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Forthcoming from Canada
30 September 2005

Vuksic, Velimir. SS Armor on the Eastern Front, 1943-1945. Forthcoming from J. J. Fedorowicz Publishing Inc in November 2005


Now available from McFarland
30 September 2005

Bodson, Herman. Downed Allied Airmen and Evasion of Capture: The Role of Local Resistance Networks in World War II. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc, 2005


Military History Bookshop
30 September 2005

Catalogue "PM" for summer 2005 arrived here by mail from the kind folks at the Military History Bookshop at Folkestone in Kent. It contains seventy-six pages of listings of military books for sale covering a wide spectrum of eras, with a large selection of WWII-related titles.


Now available from Seabird
29 September 2005

Braun, Harold. Braun's Battlin' Bastards: The Bushmasters of Company B, 1st Battalion, 158th R.C.T.. Melbourne, FL: Seabird Publishing, 2005


News from Military Press
28 September 2005

"Good afternoon. We have just finished printing Leo Niehorster's The United States Army Order of Battle: 7 December 1941, volume 1. This volume is the Army O/B. The next volume, on US Army Air Force December 1941, is here waiting to be printed.

"From Jack Hays, Volume 7: Chemical Warfare Service has also been printed.

"We should have out this autumn two volumes covering "Operation Deadlight." This was the final capture and later destruction of the U-boats at the end of WWII."


Now available from Schiffer
28 September 2005

Lambert, John W. The Great Pacific Air Offensive of World War II, volume 1: Return to the Philippines. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2005

Lambert, John W. The Great Pacific Air Offensive of World War II, volume 2: Severing the Empire's Lifeline, 1945. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2005


Recommended
27 September 2005

As we like to do on occasion, we've updated our recommended reading page with some fresh choices for your enjoyment and enlightenment.


Forthcoming from Penguin
27 September 2005

Haufler, Hervie. The Spies Who Never Were: The True Story of the Nazi Spies Who Were Actually Allied Double Agents. Forthcoming from Penguin Group USA in January 2006


Self-Publisher
26 September 2005

We've added another self-publisher, Neil Rees, and his book to our Directory of Self-Publishers. If you've self-published a military-related title about World War II, especially if you're a veteran writing about your wartime experiences, please send us information so we can add you to the Directory.


Book review
25 September 2005

Balkoski, Joseph. Utah Beach: The Amphibious Landing and Airborne Operations on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2005

Read our review


Now available from Leo Cooper
24 September 2005

Edwards, Bernard. Death in the Doldrums: U-Cruisers Off West Africa. Barnsley, UK: Leo Cooper / Pen and Sword Books, 2005


Jerboa-Redcap
24 September 2005

In the mail today: Supplement #97 from Jerboa-Redcap Books with new and used naval, aviation, and military titles for sale.


This day in history
23 September 2005

Sixty-five years ago today, on 23 September 1940, Anglo-Free French forces began operations against Vichy French forces at the port of Dakar.


Forthcoming from PublicAffairs
23 September 2005

Eberle, Hendrik et al. The Hitler Book. Forthcoming from PublicAffairs - Perseus in October 2005


Forthcoming from Hawaii
23 September 2005

Yamashita, Samuel Hideo. Leaves from an Autumn of Emergencies: Selections from the Wartime Diaries of Ordinary Japanese. Forthcoming from University of Hawaii Press in November 2005


This day in history
22 September 2005

Sixty-five years ago today, on 22 September 1940, the Japanese 5th Infantry Division began attacking from China into Vichy French Indochina at Lang Son.


Self-Publisher
22 September 2005

We've added another self-publisher, John F. Dobbertin, Jr., and his book to our Directory of Self-Publishers. If you've self-published a military-related title about World War II, especially if you're a veteran writing about your wartime experiences, please send us information so we can add you to the Directory.


News from Potomac
22 September 2005

Sam Dorrance—thanks, Sam—sends word about the latest releases from Potomac Books (formery Brassey's US) and additions to their schedule. Check our Potomac page for details.


Now available from Spellmount
21 September 2005

Lindsay, Oliver. The Battle for Hong Kong 1941-1945: Hostage to Fortune. Staplehurst, UK: Spellmount Ltd, 2005


Forthcoming from NIP
21 September 2005

Vego, Milan N. The Battle for Leyte 1944: Allied and Japanese Plans, Preparations, and Execution. Forthcoming from Naval Institute Press in December 2005


Editor's Pick
20 September 2005

Sometimes when we run across an interesting/unusual/informative book, especially an older or out-of-print one, we like to bring it to your attention. Here's one:

Orpen, Neil. South African Forces World War II: East African and Abyssinian Campaigns. Cape Town: Purnell, 1968

In a conflict far removed from industrialized mass armies engaged in a war to the death in Europe, Orpen meticulously describes in considerable detail low-intensity battles and marches more closely resembling a Victorian colonial campaign of the 19th Century.


In memoriam
20 September 2005

Holocaust survivor Simon Wiesenthal—who dedicated his post-war life to bringing Nazi criminals to justice—died in Austria on 20 September at the age of 96.


Forthcoming from Greenwood
19 September 2005

Kaufmann, J. E., H. W. Kaufmann, and TomaszŠIdzikowski. Fortress France: The Maginot Line and French Defenses in World War II. Forthcoming from Greenwood Press and Praeger Publishers in December 2005


Now available from UNC
19 September 2005

Lower, Wendy. Nazi Empire-Building and the Holocaust in Ukraine. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2005


Book review
18 September 2005

Goda, Norman J. W. Tomorrow the World: Hitler, Northwest Africa, and the Path toward America. College Station, TX: Texas A & M University Press, 1998

Read our review


In memoriam
17 September 2005

Robert Purdy—a B-24 pilot with the 15th Air Force who was shot down over Italy on his seventeenth mission and served eighteen months as a prisoner of war—died in California on 11 September at the age of 85.


