THE GERMAN ARMY
GERMAN WORLD WAR II ORGANIZATIONAL SERIES
by Leo Niehorster
This series of publications are considered
to be the best and most authoritative studies on the ground
organisation of the German Armed Forces of World War II.
Volume 4/II : Mechanized GHQ Units and
Waffen-SS Formations 28 June 1942
GHQ (General Headquarters, i.e. non-divisional)
Troops were tools used by the German Army to form and support
concentrations of offensive or defensive forces at critical
sectors and main points of effort. GHQ units included the
heavy artillery, combat engineers, tank and antitank, infantry,
and antiaircraft combat arms, as well as a vast array of
non-combat units. GHQ units also were equipped with very
specialized vehicles, (such as flame-throwing tanks), scarce
weapons, (such as self-propelled 88mm Flak), or experimental
equipment, (such as mine-clearing vehicles), and were specially
trained in their use. GHQ units also had equipment whose
effect was operational or strategic, i.e., beyond normal
divisional control capabilities, (such as super heavy artillery).
Normally, GHQ combat units were mechanized. GHQ units were
eagerly sought after by all commanders. They were trained
for and expected to operate independently. The unit commanders
were expected to be able to assert themselves against divisional
and regimental commanders. These higher commanders were
in turn enjoined by standing orders to consult with the
GHQ unit commanders regarding the tactical capabilities
and use of their specialized units. GHQ units had to excel
in the use of their own specialized equipment, and that
of divisions, and be able to mesh the two into an efficient
combat tool.
The long winter of 1941/42 had been a time
of great setbacks and losses for the German forces on the
East Front. Besides the extremely harsh climate, which had
been totally unexpected, and hence unprepared for, the Russian
1941 winter counter-offensive had severely depleted the
combat forces, and by early Spring 1942, German unit strengths
were at an all time low. GHQ units were more affected than
the larger formations as they did not have the mass that
divisions had, and hence had less fat to live off during
the long months of sparse personnel and equipment replacements.
A whole new series of KStN (Kriegstäärkenachweisungen,
i.e. Tables of Organization) had been issued on 1.11.1941,
based upon the experience of the first few months of the
campaign. However, the catastrophic strategic situation,
the general lack of replacements and the overall unit strength
on the East Front meant that the earliest that these new
KStN could be put into effect was late Spring 1942. Specialist
personnel replacements were slow in arriving. What equipment
that had survived the winter was worn and seriously in need
of repair and maintenance.
The toll taken during the winter by the German
Army had been high. Indeed, the attrition had been so severe
that only those formations on the East Front which were
actually to participate in the 1942 Russian Summer Offensive
(Fall Blau) could be filled up to strength and augmented
with new units. June 1942 found the German Army on the East
Front barely recovered from the fierce Winter 1941/42 battles.
The Germans planned a major campaign on the
East Front for 1942. (North Africa was basically left to
its own devices). It was to be the final push, eliminating
the Soviet Union once and for all. However, the forces at
its disposal were less than needed, so that it decided to
strengthen first those forces that were to engage in the
attack. What was left over, and there was very little of
it, went to the other fronts. Even units directly engaged
in Fall Blau were by no means completely filled up. The
lack of German equipment was compensated to a certain extent
by the wholesale incorporation of captured Czech, Polish,
British, French, and Russian motor vehicles, guns, artillery,
etc., as well as production facilities in the occupied countries.
North African theater replacements, sent
sporadically and without great enthusiasm by the OKH, suffered
attrition passing through the Allied naval blockade, and
GHQ units received replacements only in drips and drabs.
Allied equipment was incorporated freely
and without regard to regular, authorized KStN. But then
the organization of the units in North Africa were in a
constant state of flux, frequently without the knowledge
of the organizational department OKH in Germany. All units
were equipped with trucks the moment they were available,
and leg combat units were at least truck-borne, although
maintaining a non-motorized KStN.
The Waffen-SS was not part of the Wehrmacht
(German Armed Forces), but formed a separate, broadly speaking,
fourth service. It was subject only to Wehrmacht orders
for operational use, and drew its supplies just as regular
Army formations did. Replacements, disciplinary matters
and "morale" education were reserved for the Reichsfüührer-SS
(the leader of all the German SS) organizations. The designation
Waffen-SS has been used for SS field combat units here,
as opposed to strictly political or paramilitary SS units.
Only those Waffen-SS units operating directly under Wehrmacht
control are represented. Waffen-SS units have been very
well documented. Waffen-SS units were considered elite units,
this status frequently bringing with it higher casualties
and losses. Waffen-SS units were thrown into the hottest
part of the fight - by the Army, probably because they were
not of their own - by the Nazi party, because they were
there to prove the superiority of the Nazi doctrine and
spirit.
