Axis

see warship pictorial in the Osprey sectionAXIS FORCES

This section includes formations and collaborators that fought with the
German forces or independently . Includes units formed from all countries
that participated, or units raised from defeated countries under German
control, in the war effort on Germany's side with the exception of Japan
which is in the Pacific section. Also includes personal memoirs and
biographies of foreign volunteers.

2. GALICIA DIVISION: THE WAFFEN-SS 14TH PANZER-GRENADIER DIVISION 1943-1945,
Michael Logusz, C,

the best account of this division since Landwehr's study.
A very good comprehensive study which includes over 50 unpublished
photographs,

570 pp.
$35.00

3. THE KAMINSKI BRIGADE: A HISTORY
Antonio Munoz, C,O,

Totally redone. This book has been re-typeset and has been expanded. Has 120 pages, contains 15 maps, 25 photos, 5 color illustrations, 4 tables, 5 line drawings, glossary of German terms. This book has been quoted by many other published works as an excellent reference!Also covers their service in the Waffen-SS. This is one of the most popular titles because it has the most detailed history of the Kaminski formation with very rare photos.

120 pp.
$40.00

5. FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM: THE UKRAINIAN VOLUNTEER DIVISION OF THE WAFFEN-SS,
Richard Landwehr, C,

covers the story of the 14th Waffe n-Grenadier Division
der SS from its inception in 1943 to its final surrender in 1945, includes
many scarce photographs,

224 pp.
$30.00

6. UKRAINE DURING WORLD WAR II: HISTORY AND ITS AFTERMATH,
edited by Yury Boshyk, C,

This book is an excellent companion to the above book and #3
above. The book begins with the Soviet occupation before the war, the
Ukrainian role during World war 2 including its military formations, and the
aftermath of the war. It was in the Ukraine that the war lasted the longest
and caused devastation on an unprecedented scale,

324 pp.
$24.00*

20. RUMANIAN ORDER OF BATTLE IN WWII,
G.F. Nafziger, S,O,

An extensive study
addressing the organization of every division and brigade in the Rumanian
army. Details on internal organization includes not only the larger units
assigned to each division, etc. but to the numbers and types of weapons
assigned,

90 pp.
$20.00*

21. BREAKING THE CHAINS: THE 14. WAFFEN-GRENADIER DIVISION DER SS AND OTHER UKRANIAN VOLUNTEER UNITS,
Carlos Caballero-Jurado, S,O,

with over 100 photos and illustrations, this study is a extremely detailed and informative account of th Division's war record: training, commitment to battle and disastrous
mauling in the Brody Cauldron, and the final months fighting a withdrawl into
Austria and partisan warfare. The book is complemented by a particularly full
treatment of the antecedent units and a description of the political and
historical background to the tragic dilemma which confronted the Ukranian
people,
256 pp.
$48.00

22. PANNWITZ COSSACKS, 1942-1945,
C,O,

English/French text, an unbelievable
book, simply amazing! Packed with incredible photos of the Cossacks, some
believe it or not are even in color! By far the best photo coverage ever put
together in one volume on the Cossacks. There is also a significant amount of
text in the book that relates the full history of the Cossack units in the
Wehrmacht in WWII. This has instantly become one of my favorite books in my
collection, believe me it is that good, also includes photos of the weapons
and uniforms, division markings, and besides the color photos, there are
color illustrations, and color paintings! This is a quality Heimdal book
from France, but it is in English, and a bargain at this price, this book
will sell out fast,

288 pp.
$50.00

25. PANZER UNITS IN FINLAND,
Kari Kuusela, C,O,

signed, English/Finnish text, when the war between Finland and Soviet Union broke out in the summer of 1941, two German tank battalions advanced to the east as part of the
attacking forces. One battalion stayed in Finland throughout the war to the
end of 1944 and briefly fought also against the Finns, the other was
withdrawn in December 1942. In the most critical moments of the Finnish war
in June-July 1944 two German assault gun units were stiffening the defense in
the Karelian isthmus and on the Gulf of Vyborg. Besides these bigger units
also several smaller Panzer units operated in Finland. In this book the
history of these Panzers and their crews has been recorded for the first
time. The text is complimented by hundreds of excellent photos, most superior
quality, and numerous maps. A bargain at this price,

274 pp.
$53.00*

27. COLLABORATION IN BELGIUM: LEON DEGRELLE AND THE REXIST MOVEMENT,

Martin Conway, C,

The first complete study of the Rexist movement. Based on a
comprehensive examination of the Belgian and German records, as well as on
personal interviews with Degrelle and other surviving Rexists, this book
tells the story of the movement's beginnings, its political success before
the war, and collaboration during the war,

376 pp.
$42.00

28. A HISTORY OF FASCISM 1914-1945,
Stanley Payne, C,

This is by far the best
and most objective book every written on the subject. Though a large part of
the book focuses on Germany and Italy, there isn't any fascist movement that
is left untouched, including Eastern Europe, Asia, and the west. This book
makes a nice companion to "Forgotten Axis" as it describes the political
ideologies that motivated people to join the Axis side during the Second
World War, the author also provides a huge bibliography, highly recommended,

632 pp.
$39.00

30. SPANIARDS AND NAZI GERMANY: COLLABORATION IN THE NEW ORDER,
Wayne Bowen, C,

makes a significant contribution to the understanding of Hispano-German
relations during the 1930's and 1940's, showing that Naziphiles within the
Spanish Falange made a concerted effort to bring Spain into WWII, and that
only the indecisiveness of Franco and diplomatic mistakes by Germany
prevented them from succeeding. The author also demonstrates that while
neutral, Spain's policies clearly favored the Axis and the Franco regime was
well aware of collaboration by Spanish citizens well into the later stages
of the war and did little to stop it, and even without full support, Spain
added to strength to Germany by serving in its armies, working in its
factories, and promoting its ideas to other nations,

280 pp.
$35.00*

35. WALLONIEN, THE 28TH SS DIVISION,
Richard Landwehr, S,

$7.00

36. HUNGARIAN VOLUNTEERS OF THE WAFFEN-SS,
Richard Landwehr, S,

$6.00

37. FREIKORPS DANMARK,
Richard Landwehr, S,

$12.00

38. HIMMLER'S BOSNIAN DIVISION: THE WAFFEN-SS HANDSCHAR DIVISION DIVISION
1943-1945,
George Lepre, C,

The story of the thousands of Muslim's that
served within the ranks of the Waffen-SS as a combat formation created to
"restore order in Bosnia". What actually transpired was quite different.
This is the first complete history of the Handschar Division, includes over
250 photographs,

400 pp.
$40.00

40. THE DRUZHINA SS BRIGADE: A HISTORY, 1941 - 1943,
Atonio Munoz, C,O,

first published study of this Russian SS volunteer force, intended to be employed
behind Soviet lines to gather intelligence and conduct sabotage operations,
though they did not possess a high degree of commando skills, nor were they
equipped with sophisticated equipment to carry out their assigned task, many
unpublished photos, maps, diagrams,

80 pp.
$35.00

41. GERMANY'S FIRST ALLY: ARMED FORCES OF THE SLOVAK STATE 1939-1945,
Charles Kliment, C,O,

This book describes in detail the composition, dislocation and
equipment of all branches of the Slovak army and its operational history
through the war years on the Eastern Front starting with the invasion of
Poland and later its mobile division fought its way all the way from the
Carpathian Mtns. to the Caucasus, includes over 250 rare photos, maps and
color plates,

208 pp.
$40.00

44. EUROPEAN VOLUNTEERS IN PHOTOS,
C,O, GE,

high quality photo study of the
volunteers who joined the Waffen-SS in the fight against Bolshevism,
covering all serperate units with a excellent photo section, including color
plates of armshields worn by volunteers of each nation, nearly 600 photos,

310 pp.
$45.00*

45. HITLER'S JACKALS,
Rupert Butler, C,

the author pulls no punches as he
amasses substantial amounts of evidence from contemporary documents in
writing about the numerous smaller countries and occupied territories that
collaborated with the Third Reich during the war,

272 pp.
44.00

50. BALKAN BATTLES (ARMED FORCES HANBOOK),
Ronald Tarnstrom, C,

the newest book in Tarnstrom's fantastic series covering this unstalbe part of Europe
from the Hittities to the Warsaw Pact and even the battles in the 1990's in
Bosnia, with a heavy emphasis on WWII. Warplanes, tanks, artillery, cavalry
infantry and warships are detailed from Turkey, Greece, Albania, Bulgaria,
Yugoslavia, and Romania, packed with facts!,

562 pp.
$25.00*

51. BELGRADE'S BEST: THE SERBIAN VOLUNTEER CORPS, 1941-1945,
Momcilo Dobrich, C,O,

The Sebian Volunteer Corps was an all-volunteer unit that was formed by
the Serbian government of Milan Nedic. Raised in 1941 and immediately began
to establish a reputation as a tough and formidable fighting formation. Its
ranks were filled manily with anti-communist Serbians, but its ranks also
included Croatian, Slovenian, and other peoples from Yugoslavia. At war's
end, many of these volunteers were executed by the communists including their
commander General Musicki. The author has written the only English language
study on the most effective anti-communist fighting formation in occupied
Yugoslavia,

