Now available from Ramrod
30 September 2002

Sarkar, Dilip. Battle of Britain: Last Look Back. Worcester, UK: Ramrod Publications, 2002

Book review
29 September 2002

Bernage, Georges. Red Devils in Normandy: 6th Airborne Division, 5-6 June 1944. Bayeux: Editions Heimdal, 2002. Distributed in the US by Casemate

Read our review

Now available from Military Press
28 September 2002

Sharp, Lee. French Army, 1939-1940 The French Army, 1939-1940, volume 2. Milton Keynes, UK: Military Press, 2002

Mallmann Showell, Jak P. U-Boat Archives U-Boat Archives, volume 2: Weapons Used against U-Boats. Milton Keynes, UK: Military Press, 2002

Aardvark
27 September 2002

"The Aardvark" and his crew have updated the online inventory of WWII-related books at the Aardvark Books website, now awaiting your browsing and searching pleasure.

Now available from Sutton
27 September 2002

Short, Neil. Hitler's Siegfried Line. Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing Ltd, 2002

Now available from Helion
27 September 2002

Pencz, Rudolf. For the Homeland! The History of the 31st Waffen-SS Volunteer Grenadier Division. Solihull, UK: Helion & Company, 2002

Christer Bergstrom...
26 September 2002

...tells us that he has been shopping for a new publisher for his popular Black Cross, Red Star series of Russian Front air combat books. Now that Eric Hammel's Pacifica Military History will only be doing softcover reprints of existing titles, expect several suitors to try to acquire the remainder of the BC/RS series. Bergstrom says that volume three is ready to go, and "will hopefully be out by the summer of 2003."

Now available from Spellmount
26 September 2002

Carver, Michael. Dilemmas of the Desert War: The Libyan Campaign of 1940-1942. Staplehurst, UK: Spellmount Ltd, 2002. Softcover reprint edition

Now available from Smithsonian
26 September 2002

McFarland, Stephen L. and Wesley Phillips Newton. To Command the Sky. Washington. DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002. Softcover reprint edition

Lowden, John L. Silent Wings at War: Combat Gliders in WWII. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002. Softcover reprint edition

News from Osprey
25 September 2002

Osprey has released several new titles this month and has announced more for October and November. Check our webpage for Osprey for all the latest details.

Forthcoming from Fedorowicz
25 September 2002

Trojca, Waldemar. German Armor and Special Units of World War II. Forthcoming from J. J. Fedorowicz Publishing Inc, due date unknown

Restayn, Jean and Nicole Moller. Operation Citadel, a Text and Photo Album, Volume 1: The South. Forthcoming from J. J. Fedorowicz Publishing Inc, due date unknown

Now available from Casemate
25 September 2002

Gawne, Jon. Ghosts of the ETO. Havertown, PA: Casemate, 2002

Now available from Viking
24 September 2002

Nelson, Craig. The First Heroes: The Extraordinary Story of America's First World War II Victory. New York: Viking Penguin, 2002. (The Doolittle raid)

N&M Press
24 September 2002

The latest printed catalog, "Issue 66," from Naval & Military Press in England arrived here today via post with over twenty newsprint pages of new military books for sale.

Now available from NIP
24 September 2002

Sasgen, Peter T. Red Scorpion: War Patrols of the USS Rasher. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2002. Softcover reprint edition

Recommended Reading
23 September 2002

We have a page full of great WWII-related books, newly updated, which we highly recommend to our friends and visitors, and it's located right here.

Now available from Rowman
23 September 2002

Weeks, Albert Loren. Stalin's Other War: Soviet Grand Strategy, 1939-1941. Boston: Rowman and Littlefield, 2002

Book review
22 September 2002

Munch, Karlheinz. The Combat History of Schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 654. Winnipeg: J. J. Fedorowicz Publishing Inc, 2002

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Now available from Grub Street
21 September 2002

Smith, Richard C. Hornchurch Eagles: The Complete Combat Experience as Seen through the Eyes of Eight of the Airfield's Distinguished WWII Fighter Pilots. London: Grub Street, 2002

Editor's Pick
20 September 2002

Sometimes when we run across an interesting/unusual/informative book, especially an old and out-of-print one, we like to bring it to your attention. Here's one, or in this case an entire series:

Krigen i Norge 1940

Despite a plethora of books covering operations in Norway during 1940, remarkably little space is devoted to Norwegian forces in English-language works about the campaign. For those who want to do more than just scratch the surface, this series from Oslo contains unsurpassed detail. Although written entirely in Norwegian—which can be daunting for researchers without some background in Scandinavian languages—the volumes also include much in the way of maps, photos, and OB material.

