1-967031 Arnaudo, Marco PULP!: Skirmish Adventure Wargaming Rules set covers heroic adventure and dastardly villains during the early 20th Century. Scenario-driven skirmish wargame set during the interwar years of the early 20th Century. Players build teams of bold explorers, daring archaeologists, hardboiled detectives, and costumed avengers - or criminal masterminds and evil geniuses - and dive into a world of fortune, glory, and menace. Suitable for both solo and cooperative play as well as the classic head-to-head mode.

Enter a world of perilous adventure and explore steaming jungles, desert canyons, and arctic wastes! Brave the perils of nature and discover lost ruins, ancient treasures, and the secrets of forgotten civilizations! Race against rival adventurers and face off against diabolical villains! Take to the city streets and fight back against gangsters, spies, and sinister cults. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-228452 Barker, Ash THE SILVER BAYONET: The Canada Canada is a supplement for The Silver Bayonet that brings players and their officers across the Atlantic and straight into the War of 1812. It offers new scenarios, solo and cooperative as well as competitive; rules for recruiting US units; and creatures and challenges drawn from Canadian history and folklore.

Far from the battlefields of Europe, another war is being fought. In the vast lands of North America, Britain and the United States clash once again and, in the shadow of this conflict, the otherworldly Harvestmen pursue their devious plans, feasting on the rage and terror of mortals. In the face of this menace, however, brave folk, seconded from the military or recruited from the local populace, band together to take the fight to the sinister Harvestmen and their minions. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
NEW-pb, available late November 2023 ......$25.00 with a discount of 15% rct

1-241190 DeFoggi, John-Matthew URBAN DECAY: Roleplaying Game Inspired by classic arcade video games, movies, and comic-books, players take on the roles of warriors, martial artists, vigilantes, and ordinary citizens taking to the streets to face the gangs that control the City and to save the people and places they love. Streamlined character and crew creation produces distinct, capable heroes with shared goals and bonds, while the versatile Clash system emphasizes the brutal, gritty street-fights in which these heroes will find themselves. The City itself is built collaboratively, with players working together to define the districts and neighborhoods for which their heroes will go to war. 1 vol, 160 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
NEW-hardcover, available mid December 2023 ......$25.00 with a discount of 15% rct

1-226492 DeFoggi, John-Matthew JACKALS: Travellers on the War Road Supplement for Jackals, introducing new rites, talents, and virtues for players as well as an exploration of the history and cultures of the Zaharet regions and cultures. It expands the lore for each of the four cultures introduced in the core book -- Luathi, Gerwa, Melkoni, and Trauj -- describing their various tribes, clans, and city-states, their beliefs, strongholds, and day-to-day lives, adding more nuance and depth to the world and giving players more ways to personalize their characters. 1 vol, 144 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
NEW-pb, available late November 2022 ......$25.00 with a discount of 15% rct

1-241980 Hicks, Jonathan PRESSURE: Industrial Science Fiction Roleplaying Rules-light, story-focused game of facing the darkness at the heart of humanity's fragile and claustrophobic existence - both on Earth and among the stars. An entirely standalone title, Pressure also develops and expands upon the mechanics and setting introduced in the Those Dark Places roleplaying game.

As highly skilled agents of Special Operations Squads, players are tasked with cleaning up after the Corporations -- investigating links to organized crime, neutralizing rogue weapons research, negotiating with rebel leaders on orbital stations, and hunting down whatever that black-budget excavation team 'awoke' out in the Procyon Sector. The universe is a dangerous and hostile place; the Hypercities and the Deep Black alike hide powerful foes. But you have the tools, the training, and the resources to face these dangers -- you hope. 1 vol, 128 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
NEW-hardback, available late January 2024 ......$25.00 with a discount of 15% rct

1-221530B Hutchinson, Mike GASLANDS: Post-Apocalyptic Vehicular Combat + Implements of Carnage plastic frame Order by Monday August 26, 2019 and we will include a free 'metal motor cycle'

Implements of Carnage plastic frame - A plastic frame of weapons, armor, drivers and much more. Designed to help you customize your die-cast cars into instruments of death to use in games like Gaslands: Refuelled. The Implements of Carnage includes: 4 machine Guns, 3 Heavy machine Guns, 2 Mini Guns, 1 Harpoon, 1 Racing vent, 2 Droppers, 1 Death ray, 1 Tool box, 2 Dozer Blades, 1 Motorbike, 4 Wheels (double- sided alloys), 4 Sheets of armor, 1 Bull Bars, 1 Engine Block, 1 Exhaust, 1 Flamethrower, 2 Drivers, 1 Turret Gunner, 1 Turret Ring, 2 Side Exhausts, 1 Rocket Launcher, 1 Radar Dish and 2 Rockets. Implements of Carnage are scaled for Hotwheels/ Matchbox style vehicles. Supplied unpainted.

Shoot, ram, skid, and loot your way through the ruins of civilization with Gaslands: Refuelled, the tabletop miniature wargame of post-apocalyptic vehicular mayhem.

With all-new material including expanded and enhanced perks, sponsors, vehicle types, and weapons. Gaslands: Refuelled contains everything a budding wasteland warrior needs to build and customize their fleet of vehicles in this harsh post-apocalyptic future. With a host of options for scenarios, environmental effects, and campaigns, players can create their own anarchic futures. 1 vol, 192 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING & NORTH STAR
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1-221530BB Hutchinson, Mike GASLANDS: Post-Apocalyptic Vehicular Combat + Implements of Carnage plastic frame, Dice, Templates and Tokens Order the Big Bundle by Monday Aug 26, 2019 and we will include a free 'metal motor cycle'

GASLANDS: Post-Apocalyptic Vehicular Combat Rule Book
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Implements of Carnage plastic frame - A plastic frame of weapons, armor, drivers and much more. Designed to help you customize your die-cast cars into instruments of death to use in games like Gaslands: Refuelled. The Implements of Carnage includes: 4 machine Guns, 3 Heavy machine Guns, 2 Mini Guns, 1 Harpoon, 1 Racing vent, 2 Droppers, 1 Death ray, 1 Tool box, 2 Dozer Blades, 1 Motorbike, 4 Wheels (double- sided alloys), 4 Sheets of armor, 1 Bull Bars, 1 Engine Block, 1 Exhaust, 1 Flamethrower, 2 Drivers, 1 Turret Gunner, 1 Turret Ring, 2 Side Exhausts, 1 Rocket Launcher, 1 Radar Dish and 2 Rockets. Implements of Carnage are scaled for Hotwheels/ Matchbox style vehicles. Supplied unpainted.
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In the game Gaslands, you need Skid Dice. These have custom faces on them to make playing the game much easier. Five per pack.
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12 Templates designed for Gaslands: Refuelled. These templates are essential to playing the game Gaslands: Refuelled. Laser cut translucent acrylic
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Markers, All you need for the Gaslands: Refuelled. 25 hazard, 25 ammo, 10 vote, 1 pole position. 1 vol, 192 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING & NORTH STAR
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1-2089418 McCullough, Joseph FROSTGRAVE: Mortal Enemies Rules for creating recurring villains in both competitive and solo campaigns. These characters are unique individuals who return over the course of a campaign to plague the players' wizards, gaining experience, recruiting allies, and becoming more deadly with each appearance. Against such threats, a wizard's base becomes as much hideout as headquarters, and an expanded range of options for enhancing bases is provided, as are rules for defending your own and attacking those of your rivals. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-228453 McCullough, Joseph THE SILVER BAYONET: Egypt: Shadow of the Sphinx Egypt: Shadow of the Sphinx is a supplement for The Silver Bayonet that brings two new campaigns, one competitive and one for solo or cooperative play -- it allows players to face new foes, recruit new soldiers, and uncover the treasures of Ancient Egypt. The players' special units can explore the mysteries of this great land, venturing into lost cities, forbidden ruins, and even beneath the Pyramids themselves. Also included is a new recruitment list as well as a number of new soldier types, and the equipment that might give them an edge. Also brings an array of terrifying foes, including mummies, werejackals, and serpopards. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-226854 McCullough, Joseph STARGRAVE: Bold Endeavour Stargrave Supplement: focuses on the ships that serve as the crews' transports, strategic headquarters, and homes, including new upgrades, a damage system, and rules for crew assignments such as piloting, gunnery, and navigation. New powers, soldiers, technology, and backgrounds for captains and first mates help reinforce crews, while rules for space encounters - dangerous, interesting, and potentially profitable incidents - and five new scenarios bring them face to face with strange alien species and other terrifying dangers in weird and wonderful locations, from unexplored planets to the depths of space.

Just beyond the rim of what was once 'civilized space' lies the vast, colourful expanse of the Crokoan Nebula. Seeking their fortunes, bold independent crews press deep into this largely unexplored sector. But the Ravaged Galaxy is a dangerous place, and the threats that crews face are not limited to those found on a planet's surface. In fact, more independent crews meet their ends in the dark void of space than are wiped out in gunfights. Black holes, asteroid fields, and even the legendary space kraken can all destroy a ship and its crew. It takes a deft hand on the controls, a sharp eye on navigation, and a bit of wizardry with the engines to fly between the stars. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
NEW-pb, available mid October 2023 ......$30.00 with a discount of 15% rct

1-235130 Mersey, Daniel XENOS RAMPANT: Science Fiction Skirmish Wargame Rules Rules for large skirmishes, based on the Rampant system. Setting-agnostic, large skirmish, miniature wargame for fighting science fiction battles using 28mm figures. Core mechanics will be instantly recognizable to those familiar with the other Rampant systems. Contains army lists, scenarios, and subgenres including: post-apocalyptic, weird war, and near future. 1 vol, 160 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-235140 Russell, Nathan HARD CITY: Noir Roleplaying Character creation generates competent yet flawed individuals and focuses on what sets them apart as they walk the fine line between right and wrong. Mechanics place the emphasis on the momentum of the plot, while the sandbox setting provides evocative hooks for adventures -- fight crooks, rescue the innocent, thwart blackmail plots (or start them!), or uncover corruption in the Mayor's office.

Stalk the mean streets of a world filled with two-bit thugs, hard-nosed gumshoes, intrepid reporters, gangsters, and femme fatales, all doing what they must to survive in the concrete jungle. With trouble around every corner, a secret on every lip, and a gun in every pocket, danger is never far away in the hard city. 1 vol, 160 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-239180 Silburn-Slater, Frederick A WAR TRANSFORMED: WWI on the Doggerland Front WWI skirmish wargame with supernatural twist. Players command small forces of infantry, cavalry, artillery, and other. stranger. troops on the Doggerland Front from authentic folk traditions and occult philosophies of the era.

As the Great War raged, the Moon fell from its orbit. Seas shifted, uncovering new lands and revealing what tide and time had concealed. Thrust to the surface, Doggerland, the ancient bridge between Britain and Europe, becomes a crucial battleground in the conflict. In this alien landscape, raiding parties pick through the ribs of wrecks and the ruins of lost villages, war machines festooned with totems and fetishes roll over the brittle bones of long-dead giants, and cavalry charge across plains made verdant by the vegetation returning to this new land with unnatural speed.

The Moon's descent also heralded the terrifying resurgence of magic. Long-forgotten gods and spirits began to stir in hidden groves and caverns and old traditions found new strength. Soon, stone circles echoed once more with the chanting of ancient rituals and menhirs were again bedecked with wildflowers and presented with offerings of honey and blood. 1 vol, 224 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-228454 Stephen, T.C. THE SILVER BAYONET: Italy: The Shades of Calabria Supplement for The Silver Bayonet features a solo/cooperative campaign, new soldiers, and new foes. New enemies are both mortal and monstrous, and include a variety of undead. As the major nations vie for military, political, and ideological supremacy over the Mediterranean, the Bourbon royal family plots to reclaim its Neapolitan throne, sending agents from its Sicilian stronghold to support the briganti - Calabria's bandit gangs - in waging a bloody guerrilla war against the occupying French. Meanwhile, rumors spread that the dead no longer rest easy, but rise from their graves to wander isolated valleys and mountain paths. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
NEW-pb, available late November 2024 ......$25.00 with a discount of 15% rct

1-239230 Thompson, David GENERAL ORDERS: World War II Game Players vie for WWII battlefield use token placement to seize crucial strategic assets that unlock special abilities. Balance the desire to gain these advantages with the need to secure supply lines, ward off aerial assault and artillery barrages, and protect your vulnerable headquarters.

Game features: Ages: 14+; Time: 30 minutes; Players: 2; 1 double-sided game board; 32 playing cards; 80+ wooden pieces; dice; and tokens. 1 vol, 224 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
NEW-box, available late October 2023 ......$35.00 with a discount of 15% rct

1-967033 Todoroff, Patrick WHEN NIGHTMARES COME: An Investigative Wargame of Supernatural Horror Rules for modern-day monster hunting and occult investigations. Players will form a team of paranormal vigilantes -- being self-taught occult specialists and monster hunters who call themselves the Nightwatch -- who tackle the supernatural horrors and investigate the strange disturbances that plague their city. The core of the game uses the Action Dice Pool with multiple die types and tiered enemies, flexible player classes, and straightforward mission objectives. Also contains a roleplaying element that allows for non-combat challenges and dramatic encounters. This system uses the same dice types as the core game's Action Dice Pool and emphasizes quick resolutions. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-967032 van der Ster, Arthur WITH HOT LEAD AND COLD STEEL: American Civil War Wargaming Rules Large-scale, mass-battle wargame for recreating the American Civil War for brigade- and divisional-level engagements from the First Bull Run to Appomattox Court House. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-221740 Macfarlane, Peter THE ROYAL DRAGOON GUARDS: A Regimental History 1685-2018 The Royal Dragoon Guards have a long and distinguished history dating from 1685. Originally raised as regiments of horse and dragoons, they were subsequently designated as the 4th, 5th and 7th Dragoon Guards and the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons. They fought in all of Britain's major wars from the late 17th century onwards, charging at Blenheim with Marlborough's cavalry, at Waterloo with the Union Brigade, and at Balaklava with the Heavy Brigade. In the 19th century, they also saw service in India and Africa.

All four regiments served in France and Flanders during the First World War and one regiment fired the first British shot on the Western Front. They were then amalgamated into two regiments - the 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards and the 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards. Both regiments were mechanized shortly before the Second World War, in which they played a leading role in the D-Day landings. In 1992, the two regiments amalgamated again to form the Royal Dragoon Guards. Recent conflicts have taken the regiment to Iraq and Afghanistan, continuing a record of operational service covering more than three centuries.

This regimental history of the Dragoons tells their story as it played out across the centuries, exploring their role in both major and minor conflicts of the last 300 years. The title examines the development of the regiment up to the present day and highlights key figures across its history. The text is supported throughout with photographs and illustrations. 1 vol, 416 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-928006 Cernuschi, Enrico 006 ITALIAN BATTLE FLEET 1940-43: 'La Squadra', The Pride of the Regia Marina Provides a concise account and analysis of the WWII Italian battle fleet's activities through the war, from major clashes such as the Battle of Calabria to lesser-known expeditions. Includes command structure, logistics, codebreaking, fleet logistics, qualities and limitations of Italian industry, and more. Contains illustrations throughout, with at least 40 photos and 15 pages of color illustrations. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-928003 Herder, Brian Lane 003 BRITISH PACIFIC FLEET 1944-45: The Royal Navy in the Downfall of Japan Examines the ships, their technology, how the fleet was organized and commanded, and how it fought the campaign against Japan during the latter part of WWII. Explains how the Royal Navy joined the Pacific carrier war, and how the fleet adopted the US Navy's ruthlessly effective fast carrier doctrine. With ships optimized for short-range operations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, it had to rapidly adapt to the long-range, high-tempo warfare of the Pacific, and the story is often one of inspired improvisation. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-928002 Konstam, Angus 002 GERMAN HIGH SEAS FLEET 1914-18: The Kaiser's Challenge to the Royal Navy A concise, fully illustrated account of how the entire High Seas Fleet was designed and built, how it operated, and how it fought during WWI. The fleet was a modern, balanced force of dreadnought battleships, battlecruisers, cruisers and torpedo boats, using Zeppelins and U-boats for reconnaissance. The ultimate test between them came in May 1916, when they clashed at Jutland. Explains how and why the fleet was built, its role, and how and why it fought as it did. From fighting doctrine and crew training to intelligence, logistics, and gunnery, this book is an essential guide to the Kaiser's audacious bid for naval glory. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-928005 Konstam, Angus 005 ROYAL NAVY HOME FLEET 1939-1941: The Last Line of Defense at Scapa Flow Examines how the Royal Navy's most powerful fleet operated and fought, including logistics and intelligence-gathering, the German Navy in the first years of World War II. Explores the fighting power, roles, and battles as the fleet was charged simultaneously with preventing the German Navy from breaking out into the Atlantic, challenging any cross-Channel invasion force, and attacking German naval operations in the North Sea. Home Fleet actions included the loss of HMS Hood, the sinking of the Bismarck, and countering the invasion of Norway. Contains 40 archive photos and 15 pages of original color illustrations. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-928004 Marolda, Edward J. 004 US SEVENTH FLEET, VIETNAM 1964-75: American Naval Power in Southeast Asia Examines how US Navy's most powerful fleet fought and operated during the Vietnam War. Distilled from thousands of declassified secret documents, offers a unique new portrait of how the Seventh Fleet fought the Vietnam War, from the offensive strike power of naval aviation to the vital role of fleet logistics. Also examines the surface combatant fleet's gunfire support role, and its raids against the North Vietnamese coast, amphibious warfare, fleet air defense, search-and-rescue, and mining and interdiction operations. Illustrated and includes personal accounts from North Vietnamese, Soviet, and Chinese sources. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-928001 Stille, Mark 001 JAPANESE COMBINED FLEET 1941-42: The IJN at Its Zenith, Pearl Harbor to Midway Profile of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) Combined Fleet during 1941-42 period of expansion and constant victories ended at the Battle of Midway, after which the Combined Fleet was forced onto the defensive. Details the qualities and importance of IJN leadership, logistics, naval infrastructure, and Japan's shipbuilding capability, and gives an account and analysis of the IJN's combat performance during these crucial months - not just in the famous carrier battles, but also exploring lesser-known elements such as IJN amphibious forces and land-based aviation. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-928008 Stille, Mark 008 JAPANESE COMBINED FLEET 1942-43: Guadalcanal to the Solomons Campaign Examines the IJN's Combined Fleet during the Guadalcanal and Solomons campaigns, when it was reorganized and was forced to fight a grinding battle of attrition against the US Navy. The early surface battles in the Guadalcanal campaign played into the strength of the Combined Fleet, which had long trained for night combat. The IJN's rebuilt carrier force also performed well and managed to score its most clear-cut victory against the USN's carriers of the entire war, at the battle of Santa Cruz.

