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Welcome everyone to the second issue of The Warrior for 2023!

As spring turns to summer, we’re bringing you all our latest releases in military history covering ancient history all the way through modern times.

Take to the seas of the ancient Aegean in A Naval History of the Peloponnesian War (p.8), or take to the saddle in The Rise and Fall of the Mounted Knight (p.11). Learn of the secret German sabotage campaign in the USA during World War 1 in Burn, Bomb Destroy (p.20), or walk the D-Day beaches and hear the memories of those who were there in The Human Face of D-Day (p.24). In A History of Jungle Warfare (p.44) you can learn to navigate one of the most grueling of all forms of warfare, or read Standing Tall (p.43) to experience the life and lessons of one who lead the fight under the dense canopy of the jungle. If you’re looking for something more modern, try picking up Hell in the Streets of Husaybah (p.47) and read about the fights of Marines in Iraq, 2004.

If you know French or are just looking for some harder to find reference photos, check out our returning French Language WW2 section (p.39-42) where you’ll find a collection of titles from Heimdal Publishing.

These are just a handful of the many excellent books in this issue of The Warrior, with so much on offer there is sure to be something that catches your eye. And if you’re looking for a deal, be sure to check out the expansive bargains section (p.56-62).

Happy Reading!

-The Warrior Team

The Soviet Destruction of Army Group South Ukraine and Southern Poland 1943-1945

Ian Baxter

Following the destruction of Sixth Army at Stalingrad in February 1943, Army Group South slowly withdrew westwards, using the Dnieper as a fortified position In May 1944, Red Army troops defeated Army Group South and Army Group A on the Dnieper.

In July, troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front launched an operation into the Crimea. The offensive coincided with other Red Army operations further north. Slowly, the powerful Russian attacks forced the tattered German army group to retreat hundreds of miles west, into Eastern Poland and Romania.There, the Germans would fight a series of desperate battles until the remnants surrendered in early May 1945.

Drawing on rare and previously unpublished images accompanied by detailed captions and text, the book gives a fascinating analysis of the destruction of Army Group South in southern Russia between 1944 and 1945.

242620, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 128 pages

12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend Volume 2 - From Operation Goodwood to April 1945

Massimiliano Afiero

Raphael Riccio

Formed in 1943 with the express purpose of blocking the forthcoming Allied invasion in the West, the 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend carved out a reputation as one of the Wehrmacht’s foremost panzer divisions.

The British Operation Goodwood against Caen in July 1944 was followed by Totalize in Augusts. Within a week thousands of German troops were encircled in the Falaise Pocket. Around ten thousand Hitlerjugend soldiers escaped piecemeal, regrouping to fight in the battles along the Maas and the ill-fated Ardennes offensive of December 1944. Deployed to Hungary in 1945 to stem the Red Army advance, the division fought against overwhelming odds until the final battles in Austria, on Reich soil, in late April 1945

Packed with photographs, maps and profiles, this Casemate Illustrated follows the actions of the 12th SS Panzer Division throughout its existence.

243146, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 128 pages

The front cover image is from The D-Day Training Pocket Manual 1944

by Courtney

War Along the Wabash

The Ohio Indian Confederacy’s Destruction of the US Army, 1791

This is the story of how a small band of determined indigenous peoples defended their homeland, destroyed an American army, and forced a shift in the way in which the United States waged war. On 11/4/1791, a coalition of warriors determined to set the Ohio River as a permanent boundary between tribal lands and white settlements faced an army led by Arthur St. Clair—the resulting struggle ended in the greatest defeat of an American army at the hands of Native Americans. The road to the battle of the Wabash began when St. Clair was appointed to lead an army into the heart of the Ohio Indian Confederacy, building a string of fortifications along the way. He would face difficulties in recruiting, training, feeding, and arming volunteer soldiers. From the moment St. Clair’s force began its retreat, the men blamed the officers, and the officers in turn blamed their men. For over two centuries historians have blamed either the officer corps, enlisted soldiers, an entangled logistical supply line, poor communications, or equipment. The destruction of the army resulted in Congress authorizing a regular army in 1792. This book, the result of 30 years’ research, puts the battle into the context of the last quarter of the 18th century, exploring how the central importance of land ownership to Europeans arriving in North America resulted in unrelenting demographic pressure on indigenous tribes, as well as the obstacles standing in the way of the fledgling American Republic in paying off its enormous war debts.

242682, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 320 pages

Rangers, Scouts, and Raiders Origin, Organization, and Operations of Selected Special Operations Forces

Michael

Throughout history there has always been a need, in military forces, for special units. In the past, these units have usually been ad hoc formations that were disbanded after their mission was complete. It has only been since the early 1950s that such units have remained active, but even in recent times special purpose, special mission units have been organized and used for a period of time or for a specific mission and then either deactivated or replaced by other units.

This unique approach to the history of American special forces examines their development through a number of operations, ranging from the French and Indian War in the 18th century through to the Vietnam War. From the Son Tay raid to the Force at la Difensa and Rogers’ Rangers, the operations are diverse in both organization and purpose, but all contributed to the overall mission of their theater or larger organization, thus proving the continuing need for special units throughout history and even today.

242835, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

Flawed Commanders and Strategy in the Battles for Italy, 1943–45

Andrew Sangster

Pier Paolo Battistelli

Wars never run according to plan, perhaps never more so than during the Italian campaign, 1943–45, where necessary coordination between the different armies added additional complexity to Allied plans. Errors in the strategies, tactics, the coalition tensions, and operations at campaign command level can clearly be seen in firsthand accounts of the period. This new account examines the Italian campaign, from Sicily to surrender in 1945, exploring the strategy, intentions, motives, plans, and deeds.

243122, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

Rome to the Po River

The 362nd Infantry Division, 1944–45

Heinz Greiner

Linden Lyons

In late 1943, 362. Infanterie-Division was formed around the remnants of 268. Infanterie-Division, which had been disbanded after high casualties on the Eastern Front. It fought at Anzio in early 1944, overrun when the Allied broke through the German lines in April. During its time at Anzio, the division was involved in the Benedicta massacre.

Facing the Allied advance, it suffered further losses and had to be rebuilt once more. Returning to the front, it then fought until late April 1945, when it surrendered.

This account focuses on the efforts of 362. Infanterie-Division to turn back the Allied forces from their advance north in late 1944 and early 1945. Its commander, Heinz Greiner led the division in a series of counterattacks against Allied forces outside Rome that slowed Allied progress. Greiner’s experience as commander of 362. Infanterie-Division throughout this period means that it offers a unique insight into the battle from the German perspective.

242286, $45 , $29.50 , Hardback, 200 pages

Midway Submerged

American and Japanese Submarine Operations at the Battle of Midway, May–June 1942

Mark W Allen

Midway Submerged is a comprehensive examination of a little-known aspect of this pivotal naval battle, explaining how Nimitz used his submarines at Midway, and the Japanese misused theirs based on a flawed tactical plan. Based on in-depth archival research not only into the battle itself, but also submarine design and construction, and tactical and operational doctrine for both the United States and Japan, it brings a whole new dimension to the discussion of the battle of Midway. It examines the intended role of the submarine in the plans and doct rine of both navies, and what the submarines were expected to accomplish for both fleets during the battle, before assessing the actual accomplishments, successes, and failures of the submarine forces on both sides. Of particular importance, the book offers an analysis of how well these vessels fulfilled the expectations placed on them by their respective naval planners, concluding that submarines played a more important role in the outcome than has been previously understood.

242811, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

The One Ship Fleet USS Boise—WWII Naval Legend, 1938–45

Phillip T Parkerson

The USS Boise was one of the most famous US combat ships of WWII, already internationally renowned following her participation in the naval battles in the Solomons in 1942. In 1943 the Boise was sent to the Mediterranean theater, there to participate in the invasions of Sicily, Taranto, and Salerno, and enhancing her fame by destroying enemy tanks during armored counterattacks in both Sicily and Salerno. From the Mediterranean, Boise was sent to the S.W. Pacific theater to join the US 7th Fleet for the campaign in New Guinea in 1943–44 and then the invasion of the Philippines. She fought in the battle of Leyte Gulf, in the Surigao Strait, where battleships faced off against each other for the last time in maritime history. She also fought off kamikazes at Leyte and later at Lingayen Gulf during the invasion of Luzon. MacArthur used her as his flagship for the Luzon attack, adding to her fame, then after helping retake Corregidor and other islands in the Philippines, Boise carried the general on a triumphant tour of the islands. After MacArthur left the ship in June 1945, she returned to the US for overhaul which was just complete as the war ended, by which time she had been awarded 11 battle stars, more than any other light cruiser in her class.

242996, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 304 pages

A Pair of Aces and a Trey 1st Lieutenants William P. Erwin, Arthur

Byrne V. Baucom: America’s Top Scoring World War I Observation Pilot and Observers

E. Easterbrook, and

Trained as a pursuit pilot but assigned to an observation squadron, the indefatigable Bill Erwin flew twice as many hours over the front lines as any other pilot in the 1st Aero Squadron. His two primary observers, Byrne Baucom and Arthur Easterbrook, were both previously Army infantry officers and deadly marksmen. It was their dedication, bravery, and courage under fire that kept them alive throughout the Château-Thierry, St. Mihiel, and Meuse-Argonne campaigns.

Erwin’s dramatic life culminated in his disappearance during the 1927 Dole Air Race, while Easterbrook became a repected figure in Washington. Revered in his home state of Texas, Baucom became a pilot in the 1920s and rose to become an instructor at an advanced flying school. He died in an aircraft crash in 1928. While Erwin became Dallas’s ‘favorite son’ in life, three thousand people paid tributes to Baucom at his funeral, showing his immense popularity. Easterbrook was the only one of the three to survive to reach his military career potential, retiring as a brigadier general after World War II. Alan Roesler retraces the lives and careers of the three men in this new joint biography.

241876, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

Winning French Minds Radio Propaganda in Occupied France, 1940–42

Denis

The period 1940 to 1942 was the most volatile of the war, with the Nazis capturing large parts of western Europe and dominating on the Eastern front. At this time France was separated into two nominally independent zones, and public opinion could easily have been swayed. This could have had disastrous consequences for any future Allied attempt to liberate Europe, and so the battle for French minds was launched using the new technology of radio. Using original primary sources from archives in Britain and France, broadcast recordings, radio magazines, and interviews conducted by British Intelligence with those arriving from France during the war, this is a fascinating and unique insight into wartime radio propaganda from 1940 to 1942.

241463, $45 , $29.50 , Hardback, 256 pages

Keeping the Peace Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 251 During the Cold War 1946–1991

Steven

The Thunderbolts of VMFA-251 were reactivated as a Marine Air Reserve squadron in 1946. Their Cold War only included a few weeks of traditional combat operations—in Korea—but they would undertake constant training exercises and deployments from 1946 to 1991 as they prepared for a potential war. These deployments and exercises, while not “at war,” were not without dangers. The Thunderbolts lost many personnel and aircraft, but they persevered as the armed forces of freedom-loving nations faced the ongoing threat of communism for over four decades. Compiled from archive records and interviews by a veteran of VMFA-251, this account narrates how the Thunderbolts worked hard to maintain the peace. They were indeed Custodians of the Sky.

241937, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

Burning Horizon

British Veteran Accounts of the Iraq War, 2003

Julian Whippy

Prof Peter Caddick-Adams

Codenamed Operation Telic, the British component of the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was the largest gathering of British troops since the Second World War.

While the British public prepared for the worst as its soldiers were facing weapons of mass destruction, most servicemen and women were under no illusion that they were invading Iraq to rid the people of Saddam Hussein.While much has been said about WMD and Tony Blair’s government, not nearly enough has been heard from those men and women that took part in Operation Telic. Based upon dozens of veteran interviews, personal diaries and archival material, this book tells their stories, in their own words. From controlling the vast Allied Air Forces at 34,000 feet in an AWACS plane down to submariners beneath the warm waves of the Persian Gulf firing Tomahawk Cruise missiles, from the steaming hot turret of a Challenger Tank as it is peppered with RPGs, to being on your belly in a sandstorm disarming unexploded bombs — these veteran accounts cover the whole spectrum of experiences.Polarized public opinion and the post-war media portrayal of the war has detracted from what was achieved by these forces, when tasked to do so, often with insufficient or inadequate resources. These are their stories of courage, fortitude, pride, and brotherhood amidst the harsh realities of modern asymmetric warfare.

242972, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

The High Ground Leading in Peace and War

R D Hooker Jr

The High Ground draws on the author’s personal experiences as a combat leader to illustrate examples of successful and inspiring leadership in military organizations at all levels. Many of the essays contained in this volume focus on specific military personalities that portray effective leader behaviors in both peacetime and combat settings from the tactical to the strategic. Others describe key leadership characteristics and attributes of successful leaders, from small-unit level to the Pentagon.

Throughout the author provides specific and compelling leadership advice and suggestions to new soldiers, new lieutenants, staff officers and commanders. The author served over thirty years in the post-Vietnam Army, rising from private to colonel and serving in the invasion of Grenada and in Somalia, the US response to the Rwandan genocide, in Bosnia and Kosovo, in peacekeeping operations in the Sinai, and in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. He commanded a paratrooper company, battalion and brigade and served in the continental US, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Southwest Asia.

The High Ground describes his observations and interactions with military leaders at all levels, in battle and in garrison, to describe and portray military leader development and leader excellence in all its many and varied dimensions. Gripping and fast-paced, these leadership vignettes will carry the reader from peacetime into battle with the American Soldier.

242934, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 192 pages

Parachute to Berlin

Lowell Bennett

Alan Bennett

Bennett was one of several journalists to fly a night raid over Berlin in November 1943. This is the vivid testimony of an American journalist shot down over Berlin. After he was captured in Berlin, he was taken on a tour of Germany and shown what the civilian population was being subjected to. Bennett spent the rest of the war in Stalag Luft I, where he started the newspaper POW WOW, secretly read by 9,000 prisoners. Bennett’s experiences led him to condemn the Allied policy of systematically bombing civilian population centers.

243160, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 256 pages

Just Another Day in Vietnam

Keith Nightingale’s accomplishments in both military and civilian life largely contribute to the excellence of Just Another Day in Vietnam as a memoir of unusual depth as well as breadth. Uniquely adopting a third-person omniscient point of view, Nightingale eschews the “I” of memoir in favor of multiple perspectives and a larger historical vision that afford equal time and weight to ally and enemy alike. Nightingale moreover offers the point of view of an American advisor to elite Vietnamese troops, a vital perspective regrettably underrepresented in the literature of Vietnam.

243023, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 264 pages

Jayhawk

Love, Loss, Liberation, and Terror Over the Pacific

Jay A Stout

George L Cooper

Born in the Philippines to an American father and a Filipina mother, George Cooper is one of the few surviving veteran pilots who saw action over such fearsome targets as Rabaul and Wewak. Not just another flag-waving story of air combat, Jayhawk describes the war as it really was—a conflict with far-reaching tentacles that gripped and tore at not only the combatants, but also their families, friends and the way they lived their lives.

243047, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 264 pages

Riders Upon the Storm

Phillip Parotti

Phillip Parotti’s new novel chronicles the fast-paced action of a collection of American submarine chasers as they battle to reduce the German U-Boat menace in the English Channel during the last year of World War I. Lieutenant (junior grade) Ben Snow takes a commission in the United States Naval Reserve, and whips a dissolute crew into fighting shape. They then take their little submarine chaser, SC 65X, out into the English Channel to hunt for German U-boats in the midst of the worst winter in more than fifty years. Their achievements climax with the sinking of a German submarine and taking sixteen of her crew prisoner.

When the war ends on 11 November 1918, the chaser crews expect to return home, but their exposure to danger is by no means concluded. Instead, the chasers are tasked with exploding the 70,000 dangerous mines planted in the North Sea Mine Barrage. Having survived the war, will Ben and his crew survive the peace?

242446, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 304 pages

The Spy from Place Saint-Sulpice A Novel

Barry Michael Broman

Richard “Rick” Blayne has a mission. One of the CIA’s top expert on Cambodia, he has been sent to Paris to further the CIA’s plan to infiltrate the Cambodian resistance to the Hanoi-controlled puppet government. Rick feels out of place and uncertain if he can handle the assignment. Vying factions seek to form a guerrilla force. As he establishes contact with old Cambodian friends in both the factions vying to control the resistance, he is drawn into an operation to recruit a Russian diplomat serving in Paris. With the help of a Thai fashion designer serving as an access agent, Rick moves the operation forward at a time of great upheaval and change for the Soviet Union.

241760, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 256 pages

Warriors of the Ancient Greek World

This in-depth visual guide, Warriors of the Ancient Greek World, boasts over 140 lavishly detailed photographed and illustrated recreations of the warrior panoplies of the fifth and fourth centuries BC. It covers the heavy infantry and cavalry of Greece and Macedonia, the light infantry and horsemen of the Thracian territories and the fighting men and women of the vast Persian and Scythian realms. The book has been crafted to show these ancient combatants in as much physical, gritty detail and character as possible. It illustrates the range of distinct weapons and equipment carried by them, why it was needed and how it was made. It shows how the warriors may have looked whilst on campaign, mud, blood and all.

778765, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 80 pages

The Greek Hoplite Phalanx

The Iconic Heavy Infantry of the Classical Greek World

The Greek hoplite and the phalanx formation have been the subject of considerable academic debate over the past century. Dr Richard Taylor provides an overview of the current state of play in the hoplite debatet. But the book goes further: offering a new perspective on the hoplite phalanx. He argues that the Greek phalanx was different in degree but not in kind from other contemporary heavy infantry formations and that the hoplite debate, with its insistence on the unique nature of the hoplite phalanx, has obscured the similarities with other equivalent formations. The result is a fresh take on a perennially popular subject.

788566, $52.95 , $34.50 , Hardback, 544 pages

The Spartan Supremacy 412-371 BC

Sparta was a small city which consistently punched above its weight in the affairs of classical Greece. For two centuries her warriors were acknowledged as second to none. Yet at only one period in its long history did the home of these grim warriors seem set to entrench itself as the dominant power in the Greek world. This period includes the latter stages of the Peloponnesian War from 412 BC to the Spartan victory in 402, and then down to the Spartan defeat by the Thebans at Leuctra in 371 BC. Few books have covered this time period, particularly when compared to the ample coverage of the Peloponnesian War. Bob Bennett and Mike Roberts untangle the complexities of this important but unduly neglected period for the modern reader.

07713B, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 320 pages

Hellenistic Naval Warfare and Warships 336-30 BC

War at Sea from Alexander to Actium

The Hellenistic period, from Alexander the Great to the Battle of Actium, was a time of great technological change and innovation in naval design. An naval arms race between the Successor States that culminated in a plethora of ship types and the largest oared vessels ever built. All the available evidence and comparative data is gathered to reconstruct the various classes of warship. Each is illustrated with diagrams and scale models, with particular attention paid to the arrangement of oars and rowers. The key naval battles of the period are narrated, huge affairs involving hundreds of ships, describing the forces engaged and the tactics employed. Factors such as the location of port facilities, the supply of timber and maritime trade are also considered.

097604, $52.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 320 pages

The Iliad and the Odyssey The Trojan War: Tragedy and Aftermath

The Iliad dealing with the final stages of the Trojan War and The Odyssey with return and aftermath were central to the Classical Greeks’ self identity and world view. Epic poems attributed to Homer, they underpinned ideas about heroism, masculinity and identity; about glory, sacrifice and the pity of war; about what makes life worth living. A book-by-book synopsis and commentary discuss the heroes’ relationships, and the narratives’ shimmering presentation of war. Whether you’ve always wanted to go deeper into these extraordinary works or are coming to them for the first time, this book will help you understand and enjoy Homer’s monumentally important work.

779939, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 312 pages

Lepanto 1571 The Madonna’s Victory Nic Fields

With over 200 ships per side, the battle of Lepanto was the largest naval battle in sixteen centuries, the last major fight between fleets composed entirely of the muscle-driven galley, and one of the decisive naval battles of history. These slender ships were the direct descendants of the Classical trireme but carried cannon and marines bearing firearms, although massed archery and cold steel still played a major rôle on the fateful day. Nic Fields gives an excellent account of this fascinating and spectacular battle, which sank the perception of Ottoman dominance and the inevitability of Islam’s westward encroachment beyond the Balkans.

002868, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 464 pages

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The Battle of Pharsalus (48 BC)

Caesar, Pompey and their Final Clash in the Third Roman Civil War

Gareth C Sampson

In August 48 BC, following the earlier battle at Dyrrhachium, the two greatest Roman commanders of their generation met in battle again at Pharsalus in Greece. Julius Caesar, conqueror of Gaul, had been defeated at Dyrrhachium and forced to retreat but now stood at bay to face Pompey the Great, conqueror of the East. At stake lay the future of the ailing Roman Republic, each man believing he alone had the solution to restoring Republican government. Gareth Sampson examines the campaigns which led up to the battle as well as the role played by the various regional powers who got drawn into the Roman Civil War.

793621, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

Battles and Battlefields of Ancient Greece

A Guide to their History, Topography and Archaeology

C Jacob Butera

Matthew A Sears

Greece was the scene of some of the most evocative and decisive battles in the ancient world. This volume brings together the ancient evidence and modern scholarship on twenty battlefields throughout Greece. It is a handy resource for visitors of every level of experience, from the member of a guided tour to the veteran military historian.

831869, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 336 pages

A Naval History of the Peloponnesian War

Ships, Men and Money in the War at Sea, 431404 BC

Marc G de Santis

Naval power played a vital role in the Peloponnesian War. The conflict pitted Athens against a powerful coalition including the preeminent land power of the day, Sparta. Athens’ initial tactical superiority was demonstrated at the Battle of Chalcis, where her ships literally ran rings round the opposition but this gap closed as her enemies adapted.

Marc De Santis narrates these stirring events while analyzing the technical, tactical and strategic aspects of the war at sea.

861589, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 280 pages

Antigonus The OneEyed Greatest of the Successors

Jeff Champion

After Alexander’s death, Antigonus, then governor of the obscure province of Phrygia, seemed one of the least likely of his commanders to seize the dead king’s inheritance. Yet within eight years of the king’s passing, through a combination of military skill and political shrewdness, he had conquered the Asian portion of the empire.

774897, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 256 pages

Themistocles The Powerbroker of Athens

Jeffrey Smith

This is an exciting new biography of Themistocles of Athens, architect of the Greek victory over the Persian invasions of 490 BC and 480 to 479 BC. While his role in the Persian wars is naturally a major theme, Themistocles’ career before and after those conflicts

is also considered in detail. Themistocles was a leading exponent of a new kind of populist politics in the young democracy of Athens, manipulating the practice of ostracism (exile) to get rid of his political rivals. Jeffrey Smith explains Themistocles’ rise to a position of virtual hegemony which allowed him to institute his far-sighted policy of preparation against the growing Persian threat.

014595, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 312 pages

Greece Against Rome

The Fall of the Hellenistic Kingdoms 250–31 BC

Philip Matyszak

Towards the middle of the third century BC, the Hellenistic kingdoms (the fragments of Alexander the Great’s shortlived empire) were near their peak. In terms of population, economy, and military power each individual kingdom was vastly superior to Rome, not to mention in fields such as medicine, architecture, science, philosophy, and literature.

Philip Matyszak relates how, over the next two-and-a half centuries, Rome conquered and took over these kingdoms while adopting so much of Hellenistic culture that the resultant hybrid is known as ‘Graeco-Roman’.

000123, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 224 pages

Armies of the Roman Republic 264–30 BC History, Organization and Equipment

Gabriele Esposito

In 264 the Romans were pitted against the might of Carthage in the first of the three Punic Wars, which would push Rome to the brink but end with the destruction of this great rival city. In the following two centuries they would clash repeatedly with the Gauls, and they also defeated the Hellenistic Successor states, proud heirs to the military legacy of Alexander the Great, a process completed by the annexation of Egypt in 30 BC. Gabriele Esposito describes the tactics, organization, weapons and equipment of the Roman forces involved in these wars. As usual, his clear, accessible text is supported by dozens of color images of replica weapons and equipment in use.

094023, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 192 pages

The Army of the Roman Republic

From the Regal Period to the Army of Julius

Michael

From the moment its last king was expelled (traditionally in 753 BC), the Roman republic had to fight for its very survival. Centuries of almost continuous warfare saw Rome’s armies evolve in response to a wide variety of threats which were met with mixed fortunes though always with ultimate success. As defense of the homeland turned to territorial expansion, Roman forces also had to adapt to sustained campaigns in varied terrain and climates, not to mention the changes in the Roman republic itself. Michael Sage traces the development of the republic’s army from its foundation, down to the time of its most famous leader, Julius Caesar.

020244, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 352 pages

Constantius III Rome’s Lost Hope

Ian Hughes

Constantius is an important, but almost forgotten, figure. He came to the fore in or around 410 when he was appointed Magister Militum (Master of Troops) to Honorius, the young Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. His predecessor, Stilicho, had been murdered by his own troops and much of Gaul and Hispania had been overrun by barbarians or usurpers. Constantius married Honorius’ sister and was eventually proclaimed his co-emperor. However, the Eastern Roman Emperor, Honorius’ nephew, refused to accept his appointment and Constantius was preparing a military expedition to enforce this recognition when he died suddenly, having been emperor for just seven months.

700247, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 192 pages

The Army of the Early Roman Empire 30 BC–AD 180 History, Organization and Equipment

Gabriele Esposito

The legionary soldier of the early Empire period, with his distinctive segmented armor, is one of the images most closely associated with ancient Rome. This was the army that enforced the Pax Romana at the point of a gladius and maintained the greatest empire the world had yet seen. Gabriele Esposito describes the tactics, organization and equipment of the Roman army at the height of its powers, considered by many to be the most efficient and powerful fighting force of the ancient world. He gives an overview of the most significant campaigns and considers in detail not only the legionaries but also the various auxiliary units, including cavalry. His clear, accessible text is supported by dozens of color photos of replica weapons, armor and other kit in use.

787392, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 192 pages

Rome Rules the Waves A Naval Staff Appreciation of Ancient Rome’s Maritime Strategy 300 BCE - 500 CE

James Bloom

The commonly-held view of Rome’s naval history is that it essentially ended with the defeat of Antony and Cleopatra’s fleet at Actium in 31 BC. The author takes the view that sea power is not merely about naval engagements. In its deeper sense, sea power is the steadfast exertion of command of the sea lanes to project trade, suppress piracy, transport troops and supplies and protect land-based military garrisons and expeditions.

590249, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 320 pages

Justinian II

The Roman Emperor

Who Lost his Nose and his Throne and

Regained Both

Justinian II became Roman emperor at a time when the Empire was beset by external enemies. His forces gained success against the Arabs and Bulgars but his religious and social policies fuelled internal opposition which resulted in him being deposed and mutilated (his nose was cut off) in 695. After a decade in exile, during which he strangled two would-be assassins, he regained power through a coup d’etat with the backing of the erstwhile Bulgar enemy (an alliance sealed by the marriage of his daughter, Anastasia). His second reign was seemingly harsher and again beset by both external and internal threats and dissension over doctrinal matters.

755308, $52.95 , $34.50 , Hardback, 416 pages

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Augustus at War The Struggle for the Pax Augusta

Lindsay Powell

Karl Galinsky

This book is a penetrating assessment of Augustus as ancient Rome’s military commander-in-chief.The words Pax Augusta—or Pax Romana—evoke a period of uninterrupted peace across the vast Roman Empire. Lindsay Powell exposes this as a fallacy.Powell reveals Augustus as a brilliant strategist and manager of war. The book profiles more than 90 of his loyal deputies, as well as the military units under their command, and the campaigns they fought. The book is lavishly illustrated with 23 maps, 42 color plates, 13 black and white figures and 5 order of battle schematics. With a forward by Karl Galinsky, this book breaks new ground in explaining the extraordinary achievement of Caesar Augustus.

