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Forthcoming from Tauris de Wailly, Henri. Invasion Syria, 1941: Churchill and de Gaulle's Forgotten War. Forthcoming from I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd in November 2015
Forthcoming from Osprey Davies, Norman. Trail of Hope: How the Anders Army Escaped from Stalin's Empire. Forthcoming from Osprey Publishing in November 2015
News from Stackpole The team in Mechanicsbugthanks very muchdispatched to us a copy of Tip of the Spear: German Armored Reconnaissance in Action in World War II by Robert Edwards with Michael H. Pruett and Michael Olive. This sequel to Scouts Out (or perhaps companion volume) looks like another very successful labor of love.
Forthcoming from Arcadia Ford, David. Fort Hood in World War II. Forthcoming from Arcadia Publishing in November 2015
Forthcoming from Faber Gildea, Robert. Fighters in the Shadows: A New History of the French Resistance. Forthcoming from Faber and Faber in November 2015
Now available from McFarland Natter, Henri and Adam Refregier, edited by J. V. Collins. Five Years Behind Hitler's Barbed Wire: A Diary of French Officers in a German Prison Camp, 1940-1945. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc, 2015
Forthcoming from Rowman and Littlefield Maffeo, Steven E. U.S. Navy Codebreakers, Linguists, and Intelligence Officers against Japan, 1910-1941: A Biographical Dictionary. Forthcoming from Rowman and Littlefield in November 2015
Heavy, heavier, heaviest Tom Petteys tells us the heaviest one has arrived, and he's busy shipping it: Lawrence, Christopher A. Kursk: The Battle of Prokhorovka. Sheridan, CO: Aberdeen Books, 2015 This mammoth title weighs in at a massive 1662 pages. Lift with your legs!
Forthcoming from Yale Kitchen, Martin. Speer: Hitler's Architect. Forthcoming from Yale University Press in November 2015
Book review Balkoski, Joseph. Beyond the Beachhead: The 29th Infantry Division in Normandy. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 1999.
News from Helion The gang in Solihull have announced publication of Marc Rikmenspoel's painstakingly crafted Sunwheels and Siegrunen: Wiking, Nordland, Nederland and the Germanic Waffen-SS in Photographs, volume 1, said to amount to 384 pages with more than 700 photos.
Now available from Osprey Nenye, Vesa. Finland at War: The Winter War 1939-40. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing, 2015
Forthcoming from VM Sugarman, Martin. Jewish Participation in the Fire Service in the Second World War. Forthcoming from Vallentine Mitchell Publishers in November 2015
News from Casemate Coming up from Casemate next month:
Now available from S & S Kelly, John. Never Surrender: Winston Churchill and Britain's Decision to Fight Nazi Germany in the Fateful Summer of 1940. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015
Forthcoming from Purdue Mick, Christoph. Lemberg, Lwow, L'viv, 1914-1947: Violence and Ethnicity in a Contested City. Forthcoming from Purdue University Press in November 2015
Forthcoming from Tauris Brewer, David. Greece: The Decade of War, Occupation, Resistance and Civil War. Forthcoming from I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd in April 2016
Now available from S & S Winik, Jay. 1944: FDR and the Year That Changed History. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015
Forthcoming from CUP Dean, Peter J. Australia 1944-45: Victory in the Pacific. Forthcoming from Cambridge University Press in November 2015
News from Arcade Arcade Publishing, an imprint of Skyhorse, sends along an advance reading copy of Donovan's Devils: OSS Commandos Behind Enemy Lines, Europe, World War II by Albert Lulushi, about ops in France, Italy, the Balkans, and elsewhere in Europe. Scheduled for publication in February 2016.
Now available from Morrow Doyle, William. PT 109: An American Epic of War, Survival, and the Destiny of John F. Kennedy. New York: William Morrow and Company, 2015
Forthcoming from Belknap Drake, David. Paris at War, 1939-1944. Forthcoming from Belknap Press in November 2015
Forthcoming from McFarland Natter, Henri and Adam Refregier. Five Years Behind Hitler's Barbed Wire: A Diary of French Officers in a German Prison Camp, 1940-1945. Forthcoming from McFarland & Company, Inc in November 2015
Now available from Canada Tieke, Wilhelm. Horst Wessel: The Combat History of the 18.SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division. Winnipeg: J. J. Fedorowicz Publishing Inc, 2015
Forthcoming from Enigma Conti, Giuseppe. Mussolini's Spies: Italian Military Espionage, 1940-1943. Forthcoming from Enigma Books in November 2015
Forthcoming from National Geo Groom, Winston. The Generals: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, and the Winning of World War II. Forthcoming from National Geographic in November 2015
Recommendations Our Recommended Reading page offers a list of some of the titles we think deserve extra attention from readers of books about WWII, and we've updated that page with our latest selections.