However, for the Japanese, the overall Guadalcanal campaign ended in disaster. The result was costly losses and a weakened Combined Fleet for the rest of the war. Illustrated with 35 archive photos, 13 pages of original color illustrations, 3D diagrams, and maps. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-939002 Buchoktz, Chris 002 P-51B/C MUSTANG: Northwest europe 1943-44 New Dogfight series. Heavily illustrated with photographs, artwork, and innovative and colorful 3D ribbon diagrams provides a realistic overview of the most dynamic dogfights in aviation history. This volume covers the P-51B/C Mustang-equipped fighter groups of the 'Mighty Eighth' Air Force. Packed full of first-hand accounts, this volume recreates the combat conditions and flying realities for Mustang pilots (including headline aces such as Don Blakeslee and Don Gentile, as well as lesser known aviators).

Entering combat in Europe in December 1943, P-51Bs and P-51Cs had advantages over German Bf 109s and Fw 190s in respect to the altitude they could reach, rate of climb, and top speed. Initially tapped for close bomber escort, Mustangs were quickly turned loose to range ahead of the bomber stream in order to challenge German fighters before they could assemble to engage the bombers en masse.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-939010 Claringbould, Michael John 010 A6M2/3 ZERO-SEN: New Guinea and the Solomons 1942 Covers the key role played by governing factors including geography and climatic conditions, and examines the modified tactics employed by IJN Zero-sen pilots to help them cope in 1942 New Guinea. Combs through the comprehensive analysis of RAAF, USAAF, and Japanese operational after action reports for first-hand accounts from both famous aviators and previously unknown RAAF and Japanese pilots. The air combats fought over New Guinea in 1942 between Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force (IJNAF) pilots and their Allied counterparts in P-39 Airacobras and P-40 Warhawks were often 'trial and error' affairs, with both belligerents being caught out by weather. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-939004 Davies, Peter 004 F-86A SABRE: Korea 1950-51 The F-86A Sabre had entered USAF service in 1949, and in December 1950 three squadrons were sent to South Korea. Despite primitive basing conditions and overwhelming Chinese opposition, the Sabre pilots stopped communist air forces from attacking UN ground troops and allowed Allied fighter-bombers to operate without threat of interception. The ensuing air battles between Sabres and MiG-15s were the first since World War II, and the last in recent times to involve large numbers of jet fighters in direct confrontation. F-86 pilots demonstrated the superiority of their training and tactics and the outstanding qualities of their Sabres. Includes contemporary photographs and specially commissioned artwork, including ribbon diagrams offering step-by-step illustrations of main the dogfights explored in the book. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-939007 Davies, Peter 007 F-8 CRUSADER: Vietnam 1963-73 Recaps the successful career of the F-8 Crusader over Vietnam, freom initial development to final deployment. Provides first-hand accounts, highly detailed battlescene artwork, combat ribbon diagrams and armament views. The Crusader was nicknamed 'last of the gunfighters,' its pilots employed 'secondary' AIM-9D Sidewinder missiles in all but one of their MiG kills, with its unreliable 20 mm guns (they often jammed during strenuous maneuvers), responsible for damaging a number of MiGs. However, in combat the F-8 had the highest 'exchange ratio' (kills divided by losses) at six-to-one of any US combat aircraft involved in the Vietnam War. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-939001 Forsyth, Robert 001 FW 190D-9: Defense of the Reich 1944-45 First volume in the new Dogfight series. The FW 190D-9 - the 'long-nosed' Dora - represented the cutting edge and pinnacle of wartime Germany's piston-engine aviation development. This new history features first-hand accounts, photographs, artwork, and innovative and colourful 3D ribbon diagrams to provide a realistic insight in to how German pilots used the superb Focke-Wulf aircraft in combat.

Designed by Kurt Tank, the 'long-nosed' Fw 190D-9 'Dora' bettered most of the fighters that the Allied and Soviet air forces could field when it first appeared in 1944. Indeed, with experienced German pilots at the controls it proved to be an immediate match for even the later-mark Griffon Spitfire and the P-51D/K. Well-armed, with two 13mm machine guns and two 20mm cannon, the D-9 began to equip Luftwaffe units from August 1944.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-939011 Forsyth, Robert 011 FW190 STURMJAGER: Defence of the Reich 1943-45 An illustrated account of how the USAAF was challenged by the Jagdflieger and their heavily armed and armored, FW 190A-8 Sturmjager. Explores the fascinating feats of the men flying the Fw 190A-8 and its subvariants. Pilots were given exceptional training and many were volunteers, some of whom were willing to sign oaths that they would bring down a bomber at all costs - even if it meant ramming the enemy aircraft. Uses first-person accounts, archival photos, full-color illustrations, maps, and tactical diagrams. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-939003 Lowe. Michael 003 BF 109D/E: Blitzkrieg 1939-40 Examines and assesses the Bf 109 as a fighting machine from the perspective of the Luftwaffe at the forefront of the German blitzkrieg. Contemporary photographs and specially commissioned artwork, including a dramatic battlescene, armament views, technical diagrams and ribbon diagrams illustrating step-by-step each battle tactic of the main dogfight. Presents first-hand experiences of the pilots who flew the Bf 109E, the aircraft which first featured a Daimler-Benz DB 601 powerplant, and which was in the front line in the skies over Poland, the Low Countries and France, and the older Bf 109D, still in use in the Polish campaign. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-939008 Roperczer, Istvan 008 MiG-21 FISHBED: Opposing Rolling Thunder 1966-68 Analyzes the design, development and tactics of the MiG-21 pilots over North Vietnam during Rolling Thunder. The high-speed 'hit and run' attacks employed by the communist pilots proved to be very successful, with both R-3S air-to-air missiles and heavy-caliber cannon inflicting a rising toll on American jets. Using first-hand accounts from MiG-21 pilots, battlescene artwork, combat ribbon diagrams, and armament views, details the important role played by the Fishbed in the defense of North Vietnam. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
NEW-pb, available mid August 2023 ......$23.00 with a discount of 15% rct

1-939012 Saunders, Andy 012 BF 109E: Battle of Britain An illustrated account of the Bf 109E's evolving role during the fateful first stages of the Battle of Britain. Explores how the Channel's breadth and the short range of Emil combined to force the Luftwaffe's fighter units to evolve their tactics in pursuit of victory. Draws upon first-hand accounts to tell the story of this landmark battle's fascinating beginnings. Bringing further context to this analysis, archive photos, newly commissioned artworks, and tactical and ribbon diagrams demonstrate how strategy and procedure developed over the course of combat. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-939005 Young, Edward 005 F6F HELLCAT Philippines 1944 Using maps, contemporary photographs, and technical diagrams, the volume examines the highly effective tactics used to prevail against large enemy formations, and reveals the training that underpinned the success enjoyed by the Naval Aviators and their Hellcats. Describes key combat actions through 3D ribbon diagrams that provide a step-by-step depiction of the main dogfights featured in the book, as well as action reports from famous aces and previously unknown pilots.

Joining combat in the Pacific in late 1943, the Hellcat squadrons soon demonstrated their ascendancy over their Japanese opponents, culminating in the great Marianas Turkey Shoot during the Battle of the Philippine Sea in June 1944. The fighter proved to be a dream for pilots to fly, allowing both novice and veteran Naval Aviators alike to prevail in large-scale aerial combats. From October 1944 to January 1945, the Fast Carriers supported General MacArthur's invasion of the Philippines. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-939009 Young, Edward M 009 F4F WILDCAT: South Pacific 1942-43 Dogfight series. Covers Grumman F4F. Examines the carrier battles that took place in August and October in the South Pacific around Guadalcanal. The key combat actions are described and accompanied with rare and original photographs and diagrams, as are the training and tactics that contributed to the Wildcat's success. Illustrated with specially commissioned artwork, including armament views and ribbon diagrams. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
NEW-pb, available mid October 2023 ......$23.00 with a discount of 15% rct

1-219170 Loades, Mike WAR BOWS: Longbow, Crossbow, Composite Bow and Japanese Yumi War bows dominated battlefields across the world for centuries. In their various forms, they allowed trained archers to take down even well-armored targets from great distances, and played a key role in some of the most famous battles in human history. The composite bow was a versatile and devastatingly effective weapon, on foot, from chariots and on horseback for over a thousand years, used by cultures as diverse as the Hittites, the Romans, the Mongols and the Ottoman Turks. The Middle Ages saw a clash between the iconic longbow and the more technologically sophisticated crossbow, most famously during the Hundred Years War, while in Japan, the samurai used the yumi to deadly effect, unleashing bursts of arrows from their galloping steeds.

Reveals the full history of these four iconic weapons complete with modern ballistics testing, action recreations of what it is like to fire each bow, and a critical analysis of the technology and tactics associated with each bow. 1 vol, 312 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
NEW-softcover, available mid February 2019 ......$40.00 with a discount of 15% rct

1-226410 Bull, Stephen GERMAN ARMY UNIFORMS OF WORLD WAR IIA photographic guide to clothing, insignia and kit Fully illustrated book examines the German Army's wide range of uniforms, personal equipment, weapons, medals, and awards. Offers a comprehensive guide to the transformation that the German Army soldier underwent in the period from September 1939 to May 1945.

After World War I, the defeated and much-reduced German Army developed new clothing and personal equipment that drew upon the lessons learned in the trenches. In place of the wide variety of uniforms and insignia that had been worn by the Imperial German Army, a standardized approach was followed, culminating in the uniform items introduced in the 1930s as the Nazi Party came to shape every aspect of German national life.

The outbreak of war in 1939 prompted further adaptations and simplifications of uniforms and insignia, while the increasing use of camouflaged items and the accelerated pace of weapons development led to the appearance of new clothing and personal equipment.

Medals and awards increased in number as the war went on, with grades being added for existing awards and new decorations introduced to reflect battlefield feats. Specialists such as mountain troops, tank crews and combat engineers were issued distinctive uniform items and kit, while the ever-expanding variety of fronts on which the German Army fought -- from the North African desert to the Russian steppe -- prompted the rapid development of clothing and equipment for different climates and conditions. In addition, severe shortages of raw materials and the demands of clothing and equipping an army that numbered in the millions forced the simplification of many items and the increasing use of substitute materials in their manufacture.
1 vol, 256 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968010 Aloni, Shlomo 010 SIX-DAY WAR 1967: Operation Focus and the 12 hours That Changed the Middle East On one day in June, the balance of air power in the Middle East was turned upside down by perhaps the most ruthlessly effective air superiority campaign in history -- Operation Moked, or Focus.

In 1967, the Israeli Air Force was outnumbered more than two to one by the jets of hostile Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq. Operation Focus was Israel's ingenious strike plan to overturn the balance. At 0745hrs on June 6, Israeli jets hit Egypt's airfields simultaneously, first bombing runways and then strafing aircraft. Another 20 follow-up missions were already in the air, initially scheduled to hit every five minutes.

This new history of Operation Focus explains how the concept for Focus was devised and meticulously planned, the astonishing rate of serviceability and turnaround speed it required from ground crews, and how the relentless tempo of strikes shattered one air force after another. It is the story of how Israel's victory in the Six-Day War began with a single, shocking day. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
NEW-softcover, available mid June 2019 ......$24.00 with a discount of 15% rct

1-968043 Aloni, Shlomo 043 YOM KIPPUR WAR 1973: Airpower in Israel's Hardest-Fought War Explores how the Yom Kippur War, or October War of 1973, was perhaps the most intensive and savage air war in history. Explains how, in contrast to the striking success of the Six-Day War, Israel's prewar plans failed in 1973. Since the Six-Day War, Israel had modernized its air force and planned in detail for this air war. But the IDF underestimated the effectiveness of the latest Soviet air defense technology and doctrine, particularly the new SA-6 missile system. With archive photos, combat artwork, 3D diagrams, and maps, this book unravels the complexities of one of the fiercest air wars of modern times, and explains how Israel's eventual victory was achieved against the odds and at a grave cost. Illustrated throughout with 65 photos and 16 pages of color illustrations. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968048 Battistelli, Pier Paolo and Basilio Di Martino 048 YUGOSLAVIA AND GREECE 1940-41: The Axis' Aerial Assault in the Balkans A new illustrated history of the German and Italian air campaigns in the invasions of Greece and Yugoslavia. Highlights elements such as the Italians' development of air-to-ground support while carrying out, for the first and only time, an airborne operation, and how the Germans refined their tactics from the 1940 campaign in the West, and pursuing a major anti-shipping role. Illustrated with 60 rare photos, 16 pages of color illustrations, original paintings, maps, and 3D diagrams. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968037 Bird, Andrew 037 OPERATION BLACK BUCK 1982: The Vulcans' Extraordinary Falklands War Raids Examines British RAF airstrikes against Argentinian forces and infrastructure in opening moments of Falklands War -- with nearest British-owned airfield on Ascension Island 3,900 miles away. Includes original artwork and rare photos and explains how these hugely complex, yet completely improvised raids were launched. Also explains how the last of the Vulcans, only a few months away from the scrapyard, had to be hastily re-equipped with bombsights, electronics and navigation systems 'borrowed' from other aircraft to carry conventional bombs. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968028 Bourque, Stephen 028 D-DAY 1944: The Deadly Failure of Allied Bombing June 6 Despite an initial successful attack performed by the Allied forces, the most crucial phase of the operation, which was the assault from the Eighth Air Force against the defenses along the Calvados coast, was disastrous. The bombers missed almost all of their targets, inflicting little damage to the German defenses, which resulted in a high number of casualties among the Allied infantry. The primary cause of this failure was that planners at Eighth Air Force Headquarters had changed aircraft drop times at the last moment, to prevent casualties amongst the landing forces, without notifying either Eisenhower or Doolittle. This book examines this generally overlooked event in detail and offers a new perspective on a little-known air campaign packed with illustrations, maps, and diagrams. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968041 Claringbould, Michael John 041 OPERATION RO-GO 1943: Japanese Air Power Tackles the Bougainville Landings Uses rare Japanese primary source material to explain how the Japanese planned and fought the 1943 campaign to strike Allied air power and shipping in the Solomons and to slow the American advance by severing Allied supply chains. Corrects enduring myths often found in books that rely only on Western sources. Traces the unexpected and tremendous pressures placed on the operation's units at Rabaul as the Japanese dealt with massive, surprise raids from Fifth Air Force bombers, and later US Navy carrier aircraft, concluding with the US strategic victory of the Bougainville landings. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968031 Cleaver, Thomas 031 GOTHIC LINE 1944-45: The USAAF Starves Out the German Army By late 1944, the Italian Campaign was secondary to the campaigns in France, and Allied forces were not strong enough to break the Germans' mighty Gothic Line. These fortifications were supplied by rail through the Alps, with trains arriving hourly and delivering 600,000 tons of supplies a month, enough to keep the German Army going forever.

