This is an very nice COMPLETE!!!!!!! example of the rare Raumbild-Verlag Otto Schönstein book Der Kampf im Westen (Combat in the West) by Oberstleutnant of the General Staff Hasso von Wedel and Henrich Hansen. This 80-page, 8 x 11-1/2 inch hardcover book was published in München (Munich) in 1941 Raumbild Verlag (Three Dimensional Picture Publishers) books were unique in that they came with photographic stereo-view cards and a fold-up metal device with which the cards could be viewed. This book is complete with all 100 original photographs and its original Raumbild 3D viewer. If you are not familiar with this three-dimensional book, you need to know that it consists of a well-written text on the subject of the military campaigns in the NETHERLANDS, France and Belgium in 1940. There are eight full-page full-color photos in the text that depict various Wehrmacht and Luftwaffe units in the field. The special covers of this hardcover album are about 1/2-inch thick and are die-cut with four cavities that hold the 100 special 3-dimensional stereo photographs (real photographs from negatives - NOT halftone prints) and fifth cavity to hold a metal viewer with glass lenses that sets up to view the photographs. The 100 numbered stereo photos each measure 2-3/8 x 5 inches and have a full description of the subject printed on the back. When seen in the Raumbild viewer, each picture is incredibly three-dimensional, almost as if the scene was being viewed in real life. We know of no other way for a history buff to observe a three-dimensional view of the German troops or a Fieseler Storch on Place de la Concorde in Paris (shown above), the destruction in the town of Sedan or the interior of the railcar in Compiègne where the French Government surrendered in 1940 after only a few days of combat. Naturally, the subject of the German Campaign in the West covers a wide range. Among the 100 three-dimensional views are photos of XX, Police, Wehrmacht dog handlers, carrier pigeon troops, assault boat teams, heavy flak batteries, field guns, Panzer troops, anti-tank units, bridge builders and engineers, medical evacuation units, field kitchens, French prisoners, high ranking German Officers wearing Blue Max and Knights Cross of the Iron Cross medals, captured enemy equipment and extreme urban combat damage. This example of Der Kampf im Westen has a grey linen hardcover with white blocking. While the cover and binding shows some wear/are fragile,, the photo's and the viewer are in very nice used condition and the book comes with the original Third Reich metal viewer! (no postwar replacement). One photo has been annotated with pen, see photo's carefully, they are part of the description. A beautiful 3D Raumbild ''Stereobook'' for your WW2 collection!