Gordon Williamson

Fighting in every theatre from the burning sands of North Africa to the icy wastes above the Arctic Circle, the German Army's Gebirgstruppen troops were some of the most effective in the whole of the Wehrmacht. Their esprit de corps and morale were extremely high, and their commanders, men such as Eduard Dietl, the 'Hero of Narvik', and Julius 'Papa'...

Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939–45 (1), the first of two volumes on Germany's World War II U-boats, traces their development from the early U-boats of the Kaiser's Navy, culminating in the formation of the 1st U-boat Flotilla in 1935 with the modern Type II. Gordon Williamson explores key moments in the U-boats' history, such as the prohibition on Germany having U-boats following...