Kasserine: First Blood
New York: Stein and Day, 1984. Book Club Edition. 262, illus., small tear at DJ spine. More
New York: Stein and Day, 1984. Book Club Edition. 262, illus., small tear at DJ spine. More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1970. Second Printing. 22 cm, 158, wraps, illus., maps, bookplate. Introduction by Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart. More
London: Cassell and Company Limited, [1942]. 19 cm, 128, illus., front flyleaf missing, some foxing, edges soiled, DJ quite worn and torn. More
Tokyo, Japan: Toppan Printing Company Ltd., 1947. Second Printing. Quarto, 245, wraps, illus., maps, color endpaper maps, appendix, covers soiled & creased, small tears at spine. More
London, England: Osprey, 1994. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Trade paperback. 48 pages. Minor cover wear. Includes Developmental History of the IS-2 Heavy Tank, Operational History, Post War History, IS-2 Model 1944; Stalin Tanks in Foreign Service; and Heavy Assault Guns. Includes illustrations, with eight full-color plates of the IS-2 model 1944 104th tank regiment, May, 1945; IS-2 model 1944, Polish 4th Heavy Tank Regiment, Berlin; IIS-2 Model 1944, 78th Guards Heavy Tank Regiment, Jihlava, Czechoslovakia, 1945; ISU-122S, 2nd Belorussian Front, Gdansk, February 1945; ISU-152, Guards Heavy Assault Gun Brigade, April 1945; IS-2 Model 1944, 95th Guards Independent Heavy Tank Regiment, Berlin, 1945 (includes key to 48 parts and specifications). The Iosef Stalin tanks were the ultimate heavy tanks developed by the Soviet Union and were popularly called 'Victory tanks' due to their close association with the defeat of Germany in 1945. Yet in spite of their reputation, the Stalin tanks emerged from a troubled design, had a brief moment of glory in 1944 and 1945, and disappeared in ignominy after 1960. This title covers the events contributing to the Soviet Union's need to design the new series, with particular reference to the unsuccessful KV series and the advent of a new generation of heavy German tanks including the Tiger. It also covers their development, operational history and myriad variants. Steve Zaloga has published over twenty books and numerous articles dealing with military technology, especially armored vehicle development. Peter Sarson has illustrated a number of Osprey publications. His cutaway artwork is the hallmark of the New Vanguard series. More
London, England: Osprey, 1995. Second printing [stated]. Trade paperback. 48 pages. Illustrations (some in full color). Footnotes. Some technical specifications. Steven J. Zaloga (born February 1, 1952) is an American author and defense consultant. He received a bachelor's degree cum laude at Union College and a masters degree at Columbia University, both in history. He has published many books dealing with modern military technology, and especially Soviet and CIS tanks and armored warfare. He is a senior analyst at the Teal Group. He is also a noted scale armor modeler and is a host/moderator of the World War II Allied Discussion group at Missing-Lynx, a modeling website. He is a frequent contributor to the UK-based modeling magazine Military Modeling. He is a member of the Armor Modeling and Preservation Society. Peter Sarson has produced graphic cutaways for many armored vehicle publications, and is regarded as one of the world’s great illustrators of military vehicles. The T-34 was the most influential tank design of World War 2. When first introduced into combat in the summer of 1941, it represented a revolutionary leap forward in tank design. Its firepower, armor protection and mobility were superior to that of any other medium tank of the period. This superiority did not last long. While the T-34 underwent a series of incremental improvements during 1943, it was being surpassed by new German tank designs, most notably the Panther. This title traces the life of the original T-34 through all its difficulties to eventual success. More
London: Osprey Publishing, Ltd., 1995. First? Edition. First? Printing. 48, wraps, illus., slight wear, soiling, and sticker residue to covers. More
London: Osprey Publishing, 1989. Reprint Edition. 40, wraps, illus., bookplate, some wear, soiling, and sticker residue to covers. More
New York: Ballantine, 1972. Third Printing. Trade paperback. 21 cm. 160 pages. Wraps. Illustrations. Diagrams. Maps. Bookplate. Bibliography. Introduction by Barrie Pitt. Earl Frederick Ziemke (December 16, 1922 – October 15, 2007) was an American military historian whose work was mainly on World War II and especially the Soviet-German clash in Eastern Europe. The author served in the Marines during World War II. After learning Japanese at Camp Elliot, California, Ziemke served in the Pacific. He fought in the Battle of Peleliu and then won the Purple Heart for wounds received in the assault on Okinawa. At the end of the war, Corporal Ziemke served at Tientsin, China. After his discharge, he used the G.I. Bill to pursue higher education, and in 1951 he received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. From 1951 until 1955, he worked at the Bureau of Applied Social Research at Columbia University, while for the period 1955-1967, he was an official historian for the United States Army’s Office of the Chief of Military History in Washington, D.C. More