were staying with. Another section of the text I found to be very interesting was a short description of some of the political views leading up to operation Barbarossa. Near the conclusion of the book he describes his journey west, away from the Russians to the Americans, and how he was finally captured.
To conclude I also wanted to mention the book has 23 maps and a similar number of photo-copied documents. While not for everyone, I found the book to be very enjoyable as it gives the reader a more personal look at not only the men who crewed the Tigers but I think the German tankers in general. I also have volume 2 that centers on Horst Kronke. I have not yet finished reading it but it is very similar in the way it is written, and the material that is covered, with some Tiger pics I have not seen elsewhere. If anyone has any specific questions just let me know and I’ll try to answer them.

lquah

10-25-2006, 08:07 AM

Andrew

Super idea :thumb: and the synopsis is really useful.

Could I just suggest to create a new thread based on vehicle type/division/etc to make it easier to search.

Mike
Thanks for sharing the info.

Lawrence

James Tainton

10-25-2006, 08:54 AM

brokeneagle

10-25-2006, 09:11 AM

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This book has 128 pages briefly covering all aspects of the history of the BR52. It gives brief coverage on the beginnings, origins, design and manufacture of these machines during ww2 over 12 pages. The rest of the book is devoted to post war 52's as well as survivors and their use up to present day. There are also tables tracking all the known production numbers, showing when and where they were built and where they are now. I was a bit dissapointed due to the thin WW2 content and virtually no pictures from the war, however, it seems to be the only show in town at the moment so the post war photos of original vehicles are still very good.
PUBLISHER - Frank Stenvalls Forlag.
ISBN 91-7266-140-2

Evan August

10-25-2006, 12:49 PM

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The SS Panzer Grenadier Division LSSAH and the Battle of Kharkov, January-March 1943

George Nipe and Remy Spezzano
RZM
ISBN 0-9657584-2-7
295 pages

Tons of photos taken by SS KB photographers during the Kharkov battle. Lots of good shots of 251 Ausf Cs, Marder III, Panzer III and IV, and StuG III Ausf F and a few nice pics of initial production StuG III Ausf Gs. Quite a few pics of the well known officers, like Meyer, Wunsche, and Peiper and the average SS soldier as well. The pictures appear in sequential order, so you can follow the progress of the battle from recon patrols outside the city to the fight for Red Square and the tractor factory. It's a good companion to Meyer's account of the fighting for Kharkov in Grenadiers.
Photo quality is pretty good for the most part. On average, there's 2 photos a page. There are also some maps and paintings and biographies of the senior officers. Coverage is mostly of LAH, but there are a few shots of Totenkopf vehicles and some knocked out Russian armor.
This title has recently been reprinted by RZM.

Andrew Hall

10-25-2006, 05:46 PM

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Author: Gustav Schrodek
Publisher: Dorfler
ISBN: 3-89555-214-3

This book is a competively priced (circa 20 Euros) Dorfler reprint of the original 11.PD photo book by former unit member Gustav Schrodek. Be aware there is also a textual history of the unit by the same author.

The book runs to over 500 pages and contains around 1200 photos and some maps. Pretty much all photos are of the snapshot variety and while most are from the period 1940-1943 there are some from later including a few from the division final surrender to US forces (the photos of which might have inspired the last German parade in 'Band of Brothers'). The photos show all aspects of the division, mainly the human story but there's some useful vehicle shots as well. German/English captions. Overall excellent value for the asking price.

Andrew

Andrew Hall

10-25-2006, 06:11 PM

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Author: Rolf Stoves
Publisher: Dorfler
ISBN: 3-8955-102-3

This is one of those books I had to 'take a punt on', as we say here and it's now become one that sits within easy reach all the time. It is especially useful for anoraks like me who waste their days trying to ID 'unidentifiable' eBay photos.

Essentially the book outlines the formation, gives a potted history, lists commanders, special features and a bibliography for each major armoured division or brigade.

While I would recommend some familiarity with German military speak before buying this title, it's surprising once you've read books like Jentzs Panzertruppen volumes etc how much you actually do pick up and understand.