831845, $44.95 , $29.50 , Hardback, 496 pages

Carthage at War

Punic Armies c. 814–146

BC

Joshua R Hall

The Carthaginians are well known as Rome’s great enemy of the three Punic wars and Hannibal, their greatest general, is a household name. There have been few studies dedicated to detailed analysis of Carthaginian armies and warfare throughout the city-state’s entire existence. Joshua Hall puts that right with this in-depth study of their tactics, equipment, unit organization, army composition and operational effectiveness. Drawing on all the available archaeological and literary evidence, the author shows the development of Carthage’s forces and methods of warfare from the ninth century BC to the city’s demise. The result is the most in-depth portrait of the Carthaginian military available in English.

885387, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 336 pages

The Roman Imperial Succession

John D. Grainger

John D Grainger analyses the Roman imperial succession, demonstrating that the empire organized by Augustus was fundamentally flawed in the method it used to find emperors. Augustus’ system was a mixture of heredity, senatorial and military influences, and these were generally antagonistic. Consequently the Empire went through a series of crises, in which the succession to a previous, usually dead, emperor was the main issue. The infamous ‘Year of the Four Emperors’, AD 69, is only the most famous of these crises, which often involved bouts of bloody and destructive civil war, assassinations and purges.

766045, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

Sejanus Regent of Rome

John S McHugh

The figure of Sejanus has fascinated from ancient to more modern times. Sejanus, the emperor Tiberius’ infamous Praetorian Prefect, is synonymous with overreaching ambition, murder, conspiracy and betrayal. According to the traditional storyline, this man craved the imperial throne for himself and sought it by isolating the naive emperor in his island pleasure palace on Capri whilst using his control over the Praetorian Guard, coupled with his immense power and influence in Rome, to purge the capital of potential opponents. His victims supposedly included the emperor’s son, Drusus, poisoned by his own wife who had been seduced by Sejanus.

714978, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

Cataclysm 90 BC The Forgotten War That Almost Destroyed Rome

Philip Matyszak

A military and political history of the Social War of 90-88 BC. This tells the story of the revolt of Rome’s Italian allies (socii in Latin - hence the name of the war). Because these Italian allies had the arms, training, and military systems of the Roman army which they usually fought alongside, all Rome’s usual military advantages were nullified. This brought the war down to a clash of generals, with the Roman rivals Gaius Marius and Cornelius Sulla spending almost as much time in political intrigue as combat with the enemy. The interplay of personalities, high-stakes politics and full-scale warfare make for a taut, fast-paced tale.

08518A, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 192 pages

The Pope’s Army

The

Papacy in Diplomacy and War

John Carr

For much of its 2,000-year history, the Roman Catholic Church was a formidable political and military power, in contrast to its pacifist origins and its present concentration on spiritual matters. The period of political and military activism can be dated to roughly between 410, when Pope Innocent I vainly tried to avert the sack of Rome by the Visigoths, and about 1870, when Pope Pius IX was abandoned by his protectors, the French Army, and forced to submit to the new Italian state by surrendering any political power the Vatican had left.

714893, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 320 pages

The Battles That Created England 7931100

How Alfred and his Successors Defeated the Vikings to Unite the Kingdoms

Arthur C Wright

In popular imagination the warfare of the Early Middle Ages is often obscure, unstructured, and unimaginative, lost between two military machines, the ‘Romans’ and the ‘Normans.’ In point of fact, we have a considerable amount of information at our fingertips and the picture that should emerge is one of English ability in the face of sometimes overwhelming pressures on society, and a resilience that eventually drew the older kingdoms together in new external responses which united the ‘English’ in a common sense of purpose. Our principal source, replete with reasonably reliable reportage, are the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, comprehensive in collation though subject to oral distortion and mythological excursions.

08798A, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

The Rise and Fall of the Mounted Knight

The medieval mounted knight was a fearsome weapon of war, captivating and horrifying in equal measure. They have been both held up as a paragon of chivalry, whilst often being condemned as oppressive and violent. Occupying a unique place in history, knights on their warhorses are an enigma hidden behind their metal armor, and seemingly unreachable on their steeds. This book seeks to understand the world of the medieval knight by studying their origins, their accomplishments and their eventual decline. The standout feature of this book is the focus on the equine half of the partnership, from an author who practices the arts of horsemanship on a daily basis, including combat with sword and lance.

08204A, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

Battles of the Wars of the Roses

The Wars of the Roses saw a series of bloody battles during one of the most turbulent periods of English history. The houses of Lancaster and York fought for control of the crown, devastating the nobility and bringing an end to the illustrious Plantagenet dynasty. This new history focuses on the seventeen battles that took place around the country between 1455 and 1487 and considers the causes, course and result of each battle. Written with the most up-to-date archaeological and documentary research, and including many images of the main protagonists, battle sites, maps and genealogical charts, this is a fascinating new insight into the Wars of the Roses.

08310A, $36.95 , $24.50 , Hardback, 240 pages

Founder, Fighter, Saxon Queen Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians

Margaret

Alfred the Great’s daughter defied all expectations of a well-bred Saxon princess. The first Saxon woman ever to rule a kingdom, Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, led her army in battle against Viking invaders. She further broke with convention by arranging for her daughter to succeed her on the throne of Mercia.

This book brings Aethelflaed’s world to life, from her childhood in time of war to her remarkable work as ruler of Mercia. The final chapter traces her legend, from medieval paintings to novels and contemporary art, illustrating the impact of a legacy that continues to be felt to this day.

023382, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 208 pages

Wars of the Roses The People, Places and Battlefields of the Yorkists and Lancastrians

Paul Kendall

The Wars of the Roses, which saw England and Wales ravaged by warfare for three decades and dynasties rise and fall, decimated the nobility of an entire generation, and saw the rise of the merchant class, the decline of medieval feudalism and opened the country to the enlightened ideals of the Renaissance. Such has been its lasting effects the red and white rose of the Tudors is still a national symbol. This book is an exploration of the buildings, monuments, towns and battlefields of that era across both England and Wales – places that can still be visited and experienced today.

097512, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

Armies of the Germanic Peoples, 200 BC to AD 500 History, Organization and Equipment

Gabriele Esposito

Gabriele Esposito presents an overview of the military history of the Germanic peoples of this period and describes in detail the weapons and tactics they employed on the battlefield. He starts by showing how, from very early on, the Germanic communities were heavily influenced by Celtic culture. He then moves on to describe the major military events, starting with the first major encounter between the Germanic tribes and the Romans: the invasion by the Cimbri and Teutones. Julius Caesar’s campaigns against German groups seeking to enter Gaul are described in detail as is the pivotal Battle of the Teutoburg Forest, which effectively halted Roman expansion into Germany.

772701, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 176 pages

Renaissance Combat Jörg Wilhalm’s Fightbook, 1522-1523

Jörg Wilhalm

Dierk Hagedorn

Longsword instructor Dierk

Hagedorn brings the work of one of the most prolific authors of 16th century fight books to a modern audience for the first time. Vividly illustrated throughout, each technique is rendered in detail that even modern practitioners will be able to easily follow. Comprehensive in its scope, it is a striking and fascinating insight into the ancient art of swordplay.

386566, $45 , $29.50 , Hardback, 416 pages

Matchlocks to Flintlocks Warfare in Europe and Beyond, 1500–1700

William Urban

In the early modern world three dominant cultures of war were shaped by a synergy of their internal and external interactions. Latin Christian western Europe, Ottoman Islam, and central and east Europe: Poland/Lithuania, Livonia, Russia, the freebooting Cossacks, a volatile mix of variations on a general Christian theme. William Urban’s fascinating narrative is an integrated account of early modern war at the sharp end: of campaigns and battles, soldiers and generals. Temporally it extends from the French invasion of Italy in 1494 to Austria’s Balkan victories culminating in the 1718 Treaty of Peterwardein. Geographically it covers ground from the Low Countries to the depths of Ukraine.

020626, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 304 pages

The Crusades in 100 Objects

The Great Campaigns of the Medieval World

James

Foralmost the entire medieval period, the Catholic church sanctioned military campaigns against what it perceived as its enemies. Other, lesser-known crusades were subsequently mounted with the aim of Christianizing the more remote regions of northern and north-eastern Europe, as well as against the Cathars in southern France. The advance of the Ottomans into the Balkans saw further crusades to halt the Muslims in Bosnia and Serbia, and the re-conquest of Spain from the Muslim Moors. Such diverse theaters of conflict have resulted in an equally diverse number of relics still to be found in a score of countries.

795304, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 256 pages

Medieval Military Combat Battle Tactics and Fighting Techniques of the Wars of the Roses

Dr Tom Lewis OAM

Indeed, we know more of how the Roman and Greek armies fought than we do of the 1300 to 1550 period. So how did medieval soldiers in the War of the Roses, and in the infantry sections of battles such as Agincourt and Towton, carry out their grim work?

Medieval Military Combat shows, for the first time, the techniques of such battles. It also breaks new ground in establishing medieval battle numbers as highly exaggerated, and that we need to look again at the accounts of actions such as the famous Battle of Towton, which this work uses as a basic for its overall study.

008875, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

Jihad: A Short History

Terry Bushell

Jihad: A Short History is entertaining popular history in strict chronological order enlivened throughout with wordplay, comedy, graphic detail and vivid anecdotes on leading figures. It synthesizes in a single readable comprehensive volume the records of the contemporary chroniclers and the works of later historians. Few westerners know of the catastrophic Battle of Mohács, one of the greatest military encounters in the history of central Europe; or of the Battle of Didgori, in which a staggering 200,000 men perished in a single day of fighting; and that the Muslims twice reached Vienna and in 1543 besieged and plundered Nice. Jihad: A Short History concisely tells of these forgotten events, and of many more epic confrontations.

07357A, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 192 pages

The Battle of Sekigahara

The Greatest, Bloodiest,

Most Decisive Samurai Battle Ever

Chris Glenn Japan had long been at civil war until brought under the rule of Oda Nobunaga, and then, following his death at the hands of a traitorous general, Toyotomi Hideyoshi. After Hideyoshi’s death in 1598, a power struggle emerged between those loyal to the Toyotomi, and those who supported the second most powerful warlord, Tokugawa Ieyasu. With Hideyoshi gone, Ieyasu made moves that brought the ire of a number of his contemporaries, and soon the entire country was divided into two great armies, East and West. Leading the loyalist cause was Ishida Mitsunari, who gathered a force of around 130,000 samurai, while the Tokugawa commanded just 80,000.

01413A, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 216 pages

The Fall of Cromwell’s Republic and the Return of the King

From Commonwealth to Stuart Monarchy, 1657–1670

Timothy Venning

This book completes the series of studies of the ‘British Revolution of the Three Kingdoms of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland’ and covers the period from the fall of the ‘failed state’ and Protectorate in 1657 to the restoration of the Stuart monarchy and Charles II in 1660, examines the Restoration settlement in depth and a high point in Stuart pro-French and Catholic policy - contrary to the 1660 Restoration understanding when Charles II vowed reluctance ‘go on {his} travels again’ and follows the Stuart Restoration and pro-French - and pro-Catholic foreign policy to 1670.

789396, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 328 pages

A Warrior Dynasty

The Rise and Fall of Sweden as a Military Superpower, 1611-1721

Henrik O Lunde

This book examines the meteoric rise of Sweden as the preeminent military power in Europe during the Thirty Years War in the 1600’s, and then follows its line of warrior kings into the next century until the Swedes finally meet their demise, in an overreach into the vastness of Russia. A small Scandinavian nation, with at most one and a half million people and scant internal resources of its own, there was small logic to how Sweden could become the dominant power on the Continent. That Sweden achieved this was due to its leadership—a case-study in history when pure military skill could override the demographic and economic factors which have in modern times been termed so pre-eminent.

002422, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 320 pages

You Have to Die in Piedmont!

The Battle of Assietta, 19 July 1747. The War of the Austrian

Succession in the Alps

Giovanni Cerino Badone

‘You have to die in Piedmont!’ An old folk song, still played in the western Alps, tells of the French regiments that were coming from the Mongeneve Pass in order to attack a combined Austro-Sardinian force entrenched on the Assietta Plateau, 2,500 meters up in the Cottian Alps. The battle occurred on 6/19/1747, and was the bloodiest single day action in the whole military history of the Alps. The Battle of Assietta became a military legend for the Sardinian forces, and subsequently for the Italian Army, but no serious attempt to reconstruct the event was ever made. This is the first full work to address the history of this battle, based firmly on archival and printed sources, and fully supported by maps and illustrations as well as a comprehensive index.

628507, $59.95 , $38.99 , Hardback, 344 pages

Shakespeare’s Other Son?

William Davenant, Playwright, Civil War Gun Runner and Restoration Theatre Manager

R E Pritchard

Sir William Davenant (16061668) was in his time widely known as ‘Davenant the Poet’. The son of an Oxford vintner (or quite possibly the natural son of his godfather, William Shakespeare), he wrote poems for and about the Court of Charles I, and on to replace Ben Jonson as Poet Laureate and collaborate with Inigo Jones in composing spectacular Court masques, as well as writing many successful plays. Celebrated and important in his day, Davenant is now surprisingly little known. This enterprising study introduces modern readers to his wit, poetry, and growing scepticism as to Court and aristocratic values, and his developing feminist sympathies. Here, select excerpts and summaries bring this entertaining writer to a new, wider audience.

09349A, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

The Armies and Wars of the Sun King 16431715

Volume 2 - The Infantry of Louis XIV

René Chartrand

The reign of Louis XIV of France had a great impact on the course of European and world military history. The years 1643 to 1715 were a defining epoch for western military, diplomatic, and economic matters. Most of those years were marked by conflict between major European powers and the Sun King’s forces. This four-volume series is the first that present an extensive account of the many facets of the French army and the wars it fought.

866540, $59.95 , $38.99 , Paperback, 278 pages

The Battle of Plassey 1757

The Victory That Won an Empire

Britain was rapidly emerging as the most powerful European nation, a position France long believed to be her own. Yet with France still commanding the largest continental army, Britain saw its best opportunities for expansion lay in the East. Yet, as Britain’s influence increased through its official trading arm, the East India Company, the ruler of Bengal, Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah, sought to drive the British out and turned to France for help. The ensuing conflict saw intimate campaigns fought by captains and occasionally colonels and by small companies rather than big battalions. They were campaigns fought by individuals rather than anonymous masses; some were heroes, some were cowards and most of them were rogues on the make.

020879, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 280 pages

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Leading Like the Swamp Fox The Leadership Lessons of Francis Marion

Francis Marion is certainly the stuff of which legends are made. His nickname “The Swamp Fox,” bestowed upon him by one of his fiercest enemies, captures his wily approach to battle. The embellishment of his exploits in Parson Weems’ early biography make separation of fact from fiction difficult, but certainly represents the awe, loyalty, and attraction he produced in those around him. His legacy is enshrined in the fact that more places in the United States have been named after him than any other soldier of the American Revolution, with the sole exception of George Washington. Even today’s U.S. Army Rangers include Marion as one of their formative heroes. Surely much about leadership can be learned from such an intriguing personality. 241159, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

History of the British Army, 1714–1783 An Institutional History

Stephen Conway

Much has been written about the British army’s campaigns during the many wars it fought in the eighteenth century, but for over 150 years no one has attempted to produce a history of the army as an institution during this period. That is why Stephen Conway’s perceptive and detailed study is so timely and important. Taking into account the latest scholarship, he considers the army’s legal status, political control and administration, its system of recruitment, the relationships between officers and men, and the social and economic as well as constitutional interactions of the army with British and other societies.

711403, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

Zulu Kings and their Armies

Diane Canwell

Jon Sutherland

Covering nearly one hundred years of Zulu military history, this book focuses on the creation, maintenance, development, tactics and ultimate destruction of the Zulu army. It studies the armies, weapons and tactics under the rule of the five Zulu kings from Shaka to Dinizulu. The rule of each of the five kings is examined in terms of their relationships with the army and how they raised regiments to expand their influence in the region. All the major battles and campaigns are discussed with reference to the development of the weapons and tactics of the army.

782083, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 208 pages

The Guns of Independence

The Siege of Yorktown, 1781

Jerome A. Greene

The siege of Yorktown in the fall of 1781 was the most decisive engagement of the American Revolution. The campaign has all the drama any historian or student could want: the war’s top generals and admirals pitted against one another; decisive naval engagements; cavalry fighting; siege warfare; night bayonet attacks; and more. Penned by historian Jerome A. Greene, this book offers a complete and balanced examination of the siege and the participants involved. Greene’s study is based upon extensive archival research and firsthand archaeological investigation of the battlefield. 714685, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 528 pages

A Single Blow

The Battles of Lexington and Concord and the Beginning of the American Revolution. April 19, 1775

Phillip S. Greenwalt

Robert Orrison

“I have now nothing to trouble your Lordship with, but an affair that happened on the 19th instant . . .”

General Thomas Gage penned the above line to his superiors in London, casually summing up the shots fired at Lexington and Concord on April 19, 1775.

Historians Phillip S. Greenwalt and Robert Orrison unfold the facts of April 19, 1775, uncovering the amazing history that this pivotal spring day ushered in for the fate of Massachusetts and thirteen of Great Britain’s North American colonies with A Single Blow.

213799, $14.95 , $9.99 , Paperback, 192 pages

The Road to Yorktown

The French Campaigns in the American Revolution, 1780-1783, by Louis-FrançoisBertrand du Pont d’Aubevoye, comte de Lauberdière

Norman Desmarais

The fate of the American Revolution had yet to be decided when a remarkable 21-year-old Frenchman arrived in America. Louis-François-Bertrand, the Count of Lauberdière, belonged to an old noble family that traced its heritage back to the Crusades. His father was musketeer of the guard of King Louis XV. More important, his uncle was General Rochambeau, the commander of all French forces in America. The Count of Lauberdière kept one of the most remarkable diaries of the entire war, and it is published here for the first time as The Road to Yorktown: The French Campaigns in the American Revolution, 1780-1783, translated and edited by Norman Desmarais.

214833, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 312 pages

The Battle of Minden 1759

The Impossible Victory of the Seven Years War

The fighting in Europe during the Seven Years War hung in the balance. After initial successes the Austro-French forces had been driven back across the Rhine. With the opposing sides reinforcing their armies, the campaign of 1759 was going to prove decisive. Britain and her German allies met the French at Minden in Germany. Due to a misunderstanding of orders the British infantry actually attacked and dispersed the French cavalry. That action is still commemorated on 1 August each year with the wearing of roses by the infantry and artillery regiments whose predecessors picked flowers and put them in their coats as they passed through German gardens on the way to the battle.

781550, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 240 pages

William of Orange and the Fight for the Crown of England

The Glorious Revolution

Brian Best

In 1688, a vast fleet of 463 ships, twice the size of the Spanish Armada, put to sea from Holland. On board was William of Orange with 40,000 soldiers – their objective, England. The Protestant William had been encouraged by a group of Church of England bishops to risk everything and oust the Catholic King James. He landed at Tor Bay in Devon and soon gathered enough support, including that of John Churchill, the future Duke of Marlborough, to cause King James to flee to France. It had been seen, in the eyes of most in England and Scotland as a ‘Glorious’ Revolution.

795229, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 280 pages

The Irish Brigade 1670–1745

Marlborough’s Wars Eyewitness Accounts, 1702–1713

James Falkner

James Falkner has brought together a vivid selection of contemporary accounts of every aspect of the war to create a panoramic yet minutely detailed picture of those years of turmoil. The story is told through memoirs, letters, official documents, dispatches, newspaper reports and eyewitness testimony from the French and Allied sides of the conflict.

766649, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 256 pages

Captain John Smith, Adventurer

Piracy, Pocahontas and Jamestown

R

Captain John Smith is best remembered for his association with Pocahontas, but this was only a small part of an extraordinary life filled with danger and adventure. As a soldier, he fought the Turks in Eastern Europe, where he beheaded three Turkish adversaries in duels. He was sold into slavery, then murdered his master to escape. He sailed under a pirate flag, was shipwrecked and marched to the gallows to be hanged, only to be reprieved at the eleventh hour. All this before he was thirty years old. This swashbuckling Elizabethan adventurer was resourceful, intelligent and outspoken, with a vision of what America could become.

773623, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 184 pages

The Irish Brigade 1670–1745

The

Wild Geese in French Service

D P Graham

Irish troops had fought for Louis XIV in the 1670s, under Irish officers who had little choice but to fight in foreign service, with the blessing of Charles II. With the accession of James II, and the religious politics of who might earn the English crown, they became embroiled in the Jacobite succession crisis, fighting in Ireland, then sent to France under Lord Mountcashel in 1689. With the fall of Limerick in 1691, Patrick Sarsfield led the second ‘flight’ of ‘Wild Geese’ to the continent, to fight in a war for the French, against the Grand Alliance of Europe, in the vain hope that their loyalty might warrant French support in a return to Ireland under a Jacobite king.

766243, $32.95 , $21.50 , Paperback, 488 pages

The Wild Geese in French

Service

D P Graham

Irish troops had fought for Louis XIV in the 1670s, under Irish officers who had little choice but to fight in foreign service, with the blessing of Charles II. With the accession of James II, and the religious politics of who might earn the English crown, they became embroiled in the Jacobite succession crisis, fighting in Ireland, then sent to France under Lord Mountcashel in 1689. With the fall of Limerick in 1691, Patrick Sarsfield led the second ‘flight’ of ‘Wild Geese’ to the continent, to fight in a war for the French, against the Grand Alliance of Europe, in the vain hope that their loyalty might warrant French support in a return to Ireland under a Jacobite king.

727732, $59.95 , $38.99 , Hardback, 352 pages

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Fighting Napoleon at Home The Real Story of a Nation at War With Itself

Paul L Dawson

From the sun-baked sierras of Spain, through the stormy waters off Cape Trafalgar to the muddy and bloody fields of Waterloo, Britain’s soldiers and sailors were notching up victories which set the country on the path to becoming the greatest power on the planet. For the first time, the shocking reality of life in Britain, during what is often portrayed as being its greatest era, is told through diaries, letters, and newspaper comments. Fighting Napoleon at Home is a startling portrayal of the society from which the soldiers and sailors were drawn and exactly what it was they were fighting to defend.

09635A, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 256 pages

Waterloo Battlefield Guide

David Buttery

The defeat of Napoleon’s French army by the combined forces of Wellington and Blücher at Waterloo on 18 June 1815 was a turning point in world history. This was the climax of the Napoleonic Wars, and the outcome had a major influence on the shape of Europe for the next century and beyond. The battle was a milestone, and it cannot be properly understood without a detailed, on-the-ground study of the landscape in which it was fought – and that is the purpose of David Buttery’s battlefield guide. This thoroughgoing, lucid, easyto-follow guide is a fascinating introduction for anyone who seeks to understand what happened on that momentous day.

731081, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 304 pages

The Sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo

1810 and 1812

The Peninsular War

Tim Saunders

The area astride the Spanish/ Portuguese border between the respective fortresses of Ciudad Rodrigo and Almeida was the focus of the Peninsular War for much of the period from the autumn of 1809 through until 1812.

The fortress of Ciudad Rodrigo that dominated the country between the Rivers Agueda and Côa, was one of the ‘Keys to Spain’ for any army attacking either east or west across the frontier. With the defeat of the Fifth Coalition at Wagram in 1809, Napoleon was free to turn his attention to the rebellious Iberian Peninsula and the small British Army.

724328, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 280 pages

Memoirs of a French Napoleonic Officer Jean-Baptiste Barres, Chasseur of the Imperial Guard

Jean-Baptiste Barres

These lively memoirs date from the time of Barres’ entry into the Chasseurs Velites (skirmishers, or light infantry) of Napoleon’s Imperial Guard in 1804.

Always modest in recounting his own exploits, Barres was not only at the cannons mouth, but also a participant at such spectacular events as the Coronation of the Emperor Napoleon in Paris and Rome, the torchlight procession on the eve of Austerlitz, the meeting of the two Emperors at Tilsit, and the magnificent military display in the Champ de Mars..

07723A, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 224 pages

The Imperial Guard of the First Empire

Volume 3 - Mounted Troops - Lithuanian Tartars, Horse Artillery, Train, Medical Service, Headquarters, Polish Krakus

André Jouineau

Jean-Marie Mongin

Napoleon gave special attention to this splendid unit – the Imperial Guard – and it became a sort of little army within the “Grande Armée”. This study of its organization is here at its most erudite. Discover the uniforms, the equipment, and the weapons used by all those “Grognards,” who were launched into a battle as a last resort. Explaining how the Guard was organised into Old, Middle and Young Guards, in this volume, the illustratorresearcher André Jouineau shows the colonel-generals, the grenadiers, the chasseurs à pied, fusiliers, velites, flanqueurs, wards, workmen, sappers, doctors, magistrates and foot gunners.

485124, $37 , $24.50 , Hardback, 176 pages

The Two Battles of Copenhagen 1801 and 1807

Britain and Denmark in the Napoleonic Wars

Gareth Glover

The Danish capital of Copenhagen was the site of two major battles during the Napoleonic Wars, but the significance of the fighting there, and the key role the country played in the conflict in northern Europe, has rarely been examined in detail. In this absorbing and original study Gareth Glover focuses on these two events, using original source material to describe them from the British and Danish perspectives, and he shows how they fitted into the little-understood politics of this region during this turbulent phase of European history. His account is fascinating reading and an important contribution to the history of the period.

898318, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 304 pages

Major General George H. Sharpe and The Creation of American Military Intelligence in the Civil War

The vital role of the military allsource intelligence in the eastern theater of operations during the U.S. Civil War is told through the biography of its creator, George H. Sharpe. Renowned historian Peter Tsouras contends that this creation under Sharpe’s leadership was the combat multiplier that ultimately allowed the Union to be victorious. His career did not end in 1865. Sharpe crossed paths with almost everyone prominent in America after the Civil War. He became one of the most powerful Republican politicians in New York State, had close friendships with Presidents Grant and Arthur, and was a champion of African-American Civil rights.

006475, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 592 pages

Year of Glory

The Life and Battles of Jeb Stuart and His Cavalry, June 1862–

June 1863

Monte Akers

No commander during the Civil War is more closely identified with the “cavalier mystique” as Major General J.E.B. (Jeb) Stuart. And none played a more prominent role during the brief period when the hopes of the nascent Confederacy were at their apex, when it appeared as though the Army of Northern Virginia could not be restrained from establishing Southern nationhood. Year of Glory focuses on the twelve months in which Stuart’s reputation was made, following his career on an almost day-to-day basis from June 1862, when Lee took command of the army, to June 1863, when Stuart turned north to regain a glory slightly tarnished at Brandy Station, but found Gettysburg instead.

001302, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 392 pages

Jennie Wade of Gettysburg

The Complete Story of the Only Civilian Killed During the Battle of Gettysburg

Cindy

In the 21st-century wars, civilian deaths are very common, but during the Civil War, citizens were usually unscathed if they were able to stay out of harm’s way. However, on July 3 Jennie was killed instantly as a bullet passed through two wooden doors and struck her heart. That, unfortunately, is usually all visitors hear about this “Gettysburg Maid.” Now, with this book, a visitor seeking more of her story may now be satisfied. The author has investigated as many sources as possible to write the full saga of Jennie’s life, death and all three burials.

863199, $13.95 , $9.50 , Paperback, 104 pages

The Cornfield Antietam’s Bloody Turning Point

David A Welker

Antietam. For generations of Americans this word—the name of a bucolic stream in western Maryland—held the same sense of horror and carnage that the simple date 9/11 does for modern America. But Antietam eclipses even this modern tragedy as America’s single bloodiest day, on which 22,000 men became casualties in a war to determine our nation’s future.

Antietam is forever burned into the American psyche, a battle bathed in blood that served no military purpose, brought no decisive victory. This much Americans know. What they didn’t know is why this is so—until now.

