WWII Allied Documents
These DVDs contain color scans of documents. Text documents are generally scanned at 240 dpi, charts & maps at 400 dpi, and photographs at 600 dpi. All images are JPEG files.
These DVDs contain color scans of documents. Text documents are generally scanned at 240 dpi, charts & maps at 400 dpi, and photographs at 600 dpi. All images are JPEG files.
Intelligence Reports & Documents
Allied Technical Intelligence Reports 1944-45
Technical intelligence reports prepared by the US and British Armies detailing weapons, equipment, and facilities captured from the German Army in 1944 and 1945. Most reports are 2 - 4 pages long with photographs, charts, and diagrams, statistics, details, and observations. Pages were scanned at 200 dpi, charts at 400 dpi, and photographs at 600dpi.
Part 1 - German Tank & Anti-Tank: 93 reports with more than 400 photographs about various aspects of armored vehicle, anti-tank equipment, half-tracks, and wheeled vehicles. Includes the following reports among others. $20
Allied Technical Intelligence Reports 1944-45
Technical intelligence reports prepared by the US and British Armies detailing weapons, equipment, and facilities captured from the German Army in 1944 and 1945. Most reports are 2 - 4 pages long with photographs, charts, and diagrams, statistics, details, and observations. Pages were scanned at 200 dpi, charts at 400 dpi, and photographs at 600dpi.
Part 1 - German Tank & Anti-Tank: 93 reports with more than 400 photographs about various aspects of armored vehicle, anti-tank equipment, half-tracks, and wheeled vehicles. Includes the following reports among others. $20
- Tank: Maus, E-100, Cricket, Tiger II, Sturmtiger, Jagdtiger, Panther OP Tank, PzKpfw IV Observation Tank, SdKfz 234, 15cm StuH 43 Grizzly Bear, Truck with PzKpf II Model F Suspension, PzKpfw II Model L, 7.5cm Stu K. 42 Mounted on PzKpfw IV Chassis, 3.7cm Flak 43 on PzKpfw IV, 2cm Flakvierling 38 on PzKpfw IV, 2cm Panzerflak Tank PzKpfw 38(t), Collapsible Ammunition Rack from PzKpfw IV, "Panzerhetzer" Self-Propelled Rocket Launcher, German Self-Propelled Gun Chassis as Cargo Carrier, Traverse Speeds of PzKpfw Panther and Tiger II, Translation of Manual on 7.5cm Assault Gun, Mark III Tank Chassis used as Cargo Vehicle, 38cm R. Sprgr. 4581 Rocket Projectile for the Raketenwerfer 61 Projector, Dummy Tanks; Transport Trailer for PzKpfw Tiger Model B, Mud Grouser for Bergepanther Recovery Vehicle, New Light Armored Full-Track Carrier, Report on Henschel Tank Proving Ground, Czech Light Tank PzKpfw 38(t) with Turret Mounted Tank Gun 2cm KwK 38, French Renault Light Armored Prime Mover Converted to Machine Vehicle, French Renault Armored Light Prime Mover, Armored Vehicle on French Half-Track Chassis, French R35 Tank Chassis used as Carrier for German 8cm Mortar, 7.5cm Sabot Round, Infrared Equipment on Tanks, Non-Recoil Gun Mounts for Tanks, Cold Weather Tank Starting Equipment, Compressed-Air Discharger for Projection of Bangalore Torpedoes from Tanks, Vulnerability Charts and Phantom Views of German Tanks, Track Grousers for Panther Tank, Wide Track Fitted to Mark III Cargo Carrier, Nameplate Markings of German Tanks, Wire-Mesh Tank Skirting, Panther Tanks Disguised as M-10 Gun Motor Carriages; Tank Observation Periscope, Panoramic Turret Sight.
- Anti-Tank: 7.5cm Pak 50, 5cm Automatic Anti-Tank Gun, Table of Anti-Tank Equipment, 20mm Danish Ladsen Anti-Tank Gun, Caster Wheel for 7.5cm Pak 40, Fixed Mounts for Tank and Anti-Tank Guns, Ammunition Ready Rack for 8.8cm Pak 43/3, 6.6cm Skoda Anti-Tank Gun, 12.8cm K 44 Field and Antitank Gun, Russian 57mm and 100mm Anti-Tank Guns, 8.8cm Pak 43 Gun Mounted on Russian 15.2cm Howitzer Carriage.
- Other Vehicles: 8-Wheeled Armored Car SdKfz 234 with 2cm and 5cm Guns, SdKfz 250/9 with 2cm Gun, Sd Kfz 251 with 7.5 cm Gun, SdKfz 251/17 with 2cm KwK 38Armored Semi-Tracked Cargo Vehicle, Anti-Aircraft Guns Mounted on 8-ton Half Track SdKfz 7, 15cm Nebelwerfer on Armored Half-Track, Special Body on 8-ton Semi-Tracked SdKfz 7, Heavy Semi-Tracked Military Tractor SWS, German Heavy Half Track Recovery Vehicle SdKfz 9, Modified German Semi-Tracked Vehicles, Raupenschlepper OST, Heavy Wheeled Tractor Radschlepper, 4-Wheeled Cargo Trailer, French Unic Light Half-Track, Care and Treatment of the Goliath in the Field, Radio Controlled-Demolition Vehicles BIVc and FKL Pz NSU-Springer, 6 x 6 Diesel Truck, German Medium Full-Track Tractor with Producer Gas Generator; German Streamlined Motorcycle, German Modification of American M8 Armored Car, Conversion of Diesel Engines for use with Producer Gas.
- German Weapons: Smoothbore Developments and Silent Small Ammunition Research at Berliner-Suhler-Werke (Gustoffwerke); Small Arms Characteristics Charts; Metallurgical Analysis of Ammunition Steel Cases; 27mm Double Barrel Signal Pistol Silencer; 7.92mm Machine Carbine 1944; 7.92mm Mauser Rifle, Model 98 Modified to Caliber 22; Comparison of Models 1924, 1924-30, and 1934 Mauser Rifles; Conversion of Russian 7.62mm Rimmed Moussin-Nagant Rifle to handle 7.92mm Rimless Ammunition; 9mm Machine Pistol MP 3008; 7.9mm Machine Carbine M Kb 42 (W); Folding Stock and Removable Sight for Kampfpistole; 7.92mm Volksturm Gewehr 1; Volksturm Experimental 7.92mm Semi Automatic Carbine; Krummerlauf (Bent Barrel) Attachment for Machine Pistol; Paratrooper's 9mm Mauser Machine Pistol Model 1943; Sight Extension for MG 40; Safe Use of German Pistols and Ammunition; German Complete Rounds Charts, 7.92 Small Arms Ammunition; Machine Gun S 3-200; Sub-Machine Gun EMP 44; Study and Test-Firing of Machine Pistol Cal 7.92mm MP-43; Sub-Machine Gun MP 40 with Dual Magazine Feed; 7.92mm Machine Gun Model 1944; Shotgun and Small Pistol Sizes; German Training Rifle; German Battle Training Material; Stereoscopic Sight for Small Caliber AA Weapons; Anti-Aircraft Mount Fla L17V for Four Guns, Machine, 7.92mm MG 17; Pillbox Machine Gun Mount for MG 37 (t) and MG 34; 5cm Automatic Mortar; 8.1cm Mortar Projectile W Lt Gs 4447; 8cm Mortar Projectiles; Pyrotechnic Pistols; Double-Barrel Air Force Signal Pistol; Improvised Trip Flare; Pyrotechnic Cartridge, 12mm and Cal 380; Pyrotechnic Cartridge; Development of the Panzerfaust, Panzerfaust 60m, Translation of German Bazooka Manual, Anti-Tank Rifle M SS 41; Glass Bottle Mine Eismine & Concrete Block with Glass Bottle Charge, Anti-Personnel Glass Mine and Igniter gZX44; Smoke Grenade Egg Shaped 42; Signal Pistol Grenade Projector, edg 3a44; Concrete Hand Grenades; Friction Pull Igniters for Concrete Hand Grenades; Spherical Grenade; New Types of German Hand Grenades; Offensive Disc Type Grenade, Grenade Cartridge Experimental German 7mm; Hand Grenade, AK-B 1944; Fragmentation Jackets for Egg Hand Grenade Eier (Hand Granate 39); Chemical and Explosive Tests of Nipolit Blocks and Grenades; German Binoculars Dopplefernrohr; Zeiss Observation Periscope; German Range Finder, Entfernungsmesser (Em. 1.25m. R.) (Disvau); Pressed Paper Ammunition Container; Maintenance of Weapons, Equipment, and Ammunition in Winter.
- Russian Weapons: Small Arms, Mortars, and Grenades; Aircraft Machine Guns; 7.62mm Siminov Automatic Rifle M-40; 7.62mm Machine Pistol M-40; 7.62mm Sub-Machine Guns M-40 and 41; 7.63mm Machine Pistol Model 1942; Degtyarov 7.62mm Heavy Machine Gun Model 1939; Telegraphic Rifle Sight; Telescopic Mount for Model 40 Semi-Automatic Rifle; 5cm Trench Mortar; 82mm Mortar; Hand Grenade RPG 41; Dummy Hand Grenade; Carrying Harness for 82mm Mortar Base Plate; Degtyarev 14.5mm Ant-Tank Rifle PTRS 41.
- French Weapons: Small Arms Characteristics Charts; MAS Pistol 7.65mm L Model 1935-S; MAS Submachine Gun, 7.65mm Mle 1938; Cast Steel Fragmentation Grenade; 5cm Mortar L. Gr Mle 37.
- Other Countries: Danish Madsen 8mm Light Machine Gun; Madsen 7mm Light Machine Gun Model 1940; Yugoslavian Egg Grenade M-21; Czech 27mm Signal Pistol Vz 30; Magazine Modification for Czech Light Machine Gun; Czech Machine Pistol V.Z.9; Polish 4.5cm Mortar, WZ 36; Polish 9mm Radom Pistol, Model 1935; Austrian 8mm Light Machine Gun, Model 30S; Austro-Hungarian Rifles Model 1895 Mannlicher Cal 8mm and Greek and Yugoslavian Mannlicher Model 1895-24 Cal 7.92mm Rifle; 8mm Hungarian Rifles Models 1935 M and 1943 M (G 98-40) as Manufactured For Germany by Hungary; New Type Mounts for 20mm Oerlikon Machine Gun.
- Artillery: Smoothbore, Gun, and Ammunition Development; Artillery and Artillery Ammunition Nomenclature; 7.3cm Multiple Rocket Launchers; 7.3cm Foehn Multiple Rocket Launcher; 5cm Infantry Gun 42; 7.5cm Artillery, IG 37; 7.5cm Smooth Bore Infantry Gun 42; 10.5cm Howitzer, IFH 43; 10.5cm Recoilless Gun, LG 42; 10.5cm Compressed Air Mortar (Druckluftwerfer); 12.8cm Gun Mounted on 15.2cm Russian Carriage; 15cm Howitzer, sFH 36; 15cm Howitzer, sFH 18-43; 21cm Moerserwerfer; 22cm Granatwerfer; 30cm Rocket Projector; Ski Mount for 8.8cm Raketenwerfer 43; 16.4cm (French), 21cm, 20.3cm, 38cm (Siegfried Kanone), and 82cm Gustav (or Dora) Railway Guns; 54cm and 60cm Karlgerat Self-Propelled Mortars; Czech 30.5cm Smooth Bore Heavy Mortar; Czech Heavy 30.5cm Mortar (t); Belgian 120mm Gun, Model 1931; Russian 7.62cm FK 39 Gun Modified as a Rocket Launcher, Russian 7.62cm FK 288 (r) Field Gun; Russian 152mm Howitzer 1938, Russian Battery Commander's Telescope, Russian 203mm Howitzer, Model 3; Gun-Flash and Shell-Burst Simulators; Flash Reducer for 105mm Howitzer; Maintenance of Weapons, Equipment, and Ammunition in Winter.
- Munitions: 7.3cm High Explosive Rocket; 21cm Anti-Concrete Projectiles; 21cm Mortar Projectiles; Long Range Finned Sabot-like Projectile Fired from Smooth Bore Heavy Artillery; 28cm Projectile; 31cm Smooth Bore Projectile; 40cm Rocket; SD-15 (Bomb Adaptation of 105mm Projectile); Firing Tables for use of Captured German Weapons and Ammunition; Use of Foreign Artillery and Foreign Ammunition in US Weapons; Powder Temperature Indicator.
- Fire Control: Range Finders, Telescopes, and Periscope Artillery Sights; Fire Control Equipment and Measures; Equipment for Massed Artillery; Data Computer (EU - SV Anzeiger C37); Artillery Plotting Board, Lang Basis Gerat; Battery Commander's Telescope and Rangefinders; Fuze Cutting Computer (Kommandoscheibe fur Zunderwerfe); Impact Computer (Aufschlag-Auswertegerat C-40); Reports on Krupp Proving Grounds at Vormeppen and Skodawerke, Pilsen.
- Fortifications: Light Anti-Boat Mine Model 3ASM-39; Use of Controlled Submarine Mines in defenses at Brest, Goulet de Brest, Granville, Fecamp, St Malo, Tancarville, St Peters Port (Guernsey), and the English Channel Ports; Franz Wasserbombe Controlled Submarine Mine and Demolition Charge; Submarine Mine Booster Release; Cast Steel Pillbox; 5cm Machine Mortar M-19; Pillbox Machine Gun Mount for MG 37 (t) and MG 34; Observation Periscope, SR 2; Pillbox Mounted Panther Tank Turret; Report on Siegfried Line Fort.
