Gerry Embleton has been a leading illustrator and researcher of historical costume since the 1970s, and has illustrated and written Osprey titles on a wide range of subjects for more than 20 years. He is an internationally respected authority on 15th and 18th century costumes in particular. He lives in Switzerland, where since 1988 he has also become well known for designing and creating life-size historical figures for museums.
86 Ebooks by Williamson Gordon Williamson
Gordon Williamson: U-boats vs Destroyer Escorts
Winston Churchill claimed the ”U-boat peril” was the only thing that frightened him during World War II. The U-boat was developed from a small coastal vessel into a state-of-the-art killer, …
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€15.89
Williamson Gordon Williamson: Wolf Pack
Germany’s World War II U-Boat fleet represented the elite of their naval personnel. In terms of technology, training, tactics and combat successes, the U-Boat Waffe was far superior to that of any …
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English
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€12.48
Gordon Williamson: World War II German Police Units
The German Police were an essential arm of the Nazi regime; as soon as Hitler achieved power the previous decentralized provincial system was unified into a single state apparatus, integrated at the …
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€13.01
Gordon Williamson: World War II German Police Units
The German Police were an essential arm of the Nazi regime; as soon as Hitler achieved power the previous decentralized provincial system was unified into a single state apparatus, integrated at the …
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€13.01
Gordon Williamson: The Hermann Göring Division
Each of Germany”s World War II armed services could claim one unit which earned a unique combat reputation, and which consequently was enlarged and developed far beyond the size originally planned. …
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€13.01
Gordon Williamson: German Army Elite Units 1939–45
In World War II a number of German Army units and divisions were classed as élites, and were distinguished by special insignia of various kinds. For some this status was simply a matter of lineage …
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€12.99
Gordon Williamson: World War II German Battle Insignia
The remarkable war effort of the German armed forces on three fronts between 1939 and 1945 was recognised by a wider range of insignia than seen in the Allied armies. While the Wehrmacht displayed …
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€12.90
Gordon Williamson: U-boats of the Kaiser”s Navy
As was the case in World War II, one of the greatest threats to Britain during World War I was the German U-boat menace. This book traces the development of the U-boat threat from the Brandtaucher, …
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DRM
€12.98
Gordon Williamson: The Waffen-SS (1)
Despite being disdained by the German Army”s professional officer corps, the military branch of the Nazi SS security organisation grew from an initial strength of only a handful of battalions at the …
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DRM
€12.97
Gordon Williamson: The Waffen-SS (4)
In 1944–45 the Waffen-SS formed many nominal ”divisions” from a motley range of sources, whose battlefield value was as varied as their backgrounds. The best were built around existing Western …
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€12.89
Gordon Williamson: The Waffen-SS (3)
The Waffen-SS grew from a handful of obscure infantry battalions in 1939, to a force of more than 30 divisions by the end of World War II, including units of every type and every level of battlefield …
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€12.89
Gordon Williamson: The Waffen-SS (2)
The military branch of the Nazi SS security organisation grew by the end of World War II from a handful of poorly regarded infantry battalions in 1939, into a force of more than 30 divisions …
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DRM
€13.00
Gordon Williamson: World War II German Women’s Auxiliary Services
Under the Nazi regime, Hitler”s conservative views on the place of housewives and mothers in society limited German women to a much less active role in the war than their British and Allied …
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€13.01
Gordon Williamson: World War II German Women’s Auxiliary Services
Under the Nazi regime, Hitler”s conservative views on the place of housewives and mothers in society limited German women to a much less active role in the war than their British and Allied …
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DRM
€12.98
Gordon Williamson: Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939–45 (1)
