Hannants http://www.hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/HIF03 Heer im Focus is a series of publications compiled by a team of renowned experts on the German Army. The aim of this series is to focus on those battles, vehicles, equipment and soldiers neglected by the literature until now. As with the Luftwaffe im Focus and U-Boot im Focus series, thorough research will take precedence over speed of publication. You will read accounts from us that are described in a completely different way elsewhere. Trust our articles, we get to the bottom of the issues. This is exactly what we are about, researching the history of the German Army in a way that you will not find elsewhere. It should also be noted that we will cover all the forces that saw action on land. This includes Luftwaffe units such as paratroopers, Luftwaffe field divisions and anti-aircraft units. For the illustrations, we will make use of unique original Agfa Colour slides from private collections as well as photographs which have never been shown before and which illustrate the events in a completely different light. But this publication is not intended just for historians and army enthusiasts. Modelers will get their money's worth too, as the series will be excellent reference source for the construction of accurate models (profile drawings and B/W + colour photos). Diorama makers will also find it a useful reference. The new series thus differs from other publications that also deal with this subject. The editions will vary in size depending on the articles they contain. This means that there will be no uniform price. Price will be based on the size of each issue. However, no issue will exceed the price of 28.80 euros. Heer im Focus will be published at irregular intervals. In each edition you will find about 60 to 80 unpublished photographs from private collections with detailed captions in German and English as well as articles on special Army topics. Each volume will contain articles drawn from the following list of topics: • Tanks in Focus • Holders of the Knight’s Cross • Wehrmacht Vehicles • Photos with a Story • Documents • Unknown Emblems • Camouflage Schemes • Emblems • Sign Jungles • Fates • Background • Motorcycles • Camouflage • Scenery • Propaganda Companies • Parachute Troops • Weaponry • Combat Reports The illustrations will be printed in the highest quality on glossy paper. A publication for those interested in history and for modelers. 68 pages, 66 photos - thereof 11 in colour, 1 colourprofile, 1 coloured embleme, 11 coloured maps • Photos with a story: 12th SS-Panzer-Division “Hitlerjugend” Ardennes Offensive – Approach and Deployment Rare photographs from the winter of 1944/1945 • Captured vehicles: Captured Sd.Kfz. 251 in U.S. Service • Background: 1812 – 1941 Crossing of the Berezina at Studenka – River Crossing at a Historic Site The Site of the fateful Berezina Crossing of Napoleon’s Grande Armée • Captured tanks: Captured KV-1 in Action at Velikiye Luki Rare Colour photo of a KV-1 in German Service • Photos with a story: 2./(Jagdpanzerkompanie) Sturm-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 178 Employment of a “Hetzer” Company in the Spring of 1945 • Colour photos: The Hochgebirgsschule of the Waffen-SS • Camouflage: Perfect Aerial Camouflage at the Anzio–Nettuno Bridgehead How the Tigers of schwere Panzer-Abteilung 508 protected themselves from Low-lewel-Attacks • Tank commanders: Commander of II Battalion Panzer-Regiment 23 at "Kampfgruppe Bäke". Price:£27.80 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/HIF03 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:56:53 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/START59-3 Das Lehrgeschwader 1. The Mediterranean Campaign 1941/1942 in rare color slides and selected black-and-white photos. Author Axel Urbanke ISBN 978-3-941437-59-3 Pages: 288 Photos: 103 color photos and 178 black-and-white photos Illustrations: 11 color page views Maps: 10 color maps Format: large size, 25 x 28 cm This book is a unique collection of images and text. It brings together two sets of color slides taken at Lehrgeschwader 1. One was taken by a war correspondent, the other by an observer from a particularly successful crew. Over 100 color slides show the operations and life of the I and II Groups of LG 