154 pp.
$35.00*

56. ITALIAN VOLUNTEERS OF THE WAFFEN-SS,
Richard Landwehr, S,

$ 7.00

59. ITALY AND THE SECOND WORLD WAR,
John Gooch editor, C,

In this book, a team of leading historians analyses the major military and political features of Italy in WWII. The military history is explored in essays dealing with the
outbreak of war, the fighting in the Western Desert and on the mainland of
Italy, with the attacks on and defence of Malta, and with the British and
Italian air wars. Also the difficulties of constructing an armistice and the
manifold problems of co-belligerence are explained and contrasted as the
foundations of studies of the role and contribution of partisan warfare, the
result is a unique study from the perspective of both sides, 2003,

256 pp.
$54.50

63. HITLER'S ITALIAN ALLIES: ROYAL ARMED FORCES, FASCIST REGIME, AND THE WAR OF 1940-1943,
MacGregor Knox, C,

this book attempts to explain why the
Italian armed forces and the Fascist regime were so remarkably ineffective at
an activity - war - central to their existence. Military-economic weakness,
Mussolini's idelogical fantasies and strategic megalomania, and Hitler's
failure in the wider war made Italian defeat inevitable. The book offers an
innovative analytical cross section of the Italian war effort, from society
and culture, through politics and war production to strategy, operations, and
tactics, and demonstrates the extent to which Italian military culture and
the blinkered approach of Italy's major industrial enterprise made
humiliation inescapable. The result is a striking portrait of the military
institutions and regime whose most significan conquest in 1940-43 was a dusty
and usless corner of Africa, British Somaliland. The armed forces proved
unstable to imagine modern war, much less prepared to fight it. This Book
also explains how the resulting disaster resulted in Italian armed forces
dissolving prematurely and almost without resistance, excellent study,

216 pp.
$25.00

64. COMMON DESTINY: DICATORSHIP, FOREIGN POLICY, AND WAR IN FASCIST ITALY AND NAZI GERMANY,
MacGregror Knox, C,

this book offers a genuinely comparative
analysis of the dictatorships that launched WWII: their origins, nature,
dynamics, and common ruin. It seeks to understand their similarities and
differences historically, without recourse to failed generic concepts such as
"fascism". It interprets and explains Mussolini's poorly understood foreign
policy and the character and performance of the military instruments the
Italian and German armies. The conclusion dissects the causes of the notable
dispartities between the two disctatorships in expansionist appetite,
fighting power, and staying power,

282 pp.
$25.00

66. WAR AND REVOLUTION IN YUGOSLAVIA, 1941-1945: OCCUPATION AND
COLLABORATION,
Jozo Tomasevich, C,O-,

this is the long awaited second part of
the author's meticulously researched and scrupulously impartial study of the
complicated and anguished history of Yugoslavia during WWII. The previous
volume, War and Revolution in Yugoslavia 1941-1945: The Chetniks, originally
printed in 1975 and sadly out of print, dealt with the Chetniks, the
resistance movement formed by officers of the defeated Yugoslav army who came
to regard the Communist led Partisans as their chief enemy. The present vol
ume deals with the rule of the Axis powers in occupied Yugoslavia, along with
the role of the other groups that collaborated with them - primarily the
extremist Croatian nationalist organization known as the Ustashas. The book
begins by briefly describing the establishment of Yugoslavia in 1918 and its
internal history during the interwar period. It then discusses the breakup of
the state in April 1941, the annexation or occupation of parts of its
territory by its neighbors, and the establishment by the Ustashas of the
independent state of Croatia as a German-Italian quasi protectorate, focusing
on its governmental policies and its problems with the Bosnian Muslims. Taken
together these books are the absolute definitive study on the subject, but
each volume is easily read independently of the other, this new volume is a
huge and massive book, includes 8 maps,

850 pp.
$69.50

68. DRITTE NORDLAND: THE PHOTO HISTORY OF THE FINNISH VOLUNTEER BATTALION OF THE WAFFEN-SS,
C,O,

The history of the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the
Waffen-SS is unique. Finland was the only European country, not occupied by
the Germans, which sent a battalion-sized unit of volunteers to the German
Waffen-SS. Some 1200 volunteers were recruited in spring 1941, of which about
400 served in SS-Division "Wiking" in the opening phase of Operation
Barbarossa. The rest formed a Finnish Battalion, which after extensive
training was later sent to the front. At the front the Battalion belonged to
Regiment "Nordland" of SS-Division "Wiking". The Battalion had an excellent
combat record and lost 255 Finns fallen in the battles of the Ukraine and the
Caucasus. The whole Battalion was withdrawn from the front in spring 1943 and
was sent to Finland on home leave. As both the military and the political
situation had changed since 1941, the High Command of the Finnish Army wanted
to keep the volunteers in Finland, and thus forbade further recruitment. The
Battalion was disbanded in July 1943. This book is the photographic history
of the Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS. Include sabout 450 b/w
photos (most of which are previously unpublished) maps and documents,

256 pp.
$53.00*

AIR POWER OF THE KINGDOM OF BULGARIA
Dimitar Nedialkov, S,O,

60 pages, parallel text in English and Bulgarian. $10
per vol. net

69. Part I THE BULGARIAN AIR POTENTIAL AND BALKAN WARS (1892 - 1913)
Operational data on Aircraft flown by Bulgarian Aircrew in the Balkan Wars
(Manufacturing nation, number imported, crew numbers, engine type,
dimensions, gross weight, ceiling, range, armament, configuration), aircraft
types: Bleriot XXI, Bleriot XI, Bleriot XIbis, Bleriot XI - 2, Bleriot XI -
2bis, Voisin, Sommer, Albatros FIII, Bristol, Farman VII, Nieuport IV. 59
unique b&w original photos. The conquest of the Bulgarian skies began with
demonstration of spherical balloon flights at the 1892 First International
Exhibition in the town of Plovdiv. In 1912 it is also Europe's first
reconnaissance flight in combat conditions, the first deployment of arms from
Bulgarian aircraft, and the first joint action by balloons and airplanes to
supply ground forces with information. This first book includes information
about the Bulgarian military aviation till 1913.

60 pp.
$10.00*

70. Part II THE BULGARIAN AIR POTENTIAL IN THE GREAT WAR (1914 - 1919)
Operational data on Aircraft flown by Bulgarian Aircrew in the great War
(Manufacturing nation, number imported, crew numbers, engine type,
dimensions, gross weight, speed, ceiling, range, armament, configuration),
aircraft types: Albatros B-I, L.V.G.C-II, Otto C-I, Albatros C-III, D.F.W.
C-V, Roland D-II, Roland D-III, Fokker E-III, Friedrichshafen FF.33c,
Friedrichshafen FF.33L, Rumpler 6B-I, Fokker D-VII, Armstrong Withworth FK8,
Nieuport XXIV. Map of the Bulgarian participation in the Great War. Diagram
of the Bulgaria Air Army staff in 1917 and 1918. 81 unique b&w original
photos. After the Bulgaria's defeat in the Second Balkan War was opened the
airplane workshop, the first Airplane School. Asen Yordanoff designed the
first Bulgarian biplane and flew with it on 7 August 1915.

60 pp.
$10.00*

71. Part III THE REVIVAL OF BULGARIAN AIR POWER BETWEEN THE WORLD WARS (1920
- 1939) Operational data on Aircraft flown by Bulgarian Aircrew between the
World Wars (Manufacturing nation, number imported, crew numbers, engine type,
dimensions, gross weight, speed, ceiling, range, armament, configuration),
aircraft types: Potez VIII, Caudron S-59, Bristol Lucifer, Henriot XIV, Avro
- 522, Potez XVII, Bristol 28A, Smolik S-18, Macchi 18/2000, Junkers F-13,
Albatros L-73, Fw A-20, Junkers K-23, Heinkel He-42, Junkers W-34, Caudron
440, Heinkel He-45B, Heinkel He-51B, Dornier Do-11, Arado Ar-65, PZL-24B,
PZL-43B, Junkers Ju-52/3m, Fw-58B/E, Heinkel He-72, Fw-56, Fw-44, Avia B-534,
Letov S-328, Avia B-71, Bloch MB-200, Aviia B-122, Aero A-304, PWS-26,
Grigorov-I, Uzunov -I, DAR I, DAR II, DAR-I A, DAR III, IV, V, VI, VI-A, VII,
VIII, VIII-A, KB -1, 2 UT, 2A, 3, 4, 5. Map of the disposition of Bulgarian
Air forces to the end of 1939. Diagram of the Bulgaria Air Army staff in
1939 - command components and main battle components subsystem. 140 unique
b&w original photos.

60 pp.
$10.00*

72. Part IV THE BULGARIAN AIR FORCE IN ACTION DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR
(1940 - 1946) Operational data on Aircraft flown by Bulgarian Aircrew between
in period between 1940 - 1946 (Manufacturing nation, number imported, crew
numbers, engine type, dimensions, gross weight, speed, ceiling, range,
armament, configuration), aircraft types: Bu-131, Ar-96B-2, Me-109E-4/7,
Do-17 P/m, KB-6, Me -108, Fi-156, Do -17Kb-1, DAR - 9, 10, 10A, KB - 11, 11A,
Ar-196A-3, Ju-87R-2/4, Me-109G-2/4, D-520, B-135B, Bu-181, He -111, Ju-87D-5,
Me-109G-6, FW-189A, DAR -10F, Yak 9M, IL-2M-3, Pe -2, Yak-9U. Map of the
disposition of Bulgarian Air Forces to August 1944. Diagram of the Bulgaria
Air Army staff in 1944 - command components and main battle components
subsystem, air Eskadra, support components. 86 unique b&w original photos.

