Casemate Publishers Fall 2013 Catalog

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In this catalog we are proud to present to you new and upcoming titles for the Fall 2013 season from both Casemate Publishers and our distributed lines from around the world. This seasons selection is one of the most in-depth collections that we have had the honor of featuring and we hope that you enjoy these titles as much as we do. For the first time this year, we are pleased to welcome Model Centrum Progres (Poland) and PeKo Publishing (Hungary) to our list of distributees. Specializing in the history and technical details of military vehicles, we are sure the titles from these two companies will be an asset to your military history collection. As always we welcome your questions, comments and suggestions, so please feel free to contact us by email at casemate@casematepublishers.com or by visiting our website at www.casematepublishers.com. We wish you another great season of informative reading and look forward to hearing from you.
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Casemate Airfile Publications Amber Books Amberley Claymore Press Eagle Editions Frontline Books Grub Street Publishing Harpia Publishing Heimdal Helion and Company Histoire and Collections Kagero MMP Model Centrum Progres Oxbow Books PeKo Publishing Pen and Sword Pen and Sword Digital Savas Beatie Seaforth Publishing Formac/Lorimer Fighting High/Tattered Flag Order Form 3 8 9 12 14 15 16 19 22 23 26 32 38 42 46 48 49 50 70 74 76 77 78 79
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Hal Moore
A Soldier Onceand Always
Mike Guardia Hal Moore, one of the most admired American combat leaders of the last 50 years, has until now been best known to the public for being portrayed by Mel Gibson in the movie We Were Soldiers. In this first-ever, fully illustrated biography, we finally learn the full story of one of Americas true military heroes. A 1945 graduate of West Point, Moores first combats occurred during the Korean War, where he fought in the battles of Old Baldy, T-Bone, and Pork Chop Hill. At the beginning of the Vietnam War, Moore commanded the 1st Battalion of the 7th Cavalry in the first full-fledged battle between U.S. and North Vietnamese regulars. Drastically outnumbered and nearly overrun, Moore led from the front, and though losing 79 soldiers, accounted for 1,200 of the enemy before the Communists withdrew. This Battle of Ia Drang pioneered the use of air mobile infantry delivering troops into battle via helicopterwhich became the staple of U.S. operations for the remainder of the war. He later wrote of his experiences in the best-selling book, We Were Soldiers Onceand Young. Following his tour in Vietnam, he assumed command of the 7th Infantry Division, forwardstationed in South Korea, and in 1971, he took command of the Army Training Center at Fort Ord, California. In this capacity, he oversaw the US Armys transition from a conscript-based to an allvolunteer force. He retired as a Lieutenant General in 1977. $32.95 288 pages 6 x 9 Illustrated throughout September 2013 hardback 9781612002071 eISBN: 9781612002088
Fighting Fox Company

The Battling Flank of the Band of Brothers
Bill Brown Terry Poyser Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division has become one of the most famous small units in U.S. history, thanks to Stephen Ambroses superb book Band of Brothers, followed by portrayals in film. However, to date little has been heard of Fox Company of that same regimentthe men who fought alongside Easy Company through every step of the war in Europe, and who had their own stories to tell. Notably this book, over a decade in the making, came about for different reasons than the fame of the Band of Brothers. Bill Brown, a WWII vet himself, had decided to research the fate of a childhood friend who had served in Fox Company. Along the way he met Terry Poyser, who was on a similar mission to research the combat death of a Fox Company man from his hometown. Together, the two authors proceeded to locate and interview every surviving Fox Company vet they could find. The result was a wealth of fascinating firsthand accounts of WWII combat as well as new perspectives on Dick Winters and others of the Band, who had since become famous. Told primarily through the words of participants, Fighting Fox Company takes the reader through some of the most horrific close-in fighting of the war, beginning with the chaotic nocturnal paratrooper drop on D-Day. After fighting through Normandy the drop into Holland saw prolonged ferocious combat, and even more casualties; and then during the Battle of the Bulge, Fox Company took its place in line at Bastogne during one of the most heroic against-all-odds stands in U.S. history. $32.95 336 pages 6 x 9 16pp illustrations October 2013 hardback 9781612002125 eISBN: 9781612002132
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The Devils General
The Life of Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz - the Panzer Graf
Raymond Bagdonas This is the story of the highly decorated German regimental commander of World War II, known as the Panzer Graf. An aristocratic Silesian, Strachwitz first won the Iron Cross in the Great War. After fighting with the Freikorps, he was serving with the 1st Panzer Division when the Polish campaign inaugurated World War II. Leading from the front, his exploits as commander of a panzer battalion earned him further decorations during the French campaign. Transferred to the newly formed 16th Panzer Division, he participated in the invasion of Yugoslavia and then Operation Barbarossa where he earned the Knights Cross. The following year, he won the Oak Leaves for destroying 270 Soviet tanks at Kalach. Now commander of a regiment, he reached the Volga and fought on the northern rim of Sixth Armys perimeter. Wounded during the battles, he was flown out of the Stalingrad pocket and was spared the fate of the rest of Sixth Army. Upon recuperation, he was named commander of the Grossdeutschland Divisions panzer regiment, and won the Swords to the Knights Cross during Mansteins counteroffensive at Kharkov. After fighting through Kursk and the ensuing defensive battles, he was transferred the next year to Army Group North where he won the Diamonds to the Knights Cross at Narva. For the rest of the war, he commanded ad hoc battlegroups, and pioneered the formation of tank hunter brigades, consisting of deep-penetration infantry armed with panzerfausts and other demolitions who would ambush Soviet tanks. Wounded 12 times during the war, he was finally able to surrender to the Americans in May 1945.
$32.95 368 pages 6 x 9 16pp illustrations October 2013 hardback 9781612002244 eISBN: 9781612002231
7 Leadership Lessons
Leadership, Liberty, and the American Revolution
John Antal This book is about seven defining leadership moments from the American Revolution. 7 Leadership Lessons is not a complete study of the American Revolution; readers will have to go elsewhere for such a chronicle. Rather it is the story of seven leadership moments that helped to win liberty during the struggle for Independence. On these pages you learn about real people facing real challenges and overcoming what reasonable observers believed were insurmountable odds. These leaders, thankfully, were unreasonable for the cause of liberty. This work is a guide to learning about the leadership that created a revolution, opposed Great Britain, the greatest power of its age, and created the freest society on earth. In these pages you are able to study the leadership of a select few who changed the course of human events and helped bring about the birth of an exceptional nation. This is a compact collection of stories that retell some of the most dramatic events in the founding of the United States. These storiesfor leadership is best learned by storytelling, rather than through lectures on process, style, or techniqueoffer you insights into the meaning of leadership and liberty that can change your life. $29.95 288 pages 6 x 9 8pp illustrations August 2013 hardback 9781612002026 eISBN: 9781612002033 These seven leadership lessons are as relevant today as they were essential to the birth of the United States. The stories are about the leadership that forged colonial British subjects into a nation of Americans. They define the leadership that hammered out the standard for how Americans are expected to lead. In 1775, this leadership created the flame of liberty that lit the world, and offered a beacon of freedom and human progress to all men.
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The Fights on the Little Horn
50 Years of Research into Custers Last Stand
Gordon Harper This remarkable book synthesizes a lifetime of research into one of Americas most storied disasters, the defeat of Custers 7th Cavalry. The author spent countless hours on the battlefield itself and researched every iota of evidence of the fight from both sides. He was thus able to recreate every step of the battle, dispelling myths and falsehoods along the way. Harper passed away in 2006, leaving behind nearly two million words of research and writing. In this book, his work has been condensed for the general public to observe his key findings and the crux of his narrative on the course of the battle. One of his first observations is that the fight took place along the Little Horn Riverits junction with the Big Horn was miles away so that the term for the battle, Little Big Horn has always been a misnomer. He traces the activities of Benteens battalion on that day, and why it could never come to Custers reinforcement. He describes Renos desperate fight, as well as how that unnerved officer benefited from the unexpected heroism of his men. Indian accounts come to the fore especially during Custers part of the fight, because no white soldier survived it. However, analysis of the forensic evidence plus the locations of bodies assist in drawing an accurate scenario of how the final scene unfolded. It may indeed be clearer now than it was to the doomed 7th Cavalrymen at the time, who through the dust and smoke and Indians seeming to rise by hundreds from the ground, only gradually realized the extent of the disaster.
Unsung Eagles
True Stories of Americas Citizen Airmen in the Skies of World War II
Jay Stout The nearly half-million American aircrewmen who served during World War II have almost disappeared. And so have their stories. Award-winning writer and former fighter pilot Jay A. Stout uses Unsung Eagles to save an exciting collection of those accounts from oblivion. These are not rehashed tales from the hoary icons of the war. Rather, they are stories from the masses of largely unrecognized men whoin the aggregateactually won it. They are the recollections of your Uncle Frank who shared them only after having enjoyed a beer or nine, and of your old girlfriends grandfather who passed away about the same time she dumped you. And of the craggy guy who ran the towns salvage yard; a dusty, fly-specked B-24 model hung over the counter. These are everyman accounts that are important but fast disappearing. Ray Crandall describes how he was nearly knocked into the Pacific by a heavy cruisers main battery during the Second Battle of the Philippine Sea. Jesse Barker tells of dodging naval bombardments in the stinking mud of Guadalcanal. Bob Popeney relates how his friend and fellow A-20 pilot was blown out of formation by German antiaircraft fire: I could see the inside of the airplaneand I could see Nordstroms eyes. He looked confusedand then immediately he flipped up and went tumbling down. The combat careers of 22 different pilots from all the services are captured in this crisply written book which captivates the reader not only as an engaging oral history, but also puts personal context into the air battles of World War II.
$32.95 320 pages 6 x 9 24pp illustrations September 2013 Hardback 9781612002095 eISBN: 9781612002101
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Second Front
The Allied Invasion of France, 1942-43 (An Alternative History)
Alexander M. Grace One of the great arguments of World War II took place among Allied military leaders over when and where to launch a second front against Germany in Europe. Stalin, holding on by his teeth in Russia, urged a major invasion from the west. The Americans, led by Marshall and Wedemeyer, argued likewise. It was Churchill who got his way, however, with his Mediterranean strategy, including a campaign on the Italian peninsula, which he mistakenly called the soft underbelly of Europe. This realistic, fact-based work posits what would have happened had Churchill been overruled, and that rather than invading North Africa in the fall of 1942, thence Sicily and Italy, the Allies had hit the coast of southern France instead. The key element that enables the alternative scenario is the cooperation of Vichy, which was negotiated at the time but refused. If the Allies had promised sufficient force to support the French, however, the entire southern coastline of France would have been undefended against a surprise invasion. In this book, once the Allied armies are ashore, Germans stream toward the front, albeit through a gauntlet of Maquis, Allied paratroopers and airpower. Meantime the Allied forces push up the Rhne Valley and titanic armored clashes take place near Lyons. Already in desperate straits at Stalingrad, where they had committed their air and armored reserves, the Germans had also yet to switch to a full total-war economy, with tanks like the Panther and Tiger not yet deployed. This fascinating alternative history comes close to informing us exactly what might have happened had D-Day in Europe come as early as some had wished.
$29.95 336 pages 6 x 9 16pp illustrations November 2013 hardback 9781612002163 eISBN: 9781612002170
Da Nang Diary
A Forward Air Controllers Gunsight View of Combat in Vietnam
Tom 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 planesflying 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 strikeknowing the targets, knowing where friendly troops were, and reacting with split-second, life and death decisions as a battle unfolded. The expertise of the low, slow FACs, as well as the hazard attendant to their role, made for a unique birds-eye perspective on how the entire war in Vietnam unfolded. For Tom Yarborough, who logged 1,500 hours of combat flying time, the risk was constant, intense and electrifying. A member of the super-secret Prairie Fire unit, Yarborough became one of the most frequently shot-up pilots flying out of Da Nangengaging in a series of dangerous secret missions in Laos. In this work, the reader flies in the cockpit alongside Yarborough in his adrenaline-pumping chronicle of heroism, danger and wartime brotherhood. From the rescuing of downed pilots to taking out enemy positions, to the most harrowing extended missions directly overhead of the NVA, here is the dedication, courage and skill of the fliers who took the war into the enemys backyard.
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Now Available in Paperback Eastern Inferno
The Journals of a German Panzerjger on the Eastern Front, 194143
Christine Alexander and Mason Kunze (eds.) $18.95 240 pages 6 x 9 illustrated September 2013 paperback 9781612002187 eISBN: 9781612000244 Remarkable personal journalsrevealing the combat experience of the GermanRussian War as seldom seen before. Witness to unspeakable carnage at the front, this is a harrowing yet poignant story.Military Times particularly important for two reasons. Unlike letters from the front, [these journals] were never seen by the German Army censors and so Roth was free to record his real feeling as the fighting continued. Second, because of Roths untimely death in 1944 the journals werent edited post-war, leaving them in their original raw state. As a result, we get a rare soldiers eye version of the fighting on a day-by-day basis. History of War
Finlands War of Choice

The Troubled German-Finnish Coalition in World War II
Henrik O. Lunde $18.95 412 pages 6 x 9 16pp illustrations September 2013 paperback 9781612002194 eISBN: 9781612000372 Offers a solid operational analysis.... successfully demonstrates that dining with the Nazi devil required a longer spoon that Finland possessed.Publishers Weekly likely to be the best book on the diplomatic and military aspects of the conflict published in English for many yearsFinlands War of Choice receives a very high recommendation, and it looks like a strong candidate to be named as one of the best new books of the year. Stone and Stone World War II Books excellent coverage of otherwise obscure operations near and even above the arctic circle, with word portraits of many commanders and a good many desperate fights, culminating in the brief FinnoGerman War after the collapse of the alliance. A valuable read for anyone interested in WWII in Europe.New York Military Affairs Symposium
With Musket and Tomahawk, Vol. I

The Saratoga Campaign in the Wilderness War of 1777
Michael O. Logusz $18.95 424 pages 6 x 9 8pp illustrations October 2013 paperback 9781612002248 eISBN: 9781935149538 A brilliantly written, meticulously research, vivid and well balanced account highlighting the four month struggle in the pivotal year of 1777 during the American Revolutionary War. - The Citizen (Auburnpub.com) ...a fascinating book...Logusz brings this part of the Revolutionary War to life with excellent detail... It is a story with real people as they struggle to live and win the independence of a new nation. From a historical standpoint and as one who loves history, I highly recommend this book. - IPMS Logusz has a flair for vivid detail, whether describing the terror Colonists felt during Indian raids on their settlements or the chaos of the battles in the unfamiliar wilderness. - Library Journal
With Musket and Tomahawk, Vol. II

The Mohawk Valley Campaign in the Wilderness War of 1777
Michael O. Logusz $18.95 264 pages 6 x 9 8pp illustrations October 2013 paperback 9781612002255 eISBN: 9781612000831 Using colorful storytelling techniques, Logusz captures the personalities of those individuals who played a pivotal role in the outcome of the Mohawk Valley Campaign...breathes dramatic life into a depiction of the long standing alliances and rivalries that fueled Patriot and Loyalist causes in the region, while describing how neighbors, families, friends and foes were caught up in Burgoynes doomed play.Toy Soldier and Model Figure Logusz does an excellent job outlining the Battle of Oriskany, where an initial Patriot relief force coming to the aid of Fort Stanwix was ambushed and almost wiped out...fascinating, well documented, and occasionally thought provoking.The Journal of Americas Military Past
Airfile Publications
Hawker-Siddeley/British Aerospace
First Generation Harrier in Worldwide Service
Glenn Ashley $45.00 76 pages 8.25 x 11.5 100 illustrations July 2013 9780956980267 The Harrier is amongst the most recognized and loved post-war British-designed military aircraft ever produced. This book, the first of two volumes dealing with the type, covers the color schemes and markings applied to the design from the prototype and development P.1127/Kestrel airframes of the early 1960s and in to its service use with the RAF as the GR.1/GR.3 and T.2/T.4, the Fleet Air Arm as the Sea Harrier FRS.1 and the upgraded F/A.2, US Marine Corps AV-8A, Spanish Navy Matador, Indian Navy FRS.51 and Thai Navy navalized Harriers. Coverage of the original tin wing versions is taken right up to 2000 with hundreds of full color profiles and 4-views, with detailed and informative captions.
Adler Gegen England

The Luftwaffes Air Campaign against the British Isles 1941-45
Neil Robinson $45.00 76 pages 8.26 x 11.5 150 illustrations June 2013 9780957551305 Mainly featuring multi-engine bombers, single and twin-engine fighter bombers and intruders are also included, all of which were involved in operations such as the Baedeker Raids and Operation Steinbock; high and low level raiders; intruder and night fighter operations including Operation Gisela; and the first Ar 234 jet flights over the UK; plus the aircraft operated by Fliegerfhrer Atlantik undertaking anti-shipping and maritime operations.
Amber Books
Classic Military Aircraft
The Worlds Fighting Aircraft: 1911-1945
Jim Winchester $35.00 448 pages 8.5 x 11.75 Now Available paperback 9781907446399 Classic Military Aircraft is a guide to the worlds fighting aircraft from the beginning of heavier-than-air flight to the end of World War II. Packed with information, this book covers an array of biplane, triplane and monoplane designs, from World War I scouts, through the dead ends and unusual prototypes of the inter war years, to high-powered World War II warbirds such as the P-51 Mustang and Supermarine Spitfire. Aircraft featured include: World War I legends such as the Fokker Dr.I triplane flown by the Red Baron and British stalwarts of the Western Front including the Sopwith Pup; Early World War II types such as the Hawker Hurricane and Veterans of the Pacific war such as the Grumman F4F Wildcat. Each aircraft is covered in detail, with feature boxes outlining its development, technical specifications, performance data, and variants. Graphics allow the reader to compare specific features like firepower and bomb-load to other aircraft of the same type.
Modern Military Aircraft

The Worlds Fighting Aircraft: 1945 to Present Day
Jim Winchester $35.00 448 pages 8.5 x 11.75 Now Available paperback 9781907446405 Modern Military Aircraft is a comprehensive guide to the worlds fighting aircraft since World War II, from the earliest jet fighters and basic pistonengined bombers, to todays high-tech and stealthy superfighters. Aircraft featured include: the F-86 Sabre, which fought its way to victory over Russias MiG-15 in the worlds first jet-versus-jet battles in Korea; the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, the deadliest fleet fighter ever built; Russias export miracles, the Sukhoi Su-27 and MiG-29, currently in service with air arms across the world; the Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, destined to enter service with many air forces in the coming decades. Each aircraft is covered in detail, with feature boxes outlining its development, technical specifications, performance data, and variants. Unique graphics allow the reader to compare specific features like firepower, troop-carrying capacity, and bomb load to those of other aircraft of the same type.
Modern Military Aircraft

Thomas Newdick Tom Cooper $39.95 384 pages 7.5 x 9.5 400 artworks and 50 photographs September 2013 hardback 9781782740667 Illustrated with hundreds of artworks of aircraft and their markings, Modern Military Aircraft is a study of the fighting aircraft of every nationality from the beginning of the Cold War to the present. The book is split into two volumes, the first detailing aircraft in the Cold War era, and the second outlining aircraft from 1990 to the present day. Chapters are divided by theater, and then subdivided by conflict and nationality. The first volume provides a study of the airplanes in service with NATO and the Warsaw Pact from the end of World War II until the reunification of Germany in 1989. Famous aircraft employed in various Cold War conflicts are included, such as the Gloster Meteor, as well as lesser-known models, such as the Yak 23 and FMA Pucar. The second volume provides a detailed analysis of aircraft since 1990, including workhorses such as the F-16 Fighting Falcon, as well as the latest in aviation technology, such as the F-22A Raptor.
Chronology of Aviation
Jim Winchester $34.95 160 pages 9 x 11.75 More than 250 artworks and photographs September 2013 hardback 9781782740674 This innovative volume explores the fascinating history of aviation, from early developments such as the Montgolfier brothers balloon and the Wright Flyer, through the technological advances of two world wars, to modern-day marvels such as the A-380 and stealth fighter jets. At the foot of each text page is a timeline putting the events into a broader historical context. There are also box features and a plethora of color artworks and archive photographs throughout. While giving an overview of all aviation history, The Chronology of Aviation also allows major periods of advance such as World War II to be covered in detail. Packed with information, historic photographs of both civil and military aviation and authoritatively written, The Chronology of Aviation is a celebration of manned flight.
Amber Books
Ships of the Civil War 18611865

An Illustrated Guide to the Fighting Vessels of the Union and the Confederacy
Kevin J. Dougherty $34.95 224 pages more than 110 color illustrations and photographs September 2013 hardback 9781909160675 The Civil war may be mainly remembered for its infamous land battles, but its naval engagements announced a new kind of naval warfare, with the first-time use of ironclads, submarines, and torpedoes, and the introduction of newer and more powerful naval artillery. The conflict saw the use of paddle-driven river boats, steam warships, ram ships, sloops, cruisers, and the development of new ironclad ships such as low-lying monitors. Arranged by type of ship, Ships of the Civil War provides concise coverage of some of the most famous warships of the era, including: the seminal duel between the ironclads CSS Virginia and the USS Monitor, the Confederate raider Alabamas demise off the USS Kearsage; and one of the first successful actions by a submarine, when CSS Hunley exploded a mine beneath the Federal gunboat USS Housatonic. The book also includes blockade runners, such as A.D. Vance; raiders, such as CSS Sumter; and cruisers, like the CSS Tallahassee, which spectacularly raided northern waters, destroying dozens of Federal merchantmen in the process. Filled with colorful artworks, written background, and specifications of more than 120 fighting ships of the era, Ships of the Civil War is a handy guide to an often ignored aspect of the great struggle between North and South.
The Worlds Greatest Battleships

An Illustrated History
David Ross $29.95 224 pages 9 x 11.75 200 color artworks and photographs Now Available hardback 9781909160606 From the English Henry Grace Dieu in 1514 to the 1950s Vanguard battle cruiser, Worlds Greatest Battleships celebrates 50 of the most remarkable battleships and battle cruisers across 500 years of history. Spanning numerous conflicts, including the Seven Years War, the Napoleonic Wars, World War I, World War II, The Cold War and First Gulf War, classics such as Victory, Dreadnought, Bismarck and Yamato are included. Each featured ship is presented with an annotated full color profile artwork, expert background text on its development and service history and full technical specifications. Splendidly illustrated and authoritatively written, The Worlds Greatest Battleships is an essential companion for anyone interested in naval history.
The Golden Age of Sail

David Ross $34.95 8.5 x 11.5 224 pages more than 110 color illustrations and photographs September 2013 hardback 9781782740698 The first capital ships were intended as flagships conspicuous in their size, flying the banner of an admiral, and acting as a lead vessel to a fleet of smaller craft. But by the end of the 16th century, their value as fighting machines encouraged the maritime countries of Europe to build more big warships. What followed was three centuries of big-gun sailing warships, before steam power took over. The Golden Age of Sail selects the best of these vessels, from Henry Grace a Dieu, launched in 1514, through to the 19th century ironclad steam-and-sail ships, such as HMS Alexandra and Knig Wilhelm. The book devotes a spread to each featured vessel, with expert text putting each ship into its historical, military and naval context. Throughout specifications are provided for each ship, with feature boxes outlining development and annotations pointing out particular details. Unique graphics allow the reader to compare specific features. Featuring spectacular color profile artworks, The Golden Age of Sail is a superb celebration of 100 ships from 400 years of nautical history.
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Battles that Changed History
Rupert Butler $40.00 448 pages 9 x 11.75 50 color and b/w illustrations and photographs September 2013 paperback 9781906626808 Marathon, Cannae, Hattin, Blenheim, Waterloo and The Somme the names of some battles do not fade with the passing of time. Battles that Changed History offers 47 key battles that altered the course of history. The book features many famous battles, such as Alesia (52 BC), where Gaius Julius Caesars forces defeated Vercingetorixs army to seal the conquest of Gaul; Agincourt (1415), where the heavily armored French knights were defeated by King Henry Vs smaller force of longbow men; the battle of Gettysburg (1863), where General Lees Confederate invasion suffered irreplaceable losses at the hands of General Meades Union forces; and the battle of Stalingrad (1942), where the Red Army annihilated the German Sixth Army. Included are concise accounts of each battle, with a broader introductory context and an analysis of the aftermath. A specially commissioned color map illustrating the movement of forces brings the subject to life and helps the reader easily grasp the turning points of the battle.
German Panzer Divisions of WWII

Chris Bishop Jorge Rosado $39.95 384 pages 7.5 x 9.5 400 artworks and 50 photographs September 2013 hardback 9781782740650 German Panzer Divisions of World War II is a study of the equipment and organization of Germanys armored divisions from 1939 to 1945. The book is divided into two volumes, detailing every Wehrmacht and SS panzer division in numbered order. Each divisional section is broken down by campaign, accompanied by orders of battle, a divisional history of the campaign, and specific unit markings. Organized by division, the book describes the various models of armored fighting vehicles in German service during World War II. This compact volume includes every type, from the Panzer Mk II and Panzer III tanks that led the invasions of Poland and France in the war, to the more potent Panzer V Panther and Panzer VI Tiger that defended the Third Reich in its death throes. The book includes numerous types that fought on every front, from the SdKfz 22 armored car and Panzer IV Ausf F used by the 15th Panzer Division. All of the main infantry support weapons are also featured.
Chronology of WWII
David Jordan $34.95 160 pages 9 x 11.75 More than 250 artworks and photographs September 2013 hardback 9781782740681 World War II remains the greatest conflict humanity has seen, in terms of both scale and loss of life. The Chronology of World War II is the perfect introduction to understanding the war, an authoritative narrative giving a history of events as they occurred. The book is divided into two parts: part one examines the European theater 19391945, part two the Pacific theater 19391945. At the foot of each text page is a timeline linking events happening elsewhere at the time in that theater to give a greater geographical and historical perspective to the war. Throughout there are box features and more than 300 full-color artworks and archive photographs. Packed with outstanding photographs, artworks and written as an easily accessible narrative, The Chronology of World War II is a fantastic book for any general reader or history enthusiast.
Encyclopedia of Warfare
Dennis Showalter $64.95 1024 pages 9 x 11.75 650 maps September 2013 hardback 9781782740230 Since war is among the oldest of human activities long antedating the invention of writing presumably the earliest attempts to record it took the form of poems or songs that were performed on suitable occasions. However revealing or inspiring, poems are no substitute for military theory and written history. The Encyclopedia of Warfare concentrates on a systematic listing of all wars, offering an understanding in the nature of the ways in which they were fought and presenting the reader with a survey of the development of military thought and actions. Over 1000 pages long, the encyclopedia will list every major recorded war since earliest times up to the present day. Within the war narrative, where appropriate, there will be descriptions of its campaigns, broken down into battles and sieges. All this will be easily accessed via an extensive index.
Unarmed Combat
Hand-to-hand Fighting Skills from the Worlds Most Elite Military Units
Martin J. Dougherty $19.98 320 pages 5 x 7 300 b/w artworks November 2013 9781906626815 With the aid of superb line artworks, the SAS and Elite Forces Guide: Unarmed Combat demonstrates to the reader how special forces soldiers are taught to excel in hand-to-hand fighting: how they maximize body weight, and the use of various strikes, throws, locks and constrictions to defeat opponents. It explains how different martial arts have been combined by military units to create hand-to-hand combat systems for defense against multiple assailants, for fighting on the ground, for dealing with edged and impact weapons, what works against attackers with firearms and more importantly what doesnt.
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The Dam Busters In the Words of the Bomber Crews
W.B. Bartlett $19.95 336 pages 4.65 x 7.75 66 illustrations (32 in color) June 2013 paperback 9781445611938 It was not long before midnight on 17 May 1943 when the inhabitants of Gnne, the German village close to the Mhne Dam, heard the air raid warnings. It was widely regarded as a precautionary measure, but ninety minutes later, an immense tidal wave was roaring down the valley towards them. Guy Gibson, who led X Squadron of 19 specially adapted Lancasters equipped with Barnes Walliss bouncing bomb, knew that the odds were stacked against him and his men. Some, like Squadron Leader Young, would return home as heroes. Others, like Pilot Officer Byers and his crew, would not. A small number of those involved would survive crashed aircraft and live out the war in POW camps. The Dam Busters raids have gone down as the most famous air strikes in history. Yet behind the story of courage and determination there lies another, darker side, both for the aircrews and for those who lived below the dams in the path of the flood.
The Dam Busters

Martin Bowman $24.95 96 pages 6.5 x 9.25 120 illustrations (50 in color) June 2013 paperback 9781445613352 Guy Gibsons 617 Squadron was founded for one reason only Operation Chastise the raid on the Ruhr dams. Using revolutionary bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis, the handpicked crews trained day and night over British reservoirs. On the night of 16/17 May 1943, three waves of Lancasters took off for the Ruhr, destroying two dams in the process, causing havoc and destruction downstream. Made into a film starring Richard Todd, the raid on the Ruhr dams has become the stuff of legend. This is the story of the Dam Busters.
The Dam Busters

An Operational History of Barnes Wallis Bombs
Stephen Flower $24.95 352 pages 6 x 9.25 80 illustrations June 2013 hardback 9781445612812 Barnes Wallis was the most famous inventor and designer of the Second World War. Thanks to the film and book of The Dam Busters, he is still a household name today. His story is not just of the bouncing bombs that destroyed the Mhne and Eder dams but also of the other devices he invented, from the Wellington bomber to the Upkeep, Tallboy and Grand Slam bombs that this book is about. Wallis was one of the most prolific inventors of armaments during the war, and his Highball, Upkeep and Tallboy bombs, as well as the truly massive Grand Slam earthquake bombs, helped to destroy such high-profile targets as the Bielefeld viaduct and led to the eventual sinking of the German battleship Tirpitz. His bombs were only eclipsed in destructive power by the atom bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.
The Lancaster Manual 1943

Gordon Wilson $19.95 288 pages 4.75 x 7.75 60 illustrations (30 in color) July 2013 paperback 9781445614427 An amazing array of leaflets, books and manuals were issued by the War Office during the Second World War to aid pilots and crew flying the Lancaster bomber, here for the first time they are collated into a single book. An introduction is supplied by expert aviation historian (and ex-military pilot) Gordon Wilson. Other sections include aircraft recognition, how to act as an Bomber Command officer, bailing out etc.
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Amberley
Douglas Bader
A Fighter Aces Life
Dilip Sarkar $40.00 352 pages 6 x 9.25 90 illustrations June 2013 hardback 9781445612768 The story of Douglas Bader, the RAF fighter pilot who shot down twenty enemy fighters during the Second World War despite having lost both his legs, defies fiction. A fighter ace and highly decorated war hero, his name remains the one the public associate most with the Battle of Britain. That he overcame his disability and flew into battle is truly remarkable. Baders first aerial victory a Messerschmitt 109 was recorded over Dunkirk on 1 June 1940. During the subsequent Battle of Britain, Bader claimed the destruction of seven more enemy aircraft. The legless airman was rich material for the propagandists, who lost no time in manipulating his exploits to increase Britains morale.
How the Spitfire Won the Battle of Britain

Dilip Sarkar $19.95 192 pages 4.75 x 7.75 55 illustrations August 2013 paperback 9781445615042 Although there were more Hawker Hurricanes than Supermarine Spitfires engaged in the conflict fought over England in 1940, the publics imagination was captured by the Spitfire. According to legend, the Hurricane executed far greater damage on the enemy than all other defenses combined. New research confirms that the Spitfire, although less in number, was in fact supreme, and destroyed an equal number of enemy machines to the Hurricane force. Featuring interviews with pilots who flew to war in both Spitfires and Hurricanes, and following a detailed analysis of combat reports and casualty records, Dilip Sarkar shatters the myth and argues a case proving that the Hurricane was inferior to the Spitfire during the Battle of Britain.
Living on the Home Front

Back to Life during Word War II
Megan Westley $24.95 224 pages 6 x 9.25 50 illustrations August 2013 paperback 9781445604534 During the Second World War millions of men left their homes and families to fight for their country. Meanwhile, those waving a tearful goodbye had to carry on. They dug their allotments, measured out their bath water, and presented their ration coupons for food and clothing. Through bombings and blackouts, the people of Britain did whatever they could to aid the war effort. In this detailed and well-researched book, we learn what life was really like on the Home Front during the Second World War.
The British Bus in the Second World War

John Howie $29.95 128 pages 6.5 x 9.25 August 2013 paperback 9781445617084 The British bus industry was ill prepared for the Second World War. Among the immediate consequences were the loss of significant numbers of staff to the armed forces, a drastic reduction in the amount of fuel available and the introduction of the blackout. As the war progressed, it became increasingly difficult to meet the demand for new services to Royal Ordnance Factories and other government establishments. Meanwhile, resources were in short supply, the armed forces had requisitioned many of the best vehicles while new ones were almost non-existent, the industry had to rely on female labor, causing problems of recruitment and retention and government exercised undue control over many operational aspects.
Martello Towers
Michael Foley $24.95 128 pages 6.5 x 9.25 88 illustrations june 2013 paperback 9781445615226 There are a number of strange buildings that stand on the south and east coasts of England, often thought to be water towers or ventilation shafts. They are, in fact, important historical defenses, built to stop Napoleons army invading our shores during the wars of the early nineteenth century. Any ship approaching the coast could come under fire from at least four of the buildings at once. They are the Martello towers. More than a hundred were built along the coasts of Kent, Sussex, Essex and Suffolk. Others were built in Ireland and other parts of the empire. Their creation caused severe differences of opinion between some of the best-known men of the period. Names such as Nelson, Wellington, Pitt and Cobbett all had something to say about them.
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Claymore Press
Tiger Command
Bob Carruthers $14.95 320 pages 5 x 7.75 June 2013 paperback 9781781592403 When Germanys leading tank ace meets the Steppe Fox its a fight to the death. Faced with overwhelming odds Kampfgruppe von Schroif needs a better tank and fast; but the new Tiger tank is still on the drawing board and von Schroif must overcome bureaucracy, espionage and relentless Allied bombing to get the Tiger into battle in time to meet the ultimate challenge. Based on a true story of combat on the Russian Front, this powerful new novel is written by Emmy Award winning writer Bob Carruthers and newcomer Sinclair McLay. It tells the gripping saga of how the Tiger tank was born and a legend forged in the heat of combat. Gritty, intense and breath taking in its detail, this sprawling epic captures the reality of the lives and deaths of the tank crews fighting for survival on the Eastern Front, a remarkable novel worthy of comparison with Das Boot.
By Loyalty Bound
Elizabeth Ashworth $19.95 6 x 9 June 2013 paperback 9781781593707 When 17-year-old Richard, Duke of Gloucester, defies his elder brother and rides to Hornby Castle in the north of Lancashire to help James and Robert Harrington defend their birthright against Sir Thomas Stanley, he engenders a chain of events that have repercussions for years to come. His fight for justice and his relationship with Anne Harrington cause a rift between the two men that will never be healed. Here is the story of Anne Harrington, the woman destined to become mistress to Richard With her father and grandfather killed fighting for the Yorkists at Wakefield, Hornby Castle falls to her as an inheritance at the age of five. When her ward-ship is handed over to Thomas Stanley by the king himself, Annes uncles and the influence they might have wielded are cut off. The story traces the Harringtons fight to keep possession of their home, and Richards tumultuous relationship with Anne as she is forced into a marriage arranged for her by her guardian, a man who has objectives beyond the determination to secure her happiness.
The Arrow of Sherwood

Lauren Johnson $14.95 6 x 9 September 2013 paperback 9781783030019 1193. A Crusader returns from the Holy Land to his home in Nottinghamshire, where he is known as a murderer and outlaw. His name is Robin of Locksley. After a youth spent with lowborn friends, Robin is determined to settle into the role his father wanted for him: a lord dispensing justice to the county. But a false rumor of his death in the East has stolen Robins lands from him, and the country he left only four years before is now crippled by taxation and struggling to maintain the Kings law. It seems Robin must choose between his desire to regain his lost inheritance and his intention to help the commons beneath his lordship. In this vividly imagined and carefully researched recreation of the era of King Richard the Lionheart, England is torn between the landowning Norman lords and their English subjects, and it soon becomes clear to Robin that more can be accomplished outside the law than within it...
The Woodville Connection

Kathy Martin $19.95 6 x 9 October 2013 paperback 9781783030026 The illegitimate child of a penniless knight and a woman of easy virtue, Francis Cranley is abandoned by his mother when his father is killed in battle fighting for the esteemed House of York. Realizing the babe faces certain death without his intervention, the Duke of York decides to repay his dead knights loyalty by saving the child and raising him at Middleham Castle alongside his own children, including the youngest, Richard of Gloucester. Capable and handy in a fight, Cranley is chosen by Gloucester to untangle a mystery that arrives at the castle one morning in the guise of an old soldier on the run. Accused of murdering a child, the man begs Gloucester to help him prove his innocence. Gloucester wants to help, but he cannot aid a man wanted by the Kings justices. So he turns to Cranley, who then embarks on a journey that puts his life in mortal danger as he uncovers dark secrets and is pitted against powerful enemies close to the throne.
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Eagle Editions
Fighters of the Iron Cross
Men and Machines of the Jagdwaffe
Jerry Crandall Presented will be short biographies and combat stories about their fighter experiences in the Luftwaffe of the pilots based on personal interviews conducted by Jerry and Judy over the past 45 years. Many more pilots are featured including most of those who signed the signatory page. The deluxe, limited edition, leather bound edition has been signed by 13 WWII Luftwaffe fighter pilots on a special page that will be bound directly into the book. The edition is limited to only 350 signed copies. Numerous photos from their private collections, many never before published, documents and full color profiles complete the book.
$95.00 350 pages 9 x 12 November 2013 hardback 9780976103479
Wings of the Black Cross

Number Ten
Mark Proulx Authored by Mark Proulx, this book contains 36 pages of black and white photos, some in color. Exciting, rare photos of a BF 109 as flown by Oblt. Josef Pips Priller and numerous other interesting Luftwaffe aircraft including: BF 109 E-1 of III./JG 26 Schlageter from late 1939. Bf 109 K-4 with W.Nr. Bf 109 G-6 with W.Nr applied on non-standard places. Bf 109 E-3 belonging to Oblt. Josef Pips Priller. The Neubiberg dump site with two Me 262s, including W.Nr. 111728 and the tail of W.Nr. 110376, plus White 7. Me 262 A with the unconfirmed W.Nr. of 130015 with a large V015 on the side of the cockpit. He 177 A-5 found in France in 1944. The second prototype Ar 232 fitted with defensive armament. Ar 232 B with Air Min 17. Ju 288 V2. Me 410, 7A+KH in a derelict state. He 219 A-010 V17. Ju-290, 9V+AB at Brunnthal in derelict condition. But thats not all. There are some Fw-200 photos and several aircraft in British markings, and more.
$19.95 36 pages 8.5 x 11 8 full color profiles June 2013 paperback 9780979403590
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Frontline Books
Panzer Commander
The Memoirs of Hans von Luck
Hans Von Luck $34.95 320 pages 6 x 9 16 b/w photographs June 2013 hardback 9781848326941 Panzer Commander is one of the classic memoirs of the Second World War. A professional soldier, Hans von Luck joined the Panzerwaffe in its earliest days, where he served under Erwin Rommel, and went on to fight in the Blitzkrieg in Poland, France and the Soviet Union. He then served with the Afrika Korps in the Western Desert, and tells of the sometimes-chivalrous relationship with the British 8th Army. After the collapse in Africa, he returned to Europe and fought throughout the Normandy campaign. Captured by the Soviets at the end of the war, he was held for five years in a prison camp.
Tapping Hitlers Generals

Transcripts of Secret Conversations 194245
Edited by Snke Neitzel $29.95 424 pages 6 x 9 illustrated June 2013 paperback 9781848327153 Between 1939 and 1942, a division of the British Directorate of Military Intelligence created a number of POW interrogation camps in and around London. Sophisticated tapping equipment was installed and secret gramophone recording were made of private conversations between senior German staff officers. In this extraordinary work Professor Neitzel examines these transcripts in depth for the first time. His findings are truly revealing and address important questions regarding the officers attitudes towards the German leadership and Nazi policies: How did the German generals judge the overall war situation? From what date did they consider it lost? How did they react to the attempt on Hitlers life in July 1944? What knowledge did they have of the atrocities?
German Artillery of World War Two

Ian V Hogg $34.95 304 pages 7.5 x 9.5 illustrated throughout July 2013 paperback 9781848327252 The complete story of German Artillery during World War Two, this illustrated volume is divided into sections according to the weapon classes: Infantry, Mountain and Field Artillery, Heavy Field Artillery, Heavy Artillery, Railway Artillery, Anti-Aircraft Artillery, Anti-Tank Artillery, Coastal Artillery and Recoilless Artillery. German Artillery of World War Two also contains details of the general organization of the German artillery arm, together with development histories of the weapons and their ammunition. In addition, the book contains a series of comprehensive data tables, and appendices including a glossary of technical terms.
The Moscow Option

An Alternative Second World War
David Downing $19.95 224 pages 6 x 9 September 2013 paperback 9781848327214 This provocative alternative history looks at the Second World War from a new angle - what might have happened had the Germans taken Moscow in 1941. Based on authentic history and real possibilities, this unique speculative narrative plays out the dramatic consequences of opportunities taken and examines the grotesque possibilities of a Third Reich triumphant. On 30 September 1941, the Germans fight their way into the ruins of Moscow and the Soviet Union collapses. Although Russian resistance continues, German ambition multiplies after this signal success and offensives are launched in Africa, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Hitlers armies, assured of victory, make their leaders dreams reality and Allied hopes of recovery seem almost hopelessly doomed.
Rommels Spy
Operation Condor and the Desert War
John Eppler $29.95 224 pages 6 x 9 8 pages of plates October 2013 paperback 9781848327160 In 1942, John Eppler was one of two German spies inserted behind British lines in Egypt after an epic crossing of the Western Desert, Operation Condor. But this was far from his first adventure. Of German origin but raised in a wealthy Egyptian family and a convert to Islam, he traveled widely in the Middle East for German Military Intelligence. The book details German links with Arab nationalists during the War: indeed, one of Epplers contacts in Cairo was a young officer called Anwar el-Sadat, later President of Egypt. Before Operation Condor. Eppler had been the interpreter when the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem met Hitler in Berlin, and the book gives a full description of this controversial encounter.
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Frontline Books
Churchills Underground Army
A History of the Auxiliary Units in World War II
John Warwicker $29.95 320 pages 6 x 9 32 pages of plates October 2013 paperback 9781848327177 British Secret Intelligence Service officers were never convinced that appeasement would prevent a Nazi invasion so they quietly worked on Last Ditch survival plans. These included the resistance network known as the GHQ Auxiliary Units. The Auxunits were civilian stay-behinds. One section worked as Patrols, instructed to stay-behind underground as the enemy passed over, they were then to emerge each night to commit mayhem for as long as they could stay alive. Others would remain behind above ground, to spy on the enemy and communicate intelligence to the Defense Force by a covert radio network.
Aces of the Reich

The Making of A Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot
Mike Spick $24.95 240 pages 6 x 9 16 pages of b/w plates October 2013 paperback 9781848327221 In 1939, the Luftwaffe was arguably the worlds best-equipped and trained air force. Its fighters were second to none, and their pilots had a tactical system superior to any other in the world. Their top scorers set marks in air combat that have never been surpassed. Yet within three years and despite the introduction of the jet Me 262, the worlds most advanced fighter, the Luftwaffe fighter arm, the Jagdwaffe, had been totally defeated. How did this happen? Air-warfare historian Mike Spick explores the question in depth.
Donitz, U-Boats, Convoys

The British Version of His Memoirs from the Admiraltys Secret Anti-Submarine Reports
Jak P. Mallmann Showell $34.95 288 pages 6 x 9.5 16 pages of plates September 2013 hardback 9781848327016 The memoirs of Admiral Karl Dnitz, Ten Years and Twenty Days, are a fascinating first-hand account of the Battle of the Atlantic as seen from the headquarters of the U-boat fleet. Now, for the first time noted naval historian Jak P. Mallmann Showell has combined Dnitzs memoirs in a parallel text with the British Admiraltys secret Monthly AntiSubmarine Reports to produce a unique view of the U-boat war as it was perceived at the time by both sides.
A Bold and Ambitious Enterprise

The British Army in the Low Countries, 18131814
Andrew Bamford $50.00 320 pages 6 x 9 16 plates, 8 maps July 2013 hardback 9781848326859 The British campaign in the Low Countries in 1813-14 in support of the Dutch revolt against the French is one of the lesser-known campaigns of the Napoleonic Wars, but one, which the great historian of the British Army Sir John Fortescue wrote that it was impossible to understand the Waterloo campaign without a knowledge of. The book deals with all aspects of the campaign, from grand strategy to tactical analysis of the battles and sieges that took place. The problems of co-operation between the British and Prussians described here foreshadowed those, which would affect Wellington in 1815.
Mud and Bodies

The War Diaries & Letters of Captain N A C Weir, 1914-1920
Mike Burns $39.95 176 pages 6 x 9 32pp of plates June 2013 hardback 9781848326880 Neil Weir died in 1967, but it was not until 2009 that his grandson discovered his diary among some boxes he had been left, and learnt that his grandfather had served as an officer in the 10th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlander throughout the First World War. In the diary, and the accompanying letters which have been collected from various members of the Weir family, we hear the authentic voice of a First World War soldier and get an insight into his experiences on the Western Front and elsewhere.
Ace of the Black Cross

The Memoirs of Ernst Udet
Ernst Udet $34.95 256 pages 5 x 7.75 8 Pages of b/w plates July 2013 hardback 9781848327085 The image of air war is brought to light in the memoirs of Ernst Udet, the German ace of aces, whose impressive wartime record was second only to the legendary Red Baron. Written in a Boys Own style, Udet paints a romantic picture of his experiences and captures what perhaps many young pilots must have felt as they flew off each day to duel with the enemy, the elements and an unreliable technology. Ace of the Black Cross also illustrates the way in which war and defeat left this young generation of tough, spirited, individuals rootless and restless.
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Frontline Books
Uniforms of the German Soldier
An Illustrated History from 1870 to the Present Day
Alejandro M de Quesada $50.00 416 pages 7.5 x 10.25 740 b/w and 100 color photographs September 2013 hardback 9781848326934 This book traces the evolution of the German Army uniform from 1870 to the present day. Each image is accompanied by a detailed caption, explaining interesting aspects of the soldiers uniform, insignia and equipment. It begins with the German Empire at its height, with the iconic spiked Pickelhaube and moves on to the uniforms of the First World War. After 1918, the uniforms of the Reichswehr and the Freikorps are detailed, and then those of the Wehrmacht up to the end of the Second World War. The post-war years saw the establishment of the Bundeswehr in the West and East Germanys Nationalen Volksarmee, facing each other across the border of a divided Germany, before reunification in 1991.
Wellington in India
Jac Weller $29.95 352 pages 6 x 9 24 pages of b/w plates June 2013 paperback 9781848327009 The third of Jac Wellers trilogy concerns the period before the future Duke of Wellington faced Napoleons armies, but during which he earned his spurs as a military commander. It was in India that he gained his experience of strategy and tactics, which he would put to masterly effect against his most formidable opponent in years to come. Jac Weller gives an account of Wellingtons career in India, the battles and sieges he undertook and the lessons he learned that prepared him for the campaigns he would later undertake. He explores the first major steps in Wellesleys career, steps that provided him with the experience to deal so with the problems facing him when the future of Britain and the whole of Europe lay in his hands.
Russian Eyewitness Accounts of the Campaign of 1814

Alexander Mikaberidze $50.00 288 pages 6 x 9 16pp plates August 2013 hardback 9781848327078 In the spring of 1814, enemy forces once again invaded France. Following Napoleons defeats in Russia and Germany, the victorious Allies had crossed the River with the intention of putting an end to the long-standing conflict with Imperial France. This book brings together dozens of letters, diaries and memoirs of Russian participants of the 1814 Campaign. Reading these documents we see what Russian officers and soldiers experienced during the final months of the three year-long campaign as well as their joy at winning the war over Russias enemy. We follow them not only through the heat of the battle but also on delightful tours of Paris, which they describe as the entertainment capital of the world.
Defending Heaven
Chinas Mongol Wars, 1209-1370
James Waterson $39.95 272 pages 6 x 9 16 pages of plates June 2013 hardback 9781848326606 Defending of Heaven brings together, for the first time in one volume, a complete history of the Jin, Song and Ming dynasties wars fought against the Mongols. Lasting nearly two centuries, these wars, fought to defend Chinese civilization against a brutal and unrelenting foe, pitted personal heroics against the inexorable Mongol war machine and involved every part of the Chinese state. The resistance of the Chinese dynasties to the Khans is a complex and rich story of shifting alliances and political scheming, vast armies and navies, bloody battles and an astonishing technological revolution. The great events of Chinas Mongol war are described and analyzed, detailing their immediate and later implications for Chinese history.
Bayonets and Scimitars

Arms, Armies and Mercenaries 17001789
William Urban $39.95 256 pages 6 x 9 16 pages of b/w plates September 2013 hardback 9781848327115 The eighteenth century marked a watershed in European history. This was a period of significant economic, political and technological upheaval, which led to the American and French revolutions, and was to ultimately pave the way for Europes domination of much of the world during the nineteenth century. This excellent new book by esteemed military historian William Urban traces the evolution of war making throughout this turbulent period the politics, the weaponry, the organization of armies, and the transformation of mercenaries into professionals. This highly readable account concentrates not just on high politics and military strategy but also on the everyday experiences of those involved giving us a compelling glimpse of the human face of warfare during this important period.
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Grub Street Publishing

A History of the Mediterranean Air War 19401945
Volume 2: North African Desert February 1942-1943
Christopher Shores Giovanni Massimello The first volume of this series dealt with the initial 19 months of the air war over the Western Desert of North Africa. This volume picks up the story as the 8th Army, following its hard-fought success in Operation Crusader, was forced back to the Gazala area, roughly mid-way between the Cyrenaican/Tripolitanian border of Libya and the frontier with Egypt. It covers the lull prior to the disastrous defeat of the 8th Army in June 1942 and the loss of the important port and fortress of Tobruk. In this volume follow to the fortunes of some of the great fighter aces of the Desert campaign such as Jochen Marseille and Otto Schulz of the Luftwaffe, Franco Bordoni-Bisleri of the Regia Aeronautica and Neville Duke, Billy Drake and Eddie Edwards of the Commonwealth air forces. While the fighting above the constantly-moving front lines form the main narrative of this book, the Allied and Axis night bombing offensives and the activities of the squadrons cooperating with the naval forces in the Mediterranean are certainly not neglected.
$75.00 560 pages 6.75 x 9.5 illustrated throughout November 2013 hardback 9781909166127
Convoy Peewit
Blitzkrieg from the Air and Sea 8 August 1940
Andy Saunders $24.95 192 pages 9.75 x 6.75 b/w illustrations throughout July 2013 paperback 9781909166004 During the morning of 7 August 1940 over twenty merchant ships set sail in Convoy CW9 Peewit slowly heading westwards as daylight faded. At Boulogne, EBoats were readied and left port in the early hours of the 8th to take up station off Beachy Head to watch and wait for the inevitable convoy. With horrendous suddenness, the EBoat Flotilla was amongst the convoy as it passed Newhaven. Like a pack of wolves into a flock of sheep, the German boats scattered the convoy and mayhem ensued until the E-Boats called off the attack in the gathering light. What followed was recorded in history as the first day of the Battle of Britain. Andy Saunders delivers a blow-by-blow account from the perspective of the RAF, Luftwaffe, Merchant Navy, Royal Navy and Kriegsmarine on this milestone day. Using personal accounts of the action and a host of new photographic material, Convoy Peewit gives a breakdown of events on land, sea and air, setting them into context against the wider picture that was the Battle of Britain.
Coastal Dawn
Blenheims in Action from the Phoney War through the Battle of Britain
Andrew Bird $39.95 224 pages 8.25 x 5.75 70 b/w photos July 2013 hardback 9781906502690 In 1940, the defense of Great Britain rested with a handful of volunteer aircrew, Churchills few. Overshadowed in later folklore by the more famous Spitfire and Hurricane pilots, there were other pilots, observers and air gunners flying the Bristol Blenheim MKIV-F. The future of the country and arguably that of the free world depended also on their skill, morale and sacrifice. Remarkably little has been chronicled of these men and their aircraft the Trade Protection squadrons formed by Hugh Dowding allotted to 11 Group in October 1939. Drawing on contemporary diaries, periodicals, letters, logbooks, memoirs and interviews with survivors, lauded historian Andy Bird reassesses the vital role they played and repositions it in history. In doing so, he justifiably embraces the heroes we have left behind.
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Finding the Few
Some Outstanding Mysteries of the Battle of Britain Investigated and Solved
Andy Saunders $24.95 192 pages 6.75 x 9.75 b/w illustrations throughout July 2013 paperback 9781909166011 1940 in the skies over Britain was a time of courage, heroism and extreme danger. Many men gave their lives to keep our island free and some disappeared into the summer sky with no trace of them ever being found. This remarkable book records the life of a dozen of these pilots shot down and killed but who remained missing for decades until diligent research and searches primarily by the author brought identification to them and closure to their families. Each case represents a fascinating human story of humor, drama, love and tragedy; and each one represents a startling tale of detective work and remarkable coincidences, ofttimes revealing controversy.
Malta: Spitfire Pilot

Ten Weeks of Terror April June 1942
Denis Barnham $18.95 208 pages 5.25 x 8.25 2x 8pp photos and paintings July 2013 paperback 9781909166035 Malta in the summer of 1942, a Malta wide open to air attack from the Germans and Italians and defended by a handful of Spitfires and a few anti-aircraft guns. Denis Barnham, a young and inexperienced flight lieutenant, spent ten hectic weeks on this indomitable island; he left a well-ordered English aerodrome for the chaos and disillusionment of Luqa. His task was to engage the overwhelming number of enemy bombers, usually protected by fighter escorts, and shoot down as many as possible. The Spitfires were bomb-scarred and battered; often they could only get two or three in the air together and the airfields were riddled with bomb craters, but they managed to keep going and they made their mark on enemy operations.
Nimrod
Rise and Fall
Tony Blackman $24.95 224 pages 6.75 x 9.5 4 color throughout July 2013 paperback 9781909166028 The scrapping of the Nimrod program has been one of the most controversial events in the military aviation world for many a year. For most of its operational life, from 1969 to date, its contribution to the defense of the realm and its role in offensive duties was often shrouded in secrecy. It was the eye in the sky which was absolutely vital to a host of activities from anti-submarine and anti-surface warfare, to support of land battles throughout the world, to the Falklands campaign, the Nimrods unsung role was paramount. The full story of the Nimrod, and its significance, has now been told. Tony Blackman, who was there at the beginning, test-flew nearly every aircraft and was at Kinloss on the very day the project was canceled, has written this timely book, covering every facet of its history, its weapons system developments and its tragic accidents.
No Parachute
A Classic Account of War in the Air in WWI
Arthur Gould Lee $26.95 photos included August 2013 hardback 9781909166042 From the young airmen who took their frail machines high above the trenches of World War I and fought their foes in single combat there emerged a renowned company of brilliant aces whose legendary feats have echoed down half a century. But behind the elite there hundreds of other airmen who flew their hazardous daily sorties in outdated planes without ever achieving fame. Here is the story of one of these unknown flyers a story based on letters written on the day, hot on the event, which tells of a young pilots progress from fledgling to seasoned fighter. His descriptions of air fighting, sometimes against the Richtofen Circus, of breathless dogfights between Sopwith Pup and Albatros, are among the most vivid and immediate to come out of World War I. Gould Lee brilliantly conveys the immediacy of air war, the thrills and the terror, in this honest and timeless account.
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The Lightning Boys 2
More True Tales from Pilots and Crew of the English Electric Lightning
Richard Pike $39.95 256 pages 5.25 x 8.25 color and b/w photo sections August 2013 hardback 9781909166134 The sequel to the best-selling The Lightning Boys, Lightning Boys 2 is a must-have companion and continues the theme of tales from pilots and other crew connected with this iconic aircraft, giving a rare insight into postwar fighter operations. In 20 separate stories to intrigue, amaze and amuse, the book has also been compiled and written by Richard Pike. The reader is taken to situations as diverse as intercepting 60 plus enemy aircraft, a desperate struggle in a cockpit flooded by tropical downpours, the difficulties of being affected by sudden and painful toothache at high altitude, and the curious encounter with an unidentified flying object. Yet another chapter paints a dramatic reconstruction of a scene in Germany when a Lightning, having entered an inadvertent, out-ofcontrol spin, began an earthwards plunge towards a town center.
The Last of the 39-ers

