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Die Geheimdienste der Achsenmächte WELTWEIT 1939-1945
24,90 €The Axis powers spied not only within Europe, but worldwide. Therefore, in this second volume, the historian Gabriele Faggioni first supplements the description of the Japanese secret services. After a short introduction, he explains the most important spy networks of the Axis powers in North Africa, the Middle East, Asia, North, Central and South America.
Illustrated by a large number of very rare illustrations, the reader learns about the most important operations and actions against the Allies as well as the spies of the German »Abwehr«, the Italian »SIM« and the secret service of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
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Die Geschichte der Flugplätze im Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis Ensteh.-Basis der LW im Dritten Reich-Nachkriegsentwickl.
29,00 €Documentation about the airfields Villingen, Donaueschingen and Hüfigen – planning, construction, wartime and partial dissolution.
With the recovery of aviation in the late 30s, three airfields were built in today’s district of Schwarzwald-Baar (in the south-western part of Germany) for a variety of reasons.
While the airfield Villingen was put into a twilight sleep for financial reasons even before the 2nd World War, the airfields at Hüfingen and Donaueschingen played a dramatic role for a short time during the war due to the occupation of Luftwaffe units (f.E. 2nd Squadron NAGr 13, Geschwaderstab/JG 53, III./JG 76, IV. Gruppe/JG 53), which remained completely unknown to most inhabitants.
Over the years, the author has been able to ask countless contemporary witnesses and former pilots of the LW about the events and was able to get hitherto unpublished photos and documents that describe the events completely and make them comprehensible.
Particularly valuable are letters from former pilots, written to the relatives at home, which sensitively describe the tragedy and senseless missions of young pilots and let the reader get very close. -
Die Geschichte der HENSCHEL Flugzeug-Werke in Schönefeld bei Berlin 1933-1945
29,95 €This is the history of the HENSCHEL aircraft company in Berlin-Schönefeld 1933-1945. The book shows all aircraft types, which were produced there and also the development of glide-bombs and projects. A production list is MISSING, but will be published in a separate book (still no date), but it is illustrated throughout.
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Die Israelische Panzerarmee. Geschichte, Technik, Einsätze
34,90 €The Israeli tank weapon, created immediately after the founding of the State of Israel and strengthened in the First Arab-Israeli War in 1948/49, is one of the best in the world.
Based on current research, the authors explain the history of the Israeli tank weapon, from its founding period to decisive tank offensives during the Suez crisis in 1956, in the Six-Day War in 1967, in the October War in 1973, in the invasion of Lebanon in 1982 to the operations in the Gaza Strip today. It describes all active and historical battle tanks of the IDF. Extensive image and map material completes the unique work.
With 209 pictures. -
Die Israelische Panzerwaffe Geschichte, Technik, Einsätze
34,90 €The Israeli tank weapon, created immediately after the founding of the State of Israel and strengthened in the First Arab-Israeli War in 1948/49, is one of the best in the world.
Based on current research, the authors explain the history of the Israeli tank weapon, from its founding period to decisive tank offensives during the Suez crisis in 1956, in the Six-Day War in 1967, in the October War in 1973, in the invasion of Lebanon in 1982 to the operations in the Gaza Strip today. It describes all active and historical battle tanks of the IDF. Extensive image and map material completes the unique work.
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Die k.u.k. Luftfahrtruppen. Zur Geschichte von Österreichs Luftakrobaten.
19,90 €From the content:
The beginning of military aviation Heavier than Air in the Danube Monarchy
Camillo Castiglioni the master of the aviation industry
The heroes of the skies
Die Seeflieger der k. u. k. Kriegsmarine/Austrian-Hungarian naval aircraft
The aircraft factories in Austria-Hungary
What remained of the Austro-Hungarian aviation groups. -
Die Kunst des Modellbaus 1680 – 1820 (=DEUTSCHE Ausgabe!)
106,00 €Bernard Frölich has always been a builder of ship’s models. As a geographical engineer, he discovered Jean Boudriot’s books and monographs in the late 70s. He fell in love with the beauty of sailing ships of the classic period and since then has dedicated all his free time to building historical navy models. This practical experience made him a genuine authority in that field. He has published numerous articles on that subject over the past years. At our request, he has gathered, edited and significantly enriched these articles in order to produce his book.
L’ART DU MODELISME describes the author’s experience and methods in 300 pages abundantly illustrated with numerous drawings, sketchs and more than 600 commentated photos. In this book, Frölich describes in detail all the crafts that a shipmodeler must master: he must be in turn a shipwright, a carpenter, a cabinetmaker, a marqueter, a blacksmith, a ropemaker and a sailmaker. He shows that any beginner, if he is industrious and persevering, can master this art. This fact becomes all the more evident since we can see the tremendous progress made by the author himself through the use of photographs of his own work. This book itself is a tremendous learning experience. In the first twenty pages Frölich describes his studio, his tools and equipment and his library.