008325, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 384 pages

Strangling the Confederacy

Coastal Operations in the American Civil War

While the Civil War is mainly remembered for its epic battles between the Northern and Southern armies, the Union was simultaneously waging another campaign—dubbed “Anaconda”—that was gradually depriving the South of industry and commerce, thus rendering the exploits of its field armies moot. Strangling the Confederacy examines the various naval actions and land incursions the Union waged from Virginia down the Atlantic Coast and through the Gulf of Mexico to methodically close down every Confederate port that could bring in weapons or supplies.

000923, $18.95 , $12.50 , Paperback, 240 pages

Lone Star Valor

Texans of the Blue & Gray at Gettysburg

Joe Owen

Chris Mackowski PhD

Thousands of soldiers who fought at the Battle of Gettysburg for both the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia settled in Texas after the Civil War. Throughout the days, weeks, and years after the battle, these soldiers captured their stories in diary entries, letters, interviews, and newspaper articles. From the first crossing of the Potomac River to the intense fighting on July 1, July 2, and ultimately at Pickett’s Charge on July 3, these Texans of the Blue and the Gray played a key role in the Gettysburg Campaign. This collection of soldiers’ accounts provides a unique perspective from Texans in the ranks in 1863.

304952, $21.95 , $14.50 , Paperback, 164 pages

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John Brown’s Raid

Harpers Ferry and the Coming of the Civil War, October 16-18, 1859

Jon-Erik M. Gilot

Kevin R Pawlak

The first shot of the American Civil War was not fired on April 12, 1861, in Charleston, South Carolina, but instead came on October 16, 1859, in Harpers Ferry, Virginia—or so claimed former slave turned abolitionist Frederick Douglass. John Brown, the infamous fighter on the Kansas plains and detester of slavery, led a band of nineteen men on a desperate nighttime raid that targeted the Federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry. John Brown’s Raid tells the story of the first shots that led to disunion. Richly filled with maps and images, it includes a driving and walking tour of sites related to Brown’s Raid so visitors today can follow the path of America’s meteor.

215977, $16.95 , $11.50 , Paperback, 192 pages

Gettysburg! Fast Facts for Kids and Families

Gregory Christianson Gettysburg! Fast Facts for Kids and Families is a fresh and captivating look at the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863. Our youthful guides, Liam and Jaden, lead us through the human side of the conflict—the eccentric, the unlikely, and the lovable. Witty commentary that is also sympathetic and reverent tells us that we are truly there. Single-page introductions to each day of the battle, actionpacked paintings by Dale Gallon, and never-before-seen photographic images provide an uncommon appeal to all ages and interests!

215823, $19.95 , $12.99 , Paperback, 144 pages

Grant at 200 Reconsidering the Life and Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant

Chris Mackowski PhD

Frank J. Scaturro

Ulysses S. Grant stood at the center of the American Civil War maelstrom. Throughout these decades, his personal memoirs marking him as a significant American “Man of Letters” have never gone out of print.

Grant at 200: Reconsidering the Life and Legacy of Ulysses S. Grant celebrates the bicentennial of the birth of a man whose towering impact on American history has often been overshadowed and, in many cases, ignored. This collection of essays by some of today’s leading Grant scholars offers fresh perspectives on Grant’s military career and presidency, as well as personal topics such as his faith and family life.

216141, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 288 pages

“To Prepare for Sherman’s Coming”

The Battle of Wise’s Forks, March 1865

Mark A. Smith

Wade Sokolosky

“To Prepare for Sherman’s Coming” is the result of years of careful research in a wide variety of archival sources, and relies upon official reports, diaries, newspapers, and letter collections, all tied to a keen understanding of the terrain. Sokolosky and Smith, both career army officers, have used their expertise in military affairs to produce what is not only a valuable book on Wise’s Forks, but what surely must be the definitive study of one of the Civil War’s overlooked yet significant battles. Outstanding original maps by George Skoch coupled with period photographs reinforce the quality of this account and the authors’ commitment to excellence.

216790, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 288 pages

Searching for Irvin McDowell

The Civil War’s Forgotten General

Irvin McDowell was a prominent figure during the early months of the Civil War. With so much at stake, he was called upon to lead the Union’s largest Eastern Theater army. Pressed by the media and President Abraham Lincoln to move into Virginia and defeat the Confederates gathering there, McDowell led his neophyte army out to the plains of Manassas and was soundly defeated. McDowell went on to hold an independent command in northern Virginia during the Peninsula Campaign and serve in the Army of Virginia under Maj. Gen. John Pope during the disastrous Second Bull Run Campaign. Despite his significant contributions, a lack of personal papers left him in obscurity. 216202, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 240 pages

The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston

Volume I: Virginia and Mississippi, 1861–1863

Richard M. McMurry

Joseph Eggleston Johnston was one of the original five full Confederate generals. He graduated West Point in the same 1829 class as Robert E. Lee and served in the War with Mexico, the Seminole Wars

in Florida, and in Texas and Kansas. By 1860 Johnston was widely looked upon as one of America’s finest military officers. During the Civil War he commanded armies in Virginia, Georgia, and the Carolinas and served as commander of the entire Western Theater. The Civil Wars of General Joseph E. Johnston compels readers to think about major wartime events in unique and compelling ways.

215922, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 360 pages

Pirate Killers

The Royal Navy and the African Pirates

On the Barbary Coast of North Africa, pirates preyed on shipping in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic as they had done for centuries and they terrorized the populations of the coastal towns. To them, piracy was a way of life, and the great sea-powers of the day couldn’t stop them. Then, in one of the most remarkable and neglected anti-piracy operations in maritime history, the Royal Navy confronted them, defeated them, and made the seas safe for trade. This is the subject of Graham A. Thomas’s compelling new study of one of the most pernicious episodes in the history of African piracy.

013567, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 208 pages

Bold Privateers Terror, Plunder and Profit on Canada’s Atlantic Coast

Roger Marsters

In war, disrupting and depleting the enemy’s supply of goods is the way to victory. During the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812, armed merchant ships were licensed to cruise the seas, alone or in small convoys to chase and capture enemy cargo vessels and to attack coastal forts. This collection of fascinating stories of the era’s notorious privateers begins with Pierre Le Moyne d’Iberville who led a campaign against the Hudson’s Bay Company posts in the Far North, and a few years later against east coast strongholds.

Author Roger Marsters uncovers the exploits of French, English and American privateers.

806445, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

Rorke’s Drift A New Perspective

The battle of Rorke’s Drift is established in history as one of Britain’s most incredible actions where approximately 155 defenders held off a Zulu force of over 4,000 warriors, in a savage, bloody conflict with no quarter given by either side. The battle led to a display of incredible fortitude, courage and tenacity resulting in mutual respect between British red coat and Zulu warrior. Using a vast array of primary accounts, including lesser known, and previously unpublished examples, the author describes the battle in vivid detail. The actions of each of the 11 Victoria Cross recipients are looked at in detail, together with those men who were awarded the DCM.

555538, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 208 pages

The Siege that Changed the World Paris, 1870–1871

N S Nash CBE

The Siege of Paris from September 1870 to the city’s capitulation in January 1871 was the result of Louis Napoleon III, Emperor of France’s disastrous decision to declare war on Prussia. The Prussian Army of King William I proved vastly superior to their adversaries. By 19 September Paris was encircled with the population discontented, disillusioned and rebellious. Civil disorder was rife as starvation took a grip. On the inevitable surrender in late January and the declaration of the German Empire, France’s humiliation was complete. This in turn led to the temporary establishment of the Paris Commune an embryonic communist government, and civil war.

790293, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

Britain at War with the Asante Nation 18231900

The White Man’s Grave’

Stephen Manning

Britain fought three major wars, and two minor ones, with the Asante people of West Africa in the nineteenth century. Only the Sudanese and Zulu campaigns saw a greater loss of life, both for the British and the indigenous population. Like the Zulus, the Asante were a warrior nation who offered a tough adversary for the British regulars – they were respected for their martial skills and bravery. And yet these wars have rarely been written about and are little understood. That is why Stephen Manning’s vivid, detailed new history of this neglected colonial conflict is of such value.

786029, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 184 pages

The Alamo’s Forgotten Defenders

The Remarkable Story of the Irish During the Texas Revolution

Phillip Thomas Tucker

Within the annals of Alamo and Texas Revolutionary historiography, the important contributions of the Irish in winning the struggle against Mexico are noticeably absent. Breaking new ground with fresh views and original insights, this book sets forth one of the best remaining untold stories by exploring a largely forgotten and long ignored history: the dramatic saga of the Irish in Texas. Relying upon a wealth of previously unexplored primary sources, this is the first book devoted to the dramatic story of Irish achievements, contributions, and sacrifices in winning independence for Texas.

215342, $18.95 , $12.50 , Paperback, 192 pages

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Weapons of the Great War Automatic Weapons of the Russian Army

This book tells the readers about machine guns, automatic rifles, handguns and revolvers, including both the official weapon models in service in the Russian Army in 1914-1917 and weapons not officially approved as weapons in service but nevertheless used by the troops.

281289, $62 , $40.50 , Hardback, 300 pages

Gunpowder & Glory

The Explosive Life of Frank Brock OBE

Picture a daredevil combatant, elite athlete, secret agent and brilliant inventor all rolled into a precocious boy raised in a fireworks family, there you have Frank Brock. Gunpowder and Glory is the first-ever biography of Brock, an unheralded hero of WWI whose contribution to the war effort saved tens of thousands of lives .

As a secret agent Brock dashed to France on his wedding day, sneaked into Switzerland, rowed across Lake Constance into enemy territory, and orchestrated the world’s first strategic bombing raid.

008448, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 272 pages

Skagerrak The Battle of Jutland Through German Eyes Gary Staff

In January 1916 Vizeadmiral

Scheer took command of the High Sea Fleet, embarking upon a vigorous offensive program which culminated in the greatest clash between dreadnought capital ships the world had seen. Although outnumbered almost two to one, Vizeadmiral Scheer conducted a provocative operation on 31 May 1916. Who would prevail: the massive preponderance of British heavy caliber cannon, or the aggressive tactics of the street fighter Scheer? Over 8,500 men perished in less than 10 hours of fighting, a horrendous loss, even by World War One standards. This book gives voice to many of the German Navy participants, from a German perspective, on this tumultuous battle fought over 100 years ago.

07716A, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 288 pages

Burn, Bomb, Destroy The German Sabotage Campaign in North America, 1914–1917

Michael Digby

Many believe that World War I was only fought “over there,” as the popular 1917 song goes, in the trenches and muddy battlefields of Northern France and Belgium— they are wrong. There was a secret war fought in America; on remote railway bridges and waterways linking the United States and Canada; aboard burning and exploding ships in the Atlantic Ocean; in the smoldering ruins of America’s bombed and burned-out factories, munitions plants, and railway centers; and waged in carefully disguised clandestine workshops. This is the true story of German secret agents engaged in a campaign of subversion and terror on the American homeland before and during World War I. 240046, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 264 pages

General Fox Conner Pershing’s Chief of Operations and

Eisenhower’s Mentor

Steven Rabalais

John J. Pershing considered Fox Conner to have been “a brilliant solider” and “one of the finest characters our Army has ever produced.” During World War I, General Conner served as chief of operations for the American Expeditionary Force. Dwight D. Eisenhower viewed Fox Conner, as “the outstanding soldier of my time.” In the early 1920s, Conner transformed his protégé Eisenhower from a struggling young officer on the verge of a court martial into one of the American army’s rising stars. This book presents the first complete biography of this significant, but now forgotten, figure in American military history.

003979, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 320 pages

Into Touch Rugby Internationals Killed in the Great War

Nigel McCrery

Among the million plus British and Empire soldiers that fell in the slaughter of The Great War were an elite band of International Rugby players. Tragically, over 130 caps from England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa and France - lost their lives on land, in the air and at sea.

The book will contain a brief history of International Rugby up to and including The First World War and there will be biographies of each player along with their individual and team photographs. Details of the manner of their death, their burial place and any memorials will also be included, alongside their international playing record.

020107, $34.95 , $22.99 , Paperback, 272 pages

Lawrence of Arabia’s Secret Dispatches during the Arab Revolt, 1915–1919

T.E. Lawrence

Fabrizio Bagatti

T. E. Lawrence’s dispatches during the Arab Revolt have been published before, but only in an edited and incomplete form, as they were printed for a strictly limited wartime readership in the Arab Bulletin. Now, in this scholarly edition, they are published in full for the first time. They give us a direct inside view of his dealings with the Arab leaders and show us how he presented them to his superiors in Cairo. These wartime writings reveal vividly his impressions of the periods he spent in the desert and the conditions he found there, and they record how the Arab uprising developed and how he became increasingly involved in it.

01018A, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 272 pages

Mysteries, Legends and Myths of the First World War

Canadian soldiers in the trenches and in the air

Cynthia J. Faryon

Cynthia J. Faryon

This book offers a close-up look at the First World War as it was experienced by ordinary Canadian soldiers. It portrays the war experience of tens of thousands of young Canadians. Reading their accounts offers a no-holds-barred picture of fighting, life in the trenches, the human cost in lives lost, and the physical and emotional aftermath for survivors. This new edition is extensively illustrated with more than 50 photos and artists’ drawings and paintings.

504882, $16.95 , $11.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

Charles Frederick Ball

From Dublin’s Botanic Gardens to the Killing Fields of Gallipoli

Brian Willan

When Charles Frederick Ball was killed at Gallipoli in 1915

The Irish Times called him ‘one of the best known botanists and horticulturists in Ireland’. Fred Ball trained in horticulture at Kew Gardens in the UK, moved to Dublin in 1906, became Assistant Keeper at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin. This book describes his life and achievements up to his tragic death at Suvla Bay in September 1915, shedding new light on his contribution to Irish horticulture as well as his time as a soldier. It is also the story of Fred Ball’s relationship with Alice Lane, the youngest daughter of a well to do Anglo-Irish family, who was the love of his life. They were married in Dublin in December 1914, just after Fred had joined up. 78920A, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 200 pages

Machine-Guns and the Great War

Paul Cornish

The machine-gun is one of the iconic weapons of the Great War and indeed of the twentieth century. Yet it is also one of the most misunderstood. During a four-year war that generated unprecedented casualties, the machine-gun stood out as a key weapon. In the process it took on an almost legendary status that persists to the present day. It shaped the tactics of the trenches, while simultaneously evolving in response to the tactical imperatives thrown up by this new form of warfare. Paul Cornish, in this authoritative and carefully considered study, reconsiders the history automatic firepower, and he describes in vivid detail its development during the First World War.

014519, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 184 pages

Valour At Vimy Ridge

The Great Canadian Victory of World War I

Tom Douglas

The battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917 saw Canadian troops storm a 14-kilometer long escarpment that was believed to be impregnable. This was the first time in Canada’s history that a corps-sized formation fought together as a unit under its own leadership. Canadian troops persevered under heavy fire to take the ridge. The battle has since been much celebrated in Canada, as historians and descendants seek to explain the huge losses that military and political leaders accepted in a war that produced few gains for any nation. Tom Douglas recounts the events of this battle, and his narrative is accompanied by over 50 photos, drawings, and paintings by Canadian war artists.

504851, $16.95 , $11.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

Ronny Barr Profiles British Two Seaters of the Great War

Ronny Bar

Ronny Barr

Artist Ronny Bar, a member of director

Sir Peter Jackson’s New Zealand-based Wingnut Wings team, presents the first collection of his astonishingly detailed First World War aircraft profiles – British Two-Seaters of the Great War. This book features 260 meticulously researched profiles of the war’s most important and iconic British two-seaters: the Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2a to B.E.2g, F.E.2b, F.E.2d and R.E.8; Avro 504, Vickers F.B.5, Sopwith 1½ Strutter, Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8, Bristol F.2B and Airco DH.4, DH.9 and DH.9A.

658436, $39.99 , $25.99 , Hardback, 136 pages

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The Somme in Pictures Ed Skelding

The Walking the Western Front series started in 2012 with the release of two films on the Ypres Salient. Directed by acclaimed film maker Ed Skelding, the series of films offered a detailed tour of the battlefields, exploring the skirmishes originally fought there as well as calling on Nigel’s high level of expertise. This book is aimed as a companion to the DVD series and explores the history of the battlefields through the eyes of the camera team. Complete with 150 prints taken over a twenty-year period reflecting the author’s many trips to the Somme, the book shows the battlefield as it was almost 100 years ago and is accompanied by a shot of the exact same spot as it stands today.

592021, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

Battleships

The First Big Guns

Philip Kaplan

This new addition to the Images of War series takes as its focus the early Big Gun battleships that saw development and deployment during the First World War. Vessels featured include iconic ships such as HMS Warspite and Malaya, the battleship Royal Sovereign, the aircraft carrier HMS Eagle, the cruiser HMS Gloucester, the Queen Elizabeth class battleship HMS Barham and the Italian battleships Littorio, Cesare, Duillo, Vittorio Veneto, Conte di Cavour and Doria, amongst many others. British and international battleships feature side by side in a publication that offers a truly representative selection of the kind of vessels in action at this time.

462933, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 192 pages

Old Enough to Fight Canada’s Boy Soldiers in the First World War

Between 15,000 and 20,000 underage youths, some as young as ten, signed up to fight in Canada’s armed forces in the WWI. They served in the trenches alongside their elders and fought in all the major battles. Many were injured or suffered psychological wounds. Many died. This is the first book to tell their story. The authors combed archives and collections to bring these stories to life. Passages from letters the boy soldiers wrote home reveal the range of emotions and experiences they underwent, from the humorous to the unspeakably horrible. Meticulously researched and abundantly illustrated with photographs, paintings, and a collection of specially commissioned maps, this is military and social history at its most fascinating.

409552, $27.95 , $18.50 , Paperback, 464 pages

The Somme: The Epic Battle in the Soldiers’ own Words and Photographs

Richard van Emden

It was there that Kitchener’s famous ‘Pals’ Battalions were first sent into action en masse and it was a battlefield where many of the dreams and aspirations of a nation, hopeful of victory, were agonizingly dashed. Because of its legendary status, the Somme has been the subject of many books, and many more will come out next year. However, nothing has ever been published on the Battle in which the soldiers’ own photographs have been used to illustrate both the campaign’s extraordinary comradeship and its carnage.

885172, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 368 pages

Hero on the Western Front

Discovering Alvin York’s WWI Battlefield

Michael Kelly

York’s battalion of the 328th Infantry Regiment had become pinned down by heavy machine-gun and artillery fire. Its commander sent Sergeant Bernard Early, four noncommissioned officers, including Corporal York, and thirteen privates to infiltrate the German positions and neutralise the machine-guns. The site of this famous action was believed to have been identified in 2009 and a memorial erected by the French authorities. However, a team of archaeologists believe that the memorial is incorrectly situated. Michael Kelly presents not only a fascinating account of York’s determined courage, but also a detective story as the team unravels the evidence to reveal the exact ravine where the famous US military action of WWI took place.

700759, $29.95 , $19.50 , Hardback, 376 pages

Teutonic Titans

Hindenburg, Ludendorff, and the Kaiser’s Marshals and Generals, 1847-1955

Teutonic Titans: Hindenburg, Ludendorff, and the Kaiser’s Marshals and Generals, 18471955 covers the era 1847-1955 and is heavily illustrated with over 500 images of German Emperor Wilhelm II’s First World War marshals and generals, emphasizing their lives, careers, battles, and campaigns. The book covers both Western and Eastern Fronts, as well as the Balkans, Baltics, Middle, and Far East. It is also heavily detailed with maps, cartoons, graphics, and photographs, plus descriptions of strategies, tactics, weapons, statistics on all losses, and results. Period cartoons add to the vast array of photographic sources.

55773A, $55 , $35.99 , Hardback, 416 pages

Hermann Goering in the First World War

The Personal Photograph Albums of Hermann Goering

Blaine

When modern readers think of Hermann Goring, what probably comes to mind is the overweight drug addict and convicted war criminal who cheated the hangman’s noose at Nuremberg by committing suicide just hours before he was due to be hanged. Or the image of his powerful Luftwaffe in the Second World War bombing defenseless European cities and towns in the early part of the war. Or Goring the debauched art collector who pirated captured collections all over Nazi Europe during the Occupation years. All of these images are correct, but here we see another Hermann Goring: fighter pilot and combat ace of World War I, which he began as an infantry officer fighting the French Army in the 1914 Battle of the Frontiers.

45046F, $40 , $26.50 , Hardback, 320 pages

Christmas Truce by the Men Who Took Part Letters from the 1914 Ceasefire on the Western Front

The Christmas Truce of 1914 remains a moment of enduring fascination more than a century after the day the First World War guns fell silent. Now for the first time, hundreds of first person accounts of this most extraordinary period of history have been gathered together telling the story in their own words of the soldiers who met in peace in No Man’s Land. The stories of men from English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh regiments who played and joked, sang and danced, swapped gifts and shared food and drink with the enemy before returning to war on the Western Front.

558126, $35 , $22.99 , Hardback, 272 pages

Winged Sabres

One of the RFC’s Most Decorated Squadrons

Robert

Winged Sabres is the story of a RFC & RAF squadron flying the cumbersome FE2 from February 1916 to September 1917, and then the superlative Bristol Fighter: a two-seater ‘fighterreconnaissance’ squadron with an astonishingly high success rate.

20 Squadron was possibly the highest scoring squadron of the war and one of the most highly decorated, claiming over 600 combat victories. Its members won seventy gallantry decorations including a posthumous Victoria Cross and included fliers from the U.K. and around the world.

Over 15 years research has gone into this book, covering a seldom-explored aspect of WW1 in the air: the two-seater fighter-reconnaissance squadrons.

729576, $44.95 , $29.50 , Hardback, 320 pages

Undarkened Skies

The American Aircraft Building Programme of the First World War

Paul R. Hare

Soon after entering the war in April 1917 American propaganda promised that she would ‘Darken the skies over Europe’ by sending over ‘the Greatest Aerial Armada ever seen.’ Encouraged by the French Government America promised to build no less than 22,000 airplanes within a year and to field, and to maintain, a force of 4,000 machines, all of the latest type, over the Western Front during 1918, not only to provide adequate air support for her own troops, but because she saw this as a way to use her industrial strength to bypass the squalor of the war in the trenches, and so bring an end to the stalemate of attrition into which the war had descended.

556511, $28.95 , $18.99 , Hardback, 160 pages

Jagdstaffel 356 The Story of a German Fighter Squadron

Although the author has given this Jagdstaffel a fictitious number and changed the names of the pilots composing it, the incidents related in this book have the genuine ring of truth and will be recognized as facts by anyone who has had experience of flying on the Western Front or who has studied it since. Many experts believe this work draws on the experience of the Bavarian Jasta 35, which flew against the British; however, whatever its real number may have been, Jagdstaffel 356 undoubtedly fought in the air over Flanders in 1918.This book is an exciting account, obviously written from firsthand experience, of the air war from the German side.

001449, $29.95 , $19.50 , Hardback, 128 pages

A Military Atlas of the First World War

Arthur Banks

A comprehensive atlas based on Arthur Banks’ atlas published in 1975. The maps in the original were all painstakingly hand-drawn in black and white, covering every aspect of the first truly global war. This book takes the information laid down by Banks and reinterprets it in full color, computer modeled cartography. The book covers the main reasons why the major powers entered the conflict, the individual battles fought along the Western Front as well as in depth coverage of the war in the east of Europe. The War at sea is mapped in great detail, including the clashes at Dogger Bank and Jutland as well as the German submarine campaigns and the first major sea borne landing at Gallipoli.

527919, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 340 pages

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The Human Face of D-Day Walking the Battlefields of Normandy: Essays, Reflections, and Conversations with Veterans of the Longest Day

Col Keith Nightingale (Ret)

Ever since forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, the men who survived have sought to return, to honor their dead, and to teach others of what they went through to liberate Europe. Keith Nightingale has conducted walks in Normandy for over 40 years with veterans, active-duty military, and local French civilians. This unique approach combines the author’s discussions with veteran and civilian participants in D-Day, his personal reflections on Operation Overlord, and the insights that occur. Interspersed with veterans’ remarks, Nightingale’s personal essays are inspired by specific discussions or multiple interviews. Taken together, the succinct, human observations of these participants illuminate the hard facts to create a unique work of long-lasting interest. 241029, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

The Race for the Atomic Bomb Scientists, Spies and Saboteurs – The

Allies’

Pearl Harbor’s Revenge

How the Devastated U.S. Battleships

Returned to War

Rod MacDonald

Early on Sunday, 7 December 1941, Japanese carrier-borne aircraft launched a surprise attack at Pearl Harbor. Of the eight battleships attacked, all but Arizona were raised, temporarily patched-up and sent back to naval yards on the west coast of America for final repair and modernization. Six of the eight battleships would thus return to service, with improved protection against bombs and torpedoes and being fitted with the latest anti-aircraft and gunnery systems. They would re-enter to the war to wreak a terrible revenge – making their presence felt during the reconquest of the Aleutian Islands and the Philippines, and the great battles of Leyte Gulf, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. 01329A, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 352 pages

The Hitler I Knew The Memoirs of the Third Reich’s Press Chief

and

Hitler’s

Battle for the Ultimate Weapon

Norman Ridley

On 19 December 1938, Otto Hahn, conducted an experiment the results of which baffled him. It took his émigré collaborator Lise Meitner to explain that he had split an atom of uranium, which at the time seemed to defy all known laws of physics. When Neils Bohr took this news to the United States it became clear to scientists there that these results opened a completely new and, for some, horrifying possibility of energy production that could be used for both peaceful and military purposes. Following the German surrender there was still the problem of Japan, and the race continued to develop a working bomb to accelerate the end of the war. It was a race that the Unites States won. It was also a race that ushered in a new Cold War.

040327, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 320 pages

The Mafia at War Allied Collusion with the Mob

The Mafia is the most powerful criminal organization the world has ever known. This book tells the epic story of how the Mafia was nearly destroyed by Mussolini, prospered in the US, struck a secret wartime deal with the US government, and then backed a bloody rebellion that nearly turned Sicily into an independent Mafia realm. The Mafia at War is a provocative account of how a criminal organization exploited the grim realities of World War II to revive its fortunes and dominate global crime.

388942, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 304 pages

When Otto Dietrich was invited in 1933 to become Adolf Hitler’s press chief, he accepted with the simple, uncritical conviction that Adolf Hitler was a great man, dedicated to promoting peace and the welfare for the German people. At the end of the war, imprisoned and disillusioned, Dietrich sat down to write what he had seen and heard in twelve years of the closest association with Hitler, requesting that it be published after his death.Dietrich’s role placed him in a privileged position. He was hired by Hitler in 1933, and was a confidant until 1945, and he worked and clashed with Joseph Goebbels. His direct, personal experience of life at the heart in the Reich makes for compelling reading.

389987, $29.95 , $19.50 , Hardback, 256 pages

The Plot of Shame US Military Executions in Europe During WWII

The Oise-Aisne American Cemetery is the last resting place of 6,012 American soldiers who died fighting in a small portion of Northern France during the First World War. The impressive cemetery is divided into four plots marked A to D. However, few visitors are aware that across the road, behind the the superintendent’s office, unmarked and surrounded by impassable shrubbery, is Plot E, a semi-secret fifth plot that contains the bodies of ninetyfour American soldiers. These were men who were executed for crimes committed in the European Theater during and just after the Second World War. In The Plot of Shame, the historian Paul Johnson uncovers the history of Plot E and the terrible stories of wartime crime linked to it.

011778, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend Volume 1 - From Formation to the Battle of Caen

Massimiliano Afiero

Raphael Riccio

The 12th SS Panzer Division

Hitlerjugend was formed in 1943 from members of the Hitler Youth who had been born in 1926, primarily as an emergency response force in France to repel the expected Allied invasion from the sea. Training was initially haphazard due to lack of equipment, however in March 1944 it was attached to I SS Panzer Corps and transferred to Normandy. Based around Caen, it was intended to repel a possible and expected invasion from the sea. When the invasion came in June, it was one of the two closest panzer divisions to the landing beaches, engaging Allied paratroopers at dawn. Packed with photographs, maps and profiles.