The Extraordinary Wartime Experiences of Squadron Leader Alfie Fripp
Sean Feast $39.95 224 pages 5.25 x 8.75 16pp b/w photos October 2013 hardback 9781909166158 In some ways, Alfie Fripps war ended when he was shot down on a reconnaissance sortie over Germany in October 1939. In many others, it was only just beginning. Squadron Leader Alfie Fripp (RAF Retd) was the oldest surviving and longest-serving British prisoner of war until his death in 2012 the last of the so-called 39-ers. Held during World War II in the Nazi POW camp of Stalag Luft III in Sagan, he was a veteran of the real Great Escape in which he took an active role, and had the sadness of seeing his own skipper shot as one of the 50. But Alfies story begins before the outbreak of the Second World War. One of Trenchards Brats, Alfie trained as a wireless operator before spending more than five years in various flying boat squadrons in the Far East. He was again one of the last survivors from the days of the mighty Southampton and helped ensure the safety of the Empire.
Buccaneer Boys
True Tales by those who Flew the Last all British-Bomber
Air Comodore Graham Pitchfork $39.95 224 pages 5.25 x 8.75 illustrated throughout October 2013 hardback 9781909166110 Twenty-four aircrew who flew the iconic aircraft with the Fleet Air Arm, the Royal Air Force and the South African Air Force (SAAF) relate their experiences and affection for the Blackburn Buccaneer. Arranged in chronological order, the book traces the history of the aircraft and the tasks it fulfilled. In addition to describing events and activities, it provides an insight into the lifestyle of a Buccaneer squadron and the fun and enjoyment of being a Buccaneer Boy in addition to being part of a highly professional and dedicated force. This lavishly illustrated book concludes with accounts of the aircrafts final days in RAF service and some reflections on its impact on maritime and overland air power.
Tangmere
Famous Royal Air Force Fighter Station An Authorised History
Reginald Byron David Coxon $49.95 352 pages 6.75 x 9.5 8pp photo sections November 2013 hardback 9781909166196 This is the history of the RAF fighter station at Tangmere, from its beginnings in the First World War until its closure in 1970. It was one of the best-known and important fighter stations in the British Isles. On the outbreak of the Second World War, 1 Squadron was the first RAF squadron to be sent to France. Tangmeres Hurricane and Spitfire pilots continued to defend southern England for the next three years and turned to an offensive role. Squadrons at Tangmere were involved in Operation Jubilee and continued to harass the enemy across the Channel with increasing accuracy, culminating in a pivotal role in the D-Day landings. As the cold war set in Tangmere was no longer well positioned as an interceptor station and by the end of 1958 Fighter Command had withdrawn its last squadron. The airdrome was used by Signals Command for six years then served as a home to non-flying units until its decommissioning in 1970. It is now a museum with many valuable artifacts and aircraft.
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Harpia Publishing
Arab MiGs Volume 4
Transition and War of Attrition, 19671973
Tom Cooper David Nicolle Volume 4 in Harpia Publishings highly successful Arab MiGs series expands the history of the major Arab air forces that became involved in the wars with Israel during the period 1967 to 1973. It solves the intractable complexity of this violent period by dispassionately outlining the sequence of political and military events in chronological and geographic order. The reader is systematically taken through Egyptian attempts to reconstruct its battered air force and expand its air defense capabilities, and then reestablish control of its airspace in spite of increasing and ever more aggressive Israeli attacks. The military support Israel received from the United States not only resulted in both sides developing, testing and employing ever more advanced methods of air warfare, but eventually provoked a Soviet military intervention, which marked the culmination of the period better known as the War of Attrition. The narrative continues with dramatic descriptions of the developments in Jordan, which culminated in a civil war in 1970, and with an exclusive insight into the previously unknown expansion of the Syrian air arm with extensive support from Czechoslovakia, in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The content is concluded with lesser known military events in Algeria, Morocco, Iraq and Libya, where a series of military coups resulted in developments that were to become critical not only for the future of the local air forces, but also well beyond the borders of those countries.
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Modern Israeli Air Power

Aircraft and Units of the Israeli Air Force
Ofer Zidon Israel remains the cornerstone of Middle East conflicts and tensions, and the spearhead of Israeli military might remain the Air Corps (Kheil HaAvir) of the Israeli Defense Forces. Renowned for its continuous efforts to maintain dominance in every dimension of air warfare, improve its capabilities, and outsmart its opponents, the Israeli Air Force has recently been moving away from preparations for interstate wars towards improving its potential to wage asymmetric conflicts, counterinsurgency campaigns and special operations. It has become smaller and leaner, but also much more efficient, and is foremost a force with much improved quick-reaction capabilities. Nowadays the IAF employs cutting-edge domestic and imported technology for gathering intelligence, in its command and communication systems, and in its flying units, with the aim of obtaining real-time targeting information, making it prepared for every eventuality, no matter when or where. This book provides a compact yet comprehensive, up-to-date, and in-depth analysis and directory of modern Israeli air power, detailing flying units and relevant infrastructure, its aircraft and the armament they use. Using text and superb illustrations, the title covers every flying unit and every base, every aircraft type flown and every weapons system, offering a unique insight into what Israel considers its best defense.
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Itinraure d'un Franais Libre
Jacque-Henri Schloesing
Patrick Collet $48.00 160 pages 9.25 x 12 250 photos and documents June 2013 French Text hardback 9782840483526 At the age of 20, Jacques Henri Schloesing came to England and joined the RAF within the first squadron of the Free French. He was appointed captain at 23 and took command of the Ile-de-France group. Jumping from his burning plane during the winter of 1943, he was severely burned, and was hidden by the French resistance; later he went to England and resumed the fight. He died on the day of the liberation of Paris.
Les Pilotes Franais du 6 Juin 44

Les FAFL en Normandie
Franois Robinard $24.00 80 pages 8.25 x 12 June 2013 French Text hardback 9782840483502 On June 6, 1944, 177 soldiers of the Commando unit Kieffer landed, but they were not the only French soldiers involved in Operation Overlord. Offshore, the French sailors were embarked on FNFL ships. And in the air, French pilots were also present, numbering approximately one hundred. This book presents these men, their squadrons, and also Norman airfields on which they are installed. This album is illustrated with many photographic documents in addition to superb color profiles of aircraft.
Wiking (vol. 1)
Dcembre 1940 - Avril 1942
Charles Trang $73.00 420 pages 9.25 x 12 1000 photos December 2013 French Text hardback 9782840483465 The Wiking division was the only armored SS division to fight exclusively on the Eastern Front. It is true that it was partly composed of Flemish, Dutch and Scandinavian volunteers whose primary motivationfor most of them, was to fight against Bolshevism. It would have been a political mistake to go up against the Western Allies. The division fought with an unrelenting energy despite the fact that victory was not always equal to its efforts and sacrifices, as in Cherkasy or Hungary. Among the ranks of its officers were included high calipered men such as Felix Steiner, Herbert Otto Gille, August Dieckmann, Hans Dorr and Walter Schmidt to name a few. The history of this division, extremely detailed and illustrated by more than 2,500 exceptional photos largely from personal collections is here traced through a series of three volumes. The first covers the period from December 1940 to April 1942, the second from May 1942 until April 1943 and the third, recounts the last two years of war.
L'Ordre Noir
Allgemeine-SS 1925-1945
Ulrich of England $92.00 428 pages 8.25 x 12 color photos throughout June 2013 French text hardback 9782840483595 This exceptional work, produced from the original edition by the editor of the highly successful Landser, offers a veritable autopsy of a totalitarian regime. The author presents a little understood section of the SS, the Allgemeine-SS (the General SS) comprising soldiers but also civilians, including university professors, representatives of civil society. His goal was to achieve a complete society. In addition to the general organization, and quartered in units, this book presents the proposed new religion of Himmler, the organization of the SS marriage, the Ahnenerbe, the furniture piece designed for the corner of the family household, and the even porcelain figure Allach. This study is a veritable encyclopedia richly illustrated with a wealth of information and documents yet unpublished. Uniforms to honor weapons, furniture and porcelain, a work that will quickly become a reference for not only hobbyists and researchers but as well for historians.
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Objectif Cherbourg
22-30 juin 1944
Georges Bernage $24.00 80 pages 9.25 x 12 color photos October 2013 French Text hardback 9782840483458 After the failure of Cotentin on June 18, three American divisions returned northward towards Festung Cherbourg, where the Germans, isolated in the peninsula, were in retreat. But this fortress is mainly oriented towards the sea. The final battle would take place from June 22 30, step by step, leading to the surrender of general Von Schlieben on the 26th. However, the fighting will be completed four days later, in the Hague. The Americans will have taken 39,000 prisoners in this battle that was to be marked as their first victory in Normandy.
Lgion Wallonie
Historique et archives 1941-1945 (volume 1)
Jean-Pierre Pirard $85.00 450 pages 9.25 x 12 400 photos and illustrations October 2013 French Text hardback 9782840483564 Here is an unpublished work about the Wallonie Legion and its members engaged on the Eastern Front in the uniform of the Heer from 1941 to 1945. Here the reader will dive into the archives and documents still mostly unpublished to this date, including previously unedited stories and also tales of the legionnaires. It offers biographies of most of the officers. One will also find rare and previously unseen archives of newspapers and propaganda for the Wallonie Legion, shedding light on its development and international reputation, so important to the morale of the Legionaries and the families of these men.
Wehrmacht Kanister 20 Liter

Une invention allemande Le Jerrycan
Philippe Leger Stphane Arquille $49.00 160 pages 9.25 x 12 more than 200 color photos October 2013 French/English Text hardback 9782840483557 The Jerrycan, prolific in its use for nearly 80 years after its birth, deserves a specific and thorough study of its origins in Germany. Never addressed in a single work and prefaced by the grandson of one of the founding developers of the receptacle, with the variety of gas and water cans illustrating its widespread diversity. Here we have presented the most common to the most rare in a single catalog containing about 150 models. Multiple manufacturers are presented here by chapter with brief histories of each, from automotive suppliers, coachbuilders, producers of kitchen utensils, industrial conglomerates, etc
TigerAbteilung 503
La schwere Panzerabteilung 503 du front de lEst la Normandie
Dr. Franz-Wilhelm Lochmann Richard Freiherr von Rosen $73.00 432 pages 9.25 x 12 over 940 photographs, documents, and color profiles June 2013 French Text hardback 9782840483243 Dr. Franz-Wilhelm offers a well-researched history of this famous unit that was established on 4 May 1942, made famous not only by its efforts in the East but also in Normandy. More than 940 photographs and original documents, along with color profiles are included in this highly detailed work.
Berlin 193345
avec Wilhelm Mohnke
Thomas Fischer $23.00 80 pages 9.25 x 12 150 original documents June 2013 French Text paperback 9782840483656 The author, a Berliner himself, offers us a chronicle where we follow Wilhelm Mohnke in 1933 Berlin, followed by his first fight, his injury, the Battle of the Bulge at the head of the HJ, and especially the recent fighting in Berlin where he became the military commander of the Chancellery.
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avec un officier de la Hohenstaufen
Pierre Tiquet $30.00 96 pages 9.25 x 12 photos throughout July 2013 French Text hardback 9782840483625 Here in the Batailles & Temoignages Collection, is an album devoted to the career of a Romanian German born in Kronstadt in the Carpathian Mountains, who was in the Waffen-SS and became and officer, later to fight in Normandy. We follow this young German from Romania in his journey through the Verfgungstruppe then through several officer schools and his transfer to the newly created Hoohenstaufen, offering the reader a broader view of the formation of this division. The first battles in Galicia and then Normandy to the 112 coast where our officer will be seriously injured and we will see his military career ended.
Histoire Secrte de la 101st Airborne Division

Avenging Eagles
Mark Bando $49.00 160 pages 9.25 x 12 September 2013 French Text hardback 9782840483496 These are stories that are not openly discussed by combat veterans and are usually only whispered between individuals at military reunions. The tales range from sad to hilarious, from surprising to horrible, but they are real. These are not the creations of a screenwriter or some novelists pipe dreams, they are actual events, that had a lifelong impact on the soldiers who experienced them. Such a collection could only have resulted from 35 years of researcher on the 101st Airborne Division, which entailed interviews with almost 1000 veterans who wore the screaming eagle patch in WW2. This book is widely illustrated with photos of the time, but also places, objects, and equipment of the paratroopers of the 101st.
Opration Barbarossa
La Waffen-SS au combat
Charles Trang $36.00 160 pages 9.25 x 12 photos and color profiles September 2013 French Text hardback 9782840483632 On June 22, 1941, the Axis forces invaded the Soviet Union. The biggest offensive of all time had just been launched. Among the 3.5 million men lined up by the Wehrmacht for Operation Barbarossa, approximately one hundred thousand belonged to the Waffen-SS. While they represented a small percentage of troops, their role was proportionally greater than their numbers foreshadowed. Indeed, because of their power, the Leibstandarte, Reich, Totenkopf and Wiking divisions were employed within Panzergruppen, spearheads of the German offensive. The Polizei-Division, although non-motorized, distinguished themselves by blowing up the Soviet lock on Louga.
Libration de la Cte dAzur

Autopsie dune bataille
Jean-Loup Gassend $60.00 240 pages 9.25 x 12 800 photos October 2013 French Text hardback 9782840483533 This book recounts the Liberation of Cte dAzur, from the landing in Provence on August 15 1944, until the arrival of Allied soldiers on the Italian border on September 7, 1944. This campaign is told primarily through the testimony of witnesses present at the time: American parachutists, resistants, civilians, and also several German soldiers. All the facts told by these witnesses were meticulously crosschecked with records and documents of the time, autopsy reports from exhumed bodies, and excavations in the field. The result is a very detailed and lively history about three weeks of fighting, illustrated by many period pictures, with equipment found on site, and excavated objects directly related to the events recounted in the book.
Carrousel des Panzers [4] vol.2

Jean-Yves Mary $73.00 400 pages 9.25 x 12 1000 photos November 2013 French Text hardback 9782840483571 On June 12, Weygand ordered the troops to make a brutal drop across the front and to retreat as far as possible towards the south in order to avoid what remained of the French army. The Germans did not take long to realize that the French were slipping away, and thus immediately threw all their units onto the path of the retreating troops in order to thwart what remained of their plans. What resulted was a chase in which on one side, men would sacrifice themselves for a cause already lost while the other men would fall for a cause already won.
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World War II German Field Weapons & Equipment
A Visual Reference Guide
Keith Ward $29.95 120 pages 8.5 x 11.5 300+ color illustrations October 2013 paperback 9781909384446 This title is the first in a series that employs a simple and effective concept to illustrate and describe the multiplicity of equipment and weapons systems used on the ground during World War II. Here, in a single concise volume, are all major and many minor and less wellknown items of German weaponry and equipment, rendered precisely, including detailed cutaways showing their internal workings, information which is often absent from other publications. $49.95 176 pages 6 x 9 42 b/w photos, 8 maps December 2013 hardback 9781909384521 Estes studies the 100,000 West Europeans who fought against Russia as volunteers for the Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS. Two-thirds of the West European volunteers came from Spain and the Netherlands, yet Estes demonstrates wide range and covers Flemish, Walloon, French, Danish, and Norwegian combat units. Avoiding over-generalization, the author distinguishes carefully among the Danes and Flemings who fought competently with the SS-Wiking Division, the courageous but poorly armed Spanish, the ill-trained Dutch and French, and the Norwegians who after a first wave of enthusiasm held back altogether.
A European Anabasis
Western European Volunteers in the German Army and SS, 1940-45
Kenneth Estes
Fr Volk and Fhrer

The Memoir of a Veteran of the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
Erwin Bartmann $49.95 256 pages 6 x 9 25 b/w photos, 2 maps October 2013 hardback 9781909384538 Like many Germans, Erwin Bartmann fell under the spell of the Zeitgeist cultivated by the Nazis. Convinced he was growing up in the best country in the world, he dreamt of joining the Leibstandarte. At seventeen-years-old, Erwin fulfilled his dream when he gave up his apprenticeship and walked into the Lichterfelde barracks in Berlin as a raw, volunteer recruit. From the war on the southern sector of the Eastern Front to a bomb-shattered Berlin, this candid eyewitness account offers a unique and sometimes surprising perspective on the life of a young Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler volunteer.
Thunder at Prokhorovka
A Combat History of Operation Citadel, Kursk, July 1943
David Schranck $79.95 612 pages 6 x 9 32pp color maps, 7 fold-out color maps, 9 tables September 2013 hardback 9781909384545 After the defeat at Stalingrad, Hitler had lost his momentum and was looking for a way to regain it. Operation Citadel was the intended means to fulfill that objective. If successful, a number of Soviet armies would be destroyed, allowing for a better disposition of troops and a chance to rebuild Germanys reserves. This book provides coverage of the operational events on both salients. It also includes critical analysis of both sides that points out errors of judgment or application that collectively had an important impact on campaign results.
With the Red Devils at Arnhem

Personal Experiences with the 1st Polish Parachute Brigade 1944
Marek Swiecicki $29.95 128 pages 6 x 9 22 photos, 2 maps July 2013 paperback 9781907677342 The Battle of Arnhem remains a much-studied and discussed battle, with an uninterrupted flow of books being published about it. Helion is bringing back into print a fascinating eyewitness account that has remained overlooked since it was last published shortly after the battle itself. The author, a Pole himself, saw action at Arnhem and managed to escape capture and return to Allied lines. He penned his account within weeks of returning, and as a result With the Red Devils at Arnhem has a tremendous appeal sometimes lacking in material written years afterwards.
Armoured Hussars
Images of the Polish 1st Armoured Division 1939-47
Janusz Jarzembowski $49.95 128 pages 11.5 x 8.5 250 b/w photos December 2013 paperback 9781909384439 This wonderful album is a brilliant pictorial history of the 1st Polish Armored Division composed of about 250 photographs, documents and publications largely collected by WO1 Alexander Leon Manka Jarzembowski, a veteran of 2nd Armored Regiment, as he soldiered for Poland between 1917-1949. The collection lay in albums unseen for decades until recent interest in the Division and its Commanding Officer, General Stanislaw Maczek, caused Jarzembowskis son, Jan, to revisit his fathers archive in order to provide a narrative for the almost forgotten Division and for his fathers memory.
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Portugals Guerrilla Wars in Africa
Lisbons Three Wars in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea 1961-74
Al Venter $59.95 464 pages 6 x 9 135 b/w and 80 color photos, 7 maps December 2013 hardback 9781909384576 Portugals three wars in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea lasted almost 13 years. Commonly referred to as Lisbons Overseas War or in the former colonies, the War of Liberation, these struggles played a seminal role in ending white rule in Southern Africa. As a foreign correspondent, Al Venter covered all three wars over more than a decade, spending lengthy periods in the territories while going on operations with the Portuguese army, marines and air force. Portugals Guerrilla Wars in Africa represents an amalgam of these efforts. This book is not an official history, but rather a journalists perspective of military events as viewed by somebody who has made a career of reporting on overseas wars, Africas especially.
Bushmen Warriors
The History of 31 and 201 Battalions in the Angolan War 1974-90
Ian Uys $59.95 320 pages 6 x 9 240 b/w photos, 4 maps December 2013 paperback 9781909384583 The Bushman soldiers were the most outstanding fighters of the Border War. As the first of the indigenous population to take up arms on South Africas behalf, they were the last to lay them down. Coming from a primitive hunter/gatherer culture, they responded well to a crash course in modern warfare. During Operation Savannah they were deployed as Battle-Group Alpha and advanced approximately 2,000 kilometers in a month. Afterwards, some of the Bushmen were trained as parachutists and served as Recces behind enemy lines. Their bravery was recognized in the award of Honoris Crux decorations to members and former members of this elite corps. Persecuted for centuries, the Bushmen have displayed the ability to survive and have adapted remarkably well to the modern world.
Contact 1
A Pictorial History of the Rhodesian War. The Beginnings
John Lovett $59.95 224 pages 8.5 x 11.5 c 220 b/w photos, 8pp color photos, 1 map October 2013 hardback 9781909384590 Contact 1 covers the war from its beginnings when the Unilateral Declaration of Independence was announced on 11 November 1965. But no government ever recognized Rhodesia, then under apartheid rule. Initially, the war consisted of minor skirmishes. From 1972 to 1976, the war was largely a stalemate. After 1976, the conflict became much more widespread and intense, until by the end of 1979 the whole country was engulfed in fighting. This is a passionate study of a lost war, and yet to many Rhodesians it was the time of their lives, despite the tragedies. It was a time of madness but almost all fought for what they believed was right - to defend their families, their culture, their muscular Christianity and their country.
Black Vortex
One Mans Journey into Africas Wars
Jim Hooper $59.95 224 pages 9.5 x 10.5 c 175 color and b/w photos November 2013 hardback 9781909384606 Jim Hoopers work needs little introduction. His words and photographic images have captured the soul and desperation of Third World conflict for three decades. Known to many of the former South African Special Forces, Hooper was granted access to its engagement in Sierra Leone. In Namibia, Hooper was the only outsider ever embedded with the Kovoet. During the Angolan civil war, Hooper was one of only two journalists allowed access to Jonas Savimbis Unita movement. Sudan suffered the continents longestrunning and least-reported civil war. Treated as a friend by the Sudan Peoples Liberation Army, Hooper crisscrossed the battlefields to record their struggle against the religious and racial oppression of the north. Each page in Black Vortex tells a story, each reflects the human cost of war.
Wasted Years, Wasted Lives Volume 1

The British Army in Northern Ireland 1975-77
Ken Wharton $59.95 428 pages 6 x 9 75 b/w photos, 3 maps July 2013 hardback 9781909384552 Over the past several years, Ken Wharton has been prolific in his coverage of the Troubles, which spread their tentacles far from the streets and fields of Northern Ireland. Over 4,000 people died in or as a consequence of them and it cost the lives of over 1,300 British soldiers and 300 policemen and women. This is Kens sixth book about the period and he draws on meticulous research, firsthand testimony and an almost encyclopedic knowledge of the near 30year period of murder, violence and civil war. This is a book not just for soldiers, but for anyone who wishes to look back and try to understand the madness inflicted upon several generations of innocent Irish and British people.
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Somalia
US Intervention, 19921994
Peter Baxter $29.95 72 pages 8.5 x 11.5 8pp color photos, c 100 b/w photos, maps August 2013 paperback 9781909384613 One of the effective armed resistance movements against European colonization took place in Somalia. The crisis took shape with the ouster of military leader Mohammed Siad Barre during the early 1990s forcing both the United States and the United Nations to adapt their military policy toward the challenges of peacekeeping in a human environment only dimly understood.
The Battle of Cuito The Flechas An Executive Insurgent Hunting in Cuanavale Outcome Eastern Angola, 19651974
Cold War Angolan Finale, 19871988
Andrew Hudson $29.95 72 pages 8.5 x 11.5 8pp color photos, c 100 b/w photos, maps August 2013 paperback 9781909384620 Drawing on his experience on the Cuito battlefield, personal interviews with South African commanders, and declassified documents, Hudson relates the sequence of events that has become known as the Battle of Cuito Cuanavale. This contribution towards understanding the South African military operations is a concise narrative of the clash between the opposing forces. John P. Cann $29.95 72 pages 8.5 x 11.5 8pp color photos, c 100 b/w photos, maps October 2013 paperback 9781909384637 In 1961, Portugal found itself fighting a war to preserve its empire. The experiences of the Portuguese and their adjustments to fight a counterinsurgency led to development of specialized units. The most remarkable was the flechas, indigenous Bushmen who lived in eastern Angola with the capacity to live and fight in its difficult terrain. Andrew Hudson
Mercenary Intervention in Angola and Sierra Leone, 19931996

$29.95 72 pages 8.5 x 11.5 8pp color photos, c 100 b/w photos, maps September 2013 paperback 9781909384644
As the armed conflict in South Africa gravitated toward political accommodation, a group of highly skilled and experienced South African Defense Force soldiers found themselves out of political favor. Unwanted and facing a static garrison life, these men opted to seek other opportunities where the application of their military skills and the life of adventure might continue.
Great Lakes Holocaust

First Congo War, 19961997
Tom Cooper $29.95 72 pages 8.5 x 11.5 8pp color photos, c 100 b/w photos, maps November 2013 paperback 9781909384651 Great Lakes Holocaust is the first in two volumes covering military operations in Zaire and the Democratic Republic of Congo. This volume explores the events of the 1980s and 1990s in Rwanda and Uganda, which eventually spilled over the borders into Zaire, resulting in one of the worst tragedies ever to befall an African region.
Great Lakes Conflagration

Second Congo War, 19982003
Tom Cooper $29.95 72 pages 8.5 x 11.5 8pp color photos, c 100 b/w photos, maps November 2013 paperback 9781909384668 Great Lakes Conflagration is the second in two volumes covering military operations in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This volume explores developments in the DRC that led to the outbreak of violence in August 1998, and systematically details the continued build-up and status of the Congolese, Ugandan armies and other African countries that were sucked into the conflict.
AMISOM
The Battle for Somalia 2006-2013
Andrew Stewart $29.95 72 pages 8.5 x 11.5 8pp color photos, 100 b/w photos, maps December 2013 paperback 9781909384675 In 2006, Ethiopia deployed its military forces into Somalia to remove the Islamic clerics who had control of Mogadishu. Within months, the African Union authorized the deployment of the African Union Mission in Somalia to act as a peacekeeping force. Relying on a Ugandan lead role, AMISOM has grown in stature and continues to establish peace across Somalia.
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The Somme 1870-71
The Winter Campaign in Picardy
Quintin Barry $69.95 256 pages 6 x 9 50 illustrations, 8 color maps December 2013 hardback 9781909384491 After the battle of Sedan in 1870, the Government of National Defense set about raising fresh armies. Their first objective was the the relief of the capital. The German troops covering the investment were stretched thin until the fall of Metz in 1870. The German Campaign in France was conducted by the First Army led by General Manteuffel. Opposing him was the French Army of the North commanded by General Faidherbe. The first major battle was on November 24. It resulted in a German victory and the capture of Amiens. In December, Faidherbe took a position along the River Hallue, where a battle was fought December 23. After the French retreat, Faidherbe advanced again. Faidherbe was thwarted in his objective to lift the Siege of Pronne, which fell on January 9. On January 15 Faidherbe began a march eastwards part of the investing armies met his advance. This resulted in the battle of Saint Quentin, led by General August von Goeben, who won a decisive victory.
Too Little, Too Late