- Missiles: V-1 Flying Bomb Gyro Steering Unit; New Type Warhead for V-1; Characteristics and Capabilities of the V-2 Rocket; Examination of Unexploded Warhead of V-2 Rocket; New Radio Equipment in V-2 Rocket; Trailer Truck for Transport and Erection of V-2; Launching Platform and Trailer for V-2; Pyrotechnic Ignition Device for V-2; Alcohol Tank Truck, Hydrogen Peroxide Truck, and Liquid Oxygen Tank Trailer for V-2 Rocket; Underground Oxygen Plant at Wittring; V-2 Assembly Plant at Nordhausen and Investigation of Ordnance Installations in Vicinity of Nordhausen; Report on Guided Missiles Developed by Henschel at Woffleben NW of Nordhausen; Air-to-Air Rocket Propelled Guided Missile; Feuerlilie F25 Guided Missile; Control of Guided Missiles; HS Series of Guided Missiles; 15cm Long-Range Missile.
- Air Defense: 20mm Triple Mount, MG 151; 8.5-8.8 cm Flak M39 (r); 8.8cm Flak Incendiary Shrapnel Anti-Aircraft Shell; 12.8cm Flak 40; 15cm HE Smooth Bore Projectile, Spr Gr 4481; Anti-Aircraft Mount for Four 7.92mm Machineguns MG 17; Ammunition Container for 100 Rounds of 2cm Ammunition; Anti-Aircraft Explosive Shell with Hydraulic Fuze (FK 44 or F Hy Z); Auxiliary Anti-Aircraft Sight (Hilfsvisier); Stereoscopic Sight for Small Caliber Anti-Aircraft Weapons; Mechanical Computing AA-AT Sight for 2cm Gun; Anti-Aircraft Sight for 2cm Flak 30 or 38; Close Range Sight and Range Estimating Device for Heavy AA Gun; Developments in Fire Control and Directors for Heavy AA Gun Batteries; Development of Anti-Aircraft Predictors; Captured German Comparator; Definition of Terms Employed in Anti-Aircraft Gunnery; Mirror Image Target Practice for Anti-Aircraft Artillery; Preliminary Catalogue of German Fire Control Equipment; Russian Fire Control for Heavy Anti-Aircraft Gun Batteries; Reinforced Concrete Gun Turrets on German R.R. Flak Cars; Passive Air Defense - False Flares and Dummy Burning Targets; Selector Switch for Anti-Aircraft Directors; Destruction of Low-Flying Aircraft; Homing Devices and Proximity Fuses; Predictor for Heavy Anti-Aircraft Artillery (Flak Rechner 42); Anti-Aircraft Director, Kommando-Gerat 45; Heavy Anti-Aircraft Director; Kommando-Gerat 40B; Cold Weather Heater and Cover for Kommand-Gerat 40; Tracking Instrument, Richtfernrohr, 40 x 200; Anti-Aircraft Fire Control Equipment made by Karl Zeiss Werke, Jena; Anti-Aircraft Target Present Position Data Converter.
- Miscellaneous Topics: Quartermaster Supplies near Cherbourg and St Malo; Visit to DWM Factory near Lubeck; Submarine Mine Parachute Release; Report on Time Parachute Release for the 1000kg Paracrate; German Ordnance Procurement Organization in France; Light and Signal Equipment used by the German Air Force; Barrage Balloon Cable Cutter for use on Aircraft; 37mm Aircraft Cannon; 5.5cm Aircraft Rocket; Modified 1kg Incendiary Bomb; Aerial Bomb Torpedo; German Methods of Testing Bombs; Location, Code Names, and Production of the Dynamit Actien Gesellschaft; Adaptation of Disc and Ball Drive Device; German Technical Intelligence Want List of Allied Equipment; Induction Detonator for Mines; German Kinotheodoloite; German Plant Making Concrete Bombs; Explosive Plant - Bauleitung Allendorf der Dynamit; Military Explosives Industry in Germany.
- ETO Ordnance Tech Intel Report No. 108 - Nomenclature for German & Foreign Artillery (1945)
- ETO Ordnance Tech Intel Report No. 137 - German Technical Intelligence Want List of Allied Equipment (1945)
- ETO Ordnance Tech Intel Report No. 269 - German Streamlined Motorcycle (1945)
- 21st Army Group Tech Intel Report No. 2 - New Super Heavy German AFVs - Mouse, E-100, & Cricket (1945)
From "British School of Tank Technology Foreign Vehicle Reports 1942-44"
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From "Attack on Panther PzKw V & Tiger PzKw VI"
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From a British Combined Operations HQ Bulletin
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From "Notes on German Preparations for Invasion of the United Kingdom 1941-42"
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From British Report on Airfields in North & West France 1944
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Allied Intelligence Reports of German Anti-Tank & Tank Technologies 1945
Four British Intelligence Objectives Sub-committee (BIOS) reports concerning German development and engineering of Zimmerit, hollow charge anti-tank weapons, tank optics, and gyro-stabilization technologies. The reports are: a 10-page Report No.3, Zimmerit (Anti-Magnetic Plaster for AFVs); a 20-page Report No. 99, Development of German Panzerfaust and Other Hollow Charge Weapons; a 21-page Report No. 100, Development of Panzerfaust; and a 56-page Report No. 270, Investigations in Germany. $5
British School of Tank Technology Foreign Vehicle Reports 1942-44
22 reports produced by the British School of Tank Technology during WWII. The reports provide detailed analysis of actual captured German vehicles and include photographs, many detailed line drawings and cut-away illustrations. Reports included in this item are: Pz.Kw. I (Model B), Pz.Kw. I Commander's Tank, Pz.Kw. II, Pz.Kw. III, Pz.Kw. III Commander's Tank, Pz.Kw. IV, Pz.Kw. IV Mounting 7.5cm KwK. 40, Self-Propelled Mounting for 4.7cm AT Gun on Pz.Kw. I Chassis, Lorraine S.P. Mounting, Pz.Kw. 38(t) SP Mounting for 7.62cm PAK 36(r), 15cm s.F.H. 18m Sfl. IV Hummel, 7.5cm Sturmgeschutz, 4-Wheeled Armoured Car (Sd.Kfz. 222), 8-Wheeled Armoured Car (Sd.Kfz. 231), Radio Controlled Demolition Vehicle B.IV, German Armored Troop Carrier Semi Tracked, and extracts of a detailed report on the Pz.Kw. VI (Tiger) Model H. There are also three reports on two Russian tanks (KV-1, T-34, and C.I. Tank Engine Type V2 from T-34 Tank) supplied by the Soviet government to the British, and a very interesting report titled "Attack on Panther PzKw V & Tiger PzKw VI" that analyzes how to attack the tanks with British and US anti-tank guns. $15
Summary of German Tanks 1944
145-page document produced in November 1944 by the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) G-2 that summarizes the western Allies’ knowledge of German tanks based on British and US Ordnance Technical Intelligence Teams. The text briefly discusses the development of German tank design and describes the primary features, production history, tactical employment, and variants of the Panzer I, II, II, IV, Panther, Tiger I, and Tiger II. Contains numerous diagrams, charts, and low-resolution photos. $8
German Navy Panzer-Beschusstafeln 1943
17-page German-language pamphlet produced by the Navy High Command published in 1943 titled “Panzerabwehr durch Marinegeschütze” (Anti-tank Defense by Naval Guns) with 20 foldouts that show where various models of 7.5cm, 8.8cm, 10.5cm Flak guns can penetrate the front, side, and rear armor of the M3 Lee, M4 Sherman, Mk II Matilda, MK III Valentine, MK IV Churchill tanks. $4
Handbooks on British, Italian, USSR, German, & Japanese Military Forces 1942-45
Scanned microfilm images of 13 US Army produced handbooks on foreign forces: TM 30-410, Handbook on the British Army with Supplements on the Royal Air Force and Civilian Defense Organizations (Sep 42); TM-E 30-420, Handbook on the Italian Military Forces (Aug 43); TM 30-430, Handbook on USSR Military Forces (Nov 45); TM-E 30-451, Handbook on German Military Forces (Sep 43 and Mar 45 editions); Handbook on German Army Identification (1943); Special Series No. 14, German Army Infantry Weapons (May 43); Information Bulletin No. 18, The German Armored Division (Jun 42); Special Series No. 22, Company Officer's Handbook of the German Army (Mar 44), German Military Symbols (Apr 44); Special Series No. 12, German Military Abbreviations (Apr 43); TM-E 30-480, Handbook on Japanese Military Forces (Sep 44); and Intelligence Bulletin No. 14, Japanese Air and Ground Forces (May 42). Note, these documents are scans of microfilm images. $15
Estimate of German Air Force Fighter Strength April 1944
84-page report titled "Estimate of Fighter Strength of the German Air Force on 1 April 1944" produced by the Strategic Intelligence Branch of the G-2, European Theater of Operations, US Army (ETOUSA) to determine the probable production and wastage of German fighter aircraft from November 1943 to April 1944 and the consequent fighter strength of the German Air Force on 1 April 1944. The document contains lots of tabular data. $5
Allied Intelligence Lists of German Officers 1942-47
Seven documents prepared by various Allied Intelligence agencies with information about German military officers of interest to Allied forces: a 103-page document titled "Allied List of German Officers Identified in France, Belgium and Holland (1942-44)," dated 1 May 44, that provides last name, rank, and place/unit of assignment; a 40-page document titled "German Staff Officers in Italy", dated 9 April 1945, that has short anecdotal biographies of 33 German commanders; a 29-page document titled "Identified Unit Commanders and Staff Officers of Battalions and Higher Echelons (Waffen-SS)," dated 3 May 1944; a 41-page document "German Staff Officers in Italy April," dated 9 April 1945, that lists the name and position of primary German staff officers in Italy; "German Commanders in Italy," dated 1945; a 66-page document titled "The Generals of the German Air Force," dated 1947, that includes interesting facts about the wartime careers and fates of Luftwaffe Generals at the end of the war; a 63-page document "Senior Officer Assignments in the Waffen SS at the Close of Hostilities in Europe," dated May 1945, that lists known commanders and senior staff officers of Waffen-SS corps, divisions, regiments, and battalions, special units, depot units, schools; and a very interesting 11-page post-war document "Hitler's Marshals," dated 1954, that briefly describes the careers and fates of the Third Reich's Field Marshals. $10
German Preparations for Invasion of the United Kingdom 1941-42
The April 1941 and January 1942 versions of "Notes on German Preparations for the Invasion of the United Kingdom" prepared by the General Staff of the United Kingdom War Office. The study details German resources and preparations for the invasion to include distribution of forces in France, Norway, Denmark, and Germany; long-range guns; channel tunnel; location and types of shipping; description of the various merchant vessels, barges, ferries, and other craft; disposition of air forces, airborne and glider troops, and airfields; combined operations exercises; special weapons such as submarine tanks, gliderborne tanks, remote controlled land torpedoes, radio controlled aerial torpedoes; use of smoke, gas, and anti-aircraft artillery; and possible German strategy and tactics, limiting factors, and time and place of landing. The study contains much technical data and has many charts, statistical appendices, illustrations and line drawings, and maps. $10
German Supply Problems on the Eastern Front 1941
166-page document titled "The German Supply Problem on the Eastern Front" written by the US Army in March 1942 that analyzes the German campaign in Russia from 22 June to 6 December 1941. The document describes the conduct of the campaign, supply requirements of the German Army, transport and climatic conditions on the Russian Front, and contains several maps and charts and lots of tabular data concerning supply and transportation requirements and consumption rates. $10
Axis Plans & Operations 1939-42
A series of post-war documents produced by the British Historical Office of the Cabinet Office that describe the plans and operations of Axis (German and Italian) in summarized form. The documents are very detailed and were derived from original diplomatic and military documents as well as contemporary British War Office reports. These documents provide a unique English-language view of the German side of the war.