Now available from Sutton
17 September 2005

Wragg, David. Royal Navy Handbook 1939-1945. Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2005


Antheil
17 September 2005

Printed "Catalog 199" from Antheil International Booksellers of North Bellmore, New York arrived here by mail with 48 pages packed with new and secondhand naval, military, and aviation books for sale.


News from Kansas
16 September 2005

Thanks to Susan Schott of University Press of Kansas for alerting us that the following titles are now available: Red Commanders by Roger Reese and the reprint of Zhukov's Greatest Defeat by David Glantz.


It seems like yesterday....
15 September 2005

We opened this site on 15 September 1995, so today marks our tenth anniversary on the Web providing daily doses of news and information about WWII-related books. We offer thanks to all the authors, publishers, editors, booksellers, and visitors who have helped us with these pages over the years, and we look forward to many more years as the Web's best portal for books about the Second World War.


Now available from Alabama
14 September 2005

Wright, Derrick. To the Far Side of Hell: The Battle for Peleliu, 1944. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 2005


Forthcoming from Yale
14 September 2005

Butler, Susan. My Dear Mr. Stalin: The Complete Correspondence of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Joseph V. Stalin. Forthcoming from Yale University Press in January 2006


Now available from R and L
14 September 2005

Doenecke, Justus D. Debating Franklin D. Roosevelt's Foreign Policies, 1933-1945. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2005


This day in history
13 September 2005

Sixty-five years ago today, on 13 September 1940, the Italian 10th Army crossed the border from Libya and advanced into Egypt.


News from Osprey
13 September 2005

The industrious folks at Osprey Publishing have released three new WWII-related titles this month and they've announced four more due for publication in November and December. Check our Osprey page for all the details.


Forthcoming from IUP
12 September 2005

McFarland, Keith D. and David L. Roll. Louis Johnson and the Arming of America: The Roosevelt and Truman Years. Forthcoming from Indiana University Press in October 2005


Scholar's
12 September 2005

The mailman was kind enough to deliver our copy of the "Military History" catalog for Fall 2005 from The Scholar's Bookshelf, well worth a look.


Now available from HarperCollins
12 September 2005

Steinbacher, Sybille. Auschwitz: A History. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc, 2005


Book review
11 September 2005

Urwin, Gregory J. W. Facing Fearful Odds: The Siege of Wake Island. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1997

Read our review


News from Eagle
10 September 2005

Judy from Eagle Editions has just given us an update about all their forthcoming titles. Check our Eagle page for details about Black Cross, Red Star volume three, etc.


Forthcoming from Carroll and Graf
10 September 2005

Robinson, Derek. Invasion 1940: Did the Battle of Britain Alone Stop Hitler?. Forthcoming from Carroll and Graf in October 2005


Now available from W&N
9 September 2005

Bassett, Richard. Hitler's Spy Chief: The Wilhelm Canaris Mystery. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2005


Forthcoming from Hawaii
9 September 2005

Kushner, Barak. The Thought War: Japanese Imperial Propaganda. Forthcoming from University of Hawaii Press in December 2005


News from David Glantz
8 September 2005

Colonel Glantz sends news about his self-published titles:

"I have added six new atlases of the Soviet-German War (1941-1945) [to my catalogue]. These new atlases cover virtually all operations during 1941 which I have not covered in my previous atlases."


Now available from Yale
7 September 2005

Dallas, Gregor. 1945: The War that Never Ended. New Haven, Ct: Yale University Press, 2005


Forthcoming from Overlook
7 September 2005

Bercuson, David J. and Holger H. Herwig. One Christmas in Washington: Roosevelt and Churchill Forge the Grand Alliance. Forthcoming from The Overlook Press in October 2005


Now available from Crowood
6 September 2005

Delve, Ken. The Military Airfields of Britain: East Anglia: Norfolk and Suffolk. Marlborough, UK: Crowood Press, 2005


In memoriam
5 September 2005

Antonio Garcia—paratrooper of the US 101st Airborne Division who was portayed by actor Douglas Spain in the television version of Band of Brothers—died on 18 August in California at the age of 80.


In memoriam
5 September 2005

Robert Dickey—USMC fighter pilot with VMF-221 who helped defend Midway Island, was wounded in action while attacking Japanese four-engine flying boats at French Frigate Shoals on 10 March 1942, and awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross—died in California on 12 August at the age of 98.


Cadman
5 September 2005

Printed catalog #82 is now in the mail from T. Cadman WW2 Books of Carmichael, CA.


Book review
4 September 2005

Shores, Christopher. Air War for Burma: The Allied Air Forces Fight Back in South-East Asia, 1942-1945. London: Grub Street, 2005

Read our review


Forthcoming from Greenwood
3 September 2005

Schmitt, Deborah Ann. Bechuanaland Pioneers and Gunners. Forthcoming from Greenwood Press and Praeger Publishers in December 2005


Forthcoming from HarperCollins
3 September 2005

Hunt, Irmgard A. On Hitler's Mountain: Overcoming the Legacy of a Nazi Childhood. Forthcoming from HarperCollins Publishers, Inc in January 2006


Now available from Zenith
2 September 2005

Hammel, Eric. Pacific Warriors: The U.S. Marines in World War II: A Pictorial Tribute. Osceola, WI: Zenith Press, 2005


Forthcoming from Lyons
2 September 2005

Redmann, Kerry. Unfinished Journey: A World War II Remembrance. Forthcoming from Lyons Press in November 2005


War Diary
1 September 2005

Today marks the one-year anniversary of our War Diary feature, the Web's most complete source of day-by-day information about World War II and links to all the books providing even more detail.

 

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