Recommended for die-hard trainspotters and guys who get turned on reading Panzertruppen 1 & 2

Andrew

Andrew Hall

10-25-2006, 06:33 PM

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Publisher: Histoire et Collection
ISBN: None

French publisher Histoire et Collection publishes several well known books as well as magazines such as the quarterly Batailles Hors Series.

This recent edition features many unpublished s.Abt.502 Tiger photographs and documentation from unit veteran Maximilian Lotsch as well as older favourites as seen in Schneiders Tigers In Combat 1. Photographic reproduction and printing quality is very high like with most H&C works. There's some real quality material in this magazine not only the vehicles but the inclusion of general ephemera of the time makes this title worth searching out. All French text. Tres bon.

Andrew

Sheeds

10-26-2006, 06:49 AM

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Publisher: Helion
ISBN: 1-874622-85-X

As the title suggests, this book is a must to help decipher the symbols we see on German vehicles and on maps. Its written in plain English and is very easy to follow (perfect for me) with the symbols being laid out in a logical order.

It also includes abbreviations as well as their English meaning. i.e.: IVWi stands for "Wehrwirtschaftoffizier" or "Military Economics Officer". I know, exciting stuff. Great to read when you cant sleep. ;)

That aside, it does come in handy, especially when you're trying to figure out what the command pennant of a Pz.Rgt shape and colour should be! ;)

Sheeds.

PS: Lawrence, the book only deals in Tac markings. No Div symbols at all.

lquah

10-27-2006, 01:36 PM

Sheeds

Does the book cover divisional insignia or just tactical markings?

Lawrence

Andrew Hall

10-27-2006, 03:54 PM

Lawrence this is what you need :)

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Author: Peter Schmitz and Klaus-Juergen Theis
Publisher: Biblio-Verlag, Osnabruck http://www.militaria-biblio.de/
ISBN: 3-7648-1498-5 (Volume 1)
All German text

Most military units use distinctive emblems painted on their equipment to mark their unit. These emblems may be associated with their home town or region, traditional, historical or just plain artistic. The German military in WW2 was like any other and used many of these emblems, called Truppenkennzeichen. There is an area of study into these truppenkennzeichen as many emblems remain an unsolved mystery as to who they belonged to.

Peter Schmitz and Klaus-Juergen Theis have written a series of six volumes (I'm not sure if 5 & 6 are published yet) devoted to the history of these emblems.

Volume 1 was published in 1987 and contains over 900 pages devoted to Das Heer
Volume 2 is devoted to the Kriegsmarine, Luftwaffe and W-SS 775 pages
Volume 3 -6 are or will be devoted to corrections, updates and new information

The volumes are broken down by branch of service (Artillery, Infantry, Mobile troops etc). As well as detailing the emblems, its origins and colours, for each unit there is a reasonably detailed history of that units TOE and movements making them doubly useful.

As befits each volumes size and the research that must have gone into them, these are not inexpensive acquisitions however if you invest you will be rewarded with years of use. In summary these are heavyweight stuff for those seriously lost in panzerland.

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Ebbe Bergman

10-27-2006, 03:54 PM

Andrew nice idea!
I just love it here is my contribute.
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"Tigers in the mud" written by Otto Carius. ISBN number 0811729117. Published by STACKPOLE BOOKS. Translated by Robert J. Edwards.
Tank ace from eastern front. Tankcomander of a Tiger tank 2:nd kompanie of sPzAbt 502. If I remeber right of the kompanie. Not much picuteres. 4 pages maby of pictures and the rest of the 368 pages it deals with the beguinning for him when he got conscripted into the german army. From being a loader in a pz 38t tank to comanding a Tiger tank and being comander of the kompanie. Famous from the attack at Dünaburg and at last comanding Jagdtigers. Very interesting book if you are looking for stories and ideas for dioramas.

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"Waffen SS Kursk 1943" written by George M. Nipe and Remy Spezzano.
published by RZM Imports. ISBN number 096575846X
120 pages and lots of pictures. Very crisp photographs not the grainy ones you might find in many books. Taken by PK men during the Kursk offensive in 1943. The divisions you will find is: Totenkopf, Das Reich and Leibstandarten SS Adolf Hitler. If you have problems with knowing how the uniforms looked like, tanks where camouflaged or just looking for diorama ideas this is a good reference. Strongly recomended. There is 6 books in this serie that I know about.