But in the bitter winter of 1944-45, the mighty Gothic Line would be defeated by American air power in one of the most pivotal but least-known air campaigns of World War II. It would not be a direct assault; instead Operation Bingo would ruthlessly cut the Germans' supply lines and leave them starved. However, it would not be easy. The rail routes were defended by a formidable array of heavy flak, and every raid was expected. Conditions were freezing, and even in electric flying suits, men suffered both hypoxia and frostbite.

By the end of February, the previous eight-hour rail journey took the Germans 3-4 days on the wrecked railroad, and soon supplies were barely enough to keep the army alive. On April 12, the Allied ground attack began, and within 10 days the German command in Northern Italy sued for surrender, the first German force in Europe to do so.

Packed with first-hand accounts and rare photos from the 57th Bomb Wing Archives, this book is a fascinating history of the most successful US battlefield interdiction campaign in history, immortalized in the writing of bombardier Joseph Heller, in his novel Catch 22. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
NEW-pb, available mid August 2022 ......$24.00 with a discount of 15% rct

1-968016 Corum, James 016 Legion Condor 1936-3911:The Luftwaffe develops Blitzkrieg in the Spanish Civil War The bombing of Guernica has become a symbol of Nazi involvement in the Spanish Civil War, but the extent of the German commitment is often underestimated. The Luftwaffe sent 20,000 officers and men to Spain from 1936 to 1939, and the Condor Legion carried out many missions in support of the Spanish Nationalist forces and played a lead role in many key campaigns of the war. Aircraft that would play a significant role in the combat operations of World War II (the Heinkel 11 bomber, the Me 109 fighter, and others) saw their first action in Spain, fighting against the modern Soviet fighters and bombers that equipped the Republican Air Force. Condor Legion bombers attacked Republican logistics and transport behind the lines as well as bombing strategic targets, German bombers and fighters provided highly effective close air support for the front-line troops, and German fighters and anti-aircraft units ensured Nationalist control of the air.

The experience garnered in Spain was very important to the development of the Luftwaffe. The war allowed them to hone and develop their tactics, train their officers, and to become the most practised air force in the world at conducting close support of ground troops. In effect, the Spanish Civil War proved to be the training ground for the Blitzkrieg which would be unleashed across Europe in the years that followed. In this rigorous new analysis, Legion Condor expert James Corum explores both the history and impact of the Luftwaffe's engagement during the Spanish Civil War and the role that engagement played in the development of the Luftwaffe strategy which would be used to such devastating effect in the years that followed.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968022 Corum, James 022 NORWAY 1940: The Luftwaffe's Scandinavian Blitzkrieg Discusses the use of air power during Germany's invasion of Norway, including long-range bombing, reconnaissance, transporting large numbers of troops, and supply of ground forces over great distances. The Luftwaffe also ensured the failure of the Allied counter-offensive in central Norway in April and May 1940. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968023 Corum, James 023 HOLLAND 1940: The Luftwaffe's first setback in the West The German invasion of the Netherlands was meant to be a lightning-fast surgical strike, aimed at shoring up the right flank of the assault on France and Belgium. With a bold plan based largely on Luftwaffe air power, air-landing troops, and the biggest airborne assault yet seen, a Dutch surrender was expected within 24 hours.

But the Netherlands possessed Europe's first fully integrated anti-aircraft network, as well as modern and competitive aircraft. On 10 May, the German attack was only partly successful, and the Dutch fought on for another four days. On the fifth day, with its original strategy having largely failed, the Luftwaffe resorted to terror-bombing Rotterdam to force a surrender.

Explaining the technical capabilities and campaign plans of the two sides, and charting how the battles were fought, this fascinating book reassesses this little-known part of World War II. Author Ryan K. Noppen argues that while the Holland campaign was a tactical victory for Germany, the ability of the well-prepared but outnumbered Dutch to inflict heavy losses was a warning of what would come in the Battle of Britain. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968033 Corum, James 033 BLOODY APRIL 1917: The Birth of Modern Air Power Examines how 1917 air battles over the Western Front, known as Bloody April, caused Allied forces to reassess their approach to the use of airpower by considering well-known problems such as technology and training doctrine, but also how the artillery-aircraft combination had to work in late-WW I ground offensives. Analyses what each side got wrong and describes little-known parts of the April campaign, such as both sides' use of strategic bombing with heavy aircraft. Also considers the German use of advanced high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft with oxygen and heated suits while detailing the exploits of the infamous Red Baron Manfred von Richthofen. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
NEW-pb, available late November 2022 ......$24.00 with a discount of 15% rct

1-968018 Davies, Peter 018 Ho Chi Minh Trail 1964-73: Steel Tiger, Barrel Roll, and the secret air wars in Vietnam and Laos The Trails War formed a major part of the so-called 'secret war' in South East Asia, yet for complex political reasons, including the involvement of the CIA, it received far less coverage than campaigns like Rolling Thunder and Linebacker. Nevertheless, the campaign had a profound effect on the outcome of the war and on its perception in the USA.

In the north, the Barrel Roll campaign was often operated by daring pilots flying obsolete aircraft, as in the early years, US forces were still flying antiquated piston-engined T-28 and A-26A aircraft. The campaign gave rise to countless heroic deeds by pilots like the Raven forward air controllers, operating from primitive airstrips in close contact with fierce enemy forces. USAF rescue services carried out extremely hazardous missions to recover aircrew who would otherwise have been swiftly executed by Pathet Lao forces, and reconnaissance pilots routinely risked their lives in solo, low-level mission over hostile territory.

Further south, the Steel Tiger campaign was less covert. Arc Light B-52 strikes were flown frequently, and the fearsome AC-130 was introduced to cut the trails. At the same time, many thousands of North Vietnamese troops and civilians repeatedly made the long, arduous journey along the trail in trucks or, more often, pushing French bicycles laden with ammunition and rice. Under constant threat of air attack and enduring heavy losses, they devised extremely ingenious means of survival.

The campaign to cut the trails endured for the entire Vietnam War but nothing more than partial success could ever be achieved by the USA. This illustrated title explores the fascinating history of this campaign, analysing the forces involved and explaining why the USA could never truly conquer the Ho Chi Minh trail.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968027 Dildy, Douglas 027 BIG WEEK 1944: Operation Argument and the Breaking of the Jagdwaffe Air Combat series. Analysis of US' legendary 'Big Week' air campaign which enabled the Allies to gain air superiority before D-Day. In February 1944, the Allies conceived and fought history's first-ever successful offensive counter-air (OCA) campaign, Operation Argument or 'Big Week.'

Heavy bombers, escorted by the new long-range P-51 Mustang, attacked German aircraft factories aimed to slash aircraft production and force the Luftwaffe into combat, allowing the new Mustangs to take their toll on the German interceptors. Illustration-packed account explains how the Allies finally began to win air superiority over Europe, and how Operation Argument marked the beginning of the Luftwaffe's fall.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
NEW-pb, available mid February 2022 ......$24.00 with a discount of 15% rct

1-968035 Galeotti, Mark 035 AFGHANISTAN 1979-88: Soviet Air Power Against the Mujahideen Examines the rebel, Kabul government, and Soviet operations in Afghanistan, drawing deeply on Western and Russian sources, and including after-action analyses from the Soviet military. Using maps, battlescenes and detailed 'Bird's Eye Views', paints a comprehensive picture of the air war and describes how, arguably, it was Soviet air power that made the difference, turning defeat into stalemate.

From the high-level bombing raids that blasted rebel-held mountain valleys, to the Mi-24 helicopter gunships and Su-25 jets that accompanied every substantial army operation, Soviet control of the air was a crucial battlefield asset. Vital to every aspect of its operations, Mi-8 helicopters ferried supplies to remote mountain-top observation points and took the bodies of fallen soldiers on their last journey home in An12 'Black Tulips.'

But this was not a wholly one-sided conflict. Even before the Afghan rebels began to acquire man-portable surface-to-air missiles such as the controversial US 'Stinger,' they aggressively and imaginatively adapted. They learnt new techniques of camouflage and deception, set up ambushes against low-level attacks, and even launched daring raids on airbases to destroy aircraft on the ground. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968038 Hale, Julian 038 THE BLITZ 1940-41: The Luftwaffe's Biggest Strategic Bombing Campaign Describes and analyzes strategy, tactics, and operations of both the German Luftwaffe and the UK's air defenses during the period between September 1940 and May 1941. Cities from London to Glasgow, Belfast to Hull, and Liverpool to Cardiff were targeted in an attempt to destroy Britain's military-industrial facilities and force it out of the war. Uses primary sources, spectacular original artwork, 3D diagrams, and maps to explain how the world's first true strategic air offensive failed. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968025 Hallion, Richard 025 DESERT STORM 1991 The Most Shattering Air Campaign in History Air Combat series. Analysis of the Desert Storm air campaign fought against Saddam Hussein's Iraq, which shattered the world's fourth-largest army and sixth-largest air force and revolutionized the world's ideas about modern air power. It was a 39-day air campaign followed by a four-day ground assault. It began with an opening night that smashed Iraq's advanced air defense system, and allowed systematic follow-on strikes to savage its military infrastructure and field capabilities. When the Coalition tanks finally rolled into Iraq, it was less an assault than an occupation. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968034 Hiestand, William 034 STALINGRAD AIRLIFT 1942-43: The Luftwaffe's Broken Promise to Sixth Army Destruction of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad was also accompanied by a significant decline in the Luftwaffe tasked with supplying the Army. Despite accumulating aircraft from all over the Reich, weather problems, lack of adequate maintenance facilities, and growing Soviet AA and fighter defenses ultimately prevented the Luftwaffe from supplying the minimum 300 tons of supplies per day needed by Sixth Army, much less the 750 tons needed for full effectiveness. In the end, about 130 tons per day were delivered on average as losses piled up. Includes the usual Osprey strategic diagrams and maps, archive photos, and artwork. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968047 Hiestand, William 047 OPERATION BARBAROSSA 1941: The Luftwaffe Opens the Eastern Front Campaign Explores the air campaign that spearheaded Operation Barbarossa and how it evolved during the rest of 1941. Describes how between June and December 1941, Luftwaffe losses rose and aircraft readiness steadily decreased under the pressure of combat. Also analyses the evacuation of Soviet industry - including aircraft production - to the Urals, and the rebuilding of the VVS. By the time German columns stalled in front of Moscow, the VVS had more operational aircraft at the front than the Luftwaffe. Also covers aspects such as the abortive VVS strikes on Berlin and other strategic targets as well as the Luftwaffe's strategic bombing raids on Moscow. Illustrated throughout with 65 photos and 14 pages of color illustrations. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968042 Hiestand, William E. 042 EASTERN FRONT 1945: Triumph of the Soviet Air Force Covers the last months of WWII on the Eastern front air campaign as the far outnumbered Luftwaffe hoped advanced aircraft like the ME-262 would overcome the Soviet VVS' 7,500 aircraft in three powerful air armies. Offers the usual plethora of photos, 3D diagrams, maps, and battlescene artwork.

Also pointed to how the future rivalry with NATO would play out. The VVS used powerful and flexible air armies to control and employ its huge force of aircraft - organizational and employment concepts that would shape Soviet plans and preparations for combat during the Cold War.
1 vol, 96 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968020 Konstam, Angus 020 SINKING FORCE Z 1941The day the Imperial Japanese Navy killed the Battleship In late 1941, war was looming with Japan, and Britain's empire in southeast Asia was at risk. The British government decided to send Force Z, which included the state-of-the-art battleship Prince of Wales and the battlecruiser Repulse, to bolster the naval defences of Singapore, and provide a mighty naval deterrent to Japanese aggression. These two powerful ships arrived in Singapore on 2 December - five days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. But crucially, they lacked air cover. On 9 December Japanese scout planes detected Force Z's approach in the Gulf of Thailand. Unlike at Pearl Harbor, battleships at sea could manoeuvre, and their anti-aircraft defences were ready. But it did no good. The Japanese dive-bombers and torpedo-bombers were the most advanced in the world, and the battle was one-sided.

Strategically, the loss of Force Z was a colossal disaster for the British, and one that effectively marked the end of its empire in the East. But even more importantly, the sinking marked the last time that battleships were considered to be the masters of the ocean. From that day on, air power rather than big guns would be the deciding factor in naval warfare. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
NEW-softcover, available late January 2021 ......$24.00 with a discount of 15% rct

1-968049 Konstam, Angus 049 SUMATRA 1944-45: The British Pacific Fleet's oil campaign in the Dutch East Indies Explores how the first target of British naval power in the Pacific would be the strategically vital oil fields in Japanese-occupied Sumatra, part of the Dutch East Indies. Between April 1944 and January 1945, the task force struck oil fields and production centres, Japanese airfields, naval facilities and troop concentrations. Initially working alongside US Navy carriers, and learning their ruthlessly effective fast carrier doctrine, the British would end the Sumatra campaign with a powerful fleet of ten carriers of their own. Contains artwork, maps, 3D diagrams and archive photos. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968009 Lardas, Mark 009 JAPAN 1944-45: LeMay's B-29 Strategic Bombing Campaign The air campaign that incinerated Japan's cities was the first and only time that independent air power has won a war.

As the United States pushed Imperial Japan back towards Tokyo Bay, the US Army Air Force deployed the first of a new bomber to the theater. The B-29 Superfortress was complex, troubled, and hugely advanced. But at the time, no strategic bombing campaign had ever brought about a nation's surrender.

This analysis explains why the B-29s struggled at first, and how General LeMay devised radical and devastating tactics that began to systematically incinerate Japanese cities and industries and eliminate its maritime trade with aerial mining. It explains how and why this campaign was so uniquely successful, and how gaps in Japan's defenses contributed to the B-29s' success. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
NEW-softcover, available mid February 2019 ......$24.00 with a discount of 15% rct

1-968015 Lardas, Mark 015 BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC 1939-41: RAF Coastal Command's Hardest Fight against the U-boats At the start of World War II, few thought the U-boat would be as devastating as it proved to be. But convoys and sonar-equipped escorts proved inadequate to defend the Allies' merchantmen, and the RAF's only offensive weapon was the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft. For RAF Coastal Command, the first two years of the war were the hardest. Although starved of resources, operating with outdated aircraft and often useless weaponry, they were still the only force that could take the fight to the U-boats.

But in these two years, the RAF learned what it needed to win the Battle of the Atlantic. Gradually developing new tactics and technology, such as airborne radar, signals intelligence, and effective weaponry, the Allies ended 1941 in a position to defeat Donitz's growing fleet of U-boats. This book, the first of two volumes, explains of how the RAF kept the convoys alive against the odds, and developed the force that would prevail in the climactic battles of 1942 and 1943. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968021 Lardas, Mark 021 Battle of the Atlantic 1942-45: The climax of World War II's greatest naval campaign Second of two volumes explores the climactic events of the Battle of the Atlantic and reveals how air power -- both maritime patrol aircraft and carrier aircraft -- ultimately proved to be the Allies' most important weapon in one of the most bitterly fought naval campaigns of World War II.

As 1942 opened, both Nazi Germany and the Allies were ready for the climactic battles of the Atlantic to begin. Germany had 91 operational U-boats, and over 150 in training or trials. Production for 1942-44 was planned to exceed 200 boats annually. Karl Donitz, running the Kriegsmarine's U-boat arm, would finally have the numbers needed to run the tonnage war he wanted against the Allies.

Meanwhile, the British had, at last, assembled the solution to the U-boat peril. Its weapons and detection systems had improved to the stage that maritime patrol aircraft could launch deadly attacks on U-boats day and night. Airborne radar, Leigh lights, Magnetic Anomaly Detection (MAD) and the Fido homing torpedo all turned the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft into a submarine-killer, while shore and ship-based technologies such as high-frequency direction finding and signals intelligence could now help aircraft find enemy U-boats.

Following its entry into the war in 1941, the United States had also thrown its industrial muscle behind the campaign, supplying VLR Liberator bombers to the RAF and escort carriers to the Royal Navy. The US Navy also operated anti-submarine patrol blimps and VLR aircraft in the southern and western Atlantic, and sent its own escort carriers to guard convoys.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968026 Lardas, Mark 026 TRUK 1944-45: The Destruction of Japan's Central Pacific Bastion Examines the rise and fall of Truk as a Japanese air and naval bastion and explains how in two huge raids, American carrier-based aircraft in Operation Hailstone reduced it to irrelevance. Also covers the little-known story of how the USAAF used the ravaged base as a live-fire training ground for its new B-29s -- whose bombing raids ensured Truk could not be reactivated by the Japanese. The pressure on Truk was kept up right through 1945 when it was also used as a target for the 509th Composite Squadron to practice dropping atomic bombs and by the British Pacific Fleet to hone its pilots' combat skills prior to the invasion of Japan. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968032 Lardas, Mark 032 ARCTIC CONVOYS 1942: The Luftwaffe Cuts Russia's Lifeline In 1942, Luftwaffe air power made the difference with crew and strike aircraft trained and equipped for torpedo attacks from bases in northern Norway. Between spring and autumn 1942, Germany was winning the battle of the Arctic Convoys. Half of PQ-15 was sunk in May, PQ-17 was virtually obliterated in July, and in September 30 percent of PQ-18 was sunk. The Allies were forced to suspend the convoys until December, when the long Arctic nights would shield them.

