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Now available from Pelican DeBlanc, Jefferson J. The Guadalcanal Air War: Col. Jefferson DeBlanc's Story. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, 2008
Forthcoming from Cornell Malloy, Sean L. Atomic Tragedy: Henry L. Stimson and the Decision to Use the Bomb Against Japan. Forthcoming from Cornell University Press in May 2008
Forthcoming from Pen and Sword Hewitt, Geoff. Hitler's Armada: The Royal Navy and the Defence of Great Britain, April-October 1940. Forthcoming from Pen and Sword Books Ltd in June 2008
Now available from NIP Woodman, Richard. The Battle of the River Plate: A Grand Delusion. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2008
Forthcoming from Sterling Axelrod, Alan. The Real History of World War II: A New Look at the Past. Forthcoming from Sterling Publishing in May 2008
Forthcoming from Zenith Hammel, Eric. New Georgia, Bougainville, and Cape Gloucester: The U.S. Marines in World War II: A Pictorial Tribute. Forthcoming from Zenith Books in May 2008
Now available from Harvard Totani, Yuma. Tokyo War Crimes Trial: The Pursuit of Justice in the Wake of World War II. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2008
In memoriam Dick Rossian ace fighter pilot with the Flying Tigers who also flew over 700 trips across the Humpdied on 17 April in California at the age of 92.
Forthcoming from Pen and Sword Wragg, David. Plan Z: The Nazi Bid for Naval Dominance. Forthcoming from Pen and Sword Books Ltd in May 2008
Book review Kennedy, Gary. British Army of World War Two War Establishment Tables: Northwest Europe June 1944 - May 1945, volumes IV, V, and VI. Milton Keynes, UK: The Military Press, 2008
This day in history Sixty-five years ago today, on 27 April 1943, Subhas Chandra Bose of the Free India movement, having departed Europe aboard U-180, transferred to IJN submarine I-29 while at sea south of Madagascar for the continued voyage to the Far East.
News from Grub Street We've been notifed by London that Life's Too Short to Cry: The Memoir of a Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot by Tim Vigors is now available, and several other titles are in the works. Check our Grub Street page for details.
In memoriam James Finneganthe USAAF fighter pilot who shot down Adolf Galland in his Me 262 on 26 April 1945 and in post-war years became a friend of the Luftwaffe acedied in California on 22 April at the age of 85.
Now available from Praeger Bradham, Randolph. To the Last Man: The Battle for Normandy's Cotentin Peninsula and Brittany. Westport, CT: Praeger Security International, 2008
Forthcoming from Simon & Schuster Kennedy, Maxwell Taylor. Danger's Hour: The Story of the USS Bunker Hill and the Kamikaze Pilot Who Crippled Her. Forthcoming from Simon & Schuster in November 2008
Now available from Berghahn Steininger, Rolf. Austria, Germany and the Cold War: From the Anschluss to the State Treaty, 1938-1955. New York: Berghahn Books, 2008
Now available from Missouri Kingsbury, R. Richard. The Eighteen-Year-Old Replacement: Facing Combat in Patton's Third Army. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2008
Forthcoming from Tauris Bell, Amy Helen. London Was Ours: Diaries and Memoirs of the London Blitz. Forthcoming from I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd in May 2008
News from Osprey Since last we heard from them, the folks at Osprey have released a couple of books and announced four more upcoming WWII-related titles. Check our Osprey page for details.
Now available from the Netherlands Gijbels, Peter and David Truesdale. Leading the Way to Arnhem: An Illustrated History of the 21st Independent Parachute Company 1942-1946. Renkum, Netherlands: R.N. Sigmond, 2008
In memoriam Germaine Tilliona member of the French Resistance who was captured by the Germans and imprisoned at Ravensbruk but survived the war and in later life became a celebrated anthropologistdied in France on 19 April at the age of 100.
Book review Bevis, Mark. British and Commonwealth Armies, 1939-43. Solihull, England: Helion & Company, 2002.
This day in history Sixty-five years ago today, on 19 April 1943, armed Jewish fighters resisted the German incusion, driving back police and SS forces and beginning the Warsaw ghetto uprising.
Forthcoming from Pen and Sword Felton, Mark. The Coolie Generals: Britain's Far Eastern Military Leaders in Japanese Captivity. Forthcoming from Pen and Sword Books Ltd in May 2008
This day in history Sixty-five years ago today, on 18 April 1943, P-38 fighters of the USAAF 339th Fighter Squadron shot down Fleet Admiral Isoruku Yamamoto's aircraft over Bougainville in the Solomons, killing the Commander-in-Chief of the IJN Combined Fleet.
