My Small library

[Jonathan M]

was bored while recovering from some surgery so decided to catalouge my WW2 books thought id share with the community

jonathan

Book Listing

General/Misc
******183; The Cassell Atlas of the Second World War
******183; Rising ’44, Norman Davies
******183; Military Errors of World War Two, Kenneth Macksey
******183; The Spanish Civil War, Anthony Beevor
******183; Hitler’s Generals, Correlli Barnett
******183; Hitler’s Mistakes, Ronald Lewin
******183; Servants of Evil, Bob Carruthers (editor)


Home Front/Hitler

******183; What we Knew, Eric Johnson & Karl-Heinz Reuband
******183; Reich!, James Lucas
******183; Gestapo, Rupert Butler
******183; At Hitler’s Side, Nicolaus von Below
******183; In the Bunker with Hitler, Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven
******183; The Hitler Years, A Photographic Study, Ivor Matanle
SS/Waffen SS
******183; The SS: Alibi of a Nation, Gerald Reitinger
******183; Soldiers of Destruction, The SS Death’s Head Division 1933-45, Charles Sydnor
******183; Grenadiers, Kurt Meyer
******183; The Order of the Death’s Head, Heinz H******246;hne
******183; Sons of the Reich, II SS Panzer Corps, Michael Reynolds
******183; Steel Inferno, I SS Panzer Corps in Normandy, Michael Reynolds
******183; Das Reich, Max Hastings
******183; The SS: Hitler’s Instrument of Terror, Gordon Williamson
******183; SS-Leibstandarte, Rupert Butler
******183; SS: The Blood Soaked Soil, Gordon Williamson
******183; The 12th SS Volume 1, Hubert Meyer
The 12th SS Volume 2, Huber Meyer
******183; Images of the Waffen SS, Mark Yerger
******183; Waffen SS, Christopher Ailsby
WEST FRONT/MEDITERRANEAN
******183; Fighting in Normandy, David Isby (editor)
******183; ‘It Never Snows in September’, Robert Kershaw
******183; Hitler’s Mediterranean Gamble, Douglas Porch
******183; The Fall of Crete. Alan Clark
1945/GOTTERDAMERUNG
******183; Armageddon, Max Hastings
******183; Berlin 1945: The Downfall, Anthony Beevor
LUFTWAFFE
******183; Wings of the Luftwaffe, Captain Eric Brown
******183; Messerschmitt BF 109, Jerry Scutts
PANZERTRUPPEN
******183; Panzer Leader, Heinz Guderian
******183; Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles of World War Two, Jim Winchester
******183; Panzer Commander, Hans von Luck
******183; Steel Fist, Nigel Cawthorne
******183; German Tanks of World War Two, S Hart & R Hart
******183; German Tanks in World War Two, Bob Carruthers
******183; PANZER, A Revolution in Warfare, Roger Edwards
******183; Panzer Truppen 1, Thomas Jentz
******183; Panzer Truppen 2, Thomas Jentz
******183; Tigers at the Front, Thomas Jentz
******183; Panzers in Normandy Then and Now, Eric Lefevre
******183; Encyclopaedia of German Tanks of World War Two, Peter Chamberlain & Hilary Doyle
EASTERN FRONT
******183; Before Stalingrad, David Glantz
******183; Barbarossa, Alan Clark
******183; Barbarossa 1941, David Glantz
******183; Leningrad, David Glantz
******183; When Titans Clashed, David Glantz & Jonathan House
******183; The Battle of Kursk, David Glantz & Jonathan House
******183; Through Hell for Hitler, Henry Metelmann
******183; The 900 Days: The Siege of Leningrad, Harrison Salisbury
******183; The Road to Stalingrad, John Erickson
******183; The Road to Berlin, John Eirckson
******183; Stalingrad: A Pictorial History, Caxton Editions
******183; Blood Red Snow, G******252;nter Koschorrek
******183; The Forgotten Soldier, Guy Sajer
******183; The Forsaken Army, Heinrich Gerlach
******183; Stalingrad, Anthony Beevor
******183; A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman, Anthony Beevor & Luba Vinogradova
******183; War on the Eastern Front, James Lucas
******183; Panzer Operations, Memoir of General Raus 1941-1945, Erhard Raus
THIRD REICH MILITARIA, MEMORABILIA & INSIGNIA
******183; Flags of the Third Reich, Brian Davis
******183; The German Army in World War II, Nigel Thomas (Osprey)
******183; German Army Handbook 1939-1945, James Lucas
******183; Insignia of World War two, Leslie McDonnell
[FONT='Calibri','sans-serif']German Army Uniform and Insignia 1933-1945, Brian Davis[/font]
For Fuhrer and Fatherland: Military Awards of the Third Reich, LTC. John Angolia
A Collector's Guide to Third Reich Militaria, Robin Lumsden
Forman's Guide to Third Reich Documents and their Values Vol 1
Forman's Guide to Thrid Reich Documents and their Values Vol 2
THE ALLIES
******183; The D-Day Experience, Richard Holmes
******183; Band of Brothers, Stephen Ambrose
******183; Citizen Soldiers, Stephen Ambrose
******183; D-Day, Stephen Ambrose

[PZIV]

Very nice. Mine is a bit smaller.