Yet in November, the Luftwaffe was redeployed south to challenge the Allied landings in North Africa, and the advantage was lost. Despite that, the Allies never again sailed an Arctic convoy in the summer months. Fully illustrated with archive photos, striking new artwork, maps and diagrams. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968036 Lardas, Mark 036 SOUTH CHINA SEA 1945: Task Force 38's Bold Carrier Rampage in Formosa, Luzon, and Indochina Covers Operation Gratitude, where US Task Force 38 would spend the better part of two weeks marauding through the South China Sea launching air strikes into harbors in Indochina, the Chinese coast, and Formosa, while targeting shipping in the high-traffic nautical highway. By the time the Task Force exited the South China Sea, over 300,000 tons of enemy shipping and dozens of Japanese warships had been sunk. With follow-up air strikes against Japanese harbors and airfields in Formosa and the Ryukyu Islands, the success of the sweep was unprecedented. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968040 Lardas, Mark 040 TOKYO 1944-45: The Destruction of Imperial Japan's Capital Between November 1944, with a 111-plane B-29 strike against Tokyo, to August 13, 1945, the the US Army Air Force would attack Tokyo 25 times-- 20 from B-29s based in the Marianas, and five from US Navy carrier task forces. Considers how the campaign developed from daylight bombing to firebombing and anti-ship mining, and finally how the target was handed over to the US Navy, whose carrier-based bombers and fighter-bombers continued to strike Tokyo during July and August 1945. Contains 65 photos and 16 pages of color illustrations. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968045 Laslie, Brian 045 OPERATION ALLIED FORCE 1999: NATO's airpower victory in Kosovo Covers NATO's war against Serbian forces over Kosovo. Offers a complete history of the campaign, based on a wide range of primary and secondary sources. Although predominantly a USAF effort, the campaign also featured multinational contributions as well as significant naval aviation. Using original battlescenes, maps, and 3D diagrams, examines the aircraft, weapons and doctrine used, the Serbian air defenses, how the Allied forces planned and launched their air campaign, and how NATO had to rapidly adapt its initial plans to achieve success. Illustrated throughout with 60 photos and at least 14 pages of color illustrations. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968014 Michel III, Marshall 014 SCHWEINFURT-REGENSBURG 1943: Eighth Air Force's Costly Early Daylight Battles In 1943, the USAAF and RAF launched the Combined Bomber Offensive, designed to systematically destroy the industries that the German war machine relied on. At the top of the hit list were aircraft factories and plants making ball-bearings -- a component thought to be a critical vulnerability. Schweinfurt in southern Germany was home to much of the ball-bearing industry and, together with the Messerschmitt factory in Regensburg, which built Bf 109 fighters, it was targeted in a huge and innovative strike.

Precision required that the targets were hit in daylight, but the raid was beyond the range of any existing escort fighter, so the B-17s would go in unprotected. The solution was to hit the two targets in a coordinated 'double-strike', with the Regensburg strike hitting first, drawing off the defending Luftwaffe fighters, and leaving the way clear for the Schweinfurt bombers. The Regensburg force would carry on over the Alps to North Africa, the first example of US 'shuttle bombing'.

Although the attack on Regensburg was successful, the damage to Schweinfurt only temporarily stalled production, and the Eighth Air Force had suffered heavy losses. It would take a sustained campaign, not just a single raid, to cripple the Schweinfurt works. However, when a follow-up raid was finally launched two months later, the losses sustained were even greater. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968039 Napier, Michael KOREA 1950-53: B-29s, Thunderjets and Skyraiders Fight the Strategic Bombing Campaign Account of the last battles of the piston-engined aircraft era as the superpowers vied for victory in the first clash of the Cold War. The B-29s operated in a new world dominated by jet fighters and jet age technology, and developed new tactics for the strategic air campaign against North Korea. The bombers' task was to destroy North Korea's facilities for waging war, from industry and hydroelectric dams to airfields and bridges. Analyses in detail the relationship between battlefield progress, armistice negotiations and the bombing strategy developed over the complex campaign. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968013 Stille, Mark 013 GUADALCANAL 1942-43: Japan's Bid to Knock Out Henderson Field and the Cactus Air Force The campaign for Guadalcanal, which stretched from August 1942 until February 1943, centered on Henderson Field. The airfield was captured by the US on 8 August and placed into operation by 20 August. As long as the airfield was kept operational and stocked with sufficient striking power, the Japanese could not run convoys with heavy equipment and large amounts of supplies to the island. Instead, they were forced to rely on night runs by destroyers which could not carry enough men or supplies to shift the balance decisively against the American garrison on the island.

The American air contingent on the island, named the 'Cactus Air Force', comprised Marine, Navy and Army Air Force units. It had the challenging mission of defending the airfield against constant Japanese attacks, and more importantly, of striking major Japanese attempts to reinforce the island.

The mission of neutralizing Henderson Field fell primarily to the Imperial Navy's Air Force flying out of airfields in the Rabaul area. The units charged with this mission were among the most accomplished in the entire Imperial Navy with a high proportion of very experienced pilots and a superb air superiority fighter (the famous 'Zero'). However, the distance from Rabaul to Guadalcanal handicapped Japanese operations and their primary bomber was terribly vulnerable to interception. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968019 Stille, Mark 019 Malaya & Dutch East Indies 1941-42 Japan's air power shocks the world Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 was quickly followed by a rapid invasion of Malaya, a plan based entirely on the decisive use of its airpower. While the British was inadequately prepared, they likewise relied on the RAF to defend their colony. The campaign was a short match between Japanese airpower at its peak and an outgunned colonial air force, and its results were stunning.

The subsequent Dutch East Indies campaign was even more dependent on airpower, with Japan having to seize a string of island airfields to support their leapfrog advance. Facing the Japanese was a mixed bag of Allied air units, including the Dutch East Indies Air Squadron and the US Far East Air Force. The RAF fell back to airfields on Sumatra in the last stages of the Malaya campaign, and was involved in the last stages of the campaign to defend the Dutch colony.

For the first time, this study explores these campaigns from an airpower perspective, explaining how and why the Japanese were so devastatingly effective.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968011 Worrall, Richard 011 BATTLE OF BERLIN 1943-44: Bomber Harris' Gamble to End the War Throughout late-1943 into early-1944, an epic struggle raged over the skies of Germany between RAF Bomber Command and the Luftwaffe. This campaign had been undertaken by the Commander-in-Chief Bomber Command, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Harris, and was baptized 'The Battle of Berlin'.

The Berlin campaign was a hard, desperate slog. Struggling against dreadful and bitter winter weather, Bomber Command 'went' to Berlin a total of sixteen times, suffering increasingly severe losses throughout the winter of 1943/44 in the face of a revitalized German air-defense. The campaign remains controversial and the jury, even today, is ultimately undecided as to what it realistically achieved. Illustrated throughout with full-color artwork depicting the enormous scale of the campaign, this is the story of the RAF's much debated attempt to win the war through bombing alone. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968017 Worrall, Richard 017 The Italian Blitz 1940-43 Bomber Command's war against Mussolini's cities, docks and factories Between June 1940 and August 1943, RAF Bomber Command undertook a little-known strategic bombing campaign in Europe. The target was Mussolini's Italy. This air campaign was a key part of the strategic policy of Britain from 1940 to 1943, which aimed at securing Italy's early surrender. However, it posed unique challenges, not least of which was Italy's natural defences of distance and the Alps.

The bombing campaign against Italy can be divided into a number of phases, with each one having its own specific goals such as affecting Italian war production or hindering the Italian Navy's war in the Mediterranean. However, each also furthered the ultimate aim of forcing Italy's final capitulation, demonstrating that the tactic of area-bombing was not just about the destruction of an enemy's cities, as it could also fulfil wider strategic and political objectives. Indeed, the intensity and frequency of attack was greatly controlled, and the heavy bombing of Italy was only ever sanctioned by Britain's civilian war leaders to achieve both military and political goals. The issue of target-selection was also subject to a similar political restriction; cities and ports like Milan, Turin, Genoa and La Spezia were sanctioned under an official Directive, but other places, such as Verona, Venice, Florence and, above all, Rome, remained off-limits.

This fascinating title from British strategic and military history expert Dr Richard Worrall explores the political, motivational and strategic challenges of the campaign in full. His thorough analysis and meticulous research is supported by specially commissioned artwork, maps, and contemporary photographs.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968024 Worrall, Richard 024 THE RUHR 1943: The RAF's Brutal Fight for Germany's Industrial Heartland This illustrated study explores, in detail, the RAF's first concentrated air campaign of World War II against one of the hardest and most important targets in Germany - the industrial heartland of the Ruhr that kept Hitler's war machine running. This book examines how the brutal Ruhr campaign was conceived and fought, and how Bomber Command's relentless pursuit of its objective drew it into raids on targets well beyond the Ruhr, from the nearby city of Cologne to the Skoda works in Czechoslovakia.

Between March and July 1943, RAF Bomber Command's aim was the complete destruction of the industry that powered the German war machine. Often overshadowed by the famous 'Dambusters' single-raid attack on the Ruhr dams, the Battle of the Ruhr proved much larger and much more complex. The mighty, industrial Ruhr region contained not only some of the most famous and important arms makers, such as the gunmakers Krupp of Essen, but also many other industries that the German war economy relied on, from steelmakers to synthetic oil plants. Being such a valuable target, the Ruhr was one of the most heavily defended regions in Europe. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968044 Worrall, Richard 044 HAMBURG 1940-45: The Long War Against Germany's Great Port City Covers the history of the RAF's air war against Hamburg. Explains how the German city was an industrial center of immense proportions and proved a consistent target for Bomber Command throughout World War II. It was home to oil refineries, U-boat pens, and shipbuilding and submarine-building yards -- all sustained by a large industrial workforce. RAF Bomber Command evolved tactically and technically throughout the war, and the Luftwaffe's defensive capabilities would do so likewise in response. Includes 60 photos, 14 pages of color illustration, maps, and diagrams. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968050 Young, Edward 050 PHILIPPINES 1944: Third Fleet's First Victory Over Japanese Land-Based Airpower The US Navy's 1944 Philippines raids had US naval aircraft challenge and defeat the Japanese land-based air force. Draws upon after-action reports and other primary sources to explain how these strikes impacted the reeling forces of Imperial Japan. Soon overshadowed by the invasion of Leyte and the enormous Battle of Leyte Gulf, few detailed accounts of this campaign exist, but it was an important stage in the Pacific War. The relative ease of these raids prompted the planned invasion of Leyte to be brought forwards by two months. Illustrated with 65 archive photos, original artwork, maps, 3D diagrams, and 15 pages of color illustrations. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968012 Zaloga, Steven 012 PLOESTI 1943: The Great Raid on Hitler's Romanian Oil Refineries Operation Tidal Wave was one of the boldest and most controversial air raids by the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). At the time, the Romanian Ploesti oil fields produced about a third of all Axis oil, and was Germany's single most important fuel source.

In the summer of 1943, the USAAF staged a major raid on Ploesti from air bases in Libya on 1 August 1943 -- one of the costliest to date, losing 53 aircraft, about a third of the starting force. Of the more than 150 bombers that took part in the raid, only 88 B-24s returned to Libya, 55 of which were damaged. On the other hand, of the 17 Medals of Honor awarded to US soldiers and airmen from Pearl Harbor in 1941 to D-Day in 1944, five were awarded to pilots of the Tidal Wave mission in recognition of their extraordinary performance. Although undoubtedly bold and heroic, the mission had questionable results. Initial assessments argued that the mission caused 40% of the refinery capacity at Ploesti to be lost but subsequent studies concluded that the damage was quickly repaired and that output had exceeded August levels within a month. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-968030 Zaloga, Steven 030 THE OIL CAMPAIGN 1944-45: Draining the Wehrmacht's Lifeblood US daylight bombing strategy shifted in 1944 to destroying Germany's fuel facilities. The USAAF's Oil Campaign built up momentum during the summer of 1944 and targeted refineries and plants. Decrypted German communications made it clear that the Oil Campaign was having an effect against the Wehrmacht. By autumn, fuel shortages forced the Luftwaffe to ground most of its combat units except for fighters, forced the Kriegsmarine to place most of its warships in harbor except for the U-boats, and greatly hampered German army campaigns. Key photos and illustrations help examine the controversies and debates over the focus of the US bombing campaign in the final year of the war, and the impact it had on the war effort overall. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972060 Adams, Greg 060 JAPANESE SOLDIER VS US SOLDIER: New Guinea 1942-44 Examines and compares the Japanese forces and their US Army opponents, many of whom were National Guard units, with particular attention paid to combat doctrine, weaponry, tactics, logistics, leadership, and communications in the challenging setting of New Guinea. The role of US Army National Guard units and their Japanese opponents in three important battles are examined, namely Buna-Gona (November 1942-January 1943), Biak Island (May-August 1944) and the Driniumor River (July-August 1944).

New Guinea - the world's second-largest island - was administered partly by Australia and partly by the Dutch East Indies. The New Guinea campaign saw Japanese forces invade the island, rapidly capturing the key port of Rabaul and threatening Port Moresby, while US forces joined the defenders in increasing numbers. The uniquely demanding environment, and the savage nature of the fighting, meant that the campaign was among the most arduous of World War II for both sides. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972075 Adams, Gregg 075 JAPANESE INFANTRYMAN vs US MARINE RIFLEMAN: Tarawa, Roi-Namur, and Eniwetok, 1943-44 Combat Men series. Covers US Marine Corps and Imperial Japanese Army troops, explaining tactics, organization, and equipment for a trio of battles: Tarawa, Roi-Namur, and Eniwetok. On November 20, 1943, amphibious vehicles carrying Marines of the 2d Marine Division reached the shores of Betio Island in the Tarawa Atoll, defended by a determined Japanese garrison that would fight to the last man. This began a test by combat of over two decades of US studies, analyses, and planning for capturing and defending naval bases in Micronesia. The Tarawa assault was followed in February 1944 by the rapid capture of the Kwajalein and Eniwetok atolls in the Marshall Islands. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972076 Adams, Gregg 076 BARBARIAN WARRIOR vs ROMAN LEGIONARY: Marcomannic Wars AD 165-180 Examines Roman and Marcomanni objectives, weapons, equipment, and fighting styles as well as covers three featured battles: Carnuntum (170), where a Roman legion was vanquished and Italy invaded; the 'Battle on the Ice' (172), where the Romans fought their lighter-armed Iazyges opponents on the frozen Danube; and the so-called 'Miracle of the Rain' (174), during which a trapped Roman force facing annihilation was able to defeat numerically superior Germanic forces. Photographs, specially commissioned artwork plates, and maps included. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972077 Adams, Gregg 077 US MARINE vs JAPANESE SOLDIER: Saipan, Guam, and Peleliu, 1944 Fully illustrated, this book assesses the US Marines and Japanese troops' doctrine, tactics, weapons, and battlefield effectiveness in three battles of this stage of the Pacific War. Featuring all-new artwork and mapping alongside archive photographs, this study assesses the tactics and technology employed by the Marines and their Japanese opponents in these bloody battles, as the Pacific War moved toward its grim climax. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972054 Admas, Gregg 054 US SOLDIER vs BRITISH SOLDIER: War of 1812 Between June 1812 and January 1815, US and British forces, notably the regular infantrymen of both sides (including the Canadian Fencibles Regiment), fought one another on a host of North American battlefields. This study examines the evolving role and combat performance of the two sides' regulars during the conflict, with particular reference to three revealing battles in successive years: Queenston Heights, Crysler's Farm, and Chippawa.

