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  • The Dutch Resistance 1940–45

    World War II Resistance and Collaboration in the Netherlands

    by Klaas Castelein, Michel Wenting ...
    Series Book 245 - Elite
    Describes and illustrates the full range of Dutch resistance groups and German and collaborationist counter-resistance groups during the Nazi occupation in 1940-45.The Nazi occupation of the Netherlands in World War II followed a complex course, whose scope is not widely understood. It was a great deal broader and more varied than the much-reported German counter-espionage success against Dutch ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD

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  • Götterdämmerung - The Last Days of the Wehrmacht in the East

    by Bob Carruthers ...
    This fascinating collection of primary source accounts focuses on the combat actions of the Wehrmacht in the final battles of the war. The material is drawn from a variety of wartime sources and encompasses fascinating writings concerning the tactical, operational and strategic aspects of the battle for Berlin. Compiled and edited by Emmy Award winning author and historian Bob Carruthers, this ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD

  • SS Charlemagne

    The 33rd Waffen-Grenadier Division of the SS

    by Tony Le Tissier ...
    In May 1945, as the triumphant Red Army crushed the last pockets of German resistance in central Berlin, French soldiers fought back. They were the last surviving members of SS Charlemagne, the Waffen SS division made up of French volunteers. They were among the final defenders of the city and of Hitlers bunker. Their extraordinary story gives a compelling insight into the dreadful climax of the ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Last Battle

    When U.S. and German Soldiers Joined Forces in the Waning Hours of World War II in Europe

    by Stephen Harding ...
    "I love untold stories from World War II. . . . Brilliantly told, meticulously researched, and filled with larger-than-life heroes and villains.*May, 1945. Hitler is dead, the Third Reich is little more than smoking rubble, and no GI wants to be the last man killed in action against the Nazis.The Last Battle tells the nearly unbelievable story of the unlikeliest battle of the war, when a small ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • In the Fire of the Eastern Front: The Experiences of a Dutch Waffen-SS Volunteer on the Eastern Front 1941-45

    The Experiences Of A Dutch Waffen-SS Volunteer On The Eastern Front 1941-45

    by Verton, Hendrik C. ...
    Dutch SS accounts are very rare, particularly ones such as this, covering recruitment, training, and front-line service first with 5th SS Panzer Division 'Wiking', then later with SS Regiment Besslein. He not only informs and illustrates the general politics of the time, but also explains how Dutch views of the Third Reich changed so radically, discusses the founding of the Waffen-SS, the ... Read more

    $24.79 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Waffen SS In The East: 1941-1943

    by Bob Carruthers ...
    This is the illustrated history of the Waffen SS on the Eastern Front. The life and death of the Waffen SS can be traced in the surviving photographs, and the brooding saga of the decline from triumph into disaster is told through these powerful images which clearly document the reality of combat on the Russian Front. These rare images capture the optimism of opening stage of the war and the ... Read more

    $4.11 CAD

  • To the Gate of Hell

    A Memoir of a Panzer Crewman

    by Armin Böttger ...
    Until seriously wounded in August 1944, when he was badly burned when his tank was hit and caught fire during fighting in southern Poland, Armin Böttger experienced the horrors of the Second World War on the Eastern Front from the perspective of a tank radio operator in the 24th Panzer Division. In this memoir he gives a full and honest account of his wartime career, encompassing both the hellish ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rising '44

    The Battle for Warsaw

    by Norman Davies ...
    In this brilliant narrative of the Warsaw Uprising, British historian Norman Davies offers a stirring account of one of the defining moments of the 20th century.WWII was tearing Europe apart. To the Wehrmacht, Nazi-occupied Warsaw represented the the last line of defence against the advancing Red Army. So, when the Red Army reached the river Vistula, the people of Warsaw believed that liberation ... Read more

    $24.79 CAD

  • 1945: Victory in the West

    by Prof. Peter Caddick-Adams TD, VR, BA (Hons), PhD, FRHistS, FRGS, KJ ...
    'Magisterial . . . [a] fine, balanced and superb account. It deserves to be read for many years to come.' TELEGRAPHMarch 1945. Allied troops are poised to cross the Rhine and sweep on into Germany. Victory is at last within their grasp. But if they believe this victory can be easily won, they face swift disillusionment. The final I00 days of the Second World War will prove to be bitterly and ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Canada and the Liberation of the Netherlands, May 1945

    by Lance Goddard ...
    Nazi Germany's invasion of the Netherlands in May 1940 marked the beginning of five years of terror for the Dutch people. They faced oppression and death with remarkable stoicism, but nothing could save them from the Hunger Winter of 1944-5, when more than 30,000 people died of starvation.In this time of unimaginable despair, Canada came to the rescue, playing the largest role in liberating the ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD

  • German Army Elite Units 1939–45

    by Gordon Williamson ...
    Series series Men-at-Arms
    In World War II a number of German Army units and divisions were classed as élites, and were distinguished by special insignia of various kinds.For some this status was simply a matter of lineage - e.g. the Infantry Regiment 'List', which traced its identity to the Bavarian unit with which Hitler had served in World War I. Some, like the 'Grossdeutschland' and Panzer-Lehr divisions, were raised ... Read more

    $17.29 CAD

  • Finland at War 1939–45

    by Philip Jowett, Brent Snodgrass ...
    Series Book 141 - Elite
    In the face of Soviet invasion in 1939–40, and once again in 1941–44, the armies raised by Finland – a tiny nation of only 4 million people - astonished the world by their effective resistance.At the end of both these campaigns – the Winter War, and the Continuation War – the fiercely patriotic defiance of vastly stronger Soviet forces by Marshal Mannerheim's soldiers won their country a unique ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD