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AILSBY, CHRISTOPHER: : THE WAFFEN-SS IN RUSSIA 1941-1945 - SS: HELL ON THE EASTERN FRONT

UK.STAPLEHURST,KENT.SPELLMOUNT LIMITED,1998.

ISBN 1862272093.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp.[Complete number line 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2.] FINE/FINE-. No owner inscrptn and no price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy,historic contemporary monochrome montage'd photographic illustrated front panel of dw/dj with white lettering,white lettered spine,rear panel with contemporary single, b/w photograph and white lettered part synopsis; with negligible shelf-wear, bumping,creasing to edges and corners - no major nicks,tears or splits present other than top two corner tips minisculely rubbed with miniscule loss and head of spine/backstrip minimally bumped with reciprocal creases.Top+fore-edges bright and clean; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners, appears unread,apart from my own collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,clean, sharp-cornered,glazed boards with dw/dj design repeated to same,a b/w striped headband and immaculate plain pale grey endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,6-192pp [paginated] includes 12 chapters,profusely illus with b/w regional battle maps+keys and historic contemporary b/w photographs throughout the text and the book, appendices(3): Waffen-SS Order of Battle, Foreign Knight's Cross Winners and Waffen-SS Ranks,and an index; plus [unpaginated] contemporary b/w thumbnail photographic illustrated half-title page with full page contemporary b/w photographic frntis to its reverse,title page and contents list/ table. The Eastern Front was the scene of the most decisive campaign of WW2.Hitler's elite soldiers,the Waffen-SS,fought in the East from the beginning of the Russian campaign in 1941 to the fall of Berlin in May 1945,and the SS's development and military professionalism is bound up with the war in the Soviet Union.As the war in Russia progressed,the formations of the Waffen-SS distinguished themselves in the most demanding theatre of WW2.The premier Waffen-SS formations,the Leibstandarte,Das Reich,Totenkopf and Wiking Divisions, showed themselves to be masters of mechanised warfare and the all-arms battle.'SS: Hell on the Eastern Front' is a detailed accounr,enhanced by more than 100 b/w photographs,of every aspect of the Waffen-SS's war on the Eastern Front: its battles.its organisation,tactics and equipment. Read what it was like to take part in Operation 'Barbarossa',the opening assault against Russia in the summer of 1941,when the Waffen-SS fought its way to the very gates of Moscow; the first dreadful winter in Russia,during which temperatures dropped to 40 degrees below zero; the clash of massed armour at Kursk; and other epic encounters of the war in the East: it also examines the recruitment and organisation of those foreign legions of the SS that fought on the Eastern Front. Also covered in full is every aspect of the Waffen-SS's war - away from the battlefield - against Soviet partisans.In addition,the book examines the military consequences of Waffen-SS soldiers being ideologically indoctrinated,their concept of hardness often resulted in atrocities and the murder of civilians and prisoners. Above all,'SS: Hell on the Eastern Front' provides an insight into how Waffen-SS individuals and units met and often mastered their Red Army adversaries,first during the offensive campaigns of 1941-43, but most strikingly during the great offensive actions of the last two years of the war.With detailed appendices covering the order of battle of the Waffen-SS in the East,plus a rank and award tables,'SS: Hell on the Eastern front' is the most detailed study of the Waffen-SS's war in Russia yet published. Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch, especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. That offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** N.B. US customers please be aware: US Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to USA can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,2nd imp..
Not SIGNED.

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