[IanC]

Hi Jonathan,

From that list it looks like you have a superb resource.

The book "Before Stalingrad, David Glantz", is it any good?

Cheers

Ian

[Jonathan M]

yes but it repeats a lot of what was written in Barbarossa 1941. all of glantz's work is brilliant so id recommend it regardless. just finishing the memiors of General Raus and ive really enjoyed them. got a book on the somme then im off to look for the second volume of the 12thss by hubert meyer and from ebay ive just won bids on angolia's For Fuhrer and Fatherland and Lumsden A Collectors Guide to Thirs Reich Memorabilia. Pretty pleased about the former as it was ******163;197 on amazon and i got it for ******163;28.00 plus postage (about ******163;6.25)

[Mark C. Yerger]

Wish I had a typed list, with over 1,000 and cross references, would drive me nuts. But keep up with it as you get more and you'll be glad you did. Admit not a Reynolds fan as he rewrites what others already did, no original research. There are better books on his topics.

[behblc]

Good idea

Jonathon , a good idea - I have always spent too much on books - a world without books for me would be a poor place , sadly my work brings me into contact with people who may be described as being "in the foothills of dementia" - my advice to any and all would be do what you want to do now , read what you feel you need to now don't wait for "retirement" make the time to do it now.
(Sorry , my "soap box" ....will get of it now . )
This will take a minute but I will list what is beside me - once upon a time I did keep a list of what I bought but it didn't last - I do try to make a note of month and year on each.
This may not be very ordered as far as subject goes.
In the mid -80's I read more aviaton than I do now , as can be seen.

Qute a bit of Mark Yerger here. (An author I have discovered since the rise of the internet , as rural ireland can be a bit of a back water).

Commanders of Auschwitz (Dixon)
The Auschwitz Album.
Auschwitz (Dwork and Van Pelt).
Holocaust (Dwork and Van Pelt.)
Ordinary Men (Browning)
Origins of The final Solution (Browning).

Reinhard Heydrich Biography Vols 1 & 2. ( Williams, Ulric of England).
Allgemeine -SS
Waffen SS Comanders Vol 1 & 2.
Knights of Steel Vol 2 . ( Das Reich )
German Cross in Gold Holders SS and Poliz Vol 1 & 2 (Yerger).
The German Cross in Silver . Holders in S and Police ( Yerger).
Last Victory in Russia (Kharkov)
The Battle of Kharkov. ( J.Restayn)
Lost Victories ( Manstein).
Panzer Leader - Guderian.
Chornicles of the 7th Companie Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (Tiemann).
Das Reich (Max Hastings).
Das Reich ( Lucas).
Knight of the Black Cross ( Perrett).
Panzertruppe - Uniforms, Organisation and History. ( Bender).
The Battle of the Bulge Then and Now. Pallud) ATB.
Panzers In Normandy (ATB).
Hill 112 (Major JJ How).
Caen (Maule).
The Longest Day ( C.Ryan).
Decision In Normandy ( D'Este).
Guide to Normandy and The Landing beaches (Major Holt).
Bitter Victory- Sicily 1943 (D'este).
The Killing Ground Falaise Pocket ( Lucas & Barker).
Tiger- The Tiger Tank a British View HMSO.
Ency. of German tanks . Doyle and Chamberlain.
The War In The Channel Islands (ATB).
D-Day Then and Now Vol 1 & 2. (ATB).
Arnhem Then and Now Vol 1 & 2(ATB).
The Third Reich Then abd Now ( ATB).
Berlin Then and Now (ATB).
Blitz Then and Now Vols. 1 ,2 & 3. (ATB).
Battle of Britain (ATB).
Airfields of the 8th (ATB) ( R Freeman).
The Dams raid ( ATB).
Villers Bocage ( ATB).
Like a Cliff in The Ocean. (Totenkopf).
Krriegsgeschichte Der 12 SS Hitlerjugend. (Meyer).
Ernst Krag - (Yerger).
Jochen Peiper (Agate).
Michael Wittmann ( Agate).
Uniforms of ther Waffen SS Vols 1,2 & 3. (Beavor).
Red Shines The Sun (Eric Queen).
The Waffen SS -Kursk- 1943 Vol 1,2,3 and 6.
Men of Steel , Sons of The Reich , Steel Inferno , The Devils Adjutant .
Hitler - Hubris and Nemesis - Vol. 1 & 2 Ian Kershaw.
The Bunker ( O'Donnell)
Inside Hitler's Bunker (Fest)
Albert Speer - His Struggle with the Truth ( Serney).
Albert Speer - the Final verdict ( Fest).
The Dictators Stalin and Hilter ( Overy).
Their Honor Was Loyalty RK Holders of the Waffen SS.
On the Field of Honor Vol 1 & 2. ( Bender).
Foreign Legions of the 3rd Reich Vol.2. (Littlejohn).
Postcards of the 3rd reich Vols 1 & 2.
Leaders and personalities of 3rd reich Vol 1 & 2 ( bender).
Political Awards of The Third Reich ( Angolia)
Labor Org. Of The 3rd reich ( Angolia and Littlejohn).
Willrich -War Artist ( Peters).
Waffen SS Uniforms , Org. and History . Vols 1,2,3 & 5.
Leibstandarte Uniforms , Org. and History Vol 1. ( bender).
The Iron Cross of 1939 ( Williamson).
The Kriegsmarine Uniforms and Traditions Vol 1,2 & 3 (Angolia and Schlicht).
In the Service of the Reich (Angolia).
Aces of The Reich ( Williamson).
Donitz -The last Fuhrer ( Padfield).

