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Now available from NIP Edwards, Ted. Seven at Santa Cruz: The Life of Fighter Ace Stanley 'Swede' Vejtasa. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2018
Forthcoming from Amberley Trigg, Jonathan. Voices of the Scandinavian Waffen-SS: The Final Testament of Hitler's Vikings. Forthcoming from Amberley Publishing in July 2018
Book reviews Werhas, Mario and Bozidar Mikulcic. Handschar: 13th SS Mountain Division. Zagreb, Croatia: Despot Infinitus, 2018 Werhas, Mario and Bozidar Mikulcic. Prinz Eugen: 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division. Zagreb, Croatia: Despot Infinitus, 2018
Now available from OUP Morgan, Philip. Hitler's Collaborators: Choosing between Bad and Worse in Nazi-Occupied Western Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018
Forthcoming from Da Capo Whitlock, Flint. Desperate Valour: Triumph at Anzio. Forthcoming from Da Capo Press in October 2018
Now available from Palgrave Macmillan Burgwyn, H. James. Mussolini and the Salo Republic, 1943-1945: The Failure of a Puppet Regime. London: Palgrave Macmillan Publishing Company, 2018
Now available from McFarland Williams, Greg H. The Last Days of the United States Asiatic Fleet: The Fates of the Ships and Those Aboard, December 8, 1941-February 5, 1942. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc, 2018
News from Germany Luftfahrtverlag has notified us that Embleme der Luftwaffe, volume 1: Nah- und Fernaufklaerer should be shelf-ready in about four weeks.
Forthcoming from Stackpole Nijboer, Donald. Flak in World War II. Forthcoming from Stackpole Books in September 2018
Book review Mary, Jean-Yves with Pascal Kerger. Memorial de la Bataille de France, volume 3: Du 5 au 16 Juin 1940. Bayeux: Editions Heimdal, 2017
Now available from NIAS Gunn, Geoffrey C. Monarchical Manipulation in Cambodia: France, Japan, and the Sihanouk Crusade for Independence. Copenhagen: NIAS Press, 2018
Italy on the march It looks like four notable books about Italy are on our radar—three on the way and one newly available—from four different publishers:
Subject matters Looking for books on a particular wartime subject? Our Stone & Stone bibliographies contain more than 5000 individual WWII topics on file, all completely cross-referenced with links to related subjects, and each one packed with relevant books. You can also use the "Quick-Finder" feature in the upper left of any of our pages (select "subject" from the pop-up menu) to search for specific topics. For an example of our bibliographies, take a look at our page for Italy during the war years.
Forthcoming from Pegasus Lyman, Robert. Under a Darkening Sky: Americans in Hitler's Europe, 1939-1941. Forthcoming from Pegasus Books in November 2018
In memoriam Georg von Tiesenhausen—who helped develop German V-weapons at Peenemunde, came to the US with Operation Paperclip, and eventually worked on the NASA space flight program—died on 3 June in Alabama at the age of 104.
Forthcoming from Simon & Schuster Vincent, Lynn and Sara Vladic. Indianapolis: The True Story of the Worst Sea Disaster in U.S. Naval History and the Fifty-Year Fight to Exonerate an Innocent Man. Forthcoming from Simon & Schuster in July 2018
War Diary reminder This seems like an excellent opportunity to remind everyone about our detailed day-by-day chronicle of the Second World War, now amounting to more than 63,000 entries and growing, with 6 June 1944 standing out as a fairly important date.
Forthcoming from The History Press Tweddle, Paul. The Other Battle of Britain, 1940: Bomber Command's Forgotten Summer. Forthcoming from The History Press in July 2018
News from Texas The new catalog from the Texas Book Consortium brings word of Flying with the Fifteenth Air Force: A B-24 Pilot's Missions from Italy during World War II by Tom Faulkner, scheduled for release in October 2018.
War Diary reminder This seems like an excellent opportunity to remind everyone about our detailed day-by-day chronicle of the Second World War, now amounting to more than 63,000 entries and growing, with 4 June 1942 standing out as a fairly important date.