Volume 1/III (to be published Summer 2004)
will cover the higher headquarters (Army Groups, Armies,
and Corps), the GHQ units, and the static units, (the Border
Guards) on 1 September 1939. Further volumes will deal with
the time points of 10 May 1940 - the beginning of the 1940
French Campaign; then 22 June 1941 Barbarossa - the German
invasion the Soviet Union; 28 June 1942 Fall Blau - the
beginning of the campaign that ended in so disastrously
for the Germans in Stalingrad). Others will deal with the
major reorganization late 1943; the German Army that the
Allies encountered on the beaches of Normandy and in swamps
of White Russia in June 1944; and finally, the German ground
forces that launched the last major counterattacks in the
Ardennes in 1944 and Hungary in 1945.
CONTENTS
3 -Contents, 5 - General Introduction, 6
- How to Read the Charts, 7 - German Units and Symbols,
8 - Organizational Symbols, 10 -Terms and Abbreviations,
11 - Order of Battle, 12 - Sonderverband 288 (mot), 14 -
Higher Artillery Command (mot), 15 - Artillery Command (mot),
16 - Headquarters, Artillery Regiment (mot), 17 - Artillery
Observation Battalion (mot), 18 - Recoilless Gun Battalion
(mot), 19 - Mixed Artillery Battalion (mot), 29 - Heavy
Howitzer Battalion (mot), 21 - 10cm Gun Battalion (mot),
22 - 15cm Gun Battalion (mot), 23 - Heavy Gun Battalion
(mot), 24 - 21cm Heavy Howitzer Battalion (mot), 25 - 21cm
Howitzer Battalion (mot)(reduced mobility), 26 - 21cm Gun
Battalion (mot), 27 - 24cm(t.) Gun Battalion (mot), 28 -
24cm Heavy Howitzer Battalion (mot), 29 - Super Heavy Howitzer
Battalion (mot), 30 - 42cm Super Heavy Howitzer Battery
(mot), 31 - 60cm Super Heavy Howitzer Battery (mot), 32
- Armored Gun Platoon (self-propelled), 33 - Assault Gun
Battalion,34 - Army Antiaircraft Battalion (mot), 35 - Rocket
Launcher Battalion (mot), 36 - Rocket Launcher Regiment
(mot), 37 - Rocket Launcher Regiment (mot), 38 - 100. Army
Tank Brigade, 39 - Army Tank Battalion (Captured Equipment),
40 - Army Tank Regiment, 41 - 40th Tank Battalion for Special
Use, 42 - 300th Remote Controlled Tank Battalion, 43 - Heavy
Antitank Company (self-propelled), 44 - Antitank Battalion
(mot), 46 - Light Antiaircraft Units (motorized and self-propelled),
48 - Machine Gun Battalion (mot), 49 - Führer-Begleit
Battalion (mot), 50 - Motorcycle Demonstration Battalion,
51 - Headquarters, Engineer Regiment (mot), 52 - Engineer
Battalion (mot), 53 - Heavy Bridge Columns (mot), 54 - Headquarters
Detachment for Bridge Columns (mot), 55 - Bridge Columns
-- Order of Battle, 56 - Bridge Construction Battalion (mot),
57 - Engineer Assault Boat Company (mot), 58 - Engineer
Landing Boat Company (teil-mot), 59 - Leibstandarte-SS Adolf
Hitler Division, 60 - SS-Das Reich Division, 61 - SS-Totenkopf
Division, 62 - SS-Wiking Division, 63 - 1. SS-Brigade (mot),
64 - 2. SS-Brigade (mot), 65 - Headquarters SS-Division
& Headquarters, SS-Brigade, 66 - SS Infantry Regiment
(mot), 68 - LSSAH Infantry Regiment (mot), 70 - SS Infantry
Regiment (mot) "Langemark", 71 - SS Infantry Regiment
(mot)"Westland", 72 - SS-Freiwilligen-Legion (mot),
74 - SS Artillery Regiment (mot), 76 - SS Reconnaissance
Battalion (mot) , 77 - LSSAH Reconnaissance Battalion (mot),
78 - SS-Begleit-Battalion Reichsfüührer-SS (mot),
79 - SS Tank Battalion, 80 - SS Assault Gun Battalion, 81
- SS Antitank Battalion (mot), 82 - SS Engineer Battalion
(mot), 83 - LSSAH Engineer Battalion(mot), 84 - SS Antiaircraft
Battalion (mot), 85 - SS Divisional Signal Battalion (mot),
86 - LSSAH Divisional Signal Battalion (mot),87 - SS Support
Services (mot), 88 - German Soft-Skinned Motor Vehicles,
89 - German Numbered Soft-Skinned Vehicles, 90 - German
Special Military Vehicles, 97 - Military Trailers and Special
Military Trailers, 98 - Bibliography.
GERMAN WORLD WAR II ORGANIZATIONAL SERIES
:
Volume 4/II : Mechanised GHQ Units and
Waffen SS Formations - June 1942.
295 x 210mm 98 pages, 288 symbols, 57 diagrams.