This, the first of two volumes on Germany”s World War II U-boats, traces their development from the early U-boats of the Kaiser”s Navy, the prohibition on Germany having U-boats following the …
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€12.90
Gordon Williamson: Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939–45 (2)
This title follows from New Vanguard 51: Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939–45 (1) and charts the continuing development of the U-boat in German service, including the evolution of the Type IX as a long range …
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€12.99
Gordon Williamson: German Destroyers 1939–45
The German destroyer fleet of World War II consisted of nine classes: the Diether Von Roeder Class, the Leberecht Maas Class and the wartime classes Z23, Z35, Z37, Z40, Z43, Z46 and Z52. These …
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€12.99
Gordon Williamson: Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939–45 (1)
This, the first of two volumes on Germany”s World War II U-boats, traces their development from the early U-boats of the Kaiser”s Navy, the prohibition on Germany having U-boats following the …
PDF
DRM
€12.98
Gordon Williamson: Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939–45 (2)
This title follows from New Vanguard 51: Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939–45 (1) and charts the continuing development of the U-boat in German service, including the evolution of the Type IX as a long range …
PDF
DRM
€12.98
Gordon Williamson: German E-boats 1939–45
By the outbreak of World War II, Germany had done much to replace the Kaiser”s High Seas Fleet, which was scuttled following their surrender at the end of World War I. Forced to build anew, the …
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€11.94
Gordon Williamson: German Battleships 1939–45
In this, the first of a five volume series covering the capital ships of the German Navy of World War II, Gordon Williamson examines the design, development and operational use of the battleships …
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DRM
€13.00
Gordon Williamson: German Pocket Battleships 1939–45
After the end of World War I, the German Navy came up with the concept of the Panzerschiffe, or Pocket Battleship, as a method of circumventing treaty limitations on the size and types of ship …
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DRM
€12.95
Gordon Williamson: German Heavy Cruisers 1939–45
The development of this excellent and successful class of warship only became possible after the Anglo-German naval agreement of 1935 eased restrictions on the types of ship Germany could build; even …
PDF
DRM
€12.97
Gordon Williamson: German Light Cruisers 1939–45
The German Navy of World War II was small in number, but contained some of the most technologically advanced capital ships in the world. This meant that although the Kriegsmarine never felt capable …
PDF
DRM
€13.00
Gordon Williamson: German Destroyers 1939–45
The German destroyer fleet of World War II consisted of nine classes: the Diether Von Roeder Class, the Leberecht Maas Class and the wartime classes Z23, Z35, Z37, Z40, Z43, Z46 and Z52. These …
PDF
DRM
€12.99
Gordon Williamson: U-Boat Crews 1914–45
If one single weapon in Germany”s arsenal can be said to have come closest to winning the war for the Third Reich, it was without doubt the U-Boat. German U-Boat technology, training, tactics and …
EPUB
DRM
€14.89
Gordon Williamson: Knight”s Cross and Oak-Leaves Recipients 1939–40
In 1939 a new grade in the Iron Cross series was introduced, the Knight”s Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). It was awarded for a variety of reasons, from skilled leadership …
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€14.87
Gordon Williamson: German Mountain & Ski Troops 1939–45
Fighting in every theatre from the burning sands of North Africa to the icy wastes above the arctic circle the German Army”s Gebirgstruppen troops were some of the most effective in the whole of the …
PDF
DRM
€14.95
Gordon Williamson: Knight”s Cross and Oak-Leaves Recipients 1939–40
In 1939 a new grade in the Iron Cross series was introduced, the Knight”s Cross of the Iron Cross (Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes). It was awarded for a variety of reasons, from skilled leadership …
PDF
DRM
€14.87
Gordon Williamson: German Commanders of World War II (1)
This first of two studies examines the careers and illustrates the appearance and uniforms of 19 of the German Army”s leading field commanders in World War II. Their service covers the whole arc of …
EPUB
DRM
€14.99
Gordon Williamson: U-boat Tactics in World War II
At the start of the war, German U-boat technology vastly out performed that possessed by the Allies, and under the pressure of the war continual development helped keep pace with wartime needs and …
EPUB
DRM
€14.87