60 pp.
$10.00*

73. BULGARIAN ORDER OF BATTLE IN WWII,
G. F. Nafziger, S, O,

An extensive study addressing the organization of every division in the Bulgarian army in
WWII, from1939 through 1945. Details on internal organization includes not
only the larger units assigned to each division, etc., but to the numbers &
types of weapons assigned,

100 pp.
$20.00*

76. THE EAST CAME WEST: MUSLIM, HINDU, AND BUDDHIST VOLUNTEERS IN THE
GERMAN ARMED FORCES, 1941-1945,
Edited by Antonio Munoz, C,O,

It is remarkable that tens of thousands of these volunteers called Islam, Hinduism, and even Buddhism their religious faith yet they fought alongside the German soldier, mostly until the bitter end of the war. The reasons why they did so are as varied as they are fascinating. This is the intriguing story of these men and units in which they served. The authors for this book after extensive research have compiled an extensive amount of photographs, documents, maps and data, providing the most complete account on the history of these men and their esoteric formations. Large oversize hardcover,

334 pp.
$50.00

77. GALEAZZO CIANO: DIARY, 1937-1943
Galeazzo Ciano, C,

This is the first complete edition of the diary in English. entirely updated. Cianno was Foreign Minister in the Italian government of Mussolini and his diary was considered a major source of embarrassment for the Nazis which provides an unflattering picture of the German leadership.

656 pp.
$38.00

78. FRENCH VOLUNTEERS OF THE WAFFEN-SS
Richard Landwehr, C,O,

This appears to be an exact reprint of Landwehr's book the Charlemagne's Legionaires. I compared the text and seems to be the same, but also many different photos are in this edition and better quality than the original. This book may not be as fancy, it is part of his monographs series, and bound in plain blue hardcover boards, with the cover you see here pasted on. This edition is oversize, and that is why there are fewer pages than the original. Anyway down to the subject at hand! A sympathetic study of the French SS, their formation and battles along with personal accounts. Includes action seen on the Eastern Front, Berlin and Bavaria and Italy. Well written accounts of the battles and includes information on the personalities of the division. Not as much depth as Forbes study, but I think both books are worth having, and this one has many more photos than the Forbes book.

108 pp.
$35.00

The following 6 books are imported from Finland and are part of an ongoing series of the Finnish Airforce in WWII and their planes

80. LeR 2
Kari Stenman, S,O,

This book of Lentorykmentti 2 is the first pure unit history of the team and it covers in detail the phases of the first the first Finnish fighter regiment, from 1938 to 1952. The book is compiled keeping those in mind that are interested in aviation history, warfare and modelling. The fully bi-lingual (Finnish-English) text is accurately presented in a form of a war diary and it is supported by first hand accounts, 240 top quality pictures, 32 color profiles and scale drawings of the aircraft. The appendix contains a detailed list of every aerial victory claim and operational loss, both matched with recently found Russian records. The commander lists and strength tables also tell who did and with what. Printed on glossy art paper.

144 pp.
$33.00*

81. LeR 3
Kari Stenman, S,O,

This book of Lentorykmentti 3 is a companion volume to LeR 2 and it covers in detail the phases of the most successful Finnish fighter regiment from 1938 to 1952. It is also known unofficially as the Messerschmitt regiment, which claimed over 1000 aerial victories. The books is compiled keeping those in mind who are interested in aviation history, warfare and modelling. The fully bi-lingual (Finnish-English) text is accurately presented in a form of a war diary and it is supported by first hand accounts, 240 top quality pictures, 32 colour profiles and scale drawings of the aircraft.
The appendix contains a detailed list of every aerial victory claim and operational loss, both matched with recently found Russian records. The commander lists and strength tables also tell who did and with what.

144 pp.
$33.00*

82. LeR 4
Kari Stenman, S,O,

This book of Lentorykmentti 4 is a companion volume to LeR 2 and LeR 3 and it covers in detail the phases of the Finnish bomber regiment, so successful in the war that the Russians banned the whole arm in Paris peace treaty of 1947. The book is compiled keeping those in mind who are interested in aviation history, warfare and modelling.The fully bi-lingual text (Finnish-English) is accurately presented in a form of a war diary and it is supported with first hand accounts, 225 top quality pictures, 24 color profiles and four pages of scale drawings of the aircraft.The appendix contains a detailed list of every regiment bombing mission, combat losses and rear gunner air victories, much of this matched to contemporary Russian records. The commander list and strength tables also tell who did and with what.

144 pp.
$33.00*

86. FOR THE HOMELAND! THE HISTORY OF THE 31ST WAFFEN-SS VOLUNTEER GRENADIER DIVISION
Rudolf Pencz, C,

This carefully researched study records the complete history of one the rarely covered W-SS formations, the 31st W-SS Volunteer Grenadier Division. It is a detailed and complete history of the division; the text features a large number of personal accounts and eyewitness reports from former members. Detailed appendices include divisional officer lists, and a complete order of battle, 10 photos and 15 b/w maps, and yes the price will make you blink twice, don't ask me, I just sell em' I don't price em'. November release.

224 pp.
$53.00

87. TO BATTLE: THE FORMATION & HISTORY OF THE 14TH WAFFEN-SS GRENADIER DIVISION (GALICIAN NR.1)
Michael Melnyk, C,O,

Set firmly within the political context of the time, this work demonstrates that from the outset both German and Ukrainian architects of the Division sought to exploit the formation for their own conflicting agendas. The author gives a careful assessment of the Division's military engagements and explains the reasons for its defeat at the Battle of Brody, emphasizing how the military initiative and vast material superiority of the Red Army led to its virtual destruction during the Soviet summer offensive of 1944. The book concludes with the cessation of hostilities, when the Division, despite being the focus of Stalin's attention, escaped the forced repatriation operations undertaken by the Western Allies in the immediate post-war period. Presenting over 250 previously unpublished photographs, combined with maps, documents and other illustrations, this book is one of the most important English-language books to appear on the Waffen-SS. This book is a huge oversize study, printed on top grade glossy paper, the author's father was a veteran of the unit and he has spent many years preparing this book, simply unbeatable.

88. THE GREEN SHIRTS AND THE OTHERS: A HISTORY OF FASCISM IN HUNGARY AND ROMANIA
Nicholas M. Nagy-Talavera, C,

This book is a newly revised and updated edition of the author's classic work originally published in 1970 and take it from me, nearly impossible to find. This book is the standard work in English on the history of Fascism in Romania and Hungary. It is the first comprehensive and comparative work in English and the author present as objective account of the history of the two countries from 1918 to 1945 and the role of Fascist movements during those years. He analyzed the rise of these movements - the Arrow Cross in Hungary and the Legion of the Archangel Michael in Romania - their evolution and growth during the interwar period, and the periods in which each movement came to power in its respective country. The different situations in which these movements rose to power and the differences in their ideologies are amply demonstrated by the author as he draws conclusions and parallels from the comparative history of the two movements

550 pp.
$50.00

89. AXIS SLOVAKIA: HITLER'S SLAVIC WEDGE, 1938-1945
Mark Axworthy, C,O,

this book is surely the definitive study on the history of the puppet Slovak state which was created, supported, and sustained by the Third Reich. Axworthy has carefully compiled the military history of the Slovak State complex complete with the political, economic, social, and personal reasons why things occurred as they did. Through hundreds of period photographs, tables, charts, line drawings and color uniform plates, this military study is woven into a seamless and perfect tapestry, accurately depicting a little known aspect of WWII. Slovakia's armed forces took part in the invasion of Poland, and briefly fought the Hungarians before participating in their largest and most dangerous endeavor - the invasion of the Soviet Union. The Slovak contribution in Russia included several divisions and lasted from 1941- 1943. In 1944 a part of the Slovak Army rebelled against the Germans and their uprising lasted from the end of August until late October 1944. In effect, this work covers the military and political history of the Slovak state quite thoroughly. Oversize book with deluxe cloth binding, very nicely produced. Axworthy also wrote the definitive study on the Romanian armed forces in WWII.

344 pp.
$55.00

90. HITLER'S WHITE RUSSIANS: COLLABORATIONIST AND EXTERMINATION IN BYELORUSSIA 1941-1944
Oleg Romanko, C,O,

Complete history of these Belorussian units which served in the German SS, Police, Army, and eventually helped to form the 30th SS Division. Also includes a section on the SS Flak helpers. This history of this and other collaborationist formations is covered in this book, as well as the story of the German anti-guerrilla war in the region of Army Group Center and White Russia. Hundreds of photos, maps, tables, charts, etc.

512 pages
$55.00

91. LA LEGION WALLONIE
S,O, French text

A facsimile reproduction of a propaganda booklet produced in occupied Belgium
about the Legion Wallonie in the German Army, includes 87 illustrations

32 pp
$19.00

92. ON THE FIERY MARCH: MUSSOLINI PREPARES FOR WAR
G. Bruce Strang, C,

Mussolini sought to change decisively Italy's long-standing position as the least of the Great Powers and eventually threw Italy into WWII, where he would belatedly discover that his regime had signally failed to prepare his legions to fight a modern war. Strang asserts that Mussolini's expansionist, social-Darwinist mentalite drove him to align Italy with Germany to challenge Britain and France for supremacy in the Mediterranean.