German Reports on Cotentin Commando Raid & Dieppe Attack 1942
English and German-language versions of six reports prepared by the German 320th Infantry Division and LXXXI Corps concerning the British Commando raid on anti-aircraft gun and radar site north-west of Pointe de Saire south of Barfleur conducted on 14 August 1942 and the Allied attack on Dieppe conducted on 19 August 1942. The six reports total 45 pages. $10
Psychological Foundations of the Wehrmacht 1944
87-page study produced by the British army to assess the psychology, ideas, feelings, and morale of Wehrmacht soldiers, NCOs, and officers based on prisoner interviews, captured German documents and propaganda material, newspapers, and books. $8
German Radar Installations 1944
25-page document titled "German Radar for Photo Interpreters" produced by the G-2, European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA) in December 1944. The document contains numerous aerial photographs, sketches, and diagrams of German detection and navigation radar installations. $5
US Army ETHINT Manuscripts - Complete Collection
All 81 European Theater Historical Interrogations (ETHINT) reports produced by the US Army. The reports are a record of interviews conducted immediately after the war with senior German officers such as Warlimont, Skorzeny, Pieper, Dietrich, Kraemer, Doenitz, Goering, Simon, Guderian, Manteuffel, Rundstedt, Hausser, Keitel, Jodl, Mellenthin, Bayerlein, Kesselring, von der Heydte, and others. Most reports are between 7 and 20 pages long. Topics included in the collection are but not limited to: German Strategy (1939-41); Hitler's Conduct of the War; Malta, Dunkerque, Battle of Britain, North Africa, Dieppe, Sitzkrieg; From Invasion to the Siegfried Line; Reciprocal Influence of East and West Fronts; German-Japanese Collaboration; Hitler's Interest in Small Details; The 20 Jul 44 Attempt; Was von Kluge a Traitor?; Transfer of Units East-West (1944); German War History Writing; Seventh Army, Normandy; Normandy Invasion; Panzer Tactics in Normandy; 116th Panzer Division in Normandy and from the Seine to Aachen; I. SS Panzer Corps, Avranches; Luftwaffe at Avranches; Mons Pocket, Losses; Mission of Seventh Army (25 Jul-31 Aug 44); Allied Opportunity, Northern France (Jul-Aug 44); Panzer Lehr Division, Mission (Jun 28 - Jul 44); Panzer Lehr Division at the Start of Operation COBRA (24-25 Jul 44); 6th Parachute Regiment and Operation COBRA (25-30 Jul 1944); 3d Parachute Division in Normandy (15 Jan-16 Jul 44); OB West and the Normandy Campaign; OKW Planning for the Ardennes; 1st SS Panzer Regiment in the Ardennes; Ardennes Offensive (Role of Commandos and 150th Panzer Brigade); Seventh Army and Sixth Panzer Army in the Ardennes; LXVII and LXXXV Infantry Corps in the Ardennes Offensive; XLVII Panzer Corps Investment and Breakthrough to Bastogne; 26 VG Div Breakthrough to Bastogne; Fuehrer Begleit Brigade in the Ardennes; 3d Panzer Grenadier Division, 26 VG Div,Panzer Lehr Division in the Ardennes; Tank Maintenance, Ardennes; 5th Parachute Div, Evaluation (Dec 44); German Paratroops in the Ardennes; Invasion of Southern France; Invasion and the German Navy; U-Boats against US-UK Shipping; Invasion and Advance to the RuhRoll -East-West Strategy; Panzer Employment on the Western Front; Defense of Metz; XIII SS Infantry Corps in the Lorraine Campaign; US Third Army Breakthrough (1-9 Sep 44); Defense of the West Wall; Fifth Panzer Army Mission of (11 Sep 44 - Jan 45); German Defense of the Ruhr; 116th Panzer Division in the Huertgen Forest (2-14 Nov 44); Reaction of Seventh Army to the Nov 1944 Offensive; Seventh Army Losses in Huertgen Forest; Comments on Patton and the U.S. Third Army (Sep 1944); Panzer Lehr Division (Jul 44 Apr 45); Remagen and the Ruhr; Rapido River Crossing. The images in this collection are 240 dpi color scans of the complete documents with cover sheets and maps; not mediocre black & white copies with missing pages and maps made from microfilm images. $1
Interpretation of Aerial Photographs 1942
A 200-page manual created by the British War Office in 1943 that describes the interpretation of aerial photographs for the purpose of obtaining information and intelligence. The text explains the types and use of aerial photographs, how to interpret features associated industrial bases, lines of communication, artillery, forward areas, and infrared photographs. The manual includes than 100 aerial photographs as examples of how enemy military installations and military positions appear in aerial photos. $8
Employment of Aerial Photographs for Counter Battery Fire in Italy 1944
An interesting 57-page report about the successful employment of aerial photographs by the artillery of the French Expeditionary Corps during operations in the Vallemaio Valley south of Cassino in April 1944. The text is written in both French and English and includes numerous aerial and ground photos and a map that shows the location of the German artillery positions. $5
British Air Ministry Report on Airfields, Landing Grounds, Seaplane Bases in North & West France 1944
One in a series of intelligence reports issued by the British Air Ministry relating to aircraft landing areas in Europe during WWII. The report lists airfields, landing grounds, seaplane bases. Information sheets describe the types of airfields, locations, and sizes and shapes, and includes descriptions of meteorological conditions, topography, and communications systems. Has almost 50 plans and annotated aerial photographs of the airfields. $15
Operations
Campaign in Belgium Map Atlas 1940
A post-war map atlas produced by the Belgian Ministry of Defense that shows the location of Belgian corps and divisions during the German invasion of Belgium, 9-8 May 1940. British, French, and German units are only shown at the army level. The atlas contains 20 maps, each with a brief text commentary. $8
British Combined Operations HQ Amphibious Ops Bulletins 1942-44
49 bulletins and reports issued by the British War Office's Combined Operations Headquarters concerning amphibious operations in the Mediterranean, Pacific, Normandy, and the Scheldt Estuary to include the use of landing craft and ships, classification and testing of beaches, beach organization and maintenance, the disguise of seagoing ships and craft, carriage of canoes in flying boast, mechanical aids for scaling cliffs, passage of underwater obstacles, beach defenses and obstacles, naval fire support, floatation of personnel and small arms, rocket projecting craft, unloading of aircraft by DUKW, LCA 'Hedgerow', sunken causeways, and lessons learned from Operations POSTERN, DIMINISH, HUSKY, RECKLESS, OVERLORD, and SWITCHBACK. $20
Fire Support of Seaborne Landings May 1945
54-page report by the British Joint Technical Warfare Committee titled "Fire Support of Seaborne Landings,” dated 10 May 1945 that describes the experience of naval fire support during Operation Overlord. Includes detailed tabular data of bombardment of German batteries in the British Assault area. $10
Allied Expeditionary Air Force Operations Nov 43 - Sep 44
140-page document "Despatch" by Air Chief-Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Air Commander-in-Chief, Allied Expeditionary Air Force which describes operations under his command from 15 November 1943 to 30 September 1944, to include the invasion of Europe and subsequent land operations in western Europe. The text is divided into sections - Command and Control, Policy and Planning, Narrative on Operations, Special Features, and Reflections on the Campaign - and has tabular data and several maps. $10
The US 30th Infantry Division versus the 1st SS Panzer Division 1944
An 8-page document titled “Defeat of the Leibstandarte Adolph Hitler” prepared by the staff of the US 30th Infantry Division and sent to the Commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps. The document succinctly describes how the division and its attached units fought and defeated the 1st SS Panzer Division “Leibstandarte Adolph Hitler” in the area of La Gleize, Stavelot, and Stoumont from 18-25 December 1944. $3
Study of the Effects of the Air Effort in the Capture of Calais 1945
220-page study produced by the Army Air Forces Evaluation Board in the European Theater of Operations. The report includes a brief description of the battle; technical data and results; a study of area, pinpoint, and ground attack targets; results of intelligence analysis; a discussion of bomb counts and casualties. Includes numerous data tables, 30 maps, and 16 photographs. $15
Seventh Army History of G-2 Operations in Europe 15 Aug 44 - 8 May 45
A 265-page document titled “G-2 History: Seventh Army Operations in Europe” for the period15 August 1944 - 31 May 1945. The text describes, from an intelligence point of view, the invasion of southern France (Operation Dragoon), the pursuit to the Vosges Mountains, battles for Alsace, operations during German operation “Nordwind,’ the breakthrough of the Siegfried Line (Westwall), crossing of the Rhine River, and the advance through southern Germany and into Austria. The text, supported by several maps and provides higher-level enemy order of battle information, describes enemy reactions to Seventh Army operations, and assesses opposing forces combat effectiveness. $15
US Strategic Bombing Studies & Reports 1945
Three reports and studies produced by the US Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS) to assess the effects of the Anglo-American strategic bombing of Germany in World War II: a 56-page “Report on the V Weapons (Crossbow) Campaign,” 24 Sep 45, which analyzes the air offensive against German V-weapons; a 25-page “A Study of Bombing Accuracy of USAAF Heavy & Medium Bombers in the ETO” which analyzes visual versus blind bombing and compares B-17 and B-24 accuracy; a 59-page “Weather Factors in Combat Bombardment of Operations in the ETO,” 3 Nov 45, which discusses the adequacy of weather information in the European Theater of Operations (ETO), weather as an operational factor and its impact aerial bombing. The documents contain lots of charts and tabular data. $15
Operation Eclipse Appreciation and Outline Plan 1945
30-page Top Secret document produced by the Supreme Allied Headquarters Europe titled "Appreciation and Outline Plan for Operation "ECLIPSE" (plans and preparations for operations in Europe in the event of German surrender), dated 24 Nov 44. The document has three maps and two supplemental memorandums that describe the probable form the German collapse and resulting conditions, outline of the operation, considerations affecting the plan, command and control, and resources available. $5
Armored Vehicles
History of US Halftrack Vehicles & Armored Cars 1940-44
Three documents from the US Army Office of the Chief of Ordnance that document the history and development of US halftrack vehicles and armored cars: "A History of United States Halftrack Vehicles," 203 pages; "Design, Development, Engineering and Production of Half-Track Vehicles 1940-44," 25 pages; and "Development, Engineering and Production of Armored Cars 1940-44," 39 pages. The documents include 87 full-page photographs. $15
US Army Flame Thrower & Demolition Tanks
49 images of a document from the US Army Office of the Chief of Ordnance titled "Special Full Track Armored Vehicles" that describes the development and characteristics of the M42A1, M42A3, T33, and T35 Flame Thrower Tanks, the M600 Flame Thrower Servicing Truck, and the T31 Demolition Tank. The document includes 15 full-page photographs. $8
Design, Development & Production of US Tanks in WWII
Four documents from the US Army Office of the Chief of Ordnance that document the history and development of US light, medium, and heavy tanks: "The Design, Development & Production of US Tanks in World War II", 57 pages; "The Design, Development & Production of US Light Tanks" that describes the M2, M3, M5, M24, and M22 series tanks, 17 pages; "Development of the US Medium Tanks M3 & M4", 8 pages; and "Heavy Tanks and Assault Tanks" that describes heavy tanks M6, M6A1 (T1E2, T1E3), M6A2E1, M26 (T26E1, T26E3), M26E, T1, T1E1, T1E4, T26, T1E1, T1E4, T26, T26E2, T26E4, T26E5, T28, T29, T30, T32, and Assault Tank T14, 143 pages. The documents include 54 photographs. $20
Development of US Army 105mm Self-Propelled Artillery
Three documents from the US Army Office of the Chief of Ordnance that describe the history and development of US 105mm self-propelled artillery on various halftrack carriers and tracked armored vehicles: "Development History of 105-mm Gun and Howitzer Motor Carriages and 25-pdr Gun Motor Carriage,” 146 pages; “Development History of the 105mm Gun Motor Carriage T95 (Formerly Heavy Tank, T28),” 35 pages; and 16 pages of documents from a file titled “Redesignation of Heavy Tank T28 as Gun Motor Carriage T95.” The documents include 38 full-page photographs. $15
History of the US Navy Landing Vehicle, Tracked 1941-45
84-page document from the Secretary of the Navy titled "History of Landing Vehicle, Tracked" that describes the development, production, and war history of the Landing Vehicle, Tracked (LVT). The document includes 33 full-page photographs and a list of major operations in which LVTs were used. $8
US Army Future Tank Designs 1943-46
Four documents from the US Army Office of the Chief of Ordnance that describe future tank designs: a 13-page document "Medium Tank T20 Series" dated 1943 that describes a replacement tank for the M4; a 22-page document "New Tanks for 1944" that briefly describes the T20, T23, T20E3, T22, T25, T26 medium tanks; a 24-page document "New Tanks and Gun Motor Carriages" dated 1946 that briefly describes the M24, M26, T26E4, T29, T30, T32, T34, T95 tanks and the M41, T84, T92, T93 self-propelled howitzers; and a file that describes the development and testing of the Bigley Gun Motor Carriage (Bigley Tank), which was an experimental, high-speed armored vehicle with a Christie suspension. The documents contain 36 full-page photographs and illustrations. $15
Four British Intelligence Objectives Sub-committee (BIOS) reports concerning German development and engineering of Zimmerit, hollow charge anti-tank weapons, tank optics, and gyro-stabilization technologies. The reports are: a 10-page Report No.3, Zimmerit (Anti-Magnetic Plaster for AFVs); a 20-page Report No. 99, Development of German Panzerfaust and Other Hollow Charge Weapons; a 21-page Report No. 100, Development of Panzerfaust; and a 56-page Report No. 270, Investigations in Germany. $5
British School of Tank Technology Foreign Vehicle Reports 1942-44
22 reports produced by the British School of Tank Technology during WWII. The reports provide detailed analysis of actual captured German vehicles and include photographs, many detailed line drawings and cut-away illustrations. Reports included in this item are: Pz.Kw. I (Model B), Pz.Kw. I Commander's Tank, Pz.Kw. II, Pz.Kw. III, Pz.Kw. III Commander's Tank, Pz.Kw. IV, Pz.Kw. IV Mounting 7.5cm KwK. 40, Self-Propelled Mounting for 4.7cm AT Gun on Pz.Kw. I Chassis, Lorraine S.P. Mounting, Pz.Kw. 38(t) SP Mounting for 7.62cm PAK 36(r), 15cm s.F.H. 18m Sfl. IV Hummel, 7.5cm Sturmgeschutz, 4-Wheeled Armoured Car (Sd.Kfz. 222), 8-Wheeled Armoured Car (Sd.Kfz. 231), Radio Controlled Demolition Vehicle B.IV, German Armored Troop Carrier Semi Tracked, and extracts of a detailed report on the Pz.Kw. VI (Tiger) Model H. There are also three reports on two Russian tanks (KV-1, T-34, and C.I. Tank Engine Type V2 from T-34 Tank) supplied by the Soviet government to the British, and a very interesting report titled "Attack on Panther PzKw V & Tiger PzKw VI" that analyzes how to attack the tanks with British and US anti-tank guns. $15
Summary of German Tanks 1944
145-page document produced in November 1944 by the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) G-2 that summarizes the western Allies’ knowledge of German tanks based on British and US Ordnance Technical Intelligence Teams. The text briefly discusses the development of German tank design and describes the primary features, production history, tactical employment, and variants of the Panzer I, II, II, IV, Panther, Tiger I, and Tiger II. Contains numerous diagrams, charts, and low-resolution photos. $8
German Navy Panzer-Beschusstafeln 1943
17-page German-language pamphlet produced by the Navy High Command published in 1943 titled “Panzerabwehr durch Marinegeschütze” (Anti-tank Defense by Naval Guns) with 20 foldouts that show where various models of 7.5cm, 8.8cm, 10.5cm Flak guns can penetrate the front, side, and rear armor of the M3 Lee, M4 Sherman, Mk II Matilda, MK III Valentine, MK IV Churchill tanks. $4
Handbooks on British, Italian, USSR, German, & Japanese Military Forces 1942-45
Scanned microfilm images of 13 US Army produced handbooks on foreign forces: TM 30-410, Handbook on the British Army with Supplements on the Royal Air Force and Civilian Defense Organizations (Sep 42); TM-E 30-420, Handbook on the Italian Military Forces (Aug 43); TM 30-430, Handbook on USSR Military Forces (Nov 45); TM-E 30-451, Handbook on German Military Forces (Sep 43 and Mar 45 editions); Handbook on German Army Identification (1943); Special Series No. 14, German Army Infantry Weapons (May 43); Information Bulletin No. 18, The German Armored Division (Jun 42); Special Series No. 22, Company Officer's Handbook of the German Army (Mar 44), German Military Symbols (Apr 44); Special Series No. 12, German Military Abbreviations (Apr 43); TM-E 30-480, Handbook on Japanese Military Forces (Sep 44); and Intelligence Bulletin No. 14, Japanese Air and Ground Forces (May 42). Note, these documents are scans of microfilm images. $15
Estimate of German Air Force Fighter Strength April 1944
84-page report titled "Estimate of Fighter Strength of the German Air Force on 1 April 1944" produced by the Strategic Intelligence Branch of the G-2, European Theater of Operations, US Army (ETOUSA) to determine the probable production and wastage of German fighter aircraft from November 1943 to April 1944 and the consequent fighter strength of the German Air Force on 1 April 1944. The document contains lots of tabular data. $5
Allied Intelligence Lists of German Officers 1942-47
Seven documents prepared by various Allied Intelligence agencies with information about German military officers of interest to Allied forces: a 103-page document titled "Allied List of German Officers Identified in France, Belgium and Holland (1942-44)," dated 1 May 44, that provides last name, rank, and place/unit of assignment; a 40-page document titled "German Staff Officers in Italy", dated 9 April 1945, that has short anecdotal biographies of 33 German commanders; a 29-page document titled "Identified Unit Commanders and Staff Officers of Battalions and Higher Echelons (Waffen-SS)," dated 3 May 1944; a 41-page document "German Staff Officers in Italy April," dated 9 April 1945, that lists the name and position of primary German staff officers in Italy; "German Commanders in Italy," dated 1945; a 66-page document titled "The Generals of the German Air Force," dated 1947, that includes interesting facts about the wartime careers and fates of Luftwaffe Generals at the end of the war; a 63-page document "Senior Officer Assignments in the Waffen SS at the Close of Hostilities in Europe," dated May 1945, that lists known commanders and senior staff officers of Waffen-SS corps, divisions, regiments, and battalions, special units, depot units, schools; and a very interesting 11-page post-war document "Hitler's Marshals," dated 1954, that briefly describes the careers and fates of the Third Reich's Field Marshals. $10
German Preparations for Invasion of the United Kingdom 1941-42
The April 1941 and January 1942 versions of "Notes on German Preparations for the Invasion of the United Kingdom" prepared by the General Staff of the United Kingdom War Office. The study details German resources and preparations for the invasion to include distribution of forces in France, Norway, Denmark, and Germany; long-range guns; channel tunnel; location and types of shipping; description of the various merchant vessels, barges, ferries, and other craft; disposition of air forces, airborne and glider troops, and airfields; combined operations exercises; special weapons such as submarine tanks, gliderborne tanks, remote controlled land torpedoes, radio controlled aerial torpedoes; use of smoke, gas, and anti-aircraft artillery; and possible German strategy and tactics, limiting factors, and time and place of landing. The study contains much technical data and has many charts, statistical appendices, illustrations and line drawings, and maps. $10
German Supply Problems on the Eastern Front 1941
166-page document titled "The German Supply Problem on the Eastern Front" written by the US Army in March 1942 that analyzes the German campaign in Russia from 22 June to 6 December 1941. The document describes the conduct of the campaign, supply requirements of the German Army, transport and climatic conditions on the Russian Front, and contains several maps and charts and lots of tabular data concerning supply and transportation requirements and consumption rates. $10
Axis Plans & Operations 1939-42
A series of post-war documents produced by the British Historical Office of the Cabinet Office that describe the plans and operations of Axis (German and Italian) in summarized form. The documents are very detailed and were derived from original diplomatic and military documents as well as contemporary British War Office reports. These documents provide a unique English-language view of the German side of the war.