Gordon Williamson: German Military Police Units 1939–45
The military policeman must be one of the least appreciated yet most indispensable military figures in modern history. In the mobile warfare of the 20th century no army could keep its vital supply …
EPUB
DRM
€13.00
Gordon Williamson: German Special Forces of World War II
A fascinating and long overdue study of the troops that made up Germany”s elite special forces of World War II. Such forces included the legenday Skorzeny Commandos who carried out audacious tasks …
EPUB
DRM
€14.98
Gordon Williamson: Kriegsmarine Coastal Forces
Although often overlooked in favour of the U-boats or battleships, the vast majority of the Kriegsmarine was formed of the smaller vessels of the coastal forces. These ships and boats, which included …
EPUB
DRM
€11.98
Gordon Williamson: German Security and Police Soldier 1939–45
The security units of the Third Reich were many and diverse, yet often an oversimplified view is projected of these organisations. This title provides a detailed and informed picture of the variety …
EPUB
DRM
€14.98
Gordon Williamson: German Commanders of World War II (1)
This first of two studies examines the careers and illustrates the appearance and uniforms of 19 of the German Army”s leading field commanders in World War II. Their service covers the whole arc of …
PDF
DRM
€14.98
Gordon Williamson: Knight”s Cross, Oak-Leaves and Swords Recipients 1941–45
On 21 June 1941, as the Wehrmachtstormed forward across the frontiers of the Soviet Union, Hitler instituted a new higher grade of the Knight”s Cross decoration for gallantry and leadership: the …
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DRM
€14.98
Gordon Williamson: Knight”s Cross with Diamonds Recipients
On 28 September 1941, Hitler instituted a new, supreme class of the Knight”s Cross decoration for gallantry and leadership: the Oak-Leaves with Swords and Diamonds. This award would be presented to …
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DRM
€14.99
Gordon Williamson: Afrikakorps 1941–43
The campaign in North Africa between September 1940 and May 1943 holds not only an enduring fascination for postwar generations; but also a perhaps unique degree of nostalgia for some surviving …
PDF
DRM
€14.89
Gordon Williamson: German Military Police Units 1939–45
The military policeman must be one of the least appreciated yet most indispensable military figures in modern history. In the mobile warfare of the 20th century no army could keep its vital supply …
PDF
DRM
€13.00
Gordon Williamson: Grey Wolf
The scourge of Allied shipping during World War II, the U-Boot Waffe was one of the most feared components of Hitler”s war machine, yet the Kriegsmarine was the least political branch of the Third …
PDF
DRM
€14.97
Gordon Williamson: German Seaman 1939–45
When re-armament came after World War I, the German Navy was forced to build anew, so the Reichsmarine and its successor, the Kriegsmarine, found itself in possession of some of the most modern, …
PDF
DRM
€14.87
Gordon Williamson: Panzer Crewman 1939–45
In World War II the Panzer crews spearheaded every major campaign or battle from the invasions of Poland and France to the last great counter-offensive in the Ardennes. Germany”s Panzer crews fought …
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DRM
€14.98
Gordon Williamson: German Security and Police Soldier 1939–45
The security units of the Third Reich were many and diverse, yet often an oversimplified view is projected of these organisations. This title provides a detailed and informed picture of the variety …
PDF
DRM
€14.96
Gordon Williamson: Gebirgsjäger
Few branches of the German armed forces were represented on so many fronts as the mountain infantrymen, or Gebirgstruppen. From the Blitzkrieg campaigns of 1940, through the invasions of the Balkans …
PDF
DRM
€14.98
Gordon Williamson: U-Boat Crews 1914–45
If one single weapon in Germany”s arsenal can be said to have come closest to winning the war for the Third Reich, it was without doubt the U-Boat. German U-Boat technology, training, tactics and …
PDF
DRM
€15.01
Gordon Williamson: Kriegsmarine Coastal Forces
Although often overlooked in favour of the U-boats or battleships, the vast majority of the Kriegsmarine was formed of the smaller vessels of the coastal forces. These ships and boats, which included …
PDF
DRM
€11.97
Gordon Williamson: Kriegsmarine Auxiliary Cruisers
Despite being relatively unknown compared to famous ships like Graf Spee or Bismarke, or the more famous U-boats, the Auxiliary Cruisers were immensely successful, not only in the number of enemy …
PDF
DRM
€12.94
Gordon Williamson: U-Boat Bases and Bunkers 1941–45
Few of the massive military structures built by Germany during World War II are as impressive as the U-Boat bases and bunkers in Germany, Norway and France. This title takes a close look at the …
PDF
DRM
€15.01
Gordon Williamson: German Special Forces of World War II