296 pp.
$50.00

93. PRO-AXIS SECURITY BATTLAIONS IN SOUTHERN GREECE, 1943-1944
Nikolas D. Christodoulou, S,O,

The detailed text history of the Greek collaborationist battalions of southern Greece, written by a Greek expert on the units. This study should be used as a companion book to "Herakles and the Swastika, although the this study is sufficiently thorough and authoritative to stand alone in its field, includes 16 rare photos.

40 pp.
$16.00

95. UNDER THE ST. ANDREW'S CROSS
Peter Huxley-Blythe, C,O,

Four decades after the release of The East Came West, that long out of print classic, author Peter J. Huxley-Blythe has written a much expanded and detailed history of these very esoteric Cossack and Russian volunteer units. The book includes a "Forward" by renowned Russian writer, Count Nikolai Tolstoy, an author known throughout the world, and whose works have been published in many languages in numerous countries. The history of the Russian and Cossack volunteers who served in the German Armed Forces has received scrutiny and study since the end of the Second World War. One of the more classic works on the subject was The East Came West, first published in hardcover by Caxton Printers. Ltd. in 1964 then reprinted in 1968 in paperback due to its great popularity. This work, written by noted English scholar Peter J. Huxley-Blythe, has become "must reading" for anyone who wants to gain a better understanding and insight on the "who," "why," "where," and "when" of the German recruitment and use of Russian and Cossack volunteer units in World War II. The importance of The East Came West, was that the author had gone to the source as it were, and interviewed the surviving members of these formations. Specifically, Mr. Huxley-Blythe had tracked down many of the senior (and some not so senior) officers and gotten them to speak frankly about their experiences, and their various reasons for siding with Germany during the war. Now, four decades after the release of that long out of print classic, the author has presented for posterity a much expanded and detailed history of these still esoteric Cossack and Russian volunteer units, like Sonder Division "R", which operated in the region of Army Group North, and about which almost nothing is known. We are also given a detailed look at the inner workings of the creation, expansion, and employment of the Cossack Cavalry Corps, and its sister unit, the Special Armed Cossack Corps under General Domanov, which operated in northern Italy from 1944-1945. Using his great narrative style, and employing over 115 rare photos, the author weaves the story of these men and their units into a book that will surely be considered another classic work by readers and scholars for decades to come.

168 pp.
$40.00

97. THE LAST SOLDIERS OF THE KING: WARTIME ITALY, 1943-1945
Eugenio Corti, S,

In this unforgettable narrative, Corti depicts the war from the perspective of the average Italian soldier, capturing its boredom and absurdity along with brief periods of savagery, terror, and death. Painting vivid pictures of the sights, sounds, and smells of war, he shows how these men fought alongside the Allies against the Germans.

304 pp.
$25.00

98. THE BLACK PRINCE AND THE SEA DEVILS: THE STORY OF THE VALERIO BORGHESE AND THE ELITE UNITS OF THE DECIMA MAS
Jack Greene, C,

The only biography of Prince Valerio Borghese - the legendary Italian WWII naval commander whose covert activities shocked the Allies and became a model for today's "special forces". This study covers all his unit's activities during the war and after the Italian surrender when he determinedly fought on as a fascist commando leader. Also covers his pos-war trial and mysterious activities. Lively, well written book.

256 pp.
$27.50

99. FOR REX AND BELGIUM: LEON DEGRELLE AND WALLOON POLITICAL AND MILITARY COLLABORATION 1940-45
Eddy de Bruyne & Marc Rikmenspoel, C,O,

Nearly 60 years after the end of the Second World War, the name "Degrelle" remains controversial in Belgium and abroad. Was he a traitor to his nation, or a hero for anti-Communism? Until recently, the only information available on the man and his political movement came from Degrelle's own memoirs, or from works heavily slanted for or against him. Eddy De Bruyne, specialist in WWII Walloon Military Collaboration, has devoted over 20 years to intensively studying the available documentation, as well as interviewing the surviving collaborators of that era, including Degrelle himself. De Bruyne's findings, set down in several French language publications, represent the most detailed studies of Walloon political and military collaboration yet assembled. Now, with the aid of American Waffen-SS researcher Marc Rikmenspoel, De Bruyne has combined his works into a single English language book. The greatest portion of the book is devoted to the most comprehensive account of the campaigns of the Legion Wallonie and its successor SS-Sturmbrigade/Division Wallonien (28th SS Panzergrenadier Division) yet seen in English. The text is supported by approximately 400 period photos, complemented by many maps and illustrations of contemporary posters and other ephemera, completing a package that will be a must-have for military historians, afficianados of rare photos, and collectors of materials on the SS. Huge oversize book.

304 pp.
$80.00

103. FOR MY LEGIONARIES (THE IRON GUARD)
Corneliu Zelea Codreanu, S,

This book is by the founder and leader of the Romanian Iron Guard. It is his political and philosophical testament. It also traces his activities and struggles in forming the Iron Guard and as well as it's activities through the early 1930's. Completely in English.

354 pp.
$14.00

104. LETTING THE SIDE DOWN: BRITISH TRAITORS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
Sean Murphy, C,

This is the story of a collection of misfits and renegades who came from all walks of life and different social backgrounds, but who all had one thing in common - during World War II they chose to reject their country and follow the path of treason through collaboration with the Axis powers. Includes a full account of the British Free Corps.

245 pp.
$30.00

105. CHARIOTS OF WAR: THE HISTORY OF THE HUMAN TORPEDO
Robert W. Hobson Jr., C,O,

The full story of both Italian & British Human Torpedoes. Much has been written about the underwater endeavours of the Allied and Axis navies of WWll, how ever one area of underwater naval warfare has never been properly researched until now. The story of the Human Torpedo or Chariot as it was more affectionately termed is at last available. This book details in great depth the story of both Italian and British Human Torpedoes. including the quest to find suitable diving suits, the various types of Chariots and detailed accounts of the actions against shipping by both the Italians and British. The author's father, Robert Hobson, who died in 1990 aged 72 believed he was taking many war secrets with him to the grave. The most remarkable being he was one of only a handful of British men to have ridden astride a torpedo! Having signed the Official Secrets Act, he was obliged not to tell his family his adventures, and it was only when his son and author of this book explored the loft in the family house in Petts Wood and found confidential papers that his exploits came to light. Since the discovery, the author has made it his mission to track down his father's comrades and find out more about the 32ft-long human torpedoes. His search has taken him far and wide, and has culminated in his book Chariots Of War. 215 photos/documents.

120 pp.
$50.00

106. HANDBOOK OF ITALIAN MILITARY FORCES, 1943
C,

Originally issued as TME 30-420, this American intelligence handbook is a comprehensive review of the Italian Army and its Fascist Militia units during WWII. The handbook has 480 pages of text, 166 illustrations/drawings plus 12 plates of which 10 uniform plates are in color. There are chapters on: Recruitment, pay and training Organization of different arms of service (Infantry, Artillery, Cavalry, etc); The services of supply and transportation; Armament and equipment; and Tactics and combat doctrine.

480 pp.
$60.00

108. FOR CROATIA AND CHRIST: THE CROATIAN ARMY IN WWII, 1941-1945
Antonio Munoz, C,O,

Complete history of the Croatian military, including the NDH, Ustashe, militia, Croat-German Legion divisions, Italian Legion, etc. Includes an excellent introduction by noted German military historian, Hans Werner Neulen. Most complete English language study on the subject! This new edition has been completely redone, giving it an overall great esthetic appearance! The book has 15 maps, 20 photos, 5 illus., with a beautiful full color dust jacket! The book has a long introduction by noted military historian, Dr. Hans Werner Neulen (author of "An deutscher Seite: Internationale Freiwilliger von Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS").

138 pp.
$35.00

111. SS: HITLER'S FOREIGN DIVISIONS: FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS IN THE WAFFEN-SS 1940-1945
Tim Ripley, C, O-

The divisions of the Waffen-SS were the elite of Hitler's armies in World War II, but some of the most fanatical of these were not even German. SS: Hitler's Foreign Divisions is an in-depth examination of the approximately 350,000 foreign volunteers from German-occupied countries who opted to fight for the Third Reich as members of the Waffen-SS. The book explores the background to their recruitment and describes-on a unit-by-unit basis-their history, structure, and combat record in the war. Despite their non-Germanic background, the Norwegians, Dutch, Danes, Belgians, Latvians, Estonians, Cossacks, Ukrainians, and other nationalities-often motivated by an extreme anti-Communist zeal- fought hard on the Eastern Front for the Nazi cause, even when their position was hopeless. Often treated badly by their German commanders, the foreign SS units were not all excellent combat formations, however. some, like the British and Indian volunteers, were used for propaganda purposes only, while others, like the notorious Dirlewanger Brigade, who helped brutally suppress the Warsaw Rising, were nothing more than murderous criminals in uniform. Other divisions-such as the Russian-recruited 30th Waffen- Grenadier Division der SS, formed in the final months of the war-never reached a functional strength, and were disbanded before they saw action. Illustrated with rare photographs and written by an acknowledged expert, SS: Hitler's Foreign Divisions is a definitive history of the foreign SS units who fought for Hitler and Germany in World War II. This book also provides nice capsule histories of each foreign division and brigade. The photos for the most part are welll done and I have not seen elsewhere.