ISBN 0-85420-903-6 £27.99
ISBN 0-85420-907-7 £15.99
Volume 1/I Mechanized Army Division and
Waffen-SS Units (1st September 1939)
The Volume 1/I is in its 3rd well-revised
edition, and presents the German Army and Waffen-SS mechanized
divisions at the outbreak of the Second World War. This
new edition has again been thoroughly revised, amended,
and updated, and adds many new features, new KStN, and now
includes the divisional support services as well as the
supply trains of the all units and headquarters. Text (originally
done on an IBM Composer), as well as the layout and the
drawings (both originally done by hand), have been redone
on computer. New units have been added.
When the 1939 Polish Campaign started in
September 1939, the mechanized forces of the German Army
were in the throes of a major reorganization The leichte
Division (motorisiert) -Light Mechanized - Divisions - were
in the process of being converted to Panzer-Divisions and
were all in different stages of this process. The Panzer
Divisions themselves were being reorganized to accommodate
new concepts and new weapons. The 1937/38 Tables of Organization
were being scrapped for the 1939 ones, but only some were
just beginning to be put into effect.
The Mobilization Plan for 1939/40 was reasonably
well adhered to, but in some cases it was overtaken by the
reorganization themselves.
Although the new "Special" Tables
of Organization dated 1.09.1939 foresaw the main battle
tanks as being the Pz-III and Pz-IV, (the Pz-II being relegated
to reconnaissance duties, and the Pz-I being officially
obsolete), production was not able to meet the demand. Some
of this gap was filled with the Czechoslovak manufactured
LTM 35 and LTM 38. However, not one single mechanized division
was equipped with its authorized quota of Pz-III or Pz-IV.
Besides doing without, or substituting obsolete Pz-I, the
Germans applied various remedies at the organizational level
also. Hence, the optimistic KStN of 1939 were not issued
to all units by any means, and most retaining the older
versions.
Production of armored vehicles had suffered
from delays. Neither soft-skinned motor vehicles nor other
equipment was never produced by Germany in sufficient numbers
to satisfy the needs of the tables of organization. Indeed,
it is doubtful if any mechanized unit ever had the exact
number and certainly not all the types of vehicles and equipment
prescribed by the KStN.
The war diaries of Halder, Chief-of-Staff
of the OKH from 1939 - 1942 (OKH - German Army High Command),
and the official war diaries of the OKW (OKW - German Armed
Forces High Command), are both full of remarks about the
serious lack of equipment, specialist personnel, and vehicles
of all sorts, including armored vehicles.
Already published is Volume 4/II, dealing
with the mechanized GHQ Troops and the Waffen-SS Divisions
on 7 July 1943, when the epic Battle of Kursk began on the
East Front. Volume 1/III (to be published Summer 2004) will
cover the higher headquarters (Army Groups, Armies, and
Corps), the GHQ units, and the static units, (the Border
Guards) on 1 September 1939. Further volumes will deal with
the time points of 10 May 1940 - the beginning of the 1940
French Campaign; then 22 June 1941 Barbarossa - the German
invasion the Soviet Union; 28 June 1942 Fall Blau (the beginning
of the campaign that ended so disastrously for the Germans
in Stalingrad). Others will deal with the major reorganization
late 1943; the German Army that the Allies encountered on
the beaches of Normandy and in the swamps of White Russia
in June 1944; and finally, the German ground forces that
launched the last major counterattacks in the Ardennes in
1944 and Hungary in 1945.
CONTENTS
1 - Contents, 2 - The Author, 3 - General
Introduction, 4 - How to Read the Charts, 5 - Germans Units
and Symbols, 6 - Organizational Symbols, 7 -Organizational
Symbols, 8 -Abbreviations, 9 - Order of Battle, 10 - 1.
Panzer-Division, 12 - 2. Panzer-Division, 14 - 3. Panzer-Division,
16 - 4. Panzer-Division, 18 - 5. Panzer-Division, 20 - 1.
leichte Division (motorisiert), 22 - 2. leichte Division
(motorisiert), 24 - 3. leichte Division (motorisiert), 26
- 4. leichte Division (motorisiert), 28 - Headquarters,
10. Panzer-Division, 29 - Headquarters, Panzer Division
& Light Mechanized Division, 30 - Panzer Brigade, 31
- Panzer Brigade (Sonder), 32 - Panzer Battalion (Sonder)(LTM
35), 33 - Panzer Battalion (truck-borne), 34 - Panzer Battalion
(truck-borne)(LTM 38), 35 - Motorized Infantry Brigade &
OB Infantry units, 36 - Motorized Infantry Regiment (1.
