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1941 NAZI PHOTO BOOK ABOUT GERMAN MOUNTAIN TROOPS DURING
THE INVASION OF YUGOSLAVIA

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Unterm Edelweiss in Jugoslawien. Aus den Erlebnissen einer Gebirgsdivision. Herausgegeben im Auftrag des Ge.Kdo.VII.A.K. von Major Dr. Egid Gehring
Unterm Edelweiss in Jugoslawien.Aus den Erlebnissen einer Gebirgsdivision.
General der Gebirgstruppe Lanz
Unterm Edelweiss in Jugoslawien is a 1941 Nazi photo book composed of stories of Nazi Gebirgsjäger or mountain troops in combat in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia during World War II, as published by order of the General Command VII A.K. by Major Dr. Egid Gehring. The text is a compilation of dairy entries and experiences by Gefreiter Josef Martin Bauer (who became a writer and film director after World War II).
Generalmajor und Divisionskommandeur Hubert Lanz
After a foreword by Generalmajor und Divisionskommandeur Hubert Lanz, Illustrations by Gefreiter Neef and Gefreiter Anton Kolnberger are interspersed in the 48 lively text pages.
decorated Nazi Panzerjäger
There are pictures of Wehrmacht troops crossing the border in trucks loaded up with horses, blown up bridges across the Drau river, bunker to bunker fighting, disabling mines, Divisionskommandeur Lanz on the front line (shown below), Serbian and Croatian POWs, Wehrmacht supplies crossing temporary bridges, Gebirgspioniere drinking beer after conquering an important bridgehead, encounters with the local population including welcoming by ethnic Germans, treating the wounded (including Yugoslavian soldiers), ladies selling vegetables at the market in Agram (Zagreb, now in Croatia), occupying the strategically important city of Celje (now in Slovenia), battle damage, etc.
ethnic Germans in Yugoslavia, Volksdeutschen Gustanj
After finishing the campain against Jugoslavia and Greece, Adolf Hitler visits Klagenfurt, capital of Kaernten on 29. April 1941
Above, after the end of the German campain against Jugoslavia, Adolf Hitler visits the city of Klagenfurt (just north of the Yugoslavian border) on 29 April 1941.
Nazi mine sweepers
Generalmajor und Divisionskommandeur Hubert Lanz
Nazi mine detectors, Nazi soldier disabling mines in Yugoslavia in 1941
Nazi mountain troops crossing the borden into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Nazi Gebirgsjäger souvenir
Above, a Nazi Gebirgsjäger picks up a souvenir previously owned and used by a Serbian Officer to keep discipline, according to the caption under this photo.
There are an additional 64 glossy pages with rare and gritty photos of Gebirgsjäger in action during the invasion of Yugoslavia (also known as the April War or Operation 25), most of them not found in other Third Reich books on the German invasion of the Balkans in the spring of 1941.
ethnic Germans greet Nazi Gebirgsjaeger
Generalmajor und Divisionskommandeur Hubert Lanz
1941 Marchierleichterung in Jugoslawien
Nazi Mountain Trooper Edelweiss and Iron Cross
Wehrmacht marching music
The caption under the picture above says marching
is easier when accompanied by music. Below, local transportation options also made marching easier!
Unterm Edelweiss in Jugoslawien was published by Zentralverlag der NSDAP, Franz Eher Nachf., the Central Publishing House of the Nazi Party in Munich in 1941.

This 7-1/4 x 9-1/8 inch, 112-page softcover Nazi book is a superb memento of the campaign, in very good, little-used condition with a tight spine and no odor. The striking original color dust jacket is also in very nice condition.

Also for sale on USMBOOKS.com, another Nazi book about the German
invasion Yugoslavia called Advance to Bosnia and Von den Karawanken
bis Kreta
about the Balkan campaign in general. 
We are happy to combine shipping of multiple purchases!

This Nazi photo book about Gebirgsjäger during the invasion of Yugoslavia
is for sale for $149.95 delivered by Media Mail in the continental USA.
 
USM book #1366

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