1 during deployment in the Mediterranean in 1941/1942. The photos show the Balkan campaign, the airborne landing on Crete, missions against Malta and in North Africa, and the attacks on ship targets. Aircraft paint schemes and markings, which until now were only known from black-and-white photos, can be seen in color in this book. This allows many conjectures and previous information about the colors of the LG 1 aircraft can be corrected or supplemented. Color side views show what the aircraft actually looked like. Some completely unknown “gems” provide model builders with great ideas for building Ju 88s. Who knows about Hauptmann Helbig's aircraft with its large personal lettering? But the book does not only show the Ju 88s of LG 1. The supporting fighters and destroyer aircrafts, as well as the Stukas and other units involved in the missions, are also shown in color and, in some cases, with rare camouflage paint schemes. The book is therefore more than just a bomber unit publication; it is rather a volume about the Mediterranean theater of war with a focus on LG 1. The text section only briefly covers the overall events, as these have already been dealt with in other LG 1 publications. Instead, new information and diary excerpts are provided, that go beyond the current state of knowledge. It also includes biographies of the two color photographers and the few war correspondents who photographed at LG 1.. Price:£69.99 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/START59-3 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:37:14 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/HIF02 Army in Focus 2.. Price:£27.80 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/HIF02 Fri, 02 Feb 2024 11:16:36 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/HIF01 Army in Focus 1. 72 pages and it has 70 photos, 26 of them original color-photos. THE FIRST IN A NEW SERIES!!! Heer im Focus No 1 72 pages, 70 photos - thereof 26 in colourFarbe, 5 colourprofiles, 5 coloured emblemes, 1 coloured document, 9 coloured maps Photos with a Story: The 18. Panzer-Division in the Eastern Campaign – Part 1 22 June 1941 – The Attack across the River Bug Were Submersible Tanks Actually Used? Camouflage Schemes: Striped Camouflage; Often Used but Still Rare Scenery: A Picture that Gets Under One’s Skin Patrol from the 61. Infanterie-Division under Fire - A unique photograph from the Tikhvin Front Sign Jungles: The “T-34 Sign Jungle” in the Centre of Minsk Camouflage: Helmet Camouflage – Mobile Cabbages Emblems: The Emblem of the Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505 in Detail - A Colour Drawing on an Original Document Reveals Every Detail Vehicles of the Wehrmacht: A Wanderer Convertible with Civilian Number Plate Motorcycles: They Were Indispensable! Fates: An Example of Identifying a Location and a Graveyard Based on a Photograph Wearer of the Knight’s Cross: Oberst Michael Bauer - The Knight’s Cross Holder from Herzogenaurach Signs: The “Frontline Shower Bath” Unusual: The “Lili Marleen Barracks” in a Russian Village Slapstick by the Train of the 18. Panzer-Division. Price:£28.80 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/HIF01 Thu, 28 Sep 2023 17:49:36 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/LIFSPEZ04 Luftwaffe im Focus Spezial No 4 58 pages, 88 photos - thereof 6 in colour, Colourprofil, 4 coloured maps • The English Channel " Feared by German Fighter Pilots (main article main article covering various topics) • They Failed to Return " And Became Prisoners of War • Aerial Combat over the Thames Estuary " The Staffelkapitän of 1./ZG 26 Is Forced to Come Down "In the Drink" • Photos with a Story: The He 111 and Ju 88 Balloon-Cable Fender Aircraft in Action over England Correcting a long-standing factual distortion • Aircraft in Focus: The "Old Channel Kites" " Pushed Off On the Replacement Training Staffeln • Scenery: He 111 of KG 100 " Emergency Landing and Subsequent Take-Off • Fates: 4.