192 pp.
$35.00

112. CAMOUFLAGE AND MARKINGS OF THE AERONAUTICA NAZIONALE REPUBBLICANA 1944-45
Ferdinando D'Amico, C,O,

For the first time in the English Language and following years of research the authors analyse the camouflage and markings of the Aeronautica Nationale Republicana (ARN), the fascist air force formed following the wake of Italy’s capitulation to the Allies in 1943. This volume will undoubtedly become the defining reference on the subject Fighting alongside the Luftwaffe to the bitter end in Northern Italy, the ANR was equipped with the German Messerchmitt Bf 109 fighter as well as a range of Italian fighters, bomber, torpedo and transport aircraft – all of which are examined by the author with the aid of hundreds of previously unpublished photographs showing the camouflage and systems markings by unit and individual units. This heavy illustrated and highly detailed work of reference covers an often overlooked aspect of Italian air power in the later stages of World War 2 and is essential reading for aviation historians and aero-modellers. includes 450 photographs plus 40 colour artwork, maps, diagrams, data tables and appendicies

224 pp.
$60.00

114. HITLER'S GREEN ARMY: THE GERMAN ORDER POLICE AND THEIR EUROPEAN AUXILIARIES, 1933-1945, VOLUME 1: WESTERN EUROPE AND SCANDINAVIA
Antonio Munoz, O,C

includes 14 color uniform plates, hundreds of photos, tables, charts, maps (some in full color), line drawings, etc. The complete history of the German Order Police and their European Auxiliary Police forces from 1933-1945. This volume covers Western Europe & Scandinavia.

386 pp.
$65.00

114B. HITLER'S GREEN ARMY VOLUME 2: EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALKANS
Antonio Munoz, C,O

with hundreds of color and black and white photos, line drawings, tables, charts, maps, sketches, and full color uniform plates depicting the history of the German Ordnungspolizei (Order Police) & their collaborationist Axis allied police forces throughout Europe and the USSR. This second volume covers Eastern Europe & the Balkans (Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Greece).

512 pp.
$80.00, special - $64.00

115. MACEDONIA'S SECRET ARMY: THE IMRO MILITIA AND VOLUNTEER BATTALIONS OF SOUTHWESTERN MACEDONIA 1943-1944
Nick Trovsky, S,

The little known revolutionary group, the Inner Macedonian Revolutionary Organization, was the spark that helped to ignite the Macedonian independence movement during the earlier half of the twentieth century. Wishing a Macedonia free of Greek or Yugoslav influence, this movement sought to obtain its goal by using the military and political struggles which were occurring in the Balkans in WWII. Their raod to self-rule led them down the path of collaboration with the Bulgarian and German military. Their hope for a Macedonia as great as the one that Alexander the Great built was drowned by the final agonizing spasma that spelled the death of the Third Reich. This is their story.

58 pp.
$8.00

116. GERMANY AND THE AXIS POWER: FROM COALITION TO COLLAPES
Richard DiNardo, C

It seemed that whenever Mussolini acted on his own, it was bad news for Hitler. Indeed, the Führer’s relations with his Axis partners were fraught with an almost total lack of coordination. Compared to the Allies, the coalition was hardly an alliance at all. Focusing on Germany’s military relations with Italy, Romania, Hungary, and Finland, Richard DiNardo unearths a wealth of little-known facts that reveal how the Axis coalition largely undermined Hitler’s objectives from the Eastern Front to the Balkans, Mediterranean, and North Africa. DiNardo argues that the Axis military alliance was doomed from the beginning by a lack of common war aims, the absence of a unified command structure, and each nation’s fundamental mistrust of the others. Germany was disinclined to make the kinds of compromises that successful wartime partnerships demanded and, because Hitler insisted on separate pacts with each nation, Italy and Finland often found themselves conducting counterproductive parallel wars on their own. DiNardo’s detailed assessments of ground, naval, and air operations reveal precisely why the Axis allies were so dysfunctional as a collective force, sometimes for seemingly mundane but vital reasons—a shortage of bilingual interpreters, for example. His analysis covers coalition warfare at every level, demonstrating that some military services were better at working with their allies than others, while also pointing to rare successes, such as Rommel’s effective coordination with Italian forces in North Africa. In the end, while some individual Axis units fought with distinction—if not on par with the vaunted Wehrmacht—and helped Germany achieve some of its military aims, the coalition’s overall military performance was riddled with disappointments. Breaking new ground, DiNardo’s work enlarges our understanding of Germany’s defeat while at the same time offering a timely reminder of the challenges presented by coalition warfare.

320 pp.
$35.00

118. RELUCTANT AXIS ROMANIAN ARMY IN RUSSIA
Mihai Filipescu, S,O

with dozens of detailed maps, line drawings, photos detailing the history of the Romanian Army during the Russian campaign. This is the story of the military consequences of the alliance between Germany and Romania and of the war in Russia that for Romania, lasted from 1941 until late summer of 1944 when she switched sides. Though there are some photos, this is mostly a scholarly treatment, the best since Ready's book.

100 pp.
$25.00

120. EUROPEAN VOLUNTEERS: THE 5. SS-PANZER-DIVISION "WIKING"
Peter Strassner, C,

with 112 photos and 30 maps. The classic one-volume history of what eventually became the 5. SS-Panzer-Division "Wiking". Involved exclusively on the Eastern Front, this was the initial divisional-level formation of the Waffen-SS to make use of foreign volunteers, in this case, western European and Nordic types, such as the Dutch, Walloons, Danes, Norwegians and Swedes. September release

480 pp.
$60.00

121. FOR EUROPE: THE FRENCH VOLUNTEERS OF THE WAFFEN-SS
Robert Forbes, C

In late 2000, the book 'Pour l'Europe: the French volunteers of the Waffen-SS' was published privately in a limited edition of 500 copies. This book is a heavily revised and expanded edition of this book which provides the definitive account of its subject, impeccably researched directly from French and German sources, and with assistance from former volunteers. 'For Europe' covers: * The formation of the French Sturmbrigade of the Waffen-SS and its engagement in Galicia/* The formation of the French Division of the Waffen-SS called 'Charlemagne', including brief histories of its main component parts, namely the LVF and Milice française/* The bitter fighting and and massacre of 'Charlemagne' on the Eastern Front, in Pomerania 1945 /* The reformation of 'Charlemagne'/* A blow-by-blow account of the French Sturmbataillon in the final battle for Berlin/* The French Waffen-SS in NW Europe 1944-45, including a new and detailed study of the events surrounding the murder of 12 French volunteers of the Waffen-SS at Bad Reichenhall with information provided by a relative of one of those murdered/* The story of a French nurse of the Waffen-SS/* New material on the French volunteers who served with the NSKK and SK-OT/* The postwar years/* The former French volunteers of the Waffen-SS who fought in the ranks of the BILOM in Indochina. Key sales points: * For years, knowledge of the history and fate of the French volunteers of the Waffen-SS has been plagued by inaccurate and misleading accounts. 'For Europe' now tells this story accurately for the first time./* An exhaustive account of the formation and service of all French SS units, focusing on the 33rd 'Charlemagne' Division/* Includes officer lists/* One of the most important books relating to the Waffen-SS published in recent years.

424 pp.
$80.00*

123. IRON ARM: THE MECHANIZATION OF MUSSOLINI'S ARMY, 1920-40
John Sweet, S,

Though overshadowed by Germany's more famous Afrika Korps, Italian tanks formed a large part of the Axis armored force that the Allies confronted--and ultimately defeated--in North Africa in the early years of World War II. Those tanks were the product of two decades of debate and development as the Italian military struggled to produce a modern, mechanized army in the aftermath of World War I. For a time, Italy stood near the front of the world's tank forces--but once war came, Mussolini's iron arm failed as an effective military force. This is the story of its rise and fall.

224 pp.
$17.00

127. MAGYAR STEEL
Csaba Becze, S,O,

This book tell the story for the first time in English of Hungarian armour operations during WWII. Using both Hungarian-designed - built armoured vehicles and German ones, The Hungarian forces fought bravely on the Eastern Front against overwhelming odds. Their German allies were not always supportive or friendly. This is the story of Magyar Steel, a rarely documented aspect of WWII tank warfare. It is illustrated with rare warime photographs plus colour photographs of the few surviving Hungarian AFV's of the period, and artwork showing camouflage and markings. Also includes many 1/35 scale plans.

84 pp.
$30.00

128. WEHRMACHT & SS: CAUCASIAN, MUSLIM, ASIAN TROOPS
J. Borsarello, C,O, Fully bilingual with complete English text.

The period 1941 - 1942 marked a decisive and unexpected turning point in the way the Nazis looked on the issue of "non-aryans" in their ranks. Following high losses in Russia, the need for replacement troops was very great. As a consequence, Bosnians, Arabs, Asians, Trans-Caucasians and Indian soldiers were all enlisted in the Wehrmacht and even in the Waffen-SS. More thank a million such men served. This large format book from Heimdal, illustrated with more than 300 photographs, badges, flags, maps, uniforms and other documents, tells the little known story of these troops.