A fascinating and long overdue study of the troops that made up Germany”s elite special forces of World War II. Such forces included the legenday Skorzeny Commandos who carried out audacious tasks …
PDF
DRM
€14.89
Gordon Williamson: U-boat Tactics in World War II
At the start of the war, German U-boat technology vastly out performed that possessed by the Allies, and under the pressure of the war continual development helped keep pace with wartime needs and …
PDF
DRM
€15.00
Gordon Williamson: U-boats vs Destroyer Escorts
Winston Churchill claimed the ”U-boat peril” was the only thing that frightened him during World War II. The U-boat was developed from a small coastal vessel into a state-of-the-art killer, …
EPUB
DRM
€15.98
Gordon Williamson: The Waffen-SS (1)
Despite being disdained by the German Army”s professional officer corps, the military branch of the Nazi SS security organisation grew from an initial strength of only a handful of battalions at the …
EPUB
DRM
€12.98
Gordon Williamson: The Waffen-SS (3)
The Waffen-SS grew from a handful of obscure infantry battalions in 1939, to a force of more than 30 divisions by the end of World War II, including units of every type and every level of battlefield …
EPUB
DRM
€12.98
Gordon Williamson: German Battleships 1939–45
In this, the first of a five volume series covering the capital ships of the German Navy of World War II, Gordon Williamson examines the design, development and operational use of the battleships …
EPUB
DRM
€12.98
Gordon Williamson: German Pocket Battleships 1939–45
After the end of World War I, the German Navy came up with the concept of the Panzerschiffe, or Pocket Battleship, as a method of circumventing treaty limitations on the size and types of ship …
EPUB
DRM
€13.01
Gordon Williamson: German Heavy Cruisers 1939–45
The development of this excellent and successful class of warship only became possible after the Anglo-German naval agreement of 1935 eased restrictions on the types of ship Germany could build; even …
EPUB
DRM
€13.00
Gordon Williamson: German Light Cruisers 1939–45
The German Navy of World War II was small in number, but contained some of the most technologically advanced capital ships in the world. This meant that although the Kriegsmarine never felt capable …
EPUB
DRM
€12.98
Gordon Williamson: German Mountain & Ski Troops 1939–45
Fighting in every theatre from the burning sands of North Africa to the icy wastes above the arctic circle the German Army”s Gebirgstruppen troops were some of the most effective in the whole of the …
EPUB
DRM
€15.00
Gordon Williamson: Knight”s Cross, Oak-Leaves and Swords Recipients 1941–45
On 21 June 1941, as the Wehrmachtstormed forward across the frontiers of the Soviet Union, Hitler instituted a new higher grade of the Knight”s Cross decoration for gallantry and leadership: the …
EPUB
DRM
€15.00
Gordon Williamson: Kriegsmarine Auxiliary Cruisers
Despite being relatively unknown compared to famous ships like Graf Spee or Bismarke, or the more famous U-boats, the Auxiliary Cruisers were immensely successful, not only in the number of enemy …
EPUB
DRM
€12.98
Gordon Williamson: U-Boat Bases and Bunkers 1941–45
Few of the massive military structures built by Germany during World War II are as impressive as the U-Boat bases and bunkers in Germany, Norway and France. This title takes a close look at the …
EPUB
DRM
€14.97
Gordon Williamson: Grey Wolf
The scourge of Allied shipping during World War II, the U-Boot Waffe was one of the most feared components of Hitler”s war machine, yet the Kriegsmarine was the least political branch of the Third …
EPUB
DRM
€14.98
Gordon Williamson: German Seaman 1939–45
When re-armament came after World War I, the German Navy was forced to build anew, so the Reichsmarine and its successor, the Kriegsmarine, found itself in possession of some of the most modern, …
EPUB
DRM
€14.96
Gordon Williamson: Panzer Crewman 1939–45
In World War II the Panzer crews spearheaded every major campaign or battle from the invasions of Poland and France to the last great counter-offensive in the Ardennes. Germany”s Panzer crews fought …
EPUB
DRM
€15.01
Gordon Williamson: Gebirgsjäger
Few branches of the German armed forces were represented on so many fronts as the mountain infantrymen, or Gebirgstruppen. From the Blitzkrieg campaigns of 1940, through the invasions of the Balkans …
EPUB
DRM
€14.98
Gordon Williamson: The Hermann Göring Division
Each of Germany”s World War II armed services could claim one unit which earned a unique combat reputation, and which consequently was enlarged and developed far beyond the size originally planned. …
EPUB
DRM
€12.95
Gordon Williamson: World War II German Battle Insignia
The remarkable war effort of the German armed forces on three fronts between 1939 and 1945 was recognised by a wider range of insignia than seen in the Allied armies. While the Wehrmacht displayed …
EPUB
DRM
