The just released new book, German 1940 War Campaign Pictorials from Heinrich Hoffmann, Erwin Rommel, Combat Cameramen & Propagandists, is accompanied by two book trailers which showcase the two main photographic contributors to the book. Below the videos is a breakdown of a book that will be followed up the Michael B. Butler with one about North Africa and Russia, again utilizing primarily photos created by Germans photographers.

Rommel Commanding 7th Panzer Division in Western Campaign

Photos from With Hitler in the West from Henirich Hoffmann

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  410 Pages, 8.5x11.
• 200+ Pages of photographs, containing well over 350 pictures, along with detailed text about the history surrounding the German 1940 world shocking Western Campaign in Europe.
• Photos from With Hitler in the West by Hitler's personal photographer Heinrich Hoffmann.
• Photos taken by then Major General Erwin Rommel, commander of 7th Panzer Division, and subordinates after his unexpected rise to armored division commander.
• Explanations of Campaign from General Walter Warlimont, OKW Operations Staff, and from Rommel's Campaign diary, dispatches and letters to his wife.

About the Book: When World War Two ended in Europe, the U.S. Army and various intelligence agencies collected reams of evidence relating to the conduct of the war. A large number of photographs became property of the U.S. government and then the U.S. National Archives. This publication was created from those collections.

Essentially, this is a pictorial guide, supplemented by text, through the world shocking Nazi Gunman 1940 Western Campaign which brought the Allies to their knees in weeks. Looking back, one cannot fully grasp how this campaign upended top military commands in the Great Powers and reshuffled all the carefully conceived strategic planning scenarios.

There are two main sources: The December 1940 book, With Hitler in the West, created by Hitler's personal photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann, and published by Joseph Goebbels, the infamous Third Reich propaganda chief. Photos taken by then Major General Erwin Rommel or those on campaign with the new commander of the 7th Panzer Division. Outfitted with a Leica camera, Rommel was an avid photographer as well as a frontline commander. His unexpected rise to division commander, due to his relationship with Hitler, raised eyebrows among the German General Staff but proved a good choice.

German 1940 War Campaign Pictorials from Heinrich Hoffmann, Erwin Rommel, Combat Cameramen & Propagandists, Hardcover ISBN: 979-8264299612, ASIN: B0FQ4C2TQC Kindle

Michael B. Butler's second book, released in 2022, is Without Redemption: Creation & Deeds Freeway Killer Bill Bonin, His Five Accomplices & How One Who Escaped Justice. In 2024-26 three books are slated for release: Round the World & Across Russia in 21 Days, 30 Years Later and the two-book history set dedicated to 15 wartime military veterans, many who saw combat, from his family—History Leading to 50th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor, Book 1 and History Leading to 50th Anniversary of D-Day, Book 2.