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History Facts' Publication Program
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Thomas Anderson
Vorwärts immer, rückwärts nimmer! [Forward ever, rearward never]
An illustrated Guide to History and Fate of the German Assault Artillery in WW II
The Sturmartillerie was extablished before outbreak of WW II as an integrative support arm of the infantry, which was far way from thorough mobility. Sturmgeschuetze - assault guns - turretless tanks armed with a 7,5 cm gun - should push forward the attack breaking any enemy resistance, destroying infantry guns, MG nests and bunkers. In the further course of the war the young service branch would have to stand the impetus of ever growing numbers of enemy tanks.
This book is the first of a series. Its purpose is to introduce this small, but remarkable service arm to the reader. Development and combat of of the first units in battery - scale and the later Sturmgeschütz battalions resp. brigades will be explained by photos, diagrams and colored artwork. The author turned his attention to the identification of Sturmartillerie units, markings and characteristics will be clarified wherever possible.
During his research the author relied only on sources found in German archives. Subjective recollections of veterans have been used to illustrate the nature of this service arm.
Publication roughly: German: IV-2010 / English: III-2010
ISBN: 978-3-9522968-9-9
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Gerhard Oberleitner
You up there - We down here
Schoolboys deployed as Anti-Aircraft Gun Assistants
In 1944, school classes were entirely deployed as anti-aircraft gun assistants to support the heavy Flak. These very young men were drilled at the 88-mm-Flak gun to support the soldiers of the Wehrmacht battling the allied bomber streams against Greater Germany. The missed school lessons were placed between fighting and training sessions, to complete the school's requirements. The experiences of the teen-agers, their non-political attitude and their courage of innocence are understandable very clearly. The author was one of the boys, that were deployed near St. Valentin, Austria, to protect the local tank works, the biggest of the Reich. He tells his experiences aptly and touchingly and places them in a bigger surrounding. He speaks also about hiding himself in Spring 1945 not to follow the contingent to join the Wehrmacht. A very impressive contemporary witness!
The author bases on its own diary that he wrote during the employment and on past war researches in Austrian and US archives. His personally affected reporting shows, how teenagers underwent the Second World War and their own mission and how they dodged with the incidents.
Publication roughly: German: III-2010 / Englisch: III-2011
ISBN: 978-3-9522968-7-5
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Peter Müller
Tank production in the Third Reich
From Conceptions to Deliveries
This study is progressed quite far, but needs some time for beeing finished. It will cover the whole process of tank devlopment, production planning and manufacturing up to te moment when the ordnance office takes over the tanks. It'll deal with question of production logistics as well as with the question of raw material supply. So it can be used a a knowledge base for understanding tank production in Germany during that period as well for understanding armament processes themselves. (reading samples in German)
Publication roughly: German: II-2010 / English: I-2012
ISBN: 978-3-905944-03-7
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Michael Winninger
The "Plaything-Factory"
History of the Nibelungen Tank Works in St. Valentin
The village St. Valentin, situated in the western part of Niederösterreich was a growing and in the end very improtant armament production center in the Third Reich. The Nibelungenwerk was planned as the hughest and most modern tank production factory with big housing facilities for workers, this under the camouflage name "Plaything-Factory". Altough the building was hindered by many wartime restrictions, the Nibelungenwerk, during his production time 1941-1945, grow to the most important manufacturer of Panzerkampfwagen IV (German main battle tank). Nowadays in the remaining part of the Nibelungenwerk tractors are built.
Michael Winninger from St. Valentin is occupied sice his childhood with this topic. He was grown closest to the former Nibleungenwerk and some of his family members were working in that factory. The author was able, based on some 1200 historic photographs from the town's and Stey-Daimler-Puch's Archives and private collections as well with documents, to finalise a chronical history of the Nibelungenwerk at war.
His book shall give the readers very deep views inside of constructing the factory and of its production. Starting with a part about the planning and constructing of the factory and residental aera it shows then the poor working conditions, the producing of armament materials (mainly tanks mark IV) and finally the air raids against the works and the end of the war in St. Valentin. Underlined is the story with many never published photographs and documents.
Publication roughly: German: II-2011 / Englisch: II-2012
ISBN: 978-3-905944-05-1
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Peter Müller, Wolfgang Zimmermann
Panzerkampfwagen IV
Footing of the German Panzer-Troops
This publication is assemled in a quite similar way as the one about the Sturmgeschütz III. It will include three volumes:
- Volume I: History
- Volume II: Visual Apearance of the main battle tank
- Volume III: Visual Apearance of the derivates
Publication roughly: German: 2012 ff./ Englisch: 2013 et seq.
Vol I - ISBN: 978-3-905944-07-5
Vol II - ISBN: 978-3-905944-09-9
Vol III - ISBN: 978-3-905944-11-2
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Peter Müller
The Armament Minister's Files
Minutes . Speeches . Documents
With this Source edition, which is far advanced, we will publish all relevant minutes, speaches, decisions and reports of the former Reich Minister for Armament and Ammuntition, Fritz Todt and Albert Speer, in several volumes. The famous minutes of Speers diskussions with Hitler, the so calles "Fuehrer-Protokolle", will be published completely for the first time and with marginal comments. The Data collecting is almost finished and all our other publications do already base on this information.
Publication dates not estimated yet - as translation is not decided...
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