The Campaign in West and South Germany, June-July 1866
Michael Embree $59.95 144 pages 6 x 9 25 color and b/w illustrations, 25 color and b/w maps December 2013 hardback 9781909384507 In the spring of 1866, the so-called German Confederation was thrown into crisis by a rift between the Austrian Empire and The Kingdom of Prussia. Since the founding of the Confederation, it had been tacitly accepted that Austria was the overseeing authority. Now, however, a more belligerent Prussia sought a leading role. Under a new and ambitious Chancellor, the ruthless Prince Otto von Bismarck, Prussia would no longer accept a secondary role. This volume chronicles the conflict over the unification of Germany. The campaign in southern and western Germany ensured that political control of German affairs would be firmly in Prussian hands, in much the same way that the great battles between Prussia and Austria in the east would exclude Austria from German affairs altogether. The detailed story of this is narrated here, compiled from numerous published and unpublished sources, including many contemporary and firsthand accounts, as well as official reports.
Radetzkys Marches
The Campaigns of 1848 and 1849 in Upper Italy
Michael Embree $49.95 480 pages 6 x 9 60 b/w illustations, 28 b/w maps July 2013 paperback 9781909384392 In the spring of 1848, revolution threatened to sweep away the old order throughout Europe. In the Austrian-occupied north of Italy, nationalism prompted open revolt in Lombardy and Venetia. The Austrian army in Italy saw itself under further threat from the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont as well as thousands of volunteers, all determined to rid Italy of the occupier. Seemingly under attack from all sides, the Austrian Army was forced to concentrate in the famous Quadrilateral, formed by the fortress cities of Peschiera, Mantua, Legnago, and Verona. This volume narrates the tale of how one general saved an empire. With iron will ad the great personal affection of his men Radetzky maintained his army, and finally defeated his opponents. The comprehensive story of the revolts is recounted here, taken from many and varied sources, including a considerable number of contemporary and firsthand accounts, as well official reports from all sides.
Fred
The Collected Letters and Speeches of Colonel Frederick Gustavus Burnaby Volume 1: 1842-1878
Dr John W Hawkins (Ed) $79.95 416 pages 6 x 9 22 b/w illustrations, 7 maps, 2 tables November 2013 hardback 9781909384514 Colonel Fred Burnaby of the Blues was one of the most recognizable soldiers of the late Victorian period. In working his way to the command of the Blues, he made some notable friends and not a few enemies. Born into the landed gentry, he increased his financial independence by marrying a young heiress. As his army career approached its close, he stood unsuccessfully for Birmingham as a Conservative. In 1884, he traveled to Egypt and participated in both battles of El Teb. Returning to England, his popularity with the public became greater than ever. On the Gordon Relief Expedition of 1884, he was denied attachment to the staff of his hero, General Wolseley, but traveled to Egypt anyway and became second in command on the desert march to Metemmeh. He never arrived, killed by a spear through the throat at the battle of Abu Klea.
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Stemming the Tide

Officers and Leadership in the British Expeditionary Force 1914
Spencer Jones (Ed) $69.95 360 pages 6 x 9 15 b/w photos, 8pp color maps November 2013 hardback 9781909384453 The British Expeditionary Force of 1914 was described by the official historian as incomparably the best trained, best organized, and best equipped British Army that ever went forth to war. The BEF proved its fighting qualities in the fierce battles of 1914 and its reputation has endured. However, the same cannot be said for many of its commanders, who have frequently been portrayed as old fashioned, incompetent, and out of touch with events on the battlefield. Yet the officers who led the BEF to war were every bit as professional and hard-bitten as the soldiers they commanded. These officers had learned their craft in the unforgiving school of colonial warfare and honed their understanding of conflict in the period of reform that reshaped the army between 1902 and 1914. As this book reveals, when faced with the realities of modern combat, the officers of the BEF were prepared for the challenge. This collection offers a broad picture of command at all levels of the BEF through a series of biographical essays on key officers. Drawing upon much original research, each chapter explores the pre-war background and experience of the officer and assesses his performance in combat in the opening months of the First World War.
A Military Transformed?
Adaption and Innovation in the British Military, 1792-1945
Michael LoCicero (Ed) Ross Mahoney (Ed) $59.95 256 pages 6 x 9 10 tables December 2013 hardback 9781909384460 Between 1792 and 1945, the character of warfare changed. Battalions standing shoulder to shoulder during the Napoleonic era gave way to the industrialized, modern armies of the First and Second World Wars. The organization and operational methods of the major military powers dramatically altered during this period and the British forces were no different. From the transition of the Royal Navys ships to oil from coal to the creation of an independent air force in 1918, the British military pioneered key innovations that affected the character of war on land, sea and air. To date, many commentators and historians have focused on contemporary debates or specific historical examples. A Military Transformed? brings many of these debates together and forms a broader picture. The complexity of change in the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force is explored in chapters drawing on new and original research. Examples covered include the British military performance in the Napoleonic Wars, the developments of the Army medical services in the late-nineteenth century, the Royal Navys introduction of the Whitehead torpedo in the 1870s, air power doctrine on the eve of the First World War, British Army reorganization in 1918 and amphibious operations in the Second World War.
Theirs Not To Reason Why

Horsing the British Army 1875-1925
Graham Winton $79.95 480 pages 6 x 9 40 b/w illustrations, 8 maps, 8 tables November 2013 hardback 9781909384484 This book provides the first comprehensive study of the British Armys horse services between 1875-1923, including the use of horses in the 1899-1902 Anglo-Boer and the 1914-18 wars. During the Boer War, the recently created Army Veterinary and Remount Departments and Horse Registration Scheme were tested. Following the appalling suffering and loss of horses during this War, the period 1902 to 1914 was critical for the development of the horse services. The Army depended on the creation of a rapid and effective horse mobilization scheme. The civilian horse market was central to the supply of military horses and by obtaining reliable information on the number and type of horses available to them, the Army could guarantee a regular supply. On the outbreak of war in 1914, the Army had an organized reserve and mobilization scheme; a completely integrated transport system using horses, mechanized vehicles and rail networks. As the war progressed, there were serious questions about the continuing supply of horses from both home and world markets, shortages of transport for moving them from the country of purchase and the growing submarine menace. Developments by 1919 in mechanical vehicles were acknowledged by many as signaling the end of the military reliance upon the horse.
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Black Tuesday over Namsi
B-29s vs MiGs - The Forgotten Air Battle of the Korean War, 23 October 1951
Earl J. McGill, Lt Col USAF (Ret.) $29.95 224 pages 6 x 9 106 photographs, documents, diagrams, 1 table, 2 maps November 2013 paperback 9781909384385 Black Tuesday Over Namsi chronicles the calamitous B-29 daylight-bombing mission flown by the 307th Bombardment Wing on 23 October 1951 against Namsi Airfield. What many experts consider the epic air battle of the Korean War and perhaps the greatest jet engagement in the history of aerial warfare has largely become another forgotten battle in a forgotten war. Here, Lt. Col McGill presents the facts and circumstances of the mission from first briefing to final landing.
Red Devils over the Yalu

A Chronicle of Soviet Aerial Operations in the Korean War 1950-53
Igor Seidov Stuart Britton $49.95 712 pages 6 x 9 50 b/w photos, 1 map, 5 tables August 2013 paperback 9781909384415 The Korean War was the first full-scale air war in the jet age. It was in the skies of North Korea where Soviet and American pilots came together in aerial clashes. This book discusses the Soviet participation in the Korean War and presents a view from the opposite side. The author presents a day-by-day chronicle of the aerial combats of Soviet fighter regiments and dedicates this work to all the men who fought in the Korean air war.
Understanding the Somme 1916

An Illuminating Battlefield Guide
Thomas Scotland Steven Heys $29.95 240 pages 5.75 x 8.5 160 color and b/w photos, maps November 2013 paperback 9781909384422 This is a guidebook with a difference. Its aim is to provide the reader with an understanding of the Battle of the Somme. In 17 concise chapters dealing with different areas of the battlefield and various aspects of strategy, this book explains what happened in each location and why. Each chapter is accompanied by color photographs which will illustrate, illuminate and allow the reader to understand important points made in the text.
War Surgery 191418

Thomas Scotland (Ed) Steven Heys (Ed) $49.95 288 pages 6 x 9 104 b/w photos, illustrations, 37 tables December 2013 paperback 9781909384408 The Great War resulted in enormous numbers of casualties who had sustained contaminated wounds. Surgical experience from previous conflicts was of little value, and it became apparent that surgical intervention was vital to reduce the chances of infections developing. War Surgery 1914-1918 explains how medical services responded to the casualties. It discusses the evacuation pathway, and explains how facilities coped with wounds to help reduce their mortality.
Children and War

Past and Present
Helga Embacher (Ed) Grazia Prontera (Ed) $69.95 240 pages 6 x 9 28 b/w illustrations, 2 tables August 2013 hardback 9781909384477 The amount of research on Children and War has increased in recent years and there has been growing interest in how children experience military conflicts and how their lives have been affected by war. In Children and War, scholars, practitioners in the field, and representatives of government institutions approach this subject from different angles. The book shows how children expressed their experiences in letters, memoirs and diaries and how children remembered wars.
The German Fallschirmtruppe 193641 (Revised edition)

Its Genesis and Employment in the First Campaigns of the Wehrmacht
Karl-Heinz Golla $79.95 640 pages 6 x 9 c 100 b/w and 12 color photos, 28 color maps July 2013 hardback 9781909384569 The Fallschirmtruppe of the Wehrmacht won recognition for their valor and endurance not only from their fellow German soldiers, but from their former enemies as well. On the basis of careful and comprehensive research, the author covers the history of the Fallschirmtruppe from its genesis and early training to its employment in combat in Scandinavia, the Albert Canal in Belgium, Holland and, of course, at Crete.
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Histoire and Collections

U.S. Forces in Vietnam
1962-1967
Guillaume Rousseau $22.95 68 pages 8 x 9.5 November 2012 paperback 9782352502524 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 (a second volume will cover the 1968 to 1975 period). 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. Indeed, it should be remembered that 85% of service personnel in Vietnam were support troops and advisors.
World War One Soldiers

1914-18
Laurent Mirouze $26.95 84 pages 8 x 9.5 Now Available hardback 9782352502685 Never before have actual battle uniforms, individual equipment and weapons of the infantrymen of the great war been illustrated in such authentic detail. Original surviving items, painstakingly assembled from rare private and public collections, are illustrated in full color on live models, just as they were worn in the battlefield. Each of these 31 soldiers: British, Belgian, French, German, Russian, Austrian, Italian, America, is photographed from both front and back, with key diagrams, and accompanied by a detailed commentary.
U.S. Army Shoulder Patches

19411945
Pierre Besnard $29.95 84 pages 8 x 9.5 July 2013 paperback 9782352503002 Towards the end of the Great War, the United States Army started to distinguish its units with cloth shoulder insignia. From 1941, due to the terrific expansion of its numbers, these multicolored shoulder patches became more numerous and contributed to the spirit of the new units. This guide illustrates in full color the insignia worn by Army units, in Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, together with a brief history and the main variations.
Equipment of German Soldiers WW2

$29.95 64 pages 8 x 9.5 November 2013 paperback 9782352503040 The equipment of the German Soldier, at the beginning of the Second War, was strongly inspired by the Veterans of the Great War, despite the adoption of some new materials between the two wars, including the colorful canvas tent, particularly original for its time. This guide describes in detail the main variations of each piece, from the bayonet canister to the tank, gas masks, the individual tools, etc.
Soldats de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale

1939-1945
Laurent Mirouze $26.95 84 pages 8 x 9.5 November 2013 paperback 9782352503408 Presented here in this eighth Militaria guide are detailed color illustrations of the uniforms and equipment of combat infantrymen of WWII, displayed on live models. Only authentic pieces from several private and public collections have been chosen for this work, and are presented on the man as they were carried on the battlefield. Each of these 31 soldiers, Polish, Belgian, French, German, British, Italian, Russian and North American, is photographed from the front and back to reveal every detail and accompanied by detailed captions.
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The French Army of the Victory
Andr Jouineau $19.95 64 pages 8 x 10 Now Available paperback 9782352502616 After the defeat in 1940, the Vichy Government started reforming the army which the occupier had been good enough to let it keep. At the same time in England, General de Gaulle got down to setting up a unit for all the volunteers drifting in from all over the Empire. After Operation Torch, the Americans started supplying the French Army in North Africa with equipment and clothing. Discover the twentieth volume in the collection, the multifarious blend of uniforms which was such a feature of the French Liberation Army.
Chasseurs Cheval
Volume 3: 18101815
Jean-Marie Mongin $24.95 80 pages 8 x 9.5 June 2013 paperback 9782352502784 This third part illustrates the last years of the Empire; dark years which will see our Chasseurs being gobbled up during the Russian disaster. Phantom regiments were reformed with considerable difficulty in 1813 and 1814. During the First Restoration, 15 regiments were formed from the debris of the battles in Prussia and in France, fifteen regiments which then took part in the Belgian Campaign and its epilogue at Waterloo. King Louis VXIII dismissed these fifteen regiments on 16 July 1815, but it wasnt until the 18th that the Chasseurs a Cheval reappeared in the Royal Army!
Flight Gear
Les Equipments de vol de LUSAAF
Mathieu Bianchi $54.95 176 pages 9 x 12 1000 photos October 2013 hardback 9782352503025 This book presents in guidebook format the uniforms and flight equipment utilized on the European front by American airmen between August 1942, date the first bombing mission over France, and May 1945. With hundreds of archival photos and hundreds of objects presented in detail the reader discovers the evolution of the uniforms and equipment, the mix of American and British equipment through changes in the field to the latest technical innovations.
French Carabiniers
1700-1870
Olivier Lapray $29.95 80 pages 8 x 9.5 July 2013 paperback 9782352502746 This book traces the glorious history of the elite French cavalry. Through 61 plates of highly detailed uniform illustrations, Andr Jouineau guides the reader from the first company of carabiniers established within in each regimentthose superior marksmen equipped with a rifle, the gauge of precision par excellencesought after by Louis XIV in 1690, to the fiery carabiniers of Napoleon IIIs Imperial Guard who disappeared in defeat in 1870. The authors primary emphasis, however, is given to the First Empire.
French Artillery and the Gribeauval System

Jean-Marie Mongin $29.95 80 pages 8 x 9.5 October 2013 paperback 9782352502746 This work presents in detail the uniforms of the foot artillery between 1786 and 1815. Formal in style, and indeed austere, the uniforms illustrated here were the very ones worn by those who participated in during the most crucial and of the Empire. An important part of the book is devoted to the detailed description of equipment (artillery, ammunitions, front axle units, forges, etc.). Developed and used by the gunners ever since the reforms of Mr. Gribeauval, his construction tables provide a clear presentation of primary artillery as well as the basic tactics employed by the Army.
Germany in Uniform 1934

Paul Gaujac $34.95 100 pages 8.25 x 10 June 2013 paperback 9782352502814 Originating from an illustrated document published in Berlin in 1933, this book presents the uniforms of the various units, governmental and political organizations. We discover here not only the traditional branches of the armed forces such as the navy or air force, but also those of customs agents, forest rangers and members of the Nazi party. To facilitate the readers understanding, the two opening chapters are dedicated first to the seizure of power by Hitler, and second to the transformation of the Reichswehr in Wehrmacht, which is a result of the events in the first chapter.
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Northrop F-5 from Freedom Fighter to Tiger II
Gerard Paloque $25.95 100 pages 8 x 9.5 200 illustrations June 2013 paperback 9782352502760 Although it was originally intended to provide the USAF with a lightweight fighter, in the end the Northrop F-5 had rather a marginal career in the United States, which used it mainly for training pilots in aerial combat. On the other hand it was a success in the export market, with more than twenty countries choosing this effective fighter which above all was cheap, particularly when it was subsidized by the United States. Its success continued with the improved version, the Tiger II, so much so that in more than 2600 examples of versions of the F-5 all came of the production lines with a few of them still flying nowadays in some air forces.
German Jets of World War II

Dominique Breffort Andr Jouineau $22.95 96 pages 8 x 9.5 Now Available paperback 9782352502241 This new volume in the collection Planes and Pilots deals with the machines which were built in enough numbers to be used operationally. The Messerschmitt Me 163 rocket-fighter, more dangerous for its pilots than for its opponents; the twin-engined Arado 234, better at reconnaissance than at bombing; the Heinkel He 162, built in record time but arriving too late to prove the effectiveness of its design; and above all the Messerschmitt Me 262 - the real star among the German fighters whose tally of kills gives a glimpse of the real impact on the course of the war it might have had, had its development not been so considerably delayed by innumerable technical problems.
F-16 Fighting Falcon

Vol. 2
Frederic Lert $29.95 84 pages 8 x 9.5 September 2013 paperback 9782352503163 The F-16 has thick skin. At an age when other aircraft are entering the museum, the fighterbomber from General Dynamics still packs a punch in international competitions against the so-called fifth generation aircraft. The first prototype aircraft flew for the first time in 1974 and the operational life of the last aircraft built without a doubt will continue beyond 2040.
The Story of ESCI

1968-1999
Jean-Christophe Carbonel $29.95 84 pages 8 x 9.5 300 photos July 2013 paperback 9782352503101 This famous Italian brand will continue to be known for having introduced many innovations in the world of modeling, starting with the wide dissemination of newly available decals, the first large-scale military motorcycles and the first European armored models in 1/72. ESCI was also a pioneer in offering multiple variations of the same model allowing one to visualize the markings or parts unique to the model, in addition to the first (and sometimes first-ever) kits for large cockpit combat aircraft. The creation of the ESCI firm predates World War II and is known for its models appearing for the first time in the early seventies.
Mirage 2000 D
Frederic Lert $22.95 80 pages 8 x 10 illustrated throughout Now Available French Text paperback 9782352502531 The perfect guide for modelers with an interest in aviation. The D version of the Mirage 2000 is Frances own two-seat conventional all-weather ground attack assault aircraft, which was brought out at the end of the eighties when the Dassault Rafale program started falling behind schedule. Put into operation in 1993, this version was developed from the Mirage 2000N. Since 1999 the Mirage 2000D has taken part in Frances various security operations in Afghanistan supporting the forces deployed on the ground.
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La Chasse Allemande
1939-1942 Vol. I
Dominique Breffort $54.95 192 pages 9 x 12 November 2013 paperback 9782352503323 Gathered in two volumes, presented here are the legendary Luftwaffe aircraft: the Messerschmitt 109 and 110, the Focke Wulf 190 and the jets that appeared near the end of the conflict. More than 600 color profiles detail a wide variety of insignia and camouflage paints. Together, these two books represent a highly detailed compilation (new photographs, new profiles) improving upon the previous editions published in the Planes and Pilots series.
La Chasse Allemande
1943-1945 Vol. 2
Dominique Breffort $54.95 192 pages 9 x 12 November 2013 paperback 9782352503347 Gathered in two volumes, presented here are the legendary Luftwaffe aircraft: the Messerschmitt 109 and 110, the Focke Wulf 190 and the jets that appeared near the end of the conflict. More than 600 color profiles detail a wide variety of insignia and camouflage paints. Together, these two books represent a highly detailed compilation (new photographs, new profiles) improving upon the previous editions published in the Planes and Pilots series.
La Chasseurs de la 8th Air Mission Sussex Le Operations Secrete Franco-AngloForce Americaines 1944-1945
Gerard Paloque Dominique Soullier $24.95 134 pages 8.25 x 10 October 2013 paperback 9782352503215 The Sussex Plan was a French-American-British tripartite mission desired by the staff of General Eisenhower in anticipation of the Normandy landings. Among them, 120 French men and women were recruited to carry out a bold plan to parachute in early February 1944, teams of two plainclothes officers behind enemy lines to complete the liberation of France. Their mission: infiltrate and collect information around the clock about the state of affairs of the German order of battle. $29.95 128 pages 8.5 x 10 October 2013 hardback 9782352503286 This book is dedicated to all fighter groups of the 8th Air Force based in Britain from 1943 to 1945, and offers detailed profiles of their equipment: Spitfire, P-38, P-47 and P-51 with many color illustrations, highlighting the special detailing and badges with specific markings.
Les Goums
1941-1945
Paul Gaujac $49.95 150 pages 8.25 x 10 November 2013 hardback 9782352503453 The Goumsa company consisting of goumiers who were Moroccan soldiers in the French Armywere created in 1911 during the conquest of Morocco as a guerrilla police force. It was only after the pacification of the country that they were used for the first time as a regular unit, and participate in the 1940 campaign.
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La Sanglante Randonne
Les Franais de la 8e Compagnie Bradenbourg et des Formations de Chasse SS
Olivier Pigoreau $29.95 360 pages 6 x 9.5 16 pp. photos Now Available French Text paperback 9782352502661 One of the most criminal German military formations from all those that were used in France in the fight against the Resistance consisted of French volunteers. Resolved to fight against the internal enemy, these activists of political parties of Collaboration joined by authentic rogue as Franois Carbone and even guerillas returned, formed the 8th company of the 3rd regiment of the division was Brandenburg. Operating in civilian clothes, in uniform or in the conduct of their opponents, they were responsible for hundreds of killings in the Southwest, Provence, Paris, in the Lyon region and Alsace.
The Free French Secret Agents

1940-1944
Pascal Le Pauremat $32.95 144 pages 8.25 x 10 250 photos Now Available paperback 9782352502708 How did so few men manage to organize resistance networks and gather so much intelligence in such a short time despite being unceasingly hunted by the German and Vichy counterespionage services? It is thought that 70% of the information, which was vital for the Allies before the Normandy landings in 1944, was sent by French agents working for the BCRA. Using unpublished or ignored documents, the author gives an account of General de Gaulles secret services which, in 1940, were thought to be just a small group of amateurs but which as the war progressed, became a powerful war machine in the service of the Free French.
Propaganda Kompanien
Les Reporters de Guerre du IIIe Riech
Nicholas Ferard $54.95 9 x 12 September 2013 hardback 9782352503361 The Propagandakompanien, the German propaganda companies, were the primary method of communication of the Third Reich. This first volume presents the implementation of this psychological weapon, from an organizational point of view, technical and human. With extensive documentation, the Wehrmacht propaganda companies are presented with a particular focus on 6 Pk. of the Luftwaffe. Finally, thanks to the testimony of reporters the author details the campaigns in Poland, Norway, France and the beginning of the Russian campaign.
Atlas de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale

David Jordan Andrew Wiest $54.95 256 pages 9 x 12 June 2013 French Text paperback 9782352502432 Written by leading experts on modern conflicts (first and second world wars, war of the Pacific, Vietnam), all the major battles and campaigns of the conflict since the invasion of Poland in 1939 to the defeat of Japan, 1945, are described in detail. The texts are illustrated by numerous detailed maps and legendary photographs from the period.
D-Day Paratroopers
The British, The Canadian, The French
Jean Bouchery $39.95 July 2013 hardback 9782352502050 The very first ground actions linked to the DDay in France were fought by the red berets, the famous British and Canadian paratroopers of the 6th Airborne Division dropped over the Caen region, but also the lesser-known French SAS who jumped over Brittany the same day to fight a guerilla war. This book offers every detail of these elite soldiers.
Painting WW2 Figures

Joaquin GarciaGasquez $29.95 80 pages 9 x 12 September 2013 paperback 9782352502982 A beautifully assembled kit is always enhanced by the presence of a well-painted figurine. This statement has become a profession of faith for the author of this book, Joaquin Garcia Guazquez, one of the worlds armored modeling elite; here he has chosen to give us the benefit of his experience painting figurines from WWII, the supreme period for military modeling. Using photographs, and step by step instructions, he explains how to paint a successful figurine, from the choice of tools, from the work area to the preparation of the figurine, painting the flesh parts, the uniforms and the accessories, etc.
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Tiger I in Action
19421945
Jean Restayn $52.95 288 pages 9 x 12 illustrated throughout June 2013 paperback 9782352502944 In April 1941, Adolf Hitler ordered the development of a heavy tank, armed with the famed 88 mm gun. This tank became a legend in its own time. Feared by its adversaries and liked by its crews, the Tiger etched its mark in history and the legend carries on. This compilation of the two volumes dealing with Tiger units on the Eastern front, the Western front, and Africa, features almost a thousand period pictures, mostly unpublished, and more than 80 full-color plates by the author: tank profiles, details of markings and insignia, camouflage, and a short history of each Tiger unit.
British Tanks in Normandy

Ludovic Fortin $39.95 9.5 x 12.5 July 2013 paperback 9782352502043 A detailed account of the Normandy campaign fought by the British Armored Divisions and independent Armored Brigades, from the DDay landing to Operation Goodwood. The Author has divided his work into three parts: the units involved, the AFVs fielded in Normandy, and the doctrine of use of the High Command with its actual effect on the battlefield. Equipped in some cases with obsolescent vehicles, their personnel often under-motivated but sometimes inventive, the British tank formations did not always answer to the hopes of the Allied military planners.
Sherman in the Pacific

1943-1945
Raymon Giuliani $54.95 144 pages 9 x 12 350 photos October 2013 hardback 9782352502838 This book tells the extraordinary story of the M4 Sherman tank in the Pacific theater of operations during World War 2. Through carefully selected and unpublished photographs, discover the extraordinary metamorphosis of the famous American tank, its first disastrous engagement on Bloody Atoll Tarawa, and the last bastion of the Rising Sun. The terrible experience of fire against an enemy, as brave as fanatical, required Americans to adapt and transform the Sherman to resist and win the war. Nearly 350 photos, thirty specific profiles paired with contemporary photographs and maps of each of the battles.
La Jeep Dans LArme Franaise

T1 - 19421950, de la Tunise lIndochine
Paul Gaujac $34.95 144 pages 8.25 x 10 Now Available hardback 9782352502401 Designed in less than six months a short while before the United States entered the war in December 1941, in all 650,000 jeeps were built of which almost 175,000 were delivered to the Allied armies as part of the LendLease agreement. It was from April 1943 onwards that the jeeps starting arriving in droves in the ports at Algiers and Casablanca as part of the rearmament agreements.
La Traction Avant Citroen

Sous luniforme
Bertrand de Lamotte Franois Vauvillier $55.00 144 pages 9 x 12 Now Available hardback 9782352502654 Built in 1934, Andr Citroens legendary car had a rich and stunning career due to the events which plunged the world into war five years later. The Traction changed sides and the Germans used them throughout Europe. By 1942, it was serving under French colors. Then it was the Liberation of France, where white stars and the three letters FFI which proliferated all over the bodywork.
The Encyclopedia of French Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles

19141940
Francois Vauvillier $54.95 176 pages 9 x 12 300 photos November 2013 hardback 9782352503224 France, alongside Britain, represents the birthplace of a new weapon that will revolutionize the art of war: the armored tank. And even before the appearance of this new piece of armament, it was in France around the turn of the twentieth century that we see the appearance of the first armored and combat vehicles.
Red Ball Express

La Logistique Americaine en France et en Allemagne
Nicolas Aubin $55.00 134 pages 9 x 12 October 2013 hardback 9782352503200 The Red Ball Express is the nickname given by the Americans to the supply route established between the landing beaches and the frontline, first in the Cotentin in Normandy and then throughout France. The book describes accurately all the logistical means implemented by the U.S. Army Liberty ships to the railway through the floating ports and GMC trucks.
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The Battle of Ocaa
The Army of Spains Greatest Victory
Pierre Juhel $44.95 112 pages 9 x 12 illustrated September 2013 hardback 9782352501510 Although the Battle of Ocana is without doubt the Army of Spains greatest victory, there was no monograph on the event. The paradox is all too apparent. As a matter of national pride, Spanish historians could hardly be expected to tackle the question; from the French point of view, no historian had ever actually taken on the subject. Now the French archives are simply overflowing with information about this glorious feat of arms for their army.
La Bataille de Marengo
La Premier Victoire du Siecle
Olivier Lapray $49.95 144 pages 9 x 12.5 November 2013 hardback 9782352503262 On 14 June 1800, Napoleon narrowly won the battle of Marengo. This famous battle opposed 28,000 French soldiers against 31,000 Austrian soldiers under the command of General Mlas. At first dominated, the French had to retreat nearly seven miles back. Mlas believing that victory was assured left the command to a subordinate and returned to Alessandria. The adversarys delay allowed Napoleon to concentrate his forces, which would arrive as reinforcement. Around 5:00 in the afternoon, the violent French counterattack forced the Austrians to retreat.
Napoleon en Italie
18051815
Juan Carlos Camignani Giles Boue $70.00 192 pages 9 x 12.5 300 photos November 2013 hardback 9782352503231 The links between Napoleon and Italy are too often reduced to its dazzling campaigns of 1796 and 1800. This love story continued well beyond Marengo. The story of Napoleon and Italy from 1805 to 1815 is primarily that of a relentless thought; there was not a single day without letters by mail or telegraph, to Milan, Rome and Naples. This permanence in imperial thought, illustrated the desire to make Italy a model French state.
Rocroi 1643
Stephane Thion $22.95 48 pages 8 x 9.5 June 2013 paperback 9782352502555 Fought on 19 May 1963 between the French army and the Spanish army, Rocroi is one of the most controversial battles in the long conflict between the kingdoms of France and Spain. The controversy of this battle concerns the French right flank, under the command of Louis II de Bourbon. The version accepted by historians of French sources affirms that the cavalry of Gassion overthrew the Spanish companies, defeating them. However, Spanish sources contend that the cavalry of Bourbon broke through the squadrons and two infantry regiments of the French guard on two occasions.
The Battle of Leipzig

