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Now available from Combined
31 January 2001
Nafziger, George. The German Order of Battle: Waffen SS and Other Units in World War II. Conshohocken, PA: Combined Books, 2000. Published in the UK by Greenhill Books.
Aardvark
30 January 2001
Have a look at the Aardvark Books website and you'll find it has been updated today with almost 9000 secondhand military books, mostly in an assortment of WWII-related categories.
Kisselburg
29 January 2001
"Military History Catalogue 53" from Kisselburg Military Books is in the mail with twelve pages of secondhand WWII titles including some very attractive British regimental histories.
Book review
28 January 2001
Marteinson, John and Michael R. McNorgan. The Royal Canadian Armoured Corps: An Illustrated History. Toronto: Robin Brass Studio, 2000
Read our review
Now available from St Martins
27 January 2001
Forthcoming from Battery
27 January 2001
Now available from McFarland
26 January 2001
Dowlen. Enduring What Cannot Be Endured: A Memoir of a Woman Medical Aide in the Philippines in World War II. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co, 2000
Pyskir. Thousands of Roads: A Memoir of a Young Woman's Life in the Ukrainian Underground during and after World War II. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co, 2000
Forthcoming from Grub Street
26 January 2001
Forthcoming from Sutton
26 January 2001
Le Tissier. With Our Backs to Berlin: The German Army in Retreat on the Eastern Front, 1945. Due in March 2001 from Sutton Publishing
Reynolds. Commandos: The Illustrated History of Britain's Green Berets. Due in March 2001 from Sutton Publishing
Now available from TAMU
25 January 2001
Sarantakes, Nicholas Evan. Keystone: The American Occupation of Okinawa and U.S.-Japanese Relations. College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2000
Forthcoming from Westview
25 January 2001
Forthcoming from Da Capo
25 January 2001
Forthcoming from Basic
25 January 2001
Van der Vat. Pearl Harbor: An Illustrated History. Due in April 2001 from Basic Books
Fleming. The New Dealers' War: FDR and the War within World War II. Due in April 2001 from Basic Books
New photo gallery
24 January 2001
Forthcoming from Holt
23 January 2001
Stanton. In Harm's Way: The Sinking of the USS Indianapolis and the Extraordinary Story of Its Survivors. Due from Henry Holt in May 2001
Military Book Club
22 January 2001
Selections for January 2001:
Alexander. How Hitler Could Have Won World War II
Blunt. Foot Soldier: A Combat Infantryman's War in Europe
Breuer. Secret Weapons of World War II
Nafziger. The German Order of Battle: Waffen SS and Other Units in World War II
Book reviews
21 January 2001
Brulle, Robert V. Angels Zero: P-47 Close Air Support in Europe. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2000
Tanner, Stephen. Refuge from the Reich: American Airmen and Switzerland during World War II. Rockville Centre, NY: Sarpedon, 2000
Smith, J. Richard and Eddie J. Creek. Me 262, volume three. Crowborough, England: Classic Publications, 2000
Hammel, Eric. Aces against Japan: The American Aces Speak, volume I. Pacifica, CA: Pacifica Press, 2000
Read our reviews
Recommended Reading
20 January 2001
Historic Aviation
20 January 2001
The latest colorful catalog from Historic Aviation just hit our mailbox with sixty-four pages of aviation-related items, including a good number of WWII books.
Now available from UPK
19 January 2001
Claasen, Adam R. A. Hitler's Northern War: The Luftwaffe's Ill-Fated Campaign, 1940-1945. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 2001
Now available from Cass
18 January 2001
Harrison Place, Timothy. Military Training in the British Army, 1940-1944. London: Frank Cass, 2000
Forbes, Neil. Doing Business with the Nazis: Britain's Economic and Financial Relations with Germany, 1931-1939. London: Frank Cass, 2000
Forthcoming from Sutton
17 January 2001
Now available from McFarland
16 January 2001
Pyskir, Maria Savchyn. Thousands of Roads: A Memoir of a Young Woman's Life in the Ukrainian Underground During and After World War II. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc, 2001
Forthcoming from Pen and Sword
15 January 2001
Here's the latest list of upcoming titles from Pen and Sword Books:
Wilson. War behind the Wire. Due later this month
Boscawen. Armoured Guardsmen. Due later this month
Cunningham. No Mercy, No Leniency,. Due later this month
Vickers. The March of Das Reich. Due later this month
Ballantyne. Warspite. Due February 2001
Whiting. Gestapo Muller. Due March 2001
Scholar's Bookshelf
13 January 2001
Catalogs from The Scholar's Bookshelf are always full of great WWII titles, and their new "Military History" mailing is no exception.