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Same as above but this is the 6th book in the serie. 116 pages with many pictures. ISBN number 0974838918.

Soldat in Waffen-SS : an eyewitness report.
Witten by Johann Voss. ISBN number 9185057142. Publisher in Sweden is Historiska media. Number of pages 288.

Johann Voss was a soldier in Waffen SS gebirjäger korps during the war. The division he was belonging to was Gebirjäger Nord. From the war at the finishborder to the Northwind operation and capture by the americans. Very good book about his experiance of the war. Somewhat thinn maby but a good read.

Svenskarna som stred för Hitler ( The swedes that fought for Hitler ).
Written by Bosse Schön. Published by Bokförlaget Forum. Number of pages is 400 ruffly I belive.
Some pictures taken by the swedish soldiers. From 1942 and to 1944.

It depicts different soldiers. One soldier was the first non german soldier or the first skandinavian soldier in Waffen SS. Ingmar Somberg. A sweden who was in Germany at reletives and was suported to seake Waffen SS. Others where sometimes dubbelcrossed into assigning to Waffen SS when they wanted to fight with the finnish soldiers. It deals with a history page that swedish athoreties wanted to sweap under the carped after 1945.
A good book and the wrighter realy tries not to let his own ideas and belifes take over the book. Some of the persons in the book fights for Hitler during the battle of Berlin even and escapes from the hell when 3:rd rich falls appart and Sovjet forces ends the war more or less.

Best regards!
Ebbe

Panzergrenadier

10-27-2006, 07:54 PM

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Written by Heinz Guderian. (The book contains a lot of translator remarks and background info.)
Publisher: Cassell
ISBN 0-304-35285-3

The book has 220 pages, is in English. Basically Guderian analyses the development of the tank, its use by the allies in the I WW, German reaction to them. Then the beginning and development of the Panzertruppen. There are about 6 pages of pictures of I WW tanks and the armored vehicles between the two wars. There is also a table whitch lists the early tanks mechanical data like trench crossing ability. Beware, it isn't easy to read. :rolleyes: But I still recommend it to every Panzer fan. It is just something you have to read.

Siim

Panzergrenadier

10-27-2006, 08:07 PM

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Written by Chris Chant.
Publisher: Grange Books
ISBN 1-84013-442-9

The book has 96 pages. English text. It has a brief overview of the guns of France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Sweden (only one gun and that is a 40mm Bofors) United States and USSR.
It is printed on high quality paper and every gun has one picture.
I would not recomment it. It is a waste of money. There is A LOT more info on these guns available on the net. Some texts are a bit mixed up and some guns are missing.

Siim

Panzergrenadier

10-27-2006, 08:27 PM

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I will not give an ISBN for this book because it is in Estonian, but the English version should be easally found by the book name.

Written by Guido Knopp
The book has 327 pages of text and no pictures. It gives a very detailed information on the SS. Overall interesting reading material.

Siim

Evan August

10-28-2006, 12:28 AM

Ebbe,
I have a copy of Black Edelweiss, by Johann Voss. Sounds like the same book, just a different name. It is really a great read and one of my all time favorite WWII memoirs.

Ebbe Bergman

10-28-2006, 04:36 AM

Evan
Yes it´s the same book. Well...I like it too...but when it ended it felt...so short in some respect. I think I read it through in one day.

Tony

10-28-2006, 06:32 AM

Hello,

I am new to this great site and this is my first contribution:

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ISBN 3921655897

Pages 448

This book tracks the combat career of Peiper thru the war and till his death in 1976.
The book has many photos of Peiper and the vehicles he road in.
This is one of my all time favourites books
All German text and sadly no longer in print.

Greetz
Tom

lquah

10-28-2006, 07:46 AM

Tom

Welcome to the Planet and thanks for sharing.