241685, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 128 pages

German Mountain Troops 1939–42

Yves Beraud

Fifteen elite mountain divisions and a multitude of small units fought for the Wehrmacht during World War II. They fought on all fronts, operating in hostile environments ranging from the far north to Libya, the Atlantic to the Caucasus— serving in all the “hot spots.” This book, the culmination of some four decades of research and the support of many veterans and collectors, describes the life, operations and equipment of these specialist units.

009100, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

Operation Bagration The Soviet Destruction of German Army Group Center, 1944

Ian Baxter

Bagration was the code word that the Soviet Army gave for their summer offensive in 1944. This massive offensive led to the destruction of the German Army Group Center and was the greatest military defeat ever experienced by the German Army during World War Two. This book provides an absorbing insight into the German defeat and the Russian offensive using a wide variety of rare and previously unpublished photographs. With detailed captions and text together with 20 artist profiles and maps, the book shows the compelling story of how German Army Group Center tried to counter the overwhelming might of the Soviet Army.

009230, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

Arracourt 1944 Triumph of American Armor

Mike Guardia

September 1944: With the Allies closing in on the Rhine, Adolf Hitler orders a counterattack on General Patton’s Third Army in France. Near the small town of Arracourt, France, elements of the US 4th Armored Division met the grizzled veterans of the 5th Panzer Army in combat.

Atop their M4 Shermans, American tank crews squared off against the technologically superior Mark V Panther tanks of the Wehrmacht. Yet through a combination of superior tactics, leadership, teamwork, and small-unit initiative, the outnumbered American forces won a decisive victory against the 5th Panzer Army.

240329, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

German Mountain Troops 1942–45

Yves Beraud

When World War II began, the Wehrmacht had fifteen mountain divisions and a multitude of small units, including some Austrian units that had been incorporated into the German army after the Anschluss. These mountain units would operate in hostile environments on all fronts during World War II. This book, the culmination of four decades of research and the support of many veterans and collectors, describes the uniform, equipment, and operations of these specialist units during the later years of World War II. The text is complemented by period photographs taken at the front, including many color photographs, and modern photographs of uniform details.

009469, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

Operation Chariot

The St Nazaire Raid, 1942

Jean-Charles Stasi

In 1942, the Tirpitz, the heaviest battleship ever built by a European navy, was on the cusp of breaking out into the north Atlantic. The prospect of the huge German battleship patrolling the Atlantic posed a huge threat to the convoys that were the lifeline for an embattled Britain. Determined efforts were made to damage the ship through bombing raids: these failed. An altogether more daring and radical plan was conceived: destroy the drydock facility at St Nazaire, and without the use of the only suitable base for the ship, the threat would be neutralized. This volume in the Casemate Illustrated series gives a clear overview of the planning and execution of the raid and its aftermath.

00729B, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

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Dodge WC54 Ambulance An Iconic World War II Vehicle

Fabien Raud

Alan McKay

In 1940, the U.S. Army began to standardize the production of vehicles it required to fight a modern war—including support and medical vehicles. The first deliveries of the ¾-ton Dodge WC54 ambulance arrived in 1942. Built by Chrysler, and utilizing the same chassis and engine as the entire Dodge WC series, the WC54 ambulance has specific features to use for the rescue and transport of injured soldiers. Based upon his own painstaking restoration of a WC54, the author presents in detail every element of this vehicle—chassis, cabin, electrical circuitry, accessories, and markings. Abundantly illustrated with more than 450 photos, this book is a perfect reference for all enthusiasts of military vehicles.

242132, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 160 pages

The Mighty Eighth A Glimpse of the Men, Missions & Machines of the U.S. Eighth Air Force 1942-1945

Military Gallery

The heroics of the airmen who served in the United States Eighth Air Force and fought in the embattled skies of Europe during World War II are legendary. This commemorative book provides a unique glimpse into the lives of some of the men and machines that fought in that bitter, often titanic struggle, together with some of the extraordinary missions they flew.

99708A, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 128 pages

Their Finest Hour The Battle of Britain 1940

Military Gallery

There are few visual records of the dramatic encounters that took place over southern England during that long summer as Nazi Germany prepared to invade Britain. This commemorative book relives these historic events as the RAF, though outnumbered, repelled the might of Hitler’s war machine.

99705A, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 128 pages

U.S. Aircraft Carriers 1939–45

Ingo Bauernfeind

This extensively illustrated volume tells the dramatic yet successful story of US aircraft carriers in World War II by class, ranging from early prewar designs to escort carriers built from destroyer hulls, to the gigantic fleet carriers serving as the predecessors of modern-day super carriers. Including profiles and explanatory text boxes, the concise text gives a clear overview of each ship’s career, its fate and its significance in American naval history. Moreover, the reader learns about the technical evolution of US carriers throughout the war, and the various aircraft launched from these magnificent vessels to engage their Japanese or German foes.

009346, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 240 pages

The Dambusters And the Epic Wartime Raids of 617 Squadron

Military Gallery

On the night of 16/17 May 1943 one of the most daring raids in the history of air warfare took place when nineteen crews from the newly-formed 617 Squadron successfully attacked the great dams of Germany. Their incredible story is now told through an unparalleled collection of paintings and drawings from the archives of the Military Gallery.

997076, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 128 pages

Overlord D-Day and the Battle for Normandy

Military Gallery

This lavishly illustrated book relives the story of D-Day, from the pre-invasion preparations through to the landings themselves and the subsequent battle for control of Normandy, all beautifully illustrated through an unparalleled collection of paintings, drawings and maps.

997038, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 128 pages

Panzer Tactics Tank Operations in the East, 1941-42

Oskar Munzel

Linden Lyons

This book discusses a number of operations undertaken by the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps in the direction of the Black Sea in 1941 and 42. It explores the tactics used and why they were successful, based upon the detailed combat reports prepared by the corps staff immediately after each battle. Die Wehrmacht im Kampf Battles and Problems of the Second World War is a series published in Germany in the 1950s and 1960s. Written by ex-members of the German army in WWII, it provides important information not available elsewhere on the German army’s perspective of many crucial campaigns and battles. None of the volumes have previously been available in English. 009896, $45 , $29.50 , Hardback, 208 pages

Red Army Sniper

A Memoir on the Eastern Front in World War II

Yevgeni Nikolaev

Albrecht Wacker

Nikolaev is credited with a remarkable 324 kills and his wartime service included time in the siege of Leningrad in 1941/1942.

On several occasions, he discusses his Nazi counterparts as bandits and scum, and implores the reader to “take a look, fellows, at the beast of a bastard I’ve laid low”.

In addition to describing details of his kills, Nikolaev explains how his life was saved when an explosive rifle bullet struck a watch that he kept in his jacket pocket. His life was saved by a surgeon who extracted all the watch parts.

382360, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 224 pages

Japan Runs Wild, 1942–1943

Peter Harmsen

In early 1942, the Japanese Army and Navy were advancing on all fronts, humiliating their US, British and Dutch foes throughout the Asia Pacific. In a matter of months, the soldiers and sailors of the Rising Sun conquered an area even bigger than Hitler’s empire.

Fast forward to the end of 1943, and the tables had been turned entirely. A reinvigorated American-led military machine had kicked into gear, and the Japanese were fighting a defensive battle along a frontline that crossed thousands of miles of land and ocean. Japan Runs Wild, 1942-1943 details the astonishing transformation that took place in that period.

006253, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 216 pages

Arctic Front

The Advance of Mountain Corps Norway on Murmansk, 1941

Linden Lyons

The high point of the war on the Arctic Front was the assembly and advance of Germany’s Mountain Corps Norway in the summer and autumn of 1941. Commanded by general of the mountain troops, Eduard Dietl, and composed of the 2nd and 3rd Mountain Divisions, the Mountain Corps advanced out of occupied North Norway, assembled in the Petsamo Corridor in North Finland, and struck into Russian territory in an attempt to seize Murmansk. It did not reach its objective. This account of the operation was written by Wilhelm Hess, quartermaster of the Mountain Corps Norway.

009728, $45 , $29.50 , Hardback, 216 pages

Eastern Front Sniper

The Life of Matthäus Hetzenauer

Roland Kaltenegger

Martin Pegler

Eastern Front Sniper is a long overdue and comprehensive biography of one of World War II’s most accomplished snipers. Mathäus Hetzenauer was born in December 1924. He was drafted into the Mountain Reserve Battalion 140 at the age of 18 but discharged five months later. He received a new draft notice in January 1943 for a post in the Styrian Truppenübungsplatz Seetal Alps where he met some of the best German snipers and learned his art. Hetzenauer went on to fight in Romania, Eastern Hungary and in Slovakia. As recognition for his more than 300 confirmed kills he was awarded on the Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross on April 17, 1945.

382162, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 192 pages

Asian Armageddon, 1944–45

Peter Harmsen

The last installment of the War in the Far East trilogy, Asian Armageddon 1944-45, describes how a US-led coalition of nations battled Japan into submission through a series of cataclysmic encounters. Leyte Gulf, the biggest naval battle ever, was testimony to the paramount importance of controlling the ocean, as was the fact that the US Navy carried out the only successful submarine campaign in history, reducing Japan’s military and merchant navies to shadows of the former selves. Meanwhile, fighting continued in disparate geographic conditions on land, with the chaos of Imphal, the inferno of Manila, and the carnage of Iwo Jima forming some of the milestones on the bloody road to peace.

006277, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 248 pages

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The Armour of Hitler’s Allies in Action, 1943–1945

Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives

Ian

While much has been written about the Nazis’ panzers, comparatively little is known about the armored vehicles in service with the other Axis armies. This classic Images of War book redresses the balance by covering in detail the equipment operated by these nations supporting Hitler’s war machine. Using rare and often unpublished photographs with full captions and authoritative text, it provides a comprehensive coverage of Romanian, Bulgarian and Hungarian tanks and other armored fighting vehicles. In addition, it describes Yugoslavian, Serbian and Slovakian armor in addition to armor originating from the Fatherland.

08544A, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 128 pages

Operation Höss

The Deportation of Hungarian Jews to Auschwitz, May–July

1944

Ian Baxter

Operation Höss or Aktion

Höss was the codename for the mass deportation of Hungarian Jews and their murder in the gas chambers of Birkenau extermination camp. Between 14 May and 9 July 1944, 420,000 Jews were sent to Auschwitz from Hungary, or about 12,000 per day. On arrival some twenty-five percent were selected for forced labor while the remainder were immediately gassed. The name of this atrocity came from Rudolf Höss, who returned as the commandant of Auschwitz to increase the killing capacity and ensure the smooth running of the operation. This shocking book tells the story of this inhuman venture from its conception and planning, and through to the bitter, tragic end.

062909, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 144 pages

Battle of Peleliu, 1944 Three Days That Turned into Three Months

Jim Moran

Peleliu’s garrison amounted to more than 10,000 men. Consequently, when the US preliminary bombardment began on 12 September 1944, it was devastating. Such was the scale of the destruction that the commander of the 1st Marine Division, Major General William H. Rupertus, told his men: ‘We’re going to have some casualties, but let me assure you this is going to be a fast one, rough but fast. We’ll be through in three days – it may only take two.’ Despite Major General Rupertus’ prediction, it was not until after two months, one week and five days of appalling fighting, and a final, futile last sacrificial charge by the remaining enemy troops, that the Battle of Peleliu came to an end.

778215, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 224 pages

Waffen-SS Dutch, Belgian, and Danish Volunteers

Ian Baxter

Drawing on a superb collection of rare and often unpublished photographs, this fine Images of War book describes the fighting history of each formation, notably the 1944 battle of Narva, which was known as the battle of the European SS. As its forces were pushed further back across a scarred and burning wasteland it describes how these Dutch, Belgian and Danish units became cut off in the Kurland Pocket until some were evacuated by sea. The remainder were killed or captured in front of Berlin in April 1945.

08762A, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 160 pages

Schnellbootwaffe

Adolf Hitler’s Guerrilla War at Sea: S-Boote

1939-45

Hrvoje Spaji?

The Schnellbootwaffe was created in the early 1930s. After the first series of Schnellboote were launched, constantly improved versions of these vessels would follow.

The Schnellbootwaffe would achieve significant victories for the Kriegsmarine at the beginning of the war by using these vessels in high-level strategies, including a style of guerrilla warfare. Allied air bombardment of German torpedo boat bases from 1944 onwards failed to destroy the offensive potential of the Schnellboote and their crews. The Allied disaster at Lyme Bay at the end of April 1944 shows how this guerrilla war at sea was still dangerous, even at this stage of the war.

09175A, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 184 pages

Hitler’s Death Camps in Occupied Poland

Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives

Ian Baxter

Nearly 80 years on, the concept and scale of the Nazis’ genocide program remains an indelible, nay almost unbelievable, stain on the human race. Yet it was a dreadful reality of which, as this graphic book demonstrates, all too much proof exists. Between 1941 and 1945 an estimated three and a half million Jews and an unknown number of others, including Soviet POWs and gypsies, perished in six camps built in Poland; Auschwitz-Birkenau, Belzec, Chelmno, Majdenak, Sobibor and Treblinka. Unpleasant as it may be, it does no harm for present generations to be reminded of man’s inhumanity to man, if only to ensure such atrocities will never be repeated.

765413, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 128 pages

The Americans from the Ardennes to VE Day

Brooke

Launched in December 1944, the Nazis’ Ardennes offensive, known as the Battle of the Bulge, was one of the most dangerous periods of the War. During six weeks of desperate fighting, more US soldiers were killed, wounded or reported missing than in any battle in American history.

The Rhine was crossed in March 1945, Berlin fell to the Russians in early May, and the Allies met up on the River Elbe. In the chaos that followed, Germany was divided into four zones of occupation. The immediate tasks were ensuring the survival of the civilian population, establishing law and order, and the capture of war criminals.

766083, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 256 pages

The Americans from Normandy to the German Border August to MidDecember 1944

Brooke S Blades

This classic Images of War book takes up the story of the massive American contribution to the campaign in north West Europe during the autumn and early winter of 1944. Following the dramatic breakout from the Normandy bridgehead, events moved fast with the liberation of Paris quickly following and the Allies closed in on the German border. With his superb collection of images and grasp of the historic significance of the actions so graphically described, Brooke Blades’ latest book will be appreciated by all with an interest in the final stages of the Second World War.

756725, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 224 pages

The Battle of Okinawa 1945

The Real Story Behind Hacksaw Ridge

Jon Diamond

The American campaign to capture Okinawa, codename Operation ICEBERG was fought from 1 April to 22 June 1945. 350 miles from Japan, Okinawa was intended to be the staging area for the Allied invasion of the Japanese mainland. The Japanese Thirty Second Army defenders were on land and the Imperial Navy at sea fought tenaciously. They faced the US Tenth Army, comprising the US Army XXIV Corps and the US Marines’ III Amphibious Corps. As the author of this superb Images of War book describes in words and pictures this was one of the most bitterly fought and costly campaigns of the Second World War.

726001, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 240 pages

The Fall of Berlin

Ian Baxter

By March 1945, the Red Army had closed in on Berlin. Marshal Zhukov, with almost a million soldiers and 20,000 tanks and guns at his disposal, launched his assault of the Seelow Heights. While costly with 30,000 Russians killed, it brought the Russian Army to the gates of the capital. On 20 April, Hitler’s 56th birthday, Soviet artillery began a massive bombardment of the doomed city. The Fuhrer ordered every soldier, Hitlerjugend and Volksstrum to fight to the death. The house-to-house fighting that followed was brutal and savage with heavy casualties for both military and civilians.

737878, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 144 pages

M36/M36B1 Tank Destroyer

David Doyle

Going into WWII, the prevailing strategy of the US command was that tanks were not to be used to engage enemy tanks in combat. Enemy tanks were to be dealt with by specialized weapons, aptly named tank destroyers. The M36B1 was built from the ground-up as a tank destroyer, using a hull based on that of the M4A3 but featuring a standard M36 turret. Examination of rare surviving vehicles indicates that the M36B1 hulls were manufactured expressly for this purpose and were not merely M4A3 hulls that were converted. While US antitank doctrine changed, rendering all the tank destroyers obsolete post WWII, many of these vehicles were supplied to other nations, and in fact some survived as combat vehicles into the 21st century.

748928, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 128 pages

Fallschirmjäger Volume 1 - German Paratroopers, 1937–1941

Fran?ois Cochet

As elite troops, the German Fallschirmjäger (paratroopers) were regularly engaged in front line combat during the Second World War. Their famed actions such as the fighting in Scandinavia, the taking of the Belgian fortress Eden-Emal in May 1940, and the Battle for Crete, have given them the reputation of being determined, courageous and loyal soldiers. This book covers the early years of the Fallschirmstruppen (paratroop units) before the beginning of the war, until the height of their successes in 1941, after which the Fallschirmjäger were more often deployed in a more ‘traditional’ way, even though high-risk actions (such as at Monte Cassino, the Gran Sasso Raid) allowed them to reconnect once more with their glorious past.

740663, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 176 pages

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A Photographic History of Amphibious Warfare 1939-1945

Simon Forty

Jonathan Forty

Amphibious operations have always been an important element of warfare, but they reached their climax during the Second World War when they were carried out on a large scale in every theater of the conflict. That is why this wide-ranging, highly illustrated history of amphibious warfare 1939–1945 by Simon and Jonathan Forty is of such value. Their book gives graphic accounts of the main amphibious assaults launched by the major combatants, in particular the British, American, German and Japanese – not just large-scale landings like those in North Africa, Normandy, the Philippines and Okinawa, but also raids such as Dieppe and St Nazaire and evacuations like Dunkirk and Kerch.

082655, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

The E-Boat Threat

Bryan Cooper

One of the major lessons of World War II was the importance of coastal waters. It was not widely recognized beforehand just how vital the control of such waters would become, both in defending essential convoys as well as attacking those of the enemy, and in paving the way for amphibious landings. While landbased aircraft could carry out offshore operations by day and destroyers and cruisers patrolled deeper waters, the ideal craft for use in coastal waters were motor boats armed with torpedoes and light guns. The E-boat Threat describes the development of these deadly little craft, the training of their crews who were usually volunteers and the gradual evolution of tactics in the light of wartime experience.

01987A, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 144 pages

Bloody Verrières: The I. SS-Panzerkorps

Defence of the Verrières-Bourguebus

Ridges

Volume II: The Defeat of Operation Spring and the Battles of Tilly-laCampagne, 23 July–5

August 1944

Arthur W. Gullachsen

Verrières Ridge was seen as a key stepping-stone for the British Second Army. Imposing in height and containing perfect terrain, the Germans viewed it as the lynchpin to their defenses south of the city of Caen and east of the Orne river. In the second volume of this two-volume work, the fighting of 23 July–3 August is chronicled in detail, specifically the premier Anglo-Canadian operation to capture Verrières Ridge..

240947, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

Black Sunday When Weather Claimed the US Fifth Air Force

Any USAAF pilot who flew the mission to Hollandia on the fateful afternoon of 16 April 1944 in New Guinea would remember it for the rest of their lives. So would anyone else in the theater, for the weather-related losses that fateful day earned it the eternal epithet “Black Sunday”. The way home for more than three hundred bombers and fighters was blocked by a towering weather front whose thunderstorms rose well above any altitude they could reach. Over enemy territory and caught between mountains and the sea, there was no option but to confront nature. By dusk that evening 37 aircraft were missing or had been destroyed.. 246988, $44.95 , $29.50 , Paperback, 136 pages

Black Space

The Nazi Superweapons That Launched Humanity Into Orbit

David Axe

Orbital fortresses poised to fry entire cities with no warning using giant mirrors. Bombers that take off from Earth, punch through the thin border between the atmosphere and vacuum and take advantage of that lofty altitude to speed across the globe on missions of mass destruction. These and other exotic orbital weapons were under consideration, or even active development, in the early decades of humanity’s push into space. And no wonder. The era of frantic, dueling, American and Soviet space-exploration efforts -- which stretched from the end of World War II to the United States’ successful Moon landing in July 1969 -- had its roots in Nazi Germany, a country that pinned its hope for global conquest on equally ambitious superweapons.

01423A, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 216 pages

From Churchill’s SAS to Hitler’s Waffen-SS

The Secret Wartime Exploits of Captain Douglas

BernevilleClaye

Michael Scott

Captain Douglas BernevilleClaye was serving with the fledgling SAS with fellow officers such as David Stirling and Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne when he was captured in the Western Desert. He was ‘turned’ and became a member of the Nazi Waffen-SS. Post-war Berneville-Claye was investigated by MI5 for treachery. Following an Army court-martial he was dismissed and sentenced to six months imprisonment. Upon release, his escapades were no less contentious. Thanks to the author’s painstaking research, this is a compelling yet shocking biography of one of the most intriguing, colorful and disreputable characters of his era. How he escaped with his life is a question readers will ponder.

068635, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 200 pages

Solomons Air War Volume 1Guadalcanal August

September 1942

Michael

Peter

This first volume of Solomons Air War chronicles aerial warfare in the opening phase of the war in the Solomons Islands theater, being the critical period of August-September 1942. For the first time belligerents are closely matched and the rationale of the IJN’s sometimes erratic response is explained. The full extent of both Japanese and US involvement is outlined to a level of detail never before presented.

246933, $48.95 , $31.99 , Paperback, 248 pages

The Empire Strikes

South Japan’s Air War Against Northern Australia 194245 (Second Edition)

Dr Tom Lewis OAM

Very few Australians today know of the fierce air battles fought across the Top End of Australia in World War II. For more than two years Japanese aircraft crossed the coast and bombed relentlessly. Nearly 200 Japanese aircrew died in the onslaught. This book lists all of their names and describes all of the combat missions – and reveals for the first time that the number of combat flights, aircraft shot down, and aircrew who died is far higher than previously thought.

665939, $42.95 , $27.99 , Paperback, 184 pages

Panzers in Normandy Then and Now

Eric

A detailed study of the German panzer regiments in Normandy in 1944 as seen from the German side. Divided into two parts: the theoretical composition of the 1944 model of the panzer regiment, its equipment and personnel, and individual chapters on the 17 panzer units which saw service in Normandy. The book contrasts the scenes of the fighting that raged in the countryside and villages of this part of France with comparison photographs of the battleground as it is today. Research for this book also resulted in the discovery of the location of the grave of the most famous panzer commander, formerly listed as missing in action, when a Normandy roadside revealed its secret in 1983 as the last resting place of the victor of Villers-Bocage, Michael Wittmann.

913297, $38.95 , $25.50 , Hardback, 212 pages

Eagles over Darwin American Airmen Defending Northern Australia in 1942

Dr Tom Lewis OAM

In 1942, the air defense of the northern Australian frontier town Darwin was operated by airmen from the United States. That year was very nearly the end of Australia as a country. To those men the present nation owes a debt. A massive Japanese attack on Darwin on 19 February had left the town and its air base in ruins. An understrength squadron of USAAC P-40E Warhawks fought a gallant defense but was all but wiped out. Northern Australia was now at the mercy of Imperial Japanese Navy Betty bombers and Zero fighters whose crews were both skilled and experienced. However, help was on the way.

665984, $42.95 , $27.99 , Paperback, 140 pages

Darwin’s Air War 19421945

Bob Alford

This is the revised and vastly improved edition of a book first published in 1991. It remains the most authoritative work on Darwin’s air war, and has been compiled from a wide range of sources worldwide, including Japan. This edition contains many new photos, most of them from private collections. The entire scope of Darwin’s air war is covered, beginning with the pre-war defense build-up. All in all, this is a fascinating account of war in a theater often overlooked. The book also includes a series of profiles which describe the experiences of pilots of several different nationalities. It is well foot-noted throughout and contains a lengthy list of sources.

771305, $49.95 , $32.50 , Paperback, 262 pages

USS Arizona The Enduring Legacy of a Battleship

Ingo Bauernfeind

This lavishly illustrated and very personal book covers the history of the battleship USS Arizona from her launch to her loss on December 7, 1941 when she was sunk during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Learn about the ship’s enduring legacy firsthand as told by survivors, historians, enemies, sons of admirals, and people who have a personal connection to the Arizona. Moreover, this book provides a detailed examination of the Arizona’s wreck by archaeologists of the National Parks Service looking for ways to preserve her for the future. Learn about the tribute given by presidents and foreign dignitaries in order to honor Arizona’s fallen crew.

598421, $29.95 , $19.50 , Hardback, 192 pages

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The Allied Assault on Hitler’s Channel Island Fortress

The Planned Operation to Eject the Germans in 1943

John Grehan

Incredible as it may seem today, detailed plans were drawn up to recapture the Channel Islands, the most heavily fortified of all the German-occupied territories, regardless of the potentially ‘severe’ loss of life and the widespread destruction to the property of the British citizens. There was much then in favor of mounting the operations against the Channel Islands regardless of the fact that it meant the death of untold British citizens at the hands of British troops and the Allied air forces. The Allied Assault Upon Hitler’s Channel Island Fortress is, therefore, the first detailed analysis of what would have been the most controversial operation ever undertaken by the British and American armed forces.

08422A, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 272 pages

The SAS in Occupied France

2 SAS Operations, June to October 1944

Gavin Mortimer

In the world of military history there is no brand as potent as that of the SAS. They burst into global prominence in 1980 with their spectacular storming of the Iranian Embassy, and there have been hundreds of books, films, documentaries and even reality TV shows about them. But what there hasn’t been is a guide to the scenes of some of their most famous Second World War operations. That is why Gavin Mortimer’s vivid two-volume account of their daring missions in Germanoccupied France in 1944 is such compelling reading. In this second volume focusing on 2 SAS he describes in graphic detail operations Loyton, Wallace and Hardy, and Rupert, all of which were carried out in eastern France.

769589, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 192 pages

The Galician Division 1943-45

Ukrainian Volunteers and Conscripts in the Waffen SS

David McCormack

In this absorbing new history, David McCormack debunks many of the myths surrounding the Galician Division and provides an objective appraisal of the volunteers and conscripts who, to this day, are both lauded as heroes and vilified as criminals in the media and academic circles. Now, in the context of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine under the pretext of ‘denazification’, it is more critical than ever to uncover the truth of this country’s wartime relationship with Nazi Germany.

558720, $35 , $22.99 , Hardback, 208 pages

Formidable Arthur Flint’s War Against Tirpitz and the Kamikazes

Terry Crowdy

HMS Formidable was a British aircraft carrier during the Second World War. One of four Illustrious-class carriers, Formidable was an armored carrier, able to withstand air attacks, guarding its precious aircraft hangar with an armorplated flight-deck. Illustrated with almost 200 contemporary photographs throughout, Formidable is a memorial to the voyages and service of Arthur Flint and his shipmates during the war, from the Battle of Matapan, the landings in North Africa, Sicily and Salerno, to the arctic hunt for Tirpitz, before Formidable steamed east to Sydney in 1945 and joined the British Pacific Fleet, fighting alongside the Americans at Okinawa and the final assault against Japan.

08766A, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 240 pages

The Fighting Captain

Alan Burn

Captain F J Walker, RN, did more than any other man at sea to win the Battle of the Atlantic, a vicious and unrelenting struggle which Churchill described as the dominating factor throughout World War Two. He was a formidable figure and one of the greatest fighting captains in the history of the Royal Navy, sinking twenty U-boats. For this he was awarded a CB and four DSOs, only the second man in the history of the Royal Navy to receive this award four times.