- 3. Pz. Div.), 37 - Motorized Infantry Regiment (4. &
5. Pz., 2. & 4. lei. Div), 38 - Motorized Infantry Regiment
(1. & 3. lei. Div.), 39 - Anti-Tank Battalion, 40 -
Motorized Artillery Regiment, 42 - Motorized Reconnaissance
Regiment, 44 - Combat Engineer Battalion (motorized), 45
- Divisional Signal Battalion (motorized), 46 - Divisional
Support Services (motorized), 48 - 2. Infanterie-Division
(motorisiert), 50 - 13. Infanterie-Division (motorisiert),
52 - 20. Infanterie-Division (motorisiert), 54 - 29. Infanterie-Division
(motorisiert), 56 - Headquarters, Infantry Division, 57
- Anti-Tank Battalion, 58 - Infantry Regiment (motorized).
60 - Artillery Regiment (motorized), 62 - Motorized Reconnaissance
Battalion, 63 - Combat Engineer Battalion (motorized), 64
- Divisional Signal Battalion (motorized), 65 - Divisional
Support Services (motorized), 66 - SS Units - authorized
orgaization, 67 - SS-Standarte (mot), 68 - SS-Artillery
Standarte (mot), 69 - SS-Light Antiaircraft Battalion, 70
- SS-Reconnaissance Battalion, 71 - SS-Engineer Battalion,
72 - SS-Signal Battalion, 73 - German Soft-Skinned Motor
Vehicles, 74 - German Numbered Soft-Skinned Vehicles, 76
- German Special Military Vehicles, 82 - Military Trailers
and Special Military Trailers, 83 - Bibliography.
GERMAN WORLD WAR II ORGANIZATIONAL SERIES
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Volume 1/I : Mechanized GHQ Units and
Waffen SS Formations - September 1939
295 x 210mm. 85 pages, 244 symbols, 45 diagrams
ISBN 0-85420-234-X £27.99
ISBN 0-85420-239-0 £15.99
IN PREPARATION FOR PUBLICATION SUMMER
2004
Volume 1/III 01.09.39 Higher Headquarters
- Mechanized GHQ Units - Static Units.
Volume 2/I 05.10.40 Mechanized Army Formations
and Waffen-SS Formations (2nd Revised Edition).
Volume 5/I 04.07.43 Mechanized Army Formations.
IN PREPARATION FOR PUBLICATION THEREAFTER
(This is not the order of publication.)
Volume 01.09.39 Army Divisions - Cavalry
Brigade
Volume 10.05.40 Mechanized GHQ Units
Army Divisions
Static Units
Higher Headquarters
Volume 22.06.41 Mechanized Army Formations
Mechanized GHQ Units
Mechanized Waffen-SS Formations
Army Divisions
Static Units
Higher Headquarters
Volume 04.07.43 Army Divisions
Static Units
Higher Headquarters
Volume 01.11.43 Mechanized Army Formations
Mechanized GHQ Units
Mechanized Waffen-SS Formations
Army Divisions
Static Units
Higher Headquarters
Volume 06.06.44 Mechanized Army Formations
Mechanized GHQ Units
Mechanized Waffen-SS Formations
Army Divisions
Static Units
Higher Headquarters
Volume 16.12.44 Mechanized Army Formations
Mechanized GHQ Units
Mechanized Waffen-SS Formations
Army Divisions
Static Units
Higher Headquarters
Volume 1939- 45 Luftwaffe Ground Combat
Forces
Volume 1944 - 45 The 1944 Brigades
Volume 1939 - 45 Organizational Handbook
THE PANZER AND PANZERGRENADIER DIVISIONS
AND PANZER BRIGADES
by J Dugdale
This is a multi-volume series on the organisation, strengths
and equipment of the Panzer and Panzer-Grenadier Divisions
and Panzer Brigades, and is an accurate, precise and highly
detailed tabulation of what the Army and Waffen SS formations
had in the way of men, weapons, transport and other equipment.
Also includes the theoretical tables as well as what in
fact, each unit was equipped with. This data has been abstracted
from the contemporary war-time unit returns. For the first
time the correct and precise details are published. The
author wishes to make it absolutely clear that:-
1. None of the information in this series has been taken
from any published source.
2. The author has sourced all the volumes without exception
from the original contemporary official reports that were
made by the formations & units that took part in the
operation.
3. The author has built an archive of over 100,000 facsimile
copies of such documents - some are A4 in size, many are
A3 and some even as large as A2, apart from that he has
also over 100 microfilms - many of these films have details
of over 1000 documents.
This archive has been acquired personally by the author
- he has visited archive repositories in the UK, USA and
Germany and checked the content to ascertain precisely when
the reports were made and by whom to verify their accuracy.
The first volumes will detail the rebuilding of the Panzer
/ Panzer-Grenadier formations after the debacle of Normandy,
the information will also show how some of the Panzer Brigades
were incorporated into the Panzer divisions there by speedily
creating the Army and Waffen SS formations that assaulted
the lines of the US Army in the Ardennes in the winter of
1944.
The later volumes will provide the details of the strengths
of the formations during the operations from the original
attack to January 1944 when the campaign ended . These volumes
will show in detail why particular units acquitted themselves
better than others. Not only will the weapon and equipment
strengths be included but also the equipment details of
the support elements of the formations.