176 pp.
$40.00

129. SOVIET NATIONALS IN GERMAN WARTIME SERVICE 1941-45
Edited by Antonio Munoz, S,O

numerous full page color uniform plates of the various eastern volunteers from the Baltic, Ukraine, Belorussia, Caucasus, etc. This is an authoritative and scholarly account of the various national volunteers that made up the Soviet Union, and their collaboration with the Germans in World War II. The work has been edited, but the various monographs have been written by PhD's and MA's specializing in military history. You will refer to this one single work again and again. This item does not incorporate any previous books Axis Europa has published in the past.

154 pp.
$28.00

131. THE WALLONIEN: THE HISTORY OF THE 5TH SS-STURMBRIGADE AND 28TH SS VOLUNTEER PANZERGRENADIER DIVISION
Richard Landwehr, C

In-depth history covers the formation and engagements of this Belgian Waffen-SS unit, and their well-known leader, Leon Degrelle. Includes photos never before published.

CONTENTS
Introduction
Formation and First Engagements of 5th SS-Sturmbrigade "Wallonien"
The Cherkassy-Korsun Envelopment
"Wallonien" in Estonia
Formation and Development of the 28th Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division "Wallonien"
Last Battles of the "Wallonien" Division
58 photos, 4 maps, 4 illustrations,

118 pp.
$35.00*

132. FRONTFIGHTERS THE NORWEGIAN VOLUNTEER LEGION OF THE WAFFEN-SS
Richard Landwehr, C

Frontfighters is based on the book Legionsminner-Trekk Av Den Norske Legions Historie which was originally assembled by the Norwegian SS War Correspondent E. Jul Christiansen Furum in 1943. The original publisher was Viking Vorlag, Oslo, 1943. The first English language translation of this work was published by Roger Hunt in 1986. 210 B&W photos , 11 illustrations, 1 map,

202 pp.
$40.00*

133. FRENCH VOLUNTEERS OF WAFFEN-SS
Richard Landwehr, C

History of the Frenchmen who volunteered to fight for the Waffen-SS against the communist forces of Soviet Russia. In their brief history the soldiers of the French Waffen-SS demonstrated their fiber as soldiers and human beings in a series of hopeless engagements on the Eastern Front against vastly superior enemy forces. Wherever they were deployed, they fought with maximum effectiveness and courage despite the odds against them. Almost two-thirds of French SS troops died on the battlefield or in captivity. 3 color photos, 137 B&W photos, 4 drawings, 4 maps

Contents
Foreword
Background to the French Waffen-SS: The L.V.F
The Formation of 8.SS-Sturmbrigade “Frankreich”
Battles in Galicia
Reformation of the Sturmbrigade and Creation of the “Charlemagne” Division
Training of the “Charlemagne” Division
At the Front in Pomerania
Observations on the 33rd SS Division “Charlemagne"
Reformation f the “Charlemagne” Division
The Battle for Kolberg
The Defense of Gotenhofen
Defeat in the Ruins: France’s Last Battle for Europe
Fighting for Berlin: A Battle Memoir
The French Waffen-SS in Bavaria and Italy
Death at Bad Reichenhall: The Karlstein Massacre
SS Kampfbataillon and the Retreat from Mecklenburg
Epilogue

Appendices
Personalities
33.Waffen-Grenadier Division der SS “Charlemagne” (fran.Nr.1) Command Roster
18.SS Freiwilligen-Panzer-Grenadier Division “Horst Wessel”
Counterintelligence Summary

284 pp.
$39.95*

135. HITLER'S SPANISH LEGION
Gerald R. Kleinfeld and Lewis A. Tambs, S,

A valuable work on a relatively unknown but important part of the Second World War. Driven by a fervent anti-Communism, and supported by Franco, Spanish volunteers form a division to fight with Germany on the Eastern Front. The Blue Division was a unique political tool, as it allowed Franco to "buy-off" his German ally, while finding an "outlet" for some of the more radical members of his coalition. What at first looked like an opportunity to get in on the rout, eventually led the Spaniards into some of the most brutal fighting of the war. Almost 50,000 served, with about half becoming casualties. Out of print for almost thirty years, this work is a unique addition to the scholarship of the Eastern Front.

434 pp.
$28.95*

136. THIRD AXIS FOURTH ALLY: ROMANIAN ARMED FORCES IN THE EUROPEAN WAR 1941-1945
Mark Axworthy, S,

The Eastern Front is rightly portrayed as a struggle between two gigantic opponents; the USSR and Germany. However, such was the scale that it has swallowed the campaigns of arguably the second Axis army in Europe, that of Romania, almost without a trace. That the Romanian Army could claim this status might come as something of a surprise even to close students of WWII, who will generally assume that the Italian Army held this position. This disputable assumption has its roots in the absence of any works on Romania in the war. This book endeavors to fill this void.

368 pp.
$50.00

137. THE COSSACK CORPS: GERMAN EXPLOITATION OF ARAB NATIONALIST MOVEMENTS IN WWII
General der Flieger Hellmuth Felmy And General der Artillerie Walter Warlimont, S,

At the end of WWII, both the Soviets and the Americans raced to capture as much of the German military leadership as possible. Many of these Admirals and Generals were some of the most dynamic in their professions, and their knowledge was coveted for what many believed would be a post-war conflict between the two remaining super powers. The US Army Europe's Historical Division, put these generals to work and had them write of their experiences on a whole host of subjects. As far as we know this is the first time these reports have been published publicly, and in both cases there is only one known copy of each…until now. The Cossack Corps is a brief history of the famous Russian horseman who fought not so much for the Germans as against Stalin, and the German Exploitation of Arab Nationalist Movements in World War II, chronicles the German attempts to foment dissent and provoke an Arab uprising in those areas controlled by England. Brief, yet fascinating studies that are guaranteed to be new additions to any library on WWII.

68 pp.
$18.95*

138. HERAKLES AND THE SWASTIKA: GREEK VOLUNTEERS IN THE GERMAN ARMY, SS AND POLICE, 1943-1944
C,O,

maps, photos, numerous strength tables and diagrams. The complete history of Greek collaboration with the occupation force. Some extremely interested photographs. Expanded.

110 pp.
$40.00

140. STORMTROOPER ON THE EASTERN FRONT: FIGHTING WITH HITLER'S LATVIAN SS
Mintauts Blosfelds, C,

Following the conquest of his native Latvia by the Nazis, the author was given the stark choice: service in the SS or forced labor in a slave camp. So he 'volunteered' to fight for the Nazis. He describes his training and how he became an instructor before being sent into Russia. He nearly perished during the terrible winter of 1943-44 being wounded and finding himself with his friend lying dead on top of him. As the tide turned and the Russians advanced remorselessly through. He was wounded twice more and awarded the Iron Cross for bravery. With German resistance collapsing, the author had to flee for his life - capture by the Russians meant almost certain death. He surrendered to the Americans but describes the neglect he suffered at their hands. Unable to return to Latvia now occupied by the Russians, he became a Displaced Person eventually settling in the UK. 16 pages of b/w photos

224 pp.
$33.00

141. 14. WAFFEN-GRENADIER DIVISION DER SS GALIZIEN
Rolf Michaelis, S,O, English captions and brief summary.

75 b/w rare photos, 2 pages in color, maps

66 pp.
$30.00

142. THE MILITARY INTERVENTION CORPS OF THE SPANISH BLUE DIVISION IN THE GERMAN WEHRMACTH 1941 - 1945: ORGANIZATION, UNIFORMS, INSIGNIA, DOCUMENTS
Jesus Dolado Esteban Eduardo Ramos Redondo & eduardo Robles Esteban, C,O

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, over 400 color and b/w images,

192 pp.
$60.00

143. HITLER'S FLEMISH LIONS: THE HISTORY OF THE 27TH SS-FREIWILLIGEN GRENADIER DIVISION LANGEMARCK (FLAMISHCE NR.I)
Jonathan Trigg, C

By the end of World War II there were soldiers of more than 30 nationalities fighting in the 38 combat division of the Waffen SS; Reich Germans were in the minority. How did a regime founded upon notions of its own racial superiority come to welcome hundreds of thousands of foreigners into its military elite—and what motivated these men? Following the sell-out success of his first volume in this series, Hitler's Gauls, the author examines in depth the Langemarck division, composed entirely of fighters drawn from the Flemish lands of Northern Belgium. Motivated by a powerful anti-communist zeal and a desire to escape forever the interference of their traditional enemy, France, these men fought at Stalingrad and in the encircling battles of the Volkhov pocket. They fought the bitter campaign in the Ukraine in 1943-44, then in Estonia at the Narva. The Division was destroyed by the Russian juggernaut in 1945. Illustrated with rare photographs, many previously unpublished, and with close analysis of the key figures such as Flemish Knight's Cross winner Remy Schrijnen, this is a fascinating study of fanatical courage. 50 B/W Photos,

224 pp.
$40.00

144. THE FINNISH AIR FORCE SIX VOLUMES
Kari Stenman, C,O, (please note, many of these arrived with slightly bumped corners and I lowered the price across the board as a result)
PRICE $63 per volume or $360 for the set, all prices net.

