The wartime career of this cruel and capable man is captured brilliantly with contemporary fully captioned images in this Images of War series work.

The Vistula-Oder offensive was a massive Soviet Army operation on the Eastern Front which was launched on 12 January 1945 and paved the way for the Battle of Berlin. Its main objective was a major advance from the River Vistula to the River Oder, bringing Soviet forces within fifty miles of the gates of Berlin. The offensive faced a German defensive line east of Warsaw. These 450,000 German troops were outmatched three to one by the Soviet forces. The Red Army assault began what would be a devastating three weeks for the German forces of Army Group A. German attempts to hold their lines and...

Using genuine archive photographs, most are previously unpublished, this book presents a review of German army uniforms and insignia from World War Two. Carefully chosen photographs illustrate uniform variation and different unit badges and insignia for Wehrmacht units on all fronts.