Publications prior to these volumes have either failed to
provide such details or in most cases, provided inaccurate
and misleading information. Since the end of World War II
there have been numerous books published on the Panzer formations
of the German Army and Waffen SS. Some have described the
battles and others have examined the equipment, but they
have failed to give the correct organisation and strengths
of these formations in the field.
Whilst the official theoretical tables of organisation of
the Panzer and Panzergrenadier formations of both the Army
and Waffen SS are readily available, the correct details
of manpower, weapons and equipment each of these formations
had on establishment at a particular time has not until
now accurately detailed.
Unlike previous publications which have either shown the
theoretical details or only highlighted the tank strengths
- invariably inaccurately - this series of publications
will detail the actual strengths and losses of not only
the Tanks, but also the Personnel/Manpower, Tank Destroyers,
Assault Guns, Self-propelled Artillery, Armoured Cars, Armoured
Personnel Carriers, Field Cars and Trucks (both the military,
civilian and captured enemy types), Artillery, Anti-Tank
Guns, Flak Artillery and Guns, Nebelwerfers and Mortars,
Machine Guns etc.
The Divisional/Brigade component units - such as Tank, Tank
Destroyer, Reconnaissance, Panzergrenadier, Artillery, Engineer,
Anti-Tank &c as well as support units are shown with
their precise strengths and organisations. The detail includes
the individual vehicles of that particular unit. Often these
tables include those vehicles that were being repaired at
the time - and whether the repair was minor or major and
so rendering the equipment unavailable for some time. In
addition this series will highlight the shortfall in strength
of or, possibly surprisingly, surpluses in the units.
Of particular interest to the reader will be the comparison
between the Army and Waffen SS formations - it has always
been the belief that Waffen SS units received the best equipment
and in greater quantity than those of the Army - this was
far from the case - when it came to the armoured elements
in particular it will be seen that Army and Waffen SS formations
equipment establishments were similar in numbers and quality.
Where the Waffen SS Panzer Divisions differed were in the
Panzergrenadier and support elements. In fact there was
no discernible difference in combat effectiveness of the
Army and Waffen SS Panzer Divisions - rather that the manoeuverability
of the Waffen SS Panzer Divisions suffered because of the
size of their "tail".
The reader will also be able to see clearly
why certain units did not perform as well in action as others
- because the detailed tables will show the equipment deficiencies
that had lowered their combat effectiveness.
PANZER DIVISIONS - PANZER GRENADIER DIVISIONS
- PANZER BRIGADES of the Army and the Waffen SS in the West
Autumn 1944 - February 1945 - Ardennes and Nordwind - Their
Detailed and Precise Strengths.
Volume I [Part 1] September 1944 Refitting
and Re-equipment.
210 x 295mm ix + 170 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-990-5 Hardback Edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-995-6 Softback Edition £19.99
Volume I [Part 2] October 1944.
210 x 295mm ix + 154 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-202-1 Hardback Edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-207-2 Softback Edition £19.99
Volume I [Part 3] November 1944.
210 x 295mm ix + 162 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-303-6 Hardback Edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-304-4 Softback Edition £19.99
Volume I [Part 4 A] December 1944.
210 x 295mm viii + 149 pages.
ISBN 085420-052-5 Hardback Edition £32.99
ISBN 085420-062-2 Paper Edition £19.99
Volume I [Part 4 B] December 1944.
210 x 295mm vii + 125 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-970-0 Hardback Edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-975-1 Softback Edition £19.99
PANZER DIVISIONS - PANZER GRENADIER DIVISIONS - PANZER
BRIGADES
Of the Army and the Waffen SS in the West Autumn 1944 -
February 1945 - Ardennes and Nordwind - Their Detailed and
Precise Strengths.
Volume I [Part 1] September 1944 Refitting and Re-equipment.
210 x 295mm, ix + 170 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-990-5 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-995-6 Softback edition £19.99
Volume I [Part 2] October 1944.
210 x 295mm, ix + 154 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-202-1 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-207-2 Softback edition £19.99
Volume I [Part 3] November 1944.
210 x 295mm, ix + 162 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-303-6 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-304-4 Softback edition £19.99
Volume I [Part 4A] December 1944.
210 x 295mm, viii + 149 pages.
ISBN 085420-052-5 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 085420-062-2 Softback edition £19.99
Volume I [Part 4B] December 1944.
[Publication February 2004].
ISBN 0-85420-970-0 Hardback Edition £32.99 [
In preparation. ]
ISBN 0-85420-975-1 Softback Edition £19.99 [
In preparation. ]
THE GERMAN ARMY 1940 : AN ORDER OF BATTLE
The German Army, based on contemporary intelligence records,
in the late summer of 1940. This was the army that was planning
to invade the United Kingdom. The formations, an assessment
of their fighting ability, also the generals, general staff
officers and their commands. An explanation of German surnames
and titles. There is also a listing of Luftwaffe generals
and Luftwaffe general staff officers.