Each volume of this series is compiled keeping those in mind who are interested in aviation history, warfare and modeling.The size of each book is A4 (210x297 mm) with laminated hard covers with an average of over 300 top quality pictures per volume of both men and machines, supplemented by extensive appendixes of units, commanders, dislocations, colours and markings and individual aircraft histories. Each volume averages 200 pages.

FINNISH AIR FORCE I: 1918-27
This book Finnish Air Force I is the first volume of a series covering the phases of the Finnish air arm. This volume deals with the first ten years, during which a zero aircraft branch of a recently independent country was developed into an air force with 135 aircraft. The main text covers the way to independence, civil war, border conflicts, German and French influences, British intervention to Russia, founding the aircraft factory etc.

FINNISH AIR FORCE VOLUME II: 1928-40
This book Finnish Air Force II is the second volume of a series covering the phases of the Finnish air arm. This volume deals with the second decade and the way to war. The focus is in Soviet Union’s attempt to conquer Finland, the Winter War.

FINNISH AIR FORCE VOLUME III: 1941
This book Finnish Air Force III is the third volume of a series covering the phases of the Finnish air arm. This volume deals with the first six months of the Continuation War. The focus is in Finland’s attempt to take back the areas lost to the Soviet Union in the Winter War. The main text covers the build-up of the Finnish Air Force, gradual forming of the comrade-in-arms with Germany and the offensive itself. It runs on a daily basis with comprehensive victory and loss lists and quotes from both
Finnish and Russian war diaries and combat reports.

FINNISH AIR FORCE VOLUME IV: 1942
This book Finnish Air Force IV is the fourth volume of a series covering the phases of the Finnish air arm. This volume deals with 1942, the first stalemate year of the Continuation War. The focus is in Finland’s attempt to keep the air superiority against the increasing Soviet air forces.
The main text runs on a daily basis with comprehensive victory and loss lists and quotes from both Finnish and Russian war diaries and combat reports. Orders of Battle of the Red air forces is presented also for comparison.

FINNISH AIR FORCE V: 1943
This book Finnish Air Force V is the fifth volume of a series covering the phases of the Finnish air arm. This volume deals with 1943, the second stalemate year of the Continuation War. The focus is in Finland’s repelling the Soviet Baltic Fleet in their break out efforts from the blockade of Kronstadt assisted by ever increasing air forces. The main text runs on a daily basis with comprehensive victory and loss lists and quotes from both Finnish and Russian war diaries and combat reports. Orders of Battle of the Red air forces is presented also for comparison.

FINNISH AIR FORCE VI: 1944
This book Finnish Air Force VI is the sixth volume of a series covering the phases of the Finnish air arm. This volume deals with 1944, the final year of the Continuation War. The focus is in Finland’s repelling the Soviet major offensives on the Karelian Isthmus and Olonets. These defensive victories made it possible to negotiate a separate peace term, which lead to a cease-fire on 4 September 1944 and a truce a fortnight later. Thereafter followed a short war against the Germans in Lapland. The main text runs on a daily basis with comprehensive victory and loss lists and quotes from both Finnish and Russian war diaries and combat reports. Orders of Battle of the Red air forces is presented also for comparison.

145. THE ESTONIAN LEGION IN WORDS AND PICTURES
Mart Laar, BOOK IS IN ENGLISH, C,O, Includes a CD of origina music of the Estonian Legion.

During its combat career the Estonian Legion carried several names. It was, in fact, only called a legion for a brief period, then the Waffen-SS 3rd Estonian Brigade, and later the Waffen-SS 20th Estonian Division, which name was further adorned with the words Volunteer or Waffen-Grenadier. The Legion, designated a Brigade, was created in March/April 1943, seeing action against the Soviets until the end of the year. It was expanded to a division in January 1944, and saw action in the epic battles at Narva, April through August 1944. It then withdrew into East Prussia, where it fought as well as in Silesia, winter/spring 1944/45. It surrendered to the Soviets in May 1945.
The fate of the legionnaires was tough. Many had to pay for their oaths with their lives, others with incarceration, the labour camp or other repressions. It was sufficient to drop a hint that somebody had fought "on the wrong side" in the war to get him fired or to have his studies blocked. Therefore many tried to hide their pasts in any way possible. Even so, the occupying Soviet régime did not succeed in breaking the spirit of these men, and many of them lived to see the 24th February 1989, when the Estonian blue black and white flag flew again from Long Hermann tower in Tallinn.
The fighting spirit and fighting capacity of the Estonian soldier has been admired and recognised through time. Not without reason was Alfons Rebane's Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross supplemented with the Oak Leaves in the last days of the war. Rebane was a talented soldier and military leader who became legendary during his own lifetime. Fifteen times he succeeded in bringing his men out of encirclement. After breaking out of the Oppeln encirclement in March 1945, close to the end of the war, Rebane returned to bring out the entire German staff , an act in which he succeeded brilliantly. Worthy of similar recognition are Knight's Cross holders Paul Maitla, Harald Riipalu and Harald Nugiseks, as well as a number of other Estonian soldiers who performed heroic deeds in battle.
The present picture album provides an overview of the Estonian Legion's activities from its creation in 1942 until the end of the war, and of the legionnaires' fates after the war. The stress has been put on recently discovered and as yet unpublished photographs and other illustrative material from various collections. The text is divided into 12 chapters dealing with the activities of the Legion and its veterans, giving an overview of the most important events and personalities.

480 pp.
$84.98*

146. THE ESTONIAN SOLDIER IN WORLD WAR II
Mart Laar, C,O,

A monumental album with ca 1500 illustrations about Estonian soldiers in World War II

Photos taken in Estonia in the summer of 1939 show a country looking peacefully and joyfully into the future, a country without any inkling of the terrifying events soon to descend upon it. In his Independence Day parade speech on 24 February 1939 president Konstantin Päts stated that Estonia’s only wish was to live in peace and stay away from wars and conflicts. And this was indeed the case. However, history went its own way, and nobody cared about what small Estonia wanted. The Soviet occupation and annexation of Estonia in 1940 also meant that from this time, Estonian men could no longer wear their own army’s uniform during World War II. Either voluntarily or compulsorily it had to be replaced by German, Russian, Finnish, British or US uniforms or insignia. In spite of the uniform worn, most Estonian men who fought in WWII wanted the war to end with the restoration of Estonian freedom. In some cases this goal was completely clear, in other cases it had to be hidden. Service in different armies also led to many cases where Estonians were forced to fight other Estonians. Estonians confronting Estonians on the battlefield suffered the tragedy of fratricidal war. World War II was particularly tragic for Estonia, because in spite of the sacrifices, the war still ended with the destruction of Estonian independence. However, resistance against foreign occupation continued after the end of the battles in Europe. Estonian independence was not achieved without bloodshed, only the last phase of restoring independence passed without the sacrifice of life. Although Estonia succeeded in restoring its independence in 1991, for Estonia World War II actually ended only on 31 August 1994, when the last uninvited foreign soldier left Estonian territory. Tens of thousands of Estonian men and women had given their lives for the arrival of that day. The following album is dedicated to their memory.

544 pp.
$89.98*

147. HITLER'S JIHADIS: MUSLIM VOLUNTEERS OF THE WAFFEN-SS
Jonathan Trigg, C

As the West finds itself embroiled in conflict with radical Islam at home and abroad it is fascinating to hear the echoes of militant Islam from the Second World War, and the Nazis attempt to preach 'Jihad' against the British Empire and Stalin. Hitler's Jihadis tells the story of the tens of thousands of Muslims, from as far away as India who volunteered to wear the SS double lightning flashes and serve alongside their erstwhile conquerors. Jonathan Trigg gives insight into the pre-war politics that inspired these Islamic volunteers, who for the most part did not survive. Those who did survive the war and the bloody retribution that followed saw the reputation of the units in which they served in berated as militarily inept and castigated for atrocities against unarmed civilians. Using first hand accounts and official records Hitler's Jihadis peels away the propaganda to reveal the complexity that lies at the heart of the story of Hitler's most unlikely 'Aryans'.

224 pp.
$30.00

148. THE ROYAL ITALIAN AIR FORCE 1923 - 1945
Spencer A. Coil and Renato Zavattini, C,O

The authors have assembled over 600 images from private photo albums and individual groupings offering a unique perspective on the Royal Italian Air Force (Regia Aeronautica) from 1923-1945. There are period photos of the everyday life, and adventures of pilots and personnel on a variety of war fronts and campaigns. In addition, there are images of Regia Aeronautica, Aviazione Legionaria and Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana aircraft in detail as well as candid photos of aces such as, Italo Balbo and high profile figures such as German Knight's Cross recipient Italian General Giovanni Messe. Furthermore, the color gallery contains heretofore unpublished images of period headdress, uniforms, and accoutrements from private collections. over 600 color/bw images

256 pp.
$70.00

149. RUSSIANS IN THE WAFFEN-SS
Rolf Michaelis, C,

From summer 1941, some 100,000 Russians served in the German Wehrmacht, mostly as so called Schutzmannschaften under the command of the German Police (Höhere SS- und Polizeiführer) in the eastern occupied areas. The most famous unit was the Brigade Kaminski, established by Bronislav Kaminski in the summer of 1941. In 1944 it became the Waffen-Sturmbrigade der SS "Rona" later the 29. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS "Rona" (russische Nr.1). A second division was later established from various Schutzmannschafts-Bataillonen and was designated 30. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (russische Nr.2). over 100 bw images