$24.95 80 pages 8 x 9.5 July 2013 paperback 9782352502852 Around Leipzig between 14-19 October 1813, 500,000 men would battle on what remains the greatest battlefield of the Napoleonic wars. Napoleon would fight to keep his grip on Germany and beyond his empire. The Russians, the crowned winners of the unthinkable victory of their 1812 winter campaign, the Prussians, and their vehemence against France, the Austrians, wanting to erase fifteen years of defeats, all unite against the last Grand Army.
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Heinkel He 219 UHU vol. II
Marek Murawksi Marek Rhys $24.95 112 pages 8.25 x 11.5 219 graphics, 59 archive photos July 2013 paperback 9788362878628 The glossy monograph describes the famous Luftwaffe night fighter. This comprehensive book describes the history and combat record of all units once flying He 219 Uhu. Numerous archival photos reveal many details about color schemes and unit markings. 219 exquisite 3D graphics perfectly depict even the smallest He 219 airframe components thus helping every reader discover structural design of this unique aircraft.
Luftwaffe versus USAAF 8th Air Force vol. 1

Marek J. Murawski $16.95 80 pages 8 x 11 109 photos, 8 examples of camouflage schemes July 2013 paperback 9788362878604 Luftwaffe versus USAAF 8th Air Force vol. I Another remarkable book in Air Battles series gives its readers exceptional chance to follow the history of relentless combat fought between Luftwaffe and USAF in the skies over Europe. The story begins with the first Flying Fortresses air raid against targets in France on August 17, 1942 and continues till the last day of April 1943. Precise air clashes descriptions complemented by pilots personal stories are one of the unique features of this book which also includes 109 archival photos and 8 color profiles of described aircrafts.
The Type II U-boat

Waldemar Goralski $22.95 76 pages 8.25 x 11.5 160 graphics July 2013 paperback 9788362878642 The Type II U-boat - The latest book in Super Drawings in 3D series presents a brief description of the German Type II coastal submarines along with their general characteristics. Since an image can speak a thousand words, the text is accompanied by 160 renderings which show the external appearance of all four sub-types including details such as various conning towers and armament variants as well as other fittings. Blueprints of the four sub-types in 1:144 scale (general and isometric views) are included on a separate sheet. This publication is an invaluable help to any modeler interested in building a replica of any of the Type II submarines.
Pfalz - Fighter Aircraft

From Rheinland the Wine Country
Tomasz J. Kowalski $19.95 72 pages 8 x 11 73 photos, 11pp archival drawings July 2013 paperback 9788362878611 Fighters made in a Bavarian GmbH Flugzeugwerke factory were the third most common type of fighter aircraft used by the Imperial Army Air Service (Luftstreitkrfte). Although having elegant lines, they turned out to be inferior not only to Albatros D.V and D.Va or Fokker D.VII but also to most allied fighters sent into action in 1917. They were just a workhorse of the Luftstreitkrfte fulfilling the permanent shortage of combat-ready fighters. They were definitely a deadly weapon in the hands of experienced German and Bavarian Jastas pilots.
Super Model International No. 4

Adam Juszczak Robert Chmiel $15.95 80 pages 8.25 x 11.5 July 2013 paperback 9788362878635
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The Battleship USS Arizona
Waldemar Goralski Leszek Wieliczko $22.95 88 pages 8.25 x 11.5 120 images Now Available paperback 9788362878536
Admiral Graf Spee

Miroslaw Skwiot Stefan Draminski $22.95 76 pages 8.25 x 11.5 134 graphics May 2013 paperback 9788362878567 The text part of this book describes technical specifications of the ship and her operational history in detail. This is accompanied by more than 100 color illustrations showing Admiral Graf Spees appearance during the Battle of River Plate. Elements that are shown in detail include armament, range finders, radar, searchlights, catapult with aircraft, etc. In addition, superstructures different camouflage schemes from the 1939 raid are shown. Blueprints in 1:350, 1:200, 1:100 and 1:50 scales (general views and details) are included on a separate sheet. This publication is an invaluable help to any modeler working on this ships replica.
The Battleship Bismarck

Waldemar Goralski $19.95 28 pages 8.25 x 11.5 4 graphics, 23 drawings, color profiles May 2013 paperback 9788362878598
Chieftain Main Battle Tank

Development and Active Service from Prototype to MK.11
Robert Griffin $19.95 72 pages 8 x 11 17 b/w photos, 137 color photos Now Available paperback 9788362878529
Super Model International No. 3

Tomasz Chacewicz Michal Rosiak $19.95 80 pages 8.25 x 11.5 Now Available paperback 9788362878543
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P-47 Thunderbolt with the USAAF

European Theatre of Operations
Tomasz Szlagor $18.95 84 pages 8 x 11 93 b/w photos, 12 color photos, 16 color profiles Now Available paperback 9788362878505
JG 51 Jagdgeschwader Molders
Marek J. Murawski $19.95 28 pages 8 x 11 40 photos, 10 drawings May 2013 paperback 9788362878550
2 Immelmann
Marek J. Murawski $19.95 32 pages 8 x 11 51 photos, 8 color profiles Now Available paperback 9788362878512
Messershcmitt Bf 109s Over the Mediterranean. Part 1

Maciej Goralczyk Arkadiusz Wrobel $16.95 16 pages 8 x 11 8 painting schemes in three scales, 32 drawings May 2013 paperback 9788362878581
Fw 190s over Europe Part 1

Janusz Swiatlon Maciej Goralzyk $16.95 16 pages 8 x 11 8 painting schemes in 3 scales, 32 drawings May 2013 paperback 9788362878574
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Polish Wings No.17
PZL.23 Kara , PZL.43, PZL.46 Sum
Tomasz J. Kopanski $29.00 88 pages 8 x 12 July 2013 paperback 9788363678098 The next book in the popular Polish Wings series is on the most famous Polish bomber family, the PZL.23 and its derivatives including the PZL.46. The PZL.23 Kara was the main bomber in service in September 1939 and versions of it were sold to other countries with the great success. More than 200 photos, mostly unpublished, and many color profiles.
Bregueat 19, Farman F68 Goliath

Bartlomiej Belcarz $30.00 8.25 x 11.6 b/w photos, color profiles November 2013 paperback 9788363678142 This new book in the Polish Wings series tells the story of two between-the-wars French aircraft the Breguet 19 and the F 68 Farman Goliath. The Polish Breguet 19 was made famous by the epic Boles aw Orli ski flight from Warsaw to Tokyo and back. The Farman F 68 Goliath was a giant bomber for its time. Many previously unpublished photos, and many color profiles.
From D-Day to Berlin

Classic Warbirds #13
Malcolm Laird $22.00 78 pages 7 x 9 8 color pages plus 38 color illustrations and 112 b/w photos Now Available paperback 9780986465314 From D-Day to Berlin is a revised and expanded reprint of Classic Warbirds No.5. Most of the new material is Luftwaffe broken eagle photos from 1945 and an RAF Beaufighter story with previously unpublished photos from private collections. Stories from mid-1944 until the post war occupation force are included. Where possible each chapter is based on interviews with individuals who were there. We have endeavored to avoid repeating, potted histories of various air battles. For the fighter squadrons of the RAFs Second Tactical Air Force and the USAAF 8th and 9th Air Forces this period was particularly intense. From supporting the Normandy invasion itself and later encountering increased Luftwaffe opposition as the air war was fought increasingly over German soil. Add to this the increasing sophistication and sheer magnitude of the 8th Air Force strategic daytime bombing campaign over the Third Reich.
Prinz Eugen
Story of 7 Freiwilligen Gebirgs Division 1942 1945
Bohumir Kudlicka Radoslaw Szewczyk $69.00 240 pages 8.25 x 11.6 b/w photos, color profiles September 2013 hardback 9788363678180 The 7th SS Volunteer Mountain Division Prinz Eugen was a German mountain infantry division of the Waffen-SS. Formed in 1941 from Volksdeutsche volunteers and conscripts from the Banat, Independent State of Croatia, Hungary and Romania, it fought a counter-insurgency campaign against communist-led Yugoslav Partisan resistance forces in the Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia, NDH and Montenegro. It was given the title Prinz Eugen after Prince Eugene of Savoy, an outstanding military leader of the Habsburg Empire who liberated the Banat and Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire in the Austro-Turkish War of 17161718. It was initially named the SSFreiwilligen-Division Prinz Eugen. This lavishly illustrated book tells the story of this unit and its operations. Many previously unpublished photos are included, and maps of the operational areas. Essential reading for armor enthusiasts, WW2 military enthusiasts and modelers.
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MMP
French Flying Boats of WWII
Gerard Bousquet $75.00 280 pages 8 x 12 July 2013 hardback 9788363678067 Here you will find a global and unique coverage of the subject. This work will also help you fill out your knowledge and will be a very useful reference work. In addition to monographs of each aircraft type, whole families of aircraft are presented along with comparative studies, which set French aviation in the context of the period, thus giving an appreciation of its real value. The text has been illustrated with photographs and high quality color profiles.
Mezek a Turbina
Messerschmitts in Czechoslovakia
Bohumr Kudlicka $45.00 180 pages 8 x 12 October 2013 paperback 9788363678081 Following WW2, the Messerschmitt Bf 109G was used and produced in Czechoslovakia as the Mezek and the Me 262 as the Turbina. The acquisition, production and service of these aircraft in the Czechoslovak Air Force is described and illustrated in detail. Many unpublished photos and color profiles.
Finnish Fighter Colours

Kari Stenman $69.00 240 pages 8 x 12 August 2013 hardback 9788363678074 The next book in the Rainbow Series covers Finnish Fighters used during WWII. Camouflage and markings of the fighters obtained from France, USA, Germany, UK and the USSR are described in unparalleled detail by the well-known Finnish author Kari Stenman. Many unpublished photos, and color profiles.
Hungarian Fighter Colours Vol. 1

Dnes Bernd Gyrgy Punka $69.00 182 pages 8.25 x 11.75 250 color photos, 60 profiles July 2013 hardback 9788361421719 This book describes and illustrates all the fighter aircraft used by the Hungarian armed forces during WW2. Volume One includes the following aircraft: Fokker D.XVI FIAT CR.20, CR.20B AVIS I-IV. FIAT CR.30, CR.30B FIAT CR.32, CR.32bis FIAT CR.42, CR.42CN Messerschmitt Bf 109D-1 Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3, E-4, E-7 Messerschmitt Bf 109F-2, F-4
Hungarian Fighter Colours Vol. 2

Dnes Bernd Gyrgy Punka $69.00 176 pages 8.25 x 11.75 276 photos, 60 color profiles November 2013 hardback 9788363678210 This book describes and illustrates all the fighter aircraft used by the Hungarian armed forces during WW2. Volume Two includes the following aircraft: Heinkel He 112B-1/U2 (E) Avia B.534-IV P.Z.L. P.11a Re.2000 Hjja/Hjja-O Weiss-Manfrd WM-23 Ezst nyl Messerschmitt Bf 109G-2, Ga-4, G-6, Ga-6, G10, G-14, Ga-14 Messerschmitt Me 210Ca-1 Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-4, F-3, F-8, G-8
Mirage IIIO
Colours & Markings
Paul Mason Darren Mottram $90.00 8.25 x 11.6 b/w photos, color photos, color profiles July 2013 paperback 9788363678166 The Dassault Mirage IIIO was the RAAFs first supersonic combat aircraft. During that time, it wore a great many color schemes and was adorned with many unit and individual markings. For the first time, the evolution and details of all these color schemes and markings is described and illustrated.
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Supermarine Walrus & Stranraer
James Knightly Roger Wallsgrov $35.00 128 pages 7 x 10 b/w and color photos; scale plans June 2013 paperback 9788391717899 The most comprehensive pictorial and technical data on both types ever published. Both were designed by R J Mitchell, who also designed the Spitfire. A summary of the fascinating and peculiar career of the Walrus, air-sea rescue seaplane and maid of all work. The Stranraer had been completely neglected and the details of this maritime patrol bombers history is illustrated by many previously unpublished photographs and drawings.
Messershmitt Me 410
Robert Peczkowski $35.00 128 pages 7 x 10 b/w photos, color photos, scale plans, color profiles June 2013 paperback 9788389450241 eISBN - 9788363678111 This is the illustrated story of the World War Two Me 410 twin-engine fighter-bomber. In all, 1,160 aircraft were built and the final years of the war the Me 410 valiantly defended Germany against the incessant raids of Allied bombers. This work features scale plans, walkaround color photographs, b/w archive photographs and superb color illustrations of camouflage and markings, and period wartime b/w photographs.
Mitsubishi J2M Raiden (Jack)

Robert Peczkowski $35.00 128 pages 7 x 10 b/w photos, color photos, plan scales, color profiles June 2013 paperback 9788391632772 eISBN - 9788363678104 This is the story of Japanese famous fighter aircraft. It contains: Scale plans, photos and drawings from Technical Manuals, superb color illustrations of camouflage and markings, walk-around color photographs and rare b/w archive photographs. Essential reading for aviation enthusiasts & scale air modelers.
Mitsubishi A5M Claude

Tadeusz Januszewski $35.00 80 pages 7 x 10 b/w photos, color photos, scale plans, color profiles June 2013 paperback 9788391717806 The Mitsubishi A5M, the Japanese Imperial Navys first metal monoplane fighter, was the creation of Jiro Horikoshi. Labeled Claude in the Allies code, the A5M was a transitional fighter which marked in significant step in the development of the Japanese Navys air force during the 1930s. This book contains a full technical history of the aircraft and all its variants to its introduction in the Second SinoJapanese War.
Messerschmitt Me 262 A Schwalbe

Robert Peczowski
$45.00 128 pages 8.25 x 11.6 b/w photos, color profiles August 2013 hardback 9788363678173 An illustrated history of the evolution of the Me 262 A version of most famous World War Two jet fighter aircraft. Profusely illustrated with photos, including a comprehensive walkaround section showing all aspects of the airframe, and diagrams from official manuals. Includes 1/72nd and 1/48th scale plans, and color profiles showing many of the colorful schemes applied to the Me 262.
Mikoyan Gurevitch MiG-15

Dariusz Karnas $40.00 8.25 x 11.6 b/w photos, color photos, color profiles September 2013 paperback 9788363678159 This book is a true modelers reference, covering all aspects of the MiG-15 from production to service use in a concise and accessible way. The text description is well supported with line diagrams and photographs to highlight the many changes made over the production run of Russias first massed produced jet fighter.
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Model Centrum Progres

Saumur Muse des Blinds
Part 1: German Equipment
Wojciech Gawrych $35.95 68 pages 8 x 11.5232 color photos, 2 maps Now available English/Polish Text paperback 9788391648346 A survey of German armored vehicles and equipment in the famous French armor museum at Saumur. Superb 232 overall and close-up full-color photos of vehicles including: PzKpfw II Ausf C, Trippel SG 6, Schwimmwagen and Goliath.
Assault Gun StuG III Ausf.D SdKfz 142

Wojciech Gawrych $34.95 64 pages 8 x 11.5 161 color photos, 45 b/w photos, 17 line drawings Now available paperback 9788392025429 Technical/historical background illustrated with b/w photos and a selection of detailed walk around photographs highlighting technical details of German assault guns which combined the PzKpfw III tank chassis and the 7.5 cm StuK L/24 assault gun.
Italian SelfPropelled Guns Semoventi M 41 & M 42

Daniele Guglielmi $34.95 64 pages 8 x 11.5 171 color photos, 38 b/w photos, 22 line drawings Now available paperback 9788360672037 Technical/historical background illustrated with b/w period photos and a selection of detailed walk around photographs highlighting technical details of the Italian selfpropelled guns used by the Italian Army and Wehrmacht.
German 7,5 cm Antitank Gun PaK 40

Jan Wijnstock $37.95 72 pages 8 x 11.5 182 color photos, 31 b/w photos, 74 line drawings Now available paperback 9788360672044 Technical background illustrated with b/w period photos and a selection of detailed walk around photographs highlighting technical details of the Pak 40 the most widely used anti-tank gun in the Wehrmacht inventory during World War II.
SdKfz 171 Panther Ausf. A

Wojciech Gawrych $39.95 80 pages 8 x 11.5 235 color photos, 52 b/w photos, 14 line drawings Now available paperback 9788360672051 Technical/historical background illustrated with b/w period photos and a selection of walk around photographs highlighting technical details of the PzKpfw V Panther Ausf. A - the second production variant of one of the best-known German tanks.
British Cruiser Tank A34 Comet

Dick Taylor Chris Hughes $39.95 80 pages 8 x 11.5 227 color photos, 51 b/w photos, 33 line drawings Now available paperback 9788360672075 Technical/historical background illustrated with b/w period photos and a selection of detailed walk around photographs highlighting technical details of the A34 Cruiser - the best British tank of W.W.II.
Sherman IC Firefly
Wojciech Gawrych $39.95 80 pages 8 x 11.5 158 color photos, 89 b/w photos, 29 line drawings Now available paperback 9788360672105 Technical background illustrated with b/w period photos and a selection of detailed walk around photographs highlighting technical details of the Sherman IC Firefly - the most successful British modification to the U.S. Sherman tank.
PzKpfw IV Ausf. G
Wojciech Gawrych $46.95 72 pages 8 x 11.5 239 color photos, 48 b/w photos, 8 line drawings Now available paperback 9788360672174 Technical background illustrated with b/w period photos and a selection of detailed walk around photographs highlighting technical details of the PzKpfw IV Ausf. G - the first long-barreled variant of the Wehrmachts workhorse.
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Armor Camouflage & Markings of the 2nd New Zealand Division
Part 2: Italy
Jeffrey Plowman $29.95 56 pages 8 x 11.5 136 b/w photos, 19 full-color plates Now available paperback 9788360672020 An authoritative guide to the New Zealand armor camouflage and markings during combat operations in Italy, 1943-45. Illustrated with many rare and previously unpublished photos with very detailed captions.
Camouflage & Markings of the Shermans in New Zealand Service 1943-45

Jeffrey Plowman $29.95 64 pages 8 x 11.5 151 b/w photos, 17 full-color plates Now available paperback 9788360672068 An authoritative guide to the New Zealand Sherman tanks camouflage and markings during training and combat operations in Mid East and Italy. Illustrated with many rare and previously unpublished photos with very detailed captions.
Camouflage & Markings of Canadian Armored Vehicles in World War Two

Part 1
Steve Guthrie Barry Beldam $29.95 48 pages 8 x 11.5 82 b/w and color photos, 20 fullcolor plates Now available paperback 9788360672082 An authoritative guide to the Canadian armor camouflage and markings during training and combat operations in World War II. Part 1 includes the markings system principles.
Camouflage & Markings of the 6th South African Armored Division 1943-45
Part 1: Armored Vehicles
William Marshall $29.95 64 pages 8 x 11.5 109 b/w photos, 16 full-color plates Now available paperback 9788360672129 An authoritative guide to the South African armor camouflage and markings during training and combat operations in World War II. Part 1 includes armored vehicles including: Crusader, Grant, Sherman, Priest, M10, Sexton, and Stuart Recce.
Camouflage & Markings of the Stuarts in New Zealand Service

Jeffrey Plowman $35.95 48 pages 8 x 11.583 b/w photos, 17 full-color plates Now available paperback 9788360672143 An authoritative guide to the New Zealand Stuart tanks camouflage and markings during training in New Zealand, combat operations in Mid East and Italy, and postwar use till 1955.
Camouflage & Markings of the French 2nd Armored Division in World War Two
Claude Gillono $39.95 64 pages 8 x 11.5 112 b/w and color photos, 20 full-color plates Now available paperback 9788360672167 An authoritative guide to the French 2e Division Blindes armor camouflage and markings during training and combat operations in N.W. Europe, 1943-45. Includes Armored Jeeps, M8 Armored Car and M31/M32 Tank Recovery Vehicle.
Camouflage & Markings of the 6th South African Armored Division 1943-45
Part 2: Wheeled Transport & Artillery
William Marshall $39.95 72 pages 8 x 11.5 127 b/w photos, 19 full-color plates Now available paperback 9788360672181 An authoritative guide to the South African armor camouflage and markings during training and combat operations in World War II. Part 2 includes the numerous US, Canadian and British made vehicles employed by the Division.
Camouflage & Markings of the Valentines in New Zealand Service

Jeffrey Plowman $35.95 40 pages 8 x 11.5 67 b/w photos, 12 full-color plates Now available paperback 9788360672198 An authoritative guide to the New Zealand Valentine tanks camouflage and markings during training in New Zealand, combat operations in the Pacific and postwar use until 1960 when replaced by the M41 Walker Bulldog.
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U.S. Armored Car Staghound
Roger Lucy $32.95 64 pages 8 x 11.5 131 b/w photos, 19 full-color plates, 25 line drawings Now available paperback 9788360672112 Comprehensive history of the design, development and operational use of the U.S.built Staghound armored car, widely used by British, Canadian, Polish and New Zealand armored car regiments during World War Two. Contains: 131 archive photos, 6pp all-new 1/35th scale drawings of Staghound I, II and III, 9 tone drawings reprinted from various technical manuals, 19 full-color plates showing British, Canadian, New Zealand, Polish and Italian vehicles.
British Infantry Tank Mk. III Valentine

Part 2: 6-pdr & 75 mm Gun Tanks and Specialist Variants
Dick Taylor $43.95 72 pages 8 x 11.5 102 b/w photos, 15 full-color plates, 41 line drawings Now available paperback 9788360672150 Comprehensive history of the design, development and operational use of the most numerous tanks designed and produced in Britain in W.W.II and its specialist variants. Statistics: 102 archive photos, 6 pp. all-new 1/35th scale drawings of Valentine IX, 25-pdr SPM Bishop and 17-pdr SPM Archer, 26 tone drawings reprinted from various technical manuals, 15 full-color plates showing British, Polish and Canadian vehicles.
Albatros B.II
Piotr Mrozowski $34.95 56 pages 8 x 11.5 176 color photos, 33 b/w photos, 8 line drawings, 4 color plates Now available paperback 9788392025436 Technical/historical background illustrated with b/w photos and a selection of detailed walk around full color photographs highlighting technical details of Germanys most popular World War I trainer and observation airplane. Contains: 176 full color inside and out color photos of the only two existing examples of the Albatros B.II: one from Museum in Cracow, Poland and another from Flygvapen museum in Linkoping, Sweden.
Marmon-Herrington
A History of the South African Reconnaissance Car
William Marshall $79.00 176 pages 8.5 x 11.75 229 b/w photos, 141 color photos, 20 full-color plates, 27 line drawings Now available hardback 9788360672204 This massive hardbound volume gives an indepth and detail review of one of the important vehicle types produced and used during W.W.II, a truly international icon, employed by South African, British, New Zealand, Polish, Free French and Greek forces in Greece, Africa and the Middle East, as well as Dutch forces in the Far East. While it is of great interest to the historian and researcher, it also supplies a wealth of new information and drawings for the modeler. Includes: Development history, Prototype development, Technical development, Comprehensive operational history, Personal accounts, Details of vehicles used during different campaigns, War Diary information of units that used these vehicles, Post war use by various armed forces until retirement, Comprehensive camouflage & markings information.
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Oxbow Books
Support for the Fleet
Architecture and Engineering of the Royal Navys Bases 1700-1914
Jonathan Coad $200.00 464 pages 482 illustrations June 2013 English Heritage hardback 9781848020559 This major new book traces for the first time the architectural and engineering works in the Royal Navys shore bases at home and overseas and the political imperatives and technologies that helped shape them up to the First World War. Based on detailed archival research, it concentrates on the remarkable legacy of surviving structures. The book reveals the close links that developed with a rapidly industrializing Britain at the end of the eighteenth century, showing contributions of figures such as Samuel Bentham, Thomas Telford, Henry Maudslay, the Rennies, the Jessops and James Watt.
Operation Pedestal
The Story of the Santa Marija Convoy
John Mizzi $23.50 96 pages Now Available Midsea Books paperback 9789993274063 In 1942 an epic naval operation was mounted so as to relieve Malta from the onslaught of attacks by the forces of the Axis. This operation was code named Pedestal. The men taking part in Pedestal must have gone through hell. For example, the gallant tanker SS Ohio withstood Stuka dive bomber attacks, had a Ju87 crash on her deck and when a Ju88 was brought down it bounced off the water and crashed into the vessels side! Yet Ohio, after much effort by the Royal Navy still made it to Grand Harbor in Malta!
Bosworth 1485
A Battlefield Rediscovered
Glenn Foard Anne Curry $65.00 264 pages 8.5 x 11 color throughout August 2013 hardback 9781782971733 Bosworth is one of the most iconic of English battles. Here Richard III suffered what is arguably the most memorable death of any English king. It was also Englands most famous lost battlefield. To find and explore the site, the authors led an intensive program of research. Bosworth 1485: A battlefield rediscovered is the result. Techniques include documentary analysis, landscape archaeology and metal detecting survey. Using the resulting evidence the book explores the battle and battlefield from the composition of the armies to the terrain in which the battle was fought. Bosworth 1485 provides a fascinating and intricately researched new perspective on the event which marked the transition between medieval and early modern England.
Spartas German Children

The ideal of ancient Sparta in the Royal Prussian Cadet-Corps, 18181920, and in National-Socialist elite schools (the Napolas), 1933-1945
Helene Roche $90.00 320 pages 6 x 9 b/w illustrations Now Available Classical Press at Wales hardback 9781905125555 From the eighteenth century until 1945, German children were taught to model themselves on the young of Sparta. From older children, from teachers in the classroom came images of Sparta designed to inculcate ideals of endurance, discipline and of military selfsacrifice. Helen Roche is the first to examine this sensitive topic systematically and in depth. She collects and analyses official and published German evocations of Sparta but also reconstructs the experiences of German children taught to be `little Spartans in the Napolas. In treating the final period of this process, the author has collected testimony from surviving German witnesses who attended the Napolas as children.
Archaeology of English Battlefields

Glenn Foard $50.00 198 pages color illustrations Now Available Council for British Archaeology paperback 9781902771885 This volume presents the results of the first national assessment of English battlefields. The primary written sources are complemented by the results of extensive fieldwork, computerbased terrain reconstruction, and scientific analysis of artifacts recovered from battlefields. The authors proposed methodology for investigating battlefield locations is validated by the recent identification of the precise location of the Battle of Bosworth, some 3km from the traditional site.
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PeKo Publishing
T-34 on the Battlefield
World War Two Photobook Series Vol. 1
Peter Kocsis An exciting new book series from PeKo Publishing. 103 black and white photos and over 112 pages of the Russian t-34/76 and T-34/85 tanks during World War II. Considered by some to be the best medium tank of the war, T-34s gave the Germans a nasty surprise when first encountered during Operation Barbarossa, and thereafter were the Red Armys mainstay across the Eastern Front. When the Germans answered with the invention of the Panther, the Soviets upgunned their T-34s from 76mm to 85mm to keep pace. Captions in dual language, Hungarian and English. Includes vehicles in German service as Beutepanzers and some interesting markings. Photos are from private collections and are previously unpublished.
$34.95 112 pages 8.5 x 11 103 photos July 2013 hardback 9789638962300
Sturmgeschutz III on the Battlefield