Featuring full-color artwork and battle maps, this fully illustrated study investigates the US and British regular infantry's role, tactics, junior leadership, and combat performance on three battlefields of the War of 1812. The actions assessed here notably demonstrate the evolution of US regulars from their initial poor showing to an emerging professionalism that allowed them to face their British opponents on equal terms 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972078 Bull, Stephen 078 GERMAN SOLDIER vs BRITISH SOLDIER: Spring Offensive and Hundred Days 1918 Examines German troops versus British opponents on the Western Front during 1918. Shows how the British Army on the Western Front fared as it survived the Spring Offensive and then went on the attack during the Hundred Days. While the picked units spearheading the German offensive were well-trained and well-armed but short of supplies, the regular divisions following in their wake would prove much less resolute. The fighting would see both sides' forces tested to the limit and beyond, as initial German progress gave way to stalemate and the Allies then took the offensive, driving the Germans back. Featuring specially commissioned artwork and mapping, archive photos, and analysis and commentary, this study assesses the fighting men on both sides during the climactic months of fighting on the Western Front in 1918. Contains color artwork plates and maps; black and white, and color photographs and illustrations. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972039 Campbell, David 039 RUSSIAN SOLDIER vs JAPANESE SOLDIER: Manchuria 1904-05 At the turn of the 20th century, the region of Manchuria sat atop a potentially catastrophic political fault line: the ancient strength of China was crumbling, leaving opportunities for both Russia and Japan to claw out new territories from the edges of that dying empire. Russian pride would contend with Japanese ambition in a conflict that ushered in the age of massed armies fighting on battlefields that were being redefined by the new tools of war such as newer, larger artillery pieces, and the use of machine guns in pitched battles. The vast, but over-stretched Russian Army was expected to steamroller its far smaller opponent, but the aggressiveness and zeal of the more modern Japanese military confounded expectations.

Examining these two armies in detail, this fully-illustrated study tells the story of how these two empires clashed in the Russo-Japanese War, heralding a new phase in modern warfare as World War I loomed on the horizon. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972047 Campbell, David 047 FRENCH SOLDIER vs GERMAN SOLDIER: Verdun 1916 Outlines the wider approach to the evolving battle, assesses the preparations and combat record of the French and German fighting men who fought one another at Verdun, and discusses their training, equipment and doctrine. Includes key role of flamethrowers, hand grenades, trench mortars and more mobile machine guns in the hands of infantry specialists and innovations in combat communications. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972049 Campbell, David 049 Soviet Soldier vs Finnish Soldier - The Continuation War 1941-44 In a bid to recapture territory conceded after the Winter War of 1939-40, Finnish forces cooperated with Nazi Germany and other Axis powers during the invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. Rapid Finnish progress in reoccupying lost ground in Karelia during the first few months of the invasion gave way to a more static form of warfare from October 1941.

The Finns resisted German pressure to participate fully in the Axis attack on the beleaguered Soviet-held city of Leningrad, and the Continuation War came to be characterized by trench warfare and unconventional operations conducted by both sides behind the front lines.

In June 1944, the stalemate was abruptly ended by a massive Soviet offensive that pushed the Finns back; the two sides clashed in a series of major battles, including the battle of Tali-Ihantala, with the Finns halting the Soviet advance before agreeing to an armistice that September.

The evolving military situation in this sector of the Eastern Front meant that the soldiers of the Soviet Union and Finland fought one another in a variety of challenging settings, prompting both sides to innovate as new technologies reached the front line. In this study, the doctrine, training, equipment and organization of both sides' fighting men are assessed and compared, followed by a detailed assessment of their combat records in three key battles of the Continuation War.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972055 Campbell, David 055 ROMAN LEGIONARY VS GALLIC WARRIOR Fully illustrated, this study investigates the Roman and Gallic forces pitched into combat in three battles: Bibracte (58 BC), Sabis (57 BC) and Gergovia/Alesia (52 BC). Although charismatic Gallic leaders did rise up -- notably Dumnorix of the Aedui and later Vercingetorix of the Arverni -- and proved to be men capable of bringing together forces that had the prospect of checking Caesar's ambitions in the bloodiest of ways, it would not be enough. For Caesar, his war against the Gauls provided him with enormous power and the springboard he needed to make Rome his own, though his many domestic enemies would ensure that he did not long enjoy his success.

The Roman Army of the late Republic had long been in the process of structural and change, moving towards the all-volunteer permanent standing force that would for centuries be the bulwark of the coming Empire. Well-armed and armoured, this professional army was trained to operate within self-supporting legions, with auxiliaries employed in roles the legions lacked such as light troops or cavalry. The Roman legions were in many ways a modern force, with formations designed around tactical goals and held together by discipline, training and common purpose.

The armies fielded by the tribes of Gaul were for the most part lightly armed and armoured, with fine cavalry and a well-deserved reputation for ferocity. As might be expected from a region made up of different tribes with a range of needs and interests, there was no consensus on how to make war, though when large armies were gathered it was usually with the express purpose of bringing the enemy to heel in a pitched battle. For most Gauls - and certainly the military elites of the tribes - battle was an opportunity to prove their personal courage and skill, raising their status in the eyes of friends and foes alike. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972064 Cashner, Bob 064 US MARINE vs NORTH KOREAN SOLDIER: Korea 1950 Combat Men series. Using first-hand accounts and specially commissioned artwork, assesses the North Korean and US Marine Corps troops participating in three crucial battles - Hill 342, the Obong-Ni Ridge, and the Second Battle of Seoul - to reveal the tactics, weapons, and combat effectiveness of both sides' fighting men in Korea in 1950 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972040 Dahm, Murray 040 MACEDONIAN PHALANGITE vs PERSIAN WARRIOR: Alexander Confronts the Achaemenids 334-331 BC In August 334 BC, Alexander the Great invaded the Persian Empire and systematically set about its conquest. At the core of Alexander's army were 10,000 members of the phalanx, the phalangites. Armed with a long pike and fighting in formations up to 16 ranks deep, these grizzled veterans were the mainstay of the Macedonian army.

Facing them were the myriad armies of the peoples that made up the Persian Empire. At the center of these forces was the formation known as the Immortals: 10,000 elite infantry armed with spears and bows.

This study assesses the origins, combat role, and battlefield performance of Alexander's phalangites and their Persian opponents in three key battles of the era -- the Granicus River, Issus, and Gaugamela. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972053 Dahm, Murray 053 ATHENIAN HOPLITE vs SPARTAN HOPLITEPeloponnesian War 431-404 BC A life-and-death struggle between the two most powerful Greek city-states in the wake of their combined successes against the Persian invasion of Xerxes in 480-479 BC, the conflict dragged in communities from all over the Greek world on one side or the other. Ranging from the Black Sea to Sicily, the war saw the first recorded widespread use of light-armed troops, reserves, the deep phalanx, and other ideas important for the development of Western warfare into the 4th century BC, such as strategic thinking. It also revealed lessons (some learned and some not) with respect to the strengths and weaknesses of hoplite warfare and the various states in Greece. Featuring full-color artwork, this study of three pivotal clashes between Spartan and Athenian hoplite forces during the Peloponnesian War highlights all of these developments and lessons. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972056 Dahm, Murray 056 ROMAN LEGIONARY VS GOTHIC WARRIOR AD 376-82 Ravaged by civil war and pressure from the Huns to the east, in late summer AD 376 the Gothic tribe of the Theruingi - up to 200,000 people under their leader Fritigern - gathered on the northern bank of the River Danube and asked the Eastern Roman emperor, Valens, for asylum within the empire. After agreeing to convert to Arian Christianity and enrol in the Roman Army, the Goths were allowed to cross the Danube and settle in the province of Thrace. Far more people crossed the Danube than the Romans expected, however, and with winter approaching, the local Roman commander, Lupicinus, lacked the resources to feed the newcomers and did not possess sufficient troops to control them. Treated poorly and running out of food, the Goths very quickly lost faith in the Roman promises.

Meanwhile, other Gothic tribes also sought permission to cross the Danube. The Greuthungi were refused permission, but soon learned that local Roman garrisons had been depleted to supervise the march of the Theruingi to the town of Marcianopolis, close to the eastern shore of the Black Sea. Taking advantage of this, the Greuthungi also entered Roman territory. Camping outside Marcianopolis, Lupicinus denied the Goths access to the town's food stores, provoking the Theruingi to begin skirmishing with the Roman troops. Fritigern convinced Lupicinus to let the Gothic leaders go and calm their people, but they did nothing to quell the warlike temper of his warriors.

Lupicinus summoned troops to him, but in late 376 these Roman forces were defeated - the first of several defeats for the Romans that would culminate in the fateful battle of Adrianople in August 378, at which Roman forces led by the emperor himself confronted the Gothic host. The aftermath and repercussions of Adrianople have been much debated, but historians agree that it marks a decisive moment in the history of the Roman world. This fully illustrated book investigates the fighting men of both sides who clashed at the battles of Marcianopolis, Ad Salices and Adrianople, as the fate of the Western Roman Empire hung in the balance.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972067 Dahm, Murray 067 HUNNIC WARRIOR vs LATE ROMAN CAVALRYMAN: Attila's Wars, AD 440-53 Examines the origins, fighting methods, and reputation of the two sides' cavalry forces, with particular reference to the siege of Naissus, the battle of the Utus, and the climactic encounter at the Catalaunian Plains. Features specially commissioned artwork and maps.

Fighting mostly on horseback, the Huns employed sophisticated tactics that harnessed the formidable power of their bows; they also gained a reputation for their fighting prowess at close quarters. Facing the Huns, the Roman Army fielded a variety of cavalry types, from heavily armed and armoured clibanarii and cataphractii to horse archers and missile cavalry. Many of these troops were recruited from client peoples or cultures, including the Huns themselves.

After carving out a polyglot empire in eastern and central Europe, the Huns repeatedly invaded Roman territory, besieging the city of Naissus in 443. With Constantinople itself threatened, the Romans agreed to pay a huge indemnity. In 447, Attila re-entered Roman territory, confronting the Romans at the battle of the Utus in Bulgaria. The Huns besieged Constantinople, but were unable to take the city. In 451, after Hunnic forces invaded the Western Roman Empire, an army led by the Roman general Aetius pursed the invaders, bringing the Huns to battle at the Catalaunian Plains. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972043 Field, Ron 043 SIOUX WARRIOR vs US CAVALRYMAN: The Little Bighorn Campaign 1876-77 Following the discovery of gold deposits, in December 1875 the US Government ordered the indigenous population of the Black Hills in what is now South Dakota and Wyoming, the Sioux, to return to the Great Sioux Reservation. When the Sioux refused, the US Army sent forces into the area, sparking a conflict that would make Lieutenant Colonel George Custer, Chief Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, and others household names around the world.

Examining a series of engagements in the Black Hills War, including Rosebud, Little Bighorn, and Slim Buttes, this fully illustrated study assesses the forces fighting on both sides in this momentous campaign, casting light on the origins, tactics, armament, and battlefield performance of the US Cavalry and their Sioux opponents at the height of the Indian Wars.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972061 Field, Ron 061 SEMINOLE WARRIOR VS US SOLDIER: Second Semiole War 1835-42 Assesses the forces fighting on both sides, casting light on the tactics, weaponry, and combat record of the Seminole warriors and their US opponents during the Second Seminole War in Florida. On December 28, 1835, troops led by Major Francis Langhorne Dade were ambushed and massacred en route to Fort King. Two years of guerrilla warfare ensued, as the Seminoles evaded the US forces sent to defeat them. Ordered to hunt down the Seminoles, a US force led by Colonel Zachary Taylor incurred heavy losses at the battle of Lake Okeechobee (December 25, 1837), but the Seminoles were forced to withdraw. At the battle of the Loxahatchee River (January 24, 1838), forces led by Major General Thomas S. Jesup encountered a large group of Seminoles and met them with overwhelming numbers and greater firepower. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972074 Field, Ron 074 TEXIAN VOLUNTEER vs MEXICAN SOLDIER: The Texas Revolution 1835-36 Examines the doctrine, tactics, weaponry, and combat record of the Texian and Mexican combatants who clashed in the first weeks of 1835-1836 in the emerging Republic of Texas at the key battles of Alamo, Coleto Creek, and the San Jacinto River.

Following unrest throughout Mexico, in 1835 a revolt began in Texas among the Anglophone and Tejano-speaking settlers, known as Texians. Having retreated after their defeat at Bexar in December 1835, Mexican troops were ordered to re-occupy Texas in early 1836. Explores in detail three key battles that ensued. From February 23, Mexican forces besieged the Texian forces at the Alamo at San Antonio de Bexar; in the subsequent battle on March 6, almost all of the Texian defenders were killed.

On March 19, forces en route to join the main Texian army were surrounded by Mexican troops at Coleto Creek. Following their surrender, about 340 Texian prisoners were shot by Mexican soldiers in what became known as the Goliad Massacre. On April 21, a Texian force launched a surprise attack on a larger Mexican army near the San Jacinto River, the decisive Texian victory that resulted is the third battle to be investigated in this study. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972042 Greentree, David 042 BRITISH AIRBORNE SOLDIER vs WAFFEN-SS SOLDIER: Arnhem 1944 Operation Market Garden was an Allied plan to try and end the war before the end of 1944, and relied on landing airborne troops to secure bridges over the Rhine bridges in the Netherlands. Critical to this plan were the glider troops of Britain's 1st Airlanding Brigade. Short on heavy weapons and not trained in street fighting, the glider troops were meant to secure and defend the Allied perimeter around Arnhem as the parachute brigades fought their way into the city.

Facing the airborne forces were understrength Waffen-SS units that were hastily formed into ad hoc battle groups, some supported by armor. The troops on both sides would have their tactical flexibility and powers of endurance tested to the limit in the bitter actions that ensued. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972046 Greentree, David 046 BRITISH RIFLEMAN vs FRENCH SKIRMISHER: Peninsular War and Waterloo 1808-15 The battles between British and French forces during the Peninsular War (1807-14) and the Hundred Days campaign of 1815 saw both sides deploy specialist units of skirmishers trained in marksmanship and open-order combat. These 'light' troops fulfilled several important roles on the battlefield, such as 'masking' large bodies of close-order troops as they maneuvered in battle, firing upon enemy troops to provoke them into attacking prematurely, and harassing enemy artillery crews and senior officers with aimed fire. On occasion, the skirmishers were tasked with special missions requiring individual initiative, such as the capture or defense of key battlefield positions, especially those situated in difficult terrain.

While Napoleon's skirmishers carried the smoothbore musket, notoriously inaccurate and short-ranged, several elite units fighting for Britain were armed with the rifle, a far more accurate weapon that was hampered by a slower rate of fire. As well as the legendary 95th Rifles, Britain fielded rifle-armed German troops of the 60th Regiment and the King's German Legion, while France's light troops were fielded in individual companies but also entire regiments. In this study, Assesses the role and effectiveness of rifle-armed British troops and their French open-order opponents in three very different encounters: Roli?a (August 1808), the first British battle of the Peninsular War; the struggle for a key bridge at Barba del Puerco (March 1810); and the bitter fight for the La Haye Sainte farmhouse during the battle of Waterloo (June 1815). 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972079 Greentree, David 079 EIGHTH ARMY SOLDIER VS ITALIAN SOLDIER: El Alamein 1942 By July 1942, the Allied troops fighting in North Africa, the multinational Eighth Army, had withdrawn to the El Alamein line, the last position stopping their German and Italian opponents from reaching the Suez Canal. Featuring full-colour artwork, carefully chosen archive photographs and incisive analysis, this book casts light on the Commonwealth and Italian infantrymen who participated in the seesaw battle for control of the North African coastline as it entered its decisive phase, played out over two bloody engagements during July-October 1942. Although Allied and Axis commanders saw armour as the decisive weapon in the Desert War, the infantry fielded by both sides would be key to the outcomes of the two El Alamein battles. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972052 Higgins, David 052 German Soldier vs Polish Soldier Poland 1939 September 1939 saw mostly untested German troops face equally inexperienced Polish forces. With the Polish senior leadership endeavouring to hold the country's industrialized east, Hitler's forces unleashed what was essentially a large pincer operation intended to encircle and eliminate much of Poland's military strength. This study focuses upon three actions that reveal the evolving nature of the 1939 campaign -- Battle of Tuchola Forest (1-5 September), Battle of Wizna (7-10 September), and the Battle of Bzura (9-19 September). All three examine the motivation, training, tactics and combat performance of the fighting men of both sides in the 1939 struggle for Poland. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972044 Hill, Alexander 044 SOVIET PARTISAN vs GERMAN SECURITY SOLDIER The savage partisan war on the Eastern Front during World War II saw a wide variety of forces deployed by both sides. On the Soviet side, civilian partisans fought alongside and in co-operation with Red Army troops and Red Army and NKVD 'special forces'. On the German side, German Army security divisions, with indigenous components including cavalry, fought alongside SS police and Waffen-SS units and other front-line troops employed for short periods in the anti-partisan role.