Lawrence

Tony

10-28-2006, 07:58 AM

Lawrence,

Thank you

Tom

Here is another of my favourites

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This book is the first detailed and comprehensive account of the Kharkov counteroffensive, the operations of the SS divisions and the supporting actions of Armeeabteilung Fretter-Pico and 1. Panzerarmee, and is supported by over 210 photographs and maps. By the end of January of 1943, Hitler's armies had been dealt a series of defeats by the Russians, beginning with the disaster at Stalingrad. Successive Soviet offensives had destroyed the German 6. Armee and annihilated the armies of Germany's Axis allies, Italy, Rumania and Hungary. Germany teetered on the brink of defeat in World War II because the Soviet advance threatened to drive to the Dnepr River and encircle the remaining Germans armies in southern Russia. Stalin and the Russian high command believed that the war could be won with just one more great effort. Accordingly, they planned and launched two offensives, designated Operations "Star" and "Gallop." The focal points of the two offensives included the recapture of Kharkov, the industrial heart of the Ukraine and the destruction of Armeeabteilung Hollidt, 4. Panzerarmee and 2. Armee. Feldmarschall Erich von Manstein entered the picture in late 1942 when he was appointed commander of Heeresgruppe Don. Beginning in February he engineered a remarkable operation that changed the course of the war in Russia. Manstein's counteroffensive destroyed or severely damaged four Russian armies and regained much of the territory lost in January. The troops that played the most important role in the offensive were three divisions of the Waffen-SS. "Leibstandarte," "Das Reich" and "Totenkopf" were combined for the first time into a corps, which was commanded by SS-Obergruppenf?hrer Paul Hausser, the senior commander of the Waffen-SS. "Leibstandarte" and "Das Reich" participated in the defense of Kharkov, along with the elite Army division "Grossdeutschland" supported by three weak infantry divisions. This handful of divisions was attacked by four Soviet armies, but under command of Armeeabteilung Lanz, was able to hold the city for two weeks. On 14 February, 1943 the SS-Panzerkorps and the rest of Armeeabteilung Lanz withdrew from Kharkov under disputed circumstances that involved Hausser and his violation of a direct order from Hitler. Almost exactly a month later, the Germans had recaptured Kharkov and destroyed or crippled the four Soviet armies that had driven them out of the city in February. The divisions that played the key role in Manstein's counteroffensive were the three divisions of the Waffen-SS. While "Leibstandarte" defended the supply base of the SS-Panzerkorps from the entire Soviet 3rd Tank Army, "Das Reich" and "Totenkopf" conducted a complex series of operations that began with a 100 kilometer thrust to the south which saved the Dnepr bridges, thus securing supply lines for the armies of Heeresgruppe Don/S?d. Subsequent operations by the SS divisions drove the Russians away from the rail net south of Kharkov and wrested Kharkov from the Russians once again. During the recapture of the city, there was controversy regarding Hausser's command decisions. Hausser has been accused of disregarding his instructions from superior officers and throwing his divisions into costly combat in the city for reasons of personal and SS prestige, in order to regain Hitler's favor. This study has found that the records of the SS-Panzerkorps and 4. Panzerarmee provide a different explanation for Hausser's actions. , over 210 b/w photographs, 8 1/2" x 11"

Hardcover
Schiffer piblishing
ISBN 0764311867

James Tainton

10-28-2006, 07:09 PM

I'll add a favourite of mine, picked it up in Germany on a visit before last.

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This quite a big book in size and heft. It has about 600 pages and is filled from cover to cover with picture after picture, in a sequential manner over the period of the war, of Waffen SS history. Not so-much a Panzer book as a general pictorial history, although the SS Panzer Div. are represented.

Copyright 1973
Published by the Association of Soldiers of the Former Waffen-SS
National Europe Verlag GmbH, Postfach 25 54,D-96414 Coburg
ISBN 3-920677-6-4
German and english text

Sheeds

11-02-2006, 11:36 PM

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When I first looked at this latest title from JJF, I was very disappointed. After the first few pages of decent photos you get into the poor quality screen grabs. Then you get a couple of decent photos, before more pages of grabs then one or two more photos....and the cycle continues through the whole book.