- Mediterranean, East Africa, & Middle East 1939-41: Three documents: "Axis Activities in Syria and Iraq - 1939-1941" that describes the military support given by Germany and to a lesser extent Italy to anti-British movements in the Middle East which culminated in the unsuccessful revolt in Iraq and defeat of Vichy forces in Syria in 1941, "Axis Plans and Operations in the Mediterranean - September 1939 - February 1941" that describes the development of Italian and German activity in the Mediterranean area from the outbreak of war until February 1941 when German forces made their appearance in North Africa, and "The Italian Campaign in East Africa - 10 June 1940 - 18 May 1941" that describes the Italian conduct of the campaign in East Africa from the date of Italy's entry into the war on 10 Jun 40 until the capture of Ama Alagi by British forces and the surrender of the Viceroy on 18 May 1941. $15
- Mediterranean & North Africa 1941-42: Three documents: "The War in the Mediterranean - February to November 1941" that describes the attitude of German and Italian High Commands to events in North Africa up to Jun 41, German intentions in anticipation of an early victory in Russia to include the invasions of Gibraltar and Malta and an armored thrust through Turkey, and the buildup for the attack on Tobruk; "Axis Operations in North Africa - February to November 1941" which describes German tactical operations during Rommel's advance from Tripolitana to Tobruk, attempts to capture Tobruk and defend against British Operation Battleaxe, and the preparations for the autumn offensive; "Axis Operations in North Africa - November 1941-Febuary 1942" that describes German tactical operations during the second British offensive (Crusader) and the end of the German counter offensive. $15
- Norway, Attack in the West, & Invasion of England 1939-42: Three documents titled "Notes on the Norwegian Campaign 1940" that analyzes the strengths and movements of German forces engaged at various points during the Norwegian campaign, "The German Plan of Attack in the West 1939-1940" that describes the German plan in terms of its effect on army group commanders, and "The German Plans for the Invasion of England 1939-1942" that describes the origin and development of plans evolved by the German High Command for an invasion of England. $15
- Russian Campaign 1941: Two documents: "Barbarossa - The Origins and Development of Hitler's Plan to Attack Russia" that describes the events which preceded the German attack on Russia to include the tensions between Germany and Soviet Russia, Russo-German treaties, and the deterioration of Russo-German relations; and "The Russian Campaign - June - November 1941" that describes Hitler's aims and strategic concepts in occupying the Soviet Union and various aspects of the war connected with the Russian campaign. $15
German Reports on Cotentin Commando Raid & Dieppe Attack 1942
English and German-language versions of six reports prepared by the German 320th Infantry Division and LXXXI Corps concerning the British Commando raid on anti-aircraft gun and radar site north-west of Pointe de Saire south of Barfleur conducted on 14 August 1942 and the Allied attack on Dieppe conducted on 19 August 1942. The six reports total 45 pages. $10
Psychological Foundations of the Wehrmacht 1944
87-page study produced by the British army to assess the psychology, ideas, feelings, and morale of Wehrmacht soldiers, NCOs, and officers based on prisoner interviews, captured German documents and propaganda material, newspapers, and books. $8
German Radar Installations 1944
25-page document titled "German Radar for Photo Interpreters" produced by the G-2, European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA) in December 1944. The document contains numerous aerial photographs, sketches, and diagrams of German detection and navigation radar installations. $5
US Army ETHINT Manuscripts - Complete Collection
All 81 European Theater Historical Interrogations (ETHINT) reports produced by the US Army. The reports are a record of interviews conducted immediately after the war with senior German officers such as Warlimont, Skorzeny, Pieper, Dietrich, Kraemer, Doenitz, Goering, Simon, Guderian, Manteuffel, Rundstedt, Hausser, Keitel, Jodl, Mellenthin, Bayerlein, Kesselring, von der Heydte, and others. Most reports are between 7 and 20 pages long. Topics included in the collection are but not limited to: German Strategy (1939-41); Hitler's Conduct of the War; Malta, Dunkerque, Battle of Britain, North Africa, Dieppe, Sitzkrieg; From Invasion to the Siegfried Line; Reciprocal Influence of East and West Fronts; German-Japanese Collaboration; Hitler's Interest in Small Details; The 20 Jul 44 Attempt; Was von Kluge a Traitor?; Transfer of Units East-West (1944); German War History Writing; Seventh Army, Normandy; Normandy Invasion; Panzer Tactics in Normandy; 116th Panzer Division in Normandy and from the Seine to Aachen; I. SS Panzer Corps, Avranches; Luftwaffe at Avranches; Mons Pocket, Losses; Mission of Seventh Army (25 Jul-31 Aug 44); Allied Opportunity, Northern France (Jul-Aug 44); Panzer Lehr Division, Mission (Jun 28 - Jul 44); Panzer Lehr Division at the Start of Operation COBRA (24-25 Jul 44); 6th Parachute Regiment and Operation COBRA (25-30 Jul 1944); 3d Parachute Division in Normandy (15 Jan-16 Jul 44); OB West and the Normandy Campaign; OKW Planning for the Ardennes; 1st SS Panzer Regiment in the Ardennes; Ardennes Offensive (Role of Commandos and 150th Panzer Brigade); Seventh Army and Sixth Panzer Army in the Ardennes; LXVII and LXXXV Infantry Corps in the Ardennes Offensive; XLVII Panzer Corps Investment and Breakthrough to Bastogne; 26 VG Div Breakthrough to Bastogne; Fuehrer Begleit Brigade in the Ardennes; 3d Panzer Grenadier Division, 26 VG Div,Panzer Lehr Division in the Ardennes; Tank Maintenance, Ardennes; 5th Parachute Div, Evaluation (Dec 44); German Paratroops in the Ardennes; Invasion of Southern France; Invasion and the German Navy; U-Boats against US-UK Shipping; Invasion and Advance to the RuhRoll -East-West Strategy; Panzer Employment on the Western Front; Defense of Metz; XIII SS Infantry Corps in the Lorraine Campaign; US Third Army Breakthrough (1-9 Sep 44); Defense of the West Wall; Fifth Panzer Army Mission of (11 Sep 44 - Jan 45); German Defense of the Ruhr; 116th Panzer Division in the Huertgen Forest (2-14 Nov 44); Reaction of Seventh Army to the Nov 1944 Offensive; Seventh Army Losses in Huertgen Forest; Comments on Patton and the U.S. Third Army (Sep 1944); Panzer Lehr Division (Jul 44 Apr 45); Remagen and the Ruhr; Rapido River Crossing. The images in this collection are 240 dpi color scans of the complete documents with cover sheets and maps; not mediocre black & white copies with missing pages and maps made from microfilm images. $1
Interpretation of Aerial Photographs 1942
A 200-page manual created by the British War Office in 1943 that describes the interpretation of aerial photographs for the purpose of obtaining information and intelligence. The text explains the types and use of aerial photographs, how to interpret features associated industrial bases, lines of communication, artillery, forward areas, and infrared photographs. The manual includes than 100 aerial photographs as examples of how enemy military installations and military positions appear in aerial photos. $8
Employment of Aerial Photographs for Counter Battery Fire in Italy 1944
An interesting 57-page report about the successful employment of aerial photographs by the artillery of the French Expeditionary Corps during operations in the Vallemaio Valley south of Cassino in April 1944. The text is written in both French and English and includes numerous aerial and ground photos and a map that shows the location of the German artillery positions. $5
British Air Ministry Report on Airfields, Landing Grounds, Seaplane Bases in North & West France 1944
One in a series of intelligence reports issued by the British Air Ministry relating to aircraft landing areas in Europe during WWII. The report lists airfields, landing grounds, seaplane bases. Information sheets describe the types of airfields, locations, and sizes and shapes, and includes descriptions of meteorological conditions, topography, and communications systems. Has almost 50 plans and annotated aerial photographs of the airfields. $15
Operations
Campaign in Belgium Map Atlas 1940
A post-war map atlas produced by the Belgian Ministry of Defense that shows the location of Belgian corps and divisions during the German invasion of Belgium, 9-8 May 1940. British, French, and German units are only shown at the army level. The atlas contains 20 maps, each with a brief text commentary. $8
British Combined Operations HQ Amphibious Ops Bulletins 1942-44
49 bulletins and reports issued by the British War Office's Combined Operations Headquarters concerning amphibious operations in the Mediterranean, Pacific, Normandy, and the Scheldt Estuary to include the use of landing craft and ships, classification and testing of beaches, beach organization and maintenance, the disguise of seagoing ships and craft, carriage of canoes in flying boast, mechanical aids for scaling cliffs, passage of underwater obstacles, beach defenses and obstacles, naval fire support, floatation of personnel and small arms, rocket projecting craft, unloading of aircraft by DUKW, LCA 'Hedgerow', sunken causeways, and lessons learned from Operations POSTERN, DIMINISH, HUSKY, RECKLESS, OVERLORD, and SWITCHBACK. $20
Fire Support of Seaborne Landings May 1945
54-page report by the British Joint Technical Warfare Committee titled "Fire Support of Seaborne Landings,” dated 10 May 1945 that describes the experience of naval fire support during Operation Overlord. Includes detailed tabular data of bombardment of German batteries in the British Assault area. $10
Allied Expeditionary Air Force Operations Nov 43 - Sep 44
140-page document "Despatch" by Air Chief-Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Air Commander-in-Chief, Allied Expeditionary Air Force which describes operations under his command from 15 November 1943 to 30 September 1944, to include the invasion of Europe and subsequent land operations in western Europe. The text is divided into sections - Command and Control, Policy and Planning, Narrative on Operations, Special Features, and Reflections on the Campaign - and has tabular data and several maps. $10
The US 30th Infantry Division versus the 1st SS Panzer Division 1944
An 8-page document titled “Defeat of the Leibstandarte Adolph Hitler” prepared by the staff of the US 30th Infantry Division and sent to the Commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps. The document succinctly describes how the division and its attached units fought and defeated the 1st SS Panzer Division “Leibstandarte Adolph Hitler” in the area of La Gleize, Stavelot, and Stoumont from 18-25 December 1944. $3
Study of the Effects of the Air Effort in the Capture of Calais 1945
220-page study produced by the Army Air Forces Evaluation Board in the European Theater of Operations. The report includes a brief description of the battle; technical data and results; a study of area, pinpoint, and ground attack targets; results of intelligence analysis; a discussion of bomb counts and casualties. Includes numerous data tables, 30 maps, and 16 photographs. $15
Seventh Army History of G-2 Operations in Europe 15 Aug 44 - 8 May 45
A 265-page document titled “G-2 History: Seventh Army Operations in Europe” for the period15 August 1944 - 31 May 1945. The text describes, from an intelligence point of view, the invasion of southern France (Operation Dragoon), the pursuit to the Vosges Mountains, battles for Alsace, operations during German operation “Nordwind,’ the breakthrough of the Siegfried Line (Westwall), crossing of the Rhine River, and the advance through southern Germany and into Austria. The text, supported by several maps and provides higher-level enemy order of battle information, describes enemy reactions to Seventh Army operations, and assesses opposing forces combat effectiveness. $15
US Strategic Bombing Studies & Reports 1945
Three reports and studies produced by the US Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS) to assess the effects of the Anglo-American strategic bombing of Germany in World War II: a 56-page “Report on the V Weapons (Crossbow) Campaign,” 24 Sep 45, which analyzes the air offensive against German V-weapons; a 25-page “A Study of Bombing Accuracy of USAAF Heavy & Medium Bombers in the ETO” which analyzes visual versus blind bombing and compares B-17 and B-24 accuracy; a 59-page “Weather Factors in Combat Bombardment of Operations in the ETO,” 3 Nov 45, which discusses the adequacy of weather information in the European Theater of Operations (ETO), weather as an operational factor and its impact aerial bombing. The documents contain lots of charts and tabular data. $15
Operation Eclipse Appreciation and Outline Plan 1945
30-page Top Secret document produced by the Supreme Allied Headquarters Europe titled "Appreciation and Outline Plan for Operation "ECLIPSE" (plans and preparations for operations in Europe in the event of German surrender), dated 24 Nov 44. The document has three maps and two supplemental memorandums that describe the probable form the German collapse and resulting conditions, outline of the operation, considerations affecting the plan, command and control, and resources available. $5
Armored Vehicles
History of US Halftrack Vehicles & Armored Cars 1940-44
Three documents from the US Army Office of the Chief of Ordnance that document the history and development of US halftrack vehicles and armored cars: "A History of United States Halftrack Vehicles," 203 pages; "Design, Development, Engineering and Production of Half-Track Vehicles 1940-44," 25 pages; and "Development, Engineering and Production of Armored Cars 1940-44," 39 pages. The documents include 87 full-page photographs. $15
US Army Flame Thrower & Demolition Tanks
49 images of a document from the US Army Office of the Chief of Ordnance titled "Special Full Track Armored Vehicles" that describes the development and characteristics of the M42A1, M42A3, T33, and T35 Flame Thrower Tanks, the M600 Flame Thrower Servicing Truck, and the T31 Demolition Tank. The document includes 15 full-page photographs. $8
Design, Development & Production of US Tanks in WWII
Four documents from the US Army Office of the Chief of Ordnance that document the history and development of US light, medium, and heavy tanks: "The Design, Development & Production of US Tanks in World War II", 57 pages; "The Design, Development & Production of US Light Tanks" that describes the M2, M3, M5, M24, and M22 series tanks, 17 pages; "Development of the US Medium Tanks M3 & M4", 8 pages; and "Heavy Tanks and Assault Tanks" that describes heavy tanks M6, M6A1 (T1E2, T1E3), M6A2E1, M26 (T26E1, T26E3), M26E, T1, T1E1, T1E4, T26, T1E1, T1E4, T26, T26E2, T26E4, T26E5, T28, T29, T30, T32, and Assault Tank T14, 143 pages. The documents include 54 photographs. $20
Development of US Army 105mm Self-Propelled Artillery