In addition to providing the background history of the forces of both sides, this study focuses upon three examples of German anti-partisan operations that show varied success in dealing with the Soviet partisan threat. Notably, it covers a major operation in north-west Russia during the spring of 1943 - Operation Spring Clean - that saw Wehrmacht security forces including local components fighting alongside troops under the SS umbrella against a number of Soviet partisan brigades. During the fighting, German forces even employed captured French tanks from earlier in the war against the partisans. Features specially commissioned artwork. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972045 Hill, Alexander 045 SAMURAI vs ASHIGARU: Japan 1543-75 During the 16th century, Japan underwent a military revolution, characterized by the deployment of large armies, the introduction of firearms and an eventual shift towards fighting on foot. This study encapsulates these great changes through an exploration of the experience on the ground at three key battles, Uedahara (1548), Mikata ga Hara (1573) and Nagashino (1575), in which two very different types of warrior were pitted against each other.

On one side were samurai, the elite aristocratic knights whose status was proclaimed by the possession and use of a horse. On the other side were the foot soldiers known as ashigaru, lower-class warriors who were initially attendants to the samurai but who joined the armies in increasing numbers, attracted by loot and glory. These two types of warrior battled for dominance across the period, changing and adapting their tactics as time went on.

In this title, the development of the conflicts between samurai and ashigaru is explored across three key battles, where highly trained elite mounted samurai of the Takeda clan faced ashigaru at very different stages in their development. The profound and irreversible changes that took place as the conflicts progressed are analyzed in detail, culminating in the eventual incorporation of the ashigaru as the lowest ranks of the samurai class in within the standing army of Tokugawa Japan. Supported by contemporary photographs and full-color illustrations. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972065 Horsted. William 065 BRITISH CELTIC WARRIOR vs ROMAN SOLDIER: BRITANNIA AD 43-105 Examines how both the British warriors and the Roman auxiliaries experienced the decades of conflict that followed the invasion. Their recruitment, training, leadership, motivation, culture and beliefs are compared alongside an assessment of three particular battles worthy of tabletop scenarios: the final defeat of Caratacus in the hills of Wales in AD 50; the Roman assault on the island of Mona (Anglesey) in AD 60; and the battle of Mons Graupius in Scotland in AD 83. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972058 Knight, Ian 058 BRITISH INFANTRYMAN VS MAHDIST WARRIOR: Sudan 1884-98 In the early 1880s, Britain intervened in independent Egypt and seized control of the Suez Canal. British forces were soon deployed to Egypt's southern colony, the Sudan, where they confronted a determined and capable foe amid some of the world's most inhospitable terrain. In 1881 an Islamic fundamentalist revolt had broken out in the Sudan, led by a religious teacher named Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah, who proclaimed himself al-Mahdi, 'The Guided One'.

In 1884, Mahdist forces besieged the Sudanese capital of Khartoum; Colonel Charles Gordon was sent to the city with orders to evacuate British personnel, but refused to leave. Although the British dispatched a relief column to rescue Gordon, the Mahdists stormed Khartoum in January 1885 and he was killed. British troops abandoned much of the Sudan, but renewed their efforts to reconquer it in the late 1890s in a bloody campaign that would decide the region's fate for generations.

This fully illustrated study examines the evolving forces, weapons and tactics employed by both sides in the Sudan, notably at the battles of Abu Klea (16-18 January 1885), Tofrek (22 March 1885) and Atbara (8 April 1898). 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972072 MacNiven, Robbie 072 BRITISH LIGHT INFANTRYMAN vs PATRIOT RIFLEMAN: American Revolution 1775-83 Evaluates the strengths and limitations of both sides' open-order specialists, with particular focus upon three revealing battles: Harlem Heights (September 16, 1776), where the Patriots took heart from being able to hold their own in an escalating clash with Crown light forces; Freeman's Farm (September 19, 1777), where British light infantry engaged Patriot riflemen in notably rough terrain; and Hanging Rock (August 6, 1780), where Patriot riflemen and partisans attacked a Loyalist encampment, including Provincial Corps light infantry. Specially commissioned artwork, archive illustrations, and newly drawn mapping complement the authoritative text. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972048 McNab, Chris 048 US Soldier vs German Soldier - Salerno, Anzio, and Omaha Beach, 1943-44 During World War II, the US Army and its allies faced a formidable challenge: the need to assault Hitler's 'Fortress Europe' from the sea. As a result, during 1941-45, the US Army had to add amphibious assault to its list of combat capabilities. Officers and troops from across the US Armed Forces had to develop the techniques and technologies to assault the coasts of Axis-occupied Europe, from logistics to beach assault and beachhead consolidation, and more. In order to win and hold a contested beachhead in the face of bitter enemy resistance, the amphibious-warfare specialists played a variety of essential battlefield roles; if the US troops could not establish a beachhead quickly, they risked being thrown back into the sea. For their part, the Germans had to devise a practical defensive doctrine that made the most of the limited resources and troops available and the terrain. The German infantry defenders immediately around the landing areas had to be able to call upon support from nearby artillery, mechanized troops, and armoured forces to have a chance of containing the enemy beachhead.

This illustrated study analyses the specialist beach-landing troops involved in three key battles - the Allied amphibious landings at Salerno and Anzio in Italy, and Omaha Beach in Normandy - focusing upon the US Army's various types of beach-assault specialists and their German opponents, whose combat experience and effectiveness varied considerably. Each of the three featured battles is then examined in detail, exploring how the Germans made defensive preparations; how the US troops planned to overcome them; and the immediate actions undertaken by the US amphibious specialists and their German opponents both during and following the main assault landings.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972051 McNab, Chris 051 US Air Cavalry Trooper vs North Vietnamese Soldier - Vietnam 1965-68 The tactics and technologies of modern air assault -- vertical deployment of troops by helicopter or similar means -- emerged properly during the 1950s in Korea and Algeria. Yet it was during the Vietnam War that helicopter air assault truly came of age and by 1965 the United States had established fully airmobile battalions, brigades, and divisions, including the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile).This division brought to Vietnam a revolutionary new speed and dexterity in battlefield tactics, using massed helicopters to liberate its soldiers from traditional overland methods of combat manoeuvre.

However, the communist troops adjusted their own thinking to handle airmobile assaults. Specializing in ambush, harassment, infiltration attacks, and small-scale attrition, the North Vietnamese operated with light logistics and a deep familiarity with the terrain. They optimized their defensive tactics to make landing zones as hostile as possible for assaulting US troops, and from 1966 worked to draw them into 'Hill Traps', extensive kill zones specially prepared for defense in depth. By the time the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) withdrew from Vietnam in 1972, it had suffered more casualties than any other US Army division.

Featuring specially commissioned artwork, archive photographs, and full-color battle maps, this study charts the evolution of US airmobile tactics pitted against North Vietnamese countermeasures. The two sides are analysed in detail, including training, logistics, weaponry, and organization 1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972059 McNab, Chris 059 US SOLDIER vs CHINESE SOLDIER: Korea 1951-53 Armed and equipped with much the same weaponry and doctrine that they had employed in the last years of World War II, US units in Korea would often find themselves outnumbered and fighting in extremely difficult terrain that precluded the widespread use of armor. Having been at war more or less continuously since 1937, the Chinese would prove to be a formidable foe. Buoyed by success in the recent Chinese Civil War, the Chinese contingent committed to Korea was composed of experienced and dedicated troops and it would make its mark once more in Korea.

This study assesses the US and Chinese forces that clashed at Chipyong-ni (February 13-15, 1951), Triangle Hill (October 14-November 25, 1952), and Pork Chop Hill (July 6-11, 1953), casting light on the origins, doctrine, combat effectiveness, and reputation of these two very different forces during the struggle for victory in Korea. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972071 McNab, Chris 071 WAFFEN-SS SOLDIER vs SOVIET RIFLEMAN: Rostov-on-Don and Kharkov 1942-43 Examines the Red Army and the Waffen-SS soldiers who clashed in three battles - one for Rostov (July 1942) and two for Kharkov (February-March and August). Explains the key differences between these two opponents - training, tactics, weaponry, ideology and motivation - and examines how these differences played out in the three engagements, which ranged from open-terrain combined-arms battles to close-quarters street fighting in major urban zones. The text is complemented by specially commissioned artwork and mapping and carefully chosen archive photographs. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972057 Mijzer, Peter 057 HUNGARIAN SOLDIER vs SOVIET SOLDIER - Eastern Front 1941 Fully illustrated, this book investigates the Hungarian and Soviet soldiers who fought in three battles of the Barbarossa campaign. During the opening battles (4-13 July), the Hungarian motorized rifle and armored units clashed with the withdrawing Red Army forces. In the battle for Uman (15 July-8 August) the Hungarians blocked the Soviet troops' efforts to break out from encirclement. During the Hungarian defensive operation at the River Dniepr (30 August-6 October), counter-attacking Soviet units exerted heavy pressure on the defending Hungarians. Both sides would seek to draw lessons from these opening battles as the war in the East continued to rage into 1942. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972050 Sheppard, Si 050 Roman Soldier vs Parthian Warrior - Carrhae to Nisibis, 53 BC-AD 217 In 53 BC, Roman and Parthian forces collided in a confrontation that would reshape the geopolitical map and establish a frontier between East and West that would endure for the next 700 years. From the initial clash at Carrhae through to the battle of Nisibis more than 250 years later, Roman and Parthian forces fought a series of bloody campaigns for mastery of the Fertile Crescent.

As Roman forces thrust ever deeper into the East, they encountered a civilization unlike any they had crossed swords with before. Originating in the steppes of Central Asia, the Parthians ruled a federated state stretching from the Euphrates to the Indus. Although Rome's legions were masters of the battlefield in the Mediterranean, the Parthians refused to fight by the rules as Rome understood them. Harnessing the power of the composite bow and their superior manoeuvrability, the Parthians' mode of warfare focused exclusively on the horse. They inflicted a bloody defeat on the legions at Carrhae and launched their own invasion of Roman territory, countered only with great difficulty by Rome's surviving forces. The Parthians were eventually thrown out, but neither side could sustain a permanent ascendancy over the other and the conflict continued.

Packed with stunning artwork, including battlescenes, maps and photographs, this title examines the conflict through the lens of three key battles, revealing a clash between two armies alien to each other not only in culture but also in their radical approaches to warfare.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972062 Sheppard, Si 062 PATRIOT vs LOYALIST: American revolution 1775-83 Combat Men series. The American Revolution forced every person to make the choice of whether to side with the Patriots or remain loyal to the British Crown. With so many cross-cutting imperatives, the individual decisions made splintered communities, sometimes even households, turning neighbor against neighbor in an escalating spiral of ostracism, embargo, exile, raid, reprisal, and counter-reprisal. Accordingly, the war on the frontiers and on the margins of conflict was as underhanded and ugly as any of the 21st century's insurgencies. In this study, the origins, fighting methods and combat effectiveness of the combatants fighting on both sides are assessed, notably in three significant clashes. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972068 Sheppard, Si 068 ANZAC SOLDIER vs OTTOMAN SOLDIER: Gallipoli and Palestine 1915-18 Examines the fighting men on both sides who fought at three battles: Lone Pine (Gallipoli), Chunuk Bair (Gallipoli), and Beersheba (Palestine). Supported by the usual plethora of specially commissioned artwork and mapping plus carefully chosen archive photographs

The Gallipoli campaign of 1915-16 pitched the Australian and New Zealand volunteers known as the ANZACs into a series of desperate battles with the Ottoman soldiers defending their homeland. In August 1915, the bitter struggle for the high ground known as Chunuk Bair saw the peak change hands as the Allies sought to overcome the stalemate that set in following the landings in April. The ANZACs also played a key part in the battle of Lone Pine, intended to divert Ottoman attention away from the bid to seize Chunuk Bair.

The Gallipoli campaign ended in Allied evacuation in the opening days of 1916. Thereafter, many ANZAC units remained in the Middle East and played a decisive role in the Allies' hard-fought advance through Palestine that finally forced the Turks to the peace table. The fateful battle of Beersheba in October 1917 pitted Australian mounted infantry against Ottoman foot soldiers as the Allies moved on Jerusalem. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972066 Steele, Alan 066 BRITISH CAVALRYMAN vs GERMAN CAVALRYMAN: Belgium and France 1914 Offers a comparative assessment of each side's doctrine, organization, equipment, and training, followed by a detailed analysis of their actual performance in three key encounter actions: Casteau/Soignies (22 August), Cerizy/Moy (28 August) and Le Montcel/Feetoy (7 September). Supported by carefully chosen photographs and specially commissioned full-color artwork and maps.

In the early months of World War I, before the fighting degenerated into static trench warfare, there was a brief period of mobile combat as the German Army advanced through Belgium and northern France, forcing the French and British forces facing them to retreat. Both sides in the escalating conflict deployed substantial numbers of cavalry units to screen their infantry forces, conduct reconnaissance and harness their superior mobility to undertake aggressive combat operations. In the summer of 1914, the British cavalry had the difficult task of covering the withdrawal of the British Expeditionary Force and the German cavalry, the equally demanding task, after weeks of combat and forced marches, of maintaining contact with a rapidly retiring enemy. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972063 Tetnzer, Noah 063 VIKING WARRIOR vs FRANKISH WARRIOR: Francia 799-911 Examines the evolving trial of strength between the Vikings and the Franks under Charlemagne and his successors. Through a careful synthesis of primary sources, expert analysis and the archaeological record, the author invites the reader to visualize the fighting men who fought one another in Francia, and offers a balanced assessment of their successes and failures over decades of warfare during the Viking Age.

On the eve of the 9th century, Vikings first raided the Frankish Empire on the coast of what is now western France. Although this attack ended in disaster for the Scandinavians, Charlemagne reportedly wept, not in fear of his own life, but for the ensuing bloodshed brought upon his successors. Mobile parties of highly skilled Viking warriors would continue to raid Francia for decades; as these attacking contingents grew more numerous they began to assail powerful centres, besieging Paris in 845 and again in 885. To combat the Viking threat, Frankish kings mustered scores of infantrymen, then subsequently transitioned to cavalry-based forces in the 9th century. The dynamic nature of Viking activity in Francia meant that numbers and mobility would determine the fate of Charlemagne's Holy Roman Empire. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972070 Turnbull, Stephen 070 MONGOL WARRIOR vs EUROPEAN KNIGHT: Eastern Europe 1237-42 Fully illustrated study of the forces that clashed during the Mongol invasion of Europe between 1237 and 1242. Allows a comparison to be made between the all-conquering nomad horsemen of the steppes and the mounted knights of the West.

Having conquered much of Central Asia by 1237, the Mongols advanced into the northern Caucasus. The fall of several key centers such as Riazan and Vladimir was followed by Mongol victory at Kiev. Moving west, in 1241 two Mongol armies achieved stunning victories at the battles of Liegnitz in Poland and the Sajo River (Mohi) in Hungary, before suffering their only reverse of the campaign at the fortress of Klis. The Mongol forces regrouped in Hungary to prepare for a further advance into Austria and Germany, but the death of their leader, Ogedei Khan, meant that his generals were required to return to Mongolia to choose a successor. Smaller Mongol forces would return to raid in the years to come, but never again would Western Europe be threatened as it was in 1242. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-972041 Yee, Gary 041 AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861-65: Union Sharpshooter vs Confederate Sharpshooter During the American Civil War, the Union and the Confederacy both fielded units of sharpshooters. Sometimes equipped with firearms no better than those of their infantry brethren, they fought in a manner reminiscent of Napoleonic-era light infantry.

Siege warfare placed a premium on marksmanship and the sharpshooter became indispensable as they could drive artillerymen from their guns. They could also become expert scouts and, for the Confederacy, impressive raiders -- one raid netted almost 250 prisoners. Initially, Union marksmen enjoyed the upper hand, but as the Confederates began raising and training their own sharpshooters, they proved themselves as worthy opponents.

This book assesses the role played by sharpshooters in three bloody clashes at the height of the American Civil War -- the battle of Fredericksburg, the siege of Vicksburg, and the siege of Battery Wagner. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-975072 Bishop, M.C. 072 THE SPATHA: The Roman Long Sword Adopted from the Celts in the 1st century BC, the spatha, a lethal and formidable chopping blade, became the primary sword of the Roman soldier in the Later Empire. Over the following centuries, the blade, its scabbard, and its system of carriage underwent a series of developments, until by the 3rd century AD it was the universal sidearm of both infantry and cavalry.

Thanks to its long reach, the spatha was the ideal cavalry weapon, replacing the long gladius hispaniensis in the later Republican period. As the manner in which Roman infantrymen fought evolved, styles of hand-to-hand combat changed so much that the gladius was superseded by the longer spatha during the 2nd century AD. Like the gladius, the spatha was technologically advanced, with a carefully controlled use of steel. Easy maintenance was key to its success and the spatha was designed to be easily repaired in the field where access to a forge may have been limited. It remained the main Roman sword into the Late Roman period and its influence survived into the Dark Ages with Byzantine, Carolingian and Viking blades.