World War Two Photobook Series Vol. 2
Matayas Panczel The second in an exciting new book series from PeKo Publishing. 102 black and white photos and over 112 pages of the German Sturmgeschutz III assaults guns during World War II. Though not considered as glamorous as tanks, Germanys Stugs, as they were known, were the workhorse of the Wehrmacht on both fronts, ultimately counting for a greater number of kills than their turreted companions. Whether on offense or grueling battles of defense, the assault guns were often the only equalizer between German infantry against enemy armor. Captions in dual language, Hungarian and English. Photos are from private collections and are previously unpublished.
$41.95 112 pages 8.5 x 11 102 photos, 1 drawing July 2013 Hardback 9789638962317
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Pen and Sword

Hitlers Alpine Headquarters
James Wilson $29.95 256 pages 6.75 x 9 300 plus b/w images/8pp color plates November 2013 hardback 9781783030040 Hitlers Alpine Headquarters look at the development of the Obersalzberg from a small, long established farming community, into Hitlers country residence and the Nazis southern headquarters. Introducing new images and additional text, this book is a much expanded sequel to the authors acclaimed Hitlers Alpine Retreat. This book will appeal to those with a general interest in the Third Reich. It explains how and why Hitler chose this area to build a home and his connection to this region. With over 300 images and three maps, and the opportunity to compare a number of then and now images, the story of Hitlers Southern Headquarters is brought to life through this extensive coverage.
Major & Mrs. Holts Concise Illustrated Battlefield Guide The Western Front North
100th Anniversary Edition
Tonie Holt Valmai Holt $29.95 400 pages 5.75 x 8.25 approx 250 color and b/w images throughout August 2013 paperback 9781781593974 Following in their best-selling series of Battlefield Guides this is a companion volume to the Holts Western Front South Guide. Between the two, they cover the main WW1 Western Front battlefields. This book covers 15 of the most significant battles of the northern area from Nieuwport to just north of The Somme. Whether travelling on the ground or in the mind, the reader is carefully guided through the battlefields with a mixture of succinct military history, cameo memories and stories of VCs and other personalities, interspersed with references to the literature and poetry of the war.
Disarming Hitlers V Weapons

Bomb Disposal The V1 & V2 Rockets
Chris Ransted $39.95 256 pages 6 x 9 heavily illustrated December 2013 hardback 9781781593868 In 1944 the V-1s and V-2s were regarded by the Allied leaders in London as the single greatest threat they had faced. It was feared that these flying bombs and rockets might turn the tide of war once again in Germanys favor. Yet, little more than half of these missiles hit their targets, some failing to explode. Their wreckage lay across the southern half of England or in Europe, with contents liable to sudden and deadly ignition. It was the job of specialist Bomb Disposal teams to render the V-weapons safe and uncover their secrets. This is their story.
Carriers at War 19391945

Adrian Stewart $34.95 224 pages 6 x 9 16pp b/w plates August 2013 hardback 9781781591567 The Author begins this fascinating book by tracing aircraft carrier development between the Wars. Eschewed by the Germans and Italians and with Britain squandering her early lead, the Americans and Japanese became front-runners. The Royal Navy learnt the hard way in the early stages of WW2 with the loss of HMS Courageous and Glorious but, following successes at Taranto and Matapan, the value of carriers was no longer in doubt. The sinking of Bismarck and the cataclysmic Pearl Harbor attack signaled the end of the Battleship era. Stung by such spectacular losses the US Navy threw its weight behind the carrier concept and the naval war in the Pacific revolved round carrier-borne aircraft.
Tank Commander
From the Fall of France to the Defeat of Germany The Memoirs of Bill Close
Bill Close $39.95 256 pages 6 x 9 20 illustrations August 2013 hardback 9781781591871 Bill Close had a remarkable war. In campaign after campaign, from the defense of Calais in 1940 to the defeat of Germany in 1945, he served as a tank commander in the Royal Tank Regiment - and he survived. His tanks were hit eleven times by enemy shellfire and he bailed out. He was wounded three times. He finished the war as one of the most experienced and resourceful of British tank commanders, and in later life, he set down his wartime experiences in graphic detail. His book is not only an extraordinary memoir - it is also a compelling account of the exploits of the Royal Tank Regiment throughout the conflict.
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Pen and Sword

Conscientious Objectors of the Second World War
Refusing to Fight
Ann Kramer $39.95 224 pages 6 x 9 approx 30 illustrations b/w plates August 2013 hardback 9781844681181 Even today, most histories of the world wars focus on those who fought. Those who refused to fight are usually overlooked. In World War I, 16,000 men in Britain refused conscription. Known as objectors they were humiliated and imprisoned for their stand. During World War II, there were more than 60,000 objectors. They were treated more humanely but many people who didnt sympathized with their stand.
Churchills Secret Invasion

Britains First Large Scale Combined Operations Offensive 1942
John Grehan $39.95 224 pages 6 x 9 32 illustrations December 2013 hardback 9781781593820 In 1942, North Africa was overrun by the German Afrika Korps and the Japanese had captured Singapore and were threatening India. Only the most urgent reinforcement of war fronts could prevent disaster. But Britains routes to Egypt and India passed Madagascar. If the Japanese Navy severed Britains communications with Cairo and Delhi, then North Africa and the Indian sub-continent would be at the mercy of the Axis Powers. In a race against time, Britain planned to seize Madagascar before Japan could strike. An overwhelming force was dispatched as part of the largest convoy ever to have left Britains shores.
The Will to Live

A Japanese POWs Memoir of Captivity and The Railway
L.L. Baynes $39.95 192 pages 6 x 9 8pp b/w plates October 2013 hardback 9781781593004 Len Baynes courage and mental and physical strength kept him alive during the 1000 days of captivity by the Japanese army. The difficulties and risks involved in keeping a diary were immense and yet Len persevered through deliberately defacing and cutting up the small pieces of paper. To read his account of life and death first during the fighting and then captivity in numerous camps in Singapore and Thailand is a humbling and moving experience. The Will To Live is a fine example of the Japanese POW/Railway of Death genre.
The Boys of Shakespeares School in the Second World War

Richard Pearson $50.00 224 pages 6 x 9 125-150 b/w pics August 2013 hardback 9781781591529 Like the Great War generation before them, the Old Boys of King Edward VI School answered the Nations call to arms in 1939 with steely determination and an absolute belief in the cause for which they were fighting. This evocative and carefully researched book tells each ones story. The author paints a picture of the individual concerned, along with his family background, his contribution to the School and, most importantly, his war service and the circumstances of his death.
Fight Another Day

J M Langley $39.95 256 pages 6 x 9 16pp b/w plates September 2013 hardback 9781781592533 As a young subaltern in the Coldstream Guards, the author lost his arm at Dunkirk and was captured but eventually escaped via Lille, Paris, Marseilles, Spain and Gibraltar. He describes the fierce fighting outside Dunkirk, his captivity, escape and extraordinary life in Vichy France, before the Germans controlled it. His fellow escapees and the French who sheltered them make a rich cast of characters.
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Pen and Sword

They Have Their Exits
Airey Neave $24.95 192 pages 6 x 9 plate section August 2013 paperback 9781781594728 Wounded and taken prisoner in the fighting at Calais in 1940, the author became a compulsive escaper and the first one to make a home-run from Colditz Castle. He rejoined the fighting serving in France and Holland before becoming a member of the International Military Tribunal at the Nuremburg War Crimes trials.
The Siege of Brest 1941

A Legend of Red Army Resistance on the Eastern Front
Rostislav Aliev $39.95 224 pages 6 x 9 20 illustrations September 2013 hardback 9781781590850 On 22 June 1941, the first German shells smashed into the Soviet fortress of Brest. The Wehrmacht advanced, taking thousands of prisoners, but Brest held out. The defenders put up a resistance against an entire German division as the Soviet front collapsed behind them. The Germans allowed twelve hours to secure the area, but it took them nine days.
The Defence and Fall of Greece 1940-41

John Carr $39.95 272 pages 6 x 9 8pp b/w photos September 2013 hardback 9781781591819 In 1940, the Greek premier refused to accept an ultimatum from Mussolini and Italian forces began the invasion of Greece. On paper, Greek forces were poorly equipped and ill prepared for the conflict but Mussolini had underestimated the skill of the defenders. Within weeks the Italian force was driven back over the border.
Life on the Death Railway

The Memoirs of a British POW
Stuart Young $39.95 240 pages 6 x 9 20 illustrations October 2013 hardback 9781848848207 As a young man, Stuart Young endured the horrors of the Japanese prisoner-of-war camps and survived. Later in life, he recorded the experience the dreadful conditions, the brutal treatment, the sickness and starvation. He also recorded the comradeship among the prisoners and the pastimes and entertainment that helped them through the ordeal.
Strafer The Desert General

The Life and Killing of Lieutenant General WHE Gott CB CBE DSO*MC
N S Nash CBE $39.95 224 pages 6 x 9 16pp b/w plates November 2013 hardback 9781781590904 Selected by Churchill to command 8th Army, Strafer Gott was targeted by German intelligence as he flew to Cairo to take up his new post. Six ME109s intercepted his aircraft and shot it down, killing Gott. This biography reveals that Strafer deserves to be remembered for his exceptional talents, meteoric career and record of gallantry.
St. Mere Eglise and Carentan

Carl Shilleto $19.95 196 pages 5.25 x 8.5 illustrated July 2013 paperback 9781848848696 This book takes the reader straight into the fulcrum of U.S. paratrooper actions on D-Day and ensuing battles in Normandy. The 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions waged fierce small-unit battles to liberate St. Mere Eglise, where a paratrooper famously hung from its church steeple during the fighting. They then fought a grueling battle against dug-in defenders to seize Carentan, a vital key to the invasion front.
Hitlers Atlantic Wall: Normandy

Construction and Destruction
Paul Williams $19.95 176 pages 5.25 x 8.5 20 b/w photos August 2013 paperback 9781783030583 This highly informative book begins with an examination of the background to Germanys primary military objectives in relation to the western end of their selfstyled Fortress Europe including the early foundation of shore defenses in northern France.
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Handbook on German Military Forces
Bob Carruthers $34.95 640 pages 6 x 9 maps and diagrams July 2013 hardback 9781781592151 In 1945, the Allies were engaged in bitter fighting against resistance from Germany. The US War Department was determined to equip the US forces fighting the Germans with as much knowledge as possible. March 1945 saw the issue of a document entitled the Handbook On German Military Forces. This was a remarkable work of intelligence gathering, which formed a compendium of knowledge amassed on the German Wehrmacht.
Arnhem 1944
A Bridge Too Far?
Bob Carruthers $14.95 160 pages 6 x 9 approx 40 b/w images and maps November 2013 paperback 9781781592373 This book reviews the complex set of military operations played out in the Netherlands during September 1944 involving the forces of Britain, Canada, Poland, the USA and Germany, providing a selection of sources covering each of the belligerents. The book features an unpublished war diary bringing a new perspective on the often-overlooked contribution made by the artillerymen in Operation Market and Operation Garden.
Blitzkrieg in the Balkans

Bob Carruthers $14.95 192 pages 6 x 9 approx 25 b/w images and maps July 2013 paperback 9781781592076 The German campaigns in the Balkans, Greece and the seizure of Crete are detailed in this long neglected account of the campaign as described from the German point of view. Based on original German records and postwar military writings by veterans, this fascinating account encompasses the lessons and conclusions drawn from the same German sources.
The Battle of Britain

Bob Carruthers $14.95 208 pages 6 x 9 approx 30 b/w images July 2013 paperback 9781781592168 The Battle of Britain was the World War II air campaign waged by the Luftwaffe against the United Kingdom in 1940. The objective of the campaign was to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force. This illustrated edition is the definitive single volume overview of the Battle of Britain, encompassing the strategic, operational and tactical aspects of the Battle.
Third Reich Propaganda

Bob Carruthers $14.95 144 pages 6 x 9 approximately 80 b/w images July 2013 paperback 9781781592106 The Nazi regime was propelled to power by the new phenomenon of a mass media communication program, which encompassed press, posters, radio, art and film. This authoritative study of the propaganda generated by the Nazi party by author Bob Carruthers encompasses an in-depth analysis of the surviving films, posters and magazines of the Third Reich.
I Knew Hitler
The Lost Testimony by a Survivor from the Night of the Long Knives
Kurt G.W. Ludecke $29.95 576 pages 6 x 9 approx 25 b/w images August 2013 paperback 9781781592236 First published in 1938 I Knew Hitler is the missing link in the literary trail, which traces the fortunes of Adolf Hitler from Linz to Berlin. There are surprisingly few personal accounts of life with Hitler from inside the inner circle during the years before he seized power and besides Goebbels diaries, Ludecke is by far the most important of them.
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Hitlers War Machine
The Panzer IV
The Workhorse of the Panzerwaffe
Bob Carruthers $14.95 96 pages 6 x 9 approximately 70 b/w images July 2013 paperback 9781781592052
The Panzer III

Germanys Medium Tank
Panzers I & II
Germanys Light Tanks
Strmgeschutze
Armoured Assault Guns
Bob Carruthers $14.95 128 pages 6 x 9 approx 60 b/w images and diagrams August 2013 paperback 9781781592182
The Waffen SS in the West

Bob Carruthers $14.95 160 pages 6 x 9 approximately 150 b/w images August 2013 paperback 9781781592199
Luftwaffe Combat The Panther V in Reports Combat

Panzer Combat Reports

Bob Carruthers $19.95 240 pages 6 x 9 approximately 60 b/w pictures, diagrams and maps July 2013 paperback 9781781592120
Guderians Problem Child

Tiger I: The Official Wartime Crew Manual

(The Tigerfibel)
Bob Carruthers $14.95 176 pages 6 x 9 approximately 150 b/w images and diagrams September 2013 paperback 9781781592250
The German Army in Normandy

Bob Carruthers $24.95 384 pages 6 x 9 approximately 60 b/w images September 2013 paperback 9781781592267
Poland 1939
The Blitzkreig Unleashed
Bob Carruthers $14.95 160 pages 6 x 9 approximately 120 b/w images September 2013 paperback 9781781592274
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Air War Market Garden: Shrinking Perimeter
Martin Bowman $39.95 6 x 9 60 images August 2013 hardback 9781781591772 The third volume of this four-part series on Operation Market-Garden in September 1944 draws on many individual soldiers and airmens narratives to tell the story of the ongoing fight to keep the Hells Highway open to relieve 1st Airborn at Arnhem, and the brave attempts to resupply them from the air.
Air War Market Garden: A Bridge Too Far

Martin Bowman $34.95 256 pages 6 x 9 60 images November 2013 hardback 9781781591765 This, the fourth and final volume of the series on Market-Garden in September 1944 reveals the final fate of the troops at Oosterbeek and the decision to evacuate all able bodied men in Operation Berlin as well as the subsequent Operation Pegasus when the Allies tried to return as many beleaguered troops back to Allied lines as possible.
Air War D-Day: Winged Pegasus and The Rangers

Martin Bowman $34.95 176 pages 6 x 9 60 images July 2013 hardback 9781781591185 This is the third volume of a comprehensive five part work, detailing every aspect of air and paratroop operations on the night of 5/6 June 1944. This dynamic episode in the history of DDay is researched and relayed with both style and reverence for the aircrew who participated in proceedings.
Air War D-Day: Bloody Beaches

Martin Bowman $34.95 256 pages 6 x 9 60 images August 2013 hardback 9781781591789 This fourth volume of a five-part work on D-Day covers every aspect of aerial operations on and behind the Omaha and Utah beaches on 6 June 1944. The veterans in this operation convey the chaos, terror and hysteria as the first salvos of German fire clanged off the landing craft, in language that is all the more powerful for its terseness and simplicity.
Air War D-Day: Gold Juno Sword

Martin Bowman $34.95 256 pages 6 x 9 60 images November 2013 hardback 9781781591796 This is the final volume of a comprehensive five-part work, including a multitude of personal accounts of every aspect of the aerial operations on Gold Juno and Sword beaches during D-Day. It relays the sense of relief experienced as Allied troops gained a foothold on the continent of Europe after D-Day.
The Stuka
Trumpets of Jericho
Bob Carruthers $14.95 144 pages 6 x 9 approx 40 b/w images August 2013 paperback 9781781592205 Emmy award winning historian Bob carruthers compiled this comprehensive overview of the stuka dive-bomber. It draws heavily on post war interviews with Luftwaffe pilots and staff officers to produce a fascinating insight into the stuka at the tactical and operational level.
The Me. 262 Stormbird Ascending

Bob Carruthers $14.95 144 pages 6 x 9 approx 50 b/w images, maps and schematics October 2013 paperback 9781781592311 Emmy Award winning historian Bob Carruthers compiled this comprehensive overview of the Me.262. It draws heavily on postwar interviews with Luftwaffe pilots and staff officers to produce a fascinating insight into the Me.262 at the tactical and operational level.
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Barbarossa: Hitler Turns East
Bob Carruthers
Eastern Front from Primary Sources Winter The Warfare on Wehrmacht the Russian Experience in Front Russia
Bob Carruthers $14.95 208 pages 6 x 9 40 b/w images October 2013 paperback 9781781592335 This fascinating collection of primary source accounts focuses on the combat actions of the Wehrmacht in the bitter cold of the Russian and Arctic winters. Bob Carruthers $29.95 592 pages 6 x 9 approx 150 b/w images and maps September 2013 paperback 9781781592281 This titanic and thoroughly comprehensive study of the German experience in Russia is the definitive single volume study of Hitlers war in the east.
$19.95 288 pages 6 x 9 approx 40 b/w images and maps October 2013 paperback 9781781592328 This is the fascinating account of the massive German attack on Soviet Russia and the fierce fighting which took place from 1941 to October 1942.
Red Army Armour in Combat

Bob Carruthers $14.95 176 pages 6 x 9 approx 40 b/w images, maps and diagrams September 2013 paperback 9781781592298 This fascinating collection of primary source accounts focuses on the combat actions of Red Army tank forces in World War II.
Eastern Front: Encirclement and Escape by German Forces

Bob Carruthers $14.95 192 pages 6 x 9 16 b/w maps August 2013 paperback 9781781592212 The battles fought by German forces in Russia have become known as the most terrible of all campaigns. After the war, the experiences of those who had fought were collected together as the German report series.
Eastern Front: Night Combat

Bob Carruthers $14.95 144 pages 6 x 9 8 b/w maps and diagrams August 2013 paperback 9781781592229 With the onset of the Cold War the knowledge gained by the Wehrmacht had to be collected and recycled to the forces quickly. The program was part of the German Report Series and was a glimpse from the operational and tactical viewpoint of the war.
Wehrmacht Combat Reports: The Russian Front

Bob Carruthers $14.95 208 pages 6 x 9 approximately 40 b/w images and diagrams July 2013 paperback 9781781592144 This fascinating collection of Allied reports focusing on the combat actions of the Wehrmacht in Russia is drawn from a variety of wartime sources.
The Wehrmacht in Russia

Bob Carruthers $19.95 256 pages 6 x 9 approx 100 b/w images, maps and line drawings October 2013 paperback 9781781592366 Here is the German experience of the war in Russia, seen through the eyes of and told in the words of the men who fought and died for Hitler.
German AntiPartisan Combat

Bob Carruthers $14.95 208 pages 6 x 9 approx 25 b/w images and maps July 2013 paperback 9781781592083 This overview compiled by author Bob Carruthers draws on rare primary sources photographs and combat reports from German sources to produce an overview of the overlooked but strategically important war against the partisans in Russia and the Balkans.
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Military History from Primary Sources
Renaissance Warfare
James Grant $14.95 224 pages 6 x 9 approx 30 b/w engravings and illustrations September 2013 paperback 9781781592304 This work features a survey of the defining events of Renaissance warfare in the British Isles as described by military writer James Grant.
The Crimean War

James Grant $14.95 144 pages 6 x 9 approx 20 b/w images and maps October 2013 paperback 9781781592359 This remarkable work features the Crimean War as depicted by the late Victorian military writer James Grant.
War in Ancient Greece

Bob Carruthers $19.95 576 pages 6 x 9 approximately 40 b/w images and maps July 2013 paperback 9781781592175 Thucydides wrote this history of the Peloponnesian War, believing that it would be a greater war than any that had preceded, and his version would serve as a possession for all time.
Tribes of Ancient Britain and Germany

Publius Cornelius Tacitus $14.95 112 pages 6 x 9 November 2013 paperback 9781781592380 Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors.
Medieval Warfare
James Grant $19.95 224 pages 6 x 9 approx 40 b/w images August 2013 paperback 9781781592243 Medieval Warfare collects the author Grants work on the subject, from the Battle of Hastings to the Battle of Barnet, a decisive engagement in the Wars of the Roses.
Sun Tzu The Art of Recollections of War Through the the Great War in Ages (illustrated) the Air
Bob Carruthers $14.95 176 pages 6 x 9 approx 20 b/w images October 2013 paperback 9781781592342 This edition contains the translated text of The Art of War, and photography showcasing how the ideas and philosophies have remained relevant over the course of history. James McConnell $14.95 96 pages 6 x 9 approx 40 b/w images November 2013 paperback 9781781592441 In 1915, James McConnell enlisted as a volunteer in the French Flying Corps. He was part of a band of American volunteers, which were formed into the American Lafayette Escadrille.
A Motorcycle Courier in the Great War

The Illustrated Edition
Capt. W.H.L. Watson $14.95 208 pages 6 x 9 40 b/w images November 2013 paperback 9781781592397 The author and his colleagues were part of the Royal Engineers Signal Service. This account details their experiences and life during the struggles fought in France and Belgium.
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Armoured Warfare in the ArabIsraeli Conflicts
Anthony Tucker-Jones $24.95 160 pages 7.5 x 9.5 200 illustrations September 2013 paperback 9781848848054
The Battle of Britain: Luftwaffe Blitz

Philip Kaplan
Images of War Naval Aviation in the Second World War

Philip Kaplan $24.95 160 pages 7.5 x 9.5 150 b/w photographs November 2013 paperback 9781781593691
Russian Armour in the Second World War

Michael Green $24.95 208 pages 7.5 x 9.5 250 b/w images November 2013 paperback 9781781591833
$24.95 7.5 x 9.5 150-200 b/w photographs October 2013 paperback 9781781593684
Waffen SS on the Western Front

Ian Baxter $24.95 160 pages 7.5 x 9.5 250 b/w illustrations November 2013 paperback 9781781591857
Warfare on the Eastern Front Partisan 19411944

Nik Cornish $24.95 144 pages 7.5 x 9.5 200 b/w photos July 2013 paperback 9781848843769
Armoured Warfare and Hitlers Allies 19411945

Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Anthony Tucker-Jones $24.95 160 pages 7.5 x 9.5 200 illustrations July 2013 paperback 9781781592588
Armoured Warfare in the Italian Campaign 19431945

Anthony Tucker-Jones $24.95 160 pages 7.5 x 9.5 200 illustrations July 2013 paperback 9781781592472
Panzer III at War 1939 1945

Paul Thomas $24.95 160 pages 7.5 x 9.5 150 b/w images September 2013 paperback 9781781590409
German Machine Guns of the Second World War

Hans Seidler $24.95 144 pages 7.5 x 9.5 250 b/w images September 2013 hardback 9781781592731
Tiger I and Tiger II

Anthony Tucker-Jones $29.95 176 pages 7.5 x 9.5 140 color and b/w photos July 2013 paperback 9781781590300
Armoured Warfare in Northwest Europe 19441945

Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
Anthony Tucker-Jones $24.95 144 pages 7.5 x 9.5 180 illustrations August 2013 paperback 9781781591758
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Voices in Flight: The Fleet Air Arm
Recollections from Formation to Cold War
Malcolm Smith $50.00 288 pages 6 x 9 36 b/w photographs in plates July 2013 hardback 9781781590928 The author Malcolm Smith has been the Editor of Jabberwock, the bi-annual journal of the Fleet Air Arm Museum, for two years and has inherited the complete archive of editions dating back to the formation of SOFFAAM in 1979. In browsing through these, it quickly became apparent to him that they provided a unique archive of reminiscence of the men and (occasionally) women who served in, or have been associated with, the Fleet Air Arm since its formation in 1918. The Fleet Air Arm were the branch of the British Royal Navy responsible for the operation of naval aircraft, and its history is a varied one as these accounts attest.
Voices in Flight: The Dambuster Squadron

Colin Higgs Bruce Vigar $39.95 208 pages 6 x 9 16pp b/w plate section July 2013 hardback 9781781593714 Borne of a partnership between the authors, this beautifully crafted work is sure to appeal to the aviation fraternity as well as serving as a memorial to the veterans whose exploits characterize this most daring of raids. As we approach the 70th Anniversary of the 1943 Raid, it seems fitting that we should have such an account to mark the occasion, consolidating the collective experiences of a selection of aircrew who contributed to the proceedings. The authors have set themselves the ambitious task of interviewing as wide a cross-section of veterans as they can. Each chapter is dedicated to a separate veteran, woven together with the authors historical narrative, setting each account in context.
The Luftwaffe: A History

John Killen $19.95 320 pages 5 x 7.75 16 pages of plates August 2013 paperback 9781781591109 John Killens work is a study of German air power between 1915 and 1945, from the early days of flying when Immelmann, Boelke, Richtofen and other First World War aces fought and died to give Germany air supremacy, to the nightmare existence of the Luftwaffe as the Third Reich plunged headlong to destruction. Here are the aircraft: the biplanes and triplanes of the Kaisers war; the Lufthansa aircraft and airships; the monoplanes. The generals who forged the air weapon of the Luftwaffe - Goering, Udet, Kesselring and Jeschonnek; here, too, are the pilots who tried to keep faith with their Fatherland; Adolf Galland, Werner Molders, Joachim Marseille and Hanna Reitsch.
A Century of Air Warfare

The Changing Face of Warfare 19122012
Dave Sloggett $34.95 240 pages 6 x 9 30 images September 2013 hardback 9781781591925 No other development since the introduction of gunpowder has had as great an influence on warfare as the aircraft. From its beginnings as a means of aerial reconnaissance to its supremacy on the battlefield, the aircraft has evolved into the most versatile and precise killing machine known to man. In this comprehensive study, David Sloggett investigates the role and significance of air power over the course of the previous 100 years. This is accomplished by detailing every major conflict during that period including not only the two world wars but also the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Falklands War. A Century of Air Power is the most important study of the use of military aircraft ever undertaken.
Pioneers of Aerial Combat

Air Battles of the First World War
Michael Foley $50.00 200 pages 6 x 9 100 integrated b/w photographic illustrations September 2013 hardback 9781781592724 When the Wright Brothers made their first flight in the early years of the twentieth century it sparked the imagination of those who wanted to fly. In Britain, however, the spark wasnt strong enough to light a fire and it was in other parts of Europe, where flight began to develop seriously. Early pioneers of flight faced danger and many died in pursuit of their dream. Although aircraft design had made incredible progress by the outbreak of war, accidents still occurred on a regular basis. For some time, as many pilots died in accidents as they did in combat. This publication consolidates a range of stories, insights, and facts. The chaos during the First World War and the scramble to develop aircraft in response to the threat to homeland security is eloquently relayed.
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The Dambuster Who Cracked the Dam
The story of Melvin Dinghy Young
Arthur G Thorning $24.95 192 pages 6 x 9 60 b/w photos July 2013 paperback 9781783030156 On 25 September 1939, Melvin Young reported to No.1 Initial Training Unit. Having undertaken a Lancaster conversion course Melvin and his crew were posted to 57 Squadron at Scampton. In May the Order for Operation Chastise was issued. The plan for the operation was that three waves of aircraft would be employed. The first wave of nine aircraft would first attack the Mohne Dam, then the Eder. This wave would fly in three sections about ten minutes apart led by Guy Gibson, Melvin Young and Henry Maudslay. Once the dam had been breached, Gibson led the three remaining aircraft towards the Eder Dam. On the return trip, Melvin Young and his crew fell to enemy guns. Over the North Sea, Guy Gibson called Melvin on the radiothere was no reply.
The Dam Buster Raid