210 x 295mm, ii + 146 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-160-2 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-185-8 Softback edition £19.99
THE GERMAN ARMY 1933-1945
A multi volume series, the most detailed study to be published
in English to date. The information has been compiled from
numerous sources, including contemporary German records,
post war studies, etc.
THE GERMAN ARMY 1933-1945: VOLUME 2
Army Groups, Armies, Army Task Forces and Army Detachments.
Each formation is listed with dates of formation, brief
history, the Commanding Generals, Chiefs of Staff and Operations
Officers and the subordinate formations. An outline of the
operations of the Armies is included. Much of the information
appears in print for the first time. The name index is annotated
indicating those who received the Knight's Cross. In addition,
where known, the formation's sign is included.
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ISBN ?????????? Hardback edition £??.??
ISBN ?????????? Softback edition £??.??
A revised and updated edition is in preparation.
THE GERMAN ARMY 1933-1945: VOLUME 3
This volume includes the Parachute, Mountain, SS Armies,
also the Panzer Armies and Panzer Groups. Corps I to XXXVIII.
The information includes dates of formation, Commanding
Generals, Chiefs of Staff and Operation Officers. The subordinate
formations. The name index is annotated indicating those
who received the Knight's Cross. In addition, where known,
the formation's sign is included.
210 x 295mm, ii + 156 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-040-1 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-015-0 Softback edition £19.99
THE GERMAN ARMY 1933-1945: VOLUME 4
By L Cole.
This volume includes Corps XXXX-CI, Motorised & Panzer Corps,
Mountain Corps. The information includes dates of formation,
Commanding Generals, Chiefs of Staff and Operation Officers.
The subordinate formations. The name index is annotated
indicating those who received the Knight's Cross. In addition,
where known, the formation's sign is included.
210 x 295mm, ii + 153 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-147-5 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-152-1 Softback edition £19.99
THE GERMAN ARMY 1933-1945: VOLUME 5
By L Cole.
This volume includes, Cavalry Corps, Reserve Corps, Corps
Groups & Detachments, Corps with Names, Fortress Commands,
Luftwaffe Field Crops, Luftwaffe Flak Corps (field), Parachute
Corps, Waffen SS Corps &c. The information includes dates
of formation, Commanding Generals, Chiefs of Staff and Operation
Officers. The subordinate formations. The name index is
annotated indicating those who received the Knight's Cross.
In addition, where known, the formation's sign is included.
210 x 295mm, i + 115 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-157-2 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-162-9 Softback edition £19.99
THE GERMAN ARMY 1933-1945: VOLUME 6 Divisions (Part 1)
By N Terry & L Cole.
The first of the volumes on the Divisions of the German
Army. This Volume includes the Infantry Division Numbers
1-50. A narrative of the Division's campaigns, list of Commanding
Generals and Operations Officers, the Division's superior
formation during its campaigns. A detailed listing of the
Division's subordinate units and their developments. There
is an extensive introduction explaining the organisation
of the Division's Command and Support Staffs, as well as
an appendix on German names, titles and ranks. An index
of names of those individuals mentioned in the text which
has been annotated indicating those who received the Knight's
Cross. In addition, where known, the formation's sign is
included.
210 x 295mm, ii + 150 pages + 60 stills.
ISBN 0-85420-286-2 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-291-9 Softback edition £19.99
THE GERMAN ARMY 1933-1945: VOLUME 7 Divisions (Part 2)
By N Terry & L Cole.
Infantry Divisions 52 - 110. A narrative of the Division’s
campaigns, list of Commanding Generals and Operations Officers,
the Division’s superior formation during its campaigns.
A detailed listing of the Division’s subordinate units and
their developments. Includes the evolution of the Infantry
Division, equipment and establishment tables of 1939, The
Infantry & Artillery Regiment, the Reconnaissance Battalions
and it various types, the engineer, Signals, Field Replacement,
Battalions, the Divisional Services, and the Ost Company.
The “New Model” Division of 1943. There is an extensive
introduction explaining the subordinate units of the Division,
as well as an appendix on German names, titles and ranks.
An index of names of those individuals mentioned in the
text which has been annotated indicating those who received
the Knight’s Cross. In addition, where known, the formation’s
sign is included.
210 x 295mm, ii + 156 pages + 60 stills.
ISBN 0-85420-192-0 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-197-1 Softback edition £19.99
THE GERMAN ARMY 1933-1945: VOLUME 8 Divisions (Part 3)
By N Terry & L Cole.
Infantry Divisions 112 - 205. A narrative of the
Division’s campaigns, list of Commanding Generals and Operations
Officers, the Division’s superior formation during its campaigns.