Three documents from the US Army Office of the Chief of Ordnance that describe the history and development of US 105mm self-propelled artillery on various halftrack carriers and tracked armored vehicles: "Development History of 105-mm Gun and Howitzer Motor Carriages and 25-pdr Gun Motor Carriage,” 146 pages; “Development History of the 105mm Gun Motor Carriage T95 (Formerly Heavy Tank, T28),” 35 pages; and 16 pages of documents from a file titled “Redesignation of Heavy Tank T28 as Gun Motor Carriage T95.” The documents include 38 full-page photographs. $15
History of the US Navy Landing Vehicle, Tracked 1941-45
84-page document from the Secretary of the Navy titled "History of Landing Vehicle, Tracked" that describes the development, production, and war history of the Landing Vehicle, Tracked (LVT). The document includes 33 full-page photographs and a list of major operations in which LVTs were used. $8
US Army Future Tank Designs 1943-46
Four documents from the US Army Office of the Chief of Ordnance that describe future tank designs: a 13-page document "Medium Tank T20 Series" dated 1943 that describes a replacement tank for the M4; a 22-page document "New Tanks for 1944" that briefly describes the T20, T23, T20E3, T22, T25, T26 medium tanks; a 24-page document "New Tanks and Gun Motor Carriages" dated 1946 that briefly describes the M24, M26, T26E4, T29, T30, T32, T34, T95 tanks and the M41, T84, T92, T93 self-propelled howitzers; and a file that describes the development and testing of the Bigley Gun Motor Carriage (Bigley Tank), which was an experimental, high-speed armored vehicle with a Christie suspension. The documents contain 36 full-page photographs and illustrations. $15
Pacific Theater
Photo Intelligence Studies of Japanese Installations 1942-45
Various documents produced by the US Navy as illustrated reference study guides for photographic interpreters to use in the identification of Japanese installations and weapons systems. The studies contain numerous aerial and ground photographs, maps, diagrams and perspective drawings. Note: Most of the photos are printed on the text pages and are of variable quality.
- Japanese Installations at Attu & Kiska 1942: 142 images of an illustrated report produced by the US Navy Photographic Interpretation Unit about Japanese Installations on Attu and Kiska islands in 1942. The report uses aerial interpretation and ground reconnaissance for damage assessment and to describe Japanese air facilities, shipping, guns, tanks, searchlights, beach defenses, harbor facilities, radar, radio and telephone, electric power, housing, camouflage, roads and transportation, storage, water systems, and shrines. $10
- Japanese Anti-Aircraft & Coastal Defense Guns 1945: 91 images of a US Navy Photographic Intelligence Center document titled "Japanese Anti-Aircraft & Coastal Defense Guns." Included in the study are photographs and technical data for machine guns, automatic anti-aircraft, heavy anti-aircraft, coastal defense, and dummy guns as well as anti-aircraft, radar, and coastal fire control. $10
- Japanese Anti-Aircraft & Coastal Defense Positions 1943-44: Two documents titled "Photographic Interpretation of Japanese Anti-Aircraft and Coastal Defense Positions" (a 29-page base study dated 1943 and 76-page addenda, dated 1944) prepared by the US Navy Anacostia Photographic Interpretation Unit for the identification of Japanese Anti-Aircraft & Coastal Defense Positions. Included in the studies are photographs and technical data for machine gun, automatic anti-aircraft, heavy anti-aircraft, coastal defense, radar and range-finder positions. $10
- Japanese Pillboxes, Barricades & Searchlights 1944: Three documents produced by the US Navy Anacostia Photographic Interpretation Unit - a 33-page study titled "Japanese Pillboxes" that examines pillboxes constructed of coconut log, coral rock, and concrete, a 29-page study titled "Japanese Barricades" that examines anti-tank, anti-boat, and anti-personnel barriers, and a 25-page report titled "Japanese Searchlights" that examines mobile and fixed searchlight installations. $10
- Japanese Aircraft & Aircraft Shelters 1944-45: Two photographic intelligence reports: a 99-page report titled "Japanese Aircraft" dated 1945 and a 32-page report titled "Japanese Aircraft Shelters" dated 1944 prepared by the Air Intelligence Group Division of Naval Intelligence, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations for the identification of Japanese aircraft and aircraft shelters. Included in the reports are identification data, silhouettes, and photographs of multi-engine, single engine, and seaplane aircraft; and construction data and photographs of various types of aircraft shelters. $10
- Japanese Electronics 1945: A 141-page report document titled "Japanese Electronics" prepared by the Air Intelligence Group Division of Naval Intelligence, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations as a pictorial reference guide to Japanese radar, communication, direct finding, and navigational aid and related installations. Included are numerous data charts, diagrams, and photographs. The report also has comparative data and photos of German radars. $10
- Japanese Landing Craft, Buildings, Supply Dumps, & Camouflage 1944-45: Four photographic intelligence reports: a 14-page document titled "Japanese Landing Craft" dated 1944, a 53-page report titled "Japanese Camouflage", a 137-page report titled "Japanese Military Buildings" dated 1945, and a 52-page report titled "Japanese Supply Dumps" dated 1944. Included in the reports are photographs of the different types of Japanese landing craft; the various types of camouflaged used on emplacements, buildings, aircraft; and summary data and photographs of the Japanese military buildings, supply installations and shelters. $15
Japanese Tanks & Tank Tactics 1944
80-page booklet titled "Japanese Tanks and Tank Tactics" produced by the US War Department's Military Intelligence Service in November 1944. The text describes the organization, tactics, and equipment of Japanese tank troops. Includes many photographs. $5
Japanese Suicide Units & Operations 1944-5
US Navy documents, memorandum, and studies concerning suicide attacks by Japanese aircraft to include: a 27-page Naval Intelligence Office study titled "Observed Suicide Attacks by Japanese Aircraft against Allied Ships" that analyzes aircraft suicide attacks against Allied shipping from Oct 44 to Jun 45; a 38-page booklet from the US Pacific Command titled "Suicide Weapons and Tactics: Know Your Enemy," dated 28 May 45; an Air Technical Service Command file containing documents and memorandum concerning the an evaluation of the Japanese Piloted, Rocket-Propelled Bomb, BAKA; numerous memorandum from various US Pacific Fleet commands and ships recommending measures for defense against and defeat of suicide plane attacks; and various documents from the Chief of Naval Operations concerning the formation, training, operations, and performance of suicide aircraft units with detailed tabular data on the results of Japanese suicide aircraft attacks. Included are two documents about suicide boat units. $20
US Air Force Analysis of Strategic Mining Blockade of the Japanese Empire 1945
56-page text and graphic analysis produced by the US Twentieth Air Force to describe the methods used to by B-29s of the 313th Very Heavy Bombardment Wing to conduct an aerial mining campaign of the Japanese Empire in 1945. The document includes lots of data, facts, and lessons learned, and numerous charts, maps, and diagrams. $10
Manuals
TM 5-267 Camouflage 1943
36-page US War Department Technical Manual (TM) 5-267 titled "Camouflage," dated 1 Sept 43. The manual provides tips and techniques for concealing beach defenses, bivouacs, motor parks, and rear area camps; how to mitigate the effects of shadows; an explanation of the mission of camouflage units, and notes on camouflage methods and techniques used during the North African campaign. The manual is well illustrated with black & white and color drawings and photographs. $5
US Army Armor Manuals 1942-45
Nine US Army Armored Force manuals: 50-page “FM 17 Employment of Armored Units, The Armored Division” (No Date) that explains the tactical training and operation of armored divisions; 85-page “FM 17-5 Armored Force Drill” (1943) that explains on the unit drills used on the parade field and in combat; 168-page “FM 17-42 Armored Infantry Battalion” (1944) that describes the tactical employment of the armored infantry battalion; 82-page “FM 17-50 Supply, Evacuation, and Trains, Armored Units” (1945) that covers the supply of armored units and the evacuation of personnel, prisoners, vehicles, and equipment; 29-page “FM 17-55 Trains and Trains Headquarters Company, Armored Division” (1942) that explains the organization and employment of armored division trains; 32-page “FM 17-57 Supply Battalion, Armored Division” (1942) that covers the operation of the supply battalion; 65-page “FM 17-63 Service of the Piece, 105-mm Howitzer Self-Propelled” (1942) that prescribes the duties required to service and operate a 105mm self-propelled howitzer; 60-page “FM 17-58 Armored Maintenance Battalion, Tactical Employment” (1942) that describes the employment and functions of the maintenance battalion in combat; and 107-page “FM 17-100 The Armored Division” (1944) that describes the tactical employment of armored divisions. Collectively, these manuals describe how the US Army employed tanks and their supporting arms in combat. $15
WWII US Army Field Artillery Manuals 1939-44
Eight US Army Field Artillery manuals: 49-page “FM 6-65 Service of the Piece 75-mm Gun, M1917A1 Truck-Drawn 1939”; 58-page “FM 6-70 Service of the Piece 75-mm Howitzer, Horse And Truck-Drawn 1939”; 58-page “FM 6-75 Service of the Piece 105-mm Howitzer, M2, Truck-Drawn 1941”; 55-page “FM 6-80 Service of the Piece 155-mm Howitzer, M1918A1 Truck-Drawn 1939”; 82-page “FM 6-85 Service of the Piece 155-mm Gun, M1918 1939”; and 85-page “FM 6-91 Service of the Piece 8-Inch Howitzer M1 1942” that prescribes the duties required to service and operate the artillery pieces; 84-page “FM 6-100 Tactics and Techniques of Division Artillery and Higher Artillery Echelons 1944” that describes the mission, organization and principles of employment of division, corps and war department reserve artillery; and 122-page “FM 6-130 Field Artillery Manual Reference Data 1940” that describes the ammunition, field orders, training, records and reports, camouflage and field fortifications, and movements needed to employ artillery in support of tactical operations. $15
After Action Reports
The Raid on Dieppe Lessons Learnt 1942
A 14-page document created by the Combined Operations Headquarters detailing the principal lessons learned from the raid on Dieppe including naval and air bombardment, beach reconnaissance, security, landing tanks, and special vessels, September 1942. $5
Combat Experiences of the Tunisian Campaign 1942-43
Three combat experiences and lesson learned documents produced by the Allied Force Headquarters after the conclusion of fighting in Tunisia: 39-page document “Lessons of the Tunisian Campaign 1942-43 – British Forces”; 41-page document “Lessons from the Tunisian Campaign;” and an 86-page pamphlet "Training Notes from Recent Fighting in Tunisia: Experiences, Observations, and Opinions Collected from Men and Frontline Units - March 18-30, 1943." $8
US II Corps Report of Operations in Northern Tunisia Apr-May 1943
37-page report of operations conducted by the US II Corps to capture Bizerta and surrounding territory in northern Tunisia from 23 April to 9 May 1943. Includes one map and several charts. $3
Seventh Army Operations in Sicily Jul-Aug 1943
336-page official report titled “Report of Operations of the Seventh Army in the Sicilian Campaign, 10 July - 17 August 1943” that provides a detailed summary of the Seventh Army’s planning, operations, lessons learned, orders, and staff section activity reports. Includes 36 detailed maps of the campaign. $15
US Army Unit Histories
Armored Command 1940-43
62-page illustrated booklet titled “Armored Command” published in 1943 that briefly explains the origins, organization, and leadership of early war US Armored Forces. Included are several short photo essays of the 1st through 14th, 16th, 20th Armored Divisions, and various support branches that made up the US Army’s armored force. $5
History of the US Army's Tactical Deception Unit 1944-45
123-page document titled "Official History of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, 1944-45" that describes the US Army's only WWII tactical battlefield deception unit. The unit conducted 22 deception operations in Europe against the German Army from Normandy to the Rhine River. Some of these operations had a significant impact upon how the battles in Europe were fought. The document describes the activation and organization of the unit, provides a short synopsis of each deception operation, and has a list of awards and decorations received by unit personnel. Includes 3 photographs and 28 maps. $15
Twelfth Army Group Engineer Operations 1945
57-page history "The Rhine Crossing: Twelfth Army Group Engineer Operations" that describes Allied engineer operations to cross the Rhine River in 1945. Has 13 maps, numerous charts and low- resolution photographs. $5
Fifteenth Army 1944-45
146-page history titled “History of the Fifteenth United States Army” that describes the army’s formation in August 1944, its arrival in Europe in December 1944, and its missions to train and rehabilitate units that suffered heavy losses during the Ardennes Campaign, contain German forces in the Lorient-St. Nazaire Pockets, assist the envelopment of the Ruhr Pocket, occupy and civil administrate the Saarland, Pfalz, and a portion of Hessen west of the Rhine River. This history provides a rare account of occupation duties in Germany before and after V-E Day. Includes low-resolution photographs, 19 detailed maps, and 21 charts. $5
V Corps Operations 1942-45
511-page unit history titled "V Corps Operations in the ETO, 6 Jan 1942 - 9 May 1945." This is much more than a
typical unit history. This volume is a detailed day-to-day, fully mapped, illustrated narrative based on official reports and records, unit histories, and after-action reports. It is chock full of information and data and has 147 maps with friendly and enemy positions, numerous order of battle charts for the corps and its subordinate units detailing operations from OMAHA Beach, across France and Belgium to Luxembourg during the Battle of the Bulge, through the Westwall (Siegfried Line) into Germany, across the Rhine River into central Germany, and over the Elbe River into Czechoslovakia. Note, the original volume suffered water damage and some pages show signs of staining. Also, the page numbering in this volume is out of order in one section, but all pages are present and have been scanned. $20
XVII Corps 1944-45
560-page history that describes the corps’ formation, training in the US, overseas movement to England and assignment to the US Third Army, operations in Normandy, advance across France, the liberation of Nancy, attack in the Saar, the Battle of the Bulge, attack through the Siegfried Line, crossing of the Moselle and Rhine Rivers, advance across central Germany to Austria, occupation duty, and redeployment. Includes the corps’ station lists and strengths, units, engagements, campaigns, headquarters personnel roster, numerous low-resolution photos, and more than 50 maps and charts. $8
XVI Corps 1943-45