He then devotes about one hundred pages to the timbers of a 1730 merchant vessel , the Mercure, and to M.de Tourville ’s three-decker vessel of 1680, L’Ambitieux. In the next one hundred twenty pages, the author discusses the equipment, fittings, guns, decoration and sculptures, ship’s boats and rigging. The final sixty pages offer a description of Frölich’s own models (all at 1:48 scale ) : the schooner Jacinthe, the lugger Coureur, the brig Cyclope, the bomb ketch Salamandre, the 12-pdr frigate Belle Poule, the merchant vessel Mercure and the xebec Requin. The unfinished model of L’Ambitieux – the Chevalier de Tourville’s three-decker vessel – is abundantly described in the chapter on framework
Although the author denies it, this book is a genuine treatise on historical naval shipmodeling. The photographs included show that the skills of today ’s shipmodelers match the talent of the creators of the period model pieces preserved and displayed in our museums. -
Die Modellbaukästen des VEB Kunststoffverarbeitung Zschopau. Ein Nachschlagewerk
59,95 €This book presents the model kits and plastic toys of the VEB Kunststoffverarbeitung Zschopau and also tells the story of the button factory Franz Richter from 1906 to the integration of the factory into the VEB Modell- und Plastspielwarenkombinat Annaberg-Buchholz in 1969.
On hundreds, mostly never before published photos you can see the great toys that were made at the beginning of the 40-year GDR history.
All 22 aircraft, 5 helicopters, 2 space and 2 ship model kits produced in Zschopau until 1970 are presented in detail. Also on display are the three doll harnesses and the ping-pong balls that left the factory all over the world.
Further chapters deal with the various packing slips, glue and paint bottles and the aircraft stands. And also the use of the aircraft models for advertising purposes of other companies is vividly presented, as well as the presentation of the models at the Leipzig trade fairs.
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Die Österreichisch-Ungarische Donauflottille im Ersten Weltkrieg
34,00 €Austria-Hungary also was known as the Danube Monarchy, because the Danube River, as an important transport route, connected several lands of the monarchy with each other and with the Black Sea as well. The river served at the same time as a frontier with some less stable neighbors, and during the presence of Turkey on the Balkans, the Austrian Empire had at its disposal a strong Danube flotilla with sail- and rudder-driven warships.
In the second half of the 19th century began the building of a Imperial and Royal Danube Flotilla equipped with steam-driven warships. During the World War One, Austria-Hungary operated ten monitors on the Danube, together with a score of patrol boats, armed steamers, and auxiliary warships.
The history and fates of all these vessels are given here, together with the history of their development, with technical data and numerous illustrations, supplemented by an extensive list of sources and literature, to enable the search for further details.
103 b/w pictures, 142 b/w drawings/line-drawings, 4 maps, 15 colour illustrations. -
Die Panther-Abteilung Brandenburg 1945 u. i. Vorgeschichte als I. Abt. Pz.Rgt. 26. TscherkassyBudap. – Oderfront – Kessel v. H.
72,00 €This volume The ‘SThe story of the Brandenburg? Panther Battalion and its prior history as I Battalion of Panzer-Regiment 26 played out against the background of the everywhere collapsing fronts of the final year and a half of the war. The reader takes part in the fighting withdrawals in the vast steppe landscapes of southern Russia and Rumania and the battles on the East Prussian border and in the Baltic States. He is encircled with the battalion in the Memel bridgehead in East Prussia in late 1944 and experiences the relief attempt towards Budapest in late 1944 – early 1945. Finally, in February 1945, follows the transfer of the renamed battalion to the Oder Front near Küstrin, where the Panthers were one of the last panzer battalions opposing the Russian drive on Berlin. The descriptions involve the reader, not only in the battalion?s actions, but as well in the overall events at the Oder in the final weeks of the war. He directly experiences the collapse of the entire Oder front, the retreat and destruction in the Halbe Pocket. The descriptions are so vivid and powerful that one cannot escape the drama of the events. Whoever wants to understand what happened back then can take a journey through time with this book.
Based on ten years of research, this is a book that rises above the many other books about panzer units and the final months of the war. More than 200 action photographs from every front, almost all of them previously unseen, and 27 color maps supplement the text.
This is a unique documentation which, once again, took advantage of the opportunity to allow the last eyewitnesses to speak.
The book is published in German/English!
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Die PS-Schlacht des Zweiten Weltkriegs Höher, schneller, weiter-Jägermotoren der Westfront
59,00 €World War II was a global air war. The aircraft played a central role in all theatres of war and established itself as a decisive branch of arms. Engine development was of crucial importance here. By the end of the war, aircraft engines were more sophisticated than ever before and at their peak performance.
The exciting story of the development in the various design offices and of the people behind them is told down to the smallest detail in this volume with countless graphics, construction drawings, data sheets and original photos.
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Die U-Boote der kaiserlichen Japanischen Marine und Armee 1904 – 1945. Technik und Einsatzgeschichte
79,00 €This richly illustrated book provides an overview of the planning and construction of Japanese submarines from the import of the Holland class 1904-05 to the large and small underwater high-speed boats of the classes I 201 and Ha 201 around the year 1945. Three classes are described in detail, and reference is made to four others, which are dealt in other publications of the author – three of them in this publishing house.