After a second look, I am happier with the book and would recommend it. Due to sheer number of acceptable photos it’s worthwhile, and I think you’d get something out of it. Although, the same poor reproduction of known clear photos, is evident in this title as well. The new info regarding the use of JSU 152's at Kursk is very interesting......especially as they hadn't been invented yet. (Thanks Henrik ;) )

In general, I am suspect of the current trend to add barely recognisable screen grabs of explosions etc that add nothing except make me dubious that the author/publisher is taking advantage of me.

Cheers,
Sheeds.

Leigh Coote

11-03-2006, 03:28 AM

G'day Sheeds
What about volume 1, the South, do you have that one also, how does it compare to this one, similar or better? These books have been on my to buy list for a while but I haven't gotten around to it.
I was under the impression these would be like the Kharkov volume also by Restayn which has a pretty good collection of pics.

Leigh

brokeneagle

11-03-2006, 07:33 AM

:thumb: VOLUME ONE AND TWO
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These two books are terrific if you like knocked out tanks.
They also offer some great reference material on the insides of some areas in tanks that you would normally not see, as well as providing many great photos of unusual and rare panzers of which a great number I have not seen elsewhere. They are a very good reference for dioramas.
Both volumes are in landscape format with 97 pages each. They are totally a pictorial publication and do not waste any unneccessary space on 'hot air'.Some pages are taken up by 1 full photo, while others are showing 2 or more. Most photo's are extremely clear. The information provided is only in caption form and is informative and concise, which allows the publishers utilize the space for photos.
Highly recomended.
97 PAGES B+W
LANDSCAPE PAPERBACK FORMAT
PUBLISHED BY : WILLIAM AUERBACH.
AVAILABLE ON THE NET AT http://www.panzerwrecks.com (http://www.panzerwrecks.com)

lquah

11-12-2006, 06:53 AM

German AFVz and Artillery in the ETO 1944-45
Author: Steven J Zaloga
Publisher: Concord
ISBN: 962-361-109-9

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This is the second volume and is based on photos taken by the Ordnance Technical Intelligence Section of ETOUSA. Photos in the first volume was based on Signal Corps photographs.

This volume covers some of the lesser known subjects which is welcome. Subjects covered include:
- Close up photo of PzKpfw IV Thoma skirt mounts
- Bergepanther with close-ups of the winch in Ardennes
- detailed close-ups of the 68 tonne Culemeyer trailer used to transport King Tiger 332
- Jagpanzer IV
- Raupenshlepper Ost with 75mm Pak 40 and close-ups of the gun mount
- SdKfz 251/22 with 75mm Pak 40 with interior photos
- SdKfz 250/9 with interior photos
- Aufklarer PzKpfw 38(t)
- SdKfz 234/2 "Puma" with engine and interior photos
- SdKfz 251 with 4.5 inch Calliope multiple rocket launcher
- SdKfz 251/17 Schwebelafette with close up of the gun and mount
- Schwere Wehrmacht Schlepper (sWS) in US service
- Flakpanzer 38(t)
- Mobelwagen with 37mm Flak 43 with close-up of the gun
- Wirbelwind 20mm Flakvierling 38 with interior photos
- SdKfz 7/1 with 20mm Flakvierling 38
- Hummel and Munitionstrager Hummel
- Gerat 809 or Grille II
- 88mm Flak 41 and 88mm Pak 43/41 in concrete bunkers
- 88mm Pak 43
- Jagdtiger "X7" and interior photos
- 128mm K81/2 gun. Theses were gubs from the Jagdtiger and made into towed ant- tank guns
- 128mm Flak 40 and 128mm Pak 44
- And the most interesting of all is the Flakwerfer 44 Fohngerate (stormweapon). This was a mobile launcher that fired a salvo of 35 unguided 73mm rockets.

This is a very good book. The photos have been digitally enhanced and the subject coverage is welcome.

Lawrence

lquah

11-14-2006, 11:34 AM

Author: Hasso von Manteuffel
Publisher: Schiffer Military History
ISBN: 0-7643-1208-1

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Summary from Amazon
The 7th Panzer Divison was one of the outstanding armored units of World War II, and became famous during the Battle of France in 1940 with Erwin Rommel as its commander. This photographic chronicle, by famed Knight's Cross holder Hasso v. Manteuffel, traces the path of the 7th PD through its entire war history on a variety of fronts., over 200 b/w photographs, 7" x 10"

My comments
This book traces the history of the 7th PD through WWII photos. The text is quite brief and is in both German and English. I would say 70/30 split. As mentioned in the title, this book gives an illustrated history, so don't expect a lot of text. von Manteuffel writes factually of the events and does not attempt to analyse the actions or provide in depth account of actions of the 7th PD.