Book review Rush, Robert Sterling. Hell in Huertgen Forest: The Ordeal & Triumph of an American Infantry Regiment. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2001
Forthcoming from Avonmore Claringbould, Michael and Peter Ingman. South Pacific Air War, volume 2: The Struggle for Port Moresby, March-April 1942. Forthcoming from Avonmore Books in July 2018
Now available from Westholme Publishing Gutierrez, Dave. Patriots from the Barrio: The Story of Company E, 141st Infantry: The Only All Mexican American Army Unit in World War II. Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2018
Now available from Pen & Sword Rutherford, Jeff and Adrian Wettstein. The German Army on the Eastern Front: An Inner View of the Ostheer's Experiences of War. Barnsley, UK: Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2018
Forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan Wiggam, Marc. The Blackout in Britain and Germany, 1939-1945. Forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan Publishing Company in June 2018
Forthcoming from NIP Russell, David Lee. The War Begins: The Navy's Early Carrier Raids, February-May 1942. Forthcoming from Naval Institute Press in June 2018
Forthcoming from CUP Statiev, Alexander. At War's Summit: The Red Army and the Struggle for the Caucasus Mountains in World War II. Forthcoming from Cambridge University Press in June 2018
Now available from History Press Tucker-Jones, Anthony. Kursk 1943: Hitler's Bitter Harvest. Stroud, UK: The History Press, 2018
News from Canada The new catalog from McGill-Queens lists two WWII-related titles scheduled for publication later this year:
Book reviews Mitter, Rana. China's War with Japan, 1937-1945: The Struggle for Survival. London: Allen Lane, 2013 van de Ven, Hans. China at War: Triumph and Tragedy in the Emergence of the New China. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018 Raghavan, Srinath. India's War: World War II and the Making of Modern South Asia. New York: Basic Books, 2016 Roy, Kaushik. India and World War II: War, Armed Forces and Society, 1939-1945. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016
Now available from Croatia Werhas, Mario and Bozidar Mikulcic. Handschar: 13th SS Mountain Division. Zagreb, Croatia: Despot Infinitus, 2018
Germany and the Near East One of the seminal volumes on this topic, The Third Reich and the Arab East by Lukasz Hirszowicz, originally published in Polish in 1963 and English in 1966, has been reprinted as a softcover by Routledge and is now available.
Osprey on the way As usual, the folks at Osprey have a ton of WWII-related books coming out every month. Here are some of the titles that caught our eye and might deserve some extra attention:
Now available from Kentucky Baxter, Colin F. The Secret History of RDX: The Super-Explosive that Helped Win World War II. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2018
Forthcoming from Dunne Hart, Bradley W. Hitler's American Friends: The Third Reich's Supporters in the United States. Forthcoming from Thomas Dunne Books in October 2018
Now available from Potomac Padgett, Philip. Advocating Overlord: The D-Day Strategy and the Atomic Bomb. Lincoln, Nebraska: Potomac Books Inc, 2018
Forthcoming from Viking Beevor, Antony. The Battle of Arnhem: The Deadliest Airborne Operation of WWII. Forthcoming from Viking in September 2018
Round up the usual suspects Luftwaffe Eagle: A WW2 German Airman's Story by Erich Sommer is now available from Grub Street. In addition to the usual interesting Luftwaffe material, this memoir includes a short chapter about Sommer's attachment to the Axis control commission in French Morocco. It might be the only Luftwaffe memoir to have anything to say about duty in Casablanca.
Forthcoming from McFarland Williams, Greg H. The Last Days of the United States Asiatic Fleet: The Fates of the Ships and Those Aboard, December 8, 1941-February 5, 1942. Forthcoming from McFarland & Company, Inc in June 2018
Now available from Viking Kleiner, Sam. The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan. New York: Viking, 2018
Now available from CUP Lotchin, Roger W. Japanese American Relocation in World War II: A Reconsideration. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2018
News from Bertke We are reliably informed that World War II Sea War, volume 12: Anzio, Kwajalein, Eniwetok and the Admiralty Islands is now available from Bertke Publications. In addition, volume 13—covering New Guinea, Normandy, and Saipan—will be out by December 2018.
News from Canada J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing has announced that Posen '45: Bastion on the Warthe by Gunther Baumann is scheduled for publication this summer.
