Reference books at History Facts' Archive

In this section, we will occasionally publish selections of lists of recommended reading or small reviews. We will only present books and magazines from our archives in this area. Therefore, the list cannot be - and is not designed to be - complete.

The list reaches back to the early days of the 20^th century. Some publications were rendered obsolete by history or newer publications. Their value, at best, is that you can see the state of research or the political situation.

Not all publications on our list have been worth their money. We did make a bad choice every now and then. Nevertheless, we also want to include those publications in the lists. The 'value' of the publications is discussed in our reviews.

For our documentation "Sturmgeschütz III . Backbone of the Infantry" Volume I and Volume II we cross-checked a long list of books. The ones we used for getting additonal or surrounding information to the book topic we have litsted on the right. Unfortunately we hat to constat, that many autors are simply copying information (and errors) from other books. Fact is, that copied and spread errors seem to get a touch of truth, as they are omnipresent - this is only a problem, as long as the autors don't show their sources.
 

  Books about Assault Gun III (Sturmgeschuetz III

For the reserches in favour to our Source Edition Heinkel He 162 "Volksjaeger" we not only used a hugh amount of source documents, but also went through big piles of books. When choosing the books we always wanted to have a general picture of the time too, not only the technical part of it.

From all the consulted publications we present here a choice of those, that we felt to be most helpful in the topic or for finding an approach to it.
 

  Heinkel He 162 "Volksjaeger"

Another selection of our bookcase is concerned with the German Panzerkampfwagen I. All of the shown publications content at least one relevant article of that early Tank.

The most recent publications are the English written "Panzer Tracts" by Thomas L. Jentz and the "Allied-Axis" Nr. 9. For modellers the Japanese "Achtung Panzer" is highly recommended. If you're searching source editions, try to get second hand the German written Karl R. Pawlas publications.

  Panzerkampfwagen I (MG)

An incomplete list of publications by Walter J. Spielberger will get things started. Spielberger contributed greatly to the research and documentation of military mechanization during the Third Reich. Although its readability and clarity are somewhat poor at times, and although scientific standards are not met, the works of Walter J. Spielberger can be recommended as a whole.

  Walter J. Spielberger