Your city in the Big One Detroit? Cleveland? Evansville? Those cities are the subject of three upcoming "[city name goes here] in World War II" volumes:
Now available from S&S Waller, Douglas. Disciples: The World War II Missions of the CIA Directors Who Fought for Wild Bill Donovan. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015
Forthcoming from Helena Fenyo, Miksa. A Country Adrift: The 1944-1945 Wartime Diaries of Miksa Fenyo. Forthcoming from Helena History Press in November 2015
Forthcoming from Zenith Fredrickson, John M. Warbird Factory: North American Aviation in World War II. Forthcoming from Zenith Press in November 2015
Book review Kiesling, Eugenia C. Arming Against Hitler: France and the Limits of Military Planning. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1996
Now available from Prometheus Kiley, Anne and Thomas Pellechia with David Kiley (editors). Writing the War: Chronicles of a World War II Correspondent. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books, 2015
Now available from Illinois Daniels, Roger. Franklin D. Roosevelt: Road to the New Deal, 1882-1939. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 2015
Forthcoming from HM Hamilton, Nigel. Commander in Chief: FDR's Battle with Churchill, 1943. Forthcoming from Houghton Mifflin in June 2016
Now available from Atlantic Holland, James. The War in the West: Volume 1: The Rise of Germany, 1939-1941. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 2015
Forthcoming from NAL Moore, Stephen L. The Battle for Hell's Island: How a Small Band of Carrier Dive-Bombers Helped Save Guadalcanal. Forthcoming from New American Library in November 2015
Forthcoming from Osprey Nenye, Vesa et al. Finland at War: The Continuation and Lapland Wars 1941-45. Forthcoming from Osprey Publishing in March 2016
Forthcoming from P&S Johansen, Claes. Hitler's Nordic Ally? Finland and the Total War 1939 - 1945. Forthcoming from Pen and Sword Books Ltd in February 2016
Now available from MMP Riccio, Ralph and Enrico Finazzer. Italian Artillery of WWII. Petersfield, Hampshire, UK: MMP Books, 2015
Forthcoming from OUP Roy, Kaushik. India and World War II: War, Armed Forces and Society, 1939-1945. Forthcoming from Oxford University Press in March 2016
Forthcoming from Allen Lane Raghavan, Srinath. India's War: The Making of Modern South Asia, 1939-1945. Forthcoming from Allen Lane in March 2016
Now available from Riebel-Roque Osborne, Richard E. The Axis: Hitler's Allies. Carbondale, IL: Riebel-Roque, 2015
News from the Netherlands From R.N. Sigmond Publishing we've received the very nice new book Arnhem Bridge: Target Mike One: An Illustrated History of the 1st Airlanding Light Regiment RA, 1942 - 1945 by David Truesdale, Martijn Cornelissen, and Bob Gerritsen. Well worth having a look at this title, which is done up in the usual fine Sigmond style.
Now available from WSP Ch'i, Hsi-Sheng. The Much Troubled Alliance: US-China Military Cooperation During the Pacific War, 1941-1945. World Scientific Publishing Co, 2015
Book review White, John F. U Boat Tankers, 1941-45: Submarine Suppliers to Atlantic Wolf Packs. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1998
Now available from NIP O'Hara, Vincent. Torch: North Africa and the Allied Path to Victory. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2015
Forthcoming from Stackpole Ganz, A. Harding. Ghost Division: The 11th Gespenster Panzer Division and the German Armored Force. Forthcoming from Stackpole Books in January 2016
Now available from Allen Lane Cook, Tim. Fight to the Finish: Canadians in the Second World War, 1944-1945. London: Allen Lane, 2015
Forthcoming from Indiana Day, Ronnie. New Georgia: The Second Battle for the Solomons. Forthcoming from Indiana University Press in March 2016
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