German divisional histories - quality and availability

Discussions on books and other reference material on the WW1, Inter-War or WW2 as well as the authors. Hosted by Andy H.
Post Reply
Andreas
Member
Posts: 6938
Joined: 10 Nov 2002, 15:12
Location: Europe

#46

Post by Andreas » 22 Mar 2007, 12:27

Euro 100 on zvab.com... Unavailable on Amazon.

I just found a copy for Euro 47.1, so I ordered it. Let's see.

All the best

Andreas
Top
Jan-Hendrik
Member
Posts: 8711
Joined: 11 Nov 2004, 13:53
Location: Hohnhorst / Deutschland

#47

Post by Jan-Hendrik » 22 Mar 2007, 12:44

Öhm, which one? :?

Jan-Hendrik
Top
Top
Andreas
Member
Posts: 6938
Joined: 10 Nov 2002, 15:12
Location: Europe

#48

Post by Andreas » 22 Mar 2007, 13:20

That would be telling. ;-)

All the best

Andreas
Top
Jan-Hendrik
Member
Posts: 8711
Joined: 11 Nov 2004, 13:53
Location: Hohnhorst / Deutschland

#49

Post by Jan-Hendrik » 22 Mar 2007, 13:30

Give me a hint, how do found it? I searched for it via booklooker, abebooks and so on and could not found anyone...


Jan-Hendrik
Last edited by Jan-Hendrik on 22 Mar 2007, 14:53, edited 1 time in total.
Top
Andreas
Member
Posts: 6938
Joined: 10 Nov 2002, 15:12
Location: Europe

#50

Post by Andreas » 22 Mar 2007, 13:44

It appears to have been the only copy - when the seller has confirmed that he'll sell it to me I let you know. If he does not want to sell to me since I live in another country, I'll PM you with the information so that you can get it.

All the best

Andreas
Top
User avatar
Richard Hargreaves
Member
Posts: 1321
Joined: 04 Jul 2003, 23:48
Location: Portsmouth, England

#51

Post by Richard Hargreaves » 22 Mar 2007, 17:30

Jan-Hendrik wrote:Well, Paul's Brennpunkte is on my list, maybe next month :D
Jan-Hendrik
Good hunting, Jan. I picked mine up for a bargain on abebooks from the US for $45 (35ish Euros). The next copy was going for almost 100 Euros. 8O

I also found Neumann's 4th Pz, two volumes, on eBay for 60 Euros, which I thought was a bargain too...
Top
Jan-Hendrik
Member
Posts: 8711
Joined: 11 Nov 2004, 13:53
Location: Hohnhorst / Deutschland

#52

Post by Jan-Hendrik » 23 Mar 2007, 11:38

Another nice one, a bit different indeed, is Rolf Hinzes 19. Infanterie- und Panzer-Division. Divisionsgeschichte aus der Sicht eines Artilleristen, Panzerdivision from the viewpoint of the PzArRgt. 800+ pages, sometimes you can get the paperback edition quite cheap ( 30 Euros or so ) .

Jan-Hendrik
Top
Marc Rikmenspoel
Member
Posts: 1131
Joined: 12 Sep 2004, 07:44
Location: Denver, Colorado USA

#53

Post by Marc Rikmenspoel » 24 Mar 2007, 08:24

I have the 4th edition of that Hinze book, along with his somewhat similar book on the 20. Panzer Division ("Hitze, Frost und Pulverdampf" which my shoddy German translates as "Heat, Cold and Gunpowder Smoke" also a 4th edition). I like them because, while I admit to finding them enormously difficult to read, they provide information found almost nowhere else on these two somewhat obscure armored divisions.
Top
Sam Wren
Member
Posts: 380
Joined: 05 Aug 2006, 23:50
Location: Abilene, Texas

2. Pz and 15. Pz Gren Divs

#54

Post by Sam Wren » 08 Apr 2007, 08:01

trollelite said: 2st: podzun edition. In fact just the same book as PzJ Abt 38. Order one and not yet arrived.
I have F.J Strauss - Friedens und Kriegserlebnisse Einer Generation: Pz.Abt.38 (SF) 2. (Wiener) Panzerdivision. So you are saying that it is the same book as F. J. Strauss - "Die Geschichte der 2. Panzer Division"? Other than Steinzer's book, does anyone know of any other histories of 2. Pz that cover Normandy?

And does anyone know of a history of 15. Pz Gren Div that covers 1945?

thanks,
sam
Top
Jan-Hendrik
Member
Posts: 8711
Joined: 11 Nov 2004, 13:53
Location: Hohnhorst / Deutschland

#55

Post by Jan-Hendrik » 08 Apr 2007, 12:35

Kurt Albert Rust, Selbstverlag, 1990, 159 pages

Der Weg der 15. Panzergrenadier-Division von Sizilien bis Wesermünde, Teil 2: Frankreich - Wesermünde 1944 - 1945
Kurt Albert Rust, Selbstverlag, 1990, 106 pages
Jan-Hendrik
Top
Sam Wren
Member
Posts: 380
Joined: 05 Aug 2006, 23:50
Location: Abilene, Texas

15 Pz Gren Div

#56

Post by Sam Wren » 08 Apr 2007, 18:46

danke jan-hendrik
Top
Jan-Hendrik
Member
Posts: 8711
Joined: 11 Nov 2004, 13:53
Location: Hohnhorst / Deutschland

#57

Post by Jan-Hendrik » 08 Apr 2007, 19:50

Be aware, that's one of the real rare ones!

Jan-Hendrik
Top
Jan-Hendrik
Member
Posts: 8711
Joined: 11 Nov 2004, 13:53
Location: Hohnhorst / Deutschland

#58

Post by Jan-Hendrik » 13 Apr 2007, 13:01

Today arrived...

Die Geschichte der 21. (ostpr./westpr.) Infanterie-Division
Christoph Freiherr von Allmayer-Beck, Schild Verlag GmbH, 1990, 709 pages

Wow, what a monster for an Infanteriedivision! Not really much pictures, but usually good and enough maps, explaining endnotes at the end of each chapter (damn, I won't come into my mind what the fitting english terminus, equivalent to footnotes, is...). and 58 pages only appendix with Stellenbesetzungen, Gliederungen, losses and so on. I think I going to love this one 8-)

Jan-Hendrik
Top
Andreas
Member
Posts: 6938
Joined: 10 Nov 2002, 15:12
Location: Europe

#59

Post by Andreas » 13 Apr 2007, 13:37

That is a very good one. The author is a trained historian, and it shows.

All the best

Andreas
Top
Jan-Hendrik
Member
Posts: 8711
Joined: 11 Nov 2004, 13:53
Location: Hohnhorst / Deutschland

#60

Post by Jan-Hendrik » 13 Apr 2007, 13:42

Yes, my first impression is absolutly fine, a really good bought.

Jan-Hendrik
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Books & other Reference Material”