Now available from UQP
19 September 2002

McKernan, Michael. This War Never Ends: The Pain of Separation and Return. St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 2001. Distributed in the US by ISBS

Now available from Praeger
19 September 2002

Connell, Thomas. America's Japanese Hostages: The World War II Plan for a Japanese-Free Latin America. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press and Praeger Publishers, 2002

Nations at War
18 September 2002

We continue to open new pages of our Nations at War feature. Just unveiled today: The Netherlands at War, 1939-1945.

Now available from Schiffer
18 September 2002

Miller, Kent D. The 363rd Fighter Group in World War II in Action over Germany with the P-51 Mustang. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2002

News from Cass
17 September 2002

Hugh Davie from Frank Cass Publishers has updated release dates for us for some forthcoming titles. Notably, Stalin and the Inevitable War by Silvio Pons will be available next month, while three new books from David Glantz—including new editions of his August Storm set—will be available in January 2003. Check our Frank Cass webpage for details.

Now available from BSI
17 September 2002

Duffy, Christopher. Red Storm on the Reich. New York: Book Sales, Inc, 2002. Reprint edition

Now available from Morrow
16 September 2002

Zweig, Ronald W. The Gold Train: The Annihilation of the Jews and the Looting of Hungary. New York: William Morrow and Company, 2002

Now available from Pen and Sword
16 September 2002

Steer, Frank. Battleground Europe, Market-Garden: Arnhem: Landing Grounds and Oosterbeek. Barnsley, UK: Pen and Sword Books Ltd, 200

Saunders, Tim. Battleground Europe, Market-Garden: The Island: Nijmegen to Arnhem. Barnsley, UK: Pen and Sword Books Ltd, 2002

Today marks the beginning...
15 September 2002

...of our eighth year on the Web providing daily doses of news and information about WWII-related books. We offer thanks to all the authors, publishers, editors, booksellers, and visitors who have helped us maintain these pages over the years, and we look forward to many more years as the Web's best portal for books about the Second World War.

Book reviews
15 September 2002

Ross, Robert Todd. U.S. Army Rangers & Special Forces of World War II: Their War in Photographs. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd, 2002

Ogburn jr, Charlton. The Marauders. New York: The Overlook Press, 2002

Knickerbocker, H. R. et al Danger Forward: Story of the First Division in WWII. Nashville, TN: Battery Press, 2002

Griggs, William E. The World War II Black Regiment That Built the Alaska Military Highway: A Photographic History. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2002

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Now available from Warner
14 September 2002

Johnson, Forrest B. Hour of Redemption: The Heroic WWII Saga of America's Most Daring POW Rescue. New York: Warner Books, 2002. Softcover reprint edition

Now available from Penn
14 September 2002

MacDonald, Charles. The Battle of the Huertgen Forest. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2002. Softcover reprint edition

Book survey
13 September 2002

Read our survey of American divisional histories

Now available from Mississippi
13 September 2002

Griggs, William E. The World War II Black Regiment That Built the Alaska Military Highway: A Photographic History. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2002

Now available from McFarland
12 September 2002

Parker, Pauline E. (editor). Women of the Homefront: World War II Recollections of 55 Americans. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc, 2002

Forthcoming from McGraw-Hill
11 September 2002

Jacobs, Paul P. and Robert Lightsey. The Battle of Britain: A Visual Perspective. Forthcoming from McGraw-Hill in October 2002

Now available from Alabama
11 September 2002

Nahon, Marco. Birkenau: The Camp of Death. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press, 2002

Forthcoming from OUP
10 September 2002

Shore, Zachary. What Hitler Knew: The Battle for Information in Nazi Foreign Policy. Forthcoming from Oxford University Press in December 2002

Now available from St Martin's
10 September 2002

Atkinson, Rick. An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942-1943. New York: St Martin's Press, 2002

Forthcoming from Greenwood
10 September 2002

Whitham, Charlie. Bitter Rehearsal: British and American Planning for a Post-War West Indies. Forthcoming from Greenwood Press and Praeger Publishers in November 2002

Jerboa
9 September 2002

Now in hand: printed "Supplement #59" from Jerboa-Redcap Books with six pages, as usual, of new and secondhand military, naval, and aviation titles.

