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Fallschirmjager

Sort by:          Product     Price      Default     see details 1ST Fallschirmjager Division in WW11: Volume 1 Years of Attack Ben Christensen Two superb volumes on their combat achievements. A total of 129 Knight’s Crosses were awarded to men from this division. The books contain many photos which have never been printed before. The books also include many short biographies of the key personnel in the divison. This first volume “Years of Attack” follows the recruitment and training and their vertical deployment in Scandinavia, Holland, Eben Emael, Corinth and Crete through two tough tours as elite infantry on the Eastern Front. Approx 288pp. Over 250 colour & b/w photos. Plus colour maps, Orders of Battle. Large format Price: £59.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details 1ST Fallschirmjager Division in WW11: Volume 2 Years of Retreat Ben Christensen This second volume follows the division from the battles El Alamein, Tunisia, Sicily, Monte Cassino, Bologna, Normandy and Brittany to the final chaotic days before the capitulation. The battles are brought to life through hundreds of eyewitness accounts and add new information to all the battle fought by elements of the German 1st Fallschirmjager Division. Approx 288pp. Over 250 colour & b/w photos. Plus colour maps, Orders of Battle. Large format Price: £59.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details DAEDALUS RETURNED Baron Von der Heydte One of the few memoirs ever written by a former German paratrooper. The Baron was in command of a battalion of paratroopers in Crete, being dropped at zero hour near Canea and seven days later received the surrender of the town. This book is the full exciting account of preparation, landing and seven days of terrifying battle. This is an excellent read and the Baron has a flair with the pen. Captured in 1945 in the Ardennes the Baron was bitterly attacked for his anti-Hitler sentiments as a P.O.W. 186 pages 11 photos Price: £27.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details DIE BILDCHRONIK DER FALLSCHIRMTRUPPE 1933/1945 Arnold von Roon Very welcome re-issue of this photo documentary of the German Fallschirmtruppen in action on all fronts. 224pp. Over 500 photos. German & English captions Price: £17.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details DIE RITTERKREUZTRAGER DER FALLSCHIRMJAGER Franz Thomas & Gunter Wegmann A superb of volume and one of the best illustrated works published to date. Every Knight’s Cross winners is illustrated and in many cases illustrated several times, in a variety of uniforms and gives a biography of each recipient of the KC including his military career details of all awards and promotions. 422pp. 619 photos.German text. LARGE FORMAT Price: £65.00 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details ENEMY AIRBORNE FORCES German (plus the Italian and Japanese) Reprint of the US Intelligence report \r\nAn analysis of German (plus the Italian and Japanese) airborne forces and a post-war report on German airborne operations and effectiveness. The first part of this book contains the rare US intelligence pamphlet on German airborne forces including details of their organisation. There are details of the parachutes, weapons, transport aircraft and a wealth of other detail. The same applies (in lesser detail) to Italian and Japanese airborne forces. The appendix contains the text of a report written after the war by (amongst others) Field Marshal Kesselring and Colonel General Student. This appendix includes an analysis by these officers of allied airborne operations. 193pp. Card covers \r\n Price: £19.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details Fallschirmjager At The Gran Sasso Óscar González López The Liberation of Mussolini by German parachutists on 12th September 1943. Mussolini himself described the audacious operation that freed him from his captors in the Hotel Campo Imperatore. On 12 September 1943, two months after he had been stripped of power by King Victor Emmanuel III, and sent to Gran Sasso, a mountain resort in central Italy where he was kept in complete isolation. Mussolini was rescued by the Germans in Operation Oak (Unternehmen Eiche). This was a raid planned by General Kurt Student and carried out by the infamous SS Lieutenant Colonel (Obersturmbannführer) Otto Skorzeny. 64pp. 59 photos. Card covers Price: £8.99 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details Fallschirmjager Der Waffen-SS im Bild Kunzmann Milius Reprint of the very sought after title first published by “Munin Verlag” during 1986.This book covers the SS-Fallschirmjäger bataillons 600 (previously 500) and their operations during WW2 including the part they played in the occupation of Budapest in 1944 and their bitter fighting against the Soviet forces on the Oder during 1945. Also includes the structure of their units. The book is illustrated with Unique and many rare photos This is a great opportunity to obtain a copy at a fraction of the price of what the original book sells for. 152pp. 225 photos. Large format. German/English text Price: £25.00 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details FALLSCHIRMJAGER GERMAN PARATROOPER 1935-45 Osprey Warrior series This title looks at the life and experiences of the average Fallschirmjäger, and includes first-hand accounts from different theatres and periods of the war. 64pp. colour artwork. b/w photos. Card covers Price: £10.99 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details Fallschirmjager In Action Figures Suberb book from “Histoire Publications”. Among all the German elite forces, the “Green Devils” distinguished themselves, from the early stages of WWII, by their feats, their esprit-decorps and a chivalry towards their adversaries. From a uniform point of view, each figure is illustrated in full colour showing the variety of their field dress worn during the many theaters of operations where they fought during the war. 82pp. Over 80 large full colour plates of uniforms. Card covers. English edition Price: £11.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details FALLSCHIRMJAGER IN CRETE Jean-Yves Nasse’s The long awaited second volume by the author of “Green Devils”. This brilliant new book covers the German paratroopers actions in Crete which includes a vivid collection of personal accounts and a superb selection of private photos.