Peter Kassak has released his new 'print-on-demand' title
"..I am very excited to announce that the ZG 76 book is available for ordering. Here is a short blurb:
Zerstörergeschwader 76 - History of the German Luftwaffe unit 1939 - 1945 by Peter Kaššák and Marek Žatkovič. Soft cover, 414 pages (80 grams coated paper) printed in color (however, most of the photos are B/W).
Maps, appendices (losses, victories, COs, bases) and 46 color profiles (sample below). Price: 60 EUR.."
Available at lulu.com at this link
"..Zerstörergeschwader 76 had two eras of its existence. The first installment was active from the first days of WWII until 1941. A description of this very combat-active and successful episode of the unit history is published as the first part of this book. The second installment, which is a matter of the second part of this book, was active from autumn 1943 until early 1945.
It has been a long time since. Many men in the unit also had active duties linked to other units, and it is hard to trace all of the facts. But what was available to us from the known sources, is compiled in the text on the following pages.
We believe that this work may be considered as a decent tribute to all men of the ZG 76, and we hope it can be a starting point for other researchers in, if not broadening this work, then just bringing more information and facts about partial events involving ZG 76...
a review from Giampiero Piva
"..This month I had to decide whether to buy the Chandos KG 40 volume or Peter Kassak's ZG 76 and my choice was the latter. Let’s say right away that from a historiographical point of view it’s a magnificent work, accurate in detail and accompanied by numerous images. If we look at it from a modeller's viewpoint, I would say that the photo quality is not always the best (maybe it depends on the type of paper used) and a good number of them are in quite small format. However the color profiles are good..[..].... Considering that the authors certainly didn't start with the idea of producing a work for modellers, we're 'settled' to have in our hands one of the best texts on the history of a Luftwaffe unit published in the last 10-20 years..."
a review from Giampiero Piva
"..This month I had to decide whether to buy the Chandos KG 40 volume or Peter Kassak's ZG 76 and my choice was the latter. Let’s say right away that from a historiographical point of view it’s a magnificent work, accurate in detail and accompanied by numerous images. If we look at it from a modeller's viewpoint, I would say that the photo quality is not always the best (maybe it depends on the type of paper used) and a good number of them are in quite small format. However the color profiles are good..[..].... Considering that the authors certainly didn't start with the idea of producing a work for modellers, we're 'settled' to have in our hands one of the best texts on the history of a Luftwaffe unit published in the last 10-20 years..."
(A final word - this book is a print-on-demand service with printers on each continent (Asia, Australia, UK, France, and three locations in the USA), the delivery and postal costs are as low as possible, and the book is dispatched from the nearest location to the purchaser.)
Peter Kassak's other books via lulu.com are available here