Photos whilst numerous (2 to 5 per page) have not been digitally enhanced and are not up to the same standard you get in Japanese books like Ground Power and Achtung Panzer. Photos are also quite smallThe captions are usually one-liner and refer to the AFV type in generic form (for example a SdKfz 7/1 flakvierling is called merely captioned 20mm quadruple AA gun).

Chronological timeline of movements are provided but in German only. Maps are also included. Towards the end of the book, there are photos of officers.

Coverage of AFVs is fair with the focus more on the troops.

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Lawrence

Tony

11-18-2006, 02:10 PM

Hello,

Some new books that came in yesterday

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Author - Otto Henning
ISBN - 3881896309
Publisher - Flechsig
Pages - 228
Language - German

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Author - Otto Henning
ISBN - 3881896341
Publisher - Flechsig
Pages - 252
Language - German

These two books trace the life of the author thru the war. I have not read them but they look very promising.

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Author - Günter K. Koschorrek
ISBN - 3881895086
Publisher - Flechsig
Pages - 474
Language - German

This book is an account of the Stalingrad battle seen thru the eyes of an ordinary rifleman

Greetz
Tom

Sheeds

12-04-2006, 09:05 PM

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http://www.panzerwrecks.com/

The long awaited third installment of this marvellous series, has finally landed on my desk. It has more of the brilliant shots we've come to expect from the first 2 releases, including some nice Hetzers, Panthers and the clearest shots of the 512 Jagd Tigers surrendering that I've seen to date.

This series is well worth getting, with many varied subjects and you'd be hard pressed to be disappointed. These can be bought directly from the Panzer Wrecks web site. (I've posted the link above).

Sheeds.

Ebbe Bergman

12-05-2006, 05:01 AM

Yesterday I got:
"Michael Wittmann and the Tiger comanders of LSSAH". Some photos and much text. Comes in part 1 and part 2. Part 1 is how Waffen SS got the Tiger tanks up to the training before D-day landings.
ISBN 9780811733342
Athour:Patric Agte

The other book is called at swedish "Pansarspaning med Waffen SS på östfronten. SS-panzer aufklärungs-abteilung 11 Nordland". I guess if I would translate it it would be something like....Panzerrec with Waffen SS on easternfront. SS pz AA11 Nordland.
ISBN 9197589454
Athour: Lennart Westberg, Herbert Poller, Martin Månsson.

Best regards
Ebbe

lquah

12-05-2006, 12:51 PM

German Unit Insignia of WWII - Part I Ground Units Volume 1
Authors: Waldemar Trojca and John Fedorowicz
Publisher: Katowice-Speyer-Winnipeg
ISBN: 83-60041-17-2

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This volume contains 80 pages, has 24 color pages and 3x waterslide decal sheets for 1/35, 1/48 and 1/72. The decals do not have numbers and you are left to refer to the color pages. As the book covers quite a number of divisions in just 80 pages, further reference sources will be needed for the actual location of the decals. The text mainly covers the area of operations of the divisions and a one line mention on when the insignia were used.

However, I found the decal sheets to be smaller than advertised. The decal sheets are two 7"x10" and one 5"x7" and covers the following...

Armored Divisions: 1. Panzer-Division, 2. Panzer-Division, 1. SS-Panzer-Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" and 2. SS-Panzer-Division "Das Reich"

Infantry Divisions: 1. Infanterie-Division, 2. Infanterie-Division (mot.), 3. Infanterie-Division (mot.), 4. Infanterie-Division, 5. Infanterie-Division (5. leichte Infanterie-Division and 5. Jäger-Division), 6. Infanterie-Division (6. Volks-Grenadier-Division), 7. Infanterie-Division, 8. Infanterie-Division (8. Jäger-Division), 9. Infanterie-Division (9. Volks-Grenadier-Division), 10. Infanterie-Division (mot.), 11. Infanterie-Division, 12. Infanterie-Division (12. Grenadier-Division, 12. Volks-Grenadier-Division),

Flak: An assortment of separate and organic Flak formations, to include battalions, regiments, brigades, divisions and corps.