077279, $32.95 , $21.50 , Paperback, 224 pages

Hitler’s Last Chance Kolberg: The Propaganda Movie and the Rise and Fall of a German City

Kevin Prenger

The war in Europe was reaching its final months, more than ever, Hitler needed his people to stiffen their resolve. To demonstrate what will be expected of the German people, and what they could achieve if they refused to acknowledge defeat, a major feature film would be shown, featuring the one place which held out against Napoleon when he invaded Prussia in 1807 – the city of Kolberg. Even though the Third Reich was literally entering its death-throes, in attempting to reproduce the siege of Kolberg on film, thousands of experts, extras and horses were taken from the war effort by Joseph Goebbels. The result has been stated to be the most expensive feature film ever made in Germany.

07297B, $36.95 , $24.50 , Hardback, 192 pages

The Fallen Few of the Battle of Britain

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few Seventyfive years on the unforgettable words of Winston Churchill ring as powerfully as they did in August 1940 when the young men of the RAF stood as the last line of defense against Hitler’s far more powerful Luftwaffe. This emotional yet factual book describes the three and a half months (10 July 31 October 1940) battle day-by-day and covers the essential details of every one of the 540 young pilots who died in this critical campaign that saved Britain from invasion by the Nazis. Thanks to the authors’ painstaking research we are given a short biography of each pilots and learn of their actions and the manner of their deaths, their squadrons and planes.

020138, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 200 pages

Battle for Sicily Stepping Stone to Victory

Ian Blackwell

On the night of 9-10 July 1943, an Allied armada launched the invasion of Sicily, a larger operation than the Normandy landings the following year. Over the next thirty-eight days, half a million Allied servicemen fought the Germans and Italians for control of the island, which became the first part of Axis homeland to fall during World War II. Despite their success, inter-Allied and inter-service divisions and rivalries robbed them of the opportunity to inflict a crushing defeat on the Germans and Italians, who were able to conduct a fighting withdrawal and save sizable forces. Regarded by some as a blind alley, by others as the way into Europe via the soft underbelly, the decision to invade Sicily was and remains controversial.

020688, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 208 pages

Churchill’s Desert Rats in North Africa, Burma, Sicily and Italy

7th Armoured Division’s Campaigns, 1940–1943

Patrick Delaforce

This well researched and well written book covers the early campaigns and battles that earned The Desert Rats their fame and name. This volume covers the difficult early years when ultimate victory was less than certain. The Nazis were victorious on many fronts and Britain stood alone. Indeed it was at El Alamein that 7 armored Division and the rest of Montgomerys Eighth Army turned the tide. The successful completion of the North African campaign led to the invasion of Sicily and the long slog up Italy. The Divisions story is told by many first hand contributions and is the result of painstaking research by the author who was also a Desert Rat.

07458B, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 232 pages

Invasion Scare 1940

In the Summer of 1940, after evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk and the Franco/German armistice which followed the fall of France, Britain stood alone against the armed might of Hitler’s Germany, supported only by the forced of her dominions and inspired by little but the rhetoric of her newly-appointed Prime Minister, Winston Churchill. Michael Glover’s penetrating analysis of the mood of British people that summer, of the German ability to mount an amphibious invasion at the time and of Britain’s ability to repel such an invasion shows how ill-founded the scare was, while explaining how well it served the British cause.

020589, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 240 pages

Sex Under the Swastika Erotica, Scandal and the Occult in Hitler’s Third Reich

Tim

Sex under the Swastika is a journey through the dark secretive corridors of the Third Reich’s powerbase and it’s near-pathological sexual obsession with young women, sex, Satanism and the occult. Based on interviews, eyewitness accounts and using newly revealed material from the sons and daughters of former SS officers who were part of Adolf Hitler and Reinhard Heydrich’s personal staff, we learn about the sexual conduct, affairs, scandals and fetishes of some of Hitler’s most trusted advocates. An unapologetically provocative volume, it is an exploration of the Third Reich’s darkest secrets, which left blood on the crisp white sheets of a nation and caused many to remain silent for decades after the death of National Socialist Germany.

791429, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 264 pages

Blind Obedience and Denial

The Nuremberg

Defendants

Andrew

A revealing yet accessible examination of the Nuremberg trial, and all 23 men who stood accused. This account sets the scene by explaining the procedures, the legal context, and the moments of hypocrisy in the Allies’ prosecution—ignoring the fact that the Katy? massacre was a Soviet crime and overlooking carpet bombing. This new study utilizes not only the trial manuscripts, but the pre-trial interrogations, the views of the psychiatrists and psychologists, and the often-overheard conversations between prisoners—who did not know their guards spoke German—to give the fullest exploration of the defendants, their state of mind, and their attitudes towards the Third Reich, Hitler and each other as they faced judgement by the victors of the war.

241784, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

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Arnhem Umbrella Major Digby Tatham Warter DSO

Neil Thornton

Operation Market Garden was Major Digby Tatham Warter’s first action. As the OC of ‘A’ Company, 2 Para, he led the advance to the Arnhem road bridge, brushing aside German resistance to reach the objective. Over the course of the next four days, Digby - a well-known eccentric - enhanced his reputation further by displaying leadership and a fearlessness that left everyone who witnesses it in awe. Wounded and captured at the battle’s end, Digby escaped and linked up with the Dutch Resistance. For weeks he strutted around the area disguised as a deaf Dutchman to fool the Germans. He collected over hundred paratroopers and forged a plan to lead them through enemy lines to safety. His post-war years are just as exciting.

558829, $45 , $29.50 , Hardback, 304 pages

Lucky Hitler’s Big Mistakes

Paul Ballard-Whyte

Adolf Hitler’s Great War military experiences in no way qualified him for supreme command. Yet by July 1940, under his personal leadership the Third Reich’s armed forces had defeated Poland, Czechoslovakia, Holland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium and France. The invasion of Great Britain was a distinct reality following Dunkirk. Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania had become allies along with the acquiescent military powers of Mussolini’s Italy and Franco’s Spain. These achievements prompted Field Marshal Willem Keitel, the Wehrmacht’s Chief of Staff, to pronounce Hitler to be ‘the Greatest Commander of all time’. Lucky: Hitler’s Big Mistakes exposes the enigmatic Dictator for what he really was – incredibly lucky and militarily incompetent.

074377, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 336 pages

Red Army Tank Commander

At War in a T-34 on the Eastern Front

Vasiliy Bryukhov

What was it like to command a T-34 tank on the Eastern Front during the Second World War?

How were tank operations organized and carried out, what was the actual experience of combat, and what were the chances of survival?

Vasiliy Pavlovich Bryukhovs vivid, detailed and gripping memoir of his wartime service gives a fascinating and authentic insight into these questions. Also it provides an accurate, unsentimental record of the day-to-day life of a tankman whose unit fought in the forefront of the Red Army throughout the conflict across the western Soviet Union and into eastern Europe. His account is a memorable personal story, and it gives a powerful insight into the reality of tank warfare seventy years ago.

07733B, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 224 pages

Baldur von Schirach Nazi Leader and Head of the Hitler Youth

Oliver Rathkolb

Though three of his four grandparents were from America and the first language he learned at home was English, Baldur von Schirach became one of the Third Reich’s most influential individuals. He joined the Nazi Party as early as 1925 at the age of eighteen and three years later became a member of its National Leadership. Following his capture by US troops, von Schirach was among the major war criminals put on trial at Nuremburg. This detailed and balanced analysis of Baldur von Schirach reveals the true and ambivalent nature of a complex and fascinating individual who played a key role in the events leading up to, and during, the Second World War.

020954, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

Hitler’s Father

Hidden Letters – Why the Son Became a Dictator

Roman Sandgruber

The bundle of 31 letters, the pages of which had long yellowed with age, had lain hidden in the attic where they were found for over a century. Only when the razor-sharp script was examined further did historians discover just who had written them – and that person, Alois, was Adolf Hitler’s father. The contents of the rediscovered letters have allowed the renowned historian and author Roman Sandgruber to reassess the image that we have of Alois, offering the world a completely new and authentic impression of the man. In Hitler’s Father, Sandgruber re-examines Alois’ personality and how he significantly shaped the young Adolf.

019279, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 272 pages

The Second World War Illustrated The Fourth Year

Jack Holroyd

The fourth year began with intensified fighting on Guadalcanal in the southern Solomon Islands in September 1942. The United States had launched their fight back in the Pacific when they landed there the previous month. In the Western hemisphere the USA threw its almighty weight into the fight against Hitler’s Germany with the ‘Operation Torch’ landings in North Africa. The Americans had boots on the ground. By the end of the fourth year of the war the Allies dominated the vital Atlantic seaways upon which future Allied strategy was entirely dependent – although the German submarine menace still existed.

01173A, $32.95 , $21.50 , Paperback, 280 pages

Ace in a Day

The Memoir of an Eighth Air Force Fighter Pilot in World War II

Lt Col Wayne K Blickenstaff

Wayne K. Blickenstaff was a stalwart of the 350th Fighter Squadron of the 353rd Fighter Group based at Goxhill, Metfield and Raydon, England. As an original cadre member, he rose steadily through the ranks from a Second Lieutenant Element Leader to Flight Leader, Squadron Operations Officer, Squadron Leader and finally to a Lieutenant Colonel and Group Operations Officer. His double “ace” status included a Me262 jet fighter and the destruction of five aircraft in one mission—giving him rare “ace in a day” status. Ace in a Day is Blick’s honest and gritty personal memoir of his air war in Europe.

242095, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 360 pages

Wings over the Waves

Fleet Air Arm Strike

Leader against Tirpitz, The Biography of Lt Cdr

Roy Baker-Falkner DSO

DSC RN

Graham Drucker

BF or Daddy as he was known, started his career at Dartmouth and then spent his early seagoing years in Hong Kong, Nagasaki and Hiroshima. His wartime experiences as a Fleet Air pilot aboard HMS Glorious included the historic air strike at Taranto and the search for the Graf Spee. In May 1940 he was loaned to Coastal Command and attacked German Panzer tanks in a biplane, defended Allied troops over Dunkirk and was one of only a few naval officers to fight in the Battle of Britain.

07504B, $39.95 , $25.99 , Paperback, 400 pages

Eastern Inferno

The Journals of a German Panzerjäger on the Eastern Front, 1941–43

This book presents the remarkable personal journals of a Hans Roth, a member of the anti-tank (Panzerjager) battalion, 299th Infantry Division, attached to Sixth Army, as the invasion of Russia began. Roth’s three journals were discovered tucked away in the home of his brother. He was doubtlessly working on a fourth journal before he was reported missing in action in July 1944. Although Roth’s ultimate fate remains unknown, what he did leave behind, now finally revealed, is an incredible firsthand account of the horrific war the Germans waged in Russia.

242200, $16.95 , $10.99 , Paperback, 256 pages

The Devil’s Workshop

A Memoir of the Nazi Counterfeiting Operation

Adolf Burger

One of the most remarkable episodes of the Second World War was the German attempt to forge currency and trigger the economic collapse of the Allies. The counterfeit operation was one of the largest the world has ever seen and lead to the post-war reissue of sterling. In this extraordinary memoir, the sole surviving Czech counterfeiter, Adolf Burger, describes his wartime experiences. He was working as a counterfeiter until his liberation from a concentration camp at Ebensee on 5 May 1945. Supported by hitherto unseen documentation and photographs that Burger took of his fellow prisoners after the war, this is a shocking account which sheds fresh light on the calculated barbarity of the Nazi war machine.

019156, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 296 pages

In the Ranks of Death

The Irish in the Second World War

Richard Doherty

When war broke out in 1939, over 20,000 Irishmen were serving in the Royal Navy, Army, and Royal Air Force with the greatest proportion in the Army. During the war this rose to over 120,000, suggesting that about 100,000 enlisted during the war. The author looks at the seven Irish regiments in campaigns across the globe, at Irish soldiers across the Army, at Irish sailors from the Battle of the River Plate to the final actions against Japan, and at Irish airmen from the first bombing raids of the war to the closing days of war. Irish women are not forgotten in the book which also takes a look at the Irish in Allied forces.

019699, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 304 pages

Women Interned in World War Two Sumatra

Faith, Hope and Survival

Barbara Coombes

Thousands of women and children were among those who struggled to leave Singapore just before capitulation on February 15, 1942; their hope was to reach safety. For many that hope was never realized; countless numbers drowned as ships were bombed and sunk on their way to “safety”. The “lucky” ones who survived the onslaught of the ships would become guests of the Japanese; many of these would not live to see the end of the war. This true account, using personal diaries and family documents traces Margaret Dryburgh and Shelagh Brown’s journey from childhood through to adulthood and internment. Early life shapes adult life and perhaps contributed to their response to captivity which showed courage, tenacity, and perseverance.

787750, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 272 pages

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Black Tulip

The Life and Myth of Erich Hartmann, the World’s Top Fighter Ace

Black Tulip is the dramatic story of history’s top fighter ace, Luftwaffe pilot Erich Hartmann. It’s also the story of how his service under Hitler was simplified and elevated to Western mythology during the Cold War. Black Tulip locates the ambiguous truth about Hartmann and so much of the German Wehrmacht in general: that many of these men were neither full-blown Nazis nor impeccable knights. They were complex, contradictory, and elusive. This book portrays a complex human rather than the heroic caricature we’re used to, and it argues that the tidy, polished hero stories we’ve inherited about men like Hartmann say as much about those who’ve crafted them as they do about the heroes themselves.

243030, $19.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 240 pages

Mosquito Night

Intruder Ace Wing Commander

Bertie Rex O’Bryen

Hoare DFC & Bar, DSO & Bar

Danny Burt

Bertie Rex O’Bryen Hoare was born on 6 June 1912. Having been educated at Harrow and Wye Agricultural College, ‘Sammy’, as he was often known to friends and family, entered the RAF on a short-service commission in 1936. This is the biography of one of the RAF’s greatest characters of the Second World War. With his ‘epic’ over-sized mustache, Bertie Hoare was a pilot who, with the end of the fighting, had risen to the rank of Group Captain, been awarded the Distinguished Service Order and Bar, the Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar, and been Mentioned in Despatches. Bertie ended the war having flown over 100 combat sorties.

017862, $49.95 , $32.50 , Hardback, 256 pages

Bombing Germany: The Final Phase The Destruction of Pforzheim and the Closing Months of Bomber Command’s War

A C Redding

During 1942 and 1943 the striking power of RAF Bomber Command was transformed by the arrival of heavy bombers, advanced navigation and blind bombing systems, and new tactics to concentrate the bombers over the targets. This book commemorates the efforts of the aircrew members who risked their lives, consolidating a host of intriguing firsthand accounts. It also considers Pforzheim’s survivors who remember the horror of the raid and its aftermath, including eventual occupation.

019590, $39.95 , $25.99 , Paperback, 400 pages

Two-Man Air Force

Don Gentile & John

Godfrey: World War II Flying Legends

Philip Kaplan

American volunteers Don Gentile and John Godfrey flew together as leader and wingman respectively, with the USAAF 4th Fighter Group based at Debden near Cambridge. At the end of their missions with the 4th the two of them had accounted for over 58 enemy aircraft destroyed. Major Gentile had scored 22 air and 6 ground kills before he was returned to the USA to help raise money for the war effort. Major Godfrey was credited with 18 air and 12 ground kills before he was shot down and taken prisoner of war. This is the story of their adventures and wartime partnership from their basic training in Canada and then onto England where they first flew the Supermarine Spitfire. It continues with their transfer to the USAAF 4th Fighter Group when the US entered the war.

020749, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 176 pages

Luftwaffe Over America The Secret Plans to Bomb the United States in World War II

Manfred Griehl

This thought-provoking book examines the Nazi German plans to raid and bomb New York and the eastern seaboard in the event of a successful invasion of the Soviet Union. The plans rested upon the use of transoceanic aircraft, such as the six-engined Ju 390, Me 264 or Ta 400. The Third Reich was unable to produce these machines in sufficient numbers, however, if the Soviet Union had been conquered, these plans would have become a reality. This fascinating, thoroughly researched study offers valuable insights into how Germany developed new weapons and shows why the attempts to develop long range bombers were frustrated until they were terminated by the end of hostilities. Includes more than a hundred rarely seen photographs and original plans.

07739B, $32.95 , $21.50 , Paperback, 224 pages

The Berlin Blitz By Those Who Were There

The Allied bombing of Berlin was the longest and most sustained bombing offensive against one target in the Second World War. The Berlin Blitz By Those Who Were There is a compelling, gripping and thought-provoking story of the Allied bombing forces and the ordinary people on the ground, told in their own tongue and with meticulous attention to detail. The result is a coherent, single story which unfolds in a straightforward and incisive narrative.

705525, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

Nightstalkers The Wright Project and the 868th Bomb Squadron in World War II

Richard Phillip Lawless

In August 1943, a highly classified US Army Air Force unit, code-named the “Wright Project,” departed Langley Field for Guadalcanal in the South Pacific to join the fight against the Empire of Japan. Operating independently, under sealed orders drafted at the highest levels of Army Air Force, the Wright Project was unique. The Wright airmen would fly only at night, usually as lone hunters of enemy ships. In so doing they would pave the way for the United States to enter and dominate a new dimension of war in the air for generations to come. Comprehensive and highly personal, this story can now be revealed for the very first time, based on official sources, and interviews with the young men who flew into the night.

242057, $44.95 , $29.50 , Hardback, 432 pages

The Origins of Surfaceto-Air Guided Missile Technology

German Flak Rockets and the Onset of the Cold War

James Mills

World War II saw the conception of the first surfaceto-air guided missile systems, technology pioneered by German scientists. The history of the transfer of German SAM technology to the Allies after 1945 has previously been overshadowed by the well-published transfers of the V-1 and V-2 guided missiles. This book presents the first complete history of Germany’s wartime development of surface-to-air missile (SAM) technology, how the Allies acquired this secret research, and how they then exploited this knowledge.

242774, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

Ian Fleming and Operation Golden Eye Keeping Spain out of World War II

Mark Simmons

This book tells the story of the various Allied operations and schemes instigated to keep Spain and Portugal out of WWII, which included the widespread bribery of high ranking Spanish officials and the duplicity of Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, head of the Abwehr. Ian Fleming and Alan Hillgarth were the architects of Operation Golden Eye, the sabotage and disruption scheme that would be put in place had Germany invaded Spain. Fleming visited the Iberian Peninsula and Tangiers several times during the war, arguably the closest he came to being a real secret agent. It was these visits which supplied much of the background material for his fictionFleming even called his home on Jamaica where he created 007 ‘Goldeneye.’

242194, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 216 pages

The Venlo Sting MI6’s Deadly Fiasco

Norman Ridley

On 9 November 1939, two unsuspecting British agents of the Special Intelligence Services walked into a trap set by German Spymaster Reinhard Heydrich. Believing that they were meeting a dissident German general for talks about helping German military opposition to bring down Hitler and end the war, they were instead taken captive in the Dutch village of Venlo and whisked away to Germany for interrogation by the Gestapo. The incident was a huge embarrassment for the Dutch government and provided the Germans with significant intelligence about SIS operations throughout Europe.

242071, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

Hitler’s Nest of Vipers The Rise Of The Abwehr

Nigel West

Modern historians have consistently condemned the Abwehr, Germany’s military intelligence service, and its SS equivalent, the Sicherheitsdienst (SD), as incompetent and even corrupt organizations. However, newly declassified MI5, CIA and US Counterintelligence Corps files shed a very different light on the structure, control and capabilities of the German intelligence machine in Europe, South America, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. For the first time, the Abwehr’s development and the true extent of its operations have been laid bare, through official files and even of restored documents previously redacted.

08637A, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 376 pages

The Allied Air Campaign Against Hitler’s U-boats Victory in the Battle of the Atlantic

Timothy S Good

No weapon platform sank more U-boats in the Second World War than the Allied aircraft. Whether it was an American ’plane operating from American escort carriers, US aircraft from Royal Air Force bases, or British aircraft from bases throughout the world, these officers and men became the most decisive factor in turning the tide of the Battle of the Atlantic against the German submarine threat. While the German crews could threaten escort vessels with torpedoes, or avoid them by remaining submerged, their leaders never developed an effective strategy against aircraft. his is the most comprehensive study ever undertaken of this most crucial battle which helped turn the Battle of the Atlantic irrevocably in favor of the Allies.

09649A, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

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Day Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe 1939–42

Neil Page

This first volume of Day Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe traces the story of the Luftwaffe’s day fighter arm (der Tagjagd) from its inception to 1942. Organized campaign by campaign, this chronological account interweaves brief biographical details, newly translated personal accounts and key moments in the careers of a host of notable and lesser known Luftwaffe aces. Around 500 Luftwaffe fighter pilots were awarded the Knight’s Cross, accumulating huge numbers of missions flown.

008486, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

Messerschmitt Bf 109 The Latter Years - War in the East to the Fall of Germany

Chris Goss

The most iconic German aircraft of the Second World War, the Messerschmitt Bf 109 was the Luftwaffe’s principal fighter from 1939 until 1942 when the superior Focke-Wulf Fw 190 came into greater prominence. The Bf 109 served in every theater of the war, though in this book the author examines the Tip and Run era, D-Day and the Eastern Front. In this selection of unrivaled images collected over many years, the operations of this famous aircraft in the latter part of the Second World War are portrayed and brought to life.

899483, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 176 pages

The Experimental Units of Hitler’s Condor Legion

German Aircraft In Action During the Spanish Civil War

Rafael

Lucas

At the start of the Spanish Civil War the nationalists sought help for their cause from Germany, following which volunteers from the German Air Force and Army formed what was called the Condor Legion. This force made a significant contribution to General Franco’s eventual victory and this included two experimental air units, known as VJ/88 and VB/88. The former’s mission was to combat test the new monoplane fighters; the Messerschmitt Bf 109 and the Heinkel He 112. The latter group’s task was to test the new twin-engine, retractable undercarriage bombers; the Heinkel He 111, the fast Dornier Do 17 and the Junkers Ju 86. This book aims to examine the history of the men and machines that served in those units.

878914, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 104 pages

Day Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe 1943-45

Neil Page

This volume of Day Fighter

Aces of the Luftwaffe traces the story of the Luftwaffe’s day fighter arm from 1942 through to the end of the war in Europe, covering missions over Russia in 1943, over the West and the Reich, the Eastern Front and the Mediterranean. Organized campaign by campaign, this chronological account interweaves brief biographical details, newly translated personal accounts and key moments in the careers of a host of notable and lesser known Luftwaffe aces.

008790, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

Focke-Wulf Fw 200 The Luftwaffe’s Long Range Maritime Bomber

Chris Goss

Originally built as an airliner that could carry passengers across the Atlantic for Deutsche Lufthansa, the Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor developed into the Luftwaffe’s principal long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft. It was used in the North Sea and in the Atlantic, searching for Allied convoys and warships, passing on information to waiting U-boats. In this selection of unrivaled images collected over many years, and now part of Frontline’s new Air War Archive series, the operations of this famous aircraft are portrayed and brought to life through the firsthand accounts of the pilots who flew them and those that fought against them.

324879, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

Luftwaffe Training Aircraft

The Training of Germany’s Pilots and Aircrew Through Rare Archive Photographs

Chris Goss

The often unseen and unrecognized element in aerial warfare, is that of training the pilots and crews, yet its value is beyond calculation. In this role, a wide variety of aircraft were used by the Luftwaffe, with trainee pilots progressing from simpler, older machines, such as the Klemm 35, the FockeWulf Fw 44 and the Bücker 131, to the more sophisticated Arado Ar 66, the Gotha Go 145 and the Arado Ar 76, as well as heavier aircraft like the Junkers W33 and W44. Gradually they would be introduced to newer and faster models that enabled them to experience, to some degree, the type of aircraft they would be flying in combat.

899520, $25.95 , $16.99 , Paperback, 192 pages

Les Forces Blindes Hongroises Durant la Second Guerre mondiale

Eduardo Manuel Gil Martínez

Text in French: The actions of Germany’s armor during World War II are well documented and thus well known. Those of Germany’s Axis allies are rather less so. Hungarian Armor in the Second World War gives an account the role of the Hungarian armored forces which, over the course of the world conflict, managed to constitute an armored corps powerful enough to exercise a decisive role on the front although it was destined to face one of the most terrible adversaries of its time, the Russian Red Army. This book also describes the terrible fate experienced by the Hungarian armored troops after the Soviet invasion of Hungary, many of whose soldiers and officers were sent to Soviet concentration camps for several years.

485803, $50 , $32.50 , Hardback, 160 pages

L’Odyssee de la Brigade Ramcke a El Alamein Fallschirmjäger en égypte, de Bab el Katara à Mersa El Brega

Hans Rechenberg

Text in French: El Alamein— where Rommel’s seemingly irresistible offensive was stopped in its tracks as he sought to capture Alexandria in the summer of 1942. This followed many weeks of minor engagements, each side taking positions from the other. Written at the time and on the spot some time before the author’s eventual capture in Tunisia, this original, unvarnished account was unknown until its recent discovery and it is now published for the first time. Numerous photographs of the Regiment and the Battle of El Alamein accompany this intimate account.

485698, $40 , $26.50 , Hardback, 112 pages

L’Epuration Sauvage en Normandie 1943-1946

Yves Lecouturier

Text in French: The Savage Purification of Normandy is an account of retribution against enemy collaborators that took place between 1943 and 1946 and was a microcosm of the legally sanctioned reprisals that took place after the war between 1944 and 1947—some 39 people were condemned to death by firing squad in legal proceedings. But as early as 1943 some resistance fighters couldn’t wait for the restoration of the French Republic and began to eliminate collaborators they considered a threat. Outside of any legal framework and often with a fake judgments, extra-judicial executions and retribution were carried out quickly and violently, including the practice of shaving the heads of women collaborators to mark them out amongst their peers.

485667, $22 , $14.50 , Hardback, 96 pages

Normandie Niemen Quinze destins de Pilotes

François Robinard

Text in French: They came from all over France, from all walks of life, some even from France’s shattered colonial empire. They did not share the same culture or the same beliefs. Corporals, non-commissioned officers and officers; they were of all ranks but all, without exception, volunteered. They did not seem destined to become friends, and yet they did become so even though they had not all followed the same path, but they all had the same goal: the restoration of the honor, of the past splendor, of their homeland. These 96 heroes are now history. François Robinard has collected the memories of five of them, saved by history, mainly those of General Risso. They form the basis of this book.

485759, $37 , $24.50 , Hardback, 128 pages

Juin

1940 La Bataille

D’Abbeville de la Rhénanie à Caen avec la 13e compagnie du Régiment “List”

O. Bär

Text in French: A new previously unpublished view on of one of the most important battles of June 1940, here is the chronicle of the journey of the horsedrawn infantry cannons of the famous List Regiment which had distinguished itself in the first world war and was also the regiment of Adolf Hitler, as it invaded France from the Rhineland and headed for Normandy. We share the day to day life of these infantrymen and the difficult conditions they suffered along the way during the long journey that took them into the heart of the Battle of Abbeville in which the German 57. Infanterie-Division faced the 4e DCR (4th Armored Division) of Colonel Charles de Gaulle.

485674, $33 , $21.50 , Hardback, 112 pages

Des Ailes dans les Jambes

Les Mémoires de Guerre d’André Courval

Christian Kermoal

Text in French: Three escapes, two crashes, wounds, a desertion, a flight of some 4,350 miles across Africa to fight again: André Courval’s war in the Free French Forces was a perpetual adventure. Telling the story himself, the six years of war in his Memoirs constitute a rare eye-witness account by an NCO of the Free French Forces who served in one of the less well known arms: the bombers. Preceded by a section relating his apprenticeship and military service, the occupation, his flight via Jersey, his arrival in England and his joining the Free French Air Force, are particularly well documented. André Courval’s war in Saharan Africa was linked to the Leclerc’s epic (Koufra, Fezzan, Libya, etc.). The two men met on several occasions.