Content:
The French Type Schneider-Laubeuf Boats Die französischen Schneider-Laubeuf-Boote
The Italian Type Fiat-Laurenti Boats Die italienischen Fiat-Laurentin-Boote
British Vickers L Class Britische Vickers L Klasse
The Navy Medium Class Boats (Kaichû Types 1-4) Die Mittelklasse-Boote des Marinetyps (Kaichû Types 1-4)
The Early Navy Large Class Boats Die frühen Boote des großen Marinetyps
The Minelayer Boats Die Minenlegerboote
The Early Cruiser Class Boats Die Boote der frühen Kreuzerklasse
The Navy Medium Class Boats (Kaichû type5) Die Mittelklasse-Boote des Marinetyps (Kaichû Typ)
The A Class Cruiser Type Boats Die A-Klasse Kreuzer-Boote
The B Class Cruiser Type Boats Die B-Klasse Kreuzer
The C Class Cruiser Type Boats Die C-Klasse Kreuzer-Boote
Submarine-based Seaplanes U-Boot basierte Seeflugzeuge
The Last Navy Large Type Boats Die letzten großen Boote des Marinetyps
The Medium Type Boat Das mittelgroße Boot
The Small Type Boats Die kleinen Boote
The Large High Underwater Speed Boat Das große Unterwasser-Hochgeschwindigkeitsboot
The Large Type carrying Seaplane Bomber (I 400 class) Der große Typ mit Seeflugzeugbombern (Klasse I 400)
The Large Supply Boat for Gasoline and Ammunition (I 351 class) Das große Versorgungsboot für Benzin und Munition (Klasse I 351)
The Large Transport Boat for Cargo and Personnel (I 361 class) Das große Transportboot für Fracht und Personal (Klasse I 361)
The Small Transport Boat (Ha 101 class) Das kleine Transportboot (Klasse Ha 101)
Addenda to Kôhyôteki, Ship No.71 and midget submarine Kairyû Nachtrag zum Kôhyôteki, Schiff Nr.71 und Klein-U-Boot Kairyû
The Submarine of the Imperial Japanese Army Das U-Boot der kaiserlichen japanischen Armee
General View of the Submarine Operations Allgemeine Ansicht über die U-Boot-Operationen.
320 Fotos, 390 Zeichnungen und Pläne/320 pictures, 390 b/w drawings and plans. -
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Die Waffen der Roten Armee. Beutegerät und alliierte Hilfslieferungen 1939-1945
29,90 €In this volume, the author describes all the weapons that strengthened the Red Army as loot or through US aid deliveries.
With 250 pictures (b/w pictures, colour pictures of museum vehicles of today as well as some three-side-views). -
DKW Munga Fotoalbum 1954-1968.
29,00 €Fascination DKW Munga! Old photos, snapshots of times long past, make the heart of every enthusiast of the Ingolstadt brand beat faster.
Jörg Sprengelmeyer shows everyday life with the DKW Munga in b/w pictures. Starting with images from the pre-series, the types Munga 4, Munga 6 and Munga 8 follow.
The reader encounters unique b/w images of life with the DKW Munga in the army, the police and in civilian use. -
Dornier Do 217. A Combat and Photographic Record in Luftwaffe Service 1941-1945.
49,95 €Following extensive research, including interviews and correspondence with former aircrew and their families, renowned Luftwaffe historian, C hris Goss, has documented the operational history of the Do 217 and offers the most comprehensive account so far published in the English language. The story is complemented by about 300-400 rare photographs, many never before published, as well specially commissioned colour artwork.
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Dornier Do 26, Blohm & Voss 138 und Katapultschiffe im Einsatz 1934 – 1945
68,00 €This book covers the design, production and combat employment of two German flying boats, the Dornier Do 26 and the Blohm & Voss 138.
Included are technical drawings of all constructed variants of the two flying boates.
Covered additionally are the catapult ships that operated with the flying boats. Presented as well are other aircraft that were launched from the catapult ships, they were the Dornier Wal, the Dornier Do 18 and the Blohm & Voss Ha 139. Many of the drawings in the book make it possible to better understand the issues relating to catapult launchings from the ships. All constructed catapult ships that operated in the period 1934 – 1945 are presented.
620 b/w photographs, 5 color photographs, 162 technical drawings, 10 tables, 2 maps, 75 color drawings and 19 unit insignia. -
Dornier Do 27
29,90 €The Do 27 is one of the most successful German aircraft developments of the post-war period:
A distinctive, robust and extremely versatile machine. Built by Dornier from 1956, it was the first aircraft mass-produced in Germany after the war. For decades, the short-take-off and landing capable aircraft also flew at the Bundeswehr. The Zebra-Dornier by Prof. Bernhard Grzimek, who used it in his nature films in Africa, achieved worldwide fame.
With 200 b/w and colour pictures. A list with production numbers completes the book.
Illustrated throughout with 200 p/w and color photos. 8 pages with work numbers and license plates of the machines in use by the Bundeswehr complete the book.