(F)/14 " "5F + MM", An Unlucky Aircraft Code • Fates: Rammed Preparing for Take-off " Fate of a Staffelkapitän • Photos with a story: The Speculation about Luftflotte 2's Command Post Is Over! First private photos of the command post Cäsar II at Sangatte. Price:£27.80 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/LIFSPEZ04 Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:39:22 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/UBF21 U-Boot im Focus Edition No 21 58 pages, 65 photos - thereof 6 in colour, 2 coloured conning tower frontviews, , 1 coloured document, 4 coloured maps, reader's forum • Penannts: Return from the Dreaded 13th War Cruise " A Summary of U-453's Actions • Boat in Focus: U-403 " The Boat with the "Rushing Wolf" Emblem on its Conning Tower The Story of a Norwegian Sea Boat with a Previously Unknown Emblem • Photos with a story: The March Dedicated to Kptlt. Kretschmer (U-99) The story of an almost forgotten inciden • Fates: U-858 " The First Kriegsmarine Vessel to Surrender to the USA after the German Surrender • Documents: When the World of the U-Boat Crews Was Still in Order • Scenery: The Men Whose Work Remained in the Dark • Unknown emblems: When the World of the U-Boat Crews Was Still in Order • Unusual: Rank Insignia on the Commander's Oilskin • Commanders: Oblt.z.S. Viktor-Wilhelm Nonn (U-596). Price:£22.30 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/UBF21 Wed, 08 Mar 2023 11:51:55 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/STARTFROM From Submariners to Tank Killers Marine-Panzerjagd-Regiment 1 and the Fighting near Hamburg in April-May 1945 Author: Axel Urbanke ISBN: 978-3-941437-53-1 Pages: 192 Photos: 157, 48 of them in colour Illustrations: 15 color maps Format: 24 x 28,5 cm - Large format, Hard cover plus dust jacket At the beginning of April 1945, it became clear that the surrender of the Wehrmacht was only a matter of days or weeks. But despite this hopeless prospect, the German troops still put up fierce resistance to the enemy. Most of the front-line soldiers had long since given up hope of an already illusory final victory. Other goals now had priority. The way to the west had to be kept open for columns of refugees; steps had to be taken to ensure that civilians and wounded comrades could be evacuated by sea; and a path to the west had to be cleared for their own troops. The great spectre on the Eastern Front was that of being overrun by the Russians and then being subjected to their reprisals. Very few interested people today know that a stubborn fight against the British and Americans was also necessary on the Western Front in order to achieve these goals. So in April, the Germans were playing for time, because every day that the Wehrmacht troops in the West delayed surrender saved the lives of thousands, even tens of thousands of people in the East. But Hitler was still alive and making his unrealistic decisions in Berlin. To oppose his orders in those days could quickly mean death. In this situation, Hamburg, a city of millions, made preparations for a "defence to the last round of ammunition". Disaster loomed. Due to a lack of troops, at the beginning of April, the High Command of the Wehrmacht increasingly resorted to sailors whose ships had been sunk, were damaged, or are no longer able to sail due to a lack of fuel. Among these men were about 2,000 submariners who had been waiting in the Elbe metropolis for the completion or repair of their U-boats. Now, instead of putting to sea in their boats to fight the enemy, they stood up to the British with Panzerfaust anti-tank weapons as part of the 1st Naval Anti-Tank Regiment. Under the level-headed battle commander of Hamburg, they put up such a measured resistance that time was gained to finally surrender Hamburg without a fight and, by stopping the British at the Elbe, keep the Baltic ports open to refugees for about 14 days longer. This book is an exciting piece of contemporary history that provides a somewhat different view of the events of that time. Follow the submariners' fight in the Harburg Hills and on the Elbe, which has never been summarised until today and which saved the lives of tens of thousands of people. Important note for submarine enthusiasts: Photos of Type XXI and Type XXIII submarines are known to be very rare. This book contains 31 unpublished color photos of the construction of these boat types and their commissioning at Blohm-und-Voss and Deutsche Werft AG in Hamburg. The photos were taken as part of film recordings made by war correspondent Walter Frentz on behalf of Hitler. Frentz was to film all of the modern new weapons in the summer of 1944. During filming, he privately made color slides. The color recording is therefore a small sensation that can finally be seen 78 years after it's creation.. 