Forthcoming from Prometheus Taylor, Cory. How Hitler Was Made: Germany and the Rise of the Perfect Nazi. Forthcoming from Prometheus Books in June 2018
Forthcoming from Amberley Eriksson, Patrick. Alarmstart: The German Fighter Pilot's Experience on the Eastern Front, 1941-1945. Forthcoming from Amberley Publishing in June 2018
Now available from Harvard Jennings, Eric Thomas. Escape from Vichy: The Refugee Exodus to the French Caribbean. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018
Forthcoming from Norton Scott, James. Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila. Forthcoming from W.W. Norton & Company, Inc in October 2018
Book review Dudgeon, Air Vice-Marshal A.G. Hidden Victory: The Battle of Habbaniya, May 1941. Stroud, UK: Tempus Publishing, Ltd, 2000
Now available from Lexington Gerolymatos, Andre. The British and the Greek Resistance, 1936-1944: Spies, Saboteurs, and Partisans. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, 2018
Forthcoming from Yale Jackson, Ashley. Persian Gulf Command: A History of the Second World War in Iran and Iraq. Forthcoming from Yale University Press in June 2018
Recommended We've updated our Recommended Reading page with the latest titles that we think deserve an extra measure of attention.
Cadman Printed "Catalogue #158" from T. Cadman WW2 Books is in the mail, and you can also take a look online.
Now available from ForeEdge LaSaine Jr, John T. Air Officer Commanding: Hugh Dowding, Architect of the Battle of Britain. New York: ForeEdge / University Press of New England, 2018
War Diary reminder This seems like an excellent opportunity to remind everyone about our detailed day-by-day chronicle of the Second World War, now amounting to more than 63,000 entries and growing, with 10 May 1940 standing out as a fairly important date.
Forthcoming from Casemate Celander, Lars. How Carriers Fought: Carrier Operations in WWII. Forthcoming from Casemate in August 2018
Now available from Illinois Bolzenius, Sandra M. Glory in Their Spirit: How Four Black Women Took on the Army during World War II. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2018
Now available from OUP Symonds, Craig L. World War II at Sea: A Global History. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018
Forthcoming from Belknap Jackson, Julian. De Gaulle. Forthcoming from Belknap Press in August 2018
Forthcoming from I.B. Tauris Isci, Onur. Turkey and the Soviet Union During WWII: Diplomacy, Discord and International Relations. Forthcoming from I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd in June 2018
War Diary reminder This seems like an excellent opportunity to remind everyone about our detailed day-by-day chronicle of the Second World War, now amounting to more than 63,000 entries and growing, with 7 May 1945 standing out as a fairly important date.
Book review Isby, David (editor). Fighting in Normandy: The German Army from D-Day to Villers-Bocage. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2001
Forthcoming from Bertke Bertke, Donald A. et al. World War II Sea War, volume 12: Anzio, Kwajalein, Eniwetok and the Admiralty Islands. Forthcoming from Bertke Publications in June 2018
Now available from Casemate Gee, James and Rosalie H. Smith (edited by Allyson Smith). Prisoner of the Samurai: Surviving the Sinking of the USS Houston and the Death Railway. Philadelphia: Casemate, 2018
Now available from Texas A&M Witt, Peter A. Edith's War: Writings of a Red Cross Worker and Lifelong Champion of Social Justice. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2018
News from Denmark (and Cambodia) NIAS Press, publisher of End of Empire: 100 Days in 1945 That Changed Asia and the World, has notified us that Monarchical Manipulation in Cambodia: France, Japan, and the Sihanouk Crusade for Independence by Geoffrey C. Gunn—who is also the author of Wartime Macau: Under the Japanese Shadow—should be available later this month. This will be one of the very few books about Cambodia during the war, so probably worth a look.
Now available from Hungary Stokes, Neil. World War Two Photobook Series, volume 17: T-34 on the Battlefield, volume 2. Keszthely, Hungary: PeKo Publishing, 2018
News from the Netherlands Robert Sigmond tells us that Bob Gerritsen's new book, Fighting the British at Arnhem: The SS-Unterfuhrerschule Arnheim, will be published in September.
Now available from Singapore Huff, Gregg and Shinobu Majima (editors). World War II Singapore: The Chosabu Reports on Syonan. Singapore: National University of Singapore Press, 2018
Forthcoming from Pegasus Kershaw, Robert J. Landing on the Edge of Eternity: Twenty-Four Hours at Omaha Beach. Forthcoming from Pegasus Books in November 2018
Now available from Skyhorse Wallace, Max. In the Name of Humanity: The Secret Deal to End the Holocaust. New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2018
Now available from Doubleday Erbelding, Rebecca. Rescue Board: The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe. New York: Doubleday, 2018
Forthcoming from Fonthill Zapotoczny, Walter S. The Italian Army in North Africa: A Poor Fighting Force or Doomed by Circumstance. Forthcoming from Fonthill Media Limited in January 2019
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