485636, $28 , $18.50 , Paperback, 250 pages

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U-Boote en Mediterranée Tome 2

Juin 1943 – Septembre

1944 Face aux débarquements alliés en Italie et en Provence

Luc Braeuer

Text in French: The U-boat missions in the Mediterranean changed after the Allies had made themselves master of all North Africa. Henceforth, they had to protect “Fortress Europe” against the Allied landings to come. Five submarines went out against the Allied landings in Sicily in July 1943 but could not prevent them. In the Toulon and Pola arsenals, a new double rear platform on the conning tower was added to the submarines to increase their AA armament with eight 20-mm cannon. In September 1943, six experienced captains set out to try and stop the landings at Salerno and there were successes.

485612, $82 , $53.50 , Hardback, 350 pages

Emil Maurice Garde du corps et ami juif de Hitler

Georges Bernage

Text in French: Of Jewish origin and a close friend of Adolf Hitler, Emil Maurice was the founder of the SA and Hitler Strosstrupp. He also served as editor of Mein Kampf in Landsberg prison. Through this very singular perspective , this book will describe the historically crucial, but poorly known period from 1919 to 1933. Includes documents concerning the Debut of the DAP, the society of Thule, the Soviet of Munich the fighting of the Frankish corps in 1919, the Munich putsch, the prison of Landsberg, the Stosstrupp history, the state Civil society with a list of all its members, the Geli Raubal affair and many other historical details. With photos and documents never seen or very little known, partly from unpublished archives of Emil Maurice.

484431, $95 , $61.99 , Hardback, 400 pages

Bataille pour la Pointe du Hoc

Hubert Groult

Text in French: Taking the Pointe du Hoc on 6 June 1944 was one of the most spectacular events of D-Day. Two hundred and twenty-five highly-trained American soldiers were given the “hardest of missions”, according to General Bradley: climb the over 100 feet high cliffs, assault a highly defended German position and destroy six cannon before they could pour devastating fire on the Utah and Omaha Beaches. This is a complete account of this event.

485643, $41 , $26.99 , Hardback, 192 pages

Decorations

Allemandes Militaires (1935-1945) Et Civiles (1919-1945)

Jörg-M Hormann

Volker Beh

Text in French: This exceptional book with no equivalence in French shows all the German military decorations instituted in Germany between 1935 and 1945 in the form of precise notes, accompanied by high quality photographs by Jörg-M Hormann, then the civilian decorations presented by Volker A. Behr. In the second part concerning the civilian decorations, first are those which were created during the Weimar Republic, then the Olympic Games medals, the Firemen, the Luftschutz, the German Mothers, the Police, the Red Cross, etc. This 338-page colour volume translated and adapted from the German is the essential tool, a precise tool for all Second World War collectors or history buffs.

485384, $95 , $61.99 , Hardback, 336 pages

2. Panzerdivision En Normandie Volume 2 - Caen-Vire Mortian, 1 Juillet - 2

Aout 1944

Frédéric Deprun

Text in French: The second of a three-volume, richly illustrated study of the German armored unit. The author Frédéric Deprun, has devoted more than ten years to studying meticulously this armored unit’s engagements in the Norman bocage. In this second volume, an account is given of the Panzer unit’s inability to contain the Allied offensive to the south of Saint-Lô at the end of July 1944, then the attack at Mortain up until the moment when the men in the unit with the Trident were encircled in the ChamboisArgentancauldron. The three volumes together are illustrated with 800 unpublished photographs and more than 60 maps.

484370, $89 , $57.99 , Hardback, 320 pages

L’inexorable Defaite mai-juin 1940

Jean-Yves Mary

Text in French: November 11, 1918. The unfinished victory… France believes it has won the war, but it has only won a precarious peace. This observation is the starting point which will inexorably lead the country towards the end of June 1940. When on May 10, 1940, Germany kicked off operations

in the west, the French army would accumulate blunders, amplifying German successes in spite of itself. From the most obvious to the most unsuspected, this book proposes to analyze point by point the causes of this inexorable defeat.

485599, $89 , $57.99 , Hardback, 400 pages

Sur Les Traces De L’Armee Allemande Grenoble Et Le Vercors, 1940-1944

Michel Lallemant

Text in French: The aim of this book is to reconstruct the image of the German troops present in the Grenoble region in 1940 at the end of the campaign for France, but above all in 1943/44 following the Italian capitulation and during the operations against the Maquis forces in the Vercors region, until the end of summer 1944. Using soldiers’ personnel documents, German and French archives but also period objects, an attempt is made to reconstruct a part of that reality, going back on the chronology of the events, following the routes taken by the units engaged, the way they were made up, their officers, the soldiers themselves and especially their losses, and where all this happened within the context of the actions carried out in the area.

485452, $50 , $32.50 , Hardback, 208 pages

Les Marins Français du Jour J

FNFL - Normandie 44

Thierry Terrier

Text in French: When on 10 May 1940 Germany launched its operations in the West, the French Army piled on the mistakes, magnifying the German success in spite of herself. Caught in the whirlwind of the lightning German breakthrough, her command didn’t have the opportunity at any moment to alter the course of events and the calamitous disasters followed each other like a Greek tragedy. This book analyses the causes of this inexorable defeat, from the most obvious to the least evident, point by point.

484219, $28 , $18.50 , Hardback, 100 pages

Gold Beach de Vers sur mer à Arromanches, 6 Jun 1944

Jean-Charles Stasi

Philippe Bauduin

Text in French: Of D-Day, everybody remembers the American paratroopers dropping over Sainte-MèreEglise, the bloodbath at Omaha Beach, the heroic capture of the Point du Hoc. What everybody forgets was that in the middle of this front, there was Gold Beach, where the Allied offensive turned out to be particularly effective, so much so that by the evening of 6 June the 25,000 British soldiers who set foot on the beaches at Asnelles and Ver-sur-mer had reached their objectives, in particular the control of the Caen-Bayeux road and liberated Bayeux the next day. This richly illustrated book reminds you of what was at stake in this sector of D-Day, and tells the story of what happened there, nearest the participants.

485315, $38 , $24.99 , Paperback, 128 pages

Sainte-Mere-Eglise & Mederet Zone d’operations aeroportees

americaines du jour j

Helmut Konrad von Keusgen

Text in French: After his books about the Pointe du Hoc, WN 62 and recently Pegasus Bridge and the Melville Battery, von Keusgen gives us here a lively chronological account of the airborne attacks carried out by the legendary 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions in the first hours of the Battle of Normandy. Not only is the text accompanied by American eyewitness accounts of the very bitter fighting around Sainte-Mère-Eglise, the flooded zones and the Merderet Bridges, but also by the accounts of Manche civilians and – von Keusgen’s principal contribution – those of German veterans, too. Without any doubt, this book will motivate those interested in paratroopers and the fighting in the Cotentin Peninsula.

485438, $44 , $28.99 , Hardback, 196 pages

Héros de carentan

Denis Van Den Brink

Text in French: The liberation of Carentan is not well-known even though it wasn’t just an anecdote in the Battle of Normandy. It was in fact the object of ferocious fighting from 9 to 13 June 1944 with two elite units confronting each other: the American paratroopers from the 101st Airborne and the Fallschirmjäger of the FJR 6. This book modestly gathers together some of these individual adventures, throwing a profoundly human light on the complexity and the violence of the fighting for the liberation of this region in the Cotentin Peninsula. An obvious must-have for all Battle of Normandy buffs, or for readers sensitive to the human aspects of the war.

485377, $35 , $22.99 , Paperback, 112 pages

De Nuages Et De Feu

Guerre Aérienne sur les Ardennes d’Anvers à

Boddenplatte

Philippe Guillemot

Text in French: On 16 December 1944, there started the most powerful artillery barrage that the forces of the Third Reich in its death throes were ever to launch on the Western Front after the Normandy landings six months earlier. It smothered the American lines holding the thinned-out front in the Ardennes. The most powerful armored force ever assembled by the Germans for an offensive on this front was then to have struck out in the direction of Antwerp. All this was under low cloud cover, sheltering the 6th and 5th Armoured Armies’ precious panzers from the all-powerful Allied air forces.

485186, $58 , $37.99 , Hardback, 192 pages

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U-110 Le Kapitänleuntnant Fritz lemp et la tragédie de l’ U-110

Jean-Louis Maurette

Text in French: Thanks to albums belonging to one of the sailors aboard U-30 and then U-110, the author has been able to reconstruct the path taken by Kapitänleutnant Fritz Lemp and his crew, including the sailor Willi Brohm, and the fate of these submarines, with texts and also pictures. A fantastic, historic album gathering together more than 200 photos and documents of which 160 photos from our own archives ; various documents are unpublished.

485094, $58 , $37.99 , Hardback, 160 pages

La Luftwaffe face au débarquement

Normandie 6 juin - 31 août

1944

Jean-Bernard Frappé

Text in French: The first edition of this historic text, an indisputable and virtually unobtainable reference, is finally reissued, reviewed, corrected and expanded. This book offers a wealth of information including a comprehensive overview of the intervention of German fighters in the skies of Normandy, the Ile de France and then in Provence after the Allies landed on the coasts the Mediterranean. Includes photos.

484646, $111 , $72.50 , Hardback, 350 pages

Pegasus Bridge et la batterie de Merville

Helmut Konrad von Keusgen

Text in French: The action of John Howard is without doubt one the most spectacular commando action of D-Day and WWII. Ten minutes after midnight on June 6th 1944, after an audacious glider landing, airborne troops of the 6th Airborne Division arrived at the bridge at Bénouville which became known as Pegasus Bridge and entered the annals of history. Six kilometers from there, towards the coast, at Melville was installed a German artillery battery which was in turn attacked by British paras a few hours later.

484820, $66 , $42.99 , Hardback, 248 pages

Fontenay-Rauray Autopsie d’une bataille

Frédéric Deprun

Baptiste Flotté

Text in French: This book offers a study of the fighting at Fontenay-le-Pesnel and at Rauray to the west of Caen, between 25-29 June 1944. A chronology has been made of the destruction of the Panther tanks in front of Fontenay by the assaults by the Polar Bears and the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division until they broke through the defensive line held by the Panzer-Lehr-Division and the 12.SS Panzer- Division “Hitlerjugend”. By the localisation of unpublished photographs and accounts of the operation from both sides, this 3-part study pays particular attention to the relics of the fighting and the testimonies which go with each of the different acts of the battle.

485018, $78 , $50.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

Jaco le magnifique

Journal d’un pilote de la France Libre

Jacques Général Andrieux

Many Souffan

Text in French: This book tells the adventure of a young Frenchman humiliated by the 1940 defeat, who fled aboard a Breton crayfish boat to carry on the fight for freedom. Each page breathes its lot of pictures, sounds, smells but also the feelings, doubts, joys where death and life exist alongside each other simply. General Andrieux relates his combats above the Channel, Dieppe, the Normandy Landings, and in the skies of France which was being freed and above Germany in its death throes. The story of this man is part of History itself. A breathtaking tale.

485001, $38 , $24.99 , Paperback, 208 pages

Villers-Bocage

Au cœur de la bataille

Frédéric Deprun

Yann Jouault

Text in French: Villers-Bocage is undoubtedly one of the most emblematic events of the Battle of Normandy. Many historians have recounted the highly documented events of June 13, 1944, notably the destruction of a British armored column by Obersturmführer Tiger Michael Wittmann. Although one might think nothing more could be said, the veil of fog of this war still hangs heavy in 2014, and the battle continues to reveal more secrets! This is a thorough and extremely detailed analysis of the battles that took place on that fateful day. Such a thorough examination of the battle has now been made possible thanks to the testimonies and unpublished photographs that have surfaced over the last ten years.

483847, $63 , $40.99 , Hardback, 216 pages

Immigrant Warrior A Challenging Life in War and Peace

Henrik O Lunde

Henrik Lunde grew up in Norway and came to the United States with his parents as a teenager. After the Basic Infantry Officer, Ranger and Airborne courses, and his first duty station with the 2nd Battle Group, 6th Infantry Regiment in Berlin, Hank spent 18 months with a covert Special Forces unit in Berlin. He deployed to Vietnam with 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, in 1965. He then returned to Vietnam in 1973, serving as Chief of Negotiations of the U.S. Delegation to the FPJMT set up by the 1973 Paris Peace Treaty to account for the dead and missing. His last assignment was as Director of National and International Security Studies for Europe at the Army War College.

241807, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 400 pages

Vietnam Combat Firefights and Writing History

Robin Bartlett

It was the worst of times to be a platoon leader in Vietnam, and it was with extreme anxiety that Bartlett made his way to join his battalion and company. Bartlett’s platoon could deploy through helicopter combat assaults into hot LZs at a moment’s notice if an enemy force had been spotted. And they did. Bartlett also had to cope with personal issues of commitment, to a war that was rapidly losing support, not only back home, but among the soldiers he was leading through the jungles of I Corps on “search and destroy” missions. Fifty years later, Bartlett’s vivid combat experiences are brought to light in a fast-moving, well-written, first-person narrative expressing the horror, fear, anguish, and sometimes illogical humor of that war.

242422, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 288 pages

Sharpen Your Bayonets A Biography of Lieutenant General

John Wilson “Iron Mike”

O’Daniel, Commander, 3rd Infantry Division in World War II

Lt Col (Ret) Timothy R Stoy

Maj Gen Anthony A Cucolo III

John O’Daniel began his military career with the Delaware Militia in 1914, served on the Mexican border in 1916, received a Distinguished Service Cross in World War I, was Mark Clark’s man for hard jobs in the early days of World War II, and commanded the storied 3rd Infantry Division from Anzio to the end of the war in Europe, ending the war in Salzburg after liberating Munich, and Hitler’s Berghof and Eagle’s Nest.

242408, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 320 pages

The Flying Grunt The Story of Lieutenant General Richard E. Carey, United States Marine Corps (Ret)

Alan E Mesches

During military career Richard Carey witnessed and participated in major historical events. As a second lieutenant, he tackled General Douglas MacArthur on the way to Seoul in 1950. In 189 days of combat, he escaped death seven times, and was awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star Medals. He faced down an Air Force general in Vietnam, and organized air defense for supply helicopters at Khe Sahn; he countermanded a senior Naval officer’s order during the 1975 Saigon evacuation, refusing to cease air operations and forcing a reluctant ambassador onto a flight. This biography is based upon hours of interviews with the general, his papers, speeches, and Marine Corps documents that captured an exceptional and inspiring life.

242583, $37.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

Battle for Skyline Ridge

The CIA Secret War in Laos

James E. Parker Jr

In late ‘71, the People’s Army of Vietnam launched Campaign “Z” into northern Laos with the aim of defeating the last Royal Lao Army troops. Despite the odds being overwhelmingly in the NVA’s favor, the battle did not go to plan. It raged for more than 100 days, the longest in the Vietnam War, and it all came down to Skyline Ridge. As at Dien Bien Phu, whoever won Skyline, won Laos. Against all odds, against all WDC expectations, the NVA lost, their 27,000-man invasion force decimated. James Parker served in Laos. Over many years he pieced together his own knowledge with CIA files and North Vietnamese after-action reports in order to tell the full story of the battle of Skyline Ridge.

242187, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 216 pages

Standing Tall Leadership Lessons in the Life of a Soldier

Lt Gen Robert F Foley US Army

Robert Foley had only been in Vietnam for six months when he was promoted to captain and given command of a rifle company. In November 1966, Foley led his men on a mission to rescue another company. His leadership that day inspired his men and led to a successful operation—and the Medal of Honor. His actions in Vietnam were only a small portion of a long and varied career of service. His years in West Point were marked by poor grades, injuries, and sickness. With a determination to lead by example, Foley rose through the ranks. He even returned to West Point as Commandant of Cadets, later retiring as a 3-star general and commander of Fifth Army.

242248, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

U.S. Forces in Vietnam: 1962-1967

Guillaume

This publication covers the chronological evolution of uniforms, equipment and weaponry issued to the American soldier during the first years of the conflict, from 1962 to 1967. All of the uniforms and equipment shown are period, however some of the weapons are replicas. In the aim of depicting characteristic servicemen at given periods, a great deal of research was undertaken in order to guarantee coherence between the units, dates and geographical situations. Differing from other publications, the author has deliberately chosen to illustrate all types of service personnel rather than solely combatants in order to give an exact presentation of the American military during this period.

502524, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 68 pages

A History of Jungle Warfare

From the Earliest Days to the Battlefields of Vietnam

Bryan Perrett

General Sir Walter Walker KCB, CBE, DSO

A world where little light penetrates. Of dense vegetation, tangled roots, fetid mud and swamps. Where the helicopter, sophisticated weaponry and technology have revolutionized military combat. But where survival still depends on acute observation and listening for the slightest sound. The jungle. Backdrop to one of the most gruelling of all forms of warfare. To wars that in recent times have changed the course of history. The subject of this expert, extensively illustrated study by Bryan Perrett. Originally published to acclaim in 1990 by Patrick Stephens Limited, this re-issue represents a determination on the publisher’s part to keep this esteemed volume in print.

020169, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 208 pages

On the Frontlines of the Television War A Legendary War Cameraman in Vietnam

Yasutsune “Tony” Hirashiki

Terry Irving

This is the story of Yasutsune “Tony” Hirashiki’s ten years in Vietnam—beginning when he arrived in 1966 as a young freelancer with a 16mm camera but without a job or the slightest grasp of English and ending in the hectic fall of Saigon in 1975 when he was literally thrown on one of the last flights out. His memoir has all the exciting tales of peril, hardship, and close calls but it is primarily a story of very real and yet remarkable people: the soldiers who fought, bled, and died, and the reporters and photographers who went right to the frontlines to record their stories and memorialize their sacrifice.

004723, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 304 pages

U.S. Forces in Vietnam: 1968-1975

Guillaume Rousseaux

This book is the logical sequel to the first volume (19621967), chronologically presents the evolution of uniforms, equipment and weapons of the American soldier during the Vietnam war, during the period 1968 to 1975. This second volume deals with the 1968 Tet offensive, the maximum commitment of U.S. forces in 1969, incursions into Cambodia in 1970, then the gradual withdrawal of US troops (1970-72). And finally the tragic outcome of this conflict with the evacuation of the American Embassy, which marks the end of the war in Vietnam in 1975.

502876, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 84 pages

Da Nang Diary A Forward Air Controller’s Gunsight View of Flying with SOG

Col. Thomas R Yarborough

Originally published in 1991, this classic work has now been revised and updated with additional photos, many of them in color. It is the story of how, in Vietnam, an elite group of Air Force pilots fought a secret air war in Cessna 0-2 and OV-10 Bronco prop planes—flying as low as they could get. The eyes and ears of the fast-moving jets who rained death and destruction down on enemy positions, the Forward Air Controller made an art form out of an air strike—knowing the targets, knowing where friendly troops were, and reacting with split-second, life and death decisions as a battle unfolded.

00475A, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 356 pages

White Water Red Hot Lead On Board U.S. Navy Swift Boats in Vietnam

Dan Daly

During the Vietnam war 3500 officers and men served in the Swift Boat program in a fleet of 130 boats with no armor plating. The boats patrolled the coast and rivers of South Vietnam, with the average age of the crew being twenty-four. Their days consisted of deadly combat, intense lightning firefights, storms and many hidden dangers. The six man crew of PCF 76 were volunteers from all over the United States, eager to serve their country in a unique type of duty not seen since the PT boats of WWII. This inexperienced and disparate group of men would meld into a combat team - a team that formed an unbreakable, lifelong bond.

004785, $32.95 , $21.50 , Hardback, 360 pages

In the Mind of Stalin

James Greensmith

On 1 October 1939, Winston

Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty and soon to be the UK’s wartime leader, described Russia as ‘a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma’. The same can certainly be said of Stalin. How can this paradox of a man, who on the one hand had once exhibited great tenderness and kindness to his daughter Svetlana, and on the other sent millions – including members of his own family - to their deaths, be explained? However, this is only part of the story of the amount of misery inflicted by the Stalin regime through torture, deliberate starvation, neglect, separation from loved ones, cold and hypothermia (e.g. in the prisons of Siberia), which is unquantifiable and unimaginable.

06357A, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 224 pages

Surviving the Holocaust and Stalin

The Amazing Story of the Seiler Family

Vanessa

The horrors of Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen and labor camps were just the beginning of the struggle to survive for the Seiler family. As Hungarian Jews, they faced persecution of the very worst kind both from their own government and Nazi Germany. After liberation by the Soviets at the end of WWII they endured further punishment from the Stalinist regime concealed behind the Iron Curtain. This memoir is drawn from a recently re-discovered cache of precious family letters and exclusive interviews with Marta Seiler, who translated those letters for the first time. Marta has supplemented the account with childhood memories and original photos.

06299A, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 232 pages

Valkyrie: The North American XB-70

The USA’s Ill-fated Supersonic Heavy Bomber

Graham M. Simons

During the 1950s, at the time Elvis Presley was rocking the world with Hound Dog and the USA was aiming to become the world’s only superpower, plans were being drawn at North American Aviation in Southern California for an incredible Mach-3 strategic bomber. The concept was born as a result of General Curtis LeMay’s desire for a heavy bomber with the weapon load and range of the subsonic B-52 and a top speed in excess of the supersonic medium bomber, the B-58 Hustler. If LeMay’s plans came to fruition there would be 250 Valkyries in the air; it would be the pinnacle of his quest for the ultimate strategic bomber operated by America’s Strategic Air Command.

822856, $19.95 , $12.99 , Paperback, 256 pages

A People’s History of the Cold War Stories From East and West

Colin Turbett

Between the closing battles of the Second World War and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Cold War cast a shadow over the lives of people throughout the world. The book takes the reader through main events of the period, but focuses on the impact on ordinary citizens East and West and the view of events from their perspective. It brings a people’s perspective from both sides onto this important period of recent history, whose consequences are very much still with us as we face modern challenges around climate change and growing inequality across our world. A People’s History of the Cold War – Stories from East and West captures the mood of the times with its extensive contemporary illustrations.

08752A, $42.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

Soviet Air Power of the Cold War

Michael

At the peak of the Cold War in the 1950s the Soviet Union possessed some 12,000 aircraft, making it the largest air force of all the protagonists. By the 1990s this had declined to around 8,000, the reduction largely reflecting the increase in aircraft capability. As well as fighters and bombers, the Soviet inventory included trainers, transports, seaplanes, electronic warfare and ground attack aircraft, as well as an impressive helicopter fleet, notably the Mi-24 ‘Hind’ gunship and the massive Homer transport. All these aircraft and many more are authoritatively described and vividly illustrated in this comprehensive work.

08539A, $46.95 , $27.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

Soviet Cold War Weaponry: Aircraft, Warships and Missiles

Anthony Tucker-Jones

In this companion volume to his photographic history of Soviet tanks and armored vehicles, Anthony Tucker-Jones provides a visual guide to the vast array of aircraft, warships and missiles the Soviet armed forces deployed at the height of the Cold War. The so-called ‘Cold War’ was far from cold, with numerous ‘hot’ proxy wars being fought in Africa and the Middle East. All these conflicts employed Soviet weaponry. The MiG fighters, the Badger and Backfire bombers, the nuclear submarines have achieved almost iconic status, but, as Anthony Tucker-Jones’s book shows, there was much more to the Soviet armory than these famous weapons.

823617, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 160 Pages

Facing the Bear Scotland and the Cold War

Trevor Royle

Between the end of the Second World War and the collapse of Communism confrontation with the Soviet Union was an everyday reality. As part of NATO’s response, Scotland played a key role in the alliance’s forward maritime defence strategy, aimed at containing the Soviet threat from naval and air forces. During this period 10 per cent of the UK’s naval and air forces were based in Scotland, and there was a substantial US presence as well as top secret satellite and command stations.

275260, $40 , $26.50 , Hardback, 368 pages

Special Forces Berlin

Clandestine Cold War Operations of the US Army’s Elite, 1956–1990

James Stejskal

It is a little-known fact that during the Cold War, two U.S. Army Special Forces detachments were stationed far behind the Iron Curtain in West Berlin. The existence and missions of the two detachments were highly classified secrets. The massive armies of the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies posed a huge threat to the nations of Western Europe. US military planners decided they needed a plan to slow the juggernaut they expected when and if a war began. The plan was Special Forces Berlin. The first 40 men who came to Berlin in mid-1956 were soon reinforced by 60 more and these 100 soldiers (and their successors) would stand ready to go to war at only two hours’ notice.

008431, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 336 pages

Harrier Boys

Volume 1 - Cold War through the Falklands, 1969-1990

Robert Marston In Harrier Boys Volume One: Cold War Through the Falklands, 1969-1990, Bob Marston, who flew Harriers for many years, draws together accounts from others who worked with this unique jet through its history. The excitement, camaraderie and pride of Harrier operators shine through in the personal stories of those whose lives were changed by their experience of this iconic aircraft, both on land and at sea.

621898, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 192 pages

After the Wall Came Down Soldiering through the Transformation of the British Army, 1990–2020

The generation of young men and women who joined the British Army during the mid to late 1980s would serve their country during an unprecedented period of history. Unlike the two world war generations, they would never face total war – there was never any declaration of war and there was no one single country to defeat. In fact, it was supposed to have been the end of war, a time of peace and stability. Politicians started to use the term, Peace Dividend, with government officials even planning on how and where it should be spent. But for those in the military, the two decades following the end of the Cold War would not be a time of peace.

008301, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

Javelin Boys

Air Defence from the Cold War to Confrontation

Steve Bond

The Gloster Javelin was the UK’s first line of night and all-weather air defense both at home and in RAF Germany. In the 1950s, when it replaced the Meteor and Venom, this revolutionary bomber interceptor became integral to many great stories told here in terrific detail. With an unorthodox aerodynamic design, the Javelin initially had major production issues, which included a tendency for engines to self-destruct under certain conditions. Despite this and the criticism it faced –its nicknames included ‘Flying Flat-Iron’ and ‘Harmonious Dragmaster’ – the aircraft still receives much affection from its former aircrew. Alongside their anecdotes is a detailed history of this unusual aircraft, accompanied by photography. 667353, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 204 pages

Contact!

A Victor Tanker

Captain’s

Experiences in the RAF, Before, During and After the Falklands Conflict

Bob Tuxford

Roland White

The book follows his twentyyear career within the RAF and describes highlights of active service across the world, including an accompanied exchange tour in the US Air Force and participation in the Falklands war. The title, a nod to the crucial response during air-to-air refueling, underlines the important role that Bob carried out during his career as a captain of Victor K1s 214 Squadron in the 1970s, and K2s on 57 and 55 Squadrons in the early 1980s. This experience led to him playing a vital role in the first Black Buck mission during the Falklands campaign.

690222, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 198 pages

Zelensky

A Biography of Ukraine’s War Leader

Zelensky is the first major biography of Ukraine’s leader written for a Western audience. Told with flair and authority, it is the gripping story of one of the most admired and inspirational leaders in the world. Millions who have admired Volodymyr Zelensky’s defiance during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will learn much from this up-to-date biography of the Ukrainian President. Covering Zelensky’s background and bustling TV career through to his first, controversial years in office to Russia’s full-scale blitzkrieg, Zelensky is written by a longstanding Russia and Ukraine reporter and a Russian- and Ukrainian speaking researcher.

487064, $14.99 , $9.99 , Paperback, 256 pages

Hell in the Streets of Husaybah

The April 2004 Fights of 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines in Husaybah, Iraq

Lt Col David E Kelly USMC (Ret)

During the April 2004 fights throughout Iraq, most media attention was focused on the city of Fallujah. However, at the same time, out on the border with Syria in and around the city of Husaybah, fighting was equally intense. This book tells the story of that period through many first-person accounts of intense fighting in the town of Husaybah, Iraq, during. It is based on interviews with Marines at all levels of the fight, from battalion commander Lieutenant Colonel Matt Lopez, USMC, to infantrymen and squad leaders. It also details the heroic actions of Corporal Jason Dunham who saved the Marines around him by covering an enemy grenade with his body.

