The Thrilling Tale of Norway's Most Decorated World War II Hero
When Hitler's invasion shattered Norway's peace of one hundred years, Gunnar Sonsteby, a timid youth, was destined to become the legendary 'No. 24' whose exploits earned the highest honours Norway could bestow when it was restored after World War II. Report from #24 is Stonsteby's own account of his underground activities during the Nazi ......
Murder, Antisemitism, and Democratic Politics in Interwar Poland
In 1922, voters in the newly created Republic of Poland democratically elected their first president, Gabriel Narutowicz. Because his supporters included a Jewish political party, an opposing faction of antisemites demanded his resignation. Within hours, bloody riots erupted in Warsaw, and within a week the president was assassinated. In the wake ......
As interpreter for Adolf Hitler during the key pre-war moments, such as the Munich Agreement, the British Declaration of War and the surrender of France, Schmidt was well placed to record his impressions of events from 1935 to 1945. His memoirs provide an important contribution to our knowledge of important meetings before and during the War.
Witchcraft and Agrarian Cults in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries
Based on research in the Inquisitorial archives of Northern Italy, The Night Battles recounts the story of a peasant fertility cult centred on the benandanti, literally, 'good walkers.' These men and women described fighting extraordinary ritual battles against witches and wizards in order to protect their harvests. While their bodies slept, the ......
A skilfully written account of the battle, recapturing the drama of four days from 17 to 21 September 1944. Relates the terrible cost of landing on top of a Panzer Corps, by evil coincidence 'resting' nearby, and unknown to Intelligence. Details the exploits of Colonel Frost and his band of 600. This account also focuses on the Dutch perspective.
The 98 Men Who Received the Knight's Cross and the Close-Combat Clasp in Gold
The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was principally the highest award given to German fighters to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership during World War II.
Truppenf++Hrung: German Army Manual for Unit Command in World War II
Truppenfuhrung ('unit command') served as the basic manual for the German Army from 1934 until the end of World War II and laid the doctrinal groundwork for blitzkrieg and the early victories of Hitler's armies. Reading it is as close to getting inside the minds behind the Third Reich's war machine as you are likely to get.
Generals like Heinz Guderian have received most of the credit for devising and executing the German blitzkrieg, but without the field commanders who led armored corps, divisions, and regiments, the lightning offensive that overtook France in 1940 could not have triumphed.
In a series of battles marked by daring raids and quick armored thrusts, Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps waged one of World War II's toughest campaigns in the North African desert in 1942. In June the Desert Fox recaptured Tobruk, a triumph that earned him a field marshal's baton and seemed to put all of North Africa within his grasp.