Now available from Hodder Kershaw, Robert J. Tank Men: The Heroes behind the Machines in Their Own Words. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2008
News from Canada The gang from J.J. Fedorowicz has announced two titles due at the end of May: Weidinger, Otto. Das Reich Das Reich: 2 SS Panzer Division Das Reich, volume 4: 1943 Pruett, Michael H. Panzerkampfgruppe Strachwitz: A Photographic Study of the Battles for the Ostsack and Westsack, Narva 1944
Now available from FSG Demetz, Peter. Prague in Danger: The Years of German Occupation, 1939-45. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2008
Forthcoming from Zenith Zaloga, Steven J. 4th Armored Division in World War II. Forthcoming from Zenith Books in January 2009 Update: Although listings for it can be found on the Web, Steve Zaloga tells us he has not at this time signed a contract to write this book.
Now available from Military Press Kennedy, Gary. British Army of World War Two War Establishment Tables: Northwest Europe June 1944 - May 1945, volume V: Infantry and Armoured Divisional Anti-Tank and Light Anti-Aircraft Regiments. Milton Keynes, UK: The Military Press, 2008 Kennedy, Gary. British Army of World War Two War Establishment Tables: Northwest Europe June 1944 - May 1945, volume VI: Infantry and Armoured Divisional and Tank Brigade Service Units. Milton Keynes, UK: The Military Press, 2008
Forthcoming from W & N Smith, Colin. Fighting Vichy. Forthcoming from Weidenfeld and Nicolson in January 2009
Now available from OUP Rotter, Andrew J. Hiroshima: The World's Bomb. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008
Forthcoming from NAL Jeffers, H. Paul. Command of Honor: General Lucian Truscott's Path to Victory in World War II. Forthcoming from Penguin (USA) / NAL in June 2008
News from Bob Korkuc Author Bob Korkuc has kindly notified us that University of Oklahoma Press has released his new book, Finding a Fallen Hero: The Death of a Ball Turret Gunner.
Forthcoming from Yale Griffith, Paddy. Battle Tactics of the Western Desert, 1940-1943. Forthcoming from Yale University Press in May 2008
Forthcoming from Hawaii Hatashin, Omi. Private Yokoi's War and Life on Guam, 1944-72: The Story of the Japanese Imperial Army's Longest WWII Survivor in the Field and Later Life. Forthcoming from University of Hawaii Press in May 2008
Now available from Classic Wadman, David. Aufklarer, volume two: Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Aircraft and Units, 1942-1945. Hersham, Surrey: Midland Publishing, 2008
News from Kansas Susan Schott tells us University Press of Kansas will be publishing a new memoir by a Soviet soldier, Boris Gorbachevsky, in November.
Now available from Stackpole Smith, Peter C. Dive Bombers in Action. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2008 Bimberg, Edward L. Mountain Warriors: Moroccan Goums in World War II. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2008
Forthcoming from Macmillan Thompson, Julian. Dunkirk: Retreat to Victory. Forthcoming from Macmillan in May 2008
Book review Chubaryan, Alexander O. and Harold Shukman (editors). Stalin and the Soviet-Finnish War, 1939-1940. London: Frank Cass, 2002
News from Mark Zuehlke Thanks to author Mark Zuehlke for reminding us that his The Gallant Cause: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 has been reprinted and his new book on Canadians in the campaign in Sicily in 1943 will be published in the fall.
Now available from British Columbia Bangarth, Stephanie. Voices Raised in Protest: Defending North American Citizens of Japanese Ancestry, 1942-49. Vancouver, BC: University of British Columbia Press, 2008
News from Schiffer We are reliably informed that Schiffer Publishing has released two books from Walter Spielberger: Armored Vehicles of the German Army, 1905-1945 and Halftracked Vehicles of the German Army, 1905-1945.
Now available from W & N Tyrer, Nicola. Sisters in Arms: British Army Nurses Tell Their Story. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2008
Forthcoming from Crown Buchanan, Patrick J. Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War: How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World. Forthcoming from Crown in May 2008
Forthcoming from Zenith Kamenir, Victor. The Bloody Triangle: The Defeat of Soviet Armor in Ukraine, June 1941. Forthcoming from Zenith Books in December 2008 Camp, Dick. Last Man Standing: The 1st Marine Regiment on Peleliu, September 15-21, 1944. Forthcoming from Zenith Books in December 2008
Now available from St Martin's Holland, James. Italy's Sorrow: A Year of War 1944-45. New York: St Martin's Press, 2008
Forthcoming from Greenwood Dixon, Chris, Sean Brawley and Beatrice Trefalt. Competing Voices from the Pacific War: Fighting Words. Forthcoming from Greenwood Press and Praeger Publishers in December 2008
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