Now available from Battery
9 September 2002

Trahan, E.A. A History of the Second United States Armored Division, 1940-1946. Nashville, TN: Battery Press, 2002. Reprint edition

Now available from Heimdal
9 September 2002

Bernage, Georges. Red Devils: The 6th Airborne Division at Normandy. Bayeux: Editions Heimdal, 2002

Book review
8 September 2002

Maga, Tim. America Attacks Japan: The Invasion that Never Was. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 2002

Read our review

Military Collector
7 September 2002

Ian Wilkinson has uploaded a new batch of secondhand titles to the online inventory files at his Military Collector website.

Now available from Harcourt
7 September 2002

Fest, Joachim. Speer: The Final Verdict. New York: Harcourt, 2002

Now available from Dee
7 September 2002

Reynolds, David. From Munich to Pearl Harbor: Roosevelt's America and the Origins of the Second World War. Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 2002. Softcover reprint edition

Forthcoming from White Mane
6 September 2002

Jones, Wilbur D. A Sentimental Journey: Memoirs of a Wartime Boomtown. Forthcoming from White Mane Publishing Company, Inc in November 2002

Now available from After the Battle
6 September 2002

Margry, Karel. Then and Now: Operation Market-Garden, volume 1. London: After the Battle, 2002

Margry, Karel. Then and Now: Operation Market-Garden, volume 2. London: After the Battle, 2002

Forthcoming from AE
5 September 2002

Romanko, Oleg and Antony Munoz. Hitler's White Russians: Collaboration and Extermination in Byelorussia, 1941-1944, originally titled Under the St. Andrews Cross, has been rescheduled for January 2003 publication by Axis Europa Books.

Now available from Stackpole
4 September 2002

Yunnie, Park. Fighting with Popski's Private Army. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2002. Reprint edition of Warriors on Wheels

Russell, Edward F. L. Knights of Bushido: A Short History of Japanese War Crimes. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2002. Reprint edition

Now available from McFarland
4 September 2002

Sumners, Charles Eugene. Darkness Visible: Memoir of a World War II Combat Photographer. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc, 2002

AOW
3 September 2002

Just updated: The Articles of War website, with over 6500 new and secondhand military titles.

News from Greg Urwin
3 September 2002

"The History Channel has commissioned Greystone Communications to produce a two-hour documentary based on Facing Fearful Odds. It is tentatively titled "The Alamo of the Pacific" and is directed by Martin Gillam. I spent the last week of August 2002 on Wake Island with Gillam, five Wake Island Marines (Cpls. Ralph Holewinski, John S. Johnson, John Dale, and Robert Haidinger, and Pfc. Jack Skaggs), one Wake Contractor (Bill Taylor, who met Mao Zedong after escaping from a Japanese prison train in China), and a film crew to shoot interviews on the actual battle sites. The documentary will probably air in the spring of 2003."

Now available from Cambridge
3 September 2002

Gorodetsky, Gabriel. Stafford Cripps' Mission to Moscow, 1940-42 . Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Reprint edition

Moskoff, William. The Bread of Affliction: The Food Supply in the USSR during World War II. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Reprint edition

Now available from Da Capo
3 September 2002

Rees, Laurence. Horror in the East: Japan and the Atrocities of World War II. New York: Da Capo Press, 2002

From Woking
2 September 2002

Graham Palmer just uploaded a fresh batch of secondhand titles to augment the inventory files at his World War II Books website, based in Woking, England.

News from S. C. Heal
2 September 2002

"Thought you might like a little advance notice that Vanwell will be releasing Ugly Ducklings: Japan's Liberty Ship of WWII, sometime this Fall. It will be somewhat similar to Great Fleet of Ships, although a smaller book. It will be dealing fairly intensively with the Japanese version of their 10,000 wartime emergency standard freighter known as the Type-A. It will feature a complete fleet list of all 150 ships of the type and will cover territory that I believe has never been covered before in the English language."

Now available from UNM
1 September 2002

Townsend, Kenneth William. World War II and the American Indian. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico, 2002. Softcover reprint editon

Cadman
1 September 2002

The T. Cadman Books website was updated this morning, and you can find a wide variety of secondhand military books there at very reasonable prices.

Old Army
1 September 2002

It's that time of the month, and Bruce Halsted also just uploaded a file of fresh inventory, amounting to several thousand secondhand military titles, to his Old Army Books website.

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