111-page book titled “History of the XVI Corps, From Its Activation to the End of the War in Europe.” The corps fought as part of the Ninth Army, during the Roer and Rhine River crossings, elimination of the Ruhr Pocket, and the advance through central Germany. Includes photographs, maps, charts, and a listing of units that served with the corps. $5
XIX Corps: Normandy to the Elbe 1944-45
57-page illustrated official history of the XIX Corps. The corps fought as part of the First and Ninth Armies, fighting on the Western Front. Includes a listing of units that served with the corps. $5\
9th Armored Division 1944-45
A short 38-page booklet titled “The Story of the 9th Armored Division” written for members of the division to commemorate their combat service. The booklet describes the division’s actions during the Battle of the Bulge, the drive across the Roer River, capture of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, the encirclement of the Ruhr Pocket, the advance across Germany to Leipzig, and the advance into Czechoslovakia. The booklet includes several low-resolution photos, illustrations, and a map. $1
10th and 11th Armored Divisions 1944-45
Two short 38-page booklets written for members of the divisions to commemorate their combat service. The 10th Armored Division booklet “Terrify and Destroy: The Story of the 10th Armored Division” describes the division’s actions during the Battle of the Bulge, attack through the Saar and across central Germany past Heilbronn to Crailsheim and Ulm. The 11th Armored Division booklet “The Story of the Eleventh Armored Division” describes the containment of the Lorient pocket in France, the Battle of the Bulge, the advance to and crossing of the Rhine River, and then across central Germany to Linz, Austria. Each booklet includes several low-resolution photos, illustrations, and a map. $3
12th Armored Division 1942-45
94-page pictorial history titled “A History of the United States Twelfth Armored Division, 15 September 1942 - 17 December 1945” that describes the division’s operations from November 1944 to May 1945 in Lorraine, Alsace, crossing of the Rhine River in the Worms-Speyer area, advance to Wuerzburg, Munich, and northern Austria. Has a four-page combat chronology, four maps, and numerous low-resolution photographs. Also includes a campaign map of the division’s operations from 5 Dec 44 to 5 May 45. $5
13th Airborne Division 1943-45
400-page page unit history of the 13th Airborne Division that describes the formation, training, and activities of the division which, other than its 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment which fought in both Italy and the Ardennes, saw little combat in Europe. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs, unit data, lists of awards and a roster of members of the division. $5
20th Armored Division 1943-45
165-page unit history titled “Armor in the ETO” that describes the division's battles in central Germany from the crossing of the Rhine River near Cologne, to the battle for Munich and the liberation of Dachau concentration camp, to war’s end in Salzburg, Austria. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs. $5
45th Infantry Division 1940-45
202-page unit history "The Fighting 45th - The Combat Report of an Infantry Division" that describes the division's battles in Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Southern France, Rhineland, and Central Germany. Has numerous low-resolution photographs and six beautiful color maps. Also includes are six high-resolution campaign maps of the division’s movements in during the Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Southern France, Rhineland, and Central Germany campaigns. $5
75th Infantry Division 1944-45
48-page unit history titled “75th Infantry Division in Combat” that describes the division's battles in Ardennes, Colmar Pocket, and the Ruhr. Includes three maps. $3
76th Infantry Division 1942-45
248-page unit history "We Ripened Fast: The Unofficial History of the 76th Infantry Division" that describes the division's battles in Belgium, Luxembourg, Siegfried Line, Sauer-Moselle, the Rhine River, Kassel, Erfurt, Chemnitz. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs, 14 beautifully illustrated color maps, unit data, lists of casualties and awards. $5
79th Infantry Division 1942-45
200-page unit history titled “The Cross of Lorraine: A Combat of the 79th Infantry Division” that describes the division’s battle for Cherbourg, advance across France and the Seine River, advance through Alsace and Belgium, across the Rhine River into central Germany, and the advance to southern Germany. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs and numerous maps. $5
83rd Infantry Division 1942-45
119-page unit history "Thunderbolt Across Europe - A History of the 83rd Infantry Division 1942-45" that describes the division's battles in Normandy, Brittany, Rhineland, and Central Germany. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs, lots of unit data, and eight color maps. $5
91st Infantry Division Operational Data 1944-45
Unusual 30-page document loaded with tabular data concerning the division’s attachments and detachments, daily battle casualties and prisoner of war count, and 22 maps that show the division’s front line positions, sectors, and locations in Italy from June 44 to May 45. $3
91st Infantry Division Artillery 1942-45
87-page unit history titled “On the Way!: The Story of the 91st Division Artillery” that describes the divisional artillery’s participation in the Italian campaign battles of the Arno River, Po Valley, and the North Apennines. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs and three maps. $5
71st Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Division 1944-45
170-page pictorial history of the 71st Infantry Regiment that briefly describes the regiment’s operations with 44th Infantry Division in the Luneville and Sarrebourg areas, its attack through the Maginot Line (Simserhof) and Westwall to Worms and Mannheim, and the advance across central Germany to Austria. Incudes a roster of unit members and a list of those killed in action. $5
28th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division 1944-45
112-page pictorial history of the 28th Infantry Regiment that briefly describes the regiment’s operations with 8th Infantry Division from July 1944 to May 1945 in Normandy, Brest, Northern France, Luxembourg, Hürtgen Forest, and the Ruhr Pocket. Includes a roster of unit members that were killed in action. Approximately half of the history consists of rosters and photographs of the regiment’s officers and soldiers. $4
313th Infantry Regiment 1942-45
203-page history titled “History of the 313th Infantry in World War II” that describes the regiment’s activation and training in the United States; its deployment to Europe; and its combat action in Normandy (the capture of Cherbourg and St Lo), Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe; and inactivation in the United States. Includes six maps, several low-resolution photographs, a list of officers and enlisted who served with the regiment, and the text of the regiment’s distinguished unit citation. $5
329th Infantry Regiment 1942-45
248-page unit history "We Ripened Fast: The Unofficial History of the 76th Infantry Division" that describes the division's battles in Belgium, Luxembourg, Siegfried Line, Sauer-Moselle, the Rhine River, Kassel, Erfurt, Chemnitz. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs, 14 beautifully illustrated color maps, unit data, lists of casualties, and awards. $5
366th Infantry Regiment 1941
84-page pictorial history of the unit during its activation and training at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. The book is written in the style of a yearbook with short biographies of the unit’s commanders and staff officers and group photos of the soldiers. The regiment, an African American unit, was sent to Italy as part of the 92nd Infantry Division. $5
377th Infantry Regiment 1942-1945
A 224-page history of the 377th Infantry Regiment that describes the regiment’s formation in 1942 and its activities as part of the 95th Infantry Division during the battles for Metz, France; Saarlautern, Germany; Maastricht, Holland; the Ruhr Pocket, and then occupation duty in the Ruhr region The history contains a few maps, numerous low-resolution photos, a pictorial roster of those soldiers who were with the regiment at Camp Shelby after the regiment returned to the United States, and a list of unit members who were killed in action or died of wounds. $
394th Infantry Regiment 1944-45
A short 57-page pamphlet titled “The Story of the 394th Infantry” written by the members of the regiment to commemorate its combat service as part of the 99th Infantry Division during the Battle of the Bulge, Remagen Bridge and the Rhineland, the Ruhr Pocket, and the advance to the Danube River. Includes several low-resolution photos, illustrations, and a map. $3
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment 1942-43
192-page unit history of the regiment while training at Fort Benning, Georgia 1942-43 before it deployed to the UK in late 1943. The book has the feel of a high school yearbook with photographs of the staff and units, sporting and social activities, and general activities of the regiment. $5
3rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron 1944-45
178-page unit history of the 3rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron that describes the unit’s combat history as part of the Third Cavalry Group of the Third Army during campaigns in Normandy, France, Germany, and Austria. $5
38th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron 1942-45
54-page history titled “A Short History of the 38th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)” that describes unit operations in Normandy, Paris (the first American unit to enter the capital city), Belgium, the Siegfried Line in Germany, the defense of Monshau during the Battle of the Bulge, and finally the unit’s advance across Central Germany. Includes six maps and lists of officers and senior NCOs and personnel awards. $5
10th Tank Battalion 1943-44
128-page official unit history of the 10th Tank Battalion from its designation at Pine Camp, New York in Sep 43 to its combat history in northern France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany up to 31 Dec 44 as part of the 5th Armored Division. The battalion was heavily engaged in combat action along the Siegfried Line near Aachen and in the Hurtgen Forest. This is not a post-war history of the unit. It is a series of documents prepared by the battalion staff and submitted to higher headquarters as its official history. The documents have detailed information about the battalion to include unit strength, casualties, award citations, and a brief description of combat actions. $8
68th Tank Battalion 1944-45
53-page unit history titled “The 68th Tank Battalion in Combat” that describes the battalion’s participation as part of the 6th Armored Division in the battles for Brittany, Lorient, Nancy, the Ardennes, the Siegfried Line, Saarland, and central Germany. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs and a roster of unit officers and non-commissioned officers. $5
717th Tank Battalion 1943-45
71-page document titled "717th Tank Battalion Record" that describes the battalion's battles while crossing the Rhine River and in the Ruhr region of Germany while attached to the 79th Division. Includes low-resolution photographs. $5
752nd Tank Battalion 1941-45
78-page history that describes in detail the battalion’s activation and participation in the North African and Italian campaigns. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs and a unit roster. $5
811th Tank Destroyer Battalion 1942-45
Post-war 75-page unit history titled “History of the 811th Tank Destroyer Battalion that briefly describes the unit’s debarkation in Normandy, advance across France to Luxembourg during the Battle of the Bulge, through central and southern Germany into Austria. Includes a unit roster and casualty list, a few low-resolution photographs, and a map. $5
8th Infantry Division Artillery 1940-45
110-page pictorial history titled “Eighth Infantry Division: A Combat History by Regiments and Special Units” that describes artillery operations in Normandy, Brittany, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe. Includes five maps, numerous low-resolution photographs, including portrait photos of the unit’s members organized by battery. $5
74th Field Artillery Battalion 1940-45
93-page unit history titled “Battalion History of the 74th Field Artillery Battalion” that describes the unit’s pre-war and war time training at various military posts such as Fort Sill, Fort Ord, Camp Hunter Liggett, and Camp Polk; departure to the United Kingdom and then Mainland Europe, and its occupation in Cologne until the war ended in May 1945. Slated for departure to the Pacific Theatre the battalion was deactivated at Fort Jackson when Japan surrendered. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs and a roster of the battalion’s personnel. $5
83rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion 1941-45
93-page unit history titled “Eighty Third Field Artillery Battalion” that describes the unit’s re-organization at Forts Bragg and Sill after war began in 1941, departure to and stationing in England, landing in Normandy in late July 1944, operations as a corps artillery unit in Brittany, northern France, Belgium and central Germany while assigned the Third and First Armies. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs, a roster of the battalion’s personnel, and a series of small anecdotal stories bout each battery. $5
Second Chemical Mortar Battalion 1935-45
63-page history of the battalion that describes its combat action during the campaigns in Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Southern France, Rhineland (including the attack on the Maginot and Siegfried Lines in the Bitche and Zweibrucken areas, and the Rhine River crossing at Worms), and Central Europe. Includes a list of commands supported by the battalion, unit citations, and individual decorations, several low-resolution photographs, and six maps. $3
86th Chemical Mortar Battalion 1943-45
83-page unit history titled “The 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion Presents its Battle History” that describes the unit’s formation in the US, transit through the United Kingdom and its participation in the Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe campaigns. Includes a travel and location chart, rosters of unit personnel, a casualty list, several low-resolution photographs, and a map. $5
156th Field Artillery Battalion 1944-45
86-page history titled “156th Field Artillery Battalion: 1648-1945,” that describes the battalion’s debarkation at Cherbourg, movement across France, its first combat action at Luneville, and subsequent action in northern Alsace and against the German-held Maginot Line fort at Simserhof, and its part in the final drive across Germany through Kaiserslautern, Worms, Mannheim, Ulm, and Fussen. Includes a few simple maps, numerous low-resolution photographs, lists of casualties and awards, and a roster of unit personnel. $5
957th Field Artillery Battalion 1943-45
