If you need to find a specific title, visit their site www.casematepublishing.com and then let us at Vanwell know what you want to get.

PLUS, for the month of August, you can get it at 35% off the Canadian retail price!

We look forward to hearing from you.

We are open Tuesday to Friday 10am to 6pm and Saturdays from 11am to 5pm for those who wish to make the trek down to beautiful St. Catharines. We are located on 622 Welland Avenue with easy access from the QEW.

If you happen to live out of the city, province, or country and cannot attend in person – no problem! We can ship to your location. All we asked when you call or email us with your book order, please quote “Summer Sale 2011″. To find out what titles are available, please look at our website under “Vanwell Represented Publishers” and then go to that company’s official website (a little cut’n'paste) – almost any title listed on their respective publishers websites, Vanwell can provide to you in Canada, though there could be a slight delay if do not have that particular book in stock.

If you have any questions please contact us at: 1-800-661-6136 or email: sales@vanwell.com

Get started on you summer reading with Vanwell. We look forward to seeing you.

We will be offering discount off all products from both our army surplus store and our vast military book selection. In addition, we will be having a Charity BBQ for WoundedWarriors.ca, plus the Niagara Military Vehicle Association will be here with 4-5 vintage vehicles. We also expect to have some product demos from Original SWAT Boots and from ARES Airsoft.

Take advantage of savings on Airsoft Rifles & accessories, Tactical Gear, Knives, Military History books, New & Used Camouflage Clothing & more…

We will be happy to see you out! We will open from 10am to 6pm on the Saturday. We are located at 622 Welland Ave., but due to parking space limitations, we request that you park behind our building (parking is off Cushman Rd), “literally around the corner” and enter from our rear garage door which will be open.

Thanks, and hope to see you!

HeritageCon 5
Sunday, March 6th – 9:00am -4:00pm
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, Hamilton, Ontario
For details: www.ipmshamilton.ca

Toronto Military Show
Saturday, March 26th – 8:30am – 2:00pm
Etobicoke Olympium, 590 Rathburn Rd, Toronto, Ontario
For details: www.torontomilitaryshow.com

Calgary 2011 Spring Arms Show – Cannot make it this year.
Friday & Saturday, April 22 & 23^rd – 9:00am – 5:00pm
Calgary Stampede Grounds, BMO Centre, Calgary, Alberta
For details call: 403-771-8348 or www.calgarygunshow.com/shows.html

Sporting Clubs of Niagara Gun Show
Friday, April 29^th – 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Merritton Community Centre, 7 Park Ave., St. Catharines, Ontario

22^nd Military History Colloquium
May 6-7^th – 8:30am – 4pm
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
For details: www.canadianmilitaryhistory.com

The Military Fair
Saturday, May 28th – 9:00am – 4:00pm
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, 9280 Airport Rd., Mount Hope, ON L0R 1W0
For details: www.rgarciaevents.com

Vanwell Distribution Services
Saturday, June 25th – 10:00am – 6:00pm
622 Welland Ave, St. Catharines, Ontario
Please attend out Customer Open House Day!

Sporting Clubs of Niagara Gun Show
Friday, September 9^th – 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Merritton Community Centre, 7 Park Ave., St. Catharines, Ontario

Toronto Military Show
Saturday, September 17th – 8:30am – 2:00pm
Etobicoke Olympium, 590 Rathburn Rd, Toronto, Ontario
For details: www.torontomilitaryshow.com

CAPCON 2011 Scale Plastic Model Show & Contest
Saturday September 24th, 2011 – 8:30am – 5:00pm
Nepean Sportsplex, Ottawa, Ontario
For details: http://www.ipmsottawa.com/capcon/index.htm

Sporting Clubs of Niagara Gun Show
Friday, December 9^th – 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Merritton Community Centre, 7 Park Ave., St. Catharines, Ontario

Look forward to seeing you at these events! If there is a particular book or object that you would like me to bring, please email me prior to the event. Thanks.

Hours:

Saturday, Dec.4th & Sunday, Dec.5th from 10am to 5pm
Friday, Dec.10th from 10am to 7pm & Saturday, Dec.11th from 10am to 5pm
Friday, Dec.17th from 10am to 7pm & Saturday, Dec.18th from 10am to 5pm

ALL books discounted 35% or more, plus GST.
And of course, non-book items will be on sale from the Niagara Quartermaster.

