Fifty Years of Silence: Ordnance Technical Intelligence Team Depot 0-644, Paris, France 1944-1945 It has been 75 years since Master Sergeant Paul Cernak, ASN 32/56565, returned home to the United States. A story that started in 1941, was sealed by his silence for 50 years. It is time for his story to finally be told. […]
Ostfront Panzers 1: Last Year of the War Ostfront Panzers 1 is the first in a series of photo books about German armoured vehicles of World War II. The ‘Last Year of War’ contains photographs of AFVs in the service of the Wehrmacht and SS taken in 1945. The authors have tried to find as […]
Panzerwrecks 23: Italy 3 book by Lee Archer. Panzerwrecks 23: Italy 3: Whose owl insignia had different coloured beaks? What Panzer was captured and then abandoned by ‘friendly fire’? Who positioned their tank in a barn? Which units left their Panzers in Rome? Who was prepared to lose 1,000 tanks? The answers to these and […]
Unternehmen Ilse: 5. SS-Panzer Division ‘Wiking’ Eastern Front 27 April 1944. UNTERNEHMEN ILSE (Operation Ilse) is a visual record of one of the most photographed yet least-known battles on the Eastern Front. The 56th Panzer Corps undertook the operation on 27 April 1944 in the area west and southwest of Kovel in Poland. Two Soviet […]
Panzer Tracts No.7-3: Panzerjäger (7.5cm Pak 40/4 to 8.8cm Waffenträger) Panzer Tracts No.7-3: Panzerjäger: Panzer Tracts’ 37-year search for original records (created by those responsible for designing, producing, and using the Panzerjäger) has resulted in them uncovering the facts on their names (and correct nicknames) production, modification, issue, organisation, and frontline employment. Hundreds of research […]
Panzerwrecks 15 by Lee Archer and William Auerbach Panzerwrecks 15: What naval forces were knocking out Panzers in Paris? Why would a Pz.Kpfw.IV wear T34 tracks? How do you move a 70-ton Jagdtiger? Where did the Patton Museum Panther come from? Which unusual vehicle was left at Pilsen airfield? The answers to these and other […]
Panzerwrecks 14: Ostfront 2 Panzerwrecks 14: Ostfront 2: What does concrete look like on a Sturmgeschütz? What new ways were found to hang ‘Schürzen?’ Which German unit was I/R capable? Did Lend-Lease extend to the Germans? What weird vehicle did the Germans leave behind at Tehumardi? The answers to these and other questions are found […]
Panzerwrecks 13: Italy 2 by Lee Archer & William Auerbach Panzerwrecks 13: Italy 2: What exploded in the centre of Soriano nel Cimino? Who captured Nashorn ‘214’, and when? What was a weak point of a StuG? Who used T34s in Italy? Why did ‘Schürzen’ go missing? Besides the Elefant, what other vehicle in Italy […]
Panzerwrecks 9: Italy 1 Panzerwrecks 9: Italy 1: What interior and exterior modifications did the Pz.Kpfw.III (Fl) have? Sd.Kfz.250/3 with ‘Kurbelmast’: Fact or fiction? Which German unit used the rare M41 90/53 801(i)? How do you drag a Tiger from a muddy riverbed? German troops used what as a ‘fort’ at Anzio? What unusual field […]
Panzerwrecks 1 by Lee Archer and William Auerbach – now with an index! Panzerwrecks 1 was the first in a series of books about destroyed, surrendered and abandoned German tanks and vehicles 1944-45. Every volume contains about 100 rare and unpublished black and white photographs, the vast majority of which are printed as large as […]