148-page history titled “End of Mission - 957th Field-Artillery Battalion” that describes the battalion’s combat action during battles for Cherbourg, the advance across France and Belgium, in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge, for the Siegfried Line to Remagen crossing, and through central German to Leipzig. Includes a few low-resolution photographs, several color maps, unit statistics, a casualty list, and a roster of unit personnel. $5
985th Field Artillery Battalion 1943-45
59-page history of a 155 mm gun M1 “Long Tom” artillery battalion that served in Italy. Includes a map and some low-resolution photographs, and lists of unit personnel, commendations, and awards. $3
246th Coast Artillery (Harbor Defense) 1940-41
73-page pictorial history of the unit written in the style of a yearbook with short biographies of the unit’s officers and group photos of the soldiers. The regiment manned coastal defenses in and around Fort Story, Virginia. $3
108th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group 1942-45
74-page history that briefly describes the unit’s time in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe. There are eleven pages of unit history. The remainder of the book is a series of individual and group photos of unit members. The 108th AAA Group was one of the first anti-aircraft groups to land at Normandy after D-Day and was the headquarters that organized the anti-aircraft defenses of Cherbourg and the airfields used by airborne units during the crossing of the Rhine River. $5
355th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion 1942-45
276-page history of the battalion titled “Carthaginians, Romans, and Americans” that describes the formation of the battalion in San Diego, California and its action in North Africa and Italy. Includes many low-resolution photos and a roster of personnel with photographs. $5
602nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion 1942-45
42-page unit history titled “History of 602 AAA Gun Battalion” that describes the unit’s activation at Fort Bliss in 1942; its air defense duties in the New York City area from July 1942 to January 1944, Britain from May and June 1944, Le Havre, France from September to November 1944, its defense against aircraft and V-I flying bombs in the Liege and Antwerp areas from December 1944 to April 1945, and finally its administration of repatriated American prisoners of war camps in France in May and June 1945. This history type-written by the battalion adjutant to document the battalion’s accomplishments for distribution to the battalion at the end of the war. $3
XIX Corps Engineers 1944-45
89-page history of the activities – primarily bridging and road repair – of engineer units assigned XIX Corps during its operations in Normandy, France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. Includes a statistical summary of the corps’ engineer operations and casualties, numerous low-resolution photographs and 16 maps. $3
299th Engineer Combat Battalion 1943-45
77-page informal “soldiers’” history titled “The Famous 299th” written by the battalion adjutant to describe the unit’s formation and training in the United States; its transport to the United Kingdom; and its operations on Omaha Beach during D-Day, post-invasion activity in Normandy, activities in Belgium and Holland and during the Battle of the Bulge, and then bridging operations to cross the Roer and Rhine Rivers in Germany. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs and a list of unit members killed in action. $3
348th Engineer Battalion 1942-45
103-page pictorial history titled “Pack Up and Move” that describes the battalion’s activation and training, its landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day; its work in Cherbourg; bridge building in Belgium, the Ruhr region, and central Germany; and post-war projects. Includes a few maps and numerous low-resolution photographs. $3
Miscellaneous
Our American Heroes 1942-43
111-page book titled “Our American Heroes” published in 1943 to showcase the stories of service members who fought in the early years of American involvement in World War II (January 42 to June 1943). The stories are done in graphic novel style by some of the foremost illustrators of the time. The book has twenty-six stories: Marine Corps (Wake Island, Henry Tully, Diamond and Rivers Schmidt, John Smith), Navy (Ed O’Hare, Don Mason, John Bulkeley, Fred Warner, Arthur Robinson, Dick Parunak, George Gay, Eddie Armes, Dick Breckenridge, Tommy Gatch, Doug Monore (USCG)), and Army and Army Air Corps (Colin Kelley, Art Wermouth, Jimmie Doolittle, Dot Daley, Charlie Kegelman, Frank Koons, Charlie Paine, Mark Wayne Clark, Don Delco, Eddie Rickenbacker, Red Hightower). $5
The Warsaw Ghetto is no More (Stroop Report)
Generalmajor der Polizei Jürgen Stroop’s The Warsaw Ghetto is No More (Es gibt keinen jüdischen Wohnbezirk in Warschau mehr!); commonly known among historians as the “Stroop Report.” Stroop’s seventy-seven-page report is a day-by-day account of the operation to eliminate the Warsaw Ghetto uprising in 1943 prepared for senior German and police leaders. The report contains a list of units that participated in the operation, a detailed list of all killed and wounded German personnel, daily reports of the action from 20 April 43 to 24 May 43, and photographs. The document scanned for this item was captured by the US Army Seventh Army and used to prosecute German leaders. It contains 77 scanned images of the original German-language report that was entered into evidence at by the US Army at the International Tribunal Military Tribunal in Nuremburg, Germany in 1945, 53 scanned images of the report’s pictorial report (Bildbericht) with its 48 photographs of the operation. Included is the US Army’s translation of the photograph captions, 65 scanned images of the US Army’s English-language translation of the report. The first two pages of the document include a background and analysis of the report produced by the US Office of the Chief Counsel at Nuremburg. $15
Armored Command 1940-43
62-page illustrated booklet titled “Armored Command” published in 1943 that briefly explains the origins, organization, and leadership of early war US Armored Forces. Included are several short photo essays of the 1st through 14th, 16th, 20th Armored Divisions, and various support branches that made up the US Army’s armored force. $5
History of the US Army's Tactical Deception Unit 1944-45
123-page document titled "Official History of the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, 1944-45" that describes the US Army's only WWII tactical battlefield deception unit. The unit conducted 22 deception operations in Europe against the German Army from Normandy to the Rhine River. Some of these operations had a significant impact upon how the battles in Europe were fought. The document describes the activation and organization of the unit, provides a short synopsis of each deception operation, and has a list of awards and decorations received by unit personnel. Includes 3 photographs and 28 maps. $15
Twelfth Army Group Engineer Operations 1945
57-page history "The Rhine Crossing: Twelfth Army Group Engineer Operations" that describes Allied engineer operations to cross the Rhine River in 1945. Has 13 maps, numerous charts and low- resolution photographs. $5
Fifteenth Army 1944-45
146-page history titled “History of the Fifteenth United States Army” that describes the army’s formation in August 1944, its arrival in Europe in December 1944, and its missions to train and rehabilitate units that suffered heavy losses during the Ardennes Campaign, contain German forces in the Lorient-St. Nazaire Pockets, assist the envelopment of the Ruhr Pocket, occupy and civil administrate the Saarland, Pfalz, and a portion of Hessen west of the Rhine River. This history provides a rare account of occupation duties in Germany before and after V-E Day. Includes low-resolution photographs, 19 detailed maps, and 21 charts. $5
V Corps Operations 1942-45
511-page unit history titled "V Corps Operations in the ETO, 6 Jan 1942 - 9 May 1945." This is much more than a
typical unit history. This volume is a detailed day-to-day, fully mapped, illustrated narrative based on official reports and records, unit histories, and after-action reports. It is chock full of information and data and has 147 maps with friendly and enemy positions, numerous order of battle charts for the corps and its subordinate units detailing operations from OMAHA Beach, across France and Belgium to Luxembourg during the Battle of the Bulge, through the Westwall (Siegfried Line) into Germany, across the Rhine River into central Germany, and over the Elbe River into Czechoslovakia. Note, the original volume suffered water damage and some pages show signs of staining. Also, the page numbering in this volume is out of order in one section, but all pages are present and have been scanned. $20
XVII Corps 1944-45
560-page history that describes the corps’ formation, training in the US, overseas movement to England and assignment to the US Third Army, operations in Normandy, advance across France, the liberation of Nancy, attack in the Saar, the Battle of the Bulge, attack through the Siegfried Line, crossing of the Moselle and Rhine Rivers, advance across central Germany to Austria, occupation duty, and redeployment. Includes the corps’ station lists and strengths, units, engagements, campaigns, headquarters personnel roster, numerous low-resolution photos, and more than 50 maps and charts. $8
XVI Corps 1943-45
111-page book titled “History of the XVI Corps, From Its Activation to the End of the War in Europe.” The corps fought as part of the Ninth Army, during the Roer and Rhine River crossings, elimination of the Ruhr Pocket, and the advance through central Germany. Includes photographs, maps, charts, and a listing of units that served with the corps. $5
XIX Corps: Normandy to the Elbe 1944-45
57-page illustrated official history of the XIX Corps. The corps fought as part of the First and Ninth Armies, fighting on the Western Front. Includes a listing of units that served with the corps. $5\
9th Armored Division 1944-45
A short 38-page booklet titled “The Story of the 9th Armored Division” written for members of the division to commemorate their combat service. The booklet describes the division’s actions during the Battle of the Bulge, the drive across the Roer River, capture of the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen, the encirclement of the Ruhr Pocket, the advance across Germany to Leipzig, and the advance into Czechoslovakia. The booklet includes several low-resolution photos, illustrations, and a map. $1
10th and 11th Armored Divisions 1944-45
Two short 38-page booklets written for members of the divisions to commemorate their combat service. The 10th Armored Division booklet “Terrify and Destroy: The Story of the 10th Armored Division” describes the division’s actions during the Battle of the Bulge, attack through the Saar and across central Germany past Heilbronn to Crailsheim and Ulm. The 11th Armored Division booklet “The Story of the Eleventh Armored Division” describes the containment of the Lorient pocket in France, the Battle of the Bulge, the advance to and crossing of the Rhine River, and then across central Germany to Linz, Austria. Each booklet includes several low-resolution photos, illustrations, and a map. $3
12th Armored Division 1942-45
94-page pictorial history titled “A History of the United States Twelfth Armored Division, 15 September 1942 - 17 December 1945” that describes the division’s operations from November 1944 to May 1945 in Lorraine, Alsace, crossing of the Rhine River in the Worms-Speyer area, advance to Wuerzburg, Munich, and northern Austria. Has a four-page combat chronology, four maps, and numerous low-resolution photographs. Also includes a campaign map of the division’s operations from 5 Dec 44 to 5 May 45. $5
13th Airborne Division 1943-45
400-page page unit history of the 13th Airborne Division that describes the formation, training, and activities of the division which, other than its 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment which fought in both Italy and the Ardennes, saw little combat in Europe. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs, unit data, lists of awards and a roster of members of the division. $5
20th Armored Division 1943-45
165-page unit history titled “Armor in the ETO” that describes the division's battles in central Germany from the crossing of the Rhine River near Cologne, to the battle for Munich and the liberation of Dachau concentration camp, to war’s end in Salzburg, Austria. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs. $5
45th Infantry Division 1940-45
202-page unit history "The Fighting 45th - The Combat Report of an Infantry Division" that describes the division's battles in Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Southern France, Rhineland, and Central Germany. Has numerous low-resolution photographs and six beautiful color maps. Also includes are six high-resolution campaign maps of the division’s movements in during the Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Southern France, Rhineland, and Central Germany campaigns. $5
75th Infantry Division 1944-45
48-page unit history titled “75th Infantry Division in Combat” that describes the division's battles in Ardennes, Colmar Pocket, and the Ruhr. Includes three maps. $3
76th Infantry Division 1942-45
248-page unit history "We Ripened Fast: The Unofficial History of the 76th Infantry Division" that describes the division's battles in Belgium, Luxembourg, Siegfried Line, Sauer-Moselle, the Rhine River, Kassel, Erfurt, Chemnitz. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs, 14 beautifully illustrated color maps, unit data, lists of casualties and awards. $5
79th Infantry Division 1942-45
200-page unit history titled “The Cross of Lorraine: A Combat of the 79th Infantry Division” that describes the division’s battle for Cherbourg, advance across France and the Seine River, advance through Alsace and Belgium, across the Rhine River into central Germany, and the advance to southern Germany. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs and numerous maps. $5
83rd Infantry Division 1942-45
119-page unit history "Thunderbolt Across Europe - A History of the 83rd Infantry Division 1942-45" that describes the division's battles in Normandy, Brittany, Rhineland, and Central Germany. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs, lots of unit data, and eight color maps. $5
91st Infantry Division Operational Data 1944-45
Unusual 30-page document loaded with tabular data concerning the division’s attachments and detachments, daily battle casualties and prisoner of war count, and 22 maps that show the division’s front line positions, sectors, and locations in Italy from June 44 to May 45. $3
91st Infantry Division Artillery 1942-45
87-page unit history titled “On the Way!: The Story of the 91st Division Artillery” that describes the divisional artillery’s participation in the Italian campaign battles of the Arno River, Po Valley, and the North Apennines. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs and three maps. $5
71st Infantry Regiment, 44th Infantry Division 1944-45
170-page pictorial history of the 71st Infantry Regiment that briefly describes the regiment’s operations with 44th Infantry Division in the Luneville and Sarrebourg areas, its attack through the Maginot Line (Simserhof) and Westwall to Worms and Mannheim, and the advance across central Germany to Austria. Incudes a roster of unit members and a list of those killed in action. $5
