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Red Griffins von Inseln SS Panzergrenadier The Men from U-995
over Russia und Schiffen SOLD OUT
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"The Men From U-995"
by Member Hans-Georg Hess
This is the book written by the youngest combat submarine Skipper of World War II and possibly of any war, Oberleutnant z.S. d.R. Hans-Georg Hess. Hess was a brave and fearless Skipper and at a time when German U-boats did not normally return from their first war patrol, Hess brought U-995 and his men back from five successful war patrols. He is now a Doctor of Law in Germany, still in practice.
You will receive the book in German with the hand-signed signature of Hans-Georg Hess, and you will also receive the English translation - SORRY SOLD OUT and there will be no more
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"Red Griffins over Russia"
by Member Baron Georg von Zirk
This is the story of Baron Georg von Zirk as seen from the cockpit of a Heinkel He 111 bomber. This book tells the story of the air was as it was lived by Georg - the battles, the sorties over targets in Russia, the training, the laughter - and the tears; the World War II memories of one airman. In this book are many photos from the author's private collection as well as other sources.
This book is in English and is hand-signed by von Zirk..
Softcover Only $30 (plus $5 shipping)
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"von Inseln & Schiffen"
means 'of Islands and Ships' and it was written by Captain Harry Braun, who has since gone on 'Eternal Patrol'. This book tells of his time on the U-boats during World War II, then covers his world travels as a civilian. This interesting book is in German, and your copy is hand-signed by Captain Braun.
There are only a few dozen of these books left in stock and we need the space, so we have slashed the price to move them out. While the supply lasts, they are only $7.95 (plus $5 shipping). Softcover.
SORRY - NO MORE COPIES OF "von Inseln & Schiffen" ARE AVAILABLE.
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SS PANZERGRENADIER
a true story of WW II
New Book by Member HANS SCHMIDT
HAND-SIGNED by the Author, Hans Schmidt!
Americans interested in military history have often wondered what made millions of soldiers of the Third Reich fight against overwhelming odds until the bitter end. They did this even though they had known for months, sometimes for an entire year, that for Germany the war was lost. Many of them returned voluntarily to their fighting units with unhealed wounds from prior injuries.
Hans Schmidt, at war’s end a twice wounded, 18 year old corporal in Hitler’s famed SS Leibstandarte Panzer Division, and a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge, the campaign in Hungary and the last, desperate struggles in Austria, was one of them.
On 6 May 1945, he finally surrendered to American troops only to end up in one of the brutal stockades without shelter, little food and water that have been called ‘Eisenhower’s Death Camps’ where as many as a million German P.o.W.s may have perished after the cessation of the hostilities. Thanks to the kindness of individual G.I.s, Schmidt avoided being turned over to the Red Army, or other prolonged imprisonment in Allied custody.
In this book, Hans Schmidt, who emigrated to the United States shortly after the end of the war and became a U.S. citizen many decades ago, tells his story with frankness, and with an uncanny ability to answer the questions American readers may have about the Third Reich, the Hitler Youth, the Waffen SS and many other facts connected with World War II. He does not shy away from such sensitive subjects as the Malmedy Massacre or the destruction of the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane by SS troops in anti-partisan reprisal action in June of 1944. Schmidt tells the German side of the occurrences.
American veterans of the Battle of the Bulge and World War II may be interested to know what their counterparts in this momentous campaign thought of them and how they lived and felt in that cold winter in the Ardennes so long ago.
While reading this book, one must remember Hans was only a kid during this war – 18 at the end of the war.
SS PANZERGRENADIER is hardbound with 424 pages with picture insert & other illustrations and your book will be hand-signed by Hans Schmidt. Only $50 (plus $5 shipping)
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