Air War.
ME-262 War Diary
The Other Battle ( Hitchcliffe).
History of the German NJG Force (Anders).
Battle Under The Stars (Johnen).
The Bombers ( Longmate)
Battle of the Ruhr ( Cooper)Tales from the Bombers ( Bowyer)
Bomber Battle for Berlin ( Searby)
Bomber Barons( Bowyer).
Final Flight - The Halifax and its Flyers. ( Jones)
Traget Hitlers Oil ( Nesbitt)
Dam Busters raid (Sweetman)
Raiders of the Reich Bowman and Botien)
Target Berlin (Ethell and Price)
I flew for the Fuhrer ( Knoke)
First and the Last (Galland)
German Flak in WW2 ( Muller).
The Heavy Flak Guns 1939-45 (Muller)
Air Britains Lancaster ,Halifax Files and Sunderland Crash lists.

War at Sea.
Axis Submarine Success (Rowher).
Chronology of the War at Sea ( Rowher)
Allied Submarine Susccess ( Rowher).
British Vessels lost at Sea 1939-45.
Black May (Gammon)
Operation Drumbeat (Gammon)
The U-Boat War in the Caribbean ( NIP)
U-Boat Aces ( Jones)
Hitler's U-Boat war Vols 1 & 2 ( Blair)
1st U-Boat Flotilla ( Paterson)
2nd U-Boat Flotilla (Paterson)
U-Boat war patrol (Paterson)
U-boats Under The Swastika ( Showell)
U-Boat Command and The Battle of The Atlantic (Showell).
The Type VII (Stern)
Anatomy of the Ship The Type VII U-Boat (Conways)
" " " " The Type XXI U-Boat (Conways).
U-Boat Commanders and Crews 1939-45 (Showell).
The German Navy in ww2 (Showell).
German U-Boat losses durring WW2 ( Dr Axel Niestle).
German U-Boat Commanders of WW2 Biographical record (Busch and Roll)
Records relating to U-Boat losses Microfilm Records ( National Archives)
The Uboat (Rossler)
U-Boot Krieg , Der U Boot-Fahrer , Zu Tote Gesiegt ( Buchiem).
U-Boat Tankers . 1941-45 ( White)
Germany's last Mission To Japan ( Scalia).
FW-200 Scourge of the Atlantic (K.Poolman)
Search , Find and Kill _ Coastal Command Success. ( Franks)
Dark Sky Deep Water (N. Franks)
U-boats vs Aircraft ( N.Franks and F.Zimmermann)
Conflict over the bay ( N.Franks)
Aircraft vs Submarines (A.Price)
The Battle of the Atlantic (Williams)
The German U-boat War in the Atlantic 1939-1945 ( Gunther Hessler)
U-Boat operations in ww2 Vols 1 & 2 - (F.Wynn.)
U-Boat Emblems of WW2 1939-45
Buisness in great waters. The U-Boat Wars 1916-45 (Terraine)
German capital Ships of WW2 (Whitley)
German Cruisers of WW2 (Whitley).
German Coastl Forces 1939-45 (Whitley).
Battleship Bismarck (Baron Burkard vonMulenhiem - Rechberg).
The loss of The Bismarck Rys-Jones)
The Bismarck Chase. (Winklareth)
Pursuit ( L.Kennedy)
Fiasco ( Deane Potter)
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau (Garret).
The Short Sunderland in World War Two ( Bowyer).
(Rather special this one as it is signed by over 100 Sunderland aircrew - one of a kind).
This is what is beside me , two more book cases upstairs. ( Along with what is in storgae).

[Jonathan M]

brilliant resoource you got there behblc

thanks for sharing it with us

jonathan

[Martin W]

Nice book collections guys,some great titles too.Here are some recent additions i've added to my book collection for anyone interested in the Auxiliary Cruisers.

German Raiders of WWll.(August Karl Muggenthaler)
German Raiders,a History of the Auxiliary Cruisers of the German Navy 1895-1945.(Paul Schmalenbach)
Cruise of the German Raider Atlantis.(Joseph. P.Slavick)
German Raider Atlantis.(Woflgang Frank & Capt.Bernhard Rogge)
Komet 1940-41.(Charles H Noack)
Black Raider.(Kurt Weyher & Hans Jurgen Ehrlich)
The Raider Kormoran.(Capt.Theodor Detmers)
Ghost Cruiser.HK 33.(H.J Brennecke)

Still a few more titles to get.

Martin.