Ian Baxter: 35 books
Hitler’s Mountain Troops 1939-1945
The Gebirgsjager
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2011
Hitler’s mountain troops or Gebirgsjager were a group of elite soldiers ready for battle, whatever the conditions. These mountain men were trained to ski, climb and endure long marches, survive appalling conditions and were given a role as crack shock troops. Yet many of the campaigns in which the...
Hitler's Defeat on the Eastern Front
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
A stunning photographic account of Hitler’s last stand in the face of the Red Army’s successful offensive of 1944.
Drawing on rare and previously unpublished photographs accompanied by in-depth captions, the book provides an absorbing analysis of this traumatic period of the Second World War....
SS Das Reich At War 1939–1945
A History of the Division on the Western and Eastern Fronts
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2017
Between 1933 and 1939, the strength and influence of the SS grew considerably with thousands of men being recruited into the new ideological armed formation, many into units known as the SS-Verfgungstruppe (Special Disposal Troop). These troops saw action in Poland before switching to the Western...
Auschwitz and Birkenau
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2016
Auschwitz and Birkenau were separate from each other,by about a 45 minute walk. Auschwitz was adapted to hold political prisoners in 1940 and evolved into a killing machine in 1941. Later that year a new site called Birkenau was found to extend the Auschwitz complex. Here a vast complex of buildings...
German Army on the Eastern Front - The Retreat 1943-1945
Rare Photographs From Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: February 29, 2016
After the defeat at Stalingrad in January 1943, the German Army’s front lines were slowly smashed to pieces by the growing might of the Soviet Army. Yet these soldiers continued to fight gallantly. Even after the failed battle of the Kursk in the summer of 1943, and then a year later when the Russians...
SS Polizei at War 1940–1945
A History of the Division
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
Formed in 1939 SS-Polizei Division were not considered initially as an SS fighting force, and this status was reflected in the quality of the equipment they were issued. Following operations in France, Greece and then Russia, it was not until 1942 the division was transferred to the Waffen-SS, and...
SS Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler (LSSAH) at War 1939 - 1945
A History of the Division on the Western and Eastern Fronts
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2017
With extensive text and many unpublished photographs with in-depth captions - the successful Images of War format - this book describes the Division’s fighting tactics, weapons and uniforms. It traces how the Division became an elite fighting unit both in offensive and defensive battles.
The...
by Ian Baxter
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Afrika Korps is an illustrated record of Field-Marshal Erwin Rommel and his desert troops that fought in North Africa against British and Commonwealth forces between 1941 and 1943. Using previously rare and unpublished photographs, many of which have come from the albums of individuals who took part...
Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1941-1945
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
This book in the popular Images of War series covers the deeds of the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front during the Second World War. With extensive text and in-depth captions with many rare and unpublished photographs it is an absorbing analysis of the part they played on the Eastern Front. It reveals...
Nazi Concentration Camp Commandants 1933-1945
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2014
Using many rare and unpublished images this book identifies and delves into the characters of the notorious men who were instrumental in one of the greatest crimes against humanity in World history.
Through words and pictures the chilling truth emerges. In many respects these monsters were all...
Waffen SS on the Western Front
Rare photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
This book in the popular Images of War series covers the deeds of the Waffen-SS on the Western Front during the Second World War. With extensive text and in-depth captions with many rare and unpublished photographs it describes the fighting tactics, the uniforms, the battles and the different elements...
by Ian Baxter
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2019
The Deutsche Afrika Korps (best known as simply Afrika Korps) built up a well-deserved reputation as a superb fighting machine. While this was founded on the leadership and tactical genius of its legendary commander Erwin Rommel and the fighting skills of its officers and men, another vital element...
Belsen and it's Liberation
Rare photographs from Wartime Archives
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2014
Accompanied by rare and unpublished photos with in-depth captions the book presents a unique visual account of one of the Nazi's most infamous concentration camps. The imagery shows the SS's murderous activities inside Belsen, and also reveal another disturbing side to them relaxing in their barracks...
SS Totenkopf at War
A History of the Division
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2017
The SS Totenkopf (Death Head) Division even 70 years on retains its formidable and ruthless reputation as a superbly efficient yet murderous formation. It earned this for its actions throughout the Second World War, first in 1940 during the blitzkrieg in Northern France and then on the Eastern Front....