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A Report on the U- Boat 280 S Rotating Loop Antenna Radio Direction Finding System •Documents: The Polar Baptism Letter " The Counterpart to the Crossing the Equator Certificate •Scenery: "Attack " Close " Sink" " The 1st U-Boat Flotilla's Dining Hall •Background: Good cooking - helps win!" - The Difficult Life of a Ship's Cook on a U-Boat •U-Tanker: Photos from the Fourth War Cruise by the Supply Boat U-460. Price:£22.30 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/UBF20 Tue, 08 Mar 2022 18:00:56 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/STARTHALBE Escape from the Halbe Pocket! English and German language,. Price:£74.99 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/STARTHALBE Thu, 23 Dec 2021 22:15:45 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/LIF26 Luftwaffe im Focus No. 26 Inhaltsverzeichnis Verbindungsflugzeuge / Liaison Aircraft Fw-58 „Weihe" C-2, CB + GT, Generalkommandantur Riga 1941/1942 Bü 131, JG51, 1941 Editorial Leserforum / Reader's Forum Schulflugzeuge / Training Aircraft Jagdfliegerschulung in letzter Stunde – II./JG106 Jäger / Fighters Fw-190 A-2, 7./JG2, 1942 Bf-109F-4/Z, 6./JG53, 1942 Fw-190, JG300, Major Rall, 1945 Nachtjäger / Nightfighters Do 217 J, Lichtenstein C-1, 1943 Junkers Ju-88C-6, R4 + GF, Lt. Beier, 9./NJG2, 1942 Bomber / Bombers Ju 88 S-3, I./KG 66, 1945 Ju 188 A-2, I./KG 2, 1944 Persönliche Embleme / Personal Emblems Der Verbindungs-Fieseler 'Storch' von Obergruppenführer Hausser Farbfotos / Color Photos Die Junkers Ju-86 V24 – ein Pechvogel Leitwerke / Tails Das Fw-190 Leitwerk von Ofw. Kurt Knappe − 5./JG51 und 10./JG2 Maschine im Focus / Aircraft in Focus Die Fw 200 Condor des KG 40 mit Mäander-Tarnung Unbekannte Embleme / Unknown Emblems Das schicke Fliegerhorstschild in Rovaniemi Dokumente / Documents Die Fw-190-Übertragungsurkunde der 9./JG11 Fotos mit Geschichte / Photos with a Story Feindflüge über der Straße von Kertsch − Schicksale der I./KG 100 Szenerie / Scenery Gut getarnt im Billefjord Ungewöhnliches / Unusual Jede Menge Munition vorhanden! Wasserflugzeuge / Seaplanes Wasserflugzeuge mit persönlichem Namenszug – eine Seltenheit. Price:£17.80 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/LIF26 Tue, 02 May 2017 11:52:38 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/LIF25 Luftwaffe im Focus Edition No.25 50 pages, 64 photos - thereof 8 in colour, 2 colour profiles, 2 coloured maps, Readerforum • Close-Support Aircraft: Fw 190 F-8 der II./SG 2, 1945 • Personal Emblems: A Supplement to the Hs 129 with Impressive Scoreboard from Edition 22 • Color Photos: Zellhausen, An Operational Airfield like a Model Diorama • Photos with a Story: 6 May 1941 – Air Battle over Calais (JG 51 Encounters No. 74 Squadron RAF) • Technology + Equipment: An Ar 96 with Dive Brakes • Unusal: Manufacturer’s Code and Werknummmer on the Nose • Scenery: The 500th Operational Sortie by 4.(H)/12 in Africa • Bomber: He 177 of I./FKG 50 at Brandenburg Briest • Tails: 1944 – An Emblem on the Tail of a He 111 of 14.(Eis)/KG 55 • Seaplanes: Friend and Foe, To the Aid in White (Norway) and photos to more topics. Price:£17.80 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/LIF25 Thu, 24 Mar 2016 17:20:20 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/LIF24 Luftwaffe im Focus Edition No.24. Price:£17.80 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/LIF24 Fri, 13 Nov 2015 15:43:12 GMT http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/LIF31 Luftwaffe im Focus Edition No 31. 