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Book review U.S. Army Infantry Divisions 1942-1945: Order of Battle and Combat Diary, volume 1: European Theatre of Operations, part 1. Milton Keynes, UK: The Military Press, 2008
News from Casemate The team in Pennsylvania is promising a stack of new books for 2009, including four WWII titles planned for the first six months of the year:
Forthcoming from Helion Baxter, Ian. Battle in the Baltics 1944-45: The Fighting for Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, a Photographic History. Forthcoming from Helion & Company in May 2009
In memoriam Louie Scheelera crewman aboard the battleship USS Tennessee during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbordied on 21 November in California at the age of 89.
In memoriam Babe Broyhilla B-17 tail gunner credited with downing two Me-262 jet fighters on a single mission over Germanydied on 21 November in Virgina at the age of 83.
Now available from BBC Books Rees, Laurence. World War II behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West. London: BBC Books, 2008
Now available from Casemate Bilder, Michael with James G. Bilder. A Footsoldier for Patton: The Story of a Red Diamond Infantryman with the U.S. Third Army. Havertown, PA: Casemate, 2008
Forthcoming from Stackpole English, John A. Pattons Peers: The Forgotten Allied Field Army Commanders of the Western Front, 1944-45. Forthcoming from Stackpole Books in March 2009
Now available from Regnery Wilcox, Robert. Target Patton: The Plot to Assassinate General George S. Patton. Washington, DC: Regnery, 2008
This day in history Sixty-five years ago today, on 25 November 1943, USN Destroyer Squadron 23 sank three IJN destroyers and damaged another in the Solomon Sea in the Battle of Cape St George.
Now available from Simon & Schuster Kennedy, Maxwell Taylor. Danger's Hour: The Story of the USS Bunker Hill and the Kamikaze Pilot Who Crippled Her. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008
Book review Kieser, Egbert. Hitler on the Doorstep: Operation 'Sea Lion': The German Plan to Invade Britain, 1940. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1997.
Now available from Specialty Kolln, Jeff. Northrop's Night Hunter: P-61 Black Widow. North Branch, MN: Specialty Press, 2008 Balzer, Gerald H. American Secret Pusher Fighters of World War II: XP-54, XP-55, and XP-56. North Branch, MN: Specialty Press, 2008
Now available from Berg Corni, Gustavo and Tamas Stark. Peoples on the Move: Population Transfers and Ethnic Cleansing Policies during World War II and its Aftermath. Oxford, UK: Berg, 2008
This day in history Sixty-five years ago today, on 20 November 1943, US Army and Marine Corps units landed on Japanese-held Makin Atoll and Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands in the Pacific.
Now available from Johns Hopkins Jefferson, Robert F. Fighting for Hope: African American Troops of the 93rd Infantry Division in World War II and Postwar America. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008
Forthcoming from Collins Parrish, Thomas. To Keep the British Isles Afloat: FDR's Men in Churchill's London, 1941. Forthcoming from Collins in April 2009
Now available from Oklahoma Humphrey, Robert E. Once Upon a Time in War: The 99th Division in World War II. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2008
News from Vanwell We're told that Flower Class Corvettes is now available, The Storm Boat Kings: The 23rd RCE at Arnhem has been delayed until December, and The Politics of Command: Lieutenant-General Andrew McNaughton and the Canadian Army, 1939-1943 by John Nelson Rickard has been cancelled. Check our page for Vanwell Publishing for details.
Now available from UNC Winchell, Meghan K. Good Girls, Good Food, Good Fun: The Story of USO Hostesses during World War II. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2008
Book reviews Francois, Dominique. Normandy: Breaching the Atlantic Wall: From D-Day to the Breakout and Liberation. St Paul, MN: Zenith Press, 2008 Norton, Bill. U.S. Experimental and Prototype Aircraft Projects: Fighters 1939-1945. North Branch, MN: Specialty Press, 2008 Saiz, Agustin. Deutsche Soldaten: Uniforms, Equipment, and Personal Items of the German Soldier, 1939-45. Havertown, PA: Casemate, 2008 Ullmann, Michael. Luftwaffe Colours, 1935-1945. Manchester, UK: Hikoki Publications, 2008
Now available from Helion Hamilton, A. Stephen. Bloody Streets: The Soviet Assault on Berlin, April 1945. Solihull, UK: Helion & Company, 2008
News from Military Press Jonathan having sent us a packagethanks!and a dose of news from Milton Keynes, we're pleased to be able to pass along word that two fresh volumes in Gary Kennedy's British Army of World War Two War Establishment Tables series have been published along with U.S. Army Infantry Divisions 1942-1945: Order of Battle and Combat Diary, volume 1: European Theatre of Operations, part 1 by Yves Bellanger. Check our Military Press page for more info.
Forthcoming from Palgrave Orlow, Dietrich. The Lure of Fascism in Western Europe: German Nazis, Dutch and French Fascists, 1933-1939. Forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan Publishing Company in December 2008
Now available from Navigator Regis, Margaret. When Our Mothers Went to War. Bellingham, WA: Navigator Publishing, 2008
Now available from Arkansas Sloan, Kay (editor). Not Without Honor: The Nazi POW Journal of Steve Carano. Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press, 2008
News from Kansas Susan from University Press of Kansas has notified us that Through the Maelstrom: A Red Army Soldier's War on the Eastern Front, 1942-1945 by Boris Gorbachevsky is now available. She also tells us that Dmitriy Loza's Attack of the Airacobras is due in paperback in February and Lives of Hitler's Jewish Soldiers by Bryan Mark Riggs is scheduled for March.
