WWII German Third Reich Wehrmacht SS Military 3D Stereoview Book Der Kampf im Westen Complete w 100 Cards & Viewer

Outstanding and highly collectible WWII German 3-D stereoview book “Der Kampf im Westen” (The Battle in the West), complete with its original stereoscopic photo cards and viewing device. This fascinating Third Reich-era publication provides an unusually immersive photographic record of the German military campaign in Western Europe, allowing the original wartime photographs to be viewed with a remarkable three-dimensional depth effect.

What makes these books so interesting is that they were designed as much more than ordinary illustrated publications. The accompanying photographs were produced as paired stereoscopic images. When inserted into the special viewer and viewed correctly, the two photographs visually merge to create the illusion of a single 3-D scene with foreground, middle-distance and background depth. Even today, the effect is impressive and makes examining the military photographs a genuinely fun and fascinating experience.

Most importantly, this example retains all of its stereoview cards as well as the viewer, making it a much more desirable and complete collector set.

“Der Kampf im Westen” documents the German campaign in Western Europe during WWII, presenting dramatic contemporary military photography covering the advance through the West. The stereoscopic photographs offer a detailed visual record of soldiers, military formations, equipment, vehicles, artillery, battlefield landscapes, occupied areas, damaged towns and buildings, transportation, fortifications and other aspects of the 1940 Western Campaign.

The book combines printed historical text and captions with the removable stereoscopic photographs, creating both a wartime photographic record and an unusual example of early 3-D photographic technology. Rather than simply looking at a flat photograph, the included viewer allows collectors to experience these historic scenes in the format originally intended by the publisher.

The stereoview format is especially effective with military photography. Vehicles, soldiers, buildings, roads, fortifications and landscape features appear at noticeably different visual depths, giving many scenes an almost miniature diorama-like quality. It is easy to spend considerable time going through the cards individually and examining details that are much more noticeable when viewed stereoscopically.

Highlights include:

• Original WWII-era German “Der Kampf im Westen” stereoview book
• Title translates approximately to “The Battle in the West”
• Fascinating photographic documentation of the 1940 Western Campaign
• Complete with all stereoscopic photo cards
• Includes the stereoscopic 3-D viewer
• Cards create an impressive three-dimensional photographic effect when viewed
• Numerous period German military and campaign photographs
• Images relating to soldiers, military operations, vehicles, equipment and battlefield scenes
• Western European campaign and occupation-related imagery
• Fortifications, architecture, landscapes and wartime destruction
• Period printed German text and photographic captions
• Excellent example of WWII-era stereoscopic photography
• Combines military history, photography and early 3-D viewing technology
• Much more desirable as a complete set with all cards and viewer present

Condition:

The book is in fair heavily used overall condition with age and handling wear, as should be expected from an original wartime publication of this type. There may be wear to the covers, spine, pages and other areas from age and use. Despite the condition issues, this remains a great, substantially complete historical set, and the important point is that all of the 100 stereoview photo cards are present along with the viewer.

Please examine all photographs carefully for exact condition and contents. Sold as shown.

This is an excellent addition to a collection of WWII German militaria, Third Reich books, original German military photography, stereoviews, stereoscopic photographs, 1940 Western Campaign material, military history, photographic archives or wartime publications. Complete stereoview sets are particularly enjoyable because the original viewer brings the photographs to life in a way that ordinary WWII photographs simply cannot duplicate.

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