THE ARDENNES 1944-1945:
HITLER'S WINTER OFFENSIVE REVISITED VOLUME II
by Christer Bergstrom
The new Volume II deals with
various turning points in the battle: First the failure of
SS-Kampfgruppe Peiper, the Allied Air Force’s severing of
the German supply lines around Christmas, and Patton’s
counter-offensive. Next, the bitter defeat sustained by
Patton’s Third Army in the tank battle at Bastogne, and
several other German victories in tank battles that have
previously been covered up, how the Luftwaffe actually
gained air superiority, and the German offensive restarted
in January 1945. The bloody battles in January 1945, which
cost both sides huge losses are described in detail.
new in
illustrated boards. large format, 477pp, 15 maps, numerous
b/w photos
Australian Sunderland Squadrons in
the Defeat of Hitler’s U-boat Menace, 1942-43. 1943 was the
turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic when forces,
technologies and tactics turned against Germany’s U-boats.
The victory secured Britain’s trans-Atlantic lifeline and
enabled the vast build-up in military forces in Britain
necessary to launch D-Day in 1944. Nos 10 and 461 Squadrons
of the Royal Australian Air Force flew Sunderland flying
boats as part of RAF Coastal Command, flying long-range
daylight missions over the eastern Atlantic and patrolling
Britain’s southwest approaches. They hunted and killed
U-boats and fought furious air battles over the Bay of
Biscay against Luftwaffe Ju 88 long-range fighters tasked
with shooting them down.
New in d/w, 320pp, map, 37 b/w photos & 1 colour photo
The 12.SS-Panzer Division
‘Hitlerjugend’ in Normandy. Established in 1943, the
Division was designed to become an elite unit formed by ‘a
generation of future soldiers, tough as leather and hard as
Krupp steel’ and commanded by a nucleus of hardened SS
officers and NCOs. This is the detailed history of the
division from its formation and through the Normandy
campaign where it received its baptism of fire. Although
employed in the field for the first time, those young
soldiers fought with a tenacity and ferocity unexcelled by
any other unit Allied or German deployed on the invasion
front, defending doggedly every single yard of ground from
Caen to Falaise, a distance of just 25 miles, over which the
Canadians and British fought, paying a high price in blood.
New in d/w,
368pp, numerous b/w photos, maps & plans
SHADOWS ON THE HORIZON: THE BATTLE OF CONVOY
HX-233
by W A Haskell
The saga of a German
front-line U-Boat, U-175, which, with her compatriots, very
nearly severed Britain's lifeline across the Atlantic. Her
actions culminated in the battle around Convoy HX-233 in the
Spring of 1943. The book is based on first-hand experience,
original documents and eye-witness accounts.
OSPREY AIRCRAFT OF THE ACES 95:
POLIKARPOV I-15, I-16 AND I-153 ACES
by
Mikhail Maslov
The I-15,
I-16 and I-153 fighters were the world’s first mass-produced
fighters. Some 17,000 had been manufactured by the time
production ceased in 1941. They served with the Republicans
in the Spain, the Chinese against Japan in 1937−38, and the
Soviets against both Japan in the Nomonhan Incident and
Finland during the Winter War. By 1941, more than 20 Soviet
pilots had made ace in Polikarpovs, and many more attained
that status during the first months of the German invasion.
Though thoroughly outclassed, the Polikarpov was the
backbone of the Soviet air force early in WWII.
New in card cover
- A4 format, 96pp, 10 colour plates, numerous b/w photos