A detailed listing of the Division’s subordinate units and
their developments. Includes the evolution of the Infantry
Division, equipment and establishment tables of 1939, The
Infantry & Artillery Regiment, the Reconnaissance Battalions
and it various types, the engineer, Signals, Field Replacement,
Battalions, the Divisional Services, and the Ost Company.
The “New Model” Division of 1943. There is an extensive
introduction explaining the subordinate units of the Division,
as well as an appendix on German names, titles and ranks.
An index of names of those individuals mentioned in the
text which has been annotated indicating those who received
the Knight’s Cross. In addition, where known, the formation’s
sign is included.
210 x 295mm, ii + 156 pages + 60 stills.
ISBN 0-85420-163-7 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-198-X Softback edition £19.99
THE GERMAN ARMY 1933-1945: VOLUME 9 Divisions (Part 4)
[In Preparation.]
KNIGHT'S CROSS GERMAN & AXIS ARMED FORCES 1939-1945
By David Lyne-Gordon.
A new series that lists the recipients of the highest award
that was bestowed on members of the German Armed Forces
- Army - Kriegsmarine - Luftwaffe - Waffen SS in World War
II. There were 7156 recipients of the Knight=s Cross, and
of the higher grades 873 of Knight's Cross with Oakleaves,
156 of the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves & Swords, 27 of
the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves, Swords and Diamonds,
1 of the Knight's Cross with Golden Oakleaves, Swords and
Diamonds. Of the recipients, 64% were members of the German
Army, 4% members of the Kriegsmarine, 39% the Luftwaffe,
6% the Waffen SS. In addition the award was presented to
a number of foreigners. Each volume in this series will
in general terms reflect this.
The author has spent many years painstakingly researching
the subject. He provides details of each recipient's military
career, the ranks and positions held, with dates, also other
decorations and awards received. This is the first time
such information has been made available.
KNIGHT'S CROSS 1939-1945: Volume 1
Includes 96 Army, 24 Kriegsmarine, 48 Luftwaffe, 28 Waffen
SS, 4 non-Germans.
210 x 295 mm, viii + 220 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-168-8 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-173-4 Softback edition £19.99
KNIGHT'S CROSS 1939-1945: Volume 2
Includes 92 Army, 7 Kriegsmarine, 38 Luftwaffe, 7 Waffen
SS, 4 non-Germans.
210 x 295 mm, x + 180 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-178-5 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-183-1 Softback edition £19.99
KNIGHT'S CROSS 1939-1945: Volume 3
Includes 94 Army, 7 Kriegsmarine, 36 Air Force, 7 Waffen
SS, 2 non-Germans.
210 x 295 mm, vii + 191 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-200-5 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-205-6 Softback edition £19.99
KNIGHT'S CROSS 1939-1945: Volume 4
Includes 90 Army, 8 Kriegsmarine, 39 Air Force, 10 Waffen
SS, 3 non-Germans.
210 x 295 mm, xxii + 180 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-210-2 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-215-3 Softback edition £19.99
KNIGHT'S CROSS 1939-1945: Volume 5
Includes 97 Army, 10 Kriegsmarine, 28 Air Force, 7 Waffen
SS, 2 non-Germans.
210 x 295mm, vii + 205 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-201-3 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-206-4 Softback edition £19.99
KNIGHT'S CROSS 1939-1945: Volume 6
Includes 90 Army, 19 Kriegsmarine, 16 Luftwaffe, 10 Waffen
SS, 2 non-Germans.
210 x 295 mm, vi + 170 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-246-3 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-256-0 Softback edition £19.99
KNIGHT'S CROSS 1939-1945: Volume 7
Includes 84 Army, 9 Kriegsmarine, 41 Luftwaffe, 20 Waffen
SS.
210 x 295 mm, iii + 167 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-048-7 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-053-3 Softback edition £19.99
KNIGHT'S CROSS 1939-1945: Volume 8
Includes 66 Army, 22 Kriegsmarine, 40 Waffen SS, 12 non-Germans.
210 x 295 mm, iii + 144 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-058-4 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-063-0 Softback edition £19.99
KNIGHT'S CROSS 1939-1945: Volume 9
Includes 104 Army, 44 Liftwaffe, 8 Kriegsmarine, 11 Waffen
SS, 1 non-German.
210 x 295 mm, v + 113 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-312-7 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-218-8 Softback edition £19.99
KNIGHT'S CROSS 1939-1945: Volume 10
Includes 81 Army, 52 Luftwaffe, 15 Kriegsmarine, 9 Waffen
SS.
210 x 295 mm, iv + 168 pages.
ISBN 0-85420-980-8 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-985-9 Softback edition £19.99
KNIGHT'S CROSS 1939-1945: Volume 11
[ In preparation. ]
"AND YET YOU HAVE CONQUERED: Notable Recipients of the
Blood Order"
by David Lyne-Gordon.
One of the most coveted Decorations of the Third Reich.
