Kommando: German Special Forces of World War Two

Literature & Fiction

James Sidney Lucas

Contemporary

GRAFTON

Storming Eagles: German Paratroopers in World War Two

History

Military

From the opening shots of World War II in Poland in September 1939, through the blitzkrieg to the fall of France and the Low Countries, the German Army was at the forefront of battle. It remained in the thick of the action right up until the last desperate shots were fired over the ruins of a crumbling Third Reich in May 1945. The German Army was at the cutting edge of 20th-century military technology. Before the emergence of the US Army as a force to be reckoned with later in World War II, the German Army was the most powerful, efficient and well-equipped fighting force in the world. This text takes a look at the German Army, as it origins in the post-Versailles Treaty era and its resurgence under the Nazi regime; training and organization during the war years; equipment, vehicles and weapons; uniforms, rank and insignia.

German Army Handbook: 1939-1945

World

Bounty Books

This book records for the first time in the English language, the story of Germany's mountain troops, the Gebirgsjager. A distinguished military hirstorian, with the help of some 200 ex-members of the Gebirgsjager, has now written this enthralling account of one of Germany's elite formations of World War II. In every campaign from the opening of hostilities wherever fighting was bitter the Gebrigsjager were there. Often they paved the way and led the storming advances or, when the German line was under pressure, held a rock-firm defence. The extremes of climate which they endured ranged from the deadly cold of the mountains during a Russian winter to the trek across the blazing arid slopes of the mountains of Crete to relieve the desperate parachute troops. The Polar circle, the mountains of Tunisia, on steppe, in swamps or in the high country: all these varied terrains were fought over by the men from the Alpine regions of Germany and Austria. To carry out the research around which the narrative has been written original documents, war diaries and histories were consulted in institutions both at home and abroad. Many interviews were conducted with men who had served in the mountain regiments, as well as with Austrian civilians who experienced at first hand the fighting in their country during the spring of 1945, and these reports brings additional life to the graphic history.

Alpine Elite: German Mountain Troops of World War II

Jane's Information Group, Inco

Hitler's Enforcers: Leaders of the German War Machine, 1939-45

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Canelo History

The Last Year of the German Army: May 1944–May 1945

Though remembered by the world for the alleged atrocities they committed, Hitler's SS Divisions also earned the respect of their opponents for their soldiering skills and determination. This study examines the Das Reich Division which saw action on all German fronts.

Das Reich: The Military Role of the 2nd SS Division

Arms & Armour

An account of the Alpine divisions of the German army in World War II. Recruited from the mountainous regions, and so used to the testing terrains, they were also used in non-Alpine conditions when special-purpose attributes were called for.

Hitler's Mountain Troops

Battle groups were key men taken from their units and thrown together to form crack storm troops. The author here relates the action of these groups from the opening shots in 1939 through all theatres until the final collapse in 1945. The book should offer an insight into the heart of the war.

Battle Group!: German Kampfgruppen Action of World War Two

Africa

This book charts the "progress" of the German army from May 1944 to May 1945. It includes details of the structure and organization of Hitler's troops, the growing opposition to the Fuhrer and his consequent mistrust of his senior commanders. Also described are the formation of military units independent of the army and the general state of the army as regarded men, equipment and new developments in weaponry. The book is concluded with accounts of some of the last battles of the war.

The Last Year of the German Army May 1944-May 1945 (Last year of the Luftwaffe/Kreigsmarine)

Europe

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