A Reappraisal, 70 Years On
Alan Cooper $39.95 208 pages 6 x 9 80 integrated b/w photographs/illustrations August 2013 hardback 9781781594742 Seventy years ago, 133 airmen of 617 Squadron, later known as the Dambusters, set out to destroy the Ruhr Dams in Germany. This one operation amongst many carried out by Bomber Command has become one of the most well known in the whole history of WWII. The book covers every facet of this enthralling episode. It also works as a poignant tribute to the 53 men who were killed on the operation, as well as the men who returned from the operation but were later killed on further sorties with 617 and other squadrons. Cooper brings together various narrative threads, focusing on stories recorded in document form and acquired on a first-hand basis to give a real insight into the daily operations of the squadron.
Guy Gibson: Dambuster

Geoff Simpson $39.95 208 pages 6 x 9 16 illustrations July 2013 hardback 9781781590553 A new assessment of the life of one of the most famous and controversial airmen of the Second World War, this book covers Guy Gibsons sometimes troubled upbringing and the impact on him of his time at St Edwards School, Oxford. In particular, the story of his career in the RAF is relayed, including his stunning leadership achievement in creating No 617 Squadron and leading its attack on the dams of western Germany. The much-discussed circumstances of his unnecessary death and the theories, which have grown up around it are examined, as well as his legacy - he remains a great British hero almost 70 years after his death in a world utterly different to the one he knew.
The Men Who Breached the Dams

617 Squadron The Dambusters
Alan W Cooper $22.95 232 pages 6 x 9 20 Illustrations July 2013 paperback 9781781590744 As we approach the 70th Anniversary of the Dam Buster Raids, this reprint will make a timely addition to the library of any enthusiast wishing to mark the occasion. Painstaking research went into every aspect of the operation. This forms a history of one of the most successful operations of the Second World War carried out by the 617 Squadron. This account includes the whole lead up to the final mission; the forming of 617 Squadron and the intense course of training carried out to make the operation a success. The raid itself is viewed from both British and German camps; many of the aircrew who took part in 617 operations give their accounts, as do several Germans. There is a remarkable eyewitness account of the raid from a man who was a gunner on the Mohne dam, telling of the damage after the raid and how he and his companions shot down one of the attacking aircraft.
Bomber Command 1939-1940

The War Before the War
Gordon Thorburn $39.95 192 pages 6 x 9 November 2013 hardback 9781781592779 For Bomber Command, the term Phoney War never really meant much. Five Blenheims of 107 Squadron were among the blood and bullets the day after war was declared and only one came back. On 14 December 1939, in a disastrous raid on shipping, 99 Squadron lost six Wellingtons with only three survivors out of thirty-six crew. Even worse, in the biggest air battle so far, 18 December, Wilhelmshaven, five Wellingtons of 9 Squadron went down, four of 37 Squadron and two of 149 Squadron. Bomber Command lost sixty-eight aircraft and crews in action in the four war months of 1939, and a further seventy-eight in accidents. In the months up to the French surrender, losses rose spectacularly as the Germans triumphed wherever they went. In a few hours on 14 May, resisting the Blitzkrieg, forty-seven Fairey Battles and Bristol Blenheims were shot from the sky.
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Luck of a Lancaster
107 operations, 244 crew, 103 killed in action
Gordon Thorburn $39.95 240 pages 6 x 9 Over 100 integrated images July 2013 hardback 9781781590737 No 9 Squadron of Bomber Command converted from the Wellington to the Lancaster in August 1942. W4964 was the seventieth Lanc to arrive on squadron, in 1943. She flew her first op on the 20th. Across all squadrons, the average life of a Lancaster was 22.75 sorties, but rather less for the front-line squadrons going to Germany, which was when W4964 was flying her 107 sorties. W4964 WS-J was given a special character as J-Johnny Walker, still going strong and her Tallboy bomb was the only one to hit the battleship Tirpitz. During her career, well over two hundred airmen flew in J. None were killed while doing so, but ninety-six of them died in other aircraft. This is their story, and the story of one lucky Lancaster.
From Borneo to Lockerbie

Memoirs of a RAF Helicopter Pilot
Geoffrey Leeming $39.95 240 pages 6 x 9 16pp b/w plates July 2013 hardback 9781848847651 Geoff Leeming belongs to an elite group of helicopter pilots. He describes his flying experiences in under-powered, and by todays high-tech standards, basic choppers such as the single-engine Whirlwinds and its successor, the Wessex, whether in turbulent tropical conditions, windswept mountains or low level over raging seas. Much of Geoffs flying career was in Search and Rescue (SAR) calling for the highest flying skills and the coolest of nerves. It fell to the pilot to make life-and-death decisions for both their crews and those they were rescuing. In addition to many great SAR accounts, this book begins with accounts of action in Borneo in the 1960s and ends with Geoffs fascinating account of his flying involvement in the aftermath of the Pan Am Lockerbie disaster.
On LaughterSilvered Wings
The Story of Lt. Col. E.T (Ted) Strever D.F.C
Gail Strever-Morkel $39.95 240 pages 6 x 9 approximately 100 mono images July 2013 hardback 9781781591048 This well written and researched biographical account of the life and times of a South African WW2 pilot is sure to appeal widely. Teds wartime exploits include the first midair skyjacking in history, a daring solitary attack on the Italian fleet after losing the rest of his strike team, narrowly surviving being burnt in the subsequent inferno of a horrific air crash in the Ceylon jungle, many emergency crash landings and finally carrying out dangerous rescue operations behind enemy lines for members of the Indian Resistance Movement who were operating in the jungle of Burma.
Horizons The History of the Air Cadets

Wing Commander HRRay Kidd $50.00 336 pages 6.75 x 9.5 approx 200 color and mono July 2013 hardback 9781848846548 The concept of organizing teenage air enthusiasts into locally backed squadrons officially supported by The Royal Air Force was first discussed in the late 1920s. The idea proved a success and thousands were able to learn about aircraft, aerodynamics, navigation, mechanics and other subjects not taught in schools. The organization was to become known as The Air Training Corps (ATC) and as war loomed it was considered a useful RAF recruitment tool to attract potential airmen and ground crew. Throughout the war, ATC cadets supported the home defenses by fire watching, working alongside the Home Guard, the fire services and other vital organizations.
From Auster to Apache

The History of 656 Squadron RAF/AAC 1942-2012
Guy Warner $50.00 336 pages 6 x 9 60 b/w illustrations, 16pp color plate section June 2013 hardback 9781781590980 656 Squadrons story is a diverse one. It was the only Air Observation Post squadron to serve with the Forgotten Army, and after the successful conclusion of this campaign, the Squadron was posted to Malaya, from where it took part in the fierce campaign-countering separatists in Java. This was followed by the long campaign against Chinese communist terrorists in Malaya. Subsequently there was considerable involvement in the Confrontation with Indonesia in Borneo and policing and internal security work in Hong Kong. Following its return to the UK in 1979, there were deployments on active service to Rhodesia, the Falkland Islands and Bosnia and Kosovo.
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Comet! The Worlds First Jet Airliner
Graham Simons $39.95 304 pages 8.5 x 10.75 150 color and mono illustrations July 2013 hardback 9781781592793 Extensively illustrated throughout, the book features details lifted directly from enquiry and salvage reports, much of which has never been published before and offers a unique insight into the failures and tragedies that blighted the early days of development, laying down lessons that were ultimately to benefit later designs.
Legacy of the Lancasters

Martin Bowman $50.00 256 pages 6 x 9 approximately 100 integrated mono images, 8pp color plate section July 2013 hardback 9781783030071 Young or old, everyone has heard of the Lancaster bomber. Such is the legacy handed down by this aviation icon that although it is not the most numerous aircraft ever built, it is up there with the Spitfire and the Flying Fortress in terms of affection, nostalgia and lasting fame. The text is supplemented throughout by a library of black and white images that evoke a sense of the majesty of this iconic craft.
Aircraft Wrecks: A Walkers Guide

Historic Crash sites on the Moors and Mountains of the British Isles
C.N. Wotherspoon Alan Clark $29.95 352 pages 6 x 9 100 photos in within text plus approx 10 maps August 2013 paperback 9781781594735 Originally published in 2009, this paperback reissue aims to give readers access to the tangible remains of hundreds of historic aircraft that still lie at crash sites on the moors and mountains of the British Isles. The book includes accurate verified grid references, up-to-date site descriptions and recent photographs. Arranged geographically, each chapter features details of all major recorded air crashes to have occurred in that particular region.
The Birth of the Royal Air Force

Ian Philpott $60.00 480 pages 7.5 x 9.5 October 2013 hardback 9781781593332 Ian Philpott presents us with a compendium of facts, operational histories and photo illustrations, combined to create a comprehensive account of the early years of the Royal Air Force. It features details of all military operations from 1914 to 1918, which impacted upon the organization. Details of the airfields, landing grounds, seaplane bases and various other landmarks of this era are given.
Cobra! The Attack Helicopter

Fifty Years of Sharks Teeth and Fangs
Mike Verier $49.95 248 pages 6.75 x 9.5 300 photographic illustrations November 2013 hardback 9781781593387 This heavily illustrated volume relays the story of the Cobra from the days of early development and concept dissection right through to modern day uses, in both combat and civil contexts. The development of iconic variants such as the King Cobra and Supercobra is outlined, their individual histories set alongside those of lesser-known and undersung types, one off designs and oddities that add yet more color to this fascinating history.
Historys Most Important Racing Aircraft

Don Berliner $39.95 192 pages 6.75 x 9.5 200 images September 2013 hardback 9781781590720 Don Berliner puts pen to paper once again to provide us with a definitive overview of the most important, influential, and iconic racing aircraft of the last century. The book looks at the incredible variety, growth, and rapid expansion of this area of aviation design and production. Individual events are relayed which deal with teams of designers making wild dashes for the checkered flag and fame.
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Western Front 19141916
Mons, La Cataeu, Loos, the Battle of the Somme
Martin Mace John Grehan $39.95 224 pages 6 x 9 18 b/w images September 2013 hardback 9781781593219 As with previous wars, British Commanders-inChief of a theater of war or campaign were obliged to report their activities and achievements to the War Office in the form of a dispatch and those written from the Western Front provide a fascinating, detailed and compelling overview of this part of the First World War.
Somme Intelligence
Fourth Army HQ 1916
William Langford $39.95 160 pages 6.75 x 9 October 2013 hardback 9781781590829 For the Somme offensive, British Fourth Army headquarters was situated in a chateau at Querrieu on the Albert-Amiens road. In the buildup months to Haigs Great Push a steady flow of intelligence was being compiled. A former soldier of the 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, Harry Platt of Burnley, originally compiled the hand-written journal of intelligence reports upon which this work is formed.
Walking the Western Front

The Somme in Pictures
Ed Skelding $39.95 208 pages 9.5 x 6.75 approx 150 Integrated b/w and color images November 2013 hardback 9781781592021 The Walking the Western Front series started in 2012 with the release of two films on the Ypres Salient. 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, the book shows the battlefield as it was almost 100 years ago and is accompanied by a shot of the same spot as it stands today.
The Baby Killers

German Air Raids on Britain in the First World War
Thomas Fegan $24.95 192 pages 6 x 9 fully illustrated October 2013 paperback 9781781592038 The First World War airship and airplane raids by Germany on Britain constituted the first strategic bombing campaign in history. The raiders, demonized as baby killers, disrupted war production and succeeded in diverting personnel, arms and airplanes from where they were needed. The raids changed the face of warfare forever by bringing the whole nation into the front line. The book features unpublished photographs and is divided into a history of the raids as they occurred.
Hawker VC The First RFC Ace

The Life of Major Lanoe Hawker VC DSO 1890 - 1916
Tyrrel M Hawker MC $39.95 256 pages 6 x 9 16pp b/w plates October 2013 hardback 9781781593455 The brother of Lanoe Hawker VC DSO as a tribute wrote this book. The Hawkers came from a distinguished family with military and naval records and Lanoe set his sights on flying for the RFC. After the Central Flying School he crossed to France in October 1914 with 6 Squadron. As the war in the air progressed, Hawker came into his own as a combat pilot and commander
Herbert Columbine VC
Carole McEntee-Taylor $39.95 144 pages 6 x 9 16 pages of plates October 2013 hardback 9781781593097 Save Yourselves, Ill carry on. These were the last words of Herbert Columbine. 9 Squadron Machine Gun Corps had come under attack from German infantry. As the onslaught grew, Herbert became separated from the Squadron. It became clear their position would be overrun so Herbert told them to escape while they could. He was defeated after the Germans bought up air support and dropped a bomb on his position. Herbert Columbine has no known grave.
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Accringtons Pals: The Full Story
The 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment and the 158th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery
Andrew Jackson $39.95 224 pages 6 x 9 b/w plate sections July 2013 hardback 9781848844698 Jacksons history tells the story of the Great War as it was experienced by the men of the 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, the 158th Brigade, and the Royal Field Artillery. Using information gathered from research in national and local archives, he reconstructs the role played by these men on the Western Front.
The Battle of Marne 1914

Andrew Uffindell $29.95 224 pages 5.25 x 8.5 30 color Illustrations July 2013 paperback 9781848848016 The First Battle of the Marne was one of the most pivotal battles in history. Andrew Uffindell begins his guidebook with a gripping account of the battle, followed by easy-tofollow tours of the battlefield. Each tour covers a particular sector, using eyewitness accounts to reveal what fighting was like for men in the front line.
Posters of the Great War

Published in association with Historial de la Grande Guerre, Pronne, France
Frdrick Hadley Martin Pegler $34.95 160 pages 6.75 x 9.5 over 200 color illustrations July 2013 hardback 9781781592892 Until the arrival of radio and television, posters were the major medium for mass communication. As the 200 wartime and immediate postwar posters selected for this book reveal, they were one of the most potent, and memorable, ways of conveying news, information and propaganda.
A Doctor on the Western Front

The Diary of Henry Owens 1914-1918
Henry Owens $50.00 224 pages 6 x 9 20 illustrations July 2013 hardback 9781781593066 Henry Owens Great War diary provides a vivid and complete narrative, seen from the perspective of an army doctor, of what it was like to live and fight in the trenches of the Western Front. His writing gives us a view of the duties and experiences of a doctor tending the troops.
Aisne 1914
Jerry Murland $19.95 208 pages 5.25 x 8.5 illustrated July 2013 paperback 9781781591895 The 1914 Battle of the Aisne came as a result of the German retirement from the Battle of the Marne. By the time the British arrived on the Aisne, the battle line stretched 150 miles from Noyon to Verdun. The Aisne fighting was the final attempt by the allies to follow through from the success of the Marne.
Dogfight: The Battle of Britain

Adam Classen $29.95 224 pages 6 x 9 8pp insert pages July 2013 paperback 9781781593622 This book tells the story of Australians and New Zealanders in one of the Second World Wars most memorable campaigns. From July until October 1940, the German air force sought aerial supremacy in skies over England. The ensuing conflict of Luftwaffe and RAF aircraft in the long summer of 1940 became known as the Battle of Britain.
The Nek: A Gallipoli Tragedy

Peter Burness $29.95 176 pages 6 x 9 8pp insert pages July 2013 paperback 9781781593073 In August 1915, in an ill-fated attempt to break the stalemate at Gallipoli, hundreds of Australian light horsemen charged the massed rifles and machine-guns of the Turkish soldiers. In this book, Peter Burness provides the account of the formation and training of the Light Horse regiments,the battle itself and a careful consideration of how the charges continued when any hope of success was lost.
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Secret Flotillas Vol II
Clandestine Sea Operations in the Western Mediterranean, North African & the Adriatic 1940-1944
Brooks Richards $29.99 484 pages 6 x 9 16 pages of plates July 2013 paperback 9781781593035 This authoritative publication by the official historian,vividly describes and analyses the clandestine naval operations that took place during World War II. The account has been made possible through Sir Brooks access to closed government archives, combined with his own wartime experiences and the recollections of many of those involved.
HMS Fearless
Ewen Southby-Tailyour $34.95 384 pages 7.5 x 9.5 heavily illustrated July 2013 paperback 9781781593646 The Assault Ship and Commando Carrier HMS Fearless was first commissioned in 1965. Over the next 37 years she was seldom far from the actions in which British forces were engaged worldwide. Now paid off, Fearless has a great story to tell and the Author, a former senior Royal Marine who knows her well, is qualified to tell it.
Naval Air: Celebrating a Century of Naval Flying

Philip Kaplan $34.95 208 pages 6 x 9 16pp mono plate section August 2013 hardback 9781781592410 Naval aviation arrived early in the last century in the form of balloons and airships employed by the British Royal Navy for reconnaissance. Kaplan weaves multiple threads in an effort to produce a comprehensive and detailed history. Complemented by interesting photographs, this is sure to appeal to aviation enthusiasts as well as social historians of the past one hundred years.
Convoy Will Scatter

The Full Story of Jervis Bay and Convoy HX84
Bernard Edwards $39.95 224 pages 6 x 9 8pp b/w plates August 2013 hardback 9781781593769 On 5 November 1940 the eastbound convoy HX 84 of thirtyseven merchant ships was attacked in mid-Atlantic by the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer. The Jervis Bay charged at the enemy. Hopelessly outgunned, she was blown out of the water by the Scheers 11-inch guns.
Fight for the Sea

Naval Adventures from the Second World War
John Frayn Turner $34.95 256 pages 6 x 9 b/w integrated September 2013 hardback 9781781592687 This collection of popular naval stories covers the entire span of World War II, beginning when the British Royal Navy faced fascist forces on its own until the final Allied victory over the Japanese in 1945. Fight for the Sea offers a rich mixture of accounts about such large and well-known battles and operations.
Diving Stations
The Story of Captain George Hunt and the Ultor
Peter Dornan $24.95 192 pages 6 x 9 16pp b/w plates September 2013 paperback 9781783030132 Diving Stations is the inspiring story of Captain George Hunts career. Born in Uganda and then educated in Glasgow he was determined to join the Navy and at 13 years old he entered HMS Conway
HMS Victory
From Fighting the Armada to Trafalgar and Beyond
Iain Ballantyne Jonathan Eastland $24.95 256 pages 6.75 x 9 120 b/w photos October 2013 paperback 9781781593639 Seven ships named Victory have carried the name in Royal Navy service, with the first being Sir John Hawkins ship at the Battle of the Armada and current, HMS Victory having been the flagship of Admiral Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. Both the first and the last have saved England at a time of extreme peril.
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Germanicus
The Magnificent Life and Mysterious Death of Romes Most Popular General
Lindsay Powell $39.95 336 pages 6 x 9 approx. 50 color and b/w images, 11 maps July 2013 hardback 9781781591208 Germanicus was regarded by many Romans as a hero in the mold of Alexander the Great. His untimely death ended the possibility of a return to a more open republic for the outright conquest of Germania Magna. This is in parts a growing-up story, a history of war, a tale of political intrigue and a murder mystery.
Eager for Glory

The Untold Story of Drusus The Elder, Conqueror of Germania
Lindsay Powell $24.95 272 pages 6 x 9 6 maps, 16 pp. color plates September 2013 paperback 9781783030033 Drusus the Elder (Nero Claudius Drusus) was regarded by the Romans as the first conqueror of Germania (western Germany) and a hero in the mold of Alexander the Great. Yet there has never been a full volume dedicated to his remarkable story, achievements and legacy. Eager for Glory brings this heroic figure back to life for a modern audience.
Viriathus
And the Lusitanian Resistance to Rome
Luis Silva $39.95 192 pages 6 x 9 8 pp. b/w photos July 2013 hardback 9781781591284 In the middle years of the second century BC, Rome was engaged in the conquest and pacification of what is now Spain and Portugal. They met with determined resistance from several tribes but nobody defied them with more determination and skill than Viriathus. Though renowned in his day Viriathus has been neglected by modern historians, a travesty that Luis Silva puts right in this thoroughly researched and accessible account.
Warfare in the Ancient World

Brian Todd Carey Joshua B. Allfree $19.95 192 pages 6 x 9 150 Illustrations July 2013 paperback 9781781592632 Warfare in the Ancient World explores how civilizations and cultures made war on the battlefields of the Near East and Europe over a period of 2000 years. Through the use of dozens of tactical maps, this fascinating introduction to the art of war during western civilizations ancient, and classical periods offers a fresh perspective on the sophisticated nature of pre-modern warfare.
Spartas Last Stand

Alex Dimond $24.95 176 pages 6 x 9 16 illustrations October 2013 hardback 9781848841840 By the time Cleomenes III became king in 235 BC, Spartan power and prestige had been in decline for a century and a half. Sparta had never recovered from defeat by the Thebans at Leuktra in 371 BC. Cleomenes sought to change all that and this book assesses his attempts to make Sparta into a force to be reckoned with once more. He combined revolutionary social reforms with a revival of traditional Spartan discipline and martial values.
Imperial Brothers
Valentinian, Valens and the Disaster at Adrianople
Ian Hughes $50.00 208 pages 6 x 9 16pp plates, 10 b/w maps October 2013 hardback 9781848844179 The latest of Ian Hughes biographies tackles the careers of the brother emperors, Valentinian and Valens. Valentian was selected and proclaimed as emperor in AD 364. With the Empire weakened and vulnerable to Persia in the East and Germanic tribes along the Rhine and Danube frontiers, it was not an enviable position. Valentian decided the responsibility had to be divided and appointed his brother as his co-emperor to rule the eastern half of the Empire.
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Antiochus The Great
Michael Taylor $39.95 192 pages 6 x 9 8pp plates, approx 6 b/w maps October 2013 hardback 9781848844636 A teenage king in 223 BC, Antiochus III inherited an empire in shambles, ravaged by civil strife and eroded by territorial secessions. He proved himself a true heir of Alexander: he defeated rebel armies and embarked on a campaign of conquest and reunification. In addition to discussing the career of Antiochus III, Michael Taylor examines Seleucid military organization and royal administration.
Sertorius and the Struggle for Spain

Philip Matyszak $39.95 208 pages 6 x 9 8pp plates, 3 or 4 b/w maps October 2013 hardback 9781848847873 When, after a brutal civil war, the dictator Sulla took power in Rome, among the many who refused to accept his rule was a young army officer called Quintus Sertorius. Sertorius fled, first to Africa and then to Spain, where he made common cause with the native people who had been savagely oppressed by a succession of corrupt Roman governors. Discovering a genius for guerilla warfare, Sertorius came close to driving the Romans out of Spain altogether.
Fields of Death
Retracing Ancient Battlefields
Richard Evans $50.00 256 pages 6 x 9 approx 40 color, plus 40 maps and tactical diagrams November 2013 hardback 9781848847972 Richard Evans revisits the sites Greek and Roman battles and sieges to seek new insights. The battle narratives in ancient sources can be a thrilling read and form the basis of our knowledge of these epic events, but they can just as often provide an incomplete or obscure record. By combining the ancient sources and latest archaeological findings with his personal observations on the ground, Richard Evans brings new perspectives to the dramatic events of the distant past.
Battles of Ancient China

Chris Peers $39.95 176 pages 6 x 9 8pp plates, b/w maps November 2013 hardback 9781848847903 In the field of military history as in so many others, the Chinese have often been both admired and seen as something utterly mysterious and inscrutable. Chris Peers illuminates the evolution of the military art in China with reference to ten battles, spanning more than 2,000 years, from the Battle of Mu in 1027BC to the Fall of Chung Tu in 1215 AD.
Rome, Parthia and India

The Violent Emergence of a New World Order 150-140 BC
John D Grainger $39.95 256 pages 6 x 9 8pp plates November 2013 hardback 9781848848252 Between 152 and 138 BC a series of wars from Africa to India produced a new geopolitical situation. In 150 Rome was confined to the Mediterranean, and the largest state was the Seleukid Empire. By 140 Rome had spread to the borders of Asia Minor and the Seleukid Empire was confined to Syria. The new great power in the Middle East was Parthia, stretching from Babylonia to Baktria. These two divided the western world between them until the Arab conquests in the seventh century AD.
The Macedonian War Machine 359-281 BC

David Karunanithy $60.00 256 pages 6 x 9 3 maps, 16pp. plates, approx. 30 b/w drawings July 2013 hardback 9781848846180 The army that emerged from the reforms of Philip II of Macedon proved to be the most successful in the whole of the ancient period. Much has been written on aspects of Macedonian warfare, yet many studies retread the same paths and draw conclusion on the same narrow evidential base. David Karunanithy concentrates on filling the gaps in existing studies, presenting and studying evidence frequently overlooked or ignored.
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Gladstone, Gordon and the Sudan Wars
The Battle over Imperial Intervention in the Victorian Age
Fergus Nicoll $50.00 224 pages 6 x 9 20 illustrations July 2013 hardback 9781781591826 General Gordons death in Khartoum on 26 January 1885 was a crucial episode in British imperial history. Gordon has routinely been depicted as the hero of the story, in contrast to Prime Minister Gladstone who is often portrayed as the villain of the piece, responsible for a policy of drift in Sudan. Fergus Nicolls radical reappraisal of the first Sudan wars, based on eyewitness accounts and previously unpublished archive material, refutes the conventional image of both men.
1813: Empire at Bay

The Sixth Coalition and the Downfall of Napoleon
Jonathon Riley $50.00 256 pages 6 x 9 30 illustrations July 2013 hardback 9781783033973 1813 was a critical year in the world war that ended with the downfall of Napoleon. This was the year in which the balance of power tipped against Napoleons First Empire, and that is why Jonathon Rileys new study is so important. He covers the operations in central Europe and Spain, where the allies broke French power and laid the foundations for the Congress of Vienna and the European settlement that endured for the next fifty years.
The Military in British India

The Development of British Land Forces in South Asia 1600-1947
T.A. Heathcote $50.00 288 pages 6 x 9 8 pages of plates July 2013 hardback 9781781590751 T.A. Heathcotes study of the conflicts that established British rule in South Asia, and of the militarys position in the constitution of British India, is a classic work in the field. By placing these conflicts clearly in their local context, his account moves away from the Euro-centric approach of many writers on British imperial military history.
China Station
The British Military in the Middle Kingdom 1839 1997
Mark Felton $39.95 224 pages 6 x 9 16pp b/w plates November 2013 hardback 9781781590690 The Author, who lives in Shanghai, sets out to demonstrate that the British military has been at the forefront of many of the great changes that have swept China over the last two centuries. He devotes chapters to the various wars, military adventures and rebellions that regularly punctuated Sino/British relationships since the 1st Opium War 1839-1842.
Sharing the Secret

The History of the Intelligence Corps 1940-2010
Nick Van Der Bijl $50.00 256 pages 6 x 9 16 pp b/w plates August 2013 hardback 9781848844131 This ground breaking book examines the colorful history of the Intelligence Corps from its formation in 1940 up to the present day. Even accepting that there are aspects of the Corps activities that cannot be revealed, there is a great wealth of fascinating material here for those interested in intelligence gathering.
British Armoured Divisions and their Commanders, 1939-1945

Richard Doherty $39.95 224 pages 6 x 9 16pp b/w plates August 2013 hardback 9781848848382 A total of eleven British armored divisions were formed during the 1939-1945 war but, as this highly informative book reveals, just eight saw action. The author describes many aspects of armored warfare, from the reluctance to replace the horse, the development of tactics or the different and improving tanks be they infantry support or the faster cruiser tanks. Due to British design failure; great reliance was placed on the US Grant and Sherman with the Comet coming late and the Centurion too late.
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Baghdad Operators
Ex Special Forces in Iraq
James Glasse Andrew Rawson $34.95 240 pages 6 x 9 with 8-page b/w plate section July 2013 hardback 9781781593653 Ever wondered what members of the Special Forces did after they left the services? This story starts with five guys organizing an undercover road trip across war torn Iraq in the spring 2003. Discover how they used their unique military skills to create a successful security company during the early days of the occupation. See how Iraq was torn apart from the inside from someone who was there and get an insight into what it took to rebuild a country ripped apart by war.
From the Imjin to the Hook