Now available from Hikoki Ullmann, Michael. Luftwaffe Colours, 1935-1945. Manchester, UK: Hikoki Publications, 2008
Cadman From T. Cadman WW2 Books we've received "Catalogue #101" with a good assortment of secondhand WWII titles neatly lined up for your viewing and purchasing pleasure.
News from Battle Born Books "Battle Born Books will offer the finest in military history publishing, offering new titles that will represent a collaboration among Mike Olive and Bob Edwards (both formerly of J.J. Fedorowicz) and Uwe Feist, as well as titles from Ryton Books and a select offering of titles from other publishers we feel need wider representation. We will be announcing an exciting new line of books shortly."
Now available from HC Stewart, Andrew. Empire Lost: Britain, the Dominions and the Second World War. London: Hambledon Continuum, 2008
Now in your mailbox The Edward R. Hamilton catalog of bargain books dated 31 October 2008 is now being delivered.
Forthcoming from Zenith Hopkins, William B. The Pacific War: The Strategy, Politics, and Players that Won the War. Forthcoming from Zenith Press in January 2009
Now available from Douglas & McIntyre Zuehlke, Mark. Operation Husky: The Canadian Invasion of Sicily, July 10 - August 7, 1943. Vancouver, BC: Douglas & McIntyre, 2008
Now available from Air Connection Kruk, Marek and Radoslaw Szewczyk. 11 Panzerdivision in Action, 1941. Missisauga: AirConnection, 2008
News from Classic Classic Publications, an arm of the Ian Allan Publishing empire, has announced seven new titles planned for publication over the next few months. Check our Classic page for details.
This day in history Sixty-five years ago today, on 5 November 1943, USAAF and USN airpower attacked IJN cruisers and destroyers at Rabaul in the Bismarcks, shattering the Japanese force assembled there in preparation for a major strike against the American invasion fleet off Bougainville in the northern Solomons.
Now available from Fordham Toffey IV, John J. Jack Toffey's War: A Son's Memoir. New York: Fordham University Press, 2008
News from Chris Shores Christopher Shores, author of many highly-regarded books about WWII air operations, sends this status report on his latest (and very ambitious!) project: "I have been promising for years to rewrite Fighters over the Desert and Fighters over Tunisia. At last I have this project underway, but in a rather different format. I am doing a full air coverage (fighters, bombers, recce etc, but still from all sides, as before) covering the Desert war and Tunisia, but going on to include the invasions of Sicily and Italy, the Italian Campaign, the Aegean air fighting, the invasion of Southern France and the operations of the US 15th Air Force. "I reckon this will take me between 5 and 10 years to complete in several volumes. I shall be joined by a number of co-authors, fellow researchers etc, which will vary volume-to-volume. Those joining 'the team' will include a number of well-known names in aviation history and writing.... It is intended that format will be rather like that of the recent 2nd Tactical Air Force rewrites, i.e. regular, clear, maps, some colour sideviews of aircraft, and good, clear photos, plus day-by-day listings of claims and losses. The series has been designed to slot with the two Malta books, Air War for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete 1940-41, and Dust Clouds in the Middle East, and to an extent with the Bloody Shambles/Burma books, so that hopefully when we finish there will be a complete coverage of all air war in the Mediterranean and Middle East areas during World War II. Oh yes, I should perhaps add that, having got the first volume well underway, it will cover the period from the outbreak of war in North Africa (June 1940) to the end of the Operation 'Crusader' battles, which I reckon to be 31 January 1942 (for purposes of a neat point to end Volume One, at any rate!)."
Now available from Schiffer Esteban, Jesus Dolado et al. The Military Intervention Corps of the Spanish Blue Division in the German Wehrmacht, 1941-1945: Organization, Uniforms, Insignia, Documents. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2008
Book review Dunn Jr, Walter S. Heroes or Traitors: The German Replacement Army, the July Plot, and Adolf Hitler. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003
This day in history Sixty-five years ago today, on 2 November 1943, IJN forces suffered a decisive defeat while attempting to destroy the USN invasion fleet at Empress Augusta Bay off Bougainville Island in the northern Solomons.
Now available from Pen and Sword Annett, Roger. Drop Zone Burma: Adventures in Allied Air Supply 1943-45. Barnsley, UK: Pen and Sword Books Ltd, 2008 Stewart, Adrian. The Campaigns of Alexander of Tunis, 1940-1945. Barnsley, UK: Pen and Sword Books Ltd, 2008
In memoriam Studs TerkelPulitzer Prize-winning author of The Good Wardied on 31 October in Chicago at the age of 96.
This day in history Sixty-five years ago today, on 1 November 1943, USN Task Force 31 landed the 3rd Marine Division at Cape Torokina on Bougainville Island in the northern Solomons.
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