5th SS Wiking at War 1941–1945: History of the Division (Images of War)

德国外国志愿部队的照片文档——“二战军事历史书籍爱好者图书馆的宝贵补充”（Firetrench）。
1941-1945年，党卫军第五师Wiking在收集了大量罕见且未出版的照片后，成为伊恩·巴克斯特（Ian Baxter）出版的武装党卫军战争图像系列中的第五本书。这本书讲述了党卫军第五装甲师在战争中的戏剧性故事。该师人员是从丹麦、挪威、瑞典、芬兰、爱沙尼亚、荷兰和比利时的外国志愿者中招募的，由德国军官指挥。并不是所有人都是合作者——他们经常面临的选择是加入，或者被关起来，或者更糟。战争期间，该师于1941年在东线服役。1945年5月，它向驻奥地利的美国军队投降。
“这些照片大多是以前未公开的，给人留下了维京在战争中的极好印象。我们看到了他们5年战争中各种各样的情况，从盛夏到隆冬。我们看到了他们制服和个人装备的细节，以及从摩托车和早期IV型装甲车到最后一个时期的大型黑豹等大型装备的发展od。此外，对防空和反坦克武器以及重型火炮也有很好的报道。这里有大量的细节，历史学家、重演者、军国主义收藏家和建模者都会感兴趣。”-军事模型场景
5th SS Wiking at War 1941–1945: History of the Division (Images of War)
A photographic documentation of the German foreign volunteer unit—“a valuable addition to any enthusiast’s library of WWII military history books” (Firetrench).
Drawing on a superb collection of rare and unpublished photographs, the 5th SS Division Wiking 1941-1945 is the 5th book in the Waffen-SS Images of War Series by Ian Baxter. The book tells the dramatic story of the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking at War. The men of the division were recruited from foreign volunteers in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, the Netherlands and Belgium under the command of German officers. Not all were collaborators—the choice they were all too often presented with was join up or be locked up—or worse. During the course of the war, the division served on the Eastern Front in 1941. It surrendered in May 1945 to the American forces in Austria.
“The photos are mostly unpublished before and give an excellent impression of Wiking at war. We see a good variety of conditions over the 5 years of their war, from the height of summer to the depths of winter. We see fine detail of their uniforms and personal equipment as well as the development of larger equipment from motorcycles and early Panzer IVs, to the larger Panthers of the final period. There is also good coverage of anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapons as well as heavier artillery. There is a good spread of detail in here which will interest the historian as well as the reenactors, militaria collectors and modelers alike.”—Military Model Scene

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