128 pp.
$30.00

150. UKRAINIANS IN THE WAFFEN-SS
Rolf Michaelis, C,

With the beginning of the Operation Barbarossa more than 100,000 Ukrainians volunteered for the fight against Stalin and communismn. These volunteers were put into Schutzmannschafts-Bataillone under the control of the German Police. After Stalingrad however, Ukrainians were allowed to build up a division sized unit for the frontline. Around 15,000 Ukrainians were drafted and their first combat was at the Brody front in Galicia in summer 1944. 100 bw images

128 pp.
$30.00

151. ESTONIANS IN THE WAFFEN-SS
Rolf Michaelis, C

When German troops entered Estonia in the summer of 1941 they were welcomed by the Estonians. Thousands of Estonians wanted to take part in the war against Russia. Besides the Schutzmannschaften of German Police in 1942 Himmler started to build up an Estonian SS-Volunteer Brigade which became later the 20. Waffen-Grenadier-Division der SS (estnische Nr. 1). They fought most notably at the Narwa-Front, and later in Silesia. 100 bw images

128 pp.
$30.00

152. COURAGE ALONE: THE ITALIAN AIR FORCE 1940-1943
Chris Dunning, C,O, Completely revised edition

Derided by Allied propaganda which made it out to be an air force equipped solely with elderly biplanes, ineffective in attack or always in retreat, the Regia Aeronautica was overshadowed by its more ruthless Axis partner, the Luftwaffe. Using research from a mass of original documentation, including personal accounts and combat diaries, the author takes an objective view and shows that the men who flew the Macchis, Fiats and Savoias were no less skilled or determined than their opponents. Area commands and theatres are discussed together with squadron allocations, anti-shipping operations, aircrew and details of the top fighter aces. Comprehensive tables provide information on aircraft equipment, squadron allocation and unit histories. Coupled with drawings from original aircraft handbooks, almost 250 photographs and over 100 colour profiles and unit badges, Courage Alone provides a detailed reference source for historians, modellers and enthusiasts alike.

360 pp.
$57.00

153. IN THE FIRE OF THE EASTERN FRONT: THE EXPERIENCES OF A DUTCH WAFFEN-SS VOLUNTEER, 1941-1945
Hendrik Verton, S,

Dutch SS accounts are very rare, particularly ones that describe recruiting, training, and frontline service as completely and colorfully as In the Fire of the Eastern Front. Hendrick C. Verton volunteered for the Waffen-SS in early 1941 and fought on the Eastern Front until the end of the war as a member of the 5th SS Panzer Division and SS Regiment Besslein.

288 pp.
$19.00

154. TWILIGHT OF THE GODS: A SWEDISH WAFFEN-SS VOLUNTEER'S EXPERIENCE WITH THE 11TH SS-PANZERGRENADIER DIVISION NORDLAND, EASTERN FRONT 1944-45
Thorolf Hillblad and Erik Wallin, C

Few new personal accounts by Waffen-SS soldiers appear in English; even fewer originate from the multitude of non-German European volunteers who formed such an important proportion of this service's manpower. Twilight of the Gods was originally written in Swedish, and published in Buenos Aires shortly after the end of WWII. Erik Wallin, a Swedish soldier who volunteered for service with the Waffen-SS, and participated in the climactic battles on the Eastern Front during late 1944 and 1945, later telling his story to this book's editor, Thorolf Hillblad. Wallin served with the Panzer Reconnaissance Battalion, 11th SS-Panzergrenadier Division Nordland, a unit composed mainly of non-German volunteers, including Danes, Norwegians, and Swedes. The division enjoyed a high reputation for its combat capability, and was always at the focal points of the fighting on the Eastern Front in the last year of the war. During this period it saw combat in the Baltic, in Pomerania, on the Oder, and finally in defence of Berlin, where it was destroyed. Erik Wallin served with his unit in all of these locations, and provides the reader with a fascinating glimpse into these final battles. The book is written with a 'no holds barred' approach which will captivate, excite and maybe even shock the reader - his recollections do not evade the brutality of fighting against the advancing Red Army. Twilight of the Gods is destined to become a classic memoir of the Second World War.

144 pp.
$35.00

155. MUSSOLINI'S WAR: FASCIST ITALY'S MILITARY STRUGGLES FROM AFRICA AND WESTERN EUROPE TO THE MEDITERRANEAN AND SOVIET UNION 1935 - 45
Frank Joseph, C

Among the great misconceptions of modern times is the assumption that Benito Mussolini was Hitler's junior partner, who made no significant contributions to the Second World War. That conclusion originated with Allied propagandists determined to boost Anglo-American morale, while undermining Axis cooperation. The Duce's failings, real or imagined, were inflated and ridiculed; his successes, pointedly demeaned or ignored. Italy's bungling navy, ineffectual army - as cowardly as it was ill-equipped - and air force of antiquated biplanes were handily dealt with by the Western Allies. So effective was this disinformation campaign that it became post-war history, and is still generally taken for granted even by otherwise well-informed scholars and students of World War Two. But a closer examination of recently disclosed, and often neglected, original source materials presents an entirely different picture. They shine new light, for example, on Italy's submarine service, the world's greatest in terms of tonnage, its boats sinking nearly three-quarters of a million tons of Allied shipping in three years' time. During a single operation, Italian 'human torpedoes' sank the battleships HMS Valiant and Queen Elizabeth, plus an eight-thousand-ton tanker, at their home anchorage in Alexandria, Egypt. By mid-1942, Mussolini's navy had fought its way back from crushing defeats to become the dominant power in the Mediterranean Sea. Contrary to popular belief, his Fiat biplanes gave as good as they got in the Battle of Britain, and their monoplane replacements, such as the Macchi Greyhound, were state-of-the-art interceptors superior to the American Mustang. Savoia-Marchetti Sparrowhawk bombers accounted for seventy-two Allied warships and one hundred-ninety-six freighters before the Bagdolio armistice in 1943. On 7 June 1942, infantry of the Italian X Corps saved Rommel's XV Brigade near Gazala, in North Africa, from otherwise certain annihilation, while horse-soldiers of the Third Cavalry Division Amedeo Duca d'Aosta defeated Soviet forces on the Don River before Stalingrad the following August in history's last cavalry charge. As influential as these operations were on the course of World War Two, more potentially decisive was Mussolini's planned aggression against the United States' mainland. Postponed only at the last moment when its conventional explosives were slated for substitution by a nuclear device, New York City escaped an atomic attack by margins more narrow than previously understood. It is now known that Italian scientists led the world in nuclear research in 1939, and a four-engine Piaggio heavy bomber was modified to carry an atomic bomb five years later. These and numerous other disclosures combine to debunk lingering propaganda stereotypes of an inept, ineffectual Italian armed forces. That dated portrayal is rendered obsolete by a true-to-life account of the men and weapons of Mussolini's War. 36 b/w photos/illustrations, 1 map

224 pp.
$60.00

156. REGIA AERONAUTICA: THE ITALIAN AIR FORCE 1940 - 1943 - A COMBAT HISTORY
Chris Dunning, C,O,

This large format book portrays the aircraft and camouflage and markings of the various aviation arms of the Italian Regia Aeronautica. The Regia Aeronautica flew a wide range of aircraft and its machines were invariably colourfully camouflaged for tropical and over-water use and richly emblazoned with individual, tactical and unit markings, making for popular modelling subjects. All aircraft are covered: day fighters, bombers, dive-bombers and ground-attack units and aircraft and maritime and transport aircraft. Aircraft featured will include the following: Fiat CR 32 / CR 42 biplane fighters / Fiat G.50, G.55 / the Maachi C.200, C.202 / Reggiane Re.2000, Re.2001, 2002, 2005 / Messerschmitt Bf 109, Bf 110 / Dornier 217 fighters / Ju 87 / Fiat BR.20M / Cant Z.1007 / Caproni Ca.310, 311, 314 / Savoia-Marchetti S.79, SM.81, SM.82, SIAI S.84 bombers / FIAT RS.14 seaplanes. Packed with photographs and aircraft close-ups and detail, this is an ideal volume for aviation modellers, particularly all those with a specific interest in Italian aviation.

224 pp.
$57.00

157. SWEDES AT WAR: WILLING WARRIORS OF A NEUTRAL NATION, 1914 - 1945
Lars Gyllenhall, S,

From the mud and bloody hell of Flanders to forlorn battles in Siberia and bitter street fighting in the very heart of Berlin 1945. From Africa to the Arctic, fighting men from a country frowned upon for its "cowardly" neutrality participated in all the crucial battles of World Wars I and II. Their homeland was Sweden, which has enjoyed almost two hundred years of peace. Swedes at War is the first book in English to reveal that, despite Sweden's policy of neutrality, no fewer than 23,000 Swedish citizens went to war between 1914 and 1945. Swedes at War also puts an end to the myth that most Swedes enlisted in Hitler's forces. Only 200 joined the Waffen-SS or the Wehrmacht of 1939–1945. In the same period 9,000 Swedish citizens joined the Americans, the British, the Norwegians, and the Poles. In addition, well over 200,000 men of Swedish descent served in the US, British, Canadian, and Australian Armed Forces--facts in which Americans, Australians, Britons, and Canadians of Swedish descent can take pride. 4 maps, 132 photos.

426 pp.
$25.00

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