€12.96
Gordon Williamson: U-boats of the Kaiser”s Navy
As was the case in World War II, one of the greatest threats to Britain during World War I was the German U-boat menace. This book traces the development of the U-boat threat from the Brandtaucher, …
EPUB
DRM
€12.94
Gordon Williamson: The Waffen-SS (2)
The military branch of the Nazi SS security organisation grew by the end of World War II from a handful of poorly regarded infantry battalions in 1939, into a force of more than 30 divisions …
EPUB
DRM
€12.96
Gordon Williamson: Knight”s Cross with Diamonds Recipients
On 28 September 1941, Hitler instituted a new, supreme class of the Knight”s Cross decoration for gallantry and leadership: the Oak-Leaves with Swords and Diamonds. This award would be presented to …
EPUB
DRM
€14.95
Williamson Gordon Williamson: Wolf Pack
Germany’s World War II U-Boat fleet represented the elite of their naval personnel. In terms of technology, training, tactics and combat successes, the U-Boat Waffe was far superior to that of any …
EPUB
English
DRM
€12.39
Gordon Williamson: German Army Elite Units 1939–45
In World War II a number of German Army units and divisions were classed as élites, and were distinguished by special insignia of various kinds. For some this status was simply a matter of lineage …
EPUB
DRM
€13.01
Gordon Williamson: The Waffen-SS (4)
In 1944–45 the Waffen-SS formed many nominal ”divisions” from a motley range of sources, whose battlefield value was as varied as their backgrounds. The best were built around existing Western …
EPUB
DRM
€12.89
Gordon Williamson: Afrikakorps 1941–43
The campaign in North Africa between September 1940 and May 1943 holds not only an enduring fascination for postwar generations; but also a perhaps unique degree of nostalgia for some surviving …
EPUB
DRM
€15.02
Gordon Williamson: German E-boats 1939–45
By the outbreak of World War II, Germany had done much to replace the Kaiser”s High Seas Fleet, which was scuttled following their surrender at the end of World War I. Forced to build anew, the …
EPUB
DRM
€11.97
Williamson Gordon Williamson: U-Boats at War in 100 Objects, 1939-1945
‘The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril, ’ wrote Winston Churchill in his history of the Second World War. ‘I was even more anxious about …
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English
DRM
€12.43
Williamson Gordon Williamson: U-Boats at War in 100 Objects, 1939-1945
‘The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril, ’ wrote Winston Churchill in his history of the Second World War. ‘I was even more anxious about …
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English
DRM
€12.47
Williamson Gordon Williamson: Hitler’s Navy
A complete illustrated study of the German Kriegsmarine throughout World War II.Hamstrung at first by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, during the 1930s, the German Navy underwent a programme of …
EPUB
English
DRM
€26.24
Williamson Gordon Williamson: Hitler’s Navy
A complete illustrated study of the German Kriegsmarine throughout World War II.Hamstrung at first by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, during the 1930s, the German Navy underwent a programme of …
PDF
English
DRM
€26.24
Gordon Williamson: E-Boat vs MTB
An examination of the ”small boat” war between the Germans and the British in the English Channel.
During the Second World War, German E-Boats were so active in the English Channel that the nar …
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DRM
€16.02
Gordon Williamson: E-Boat vs MTB
An examination of the ”small boat” war between the Germans and the British in the English Channel.
During the Second World War, German E-Boats were so active in the English Channel that the nar …
EPUB
DRM
€16.00
Gordon Williamson: German Commanders of World War II (2)
This second of two selections of Germany”s World War II field commanders summarizes the careers, and illustrates the appearance, of 26 men who rose to prominence in the Waffen-SS, Kriegsmarine and …
PDF
DRM
€14.89
Gordon Williamson: German Commanders of World War II (2)
This second of two selections of Germany”s World War II field commanders summarizes the careers, and illustrates the appearance, of 26 men who rose to prominence in the Waffen-SS, Kriegsmarine and …
EPUB
DRM
€14.96
Williamson Gordon Williamson: Knight’s Cross and Oak-Leaves Recipients 1941 45
The remarkable early successes of the armed forces of the Third Reich prompted the decision that the supreme decoration for personal valour or outstanding leadership the Knight’s Cross of the Iron …
PDF
English
DRM
€14.98
Williamson Gordon Williamson: Knight’s Cross and Oak-Leaves Recipients 1941 45
The remarkable early successes of the armed forces of the Third Reich prompted the decision that the supreme decoration for personal valour or outstanding leadership the Knight’s Cross of the Iron …
EPUB
English
DRM
€14.87