James Jacobs $39.95 224 pages 6 x 9 16pp b/w plates July 2013 hardback 9781781593431 The British Armys contribution to The Korean War was largely composed of conscripts or national servicemen. Plucked from civilian life on a lottery basis, some like Jim Jacobs volunteered for overseas duty and found themselves in the thick of a war. In this gripping memoir, Jim recounts his experiences and emotions from joining the Army through training and on active service in the atrocious and terrifying war fighting that went on in a very foreign place.
Nine Battles To Stanley

Nick van der Bijl $24.95 304 pages 6 x 9 August 2013 paperback 9781781593776 Nine Battles to Stanley is a soldiers account of the ground fighting on South Georgia and the Falklands. What makes this book unique is the fascinating and objective way the author describes the experiences, viewpoints and comparative qualities of both sides to the conflict. Light is shed on the whole campaign even the best-known battles at Goose Green and the night attack on Mount Tumbledown.
The Operators
On the Streets with Britains Most Secret Service
James Rennie $24.95 272 pages 6 x 9 16 pages of b/w plates September 2013 paperback 9781781592625 Few outside the security services have heard of 14 Company. The Operators of 14 Company are Britains most effective weapon against terrorism. The selection process is the most physically and emotionally demanding in the world. This is the true story of one Operator and of some of the most hair-raising military operations ever conducted on the streets of Britain.
Cold War Secret Nuclear Bunkers

Nick McCamley $29.95 304 pages 6 x 9 illustrated September 2013 paperback 9781783030101 The book describes in detail a vast umbrella of radar stations that spanned the North American continent and the north Atlantic, all centered upon an enormous secret control center buried hundreds of feet below Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado. This is complemented in the United Kingdom with a chain of secret radars codenamed Rotor built in the early 1950s.
The Complete Blue British Military Max Medals Second A Chronological Record of the Edition Holders of the Pour le Mrite,
Prussias Highest Military Order, from 1740 to 1918
Kevin Brazier $50.00 240 pages 6 x 9 16 b/w page section July 2013 hardback 9781848848160 Hermann Gring, Erwin Rommel, Manfred von Richthofen, Ernst Junger, Max Immelmann they were among the individuals to be awarded the Kingdom of Prussias highest military order, the Blue Max. Fictions and myths about the Blue Max have obscured its long and fascinating history. Kevin Brazier aims to set the record straight.
A Guide for the Collector and Family Historian

Peter Duckers
$32.95 224 pages 6 x 9 100 color illustrations October 2013 paperback 9781783030163 This second edition of Peter Duckers best-selling British Military Medals traces the history of medals and gallantry awards from Elizabethan times to the modern day, and features an expert account of their design and production. Campaign and gallantry medals are a key to understanding British and imperial military history.
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Spitfire
Combat Operations 1939-1945
$14.95 70 minutes July2013 DVD NTSC 5060247620640 This is the ultimate primary source guide to the aircraft that saved the British Isles from Nazi domination. Four contemporary films provide a fascinating primary source look at the aircraft in combat, on the ground and in the air. Included here is the actual film of the Battle Of Britain made in 1941, plus three fascinating public information and training films.
Allied Air Power

$14.95 80 minutes July 2013 DVD NTSC 5060247620657 This DVD contains two of the most powerful films ever made on the subject of aerial combat in World War II. Smashing The Reich is a superb documentary film which draws entirely on newsreel footage from both Allied and Axis sources and avoids the jingoistic tone which blights many films made in the immediate post-war era.
Heinkel-III
$14.95 50 minutes July 2013 DVD NTSC 5060247620695 Drawing on rare footage from the weekly newsreels this is the history of the He 111 on all fronts as witnessed by German audiences during the Second World War. The Heinkel He 111 was the infamous Luftwaffe medium bomber. Designed in secret in the early 1930s this aircraft was often described as the Wolf in sheeps clothing as it masqueraded as a transport aircraft in order to circumvent The Treaty Of Versailles.
The Air War in Colour

$14.95 100 minutes Now available DVD NTSC 5060247620701 Shot in color, The Fighting Lady is a documentary film, which revolves around the life of seamen on board the second USS Yorktown (CV-10) - the Fighting Lady. The film includes footage of combat in the Marcus Islands, the attack on Truk in the Carolines,and the famous Marianas turkey shoot. Directed by Edward Stiechen and narrated by Charles Boyer and Robert Taylor.
Stuka
The Aircraft and the Aces
$14.95 60 minutes Now available DVD NTSC 5060247620732 This is the definitive film record of the Stuka, the talismanic aircraft employed from 1939 to 1945. This DVD includes air-to-air footage of the aircraft of the Luftwaffe on combat missions. Featured are extensive extracts from newsreels depicting the actions of the Luftwaffe from the campaign. Rare wartime footage of the pilots is complemented by extracts from original propaganda publications of the Luftwaffe.
RAF War Time Operations 1943

$14.95 50 minutes Now available DVD NTSC 5060247620756 The Gen was the official series of films made to communicate RAF activities to all sections of the RAF personnel and the general public. Filmed in every theater of the war both on the ground at RAF airfields and from the air, this unique series of films provides a comprehensive record of the activities of RAF personnel and the aircraft they flew including the fighters, fighter bombers, medium and heavy bombers.
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The Battle of the Bulge
$14.95 55 minutes July 2013 DVD NTSC 5060247620664 The Ardennes Offensive was a major German offensive through the forested Ardennes Mountains region of Belgium, France and Luxembourg. The DVD contains 5 short propaganda movies produced during the war by the Americans that document the Wochenschau, The Bulge, Enemy Strikes, Christmas 1944 and the March of Time.
The Nuremberg Trials

$14.95 60 minutes July 2013 DVD NTSC 5060247620671 The Nuremberg trials began in 1945 and the film cameras of the victorious Allies were there to record the proceedings. The first documentary film to emerge was the Soviet account, which appeared as soon as the verdicts were given and before the proceedings had been completed. The courtroom footage provides the most complete reference and extensive extracts from the speeches made by the Soviet prosecutors.
Hitlers Eastern Front

$14.95 180 minutes July 2013 DVD NTSC 5060247620688 On June 22 1941, three German Army Groups launched an attack on Soviet Russia. The most brutal struggle in history was about to be played out to the death. The three films on this DVD trace the fate of the three Army Groups and follow the course of this campaign as the optimism of Barbarossa rolls on towards to the disappointment of the final surrender to the Red Army.
Smashing Down the Reich

$14.95 90 minutes Now available DVD NTSC 5060247620718 This wartime documentary provides an insight into the events of the air war over Germany and the bomber offensive in the west as seen by contemporary audiences.Target For Tonight is a brilliant documentary tracing the lives of the air crews who flew over Germany. Featuring air-to-air combat footage and footage of the bombers in action Target For Tonight is essential viewing.
German Armour 1939-1945

$14.95 45 minutes Now available DVD 5060247620725 This is the story of the German Panzer forces of World War II, when these awesome fighting machines came of age.
The Battle of Britain

$14.95 55 minutes September 2013 DVD NTSC 5060247620749 This is the definitive film record of the Battle of Britain, when Britain stood alone against the threat of the Third Reich. This DVD features the fourth part of a series of films produced by the U.S. War Department during World War II. This fourth part chronicles the Nazi air campaign against Britain and how the British responded to it.
Arnhem 1944
$14.95 55 minutes Now available DVD NTSC 5060247620794 September 2009 marks the 65th anniversary of the battle of Arnhem. This is the tragic story of the last bridge in the ill-fated Operation Market-Garden, and features rare newsreel footage of the Allied operation that was supposed to end World War Two in 1944. Featuring extensive footage from the training films and newsreel cameras of both sides plus a return to the battlefield.
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RAF War Time Operations 1944 (JanJune)
$14.95 55 minutes Now available DVD NTSC 5060247620763 The Gen from January to June 1944 features a comprehensive overview of the day-to-day activities of the RAF during this period and includes the construction of Hurricanes in West Africa, 342 Squadron preparing their Boston aircraft and carrying out a raid on a power station near Paris, and The Day, second front preparations for the coming storm.
RAF War Time Operations 1944 (July December)

$14.95 85 minutes Now available DVD NTSC 5060247620770 The Gen from July to December 1944 features a comprehensive overview of the day to day activities of the RAF during this period and features an animated propaganda warning from USA , the war on the Pacific Front, the liberation of Brussels and a survey of the WAAFs contribution to the war effort.
Burma - The Forgotten Army

$14.95 165 minutes Now available DVD NTSC 5060247620800 The long campaign waged between the British Indian XIVth Army and the Japanese Burma Area Army is overlooked in favor of the more celebrated events of World War II in Europe and the Pacific. This film produced by the British forces features battlefield footage and captured enemy film. The documentary provides a comprehensive view of the campaign as seen by contemporary audiences
Special Forces: Operation Bulbasket Part 1

Into Occupied France
BHTV $24.95 80 minutes July 2013 DVD NTSC 5060247620923
Desert Rats 19401942

$14.95 60 minutes November 2013 DVD NTSC 5060247620787 The hard fought war in the Libyan Desert proved to be one of the toughest and closest run campaigns of World War II. These are the three official films, which captured the events of the early desert battles for audiences. Using Allied newsreel footage shot in the air and on the ground along with captured Axis footage, these films provide a record of World War II.
Special Forces: Operation Bulbasket Part 2

Destruction of the French Railways
BHTV $24.95 80 minutes October 2013 DVD NTSC 5060247620374 In the run-up to D Day the Allies did not trust the French Resistance to delay one of Hitlers most powerful SS panzer divisions from reaching the scene of the Normandy invasion. Consequently, they deployed the SAS. This story weaves four separate strands together to make an intriguing and dramatic account: the Resistance Operations, the bloody march north of the Das Reich, the RAFs precision bombing operations and of course the SAS themselves. Our experts visit the places where the events took place including the scene of the massacre at Oradour-sur-Glane the bombed siding of Chatellerault, the Gestapo HQ in Poitiers, isolated drop zones, important rail bridges and the SAS camps and graves.
The Battle of the Bulge: Panzer Marche!

BHTV $24.95 80 minutes October 2013 DVD NTSC 5060247620336 This is the first of a new series of DVDs that will build into a collection covering all the highlights of this massive and controversial campaign. In this section, we examine the background to the campaign before following the advance of one of Hitlers most successful panzer commanders, Hasso von Manteuffel.
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Assault on Normandy Gold Beach

Battle for the Beaches
BHTV $24.95 85 minutes July 2013 DVD NTSC 5060247620367 The film covers the buildup, expert commentary of the bombardment by land and sea shot on the decks and turrets of HMS Belfast, the assault landing and clearing the beach.
Assault on Normandy 6th Airborne

BHTV $24.95 80 minutes July 2013 DVD NTSC 5060247620435 The Overlord plan called for the use of airborne troops to secure the flanks of the D Day landing and to form a buffer to keep the German counter-attacks away. Authors and battlefield guides explain the action on the ground where it happened.
Assault on Normandy Pointe du Hoc

BHTV $24.95 80 minutes November 2013 DVD NTSC 5060247620411 The German battery established on Point du Hoc during 1943 covered the Omaha and Utah Beaches. To get up the cliffs Colonel Rudder trained 2nd Rangers in techniques that included rocket grapples and ropes, plus SwansLondon Fire Brigade ladders.
Dambusters DVD
Chris Ward Andy Lee $14.95 60 minutes July 2013 DVD 5060247620909 No. 617 Squadron RAF Bomber Command is famous for its raids on the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe Dams, and the attacks on the ship Tirpitz. This DVD slideshow contains rarely seen photographs of the squadrons aircraft, crews and behind-the-scenes operations.
Memphis Belle
Graham Simons $24.95 60 minutes July 2013 DVD NTSC 5060247620299 Flying Fortress B-17F 41-42285 Memphis Belle and her crew generate an image that is an allAmerican icon. It has been claimed that the Memphis Belle is in the top five of the most famous American aircraft. This DVD is a compilation of footage on the B17 Memphis Belle.
Walking the Western Front Somme, Part 3

Ed Skelding $29.95 70 minutes September 2013 DVD NTSC 5060247620251 The Walking the Western Front series turns its attention to the Battle of the Somme, where almost 60,000 British men were killed, wounded or classed as missing. Ed Skelding and Nigel Cave take us on a tour of the battlefields and explain the Battle in its entirety.
100 Years War: Poitiers 1356

BHTV $29.95 80 minutes October 2013 DVD NTSC 5060247620459 10 Years after the English victory in Crecy, an Anglo/Gascon Army led by Edward of Woodstock won a victory at Poitiers in September 1356. The team examines the political, military and economic background to the campaign and brings the subject to life by visits to all the major locations.
The Peninsular Collection: 95th Rifles 1809 to Salamanca

BHTV $29.95 90 minutes September 2013 DVD NTSC 5060247620381 The DVD explores the history of the 95th Rifles, who were masters of the battlefield and particularly skilled in skirmishing. Held in high esteem by the French and Allies alike, they played a momentous role in the outcome of the Peninsular War.
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The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson
The Mortal Wounding of the Confederacys Greatest Icon
Chris Mackowski Kristopher D. White $12.95 168 pages 6 x 9 180 images and 2 maps Now Available paperback 9781611211504 eISBN- 9781611211511 May 1863. The Civil War was in its third spring, and Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas Jonathan Jackson stood at the peak of his fame. He had arisen from obscurity to become Old Stonewall, adored across the South and feared and respected throughout the North. On the night of May 2, however, just hours after Jackson executed the most audacious maneuver of his career and delivered a crushing blow against an unsuspecting Union army at Chancellorsville, disaster struck. The Last Days of Stonewall Jackson recounts the events of that fateful night and the tense vigil that ensued as Jackson struggled with a foe even he could not defeat. From Guinea Station, where Jackson crosses the river to rest under the shade of the trees, the story follows Jacksons funeral and burial, the strange story of his amputated arm, and the creation and restoration of the building where he died.
Grants Last Battle

The Story Behind the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
Chris Mackowski Kristopher D. White $12.95 168 pages 6 x 9 125 images, 3 maps October 2013 paperback 9781611211603 eISBN 9781611211610 The former general in chief of the Union armies during the Civil War, the two-term president of the United States, the beloved ambassador of American goodwill around the globeUlysses S. Grantwas dying. The hardscrabble man who smoked 20 cigars a day had developed terminal throat cancer. Thus began Grants final battlea race against his own failing health to complete his Personal Memoirs in an attempt to secure his familys financial security. But the project evolved into something more: an effort to secure the very meaning of the Civil War itself and how it would be remembered. The news of Grants illness came on the heels of his financial ruin. Business partners had swindled him and his family out of everything. Investors lost millions. In this maelstrom of woe, Grant refused to surrender. Putting pen to paper, the hero of Appomattox embarked on his final campaign: an effort to write his memoirs before he died.
Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale

The Battle of Chickamauga, September 18-20, 1863
William Lee White $12.95 168 pages 6 x 9 160 images, 5 maps September 2013 paperback 9781611211580 eISBN - 9781611211597 The battle of Chickamauga brought an early fall to the Georgia countryside in 1863, where men fell like autumn leaves in some of the heaviest fighting of the war. The battlefield consisted of a nearly impenetrable, vine-choked forest around Chickamauga Creek. Unable to see beyond their immediate surroundings, officers found it impossible to exercise effective command, and the engagement deteriorated into what many participants later called a soldiers battle. It was, explained Union General John Turchin, Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale. The stakes were high: control of Chattanooga, the Gateway City to the Deep South. The two-day battle of Chickamauga was the only major victory of the war for the ill-starred Confederate Army of Tennessee. The victory, however, left a legacy of dashed hopes for Braxton Bragg and his Confederate army. Despite its importance, however, Chickamauga has been largely overlooked and is rife with myths and misunderstandings.
Bloody Autumn
The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864
Daniel T. Davis Phillip S. Greenwalt $12.95 168 pages 6 x 9 17 illustrations, 6 maps October 2013 Paperback 9781611211658 In the spring of 1862, a string of Confederate victories in the Valley foiled Union plans in the state and kept Confederate armies fed and supplied. In 1863, the Army of Northern Virginia used the Valley as its avenue of invasion, culminating in the battle of Gettysburg. The Valley continued to offer Confederates an alluring backdoor to Washington D.C. When Sheridan returned to the Valley in 1864, the stakes jumped dramatically. To lose the Valley would mean to lose the state, Stonewall Jackson had once saidand now that prediction would be put to the test as Sheridan fought with Confederate Lieutenant General Jubal Early for possession. For the North, the momentum its war effort had gained by capturing Atlanta would quickly evaporate; for Abraham Lincoln, defeat in the Valley could mean defeat in the upcoming election. For the South, more than its breadbasket was at stakeits nascent nationhood lay on the line.
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Savas Beatie
Seizing Destiny
The Army of the Potomacs Valley Forge and the Civil War Winter that Saved the Union
Albert Z. Conner Jr. / Chris Mackowski $34.95 480 pages 6 x 9 18 images, 2 maps October 2013 hardback 9781611211566 eISBN - 9781611211573 The Army of the Potomac faced a trio of unrelenting enemies during the winter of 1863. Following the catastrophic defeat at the battle of Fredericksburg, the army settled into winter quarters. Morale sank to its lowest level of the war while desertions reached an all-time high. Major General Joseph Hooker took command of the army and showed brilliance for organization and leadership. Hooker rebuilt the army from the bottom up. Hooker doled out promotions and furloughs by merit, conducted raids, streamlined the armys command, and fielded a new cavalry corps and military intelligence organization.
Torn
The Civil War in Kentucky
Don W. Rightmyer $32.95 288 pages 6 x 9 11 images, 4 maps October 2013 hardback 9781611211542 eISBN 9781611211559 The border states affected the the American Civil War, but none played a more important role than Kentucky. Just as the nation was torn asunder, so too was the Bluegrass State. Tumultuous politics gave way to the boots of marching armies that turned some of the most beautiful landscape in the country into bloody battlefields. Don W. Rightmyers fresh narrative history is the first comprehensive account of politics and war in the Bluegrass State. After describing the states situation as a critical border state when the war broke out, Rightmyer delves into the tumultuous events that followed, including the violation of the states neutrality by Confederate troops, Union occupation, and the critical 1862 Confederate invasion that culminated in the battle of Perryville.
The Maps of the Bristoe Station and Mine Run Campaigns

An Atlas of the Battles and Movements in the Eastern Theater after Gettysburg, Including Rappahannock Station, Kellys Ford, and Mortons Ford, July 1863- February 1864
Bradley M. Gottfried $34.95 240 pages 7 x 10 87 full color maps throughout October 2013 hardback 9781611211528 eISBN - 9781611211535 Few historians have examined what happened to the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac during the critical months following Gettysburg, when both armies assumed the offensive in a pair of fascinating campaigns of thrust and counter-thrust. This careful study breaks down these campaigns into 13 map sets or action-sections enriched with 87 original full-page color maps. These spectacular cartographic creations bore down to the regimental and battery level.
Brandywine
A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777
Michael C. Harris $34.95 480 pages 6 x 9 10 images, 15 maps November 2013 hardback 9781611211627 eISBN - 9781611211634 Brandywine Creek calmly meanders through the Pennsylvania countryside today, but in September 1777, it served as the scenic backdrop for the largest battle of the American Revolution. Long overshadowed by the American victory at Saratoga, the complex British campaign that defeated George Washingtons colonial army and led to the capture of Philadelphia was one of the most important military events of the war. Michael C. Harris impressive work, is the first fulllength study of this pivotal engagement in many years.
Flying Drunk
The True Story of a Northwest Airlines Flight, Three Drunk Pilots and One Mans Fight for Redemption
Joseph Balzer $16.95 240 pages 6 x 9 16 page insert with 29 b/w images August 2013 paperback 9781611211641 eISBN - 9781611210484 March 8, 1990: An intoxicated three-man crew, including Flight Engineer Joseph Balzer, fly a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727 with 91 passengers aboard from Fargo, North Dakota to Minneapolis, Minnesota. July 25, 1990: All three pilots stand trial for flying a commercial airliner while under the influence of alcohol; all three are convicted and sent to federal prison. July 26, 1990 present: Joe Balzer fights for redemption and to regain all that he has lost. Flying Drunk is his story. Now in paperback, Flying Drunk is an incredible journey of the human spirit, from childhood to hell, and back again.
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Seaforth Publishing
British Naval Swords and Swordsmanship
John McGrath Mark Barton This new publication is intended to bring together a mass of research dealing with all aspects of British naval swords. Unlike the much sought after Swords and Sea Service by May and Annis, this work offers a far broader coverage and, for the first time, the complete story of swords and swordsmanship is presented in one concise volume. While the swords themselves are described, the authors also tell the story of naval swordsmanship. For example, subjects such as how swords and cutlasses were used in action and how training was conducted are covered. The authors also address how the use of swords developed into a sport in the Navy, and how swords and swordsmanship entered naval symbology in such areas as ships names. Many current myths are addressed and corrected, and the story is brought right up to date with information on the sport from the 1948 to 2000. While the book concentrates on the Royal Navy, foreign weapons are included where necessary, while other British organizations such as the Merchant Navy, and the Cost Guard and Customs are also dealt with. Appendices cover subjects such as the dating, collecting and conservation of swords. The comprehensive nature of the work has not been attempted before and the work will appeal to a wide range of naval enthusiasts and historians, collectors of weapons, fencers and reenactors.
$50.00 144 pages 7.5 x 9.5 More than 300 color and b/w illustrations May 2013 hardback 9781848321359
The Voyages of the Discovery

An Illustrated History of Scotts Ship
Ann Savours Discovery was built for Captain Scotts first Antarctic expedition of 1901-04 and was launched more than 100 years ago in 1901, at Dundee. She had a long and intriguing career before her final voyage back there in 1986; this book tells the story of that checkered history. Despite a number of expeditions to the Southern Ocean during the nineteenth century, the continent of Antarctica remained mostly a mystery by the turn of the twentieth. To remedy this, the Royal Geographical Society proposed a National Antarctic Expedition, and a purpose-built vessel, the Discovery, was designed. Based on a whale ship, she was massively built to withstand ice, and was equipped with a hoisting propeller and rudder. She set sail from Cowes of 6 August and six months later was in the Ross Sea. The southern sledging expedition, of Scott, Shackleton and Wilson, reached within 500 miles of the South Pole. In 1905, a year after her return to Britain, she was purchased by the Hudsons Bay Company and worked as a simple cargo carrier between London and their trading posts in the Canadian Arctic. Later she was sent to rescue Shackletons men on Elephant Island. In 1925, she became a research ship, and in 1929-31, she was used to survey what became Australian Antarctic Territory. Moored on the Thames Embankment, she survived the London blitz before returning to Dundee where she is now on permanent display.
$24.95 160 pages 7.5 x 9.5 More than 150 color and b/w photographs, illustrations and maps May 2013 paperback 9781848327023
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Formac/Lorimer
Oak Island and its Lost Treasure
The Untold Story of the British Militarys Role in the Island Flood Tunnel
Graham Harris Les MacPhie Civil engineers Graham Harris and Les MacPhie have spent over a decade investigating the enigma of Nova Scotias Oak Island. In this new edition of their book, they set out the previously unknown story of how complex and expensive engineering work was undertaken to create an elaborate flood tunnel on the island. Built to frustrate treasure seekers attempting to get at the valuables buried decades earlier at the bottom of the islands Money Pit, the tunnel has admirably served its purpose. It has ensured that all efforts up to now to recover the treasure have been unsuccessful. Oak Island poses two different challenges for treasure seekers. There is a deep mineshaft, at the bottom of which the treasure lies. The authors offer evidence that this treasure came from the wreck of a Spanish galleon in the seventeenth century. Even more mystifying than the mineshaft is the complex tunnel, which links it to the ocean. Harris and MacPhie have determined that the project would have required a labor force of over 100 men to supplement a small force of experienced miners. The work would have taken almost two years to complete. In new chapters written for this edition, they present the evidence they have discovered in British military history records which shows who commanded this force, how it reached Nova Scotia, and when the work was carried out.
$22.95 264 pages 6 x 9 31 b/w images, 5 maps May 2013 Formac paperback 9781459502598
Within the Barbed Wire Fence

A Japanese Mans Account of his Internment in Canada
Takeo Ujo Nakano Leatrice M. Willson Chan Takeo Nakano immigrated to Canada from Japan in 1920, later marrying and starting a family in his adopted homeland. Takeos passion was poetry, and he cultivated the exquisite form known as tanka. Then came the Second World War. Takeo Nakano was one of thousands of Japanese men forcibly separated from his family in 1942 and interned in labor camps in the British Columbia interior. Takeo was one of those who protested the forced labor in the camps and the separation from his family. His punishment was to be sent even further away, to an isolated internment camp in northern Ontario. This book, first published in 1982, is a rare first-person account of the experience of internment. This new edition includes a foreword by his daughter, Leatrice M. Willson Chan, with whom he collaborated in preparing his memoir.
$19.95 144 pages 5.5 x 8.5 June 2013 Lorimer hardback 9781459402607
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Fighting High/Tattered Flag

High Flight
The Life and Poetry of Pilot Officer John Gillespie
Magee Roger Cole When Second World War Spitfire pilot John Gillespie Magee penned his poem High Flight, little did he know that his words would inspire legions of aspiring aviators who had a similar wish to fly their eager craft through footless halls of air. Founded on years of detailed research, Roger Coles book High Flight tells John Magees extraordinary story, describing hitherto-unknown details of his short life, and providing insight into the inspiration for the poems that have found a unique place in history. Born of an English mother and American father in Nanking in China, Magee grew up and was educated in different parts of the world, proving to be a highly accomplished student. Through his experiences, he developed principles that made him determined to defend the rights of those he loved and respected. Exhilarated by flight and finding unique language in poetry, John was able to use words to express the emotions and sentiments of all who fly in a manner that is acknowledged and applauded throughout the world. The outbreak of war in Europe violated his beliefs, and, determined to fight for freedom, John left America and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, qualifying as a pilot and travelling to England to fight Nazism. Tragically, John would lose his life, aged 19 years, in an accident, so never know how his words would serve posterity. Roger Coles High Flight traces the path of John Magees achievement, revealing an incredible story of human endeavor, vision, determination and self-sacrifice.
$34.95 228 pages 6.25 x 9.25 approx 60 b/w photographs June 2013 Fighting High hardback 9780957116368
Liberty or Death!
The Life and Campaigns of Richard L. Vowell: British Legionnnaire and Commander - Hero and Patriot of the Americas
Maria Pez Victor This is the story of Richard Longfield Vowell, an audacious and intrepid young English adventurer who abandoned his studies at Oxford in 1817 to fight against the Spanish Empire that had ruled Latin America for 300 years. It is also the story of the little known British Legion, formed of English and Irish volunteers, which became an integral part of Simn Bolvars patriot army. The British Legion played a crucial role in training the patriot forces to face Spanish troops battle-hardened in the Peninsular Wars. With the words Liberty or Death! emblazoned on a black banner, Bolvar set out to liberate Venezuela, and indeed, South America. For the bold and the idealistic, his quest was the stuff of dreams, and in England, there had never before been such intense interest in the destiny of the Spanish colonies. Bolvar lacked a modern army and with England awash with officers and soldiers demobilized from the Peninsular Wars, he took the opportunity to obtain campaign-seasoned fighting men. So it was that in distant Venezuela, Vowell and fewer than 2,000 other British volunteers, distinguished themselves in battle. In Chile, there was a desperate need for a navy to counter Spanish warships and so Bernardo OHiggins sought British officers to help form the celebrated First Chilean Squadron. Richard Vowell was recruited by the British naval hero, Admiral Lord Thomas Cochrane, to sail with the Chilean Squadron, and he became Commander of the Infantry Marines. He took part in the final naval battle that vanquished forever the Spanish Navy in the Americas.
$19.95 192 pages 6 x 9.5 8 pages of photos August 2013 Tattered Flag paperback 9780954311582
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