241500, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 200 pages

AMX Brazilian-Italian FighterBomber

João Paulo Zeitoun Moralez

Italy began work on a new fighter-bomber in the late 1970s, aiming to field an aircraft capable of surviving in heavily defended Cold War airspace. In the early 1980s, Brazil joined the program, resulting in the AMX. Developed to meet the demands of the Cold War scenario, the AMX program resulted in one of the world’s most capable fighter-bombers, a type that has seen action in several conflicts and campaigns since it entered in service the early 1990s. This book covers the entire AMX story. This book contains exclusive material, including photos and interviews that have never previously been published, and first-hand accounts of tactics and operations.

394081, $41.95 , $27.50 , Paperback, 144 pages

Black Hearts and Painted Guns

A Battalion’s Journey into Iraq’s Triangle of Death

Kelly Eads

Daniel S Morgan

Kelly Eads joined the 101st Airborne Division soon after 9/11, his experience reflecting the patriotism and commitment of so many young men and women who responded to the attack. He deployed to Iraq twice with the 2nd Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment. With the help of Dan Morgan, an Infantry officer who deployed multiple times to Iraq and Afghanistan as a commander and operations officer, Eads takes the reader on a rollercoaster of combat experiences during the hunt for the most violent terrorist in Iraq. He tells the story of the soldiers’ camaraderie, built through adversity, and the love of family that sustained them.

241975, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 216 pages

Corporal Cannon

A Female Marine in Afghanistan

Savannah Cannon

Corporal Savannah Cannon is a young Marine deployed as a tactical data networking specialist in Afghanistan in 2010. She is attached to a Regimental Combat Team where women are not allowed to repair communications. Cannon finds herself in a combat zone, ostracized from family, friends, and even her fellow Marines as the men are told to avoid her. Corporal Cannon is not the story of a heroine; it is the hard-hitting account of just one of the flawed individuals who make up the United States’ fighting forces. The author weaves a story of past and present, and the healing that can come with admitting our mistakes and moving past them.

241661, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 264 pages

Cuban MiGs

The Defenders of Castro’s Air Force

Hélio Higuchi

Paulo Roberto Bastos Junior

This book tells the history of a small Caribbean island that challenged the might of the United States. Based on extensive research with veteran airmen, historians, Cuban publications, and documents, the introduction and utilization of all MiG models in FAR service is described, from the aircraft’s arrival, their deployment, and their final fate, while reviewing at the same time the history of Cuban military aviation to present times. Richly illustrated with over 170 photographs and color profiles, it details the history of all 20 models of MiG fighters operated by Cuba from 1962 to the present day.

394098, $41.95 , $27.50 , Paperback, 144 pages

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Red Dragon ‘Flankers’ China’s Prolific ‘Flanker’ Family

Andreas Rupprecht

Noted for its exceptional performance, the Sukhoi Su-27 is not only one of the most capable fourth-generation fighters but its development history is also remarkably rich. The ‘Flanker’ story took on a new industrial and political dimension when the Su-27 was chosen by China to meet the People’s Liberation Army Air Force’s requirement for a new fourth-generation type. This book provides a full overview of the Chinese ‘Flanker’ family, describing the genesis of this family and providing a review of the variants, their systems, and capabilities and how they are used by the People’s Liberation Army

394104, $64.95 , $42.50 , Paperback, 256 pages

Ejército del Aire y del Espacio

The Spanish Air Force from 1939 to the Present Day

Pere Redón-Trabal

This book includes, for the first time and in great detail,the current types of aircraft in service in the Ejército del Aire (EdA), the Spanish Air Force, with a brief history of their incorporation into the various Wings, Squadrons and Groups. Several tables, updated in 2021, contain the name given by the manufacturer and the EdA to each aircraft type, as well as registration numbers, unit indicative, serial numbers of the aircraft of North American origin, the construct or number, the date of entry into service and, if applicable, the date of technical withdrawal or accident. In this way, the reader will be able to identify each aircraft, the unit to which it belongs and the base from which it operates.

070678, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 82 pages

Fleet Air Arm Boys: True Tales from Royal Navy Aircrew, Maintainers and Handlers

Volume One: Air Defence Fighter Aircraft since 1945

Steve Bond

The RAF’s continuing role in the projection of air power in the defense of the United Kingdom and its overseas interests since the end of the Second World War is well known. However, the same cannot always be said about the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm (FAA. This first volume looks chronologically at every aircraft type flown in an air defense role since 1945. Involvement in conflicts including Korea, Suez, the Falklands, Bosnia and elsewhere is included. Balancing this are the everyday grind, the good times, the humor, the ‘runs ashore’ and the sense of pride in a job well done. All delivered in the words of the men themselves.

667315, $32.95 , $21.50 , Paperback, 288 pages

Modern Chinese Warplanes

Chinese Air ForceCombat Aircraft and Units

Andreas Rupprecht

In 2012 the original Modern Chinese Warplanes set the standard as a uniquely compact yet comprehensive directory of modern Chinese air power, combining magnificent illustrations and in-depth analysis. Now almost six years later, much of the fascination that Chinese military aviation holds for the analyst and enthusiast still stems from the thick veil of secrecy that surrounds it. However, in the time that has passed since the first edition a plethora of new types, systems and weapons has been revealed. What is more, the structure of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has been completely revised.

30926A, $61.95 , $40.50 , Paperback, 256 pages

75 Years of the Israeli Air Force

Volume 3 - Training, Combat Support, Special Operations, Naval Operations, and Air Defences, 1948-2023

Bill Norton

As a companion to Volumes 1 and 2 giving the chronological history of the Israeli Air Force, this third volume details special topics underscoring the service’s capability growth. These richly illustrated topics are flight training, photo reconnaissance, aerial refueling, electronic warfare, support of Special Forces, support of the Navy, and the Air Defense Forces. A summary of aircraft that served with the Israeli Air Force is provided, with a photograph of each type and major models. A summary of all IAF air-to-air “kills” is also included.

377211, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 104 pages

Fleet Air Arm Boys: True Tales from Royal Navy Men and Women

Air and Ground Crew

Volume Two: Strike,

Anti-Submarine, Early Warning and Support Aircraft since 1945

Steve Bond

Since the end of World War 2 the primary role of the Royal Navy’s Fleet Air Arm has been airborne power projection; the ability rapidly to respond to any trouble spot across the globe and to protect the interests of the United Kingdom and its partner nations. Following on from the success of volume one, this second volume covers every fixed-wing aircraft type flown from carriers in the strike, anti-submarine warfare and the vital airborne early warning roles; from Scimitars to Hunters, Buccaneers to Skyraiders and many more, plus an extensive fleet of land-based aircraft. As with the first volume, involvement in operations such as Suez, the Beira Patrol, the Falklands, Belize, Bosnia and elsewhere is included.

667179, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 256 pages

VC10: Icon of the Skies BOAC, Boeing and a Jet Age Battle

Lance Cole

Other books have charted the VC10 in airline life, but this book blends that story with a wellresearched tale of corporate and political power play. It asks: just what lay behind the sales failure of the VC10? Key players in the story, from Tony Benn to famous test pilot Brian Trubshaw (Concorde), are cited and quoted. The men of the Vickers Company who created the VC10 would later go on to engineer Concorde and, of course, the rest is history. But the era of the VC10 was pivotal and, by exploring this historical period in depth and highlighting all the various impediments that stood in the way of success for the VC10, Lance Cole adds an important layer to our understanding of twentieth century history.

07737A, $32.95 , $21.50 , Paperback, 256 pages

Tornado Over the Tigris Recollections of a Fast Jet Pilot

Michael

Written from the unique perspective of a fast jet cockpit, Tornado Over the Tigris captures the essence of what it was really like to fly a Tornado at the frontline of the Cold War in Germany and on operations over Iraq in the aftermath of the Gulf War. This is his story, told with ease and great style. It is sure to inspire a fresh generation of fast jet pilots as they strive to make their own marks in this field.

07487B, $32.95 , $21.50 , Paperback, 288 pages

With the Paras in Helmand

A Photographic

Craig Allen

Diary

Craig Allen, a Paratrooper for 29 years, returned to 2 PARA as a reservist and unofficial photographer for the Battlegroups dramatic 2008 Tour in Helmand. As both a respected soldier and photographer he had unrivaled access to the fighting and moved from area to area following the action. His story tells in superb action photographs and no-nonsense prose of the hardships, courage, fears and cost suffered by front line soldiers over prolonged periods. He captures the color of life and death in Afghanistan for both combatants and the luckless civilian population caught up in this vicious spiral of war. An unforgettable book which has true visual appeal.

020886, $38.95 , $25.50 , Paperback, 304 pages

C-130 Hercules A History

Martin W Bowman

Designed in response to a 1951 requirement, the C-130 Hercules is the most successful military airlifter ever built. Since it first flew in prototype form on 23 August 1954, more than 2,100 have been produced in over eighty different versions. Across its variants, the Hercules serves more than sixty air forces, as well as many civilian cargo operators, in a multiplicity of roles, including air-to-air refueller, gunship, airborne command post, flying hospital and fire-fighter. The incredible success story of the C-130 is far from over. Here Martin W. Bowman tells the full story of this remarkable aircraft at first-hand.

07485B, $34.95 , $22.99 , Paperback, 320 pages

Air War Northern Ireland

Britain’s Air Arms and the ‘Bandit Country’ of South Armagh,

Operation Banner 1969–2007

Steven Taylor

Famously dubbed ‘Bandit Country’ by a UK government minister in 1975, South Armagh was considered the most dangerous part of Northern Ireland for the British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary during the years of violence known as the ‘Troubles’ that engulfed the province in the last three decades of the twentieth century. This was also true for the helicopter crews of the RAF, Royal Navy and Army Air Corps who served there. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including official records and the accounts of aircrew, this book tells the little-known story of the battle for control of the skies over Northern Ireland’s ‘Bandit Country’.

020374, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 184 pages

Congo Mercenary

Michael Hoare

In July 1964, four years after gaining independence from Belgium, the Democratic Republic of the Congo came under threat from an armed rebellion that spread rapidly through the country. To suppress the rebels and bring the unrest and bloodshed in the country under control, Congolese officials enlisted the help of mercenary leader Mike Hoare. Working alongside military officials, Hoare assembled a band of several hundred men that became known as ‘5 Commando’. In Congo Mercenary, Hoare tells the story of the role that these men played in the rebellion, describing in gripping detail how this band of mercenaries were recruited, trained, and how they swept through the country.

388713, $34.95 , $22.99 , Paperback, 336 pages

SM.03 Sazabi Custom

Michael Rinaldi

SM.03 Sazabi Custom features a big, badass robot project from the amazing world of Gundam mecha — Bandai’s incredible 1/100 MG Sazabi Ver Ka kit built with minor custom modifications — and given a special one-of-a-kind Rinaldi Studio Press style paint job. Working with realistic painting and weathering techniques, new paint products, and fresh ideas taken from historical modeling and applied to the Gunpla world — all built, described and illustrated by Michael Rinaldi.

336360, $27.50 , $17.99 , Paperback, 136 pages

Adam’s Armour Volume 1

Adam Wilder

ADAM’S ARMOR 1 modeling guide is the ultimate in the construction of armor modeling! Adam Wilder’s pioneering processes and techniques are described by him in the greatest of detail. These present the culmination of many years of Adam’s work, many unseen in print until now. Adam’s Armor 1 will improve and enrich any modelers work from beginners to the more proficient. This volume totaling 192 pages covering every aspect of assembly, detailing and conversion techniques which keeps Adam at the forefront of scale armor modeling with Worldwide acclaim. This volume also includes a very special Gallery of Adam’s work.

541384, $49 , $31.99 , Paperback, 192 pages

Wingnut Wings Volume 1

The huge impact the recent release of World War I aircraft modeling kits has had on aircraft modeling is showcased here with projects presented by world renowned modelers. The focus is on how to get the best from these fantastic kits whether you’re a World War I aircraft novice or well experienced, with guides on painting techniques and finishes, and subjects such as rigging, all backed by advice on available after-market details and decals. A feature on painting the large range of figures available will guide even the novice figure painter to achieve good results with information and reference on the air crew’s uniforms.

541339, $28 , $18.50 , Paperback, 160 pages

SM.02 S-65 City Tractor

Michael Rinaldi

SM.02 S-65 City Tractor features a civilian-based project created from the excellent 1/35 Trumpeter Stalinetz S-65 Russian Army tractor kit, with a finish that is designed to explore other realms of possibilities. This model will illustrate how a city owned operation might have utilized this one time military tractor. The finish was heavly influenced by the many worn-out city tractors seen in the great Pacific Northwest.

336353, $27.50 , $17.99 , Paperback, 128 pages

Adam’s Armour Volume 2

Adam Wilder

ADAM’S ARMOUR 2 modelling guide is the ultimate in the painting & finishing of armour modelling! Adam Wilder’s pioneering processes and techniques are described by him in the greatest of detail. These present the culmination of many years of Adam’s work, many unseen in print until now.

Adam’s Armour 2 will improve and enrich any modeler’s work from beginners to the more proficient. This volume totaling 232 pages covering every aspect of stunning range of finishing techniques which keeps Adam at the forefront of scale armor modeling with Worldwide acclaim.

541391, $49 , $31.99 , Paperback, 232 pages

Wingnut Wings Volume 2

If you are a fan of WWI aircraft then this is a book for you. Showcasing a selection of builds of the stunningly high detailed kits available from New Zealand based brand Wingnut Wings. This publication is the second in a series of books showcasing a number of different kit builds that detail the methods and materials used to achieve the stunning models.

564611, $35 , $22.99 , Paperback, 112 pages

Pacific Profiles Volume 1

Japanese Army Fighters: New Guinea & the Solomons 1942-1944

Michael Claringbould

Pacific Profiles Volume One illustrates, by unit, Japanese Army Air Force fighter aircraft operating in New Guinea and the Solomons from December 1942 to April 1944. In this theater numerous different aircraft types and their variants were assigned to eleven fighter regiments which formed the 4th Air Army. Unit insignia, camouflage and command markings varied from unit to unit, giving a wide variety of color and markings. The profiles, based on photos, Japanese documents, Allied intelligence reports and post-war wreck investigations, are accompanied by brief histories of the relevant units and explanations of their role in the theater.

665915, $42.95 , $27.99 , Paperback, 104 pages

Pacific Profiles Volume 3

Allied Medium Bombers: Douglas A-20 Havoc Series: Southwest Pacific 19421944

Michael Claringbould

The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII aircraft profiles to date of Japanese & Allied aircraft in the Pacific theater. Volume Three illustrates, by squadron, USAAF Fifth Air Force A-20 series medium bombers operating in New Guinea from July 1942 to the end of 1944. In this distant theater, a dozen USAAF A-20 squadrons from the 3rd, 312th and 417th Bombardment Groups, joined by No. 22 Squadron, RAAF, used many variants of the A-20, mainly as strafers. The profiles, based on photos, diaries and other wide-ranging documents, are accompanied by brief histories of each squadron, the development of respective heraldry and information on each aircraft profiled.

926207, $42.95 , $27.99 , Paperback, 100 pages

Pacific Profiles Vol 5

Japanese Navy Zero Fighters (land based): New Guinea and the Solomons 1942-1944

Michael Claringbould

Volume Five presents the most accurate color profiles to date of Japanese Navy land based Zero fighters in the “South Seas” theater: New Guinea, Rabaul and the Solomons.

Illustrated by unit are abundant examples of the varied markings, tail codes, leadership hallmarks and camouflage schemes which appeared on the thirteen Air Groups (Kokutai) operating in the theater from February 1942 to February 1944. Each of the 113 profiles is supported by primary source material including color photos, Japanese records, POW interrogations, technical reports, post-war wreck examinations and Allied intelligence summaries.

926245, $42.95 , $27.99 , Paperback, 112 pages

Pacific Profiles Vol 2

Japanese Army

Bombers, Transports & Miscellaneous: New Guinea & the Solomons

1942-1944

Michael Claringbould

Volume Two illustrates, by unit, Japanese Army Air Force (JAAF) bomber and other supporting aircraft types operating in New Guinea and the Solomons from December 1942 to April 1944. In this distant theater many different aircraft types and their variants were assigned to a variety of bomber, reconnaissance, command and transport units which together formed the 4th Air Army. The profiles, based on photos, Japanese documents, Allied intelligence reports and post-war wreck investigations, are accompanied by brief histories of each relevant unit.

665991, $42.95 , $27.99 , Paperback, 100 pages

Pacific Profiles Volume 4

Allied Fighters: Vought

F4U Corsair Series: Solomons Theatre 19431944

Michael Claringbould

The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII profiles to date of aircraft which served in the Pacific theater. Volume Four focuses on the US Navy, US Marine Corps and RNZAF squadrons which operated land based F4U series Corsair fighters throughout the Solomons theater from February 1943 onwards. The distinctive markings schemes, unit heraldry and nose art varied considerably between models and squadrons, the latter of which developed their own particular markings themes and patterns. This volume illustrates the precise markings of each Corsair squadron, from the early “birdcage” F4U-1 series through to the later F4U-1A “bubble” canopy models.

926238, $42.95 , $27.99 , Paperback, 112 pages

Pacific Profiles Vol 6

Allied Fighters: Bell P-39 & P-400 Airacobra: South & Southwest Pacific 1942-1944

Michael Claringbould

Volume 6 covers a dozen USAAF Fifth and Thirteenth Air Force squadrons which operated the Bell P-39 and P-400 Airacobra from April 1942 until March 1944. They were used in a variety of roles including as fighters, dive-bombers, and strafers. The wide-ranging colorful heraldry and nose art of Fifth Air Force Airacobras is partly explained by the frequent trading of particular airframes between units. Until now there has been a paucity of information about the markings of Thirteenth Air Force Airacobras, and this volume fills much of this gap.

246902, $42.95 , $27.99 , Paperback, 120 pages

Panzerwaffe on the Battlefield 2 World War Two Photobook Series

Jon Feenstra

In Panzerwaffe on the Battlefield 2, Jon Feenstra looks at various German armored fighting vehicles. The captions focus on the modifications of these panzers, self-propelled guns, etc. This book covers the entire war period - from 1939 to 1945 and all theaters. This hardcover, landscape formatted book’s brief introduction is followed by more than one hundred mainly unpublished photographs, published in the highest possible quality. Both the introduction and the captions are bilingual (English/ Hungarian).

583230, $41.95 , $27.50 , Hardback, 112 pages

German SelfPropelled Guns on the Battlefield

Jon Feenstra

In the nineteenth volume of this photo-monograph series, German self-propelled guns on the battlefield were displayed with more than hundred unpublished photographs from various German made selfpropelled guns widely known as Hummel, Wespe, Sturmtiger, Bison I and many more. The hardcover, landscape formatted book kept the highest possible quality. Both the introduction and the captions are bilingual (English / Hungarian).

583162, $41.95 , $27.50 , Hardback, 112 pages

T-34 on the Battlefield Volume 2

Neil Stokes

This is the second book in the ‘On the Battlefield’ series dealing with the Soviet Medium Tank T-34. The book provides an overview of the development, production and operational deployment of the T-34 in Soviet service during WW2. It includes details of unit organization within the RKKA, along with the many changes in organization, particularly during the early war years. The majority of the book however, is dedicated to captioned wartime photographs of T-34 tanks, many of which are previously unpublished.

583117, $41.95 , $27.50 , Hardback, 112 pages

Panzerjäger on the Battlefield

Jon Feenstra

The fifteenth volume of PeKo Publishing’s WWII Photobook Series, Panzerjäger on the Battlefield, has more than a hundred mainly unpublished photographs, published in the highest possible quality. Both the introduction and the captions are bilingual (English / Hungarian).

583070, $41.95 , $27.50 , Hardback, 112 pages

SU-85 and SU-100 on the Battlefield

Neil Stokes

The SU-85 and SU-100 selfpropelled guns were based on the proven chassis of the T-34 Medium Tank, and were used primarily in the antitank role. From mid-1943 onward, the SU-85 gave the Soviet forces a useful tank destroyer with a significant firepower advantage over the T-34’s 76.2mm gun. With the introduction of the T-34/85 in early 1944, the SU-85 design was upgraded with a 100mm gun to retain its firepower advantage, though a shortage of 100mm guns led to a number of improved hulls being armed with 85mm guns as the SU-85M. This book provides a pictorial history of the development and combat deployment of the SU-85, SU-85M and SU-100, illustrated with around 100 photographs. 007207, $41.95 , $27.50 , Hardback, 112 pages

Sturmgeschütz III on the Battlefield Volume 5

Mátyás Pánczél

The twentieth volume of PeKo Publishing’s photomonograph series, Sturmgeschütz III on the Battlefield 5, has more than a hundred mainly unpublished photographs, published in the highest possible quality. Both the introduction and the captions are bilingual (English / Hungarian).

583179, $41.95 , $27.50 , Hardback, 112 pages

Camouflage & Markings of Axis Armor in the Balkans Campaigns 1940-1941

Jeffrey Plowman

Published as a companion volume to ACG #14, Camouflage and Markings of Commonwealth and Greek Armor in the Balkans Campaigns April – May 1941, this is an authoritative guide to the armor deployed by the Axis in the Balkans during 1940 and 1941, particularly some of the lesser known operations. To put together this book the author has collected a remarkable set of photographs from public and private archives. Covering a wide variety of armored vehicles, this book includes many rare and never before published photos of early war Axis armored vehicles, with very detailed captions.

672310, $44.95 , $29.50 , Paperback, 72 pages

Henschel Hs 126

Robert Panek

This new photo album is number 30 in the MMPBooks/ Stratus “Camera On” series and is the first to cover in such photographic detail the usage of the Henschel Hs 126 aircraft.

This book contains 140+ photographs mostly taken by the average German soldier and is an invaluable reference for military historians and modellers alike. A4 size, 80 pages.

549449, $25 , $16.50 , Paperback, 80 pages

15 cm SIG 33

Schweres Infanterie Geschutz 33

Alan Ranger

The 15 cm sIG 33 (schweres Infanterie Geschütz 33, “Heavy Infantry Gun”) was the standard German heavy infantry gun used in the Second World War. It was the largest weapon ever classified as an infantry gun by any nation.

Early production models were horse-drawn with wooden wheels. Later production models had pressed steel wheels, with solid rubber tires and air brakes for motor towing.

In this volume the author provides a detailed impression of these vehicles through original photographs, taken both during and before the war by the normal German soldiers who both used and served with these now classic weapon. 958983, $25 , $16.50 , Paperback, 80 pages

Camouflage & Markings of the Shermans in New Zealand Service 194345

Jeffrey Plowman

An authoritative guide to the New Zealand Sherman tanks’ camouflage and markings during training and combat operations in Mid East and Italy, 1943-45. Illustrated with many rare and previously unpublished photos with very detailed captions. Includes: Sherman III, Sherman IC Firefly, Sherman VC Firefly, Sherman IB and engineering vehicles based on Sherman hull. Contains full color plates of artwork.

672068, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

2 cm Flak 38 and Flakvierling 38

Alan Ranger

This new photo album is number 29 in the MMP Books/ Stratus “Camera On” series. It is the first to cover in such photographic detail the German usage of the 2 cm Flak 38 and its quadruple mounting the Flakvierling 38. These weapons saw extensive action on all battlefronts of the Second World War wherever the German armed forces saw service.. This volume illustrates these weapons as the soldiers themselves viewed them in both their fighting environment and, in many cases, just as a tool they lived with and had to look after on a daily basis, not the highly polished and sanitized views of the official photographers. This book is an invaluable reference for military historians and modelers alike. 549111, $25 , $16.50 , Paperback, 80 pages

Renault R35 & R40 Through a German Lens

Alan Ranger

The Renault R35, an abbreviation of Char léger Modèle 1935 R or R35, was a French light infantry tank of the Second World War. Designed from 1933 and produced from 1936, the tank was intended as an infantry support light tank.

To this end it was relatively well-armored but slow and lacking a good antitank-capacity, fitted with a short 37 mm gun. At the outbreak of the war, the antitank-role was more emphasized leading to the development and eventual production from April 1940 of a subtype with a more powerful longer gun, the Renault R40. Due to the defeat of France the R35/40 remained the most numerous French tank of the war. About 1680 vehicles having been produced by June 1940.

958990, $25 , $16.50 , Paperback, 80 pages

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The Boeing B-17

Ben Skipper

The B-17 Flying Fortress was a quantum leap in offensive air power. This Flight Craft title offers the modeler an exciting selection of photographs, illustrations and showcase examples to help build their own version of this icon of the skies.

08646A, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 96 pages

Bounty

HM Armed Vessel, 1787

Kerry Jang

Bounty, a merchant vessel purchased to undertake a special mission to the South Pacific, will always be remembered for the drama of the mutiny against Captain Bligh and his epic openboat voyage that followed. The events inspired many books, and at least three major movies, and make the ship one of the most popular of all ship modeling subjects. Despite the ship’s fame, and the vast range of kits it has inspired, there are question marks over many aspects of the vessel’s fitting and, especially, how it was painted. This volume tackles these questions, reconstructing convincing color schemes for the ship both as a merchant vessel and in naval service.

022897, $28.95 , $18.99 , Paperback, 64 pages

Panzer III German Army Light Tank

North Africa El Alamein to Tunis, 1941–1943

Dennis Oliver

The Pzkpfw III tank was the mainstay of the Panzer divisions during the Blitzkrieg era and made up the bulk of the armored force sent to North Africa. Although less heavily armored than many of its opponents it was sturdy and reliable. Operating in one of the most inhospitable environments on earth the Pzkpfw III was at the forefront of the dramatic advances of 1941 and the defensive efforts of the following year, all undertaken in the incredible vastness of the Libyan desert. Using archive photos and extensively researched color illustrations to examine the Pzkpfw III and the units that operated this deservedly famous armored vehicle during the final battles in North Africa.

065122, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

The Junkers Ju87 Stuka

Martin Derry

Neil

The Junkers Ju 87 ‘Stuka’ was arguably the Luftwaffe’s most recognizable airplane, with its inverted gull wings and fixed spatted undercarriage. This latest addition to the growing Flight Craft range, follows the previous well established format, in that it is split in to three main sections. The first section, offers concise design and development history with coverage of the various subtypes. This is followed by a 16-page full color illustration section featuring detailed profiles and 2-views of the color schemes and markings carried by the type in Luftwaffe and Axis service. The final section lists as many of the injectionmoulded plastic model kits of the Junkers Ju 87 that the authors could find details of.

702623, $29.95 , $19.50 , Paperback, 96 pages

Flower Class Corvettes

Lavishly illustrated, this book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. The book also includes an extensive photographic gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales, and a section on research references. This volume includes all the features of the regular series but the extent has been doubled to include far more detailed drawings of a class of ship that was built in huge numbers and in many variations. Mainstay of the Atlantic battle against the U-boats, Flower class corvettes were used by the British, Canadian, French and US Navies. 320642, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

Tiger I: German Army Heavy Tank

Eastern Front, Summer 1943

Dennis Oliver

Dennis Oliver uses archive photos and extensively researched color illustrations to examine the tanks and units of the German army’s heavy panzer battalions. A large part of the book showcases available model kits and aftermarket products, complemented by a gallery of beautifully constructed and painted models.

755827, $26.95 , $17.99 , Paperback, 64 pages

Boeing B-1B Lancer in service with the USAF Aircraft in Detail

Robert Pied

Nicolas Deboeck

A very close look at the B-1B Lancer, Americas only four engine supersonic bomber in active service. No detail is overlooked, while the action photograph just how awesome this jet actually is!

083208, $42 , $27.50 , Paperback, 180 pages

SB-2C-5 Helldiver

Luigi Gorena Claudio Col

“The Helldiver of the Navy” which traces the very brief and troubled history of the American bomber with the “anchor” in the fuselage, the diatribe with the Air Force that in fact opposed the use of Helldivers by the Navy Military and prevented the birth of the Navy Aviation. Over 70 photographs, many never before published and from former Helldiver pilots’ archives, are splendid color profiles, an upper and two lower views of the plane, together with a detailed chapter on how to build a scale model 1 / 72 dell Helldiver are a useful compendium both to the enthusiast that to the researcher as well as to the modeler.