\r\nThis book is a must for all who are interested in the Fallschirjager. Over 350 photos. French/English text. LARGE FORMAT Price: £24.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details Fallschirmjäger Portraits of German Paratroops in Combat Branislav Radovic German Fallschirmjäger as you’ve never seen before! Over 160 images from the files of the Bundesarchiv in Germany, the overwhelming majority shown for the first time in print since World War II. Printed mostly full page and showing details of various uniforms and equipment, helmets with various painted camouflage schemes, wire and covers. This book is a must have for any collector or historian. 192pp. Over 160 photos. Large format Price: £59.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details Fallschirmjäger - Regiment 3 The War missions Klaus J. Peters This in depth photo study with bi-lingual text (English/German) of Fallschirmjäger - Rgt. 3 during its participation in the bloody Crete campaign, action at the Neva River (Russia), the 1st Battalion in Africa, the second mission in Russia, the jump on Sicily, the battle for Cassino and the final struggles in central and northern Italy. The unit's Knight's Cross and German Cross holders are listed and illustrated. 672PP. 824 photos Price: £34.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details GERMAN AIRBORNE TROOPS 1939/45 Men at Arms series Good reference that includes 8 pages of colour artwork illustrating their uniforms. 48pp. Card covers. Price: £8.99 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details GERMAN PARATROOPERS UNIFORMS, INSIGNIA & EQUIPMENT IN WWII Robert Kurtz \r\nGreat colour photos of authentic uniforms and equipment. All the colour photos show both multiple full-view, and detail shots. Also includes unpublished WWII era photos. A chapter also covers Axis airborne Italian and Japanese gear. 192pp. over 300 colour & b/w photos. LARGE FORMAT\r\n Price: £55.00 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details HERMANN GORING FROM REGIMENT TO FALLSCHIRMPANZERKORPS Bender & Peterson This superb book covers the commanders, KC holders, uniforms and insignia. 208pp. 210 photos Price: £24.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details KNIGHT’S OF THE WEHRMACHT Knight’s Cross Holders of the Fallschirmjager Gunther Fraschka Biographies of the twenty-seven Holders of the Diamonds to the Knight's Cross from the Luftwaffe, Heer, Kriegsmarine and Waffen-SS: Werner Molders, Adolf Galland, Gordon Gollob, Hans-Joachim Marseilles, Hermann Graf, Erwin Rommel, Wolfgang Luth, Walter Nowotny, Adelbert Schulz, Hans-ulrich Rudel, Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz, Herbert Otto Gille, Hans Hube, Albert Kesselring, Helmut Lent, Sepp Dietrich, Walter Model, Erich Hartmann, Hermann Balck, Gerhard Ramcke, Wolfgang Schnaufer, Albrecht Brandi, Ferdinand Schorner, Hasso von Manteuffel, Theodor Tolsdorff, Dr. Karl Mauss, Dietrich von Saucken 320pp 93 photos Price: £24.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details Les lions de Carentan Fallschirmjager Regiment 6 Hemidal title Volker Griesser The history of the German 6th Parachute Regiment from 1943 to 1945.Based on various veterans’ accounts, it offers readers hitherto unpublished information about the engagement of this unit in Italy, Russia, on the Normandy Front, in Belgium, Holland, the Ardennes and finally Germany. More than 100 photos from private collections, unpublished to-date. Current photographs of the places where this unit engaged in fighting in the battle of Normandy are also included, as well as many items of equipment of the Parachute Regiment found in Normandy. 176pp. over 100 b/w & colour photos. Large format. French Text Price: £22.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details Operation Drvar: SS-Fallschirmjäger Branislav Radovic A Facsimile of Official Kriegsberichter Reports on the Attack by SS-Fallschirmjäger on Tito’s Headquarters May 25, 1944. This book is a text and photographic facsimile of two very rare after action reports by Luftwaffe kriegsberichter (war correspondents) chronicling Operation “Drvar” where German airborne and land forces attempted to capture or kill the Yugoslav communist partisan leader Tito in his headquarters in Drvar, Bosnia & Herzegovina. Includes text in English and German and over forty rare photographs. 64pp. 40 images. Card covers Price: £24.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details RED SHINES THE SUN A Pictorial History of the Fallschirm-Infanterie Eric Queen A beautiful book which traces the history of the Army paratroopers of the Fallschirm-Infanterie from their origins in 1937, to the expansion to battalion strength in 1938, then on through their various operations. This comprehensive history is supported by hundreds of images, with many in colour, nearly 90% are previously unpublished. This work also features original examples of nearly all documents awarded to the Army paratroopers, as well as the most comprehensive study to date of the Army paratrooper badge of Fallschirmschuntzenabzeichen (Heer). Original examples of all known variations (silver, aluminum, cloth, feinzink) are pictured in full colour. 240pp. 600 photos, many in colour. LARGE FORMAT Price: £49.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details SS-Fallschirmjäger-Bataillon 500/600 Rolf Michaelis This book is the history of the only Fallschirmjäger-Bataillon of the Waffen-SS during World War II. Formed in 1943 as a Bewährungsverband for special missions (guerrilla operations in the Balkans) the unit was deployed at many focal points of heavy combat on the eastern and western fronts. Nearly destroyed at the Schwedt and Alt-Küstrinchen bridgeheads, the remainder pulled back to the west over Parchim at the end of April 1945 and entered U.S. captivity in May 1945. This is their story, including extremely rare photographs. 120pp. 70 photos Price: £24.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50  Add to cart  see details THE HISTORY OF THE FALLSCHIRMPANZERKORPS HERMANN GORING F. Kurowski The entire history of the HG unit from its its inception to its formation as a Parachute Panzer korps. This elite unit fought in France, Russia, Tunisia, Anzio, Monte Cassino, Poland 1944 and East Prussia. 504pp. 157 photos. 37 maps & orders of battle Price: £39.95 Quantity   1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19