Instituted by Adolf Hitler to commemorate the events of
9 November 1923. Originally the award could only be given
to those who participated in the 9 November 1923 Beer Hall
Putsch and had also been a member, without a break, of the
NSDAP or one of its organisations from that date until 1
January 1932. On 30 May 1938 the conditions for eligibility
for the award were altered to include those who had given
outstanding service to the NSDAP during the "Time of Struggle".
In addition it could be awarded to those who had during
the "Time of Struggle" been given a death sentence which
had later been commuted to life imprisonment, served in
prison for a least one year for political crimes, or been
seriously wounded or killed in the service of the NSDAP
- this last qualification enabled Reinhard Heydrich to be
given the award after his assassination in 1942.
Notable Recipients of the Blood Order : Volume 1
111 selected recipients. Where known, includes details of
other decorations, ranks and positions held, membership
numbers to party organisations.
210 x 295mm, xiv + 119 pages, 4 stills.
ISBN 0-85420-295-1 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-211-0 Softback edition £19.99
Notable Recipients of the Blood Order : Volume 2
210 x 295 mm, xiv + 133 pages, 1 still.
ISBN 0-85420-226-9 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-231-5 Softback edition £19.99
HITLER'S POLITICAL GENERALS: THE GAULEITERS
by David Lyne-Gordon.
HITLER'S POLITICAL GENERALS: THE GAULEITERS: Volume I
The "Paladins of the Third Reich". For the first time in
English a record of the Nazi officials, personally appointed
by Hitler to control a region of Germany, they were the
most important individual in the area they controlled and
were a direct representative of Hitler. First appointments
were made in the 1920s and in all there were 42 Gau plus
the Auslandsorganisation. Much of the information on these
Nazi Party officials is obscure. Where available information
is provided on their military service in WW.I., and the
ranks and positions they held within the Party . Some such
as Goebbels, Terboven, Streicher, Ley, Sauckel, were notorious,
many held SS or SA ranks. Some appear briefly and then seem
to vanish without trace. But all of them were committed
Nazis and most played a vital role in the organisation and
control of the Nazi state.
210 x 295 mm, xvii + 149 pages, map, col stills, 4 b/w photos.
ISBN 0-85420-227-7 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-054-1 Softback edition £19.99
HITLER'S POLITICAL GENERALS: THE GAULEITERS & REICHLEITERS:
Volume 2
The "Paladins of the Third Reich". For the first time in
English a record of the Nazi officials, personally appointed
by Hitler to control a region of Germany, they were the
most important individual in the area they controlled and
were a direct representative of Hitler. First appointments
were made in the 1920s and in all there were 42 Gau plus
the Auslandsorganisation. Much of the information on these
Nazi Party officials is obscure. Where available information
is provided on their military service in WW.I., and the
ranks and positions they held within the Party . Some such
as Goebbels, Terboven, Streicher, Ley, Sauckel, were notorious,
many held SS or SA ranks. Some appear briefly and then seem
to vanish without trace. But all of them were committed
Nazis and most played a vital role in the organisation and
control of the Nazi state.
210 x 295 mm, xii + 131 pages, col stills, 4 b/w photos.
ISBN 0-85420-283-8 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-288-9 Softback edition £19.99
KNIGHT'S CROSS OF THE GERMAN WAR MERIT CROSS
By David Lyne-Gordon.
KNIGHT’S CROSS OF THE GERMAN WAR SERVICE CROSS: Volume
I
Some 200 individuals were awarded this decoration for service
to the Third Reich - effectively the non-combatant version
of the Knight’s Cross - the recipients ranged from train
drivers, policemen, firemen, scientists, doctors, artists
and top government officials, who had been deemed to have
given extraordinary meritorious service.
210 x 295 mm, xii + 150 pages, 3 col & 7 b/w stills.
ISBN 0-85420-018-5 Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-019-3 Softback edition £19.99
KNIGHT’S CROSS OF THE GERMAN WAR SERVICE CROSS: Volume
II
Some 200 individuals were awarded this decoration for service
to the Third Reich - effectively the non-combatant version
of the Knight’s Cross - the recipients ranged from train
drivers, policemen, firemen, scientists, doctors, artists
and top government officials, who had been deemed to have
given extraordinary meritorious service.
210 x 295 mm, iv + 145 pages, 3 col & 7 b/w stills.
ISBN 0-85420-203-X Hardback edition £32.99
ISBN 0-85420-208-0 Softback edition £19.99
BLITZ ASSAULT : THROUGH FIRE AND WATER
The elite of the German Army in the Polish and Western campaigns
of 1939-1940. These accounts of assaults on forts, fortifications,
river crossings etc. Based on contemporary accounts supported
by detailed maps. Includes technical information on their
equipment. It was these highly trained troops that led the
"Blitzkrieg", clearing the path for the German tank formations
to defeat the Polish, Dutch, Belgian, French & British Armies.
80 pages, 12 maps.
ISBN 0-85420-123-8 Hardback edition £16.99
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