Name 6 books you'd buy if written (3 history and 3 militaria)

[Bill Hughes]

Gauleiters

Would like to see a book on all gauleiters bios i know hamilton had a section but heard rumors of a new more detailed book coming

[BrianK]

I agree also on Gauleiters and Jakob Grimminger.

[Bob Hritz]

Biographies of the Gauleiters: yes. yes, yes!!

Bob Hritz

[juoneen]

1.A complete list of all 100,000 party badge numbers and their owners plus al the AH awards, including photos of the badges when possible.

2. Complete book about ss women uniforms with lots of unseen insignias they were issued that were different than standard SS insignias.
3. more detailed works on ordensburg fogelsang in 1936 inside and more about the occult studies they taught there, with names of all the first year students w/photos of those identifyable and where the grads on the first year eventually ended up.

4.American Dealers and their reputations in the TR business,with photos and actual stories from victims of the worst offenders.

5. A book on the lebensborn program focusing on the ss legal whore houses of unwed mothers, and these childrens lives today, with photos of the insides of these brothels, and even those who birthed at the time with statistics on women in the program. also show how they were state children belonging to hitler, how they were educated, their schools and curriculums.

[juoneen]

1.A complete list of all 100,000 party badge numbers and their owners plus al the AH awards, including photos of the badges when possible.

2. Complete book about ss women uniforms with lots of unseen insignias they were issued that were different than standard SS insignias.
3. more detailed works on ordensburg fogelsang in 1936 inside and more about the occult studies they taught there, with names of all the first year students w/photos of those identifyable and where the grads on the first year eventually ended up.

4.American Dealers and their reputations in the TR business,with photos and actual stories from victims of the worst offenders.

5. A book on the lebensborn program focusing on the ss legal whore houses of unwed mothers, and these childrens lives today, with photos of the insides of these brothels, and even those who birthed at the time with statistics on women in the program. also show how they were basicly now state children belonging to hitler, how they were educated, their schools and curriculums, and stories of these children today that are still alive .

[stgeorge64]

Historical

1. Unternehmen MERKUR ‘Then and Now’ – similar in style and format to the recent ‘Cassino’ volume from the publishers of ‘After the Battle’.
2. RAF Bomber Command Air Offensive Against Germany ‘Then and Now’ along the same format as the ‘Battle of France ‘Then and Now’, possibly having to be a multi-volume set, this has the potential to be the benchmark for the air war against Germany.
3. A thorough, detailed and objective biography of Wg Cdr Guy Gibson VC.

Militaria

1. A detailed, lavishly illustrated multi-volume series covering the whole spectrum of Luftwaffe flight clothing and survival equipment for all aircraft types.
2. A detailed, lavishly illustrated multi-volume series covering the whole spectrum of Luftwaffe tunics of all types.
3. A multi-volume series dedicated specifically to Luftwaffe award documents (in greater depth than Forman’s guide) to include all types, formats, paper manufacture, unit stamps, variations and signatures.


Well I can dream..............

Regards Richard.

[Mark C. Yerger]

Biographies of the Gauleiters: yes. yes, yes!!

Bob Hritz

volume 1 of the topic being released by Bender Publishing announced some time ago in this section

[Mark C. Yerger]

- a SERIOUS book about the Bandenkampfabzeichen (and I mean SERIOUS....).
- WSS Prinz Eugen Division history "Heimdal style"
- WSS Dirlewanger Brigade history "Heimdal style"

I know, it's just 3, but I would be more than satisfied with them.

minimal photos for both units exist, so the 2 Heimdal won't happen

[Mark C. Yerger]

Id like to read an in depth book on Jakob Grimminger.

2nd up would be on postcards ,posters , portrait paintings,busts,plaques ,medallions, all obscure and unseen photos, of The Fuhrer Adolf Hitler.


3rd.would be an in depth history of the Totenkopf division .
I have like a cliff in the ocean.
and all the other totenkopf books avaliable in english .i was thinking of buying the

Vopersal, Wolfgang,. Soldaten, Kämpfer, Kameraden: March und Kämpf der SS-Totenkopf Division ,however MY GERMAN ISNT THAT GREAT damn it !.

what is this book like
Decision in the Ukraine, Summer 1943 ?


another book id like to see in English is an extensive history of

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachsenhain

AP.

Decision in the Ukraine excellent

vols 9 and 10 will be "Totenkopf" in my "German Cross in Gold Holders of the SS and Police" series.

[bigschuss]

A detailed, lavishly illustrated multi-volume series covering the whole spectrum of Nadelsortiment für den deutschen Soldaten. God I love these things. I have shelves full of them. Thinking about doing a "box thread" the next time I make a high-end purchase.

My hope would be that the volume would address makers marks, the manufacturing process, how to detect the fakes, etc.

[PBR]

minimal photos for both units exist, so the 2 Heimdal won't happen

The SS-Karstjaeger-Brigade was considered very obscure and much less than "minimal" 'till few years ago, but Heimdal eventually published a 400 pages\1000+ pictures book about it.....
If you don't search, you don't find, this is for sure.

BTW, Otto Kumm already published at least a couple of hundreds of Prinz Eugen pictures.

[behblc]

A examination of Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine Flak Units , which would include all claims made.
A history of the development of Kriegsmarine Coastal Flak units.
A book on the development of the beach defences of the Atlantic wall . ( I know a gent working on this !)

A complete illustrated history of Kriegsmarine Cap tallies.
A history of all British Naval optical systems maker by maker.
A complete illustrated history of 3rd Reich Flags . (Maker by maker , flag by flag)

[Mark C. Yerger]

The SS-Karstjaeger-Brigade was considered very obscure and much less than "minimal" 'till few years ago, but Heimdal eventually published a 400 pages\1000+ pictures book about it.....
If you don't search, you don't find, this is for sure.

BTW, Otto Kumm already published at least a couple of hundreds of Prinz Eugen pictures.

"mood" photos with no individual's ID or location are easy, who, where, what considerably more difficult. Camo in the mountains and some shots of Phleps or Kumm isn't a unit oriented history text. Most of the Munin books are of that type and more for veterans to recall the time, not specific historically. That per Kumm who I knew well having written his biography as well as having him do one of my book's forewords. As far as what is available of worth on specific units, no disrespect, but after 25 years of writing books on the Waffen-SS I have a rather good insight as to what survives of value. I have hundreds of photos of men in camo, but that hardly makes anything near a worthwhile volume.

[Obergruppen2]

Headgear of the Waffen-SS Mountain Troops

Waffen-SS Metal & Cloth Cap Insignia

Headgear & Uniforms of the Croatian Ustashe
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The Croatian Black Legion

Pictorial History of the Waffen-SS Mountain Division " Skanderbeg "

Croatian Home Guard - Domobrani

[ForceUltimatum1]

Identification of Soldiers in Period Photos

"mood" photos with no individual's ID or location are easy, who, where, what considerably more difficult. Camo in the mountains and some shots of Phleps or Kumm isn't a unit oriented history text. Most of the Munin books are of that type and more for veterans to recall the time, not specific historically. That per Kumm who I knew well having written his biography as well as having him do one of my book's forewords. As far as what is available of worth on specific units, no disrespect, but after 25 years of writing books on the Waffen-SS I have a rather good insight as to what survives of value. I have hundreds of photos of men in camo, but that hardly makes anything near a worthwhile volume.

Mark, well said. The best, most complete, and accurate hisorical texts, have the research to back it up. There are too many books out there written without the in-depth historical research, and using generic photos. Which is why I love your books because of your exhaustive research! Your work is very much appreciated by historians alike. Joe