Please note: that our new location is at 622 Welland Ave., St. Catharines but the telephone number remains the same (905)937-3100 or toll-free 1-800-661-6136.

Look forward to seeing you this December!

AS THE SOUNDS OF WAR subside and the smoke settles over the battlegrounds, the debates amongst the scholars and historians commence, to assess the successes and failures of the warring parties.

When the tally is completed and the scores on life and death have been recorded, one thing is for certain: no war is won by the latest in technology alone. Tanks, guns and mortars alone do not win wars. No, wars are won by the brains and the brawn, the blood and the sweat of the men and women involved in fighting them. The sacrifice of lives lost can never be redeemed. Effects of combat resonate past the present generation and continue to permeate the future generations of grieving families. In this story of HMCS Athabaskan, there are no less than one hundred and twenty-eight grieving families, who have been scarred by the ultimate sacrifice, making this Canada’s largest naval disaster as a result of surface action.

Although the HMCS Athabaskan’s loss is a tragic story, the accounts derived from the individuals involved have offered great insight into their plight. Light has been shed on their rescue and the events many experienced as prisoners of war. Some of their tales are not only of survival but also of lighter moments when a chuckle could be found lurking in the darkness of their days.

For the most part, the individual tales recorded on these pages are firsthand accounts, as they have been remembered by the surviving Athabaskans, or gleaned from the pages of their war diaries. Other tales have been retold to the author by family members. Only two personal tales were derived from such references as Canada’s War Museum, or other such documentation.

There are no earth-shattering new theories uncovered on the following pages. As the most important element in war is the people who fought it, such is the case of the personal accounts of the men and women telling their stories on the following pages. Guns and tanks don’t enter into the equation here, only the sacrifices made by two hundred and sixty-one men onboard a ship in enemy waters.

ISBN 978-1-55068-988-4 ● b/w photos ● 128pp ● 6 x 9” ● $24.95 ● Softcover

September 18 – The Toronto Military Show, Etobicoke, Ontario
October 2 – The London Scale Model Show, London, Ontario
October 30th – The Ajax 30 Annual Plastic Model Contest, Ajax, Ontario
November 5th – Niagara’s Military Past & Present @ The Lincoln & Welland Armouries, St. Catharines, Ontario

Look forward to seeing you in 2010 and most likely more events will be added to this list.

A great resource for the modeller as most of the books come with decals, foldouts, plans or posters.

Our initial airmail order has just arrived, with the rest of our bulk order arriving later this month. For a complete title listing, please visit their website Kagero.

Details the incredible story of a young German Jew, who grew up to fight the Nazis and became one of the most ardent POW escapers of the Second World War.

Georg Hein was sent to safety in England by his widowed mother in 1934, when he was 14 years old. He learned English and completed his high school education in London, only to graduate into trouble with the law for petty theft. Branded an undesirable alien, Hein was sentenced to three months in prison, but was released after serving only half that time. Once released, on Sept 3, 1939 (two days after the declaration of war), Hein committed identity theft and enlisted in the Royal Air Force as an Englishman ― joining a combat squadron in April 1941, he went on to fly 22 bombing missions, all the while being the object of a British Police manhunt as an enemy alien. Unfortunately, he was taken as a POW by the Nazis ― Hein became one of the most ardent (and infamous) escapers of the war.

Stevens’ book details a hitherto unknown story of the only German Jew to fight the Nazis as a bomber pilot, and who was a POW under their noses for three years and eight months, the whole time without protection from the Geneva Convention.

‘Escape, Evasion and Revenge’ is the story of a heavily conflicted young man, alone in a world that is in the midst of self-destruction. He is afforded an opportunity to help his persecuted people obtain some small measure of revenge, even if the cost is more than most would be willing to bear. Here is the tale of a selfish boy, who reaches an epiphany in his life and chooses the moral high ground. It is at once a sad yet uplifting tale of thankless and unheralded heroism. It is the truth.

Author Marc H. Stevens is a senior executive at a Canadian food processing company. He began research for the book in the late 1980’s, and was successful in obtaining access to a British government file that was sealed until the year 2051. He is the son of Georg Hein, and only discovered in 1996 that his father was Jewish.

$41.95 Hardcover 224pp 6 x 9″ illustrated
ISBN: 9781848841062

Details: Friday, November 6th – 7:30pm and Saturday, November 7th from 8:30am to 3:15pm

Otherwise check out www.canadianmilitaryhistory.ca Look forward to seeing you there.