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I find this book to be a bit of a mixed bag. It has good basic information of the divisions and insignia. But it lack details on the location of the insignias and what vehicles they were used on. On the plus side, the decal sheets are useful covering different scale sizes and has a good coverage of Flak divisions.

Click on this link for more images from the book
http://www.jjfpub.mb.ca/insignia-i-1.htm

Lawrence

lquah

12-05-2006, 01:13 PM

StuG.III-IV at War
Author: Waldemar Trojca and Karlheinz Munch
Publisher: Katowice-Speyer
ISBN: 83-60041-18-0

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This book contains 216 pages, 8 wartime color photos and 11 color pages. As with books in the "at War" series, there is no text save for the bilingual photo captions (english and german). The photos are organised based on the ausf (from Stug III ausf A to ausf G and Stug IV). The captions are also better than previous titles and most now includes information on the unit, location and date. The photos are large and laid out with no more than 2 per page.

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Andrew Hall

01-07-2007, 03:59 PM

BAOR: Vehicles of the British Army of the Rhine 1945-1979
Author: Peter Blume
Published by Tankograd Publishing
No ISBN

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I have a bit of a Centurion thing going on at the moment and while down at Bovington over Xmas I saw this title. Tankograd monographs are usually good value for money and this one is no exception. This German/English (full English text) title has a fine collection of over 120 b&w and colour photos of British vehicles 'in action' as it were. The photos are backed up by a introductory history of the formation of BAOR and the BAOR orders of battle.

Now, my knowledge of my own countrys armour is admittedly limited and I suspect the author might struggle a bit on the tanks too?? In the photo captions he will call out the variant for armoured cars, APCs and softskins etc but the tanks are simply labelled as Centurion or Chieftain. It would have been nice to know exactly what variant I was looking at. While the book is titled 1945-1979 I noticed on page 27 a Chieftain Stillbrew, a much later model.

But anyway, I fine addition to my library and, if you're into the subject matter, a must.

Andrew

Andrew Hall

06-13-2007, 05:15 PM

Time to bump this thread, please post your latest buys or old favourites..

I recently purchased a two volume divisional history of the 4.Panzer Division.

Die 4.Panzer-Division 1938-43 and 1943-45.

These books have a bit of a convoluted history, the 43-45 one is written by General von Saucken and I believe was written when he was in Russian captivity after the war (someone correct me if I'm wrong). The second was written and published in the 1980's by Ritterkreuztrager Joachim Neumann, a former member of the divisions artillery regiment.

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Both are written in the style daily reports of the division and it's unit and equipment status, in other words a war diary.

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There are numerous maps detailing the division and its units positions

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These are serious study books of around 700 pages each that will keep you busy for years if you wanted. Me, I just look at the big writing and the pretty pictures.

Andrew

pwranta193

06-13-2007, 05:58 PM

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Wilhelm Tieke
Hardcover: 488 pages
Publisher: Fedorowicz (J.J.),Canada (July 1999)
ISBN-10: 0921991436
ISBN-13: 978-0921991434

I've been wading through this book off and on for a month... Tieke has amassed a ton of detail into this book, so much so that I need to take a break from it periodically. The book covers the 9th and 10th and their largely parallel development, initial blooding in the east and subsequent mauling as they withdrew across France. I've just completed the rebuild following their use as a fire brigade against Market Garden, and they are now entering the Bulge... that's for this evening.

Tieke tells the story from the the Company level to the Divisional level with frequent details ranging into individual kampfgruppes or insights into the OKW thinking for specific orders. A terrrific source for finding where a given company or Abt. was during any given week, but I wished for better maps and diagrams in this day and age. Photos aren't ideal for the AFV modeller, but are there to round out the tale.

A good solid piece for anyone interested in either of the two divisions, or specifics of their battles. I'll post a battle list update in an edit.