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(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) With the development of the German Panzerwaffe, military planners realized both the enormous potential of the tank as a breakthrough weapon, but also the issues faced by support units following the attacking force. A tank assault moved rapidly forwards and this required a motorized infantry which could keep pace with the attack.… Read more about this item

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) Mass market paperback. Pages browning. Good. A history of the German Parachute forces in WWII. Looks at the fate of the Fallschirmjager from their spectacular debut during the invasion of Crete 1941. (Published: 1975) (Publisher: Corgi Books) (ISBN: 0552098744) (Pagination: 224pp maps) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) From the earliest days as Hitler's personal bodyguard, to the height of its power in WWII. This collection of photographs illustrates the complexity of the SS organisation and the diversity of its activities - the maternity homes and the SS' ideas on race and genealogy, the concentration camps that specialised in extermination,… Read more about this item

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) Mass market paperback. Pages browning. Good. A history of the SS Panzer Divisions (Published: 1977) (Publisher: Futura Publishers) (ISBN: 0860074870) (Pagination: 205pp, 10 photos, maps.) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) Mass market paperback. Pages browning. Good.A detailed history looking at both faces of the SS formations with a vivid picture of the architects of the world's most terrible private army, Adolf Hitler and Heinrich Himmler. (Published: 1978) (Publisher: Hamlyn) (ISBN: 0600394298) (Pagination: 275pp, photos) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) Blandford War Photo-Files series. Over 200 photographs featuring the Combat SS units together with many of the West and East European Volunteer units. Arranged in order of the theatres and campaigns in which the Waffen-SS fought. (Published: 1987) (Publisher: Blandford Press) (ISBN: 0713715456) (Pagination: 213pp, 214 photos) (Condition: Very good in card… Read more about this item

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) This is a 1996 re-issue of the book first published in 1939, thus mis-describing the Gestapo, as the 'German Secret Service'. It was actually The Geheime Staatspolizei (Secret State Police), abbreviated Gestapo, and was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe. The book however provides a contemporary account of… Read more about this item

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) The specialist German infantry who served in the Panzer and Panzer Grenadier Divisions of the German Army and Waffen SS In WWII. Includes organisation and equipment, as well as accounts of the actions of units of the SS Das Reich before Moscow, the 12th Hitler Youth in Normandy, the fighting at Arnhem,… Read more about this item

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) A study on the elite German mountain divisions in WWII. They served in Norway, Russia, Crete and, in the final days of the war, defended the frontier of the Reich in Austria. (Published: 1992) (Publisher: Arms & Armour Press) (ISBN: 1854090798) (Pagination: 224pp, 60 photos, 6 maps, index) (Condition: good in dw.)… Read more about this item

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) Small stamp on endpaper. The history of the SS Division "Das Reich". James Lucas describes the military role of the 2nd SS Division, it's origins, organisation and recruitment, it's WWII battles and campaigns including Poland, Yugoslavia and the Eastern Front to the final surrender in 1945. (Published: 1991) (Publisher: Arms & Armour… Read more about this item

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) An account of German Paratroopers in the Poland Campaign, 1939. Although the fledgling paratroop operations in Belgium and the Netherlands in 1940, and on Crete in 1941, attracted worldwide attention, less well-known is that the use of airborne forces had been planned for the invasion of Poland in 1939, in an act… Read more about this item

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) An extremely rare diary by Sturmbandfuhrer Sepp Kraft, commander of SS Panzer-Grenadier Depot and Reserve Battalion 16. It is a detailed account of the Battalion's actions in the Arnhem Campaign, 17 September to 7 October, 1944. Battalion 16 was originally a training and replacement unit for the 12th SS-Panzer Division ‘Hitlerjugend’. The… Read more about this item

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) German text. Light foxing on card covers. Good. ex libris sticker on inside page. THE SAGA OF STORM BATAILLON 500 (Published: 1971) (Publisher: Verlag K W Schutz) (Pagination: 228pp, 20 photos) (Condition: ) UL-XXXXXX

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) A comprehensive look at the German Army (das Heer) as it evolved during WWII. The book focuses on its origins in the post-Versailles Treaty era, and its resurgence under the Nazi regime, plus training and organisation during the war years, equipment, vehicles, weapons, uniforms, ranks and insignia. Features the parts played by… Read more about this item

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) An extensively illustrated record of Hitler's Praetorian Guard before and during WWII. Charting the time from their origins in 1923 as the 'Schutzstaffel' or 'Protection Squad' the book traces the growth of the SS into a territorial political police force and onward to become the crack military wing of the Nazi Party.… Read more about this item

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) The history of the SS Division "Das Reich". James Lucas describes the military role of the 2nd SS Division, it's origins, organisation and recruitment, it's WWII battles and campaigns including Poland, Yugoslavia and the Eastern Front to the final surrender in 1945. (Published: 1991) (Publisher: Book Club Associates) (Pagination: 222pp, 42 photos,… Read more about this item

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) Spearhead is a series designed to examine the cutting edge of war. Formed in 1939 as a motorised infantry unit, Grossdeutschland ended WWII as a Panzer corps having fought in France, the Balkans and the Eastern Front. In operations Barbarossa and Typhoon it took part in the battles of Moscow, Kharkov and… Read more about this item

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) An Illustrated history of the German Army of World War II with more than 200 black and white photos, many previously unpublished. This is a complete pictorial record of the German Army, as it was recreated by Adolf Hitler in the 1930s, to prepare for war. The illustrations depict the Wehrmacht and… Read more about this item

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) The march of the 2nd SS Panzer Division through France in 1944 where they were challenged by Resistance Groups. At Tulle the SS hanged 99 civilians and at Oradour they massacred a further 642. The legendary SOE operative Violette Szabo was captured by a das Reich patrol after a gun battle south… Read more about this item

(Subject: The Third Reich - Military Structure) Specially trained, uniformed and equipped, the eight divisions of the German mountain troops, Gebirgsjager, fought with distinction from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean taking part in many of the decisive battles of the Second World War. (Published: 1980) (Publisher: Patrick Stephens) (ISBN: 0850594219) (Pagination: 95pp, 150 photos, map) (Condition: Good in… Read more about this item