Drawing together historical accounts, excavated artifacts and the results of the latest scientific analyses of the blades, renowned authority M.C. Bishop reveals the full history of the development, technology, training and use of the spatha: the sword that defended an empire. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-975048 Grant, Neil 048 The Medieval Longsword The formidable European longsword - featuring a double-edged straight blade in excess of 40in, and capable of being used with one or both hands - remains one of the most impressive and distinctive edged weapons of the late medieval era. Also known as the 'bastard' sword and the 'hand-and-a-half' sword, the longsword evolved from the war swords and great swords of the 14th century, and emerged as a battlefield weapon in the early stages of the Hundred Years' War. It went on to become a key weapon on the battlefields of late medieval Europe, creating a new system of sword fighting.

Drawing together period sources, modern technical analysis and his own experiences with the longsword, Neil Grant explores the origins, manufacture and evolving use of this iconic late-medieval edged weapon. Illustrated throughout with specially commissioned full-colour artwork and an array of period illustrations and close-up photographs, this is the enthralling story of one of late-medieval Europe's most distinctive and deadly close-combat weapons.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2016 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-975070 Harriman, Bill 070 THE ARISAKA RIFLE Entering service in 1897, the Arisaka family of bolt-action rifles armed Japanese troops and others through two world wars and many other conflicts, including the Russo-Japanese War of 1904-05.

Issued in long and short versions - the latter for cavalry and specialists - the Type 30 was the first main Arisaka model, arming Imperial Japan's forces during the Russo-Japanese War, though after the war it was refined into the Type 38, which would still be in use in 1945. The main Arisaka rifle of World War II though was the Type 99. Lighter and more rugged than the US M1903 Springfield rifle, it would face in the initial battles in the Pacific, it was produced in four main variants, including a sniping model and a take-down parachutist's rifle.

Featuring full-color artwork as well as archive and close-up photographs, this is the absorbing story of the rifles arming Imperial Japan's forces, from the trenches of Mukden in 1905 to the beaches of Okinawa 40 years later. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-975078 Harriman, Bill 078 THE BAYONET When a short knife was stuck into flintlock's muzzle, every soldier could be armed with a missile weapon as well as one that could be used for close combat. The only disadvantage was that the musket could not be loaded or fired while the plug bayonet was in place. The socket bayonet solved this problem and the musket/bayonet combination became the universal infantry weapon from c.1700 to c.1870.

The advent of shorter rifled firearms saw the attachment of short swords to rifle barrels. Their longer blades still gave the infantryman the 'reach' that contemporaries believed he needed to fend off cavalry attacks.

The perfection of the small-bore magazine rifle in the 1890s saw the bayonet lose its tactical importance, becoming smaller and more knife-like, a trend that continued in the world wars. When assault rifles predominated from the 1950s onwards, the bayonet became a weapon of last resort. Its potential usefulness continued to be recognized, but its blade was often combined with an item with some additional function, most notably a wire-cutter.

Ultimately, for all its fearsome reputation as a visceral, close-quarter fighting weapon, the bayonet's greatest impact was actually as a psychological weapon. Featuring full-colour artwork as well as archive and close-up photographs, this examines the weapon attached to every soldier's firearm from the army of Louis XIV to modern-day forces.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-975080 Houghton, Steve 080 BRITISH SNIPING RIFLES SINCE 1970: L42A1, L96A1 AND L115A3 In response to the challenge of the Soviet Dragunov self-loading rifle, the British Army adopted the 7.62mm L42A1 bolt-action sniping rifle in 1970. The L42A1 was deployed in Dhofar and Northern Ireland, but arguably saw its finest hour during the Falklands War in 1982. The harsh conditions of the South Atlantic laid bare the L42A1's inadequacies and a new company, Accuracy International, won the contract to replace it.

The PM Rifle, a world-beating revolutionary design, was adopted in 1985 as the L96A1. Progressively upgraded, the L96A1 went on to serve as the British Army's primary sniper system, being deployed in Northern Ireland, the First Gulf War, Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan. The L115A3, chambered in .338 Lapua Magnum, joined the L96A1 in the front line in 2008 and since 2012 has been Britain's standard issue sniping rifle. Featuring full-color artwork and close-up photographs, this absorbing study assesses the development, combat use, impact and legacy of these three iconic British sniping weapons. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-975077 McNab, Chris 077 THE M4 CARBINE The M4 carbine has become one of the defining military firearms of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Developed as a fusion of the XM177E2 Colt Commando and the M16A2 assault rifle, the M4 offered a more convenient battlefield firearm than the full-length M16 variants, and the US Army adopted it as the standard infantry weapon in the 1990s. Today, military and law-enforcement personnel of more than 60 countries have adopted either the M4 or the M4A1 variant, both of which have been tested and proven in major combat operations worldwide.

This study describes the development process in detail, from production of the first XM4 prototypes in 1984 through numerous modified types until it emerged into official use as the M4 in 1994. The M4 offered a weapon that was 1lb lighter and 6in shorter than the standard M16A2, yet could still deliver precision semi-auto and full-auto firepower up to an effective range of 500m. Over time, its capabilities have been enhanced by the M4A1 modifications plus an extensive range of tactical accessories, including optical day/night sights, laser/infrared designators, under-barrel grenade launchers and shotgun modules, foregrips, furniture options, mounting rails, and sound suppressors.

Numerous M4/M4A1 combat operations are investigated to reveal why the weapon has received such high levels of approval by front-line combat troops, not only in Afghanistan and Iraq, where the M4/M4A1 has been intensively combat-tested, but also in contexts such as Colombia, India, Israel, and the Philippines. Profusely illustrated with photographs and artworks, and drawing its research from the latest declassified documents, this is a complete guide to one of the most important and widely distributed tactical infantry weapons of the last quarter-century. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-975081 McNab, Chris 081 Soviet Machine Guns of World War II Weapon series. Examines how the Soviet armed forces developed and deployed a range of machine guns in WWII that fitted with their offensive and defensive infantry tactics across six years of total war. Discusses how these machine guns were distributed and tactically applied and provides numerous examples of the weapons in action, from assault teams on the streets of Stalingrad to tank crews struggling for survival at Kursk. Illustrated with high-quality photographs and specially commissioned artwork. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-975074 Moss, Matthew 074 The PIAT - Britain's anti-tank weapon of World War II Designed in 1942, Britain's innovative Projector, Infantry, Anti-Tank (PIAT) provided British and Commonwealth troops with a much-needed means of taking on Germany's formidable Panzers. Replacing the inadequate Boys anti-tank rifle, it was conceived in the top-secret World War II research and development organization known colloquially as 'Churchill's Toyshop', alongside other ingenious weapons such as the sticky bomb, the limpet mine, and the time-pencil fuse.

Unlike the more famous US bazooka, the PIAT had its roots in something simpler than rocket science. Operated from the shoulder, the PIAT was a spigot mortar which fired a heavy high-explosive bomb, with its main spring soaking up the recoil. The PIAT had a limited effective range. Troops required nerves of steel to get close enough to an enemy tank to ensure a direct hit, often approaching to within 50ft of the target, and no fewer than six Victoria Crosses were won during World War II by soldiers operating PIATs.

A front-line weapon in every theatre of the conflict in which Commonwealth troops fought, from Europe to the Far East, the PIAT remained in service after 1945, seeing action during the Greek Civil War, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the Korean War.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-975069 NcNab, Chris 069 WEAPONS OF THE US SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND The units and formations of the US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) have privileged access to the finest weaponry in the world's arsenal. Whether Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marines, the SOCOM troops select weapons that match their mission requirements, but which also sit at the cutting edge of combat technology.

This means that, while SOCOM troops frequently use standard-issue weaponry, they also adopt many specialist pieces of kit that are not so accessible to the broader armed services, including sniper rifles, battle rifles, and machine guns, as well as high-tech tactical accessories used to transform standard weaponry into something exceptional.

Assessing the technology and capabilities of these combat weapons, as well as how they have been used in modern combat, this fully-illustrated study lifts the veil on some of the most distinctive hand-held weapon systems of US special operations forces since 1987. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-975076 Nemeth, Balazs 076 EARLY MILITARY RIFLES 1740-1850 In the decades after 1815, the appearance of successful rifled percussion firearms paved the way for the widespread issue of rifled weapons -- accelerated by the Prussian adoption of the Dreyse 'needle gun' in 1848 and in 1849. The French Minie rifle was the first successful conical ball rifle concept to be issued to regular troops in large numbers. Illustrated throughout with full-color artwork, this study charts the development, combat use, influence and legacy of rifled firearms in a host of conflicts, from the War of the Austrian Succession of 1740-48 to the Mexican-American War of 1846-48. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-975067 Pegler, Martin 067 SNIPING RIFLES ON THE EASTEERN FRONT 1939-45 The Soviet Union had developed a significant sniping force by 1939, but the extraordinary skill and cunning displayed by Finnish snipers during the Winter War forced the Soviets to innovate. On the other side, German sniping suffered from a lack of standardization of weapons and a lack of marksmen deployed at the start of the Great Patriotic War (1941-45). There were few heroes in the conflict, but on both sides, the snipers were idolized - especially on the Soviet side, gaining almost mythical status.

As well as traditional bolt-action weapons, both sides used several types of semi-automatic rifle, such as the SVT-38 and the Gew 41. Offering greater firepower at the expense of long-range accuracy, such weapons would be profoundly influential in the postwar world. Fully illustrated, this investigates the development of sniping weapons and techniques on World War II's Eastern Front. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-975068 Thompson, Leroy 068 THE G3 BATTLE RIFLE During the Cold War, the G3 was one of the world's pre-eminent battle rifles. Developed in France and Spain after 1945, the rifle was produced by the German arms manufacturer Heckler & Koch.

Adopted by more than 40 countries and produced on license by many more, it was widely employed during colonial wars in Africa, insurgencies in Latin America and conflicts in the Middle East, but perhaps its widest use was in the Iran-Iraq War. Variants of the G3 have also seen substantial usage among Special Forces including Britain's Special Boat Service and the US Navy SEALs. Semi-automatic versions, especially the HK91 and HK93, remain popular in the United States, and the G3-derived HK11 and HK21 family of light machine guns have also been widely adopted by military and law-enforcement units across the world.

Fully illustrated with specially commissioned artwork, this study examines one of the iconic weapons of the Cold War era. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-975073 Thompson, Leroy 073 The Browning High-Power Pistol Making its debut in 1935, the Browning High-Power was the world's most widely used military pistol for much of the 20th century. Military and law-enforcement agencies in more than 90 countries have issued the High-Power and it has seen combat in conflicts from World War II through to the 'War on Terror'. After conquering Belgium, Nazi Germany produced more than 300,000 High-Powers for use by the Waffen-SS, Fallschirmjager and others, and after 1945 the High-Power became standard for most NATO-armed forces as well as scores of others.

Chambered for the 9?19mm Luger cartridge, John Browning's High-Power improved on the classic Colt M1911 design, especially in its use of a far simpler takedown system. The pistol's innovative 13-round magazine, designed by Dieudonne Saive, staggered the cartridges for higher capacity without unduly increasing the grip size. During its 82-year production run at Fabrique Nationale (FN) in Belgium, the design evolved slightly, but a 2017 High-Power was still easily recognizable as a descendant of the original model.

Packed with gripping material including detailed technical specifications, contemporary photographs and highly accurate artist's renditions, this title is a comprehensive and informative guide to the world's most iconic semi-automatic pistol.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-975084 Thompson, Leroy 084 SOVIET PISTOLS: Tokarev, Makarov, Stechkin and Others Featuring archive and present-day photography and specially commissioned artwork, this reference work reveals the development and combat use of the pistols that armed the forces of the Soviet Union and its allies during and after WWII.

In 1930, the TT, a single-action semi-automatic pistol developed by Fedor Vasilyevich Tokarev and firing 7.62x25mm ammunition, began to supplement the venerable Nagant M1895 revolver in Soviet military service. From 1933 the TT-33, a simplified version, was also issued; all three would equip Soviet and proxy forces throughout and after World War II, seeing action across the globe.

In 1951 a new pistol designed by Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov entered Soviet service; it became the primary Soviet military and police sidearm during the Cold War era and continued in use into the 21st century. The 9x18mm Makarov round was used in various weapons used by Soviet allies, notably the Czech vz 82, the Hungarian FEG PA63 and the Polish P64 and P83. The PM was quickly joined by the Stechkin machine pistol. Other specialized versions of the Makarov were developed, including the PB suppressed version and the 5.45x18mm PSM, a more compact version. Initially developed in 1990, the improved PMM version of the Makarov was intended primarily to increase the stopping power of the 9x18mm round by chambering a higher-pressure load. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-975079 Turnbull, Stephen 079 WEAPONS OF THE SAMURAI Describes and analyses the weapons and equipment traditionally associated with the Japanese samurai. Examines the range of weapons used by them at different times and in different situations.

Beginning with the rise of the samurai during the 10th century, this lively study traces the introduction of edged weapons (cutting and piercing) and missile weapons (bows and guns) over the next 500 years. The book shows clearly how they were employed by individual samurai using many previously untranslated primary texts, and explains how their use spread more widely among low-class troops, pirates, and rebels. It also shows how schools of martial arts took over and changed the weapons and their uses during the peaceful Edo Period (1615-1868). 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-975071 Walter, John 071 HOTCHKISS MACHINE GUNS: From Verdun to Iwo Jima Created by a long-forgotten Austrian nobleman, Adolf Odkolek von Augezd, the air-cooled Hotchkiss machine gun was the first to function effectively by tapping propellant gas from the bore as the gun fired. Although the Hotchkiss would be overshadowed by the water-cooled Maxim and Vickers Guns, it proved its effectiveness during the Russo-Japanese War.

The gun, quirky though it was, was successful enough to persuade Laurence Benet and Henri Mercie to develop the Modele Portative: a man-portable version which, it was hoped, could move with infantrymen as they advanced. Later mounted on tanks and aircraft, it became the first automatic weapon to obtain a 'kill' in aerial combat.

Though it served the French and US armies during World War I (and also the British in areas where French and British units fought alongside each other), the Odkolek-Hotchkiss system was to have its longest-term effect in Japan. Here, a succession of derivatives found favour in theatres of operations in which water-cooling could be more of a liability than an asset. When US forces landed on Saipan, Guam and Iwo Jima, battling their way from island to island across the Pacific, it was the 'Woodpecker' - the Type 92 Hotchkiss, with its characteristically slow rate of fire - which cut swathes through their ranks. Supported by contemporary photographs and full-color illustrations. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-975082 Walter, John 082 WALTHER PISTOLS: PP, PPK AND P 38 While the PP and PPK were intended for police work, the Walther P 38 was produced for the Germany military; all three pistols have garnered a formidable international reputation since the 1930s. Assesses the origins, development, use and legacy of these three high-profile semi-automatic pistols, alongside other Walther variants, such as the tiny .25 ACP Modell 9.

The innovative Walther PP (Polizeipistole), a double-action semi-automatic pistol intended for the law-enforcement market, became available in 1929 and went on to arm the police of several European countries in the 1930s. Its smaller cousin the PPK, more readily concealed for undercover work but with reduced magazine capacity, was produced from 1931. Intended to replace the P 08 Luger, the Walther P 38 was issued from 1940 and equipped the armed forces of Germany and other countries during and after World War II, but never entirely replaced the Luger in German service. All three pistols went on to have lengthy and varied service across the world after 1945. Both the PP and the PPK remain in production today, while the P 38 re-emerged as the P1 and equipped West German forces from 1963 until 2004, when it was replaced by the P8. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-975086 Walter, John 086 NAMBU PISTOLS: Japanese Military Handguns 1900-45 Featuring full-color artwork and carefully chosen photographs, this book charts the origins, development, combat use, and legacy of the Nambu pistols. Cutaway artwork reveals the inner workings of these important handguns, while specially commissioned battlescenes depict them in use in action.

Influenced by the German C 96 and other semi-automatic pistols, the first Nambu model was never accepted for universal issue, being confined largely to purchase by Japanese officers. Adopted in 1925, the 14th Year Type was to become the best-known of these handguns, serving in every campaign undertaken by the Japanese in the 1930s and then throughout World War II. It served alongside the bizarrely conceived Type 94, intended as the weapon of airmen, tank crew, and anyone to whom its compact dimensions were useful.