28th Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division 1944-45
112-page pictorial history of the 28th Infantry Regiment that briefly describes the regiment’s operations with 8th Infantry Division from July 1944 to May 1945 in Normandy, Brest, Northern France, Luxembourg, Hürtgen Forest, and the Ruhr Pocket. Includes a roster of unit members that were killed in action. Approximately half of the history consists of rosters and photographs of the regiment’s officers and soldiers. $4
313th Infantry Regiment 1942-45
203-page history titled “History of the 313th Infantry in World War II” that describes the regiment’s activation and training in the United States; its deployment to Europe; and its combat action in Normandy (the capture of Cherbourg and St Lo), Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe; and inactivation in the United States. Includes six maps, several low-resolution photographs, a list of officers and enlisted who served with the regiment, and the text of the regiment’s distinguished unit citation. $5
329th Infantry Regiment 1942-45
248-page unit history "We Ripened Fast: The Unofficial History of the 76th Infantry Division" that describes the division's battles in Belgium, Luxembourg, Siegfried Line, Sauer-Moselle, the Rhine River, Kassel, Erfurt, Chemnitz. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs, 14 beautifully illustrated color maps, unit data, lists of casualties, and awards. $5
366th Infantry Regiment 1941
84-page pictorial history of the unit during its activation and training at Fort Devens, Massachusetts. The book is written in the style of a yearbook with short biographies of the unit’s commanders and staff officers and group photos of the soldiers. The regiment, an African American unit, was sent to Italy as part of the 92nd Infantry Division. $5
377th Infantry Regiment 1942-1945
A 224-page history of the 377th Infantry Regiment that describes the regiment’s formation in 1942 and its activities as part of the 95th Infantry Division during the battles for Metz, France; Saarlautern, Germany; Maastricht, Holland; the Ruhr Pocket, and then occupation duty in the Ruhr region The history contains a few maps, numerous low-resolution photos, a pictorial roster of those soldiers who were with the regiment at Camp Shelby after the regiment returned to the United States, and a list of unit members who were killed in action or died of wounds. $
394th Infantry Regiment 1944-45
A short 57-page pamphlet titled “The Story of the 394th Infantry” written by the members of the regiment to commemorate its combat service as part of the 99th Infantry Division during the Battle of the Bulge, Remagen Bridge and the Rhineland, the Ruhr Pocket, and the advance to the Danube River. Includes several low-resolution photos, illustrations, and a map. $3
507th Parachute Infantry Regiment 1942-43
192-page unit history of the regiment while training at Fort Benning, Georgia 1942-43 before it deployed to the UK in late 1943. The book has the feel of a high school yearbook with photographs of the staff and units, sporting and social activities, and general activities of the regiment. $5
3rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron 1944-45
178-page unit history of the 3rd Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron that describes the unit’s combat history as part of the Third Cavalry Group of the Third Army during campaigns in Normandy, France, Germany, and Austria. $5
38th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron 1942-45
54-page history titled “A Short History of the 38th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron (Mechanized)” that describes unit operations in Normandy, Paris (the first American unit to enter the capital city), Belgium, the Siegfried Line in Germany, the defense of Monshau during the Battle of the Bulge, and finally the unit’s advance across Central Germany. Includes six maps and lists of officers and senior NCOs and personnel awards. $5
10th Tank Battalion 1943-44
128-page official unit history of the 10th Tank Battalion from its designation at Pine Camp, New York in Sep 43 to its combat history in northern France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and Germany up to 31 Dec 44 as part of the 5th Armored Division. The battalion was heavily engaged in combat action along the Siegfried Line near Aachen and in the Hurtgen Forest. This is not a post-war history of the unit. It is a series of documents prepared by the battalion staff and submitted to higher headquarters as its official history. The documents have detailed information about the battalion to include unit strength, casualties, award citations, and a brief description of combat actions. $8
68th Tank Battalion 1944-45
53-page unit history titled “The 68th Tank Battalion in Combat” that describes the battalion’s participation as part of the 6th Armored Division in the battles for Brittany, Lorient, Nancy, the Ardennes, the Siegfried Line, Saarland, and central Germany. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs and a roster of unit officers and non-commissioned officers. $5
717th Tank Battalion 1943-45
71-page document titled "717th Tank Battalion Record" that describes the battalion's battles while crossing the Rhine River and in the Ruhr region of Germany while attached to the 79th Division. Includes low-resolution photographs. $5
752nd Tank Battalion 1941-45
78-page history that describes in detail the battalion’s activation and participation in the North African and Italian campaigns. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs and a unit roster. $5
811th Tank Destroyer Battalion 1942-45
Post-war 75-page unit history titled “History of the 811th Tank Destroyer Battalion that briefly describes the unit’s debarkation in Normandy, advance across France to Luxembourg during the Battle of the Bulge, through central and southern Germany into Austria. Includes a unit roster and casualty list, a few low-resolution photographs, and a map. $5
8th Infantry Division Artillery 1940-45
110-page pictorial history titled “Eighth Infantry Division: A Combat History by Regiments and Special Units” that describes artillery operations in Normandy, Brittany, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe. Includes five maps, numerous low-resolution photographs, including portrait photos of the unit’s members organized by battery. $5
74th Field Artillery Battalion 1940-45
93-page unit history titled “Battalion History of the 74th Field Artillery Battalion” that describes the unit’s pre-war and war time training at various military posts such as Fort Sill, Fort Ord, Camp Hunter Liggett, and Camp Polk; departure to the United Kingdom and then Mainland Europe, and its occupation in Cologne until the war ended in May 1945. Slated for departure to the Pacific Theatre the battalion was deactivated at Fort Jackson when Japan surrendered. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs and a roster of the battalion’s personnel. $5
83rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion 1941-45
93-page unit history titled “Eighty Third Field Artillery Battalion” that describes the unit’s re-organization at Forts Bragg and Sill after war began in 1941, departure to and stationing in England, landing in Normandy in late July 1944, operations as a corps artillery unit in Brittany, northern France, Belgium and central Germany while assigned the Third and First Armies. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs, a roster of the battalion’s personnel, and a series of small anecdotal stories bout each battery. $5
Second Chemical Mortar Battalion 1935-45
63-page history of the battalion that describes its combat action during the campaigns in Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Southern France, Rhineland (including the attack on the Maginot and Siegfried Lines in the Bitche and Zweibrucken areas, and the Rhine River crossing at Worms), and Central Europe. Includes a list of commands supported by the battalion, unit citations, and individual decorations, several low-resolution photographs, and six maps. $3
86th Chemical Mortar Battalion 1943-45
83-page unit history titled “The 86th Chemical Mortar Battalion Presents its Battle History” that describes the unit’s formation in the US, transit through the United Kingdom and its participation in the Normandy, Northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland, and Central Europe campaigns. Includes a travel and location chart, rosters of unit personnel, a casualty list, several low-resolution photographs, and a map. $5
156th Field Artillery Battalion 1944-45
86-page history titled “156th Field Artillery Battalion: 1648-1945,” that describes the battalion’s debarkation at Cherbourg, movement across France, its first combat action at Luneville, and subsequent action in northern Alsace and against the German-held Maginot Line fort at Simserhof, and its part in the final drive across Germany through Kaiserslautern, Worms, Mannheim, Ulm, and Fussen. Includes a few simple maps, numerous low-resolution photographs, lists of casualties and awards, and a roster of unit personnel. $5
957th Field Artillery Battalion 1943-45
148-page history titled “End of Mission - 957th Field-Artillery Battalion” that describes the battalion’s combat action during battles for Cherbourg, the advance across France and Belgium, in the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge, for the Siegfried Line to Remagen crossing, and through central German to Leipzig. Includes a few low-resolution photographs, several color maps, unit statistics, a casualty list, and a roster of unit personnel. $5
985th Field Artillery Battalion 1943-45
59-page history of a 155 mm gun M1 “Long Tom” artillery battalion that served in Italy. Includes a map and some low-resolution photographs, and lists of unit personnel, commendations, and awards. $3
246th Coast Artillery (Harbor Defense) 1940-41
73-page pictorial history of the unit written in the style of a yearbook with short biographies of the unit’s officers and group photos of the soldiers. The regiment manned coastal defenses in and around Fort Story, Virginia. $3
108th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Group 1942-45
74-page history that briefly describes the unit’s time in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe. There are eleven pages of unit history. The remainder of the book is a series of individual and group photos of unit members. The 108th AAA Group was one of the first anti-aircraft groups to land at Normandy after D-Day and was the headquarters that organized the anti-aircraft defenses of Cherbourg and the airfields used by airborne units during the crossing of the Rhine River. $5
355th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Searchlight Battalion 1942-45
276-page history of the battalion titled “Carthaginians, Romans, and Americans” that describes the formation of the battalion in San Diego, California and its action in North Africa and Italy. Includes many low-resolution photos and a roster of personnel with photographs. $5
602nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Gun Battalion 1942-45
42-page unit history titled “History of 602 AAA Gun Battalion” that describes the unit’s activation at Fort Bliss in 1942; its air defense duties in the New York City area from July 1942 to January 1944, Britain from May and June 1944, Le Havre, France from September to November 1944, its defense against aircraft and V-I flying bombs in the Liege and Antwerp areas from December 1944 to April 1945, and finally its administration of repatriated American prisoners of war camps in France in May and June 1945. This history type-written by the battalion adjutant to document the battalion’s accomplishments for distribution to the battalion at the end of the war. $3
XIX Corps Engineers 1944-45
89-page history of the activities – primarily bridging and road repair – of engineer units assigned XIX Corps during its operations in Normandy, France, Belgium, Holland, and Germany. Includes a statistical summary of the corps’ engineer operations and casualties, numerous low-resolution photographs and 16 maps. $3
299th Engineer Combat Battalion 1943-45
77-page informal “soldiers’” history titled “The Famous 299th” written by the battalion adjutant to describe the unit’s formation and training in the United States; its transport to the United Kingdom; and its operations on Omaha Beach during D-Day, post-invasion activity in Normandy, activities in Belgium and Holland and during the Battle of the Bulge, and then bridging operations to cross the Roer and Rhine Rivers in Germany. Includes numerous low-resolution photographs and a list of unit members killed in action. $3
348th Engineer Battalion 1942-45
103-page pictorial history titled “Pack Up and Move” that describes the battalion’s activation and training, its landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day; its work in Cherbourg; bridge building in Belgium, the Ruhr region, and central Germany; and post-war projects. Includes a few maps and numerous low-resolution photographs. $3
Miscellaneous
Our American Heroes 1942-43
111-page book titled “Our American Heroes” published in 1943 to showcase the stories of service members who fought in the early years of American involvement in World War II (January 42 to June 1943). The stories are done in graphic novel style by some of the foremost illustrators of the time. The book has twenty-six stories: Marine Corps (Wake Island, Henry Tully, Diamond and Rivers Schmidt, John Smith), Navy (Ed O’Hare, Don Mason, John Bulkeley, Fred Warner, Arthur Robinson, Dick Parunak, George Gay, Eddie Armes, Dick Breckenridge, Tommy Gatch, Doug Monore (USCG)), and Army and Army Air Corps (Colin Kelley, Art Wermouth, Jimmie Doolittle, Dot Daley, Charlie Kegelman, Frank Koons, Charlie Paine, Mark Wayne Clark, Don Delco, Eddie Rickenbacker, Red Hightower). $5
The Warsaw Ghetto is no More (Stroop Report)
Generalmajor der Polizei Jürgen Stroop’s The Warsaw Ghetto is No More (Es gibt keinen jüdischen Wohnbezirk in Warschau mehr!); commonly known among historians as the “Stroop Report.” Stroop’s seventy-seven-page report is a day-by-day account of the operation to eliminate the Warsaw Ghetto uprising in 1943 prepared for senior German and police leaders. The report contains a list of units that participated in the operation, a detailed list of all killed and wounded German personnel, daily reports of the action from 20 April 43 to 24 May 43, and photographs. The document scanned for this item was captured by the US Army Seventh Army and used to prosecute German leaders. It contains 77 scanned images of the original German-language report that was entered into evidence at by the US Army at the International Tribunal Military Tribunal in Nuremburg, Germany in 1945, 53 scanned images of the report’s pictorial report (Bildbericht) with its 48 photographs of the operation. Included is the US Army’s translation of the photograph captions, 65 scanned images of the US Army’s English-language translation of the report. The first two pages of the document include a background and analysis of the report produced by the US Office of the Chief Counsel at Nuremburg. $15