Hello all! I'm looking for another good book on the DAK - I haven't been keeping up with the new releases, so I thought I'd ask. I'm really looking for something that has a bit more day to day stuff of regular soldiers..And in the sprit of cooperation, I thought I'd throw a couple of recommendations out too.
The first two are picture books, eye candy:
Afrikakorps: Rommel's Tropical Army in Original Colora by Bernd Peitz, Schiffer
Arikakorps: Tropical Uniforms of the German Army, 1941-1945 by Jacque Scipio, Historie and Collections
Finer details, collectors resource, and some great photographs:
Afrikakorps: Army, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen SS, by Robert Kurtz, Schiffer
Very good read, mostly short, personal stories of RK holders:
Knights Cross Holders of the Afrika Korps by Franz Kurowski, Schiffer
Rommel Stories:
The Trail Of The Fox Erwin Rommel The Desert Fox by by David Irving
Knight's Cross : A Life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel by David Fraser
Recommended Reading
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Re: Recommended Reading
Knights Cross Holders of the Afrika Korps by Franz Kurowski, Schiffer.
I only wish the publisher had gone for decent photographic reproduction and the author had just a little bit more information to add, in common with his book on RK Holders in the UBoat Arm I found this one a bit of a disappointment.
Afrikakorps: Army, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen SS, by Robert Kurtz, Schiffer
This is a good guide, some good info in it a bit pricey but worth it if you are into the DAK.
Knight's Cross : A Life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel by David Fraser
A good read.
Also see "Rommel a Narrative and Pictorial History" Law and Luther (Bender 1980).
and
"Uniforms, Organization and History of The Afrika Korps" Bender and Law (Bender 1973)
A more basic book than Kurtz's but one which can be had for reasonable money included in it is an A-Z listing of RK holders which a fair selection of decent photographic plates and postcard images of them.
Also
"Rommel in Normandy" by Admiral Friederick Ruge ( MacDonals and Janes 1979).
A very good read.written by one who had close contact and the trust of Rommel in France.
Also see this thread.
viewtopic.php?f=86&t=7880
I only wish the publisher had gone for decent photographic reproduction and the author had just a little bit more information to add, in common with his book on RK Holders in the UBoat Arm I found this one a bit of a disappointment.
Afrikakorps: Army, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen SS, by Robert Kurtz, Schiffer
This is a good guide, some good info in it a bit pricey but worth it if you are into the DAK.
Knight's Cross : A Life of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel by David Fraser
A good read.
Also see "Rommel a Narrative and Pictorial History" Law and Luther (Bender 1980).
and
"Uniforms, Organization and History of The Afrika Korps" Bender and Law (Bender 1973)
A more basic book than Kurtz's but one which can be had for reasonable money included in it is an A-Z listing of RK holders which a fair selection of decent photographic plates and postcard images of them.
Also
"Rommel in Normandy" by Admiral Friederick Ruge ( MacDonals and Janes 1979).
A very good read.written by one who had close contact and the trust of Rommel in France.
Also see this thread.
viewtopic.php?f=86&t=7880