50 pages, 56 photos - thereof 3 in colour, 6 colour graphics, 4 coloured emblems, 4 coloured documents, 3 coloured maps, reader's forum Aircraft in Focus: An Me 410 of ZG 26 with Wave Mirror Camouflage Unknown Emblems: It Really Did Exist " Luftgaukommando Moskau Scenery: First Photos of the Ju 252 of "Kommando Götz" (1944) Background: The Operational Flying Clasp and Staffel Markings of III./KG 1 " 1940-1942 Unusual: The Ju 52 for Night Operations! Photos with a Story: The First Fallen of "Kommando Nowotny" Last Photos of Major Walter Nowotny Color Photos: Wave Mirror Camouflage on a He 111 of KG 27 Scenery: Spa Time" Before a Mission over England (KGr. 606) Personal Emblems: Only the "Finest" For the Enemy! (KG 26) Tails: The Tail of Priller's Bf-109, For Once in Its True Colours (JG 26) Reconnaissance Aircraft: What Is That? Unidentified Equipment under the Wing of a Bf 110 As well as additional informations about the articels: "II./StG. 2 in Action at Stalingrad in Late Summer 1942" (LIF 27) and "Kurierstaffel (trop) Afrika " The Unit with many Names" (LIF 30) and photos of Messerschmitt Bf-109and Fw 58.. Price:£19.60 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/LIF31 http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/UBF19 U-Boot im Focus Edition No 19 •50 pages, 61 photos - thereof 4 in colour, 1 coloured conning tower frontview, 1 coloured document, 3 coloured maps, reader's forum •Photos with a story: U-94 in Action with Wolfpack Hecht - The first capture of an Allied merchant ship captain •Commanders: Kptlt. Nicolai "Nico" Clausen (U-129) Conning Towers: U-955 and the Teddy Bear from the Reeperbahn •Unusual: Gift of a Book for a Courageous Diver •Fates: Bay of Biscay 1944 Rescued by a Luftwaffe Air-Sea Rescue Aircraft - The fortunate rescue of the survivors of U-970 •Scenery: A Nap on the Wave Deflector •Color Photos: Bridge Watch in the "Little Seal" •SponsorCities: The Matter of Sponsorship - An experiment in reader participation Pennants: The Popular Sinking Pennant As well as photos of U-28, U-47, U-230 and U-305. Price:£22.30 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/UBF19 http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/STARTDAS Das vergessene As. Der Jagdfliger Gerhard Barkhorn by Bend Barbas The Forgotten Ace Fighter Pilot Gerhard Barkhorn Despite the fact that Gerhard Barkhorn scored a total of 301 victories while flying with Jagdgeschwader 52 on the Eastern Front, making him the second most successful fighter pilot of the Second World War after Erich Hartmann, today he is almost forgotten. This book describes Barkhorn's wartime experiences with JG2 on the Channel, JG52, JG6 and finally JV 44. Excerpts from original combat reports enable the reader to feel the drama of the events that happened back then. Barkhorn's career in the postwar Bundeswehr is also examined. Published in this book for the first time are numerous color slides taken by Barkhorn during his service with JG52, as well as many black-and-white photos. It also contains color side-views of every aircraft flown by Barkhorn. It is a book that examines all aspects of the fighter ace.. Price:£54.99 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/STARTDAS http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/LIF30 Luftwaffe im Focus Edition No 30 50 pages, 60 photos - tehreof 7 in colour, 1 colour profil, 1 coloured emblem, 3 coloured document, 5 coloured maps, reader's forum Fighters: Look What Turned Up Colour Photos of the Aircraft of Hptm. Bär, Kommandeur of I./JG 77 Photos with a story: Kurierstaffel (trop) Afrika The Unit with Many Names Scenery: Three Days Confined to Barracks for a "Flying Obscenity" Awards: The Honour Goblet for Distinguished Achievement in the Air War Reconnaissance Aircraft: Hit by Flak in the Area North of Rzhev! Fortunate return by a 4.(F)/14 crew in January 1942 Documents: The Arab Identity Card of the German Africa Corps Heavy Fighters: Me 410 Production at Messerschmitt in Augsburg Color Photos: The Red Devil That Suddenly Disappeared (1./KG 76) Photos with a story: Hit by Flak Return Flight with No Rudder! Happy Ending to a Dramatic Mission by Nahaufklärungsgruppe 4 Tails: Einsatzbilanz einer Do 217 des KG 40 Heavy Fighters: Derna Base of Operations for the 9. Staffel of ZG 26 in North Africa Unusual: A Rare Boundary Stone as a Victory Marker (I./ZG 52) Seaplanes: Seenotstaffel 8 in the Black Sea. Price:£19.60 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/LIF30 http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/LD013 Decal-sheet with the best 14 Albatros D.II, D.III, D.Va and Fokker Dr.I Triplane from the book "Jasta 14".. Price:£16.25 sales@hannants.co.uk http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/LD013 http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/STARTJASTA Jasta 14 Die Geschichte der Jagdstaffel 14 - 1916-1918. 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