105018, $19.95 , $12.99 , Paperback, 52 pages

T-33A/RT-33A Shooting Star

Federico Anselmino Claudio Col

Introduction. The origins and development. In service with the Air Force. An American “Silver Star” in Caselle. Modeling notes. Technical Data and Military Serial Number.

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Boeing F-15 E/K/ SG Strike Eagle Aircraft in Detail

Robert Pied

Nicolas Deboeck

Possibly the closest look at the formidable US fighter jet ever made, with more than 450 photos detailing every part of the Strike Eagle and truly amazing action photographs.

083192, $44 , $28.99 , Paperback, 196 pages

C-130J Super Hercules

Marco Rossi

Claudio Col

The popular Herky Bird, protagonist of the medium tactical transport since the 50s, in its most modern version in service with the Italian Air Force.

G.222

Federico Anselmino

Giancarlo Gastaldi

Introduction. The origins and development. In service with the Air Force. Against the flames. The civil G.222. G.222 abroad. Modeling notes. Technical Data and Military Serial Number.

523144, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 64 pages

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A Battle Too Far

The True Story of Rifleman Henry Taylor

Carole McEntee-Taylor

A Battle Too Far is the true story of Rifleman Henry Taylor

6923581, late 7th Battalion

The RifleBrigade and is based on his diaries and recollections as told to his son Lawrence. The Foreword is by Lt-Gen Sir Christopher Wallace Chairman of The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum in Winchester.

074742, $29.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 192 pages

The Secret Life of an American Codebreaker Codebreaker Girls

Jan Slimming

Paul Reid

The Secret Life of an American Codebreaker is the true account of Janice Martin, a college student recruited to the military in 1943, after she was secretly approached by a college professor at Goucher College. How did she spend three years of her life during the war working in Washington D.C.’s Top Secret Intelligence?

784155, $34.95 , $17.50 , Hardback, 304 pages

General Sir James Scarlett

The Life and Letters of the Commander of

the Heavy Brigade at Balaklava

Martin Sheppard

Although his heroic leadership at Balaklava was undoubtedly the most important event in James Scarlett’s life, he had a long and distinguished military career before and after the Crimean War. Based on his own previously unpublished letters, this is the first book focused on a remarkable soldier.

08998A, $49.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 352 pages

Commandos in Exile

The Story of 10 (InterAllied) Commando,

1942–1945

Nicholas van der Bijl

Formed from members of Free Forces who had escaped from German occupation, 10 (InterAllied) Commando was one of the most unusual units in WW2. They never fought as an entity but loaned troops for specific operations, and at other times groups played key intelligence roles.

01385A, $29.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 248 pages

The Perilous Road to Rome & Beyond The Memoirs of a Gordon Highlander

Edward Grace

The author fought with the 6th Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders during the campaigns of 1st Army in Tunisia and in Italy. Wounded at Anzio, he wrote notes of all that had happened, the result is a memoir both fresh and authentic.

07453A, $29.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 208 pages

Joachim Peiper and the Nazi Atrocities of 1944

Stephen Wynn

Joachim Peiper held the rank of Obersturmbannführer in Nazi Germany’s SS. He spent the first two years of the war as an adjutant to the Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel, where he would have witnessed at first hand the construction and implementation of numerous SS policies

737113, $34.95 , $17.50 , Hardback, 184 pages

Scottish Lion on Patrol 15th Scottish Reconnaissance Regiment

T. Chamberlin

W Kemsley

Scottish Lion on Patrol was first published in 1950, the record of the 15th Scottish Reconnaissance Regiments formation, training, and service in the campaign that took them from Normandy to the Baltic. The original work is faithfully reproduced and significant new material from personal recollections.

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The Mandela Revolution

A British Soldier’s Inside View of His Rise to Power

Huw Lawford

On 27 April 1994, South Africa went to the polls and delivered the first black government in the country’s history. This is not the story of how the Rainbow Nation was formed, but it tells a story of one part of the revolution that had to occur to give legitimacy to the new South Africa both at home and abroad.

009058, $39.95 , $19.99 , Hardback, 216 pages

Ardennes 1944 The Battle of the Bulge

Yves Buffetaut

This volume, with over 100 photographs and 24 color profiles, describes in detail the different events that caused the German defeat, from the beginning of the offensive on December 16, 1944 to the retreat behind the Siegfried Line

006697, $24.95 , $12.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

American Armor in the Pacific

Mike Guardia

This book also looks at the Pacific theater, and how American armor was employed with great success in that theater of war. Relying heavily on first-person accounts, the strategies and tactics of the opposing forces are discussed.

008189, $24.95 , $12.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

German Fighter Aircraft in World War I Design, Construction and Innovation

Mark C. Wilkins

This title explores how German fighter aircraft were developed during the war, the innovations and trials that made the Fokker D VII possible, and the different makes and types of aircraft. Using unpublished images including photographs of surviving aircraft, archive images, and models and replicas.

006192, $37.95 , $18.99 , Hardback, 192 pages

Luftwaffe in Colour: The Victory Years 1939–1942

Christophe Cony

Jean-Louis Roba

In Hitler’s Germany, color photography was primarily co-opted for state purposes. But a number of men had cameras of their own, and in this painstakingly acquired collection, originally published in France, we can witness true life on Germany’s airfields during the period of the Luftwaffe’s ascendancy.

004082, $24.95 , $12.50 , Paperback, 160 pages

Luftwaffe in Africa, 1941-1943

Jean-Louis Roba

Adolf Hitler considered the Mediterranean unimportant, leaving it to the troops of Benito Mussolini who wanted to dominate the “Mare Nostro.” Nevertheless, when the Italian army was defeated on the Libyan-Egyptian border, the Führer was forced to help his ally by sending an air detachment first to Sicily, then Africa.

007458, $24.95 , $12.50 , Paperback, 128 pages

German Tank Destroyers

Pierre Tiquet

From the early days of WWII, it was clear that the Wehrmacht’s antitank units would need to be motorized as existing horse- or automobile-drawn units were too slow to be effective. It became apparent during the invasion of France that enemy antitank guns were both more powerful and better armored, and improvement became a priority.

009063, $39.95 , $19.99 , Hardback, 192 pages

U.S. Army Ambulances and Medical Vehicles in World War II

Didier Andres

Of all the armies involved in WWII, the US Army developed the most sophisticated system for the transport and treatment of injured and sick soldiers. This fully illustrated, comprehensive book covers all types of medical vehicles used both in-theater and in the USA, including ambulances and technical support vehicles.

008653, $37.95 , $18.99 , Hardback, 144 pages

Luftwaffe in Colour: From Glory to Defeat 1942-1945

Christophe Cony

Jean-Louis Roba

A companion to Luftwaffe in Colour Volume 1, which covered the victory years from 1939 up to Spring 1942, this volume with nearly 400 images contains even more fascinating material on the machines of the Luftwaffe and the men who flew them, as their fate took an increasingly grim path.

004556, $24.95 , $12.50 , Paperback, 160 pages

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Greek Warriors Hoplites and Heroes

Carolyn Willekes

While Bronze Age Greeks fought as individuals, the soldiers of the Classical city states fought as hoplites in an organized formation called the phalanx. This book discusses the equipment and training of both the citizen soldiers of most Greek cities, and the professional soldiers of Sparta.

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General Mark Clark Commander of U.S. Fifth Army and Liberator of Rome

Jon B. Mikolashek

General Mark Clark is one of the four men who historian Martin Blumenson called “the essential quartet of American leaders who achieved victory in Europe.” A skilled staff officer, Clark rose quickly through the ranks, and by the time America entered the war he was deputy commander of Allied Forces in North Africa.

272 pages

The World War I Aviator’s Pocket Manual

Chris McNab

Pulling together information from British manuals, this fascinating time capsule opens up the world of the Great War aviator. With introductions to the manuals by Chris McNab, setting them in context and providing background.

The Red Army Guerrilla Warfare Pocket Manual

Lester Grau

Michael Gress

The Partisan’s Companion was produced by the Red Army to train partisans to fight the Nazi. The partisans moved and lived clandestinely, harassed the enemy, and supported the Red Army through reconnaissance and attacks on German supply lines. The partisans and their handbook were part of the eventual Soviet victory over Germany.

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The United States Marine Corps The Expeditionary Force at War

Paul Westermeyer

While the USMC served in the conflicts of the 19th century, they are famed for their part in the wars of the 20th century. On the Western Front in World War I they were bloodied at Belleau Wood. Between the wars the Corps developed amphibious tactics which were employed during in Pacific theater of World War II.

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General Albert C. Wedemeyer America’s Unsung Strategist in World War II

John J. McLaughlin

General Wedemeyer’s career has been largely overshadowed, his legacy as the main planner of D-Day almost completely forgotten. In this work we gain an intimate look at a visionary thinker who helped guide the Allies to victory in their greatest challenge, but whose vision of the post-war world was unfortunately not heeded.

The D-Day Training Pocket Manual 1944

Chris McNab

The success of the D-Day landings depended on thousands of troops carrying out their mission and the seamless coordination of the amphibious landings. The troops not only had to be trained up ready for their own roles, but to work alongside other troops, often communicating while in unfamiliar terrain and under fire.

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The Battle of Britain Pocket Manual 1940

Chris McNab

This pocket manual covers the training that these young pilots would have had, and the air combat tactics they were taught to use against the German raiders. It also covers the role of the ground crews, control and command systems, antiaircraft defenses, and radar and raid detection.

Bait The Battle of Kham Duc

James McLeroy

Gregory Sanders

This gripping, original, eyewitness narrative and well researched analysis of an oft misinterpreted battle at the height of the Vietnam War radically contradicts all other published accounts. In addition to the tactical details of the combat, the the grand strategies and political contexts of both sides are considered.

008127, $34.95 , $17.50 , Hardback, 272 pages

The CIA War in Kurdistan

The Untold Story of the Northern Front in the Iraq War

Sam Faddis

In early 2002 Sam Faddis was named to head a CIA team that would enter Iraq, prepare the battlefield, and facilitate the entry of follow-on conventional forces. He expected that the entire campaign would likely be over by summer, but over the next year virtually every aspect of that plan for the war in Northern Iraq fell apart.

008349, $34.95 , $17.50 , Hardback, 240 pages

Mastermind of Dunkirk and D-Day

The Vision of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay

Brian Izzard

This is the first major biography of Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsay in fifty years. Masterminding the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk in 1940, it was initially thought that 40,000 troops at most could be rescued, but Ramsay’s planning and determination led to some 330,000 being brought back.

008387, $34.95 , $17.50 , Hardback, 288 pages

Sharks of the Air Willy Messerschmitt and the Development of History’s First Operational Jet Fighter

James Neal Harvey

The Allies were stunned by the appearance of the Me-262, the world’s first operational jet warplane. Military leaders believed that if it had been introduced earlier it could have changed the outcome of the war. This tells the story of Willy Messerschmitt’s life, and shows how he built many revolutionary airplanes.

008929, $24.95 , $12.50 , Paperback, 408 pages

Spying from the Sky At the Controls of US Cold War Aerial Intelligence

Robert Richardson

William J. Gregory

While a B-47 pilot, Greg was selected to join America’s first high-altitude program—the Black Knights. Flying RB-57D aircraft, Greg and his team flew missions around the Soviet Union and its satellites, collecting critical order-of-battle data so desperately needed by the Air Force at that time.

008363, $34.95 , $17.50 , Hardback, 312 pages

A Final Valiant Act The Story of Doug Dickey, Medal of Honor

Lt Col John B Lang USMC (Ret) Private First Class Douglas E. Dickey was just 20 years old when he dove on a grenade, saving four men, including his platoon leader. The young Marine’s actions, on Easter Sunday 1967, resulted in a posthumous Medal of Honor.

The Longest Campaign Britain’s Maritime Struggle in the Atlantic and Northwest Europe, 1939–1945

Brian E. Walter

For four centuries the British realm depended upon sea power to defend its interest and independence against a myriad of threats. The advent of WWII presented Britain’s maritime services with their greatest challenge to date. At stake was the survival of the nation.

The Longest Campaign tells the story of this epic struggle.

008561, $34.95 , $17.50 , Hardback, 360 pages

Risk Taker, Spy Maker Tales of a CIA Case Officer

Barry Michael Broman

Joining the CIA after fighting in Vietnam as a Marine, during his career he was twice chief of station, once a deputy chief of station and supervised an international paramilitary project in support of the Cambodian resistance to Vietnamese invaders. His engaging tone is complemented by photographs, many of them his own.

008967,

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I Am Soldier of Fortune Dancing with Devils

Lt. Col. Robert Brown USAR (Ret.)

Vann Spencer

In this book, Brown tells his own story. A former Green Beret, kicked out of Special Forces not once but twice, completing the Command and General Staff College without a security clearance, while meantime being wounded in Nam. Finally finding his calling as a publisher, launching an upstart magazine from his basement; Soldier of Fortune.

003931, $18.95 , $9.50 , Paperback, 408 pages

The Devil’s General The Life of Hyazinth

Graf von Strachwitz, “The Panzer Graf”

Raymond Bagdonas

This is the story of the most highly decorated German regimental commander of World War II, known as the “Panzer Graf” (Armored Count).

An aristocratic Silesian, whose ancestors had faced the Mongols at Leipzig, Strachwitz first won the Iron Cross in the Great War. An intensely detailed account of his life.

004327, $19.95 , $9.99 , Paperback, 376 pages

Fabled Fifteen

The Pacific War Saga of Carrier Air Group 15

Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

In documenting the saga of Air Group 15’s momentous six months at war, the author provides an intimate and insightful view of the group’s fabled combat tour, including details of daily life and human interactions aboard the fleet carrier USS Essex during the busiest phase of the Pacific War.

002576, $32.95 , $16.50 , Hardback, 264 pages

Landing in Hell

The Pyrrhic Victory of the First Marine Division on Peleliu, 1944

Peter Margaritis

On September 15, 1944, the United States, in its effort to defeat the Japanese Empire, invaded a tiny island named Peleliu, the Pacific High Command was confident that victory would be theirs in just a few days. They were drastically wrong. The Peleliu campaign took two and a half months of hard bitter fighting.

006451, $32.95 , $16.50 , Hardback, 208 pages

The Dragon’s Teeth The Chinese People’s Liberation Army—Its History, Traditions, and Air, Sea and Land Capabilities in the 21st Century

Benjamin Lai

This book describes some of the lesser known battles and wars the Chinese have undertaken, and the development of their key weapons systems. The United States, having opened the door to “drone warfare,” have had an attentive audience for such technologies in Beijing.

003887, $49.95 , $24.99 , Hardback, 320 pages

Erich Von Manstein Hitler’s Master Strategist

Benoît Lemay

Curtis Key

In this book we finally have a full portrait of the man, including his campaigns, and an analysis of what precisely kept a genius such as Manstein harnessed to such a dark cause.This book is a must-read for all those who wish to understand Germany’s primary effort in World War II, as well as its greatest commander.

000596, $29.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 528 pages

Two Flags over Iwo Jima

Solving the Mystery of the U.S. Marine Corps’ Proudest Moment

Eric Hammel

Joe Rosenthal’s “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima” captures the moment that the first American flag flew over the core of Imperial Japanese territory. Two Flags over Iwo Jima reveals the all-but-forgotten first-flag raising, and the aftermath of the popularization campaign undertaken by the post-WWII Marine Corps.

006291, $29.95 , $14.99 , Hardback, 222 pages

Check Six! A Thunderbolt Pilot’s War Across the Pacific

This is an aviation chronicle that brings the reader into flight, then into the fight, throughout the Pacific War and back. This work, from someone who was there, captures the combat experience of our aviators in the Pacific, aided by pertinent excerpts from the official histories of units that “Jug” Curran flew with.

006543, $19.95 , $9.99 , Paperback, 352 pages

Undefeated From Basketball to Battle: West Point’s Perfect Season 1944

Jim Noles

In 1944, the West Point basketball team boasted a 13-0 record. Of course, there were far bigger contests than intercollegiate basketball afoot. The cadets would not be able to play in the NIT or NCAA national tournaments, the U.S. Army needed its finest on the front line more than on the court.

00511B, $29.95 , $14.99 , Hardback, 272 pages

American Guerrilla

The Forgotten Heroics of Russell W. Volckmann—the Man

Who Escaped from Bataan, Raised a Filipino Army against the Japanese, and became the True “Father” of Army Special Forces

Mike Guardia

One young Army Captain named Russell Volckmann refused to surrender. He disappeared into the jungles of north Luzon where he raised a Filipino army of over 22,000 men. For the next three years he led a guerrilla war against the Japanese, killing over 50,000 enemy soldiers.

007151, $16.95 , $8.50 , Paperback, 240 pages

Why Soldiers Miss War

The Journey Home

Nolan Peterson

Ask most combat veterans to name the worst experience of their lives, and they’ll probably tell you it was war. But ask them to choose the best experience of their life, and they’ll usually say it was war, too. For someone who has not been to war, this is nearly impossible to understand. What is it about war that soldiers miss?

007731, $29.95 , $14.99 , Hardback, 216 pages

Just Another Day in Vietnam

Col Keith Nightingale (Ret) Nightingale’s accomplishments in both military and civilian life largely contribute to the excellence of this memoir of unusual depth and breadth. Adopting a third-person omniscient point of view, Nightingale favors multiple perspectives and a larger historical vision that affords equal time and weight to ally and enemy alike.

00785A, $34.95 , $17.50 , Hardback, 264 pages

Battle for Skyline Ridge

The CIA Secret War in Laos

James E. Parker Jr

In late ‘71, the People’s Army of Vietnam launched Campaign “Z” into northern Laos with the aim of defeating the last Royal Lao Army troops. Despite the odds being in the NVA’s favor, the battle did not go to plan. It raged for more than 100 days, the longest in the war, and it all came down to Skyline Ridge. 007052, $32.95 , $16.50 , Hardback, 216 pages

Leyte, 1944

The Soldiers’ Battle

Nathan N. Prefer

When General Douglas MacArthur arrived in Australia in March 1942, having successfully left the Philippines to organize a new American army, he vowed, “I shall return!” More than two years later he did return, at the head of a large U.S. army to retake the Philippines from the Japanese.

No Better Place to Die Ste-Mere Eglise, June 1944—The Battle for la Fiere Bridge

Robert M. Murphy

Reinforced by glider troops the 505th not only held the vital bridge for three days but launched a counterattack in the teeth of enemy fire to secure their objective once and for all, at gruesome cost. Robert M. Murphy provides an objective narrative of countless acts of heroism, almost breathtaking in its “you are there” detail.

008004, $16.95 , $8.50 , Paperback, 288 pages

Sighted Sub, Sank Same

The United States Navy’s Air Campaign against the U-Boat

Alan C. Carey

This story of the United States Navy’s use of air power to hunt down and destroy German submarines unfolds in dramatic detail in Sighted Sub, Sank Same. The book contains over 200 color and black and white photographs allowing for a visual imagery of the campaign.

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Phoenix Rising From the Ashes of Desert One to the Rebirth of U.S. Special Operations

Col Keith Nightingale (Ret)

Recounting the paradoxical birth of SOF through the prism of Operation Eagle Claw, the failed attempt to rescue fifty-two Americans held hostage in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. When terrorists captured the Embassy, the Joint Chiefs of Staff quickly realized that the United States lacked the military capability to launch a rescue.

008776, $34.95 , $17.50 , Hardback, 336 pages

Headhunter 5-73 CAV and Their Fight for Iraq’s Diyala River

Valley

Peter C Svoboda

Lt. General William B. Caldwell (Ret)

Headhunter is a unique account of the War on Terror. It’s a soldier’s story, told by those very paratroopers who gallantly fought to tame Diyala. Based on dozens of interviews conducted by the author, the narrative describes the danger of combat, the loss of comrades and the struggles of returning from a deployment.

009278, $34.95 , $17.50 , Hardback, 228 pages

Strick Tank Hero of Arras

Tim Strickland

Major-General, Sir Laurence New CB, CBE, CCMI

Major-General Eugene Vincent Michael Strickland – Strick –rose from penniless hardship to great military distinction. More than a portrait of a gifted and morally courageous man, this biography also offers an insight into the arts of command and control, and the difficulties of a family life fragmented by war.

009858, $39.95 , $19.99 , Hardback, 512 pages

To Boldly Go Leadership, Strategy, and Conflict in the 21st Century and Beyond

Jonathan Klug

Steven Leonard

To Boldly Go assembles more than thirty writers from around the world—experts in leadership and strategy, senior policy advisors and analysts, professional educators and innovators, experienced storytellers, and military leaders—to help us better understand ourselves through the lens of science fiction.

240626, $34.95 , $17.50 , Hardback, 304 pages

Between Five Eyes 50 Years of Intelligence Sharing

Anthony R Wells

Admiral The Lord West of Spithead GCB DSC PC

UK/US intelligence and the wider Five Eyes community of Canada, Australia and New Zealand is primarily about one main thing: Relationships. In this remarkable book, Anthony Wells charts fifty years of change, turmoil, intense challenges, successes and failures, and never-ending abiding Five Eyes relationships.

009001, $34.95 , $17.50 , Hardback, 256 pages

In the Shadow of the Swords The Baghdad

Police Academy

D.W. Wilber

Following the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the subsequent fall of the regime of Saddam Hussein, the U.S. government embarked upon a reconstruction effort which included rebuilding an Iraqi National Police. Retired and former American Police Officers were contracted to travel to Iraq to train this new police force.

009216, $34.95 , $17.50 , Hardback, 192 pages

We Few U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam

Nick Brokhausen

This riveting memoir details the actions and experiences of a small group of Americans and their allies who were the backbone of ground reconnaissance in the Republic of Vietnam during the Vietnam War.

240534, $22.95 , $11.50 , Paperback, 272

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Blitzkrieg From the Ground Up

Niklas Zetterling

This book focuses on the experience of the enlisted men and junior officers in the Blitzkrieg operations in Poland, Norway, Western Europe and Russia. Using accounts previously unpublished in English, this title explores how they operated, how a company commander led his tanks, the role of the repair services.

240558, $22.95 , $11.50 , Paperback, 288 pages

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White Sun War The Campaign for Taiwan

Luftwaffe in Colour: From Glory to Defeat

Major General Mick Ryan

The 106th were fresh, green and right in the pathway of the 5th German Army when the Battle of the Bulge began on December 16, 1944. From this division 6,800 men were taken prisoner, but their story didn’t end there. For the ones who miraculously escaped, there was a battle to fight, and fight it they would with every ounce of strength and courage they could muster. They would fight debilitating weather conditions more reminiscent of Stalingrad than the Belgian Ardennes. They would fight a determined enemy and superior numbers and despite all adversity they would eventually prevail. This book covers the history along with the individual stories of the incredible heroism, sacrifice and tenacity of these young Americans in the face of overwhelming odds.

Hood’s Defeat Near Fox’s Gap Prelude to Emancipation

Curtis L Older

This title is an exceptional analysis of Confederate Brigadier General John Bell Hood’s troop movements during the battle of South Mountain. For the past 160 years, all other authors misplaced Hood’s troop positions on the Fox’s Gap battlefield by approximately a half-mile. The actual location of Hood’s attack reconfigures the entire placement of the competing forces in the battle and, thus, the conclusions one makes about the struggle. The failure to understand the topographical characteristics of the battlefield led other writers to make false assumptions about Hood’s movement. Before the publication of this title, the battle for Fox’s Gap and South Mountain was never accurately reported or understood.

9781612004587, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 336p.

242736, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 240 pages

FORTHCOMING FROM CASEMATE

Da Nang Diary

Thomas R.Yarborough

The Viking Battalion Norwegian American Ski Troopers in World War II

Christophe Cony & Jean-Louis Roba

Initially the Luftwaffe ruled the skies, but thereafter fought an increasingly futile war of attrition which, when combined with vital strategic mistakes in aircraft production, was its death knell. Despite this, the Luftwaffe produced the most successful air aces of all time. In this painstakingly pieced together collection, the full detail behind the propaganda is once more revealed, this time in rare color photographs.

9781612004556, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 160p.

The U.S. Army Cooks’ Manual

After decades of poising on the brink, the United States and China finally go to war when Taiwan is invaded. Deploying their most futuristic technologies in this grand strategic competition of the 21st century, the stakes could not be higher. In an era when humans no longer just use machines, but partner with them in all aspects of military operations, this fictional account views this future war through the eyes of the American, Chinese, and Taiwanese caught up in the maelstrom, revealing the heartbreak, courage, leadership, and despair of high-tech warfare played out on land, at sea, in space, and in cyberspace.

242507, $22.95 , $14.99 , Paperback, 352 pages

Through Bitter Seas

Phillip Parotti

This manual prepares a cook for any eventuality whether in garrison, at camp in the field, or on the march, with instructions on everything from butchery to preserving meat and how to organize the serving of the food and clean utensils. With an introduction explaining the historical background, this is a fascinating and fun exploration of early 20th-century American army cooking, with a dash of inspiration for feeding your own army!

9781612004709, $14.95, $9.99, hardback, 240p.

Assigned to U.S. Navy Rescue Tug, the ATR-3X, not long after the German surrender in North Africa, Ensign Hal Goff and four other officers must support the Allied invasion of Sicily and Italy, shepherding navy ships to and from the bitter fighting. With the Allied advance finally stopped cold along the Winter Line beneath Monte Cassino, Hal and his ship become part of the grueling invasion of Anzio and the seemingly endless stalemate across Anzio’s bloody beaches.

Phillip Parotti’s new novel treats his readers to gripping World War II naval action in the Mediterranean Sea.

243085, $24.95 , $16.50 , Paperback, 286 pages

Olaf Minge

Dr Kyle Ward

The expertise of the FACs made for a unique birds-eye perspective on how the entire war in Vietnam unfolded. For Tom Yarborough, the risk was constant, intense and electrifying. In this work, the reader flies alongside Yarborough in his adrenaline-pumping chronicle of heroism, danger and wartime brotherhood. Originally published in 1990, this classic work has now been revised and updated with additional narrative and previously unpublished photos.

9781612004754, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 356p.

The War for Africa

Fred Bridgland

This book examines the height of the Cuban-South African fighting in Angola in 1987–88, when 3,000 South African soldiers and about 8,000 UNITA guerrilla fighters fought in alliance against the Cubans and the armed forces of the Marxist MPLA government, a force of over 50,000 men.

Hidden in the crevasses of World War II history is the story of the 99th Infantry Battalion (Separate), an all Norwegian American battalion, originally trained at Camp Hale, Colorado, with the original mission of liberating Norway. Their exploits during training brought them enough notoriety that members of the 99th were recruited to start the First Special Service Force and a branch of the OSS. This book tells the story of the 99th Infantry Battalion through an anthology of rarely, if ever, previously seen memoirs, journals, letters and newspaper articles written by or about the Viking soldiers.

243238, $39.95 , $25.99 , Hardback, 384 pages

Argentine Perspectives on the Falklands War The Recovery and Loss of Las Malvinas

Bridgland pieced together the course of the war, fought in one of the world’s most remote and wild terrains, by interviewing the South Africans who fought it, and many of their accounts are woven into the narrative.

Nicholas van der Bijl

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9781612004921, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 360p.

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In 1982, the United Kingdom and Argentina fought a war over an historical disagreement over the colonial “ownership” or rights over the Falkland Islands. Within months of

the Argentinian defeat, General Edgardo Calvi, then the Argentine Head of the Army Joint Chief of Staff, was instructed to undertake a wide-ranging and formal inquiry to investigate the performance of the Argentine Army during the Falklands. Calvi concluded that while the Army had the motivation, it lacked the organization, equipment, training, and ability to oppose an army capable of operating in a variety of environments.

241647, $34.95 , $22.99 , Hardback, 224 pages