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Now available from McFarland Mann, Robert A. The B-29 Superfortress Chronology, 1934-1960. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc, 2009
News, rumors, and gossip Our informants tell us that Henrik Lunde, author of the well-received Hitler's Pre-Emptive War, is hard at work on a new book about the Finnish theater of war during 1941-1945.
Book review Bennett, G.H. and R. Bennett. Hitler's Admirals. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2004
Now available from Casemate Gregory, Don A. and Wilhelm R. Gehlen. Two Soldiers, Two Lost Fronts: German War Diaries of the Stalingrad and North Africa Campaigns. Havertown, PA: Casemate, 2009
News from Nebraska University of Nebraska Press, we are reliably informed, has a couple of new WWII-related titles on the way:
Now available from Canada Wakelam, Randall T. The Science of Bombing: Operational Research in RAF Bomber Command. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2009
Now available from Profile Holmes, Richard. Churchill's Bunker: The Secret Headquarters at the Heart of Britain's Victory. London: Profile Books, 2009
Forthcoming from PMH Hammel, Eric. The Road to Big Week: The Struggle for Daylight Air Supremacy over Western Europe, July 1942-February 1944. Forthcoming from Pacifica Military History in September 2009
Forthcoming from Wiley Kurapovna, Marcia. Shadows on the Mountain: The Allies, the Resistance, and the Rivalries that Doomed WWII Yugoslavia. Forthcoming from John Wiley & Sons in December 2009
This day in history Sixty-five years ago today, on 22 June 1944, on the third anniversary of Operation Barbarossa, following a preparatory artillery bombardment, Soviet 1st Baltic Front and 3rd Byelorussian Front opened Operation Bagration with an assault against German 3rd Panzer Army around Vitebsk.
Now available from NIP O'Hara, Vincent P. Struggle for the Middle Sea: The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean Theater, 1940-1945. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2009
Forthcoming from Scotland Wood, Ian S. Britain, Ireland and the Second World War. Forthcoming from Edinburgh University Press in March 2010
This day in history Sixty-five years ago today, on 19 June 1944, in the Battle of the Philippine Sea, US fighters and AA fire slaughtered IJN aircraft in the Great Marianas Turkey Shoot.
Now available from CUP Pratten, Garth. Australian Battalion Commanders in the Second World War. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2009
Editor's Pick 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: Pearson, Owen. Albania in Occupation and War: From Fascism to Communism, 1940-45. London: I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 2005 An immensely detailed daily chronology with excerpts from newspapers, broadcasts, official reports, diaries, and other documents.
News from Osprey Since last we checked, the gang at Osprey has released a couple of titles, including Operation Dragoon, 1944 by Steve Zaloga. Of course, they've also pumped up the production schedule with a ton of upcoming items, of which these are some of the books due in September:
Forthcoming from Front Line Schroeder, Christa. He Was My Chief: The Memoirs of Adolf Hitler's Secretary. Forthcoming from Front Line / Pen & Sword in August 2009
This day in history Sixty-five years ago today, on 15 June 1944, US forces conducted Operation Forager in the Mariana Islands, with Task Force 52 landing V Amphibious Corps on Saipan against General Saito's reinforced Japanese 43rd Infantry Division.
Book review Ministere des Armees. Atlas des Situations Quotidiennes des Armees Alliees, Campagne 1939-1940. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, 1964
Forthcoming from Canada Engen, Robert. Canadians under Fire: Infantry Effectiveness in the Second World War. Forthcoming from McGill-Queens University in October 2009
This day in history Sixty-five years ago today, on 13 June 1944, Michael Wittmann and his crew in a Tiger tank destroyed a column of 25 vehicles of British 7th Armored Division at Villers-Bocage.
Forthcoming from the Netherlands Gerritsen, Bob and Scott Revell. Einsatzbefehl Arnheim: An Illustrated History of Kampfgruppe Knaust, September - October 1944. Forthcoming from R.N. Sigmond in September 2009
News from Kansas Thanks to Susan at University Press of Kansas for telling us about Hitler's Generals on Trial: The Last War Crimes Tribunal at Nuremberg by Valerie Genevieve Hebert, due from UPK in March 2010.
News from New Mexico We're very pleased to hear from our old friend Bob Ruman that his Articles of War bookstore has stocked up on some terrific new WWII titles. No one with an interest in books about the Second World Waror any other conflict in recorded historycan afford to miss Articles of War.
Now available from Switzerland Muller, Peter and Wolfgang Zimmerman. Sturmgeschutz III, volume 1. Andelfingen: History Facts, 2009
Now available from Specialty Hagedorn, Dan. North American's T-6: A Definitive History of the World's Most Famous Trainer. North Branch, MN: Specialty Press, 2009
Forthcoming from Classic deZeng, Henry L. and Douglas G. Stankey. Dive-Bomber and Ground-Attack Units of the Luftwaffe 1933-1945, volume 1. Forthcoming from Classic Publications in November 2009
Now available from FSG Norman, Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman. Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2009
Forthcoming from Ian Allan Ware, Pat. World War Two German Trucks. Forthcoming from Ian Allan Publishing in July 2009 Ware, Pat. World War Two Armoured Cars. Forthcoming from Ian Allan Publishing in August 2009
News from Hikoki We've been reminded that Hikoki has two new titles scheduled for July release:
Book review Lunde, Henrik O. Hitler's Pre-Emptive War: The Battle for Norway, 1940. Havertown, PA: Casemate, 2009
Now available from S & S Cobb, Matthew. The Resistance: The French Fight against the Nazis. London: Simon & Schuster, 2009
This day in history Sixty-five years ago today, on 6 June 1944, under the command of General Eisenhower, Allied naval forces, supported by strong air forces, began landing Allied armies this morning on the northern coast of France....
Now available from Casemate Zetterling, Niklas and Michael Tamelander. Bismarck: The Final Days of Germany's Greatest Battleship. Drexel Hill: Casemate Publishers, 2009
In memoriam Charles Donald Alburyco-pilot of the B-29 bomber nicknamed Bockscar that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945died on 23 May in Florida at the age of 88.
Forthcoming from Indiana Adams, John A. The Battle for Western Europe, Fall 1944: An Operational Assessment. Forthcoming from Indiana University Press in March 2010
This day in history Sixty-five years ago today, on 4 June 1944, troops of the US 5th Army entered Rome as German forces withdrew and the Allies advanced northward through Italy.
Now available from NAL Wukovits, John. American Commando: Evans Carlson, His WW II Marine Raiders, and America's First Special Forces Mission. New York: NAL / Penguin, 2009
Now available from McFarland Ostrom, Thomas P. The United States Coast Guard in World War II: A History of Domestic and Overseas Actions. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc, 2009
Now available from Classic Salgado, Juan-Carlos. Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor: The Airliner That Went to War. Hinckley, UK: Classic Publications, 2009
Scholar's Bookshelf The "Military History" catalog of books for spring 2009 from The Scholar's Bookshelf made its way safely through the postal system and landed here. As usual, lots of goodies for anyone seeking WWII-related items.
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