Gordon Williamson provides a fascinating overview of the achievements of the U-Boat Waffe in both wars, together with a study of the uniforms and insignia worn by U-Boat crews.
Fully illustrated with maps and specially commissioned artwork as well as contemporary photographs, this book provides a detailed and illustrated explanation of U-boat tactics.
Features distinguished German commanders of World War II from the Waffen-SS, the Luftwaffe and the Navy. This book details wartime experiences of those commanders such as, Josef Dietrich, Theodor Eicke, Kurt Meyer, Joachim Peiper and Karl Donitz.
Featuring unpublished photographs from collectors and Panzer veterans, the recruitment, training, service conditions and combat experience of a typical World War II German tank crewman.
A concise history, illustrated with rare personal photographs and eight colour plates, detailing the very varied uniforms and special insignia of this crack formation.
Gordon Williamson details the uniforms, organisation and combat histories of the German Army's elite Gebirgstruppen troops.
A fascinating look at the history of the ships that formed the backbone of the Kriegsmarine: from minesweepers to torpedo boats to blockade breakers.
A concise introduction to the organization, responsibilities, uniforms, and insignia of the German Police under the Nazi regime.
This second title in Osprey's Elite series describes and illustrates a selection of recipients of the Knight’s Cross and Oak-Leaves between 1941 and early 1944.
This book, the first in a sequence of four, covers winners of the new Knights Cross and the Oak-Leaves distinctions for extreme gallantry in the period 1939-40.
Illustrated with rare photographs from private collections and meticulous colour artwork, this final title in our sequence details the organisation, uniforms and insignia of the varied nominal divisions, and summarises their battle records.
This fresh, concise volume examines the recruitment, training, and combat experiences of the common Gebirgsjäger.