Hamilton
12 January 2001
The "December 29, 2000" catalog from Edward R. Hamilton has just now arrived with the usual small assortment of discounted WWII books tucked amongst its many pages.
Antheil
11 January 2001
Looking for naval, maritime, aviation, or military books? Catalog 185 from Antheil Booksellers has forty-eight solid pages of listings of mostly secondhand titles.
Now available from Eagle Editions
10 January 2001
Tullis, Thomas A. Eagles Illustrated: Allies in the Pacific. Hamilton, MT: Eagle Editions Ltd, 2000
Forthcoming from Schiffer
9 January 2001
Here's the latest line-up from Schiffer Military History:
Miller. Fighter Units and Pilots of the 8th Air Force, September 1942 - May 1945, volume one: Day-to-Day Operations and Fighter Group Histories. Due later this month
Hill. THe 451st Bomb Group in World War II: A Pictorial History. Due later this month
Miller. Fighter Units and Pilots of the 8th Air Force, September 1942 - May 1945, volume two: Aerial Victories and Ace Data. Due February 2001
Carey. Above an Angry Sea. Due March 2001
Mansson. Heinrich Himmler: A Photographic Chronicle of Hitler's Reichsfuehrer-SS. Due March 2001
MacLean. The Ghetto Men: The SS Destruction of the Jewish Warsaw Ghetto, April-May 1943. Due March 2001
Vasco. The Sting of the Luftwaffe. Due March 2001
Jerboa-Redcap
9 January 2001
Frank and Maureen have dispatched "Supplement #38" with six pages of new and used naval, military, and aviation titles from Jerboa-Redcap Books.
Forthcoming from University Press of Kentucky
8 January 2001
Military Book Club
8 January 2001
Selections for "Holiday 2000" from the Military Book Club:
Leckie. Helmet for My Pillow
Biddiscombe. The Last Nazis: SS Werewolf Guerilla Resistance in Europe, 1944-1947
Hesketh. Fortitude: The D-Day Deception Campaign
Editor's Choice Awards for 2000
7 January 2001
Complementing our annual Top Ten awards—chosen by balloting by website visitors—is our editorial selection of what we consider to be the most important new books of the year.
Read our choices
Forthcoming from NIP
6 January 2001
After a bit of a dry spell, Naval Institute Press has just announced a ton of upcoming WWII books for the new year:
Roberts. British Warships of the Second World War. Due February 2001
Mallman-Showell. U-Boats at War: Landings on Hostile Shores. Due February 2001
Blair. Silent Victory: The U.S. Submarine War against Japan. Reprint edition due March 2001
Grove. The Price of Disobedience: The Battle of the River Plate Reconsidered. Due March 2001
Tillman. Hellcat: The F6F in World War II. Softcover edition due March 2001
Tillman. Wildcat: The F4F in World War II. Softcover edition due March 2001
Fuchida and Okumiya. Midway: The Battle that Doomed Japan. Softcover reprint due March 2001
MacArthur. Reminiscences. Softcover reprint due March 2001
Montagu. The Man Who Never Was. Softcover reprint due March 2001
Jones and Kelley. Admiral Arleigh (31-Knot) Burke. Softcover reprint due March 2001
Gallery. Twenty Million Tons under the Sea: The Daring Capture of U-505. Softcover reprint due March 2001
Satchell. Running the Gauntlet: How Three Giant Liners Carried a Million Men to War. Due April 2001
Koop and Schmolke. Heavy Cruisers of the Admiral Hipper Class. Due April 2001
Michno. Death on the Hellships: Prisoners at Sea in the Pacific War. Due June 2001
Krug, Hirama, Sander-Nagashima, and Niestle. Reluctant Allies: German-Japanese Naval Relations in World War II. Due June 2001
Braim. The Will to Win: The Life of General James A. Van Fleet. Due June 2001
Now available from Crecy
6 January 2001
Charlwood. No Moon Tonight. Manchester: Crecy Publishing, 2000. Softcover edition
Military Collector
5 January 2001
Ian has updated his online inventory file at the Military Collector with thousands of secondhand WWII titles organized by topic and available for searching by author and title.
Banner
5 January 2001
Desert Warriors from Banner Books in Australia has been delayed until the end of this month.
Cadman
4 January 2001
Tom Cadman has updated his T. Cadman book inventory with over 1200 tidy WWII-related titles for sale, so be sure to check it out.
Photo gallery
3 January 2001
Gaudette
2 January 2001
Forthcoming from Sutton
2 January 2001
White. With the Jocks: A Soldier's Struggle for Europe, 1944-45. Due from Sutton in April
Top Ten
1 January 2001
The polls have closed and the results have been tabulated in our fifth annual Top Ten awards. For complete details and a list of the winners, visit our Top Ten for 2000 page.
Inventory updates
1 January 2001
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