When World War II ended, thousands of Nambu pistols arrived in America with US veterans of World War II, while others were carried by insurgents and other armed groups across South East Asia for decades after 1945. Fully illustrated, this is the engrossing story of these distinctive pistols, from their origins to their legacy. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-975088 Walter, John 088 SNIPING RIFLES IN THE WAR AGAINST JAPAN 1941-45 Considers the strengths and limitations of the WWII Japanese and American rifles, scopes, and accessories deployed in the Pacific as well as their different approaches to sniping tactics and training. Often operating at relatively close ranges in restrictive terrain, snipers made particularly ingenious use of camouflage and deception as the fighting spread across Asia and the Pacific in the wake of the Pearl Harbor attack, while troops tasked with countering enemy marksmen had to learn the hard way how best to defeat a seemingly invisible enemy. Contains color artwork plates and black & white and color photographs and illustrations. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-975075 Walter. John 075 Weapons of the Civil War Cavalryman During the American Civil War, the mounted soldiers fighting on both sides of the conflict carried a wide array of weapons, from sabers and lances to carbines, revolvers, and other firearms. Though some sections of the cavalry placed their trust in the sabre, the advent of viable breechloading carbines -- especially repeaters such as the Spencer -- was to transform warfare within little more than a decade of General Lee's final surrender at Appomattox.

However, output struggled to keep up with unprecedented demands on manufacturing technology and distribution in areas where communication was difficult and in states whose primary aim was to equip their own men rather than contribute to the arming of Federal or Confederate regiments. In addition, the almost unparalleled losses of men and equipment ensured that almost any firearm, effectual or not, was pressed into service. Consequently, the sheer variety of weaponry carried reflected the mounted soldiers' various roles in different theaters of operation, but also the availability -- or otherwise -- of weapons, notably on the Confederate side.

Fully illustrated, this study assesses the effectiveness of the many different weapons arming the Civil War cavalryman and analyses the strengths and weaknesses of the decisions made after 1865 concerning the armament of the US cavalry.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-977054 Galeotti, Amrk 054 STORM-333: KGB and Spetsnaz seize Kabul, Soviet-Afghan War 1979 Storm-333, the operation to seize Kabul and assassinate Afghan leader Hafizullah Amin, was at once a textbook success and the start of a terrible blunder. It heralded the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, an operation intended to be a short, largely symbolic show of force, yet which quickly devolved into a gritty ten-year counter-insurgency that Moscow was never able to win.

Nonetheless, Storm-333 was a striking success, and despite initial concerns that it would be an impossible achievement, it saw a relative handful of Soviet special forces drawn from the KGB and the military seize the heavily defended presidential palace, neutralise the city's communications and defences, and open Kabul to occupation. The lessons learned then are still valid today, and have been incorporated into modern Russian military practice, visible most recently in the seizure of Crimea in 2014. Written by a recognised expert on the Soviet security forces, drawing extensively on Russian sources, and fully illustrated with commissioned artwork. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-977059 Galeotti, Mark 059 PUTIN TAKES CRIMEA 2014: Grey-Zone Warfare Opens the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 was almost bloodless - fought as much through propaganda, cyberattacks, and subversion as by force of arms - but it is crucial for our understanding of both modern warfare and recent Russian history. Ironically, this slick triumph eventually led to the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the largest and costliest conventional war in Europe since 1945. Examines how Russia developed its new model of 'hybrid' or 'grey-zone' warfare, and planned and deployed it against Crimea, from the choreographed appearance of 'spontaneous' protesters through to the deployment of unbadged Russian elite forces. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-977051 Konstam, Angus 051 TIRPITZ IN NORWAY: X-craft Midget Submarines Raid the Fjords, Operation Source 1943 In September 1943, under the cover of darkness, six British midget submarines crept into the heart of enemy territory, penetrating a heavily guarded Norwegian fjord in an attempt to eliminate the threat of the powerful German battleship, the Tirpitz. Numerous previous attempts to attack the ship from both air and sea had failed, and this mission was carefully organized, and undertaken by skilled operatives who had undergone extensive training in an isolated sea loch.

Though five of the six X-Craft submarines were either lost or captured, two crews had just enough time to lay their explosive charges, which detonated after they were forced to the surface, putting the Tirpitz out of action for a crucial six-month period. Masterminded from a top-secret naval headquarters on the east coast of Scotland, Operation Source has been memorialized as one of the most daring naval raids of World War II.

This new study tells the complete story of this epic operation in unparalleled detail, supported by full-color illustrations and contemporary photography. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2015 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-977055 Konstam, Angus 055 BIG GUNS IN THE ATLANTIC: Germany's Battleships and Cruisers Raid the Convoys 1939-41 At the outbreak of World War II the German Kriegsmarine still had a relatively small U-boat arm. To reach Britain's convoy routes in the North Atlantic, these boats had to pass around the top of the British Isles - a long and dangerous voyage to their 'hunting grounds.' Germany's larger surface warships were much better suited to this kind of long-range operation. So, during late 1939 the armored cruiser Deutschland, and later the battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were used as commerce raiders, to strike at Allied convoys in the North Atlantic. These sorties met with mixed results, but for Germany's naval high command they showed that this kind of operation had potential. Then, the fall of France, Denmark, and Norway in early 1940 dramatically altered the strategic situation. The Atlantic was now far easier to reach and to escape from.

During 1940, further moderately successful sorties were made by the cruisers Admiral Scheer and Admiral Hipper. By the end of the year, with British mercantile losses mounting to surface raiders and U-Boats, plans were developed for a much larger raid, first using both cruisers, and then the two battlecruisers. The climax of this was Operation Berlin, the Kriegsmarine's largest and most wide-ranging North Atlantic sortie so far. Scharnhorst and Gneisenau remained at sea for two months, destroying 22 Allied merchant ships, and severely disrupting Britain's lifeline convoys.

When the operation ended, the German commander, Admiral Lutjens was ordered to repeat his success -- this time with the brand new battleship Bismarck. The rest, as they say, is history. These earlier Atlantic raids demonstrated that German surface ships could be highly effective commerce raiders. For those willing to see though, they also demonstrated just how risky this strategy could be. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-977058 Lardas, Mark 058 THE CAPTURE OF U-505: The US Navy's Controversial Enigma Raid, Atlantic Ocean 1944 Analyses Capt. Gallery's dangerous strategy to capture scuttled U-boats. Instead of attempting to sink the next U-boat that surfaced among them, a destroyer escort would send off its whaleboat. Everyone else was to smother the U-boat with light gunfire to encourage its crew to abandon quickly. Unaware that the Allies had already cracked the German's codes and the capture of a U-boat could endanger that secret, Gallery hoped to capture the vessel's codes and coding equipment to read U-boat message traffic.

The plan culminated in the capture of U-505 in early June, which nearly caused the exposure of the Bletchley Park codebreaking secret. U-505 was the first enemy warship the US Navy captured at sea since 1812. Features contemporary photographs, specially commissioned artwork and 3D maps. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-977056 Sheppard, Si 056 THE VIKING SIEGE OF PARIS: Longships Raid the Seine AD 885-86 Fully illustrated volume, accompanied with maps and strategic diagrams tells the full story of the Vikings' expedition to conquer medieval Paris. In 885, a year after Charles the Fat was crowned King of the Franks, Danish Vikings sailed up the Seine demanding tribute. The Franks' refusal prompted the Vikings to lay siege to Paris, which was initially defended by only 200 men under Odo, Count of Paris, and seemingly in a poor state to defend against the Viking warriors in their fleet of hundreds of longships. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-977053 Sheppatd, Si 053 We Killed Yamamoto - The long-range P-38 assassination of the man behind Pearl Harbor, Bougainville 1943 Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Combined Fleet during WWII, masterminded the most devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and became a marked man in the war that followed. A key intelligence breakthrough enabled the military to pinpoint his location. An elite team was assembled and charged with his execution.

Analyses the origins, implementation, and outcomes of Operation Vengeance, the long-range fighter interception of Admiral Yamamoto's transport aircraft that sent him to his death on 18th April, 1943. Details the role of intelligence work in pinpointing the time and location of Yamamoto's flight, the chain of command at the highest level of the US political and military establishment who ordered the attack, and the technical limitations that had to be overcome in planning and conducting the raid. Also provides a close study of the aerial combat involved in completing the mission, offering a holistic exploration of the operation which avenged Pearl Harbor.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-977052 Williamson, Justin 052 OPERATION EAGLE CLAW 1980: The Disastrous Bid to End the Iran Hostage Crisis Following months of negotiations after the seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran on 4 November 1979, President Jimmy Carter ordered the newly formed Delta Force to conduct a raid into Iran to free the hostages. The raid, Operation Eagle Claw, was risky to say the least. US forces would have to fly into the deserts of Iran on C-130s; marry up with carrier-based RH-53D helicopters; fly to hide sites near Tehran; approach the Embassy via trucks; seize the Embassy and rescue the hostages; board the helicopters descending on Tehran; fly to an airbase captured by more US forces; and then fly out on C-141s and to freedom. Unfortunately, and unsurprisingly given the complexity of the mission, things went wrong from the start and when the mission was called off at the refueling site at Desert One, the resulting collision between aircraft killed eight US personnel.

This tells the full story of this tragic operation, supported by maps, photographs, and specially-commissioned bird's-eye-views and battlescenes which reveal the complexity and scale of the proposed rescue and the disaster which followed. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-977060 Williamson, Justin 060 SON TAY 1970: The Operation Ivory Coast POW Rescue Mission Details the hugely complex US effort to rescue POWs at Son Tay during the Vietnam War. A joint Army-Air Force assault, with the Navy flying diversionary missions, the Son Tay raid was the first operation to be conducted under the direct command of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and ranks among the most important moments in the development of modern US Special Operations Forces. Includes 50 photos and nine pages of color illustrations. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978114 Bernstein, Jonathan 114 P-47 THUNDERBOLT vs GERMAN FLAK DEFENSES: Western Europe 1943-45 This volume analyses the tactics and techniques used by both P-47 fighter-bomber pilots and German flak gunners, featuring full-color illustrations to examine the Allied tactical air power in Europe from 1943 and how German defenses were overpowered by the air threat. The USAAF four numbered air forces that saw action over the European continent suffered significant fighter-bomber losses to flak. The principle fighter-bomber from the summer of 1944 through to VE Day was the P-47D, with both dedicated ground attack units and squadrons that had completed their bomber escort tasking seeking out targets of opportunity across occupied Western Europe.

The fighter-bombers (principally of the Ninth Air Force) wreaked considerable havoc on German ground forces. Indeed, Thunderbolt units undertaking such missions effectively complemented the strategic bombing campaign, ensuring the defeat of Nazi Germany. P-47 pilots paid a high price to achieve this victory, however, as the German flak arm was well equipped (nearly a quarter of all war-related production was devoted to anti-aircraft weaponry) with weapons of various calibres to counter tactical air power's low to medium altitude threat.

While heavy-calibre anti-aircraft fire was intended to both shoot down enemy aircraft and force bombers to drop their ordnance sooner or from higher altitudes, thus reducing bombing accuracy, low-altitude flak batteries put up a virtual 'wall of steel' for enemy fighter-bombers to fly through. Damaging a low-flying fighter-bomber made it easier for other flak gunners to track, engage, and destroy it. Innovations like lead-computing gunsights gave gunners a higher probability of intercepting low-altitude fighters. Conversely, the appearance of air-to-ground rockets beneath the wings of P-47s gave pilots better standoff range and a harder-hitting punch when dealing with low and medium altitude flak units. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978109 Campbell, David 109 GERMAN 88mm Gun vs Allied Armour: North Africa 1941-43 Few weapons developed a more deadly reputation than the German '88' in the role of anti-tank gun, its long reach and lethal hitting power making it a significant problem for every type of British and later American armour. Despite its individual potency, it was almost always utilized as part of a comprehensive system of defences that relied on a mix of weapons carefully deployed in anticipation of the enemy's likely avenue and method of attack. Used in this way, the 88 became a particularly deadly part of the Afrika Korps' attempts to shatter British armoured power in the Western Desert.

Initially extremely successful over the course of 1941 and 1942 in Operations Battleaxe and Crusader, the Allies' tactics and vehicles (such as the American-made M3 and the Crusader III) eventually evolved to deal with the 88's awesome power. This detailed new book tells the story of that evolution and provides an in-depth treatment of this key weapon of World War II. 1 vol, 80 pgs 20201UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978108 Cansirre, Romain 108 USMC M4A2 SHERMAN vs JAPANESE TYPE 95 Ha-Go; The Central Pacific 1943-44 The different national tank doctrines of the United States and Imperial Japan resulted in a terrible mismatch of the predominant tank types in the crucial Central Pacific campaign. A flawed Japanese doctrine emphasized light infantry support tanks, often used in small numbers. Tactically, tanks were often frittered away in armored versions of the familiar banzai attacks. Meanwhile, the Americans saw the tank as an infantry support weapon, but developed a more systematic tactical doctrine. They settled upon a larger medium tank - in the case of most Marine Corps tank battalions, the diesel-powered M4A2 (unwanted by the US Army).

This superbly detailed title reveals how both the two sides' tactical and technical differences in the approach to armored warfare soon became apparent over a series of deadly engagements, from the first tank fight at the battle of Tarawa in November 1943, through to engagements on Parry Island, Saipan, and Guam, before ending with Peleliu in September 1944. 1 vol, 80 pgs 20201UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978119 Claringbold, Michael 119 F4U CORSIAR vs A6M ZERO-SEN: Rabaul and the Solomons Examines these two different fighters in the Solomons/Rabaul theatre, and the unique geographic conditions which shaped their deployment and effectiveness. It contains rare photographs and digital artwork that accurately showcases and aligns combats of both types in-theatre with unprecedented accuracy. Both sides vastly over-claimed. With full access to IJNAF and US Navy/US Marine Corps records, these numbers will be presented accurately.

The aerial clashes between the iconic Corsair and Zero-sen translated into a contest of speed and altitude for the former, versus the latter's outstanding agility and range.

Whilst the F4U Corsair eventually proved to be a superior fighter in Pacific operations, its introduction into combat in this theatre initially demonstrated its weaknesses. Indeed, the 'Saint Valentine's Day Massacre' debacle showcased exemplary Zero-sen fighter tactics, and American losses were of sufficient magnitude that further daylight missions toward Bougainville were discontinued until Allied fighter tactics could be improved.

As a result, for the next two months the Corsair's combat results were much subdued. Indeed, the F4U only became a superb fighter when both its pilots and their commanders worked out how to deploy the gull-wing design effectively. Optimum circumstances for effective engagement did not always occur, and the Zero-sen remained effective against the Corsair until February 1944 in the South Pacific, after which all IJNAF fighter units vacated Rabaul.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978103 Claringbould, Michael 103 P-47D Thunderbolt vs Ki-43-II Oscar New Guinea 1943-44 Although New Guinea's Thunderbolt pilots faced several different types of enemy aircraft in capricious tropical conditions, by far their most common adversary was the Nakajima Ki-43-II Hayabusa, codenamed 'Oscar' by the Allies. These two opposing fighters were the products of two radically different design philosophies. The Thunderbolt was heavy, fast and packed a massive punch thanks to its battery of eight 0.50-cal machine guns, while the 'Oscar' was the complete opposite in respect to fighter design philosophy - lightweight, nimble, manoeuvrable and lightly armed. It was, nonetheless, deadly in the hands of an experienced pilot. The Thunderbolt commenced operations in New Guinea with a series of bomber escort missions in mid-1943, and its firepower and superior speed soon saw Fifth Air Force fighter command deploying elite groups of P-47s to Wewak, on the northern coast. Flying from there, they would pick off unwary enemy aircraft during dedicated fighter patrols. The Thunderbolt pilots in New Guinea slowly wore down their Japanese counterparts by continual combat and deadly strafing attacks, but nevertheless, the Ki-43-II remained a worthy opponent deterrent up until Hollandia was abandoned by the IJAAF in April 1944.

Fully illustrated throughout with artwork and rare photographs, this fascinating book examines these two vastly different fighters in the New Guinea theatre, and assesses the unique geographic conditions that shaped their deployment and effectiveness.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978095 Davies, Peter 095 USAF F-105 THUNDERCHIEF vs VPAF MiG-17 VIETNAM: 1965-68 The F-105D Thunderchief was originally designed as a low-altitude nuclear strike aircraft, but the outbreak of the Vietnam War led to it being used instead as the USAF's primary conventional striker against the exceptionally well-defended targets in North Vietnam and Laos. F-105 crews conducted long-distance missions from bases in Thailand, refueling in flight several times and carrying heavy external bombloads.

The MiG-17 was the lightweight, highly maneuverable defending fighter it encountered most often in 1965-68 during Operation Rolling Thunder. A development of the MiG-15, which shocked UN forces during the Korean War, its emphasis was on simplicity and ease of maintenance in potentially primitive conditions.

Fully illustrated with stunning artwork, this book shows how these two aircraft, totally different in design and purpose, fought in a series of duels that cost both sides dearly. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978104 Davies, Peter 104 A-4 Skyhawk vs North Vietnamese AAA: North Vietnam 1964-72 While the F-105 Thunderchief was the USAF's principal strike weapon during the Rolling Thunder campaign, the US Navy relied on the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk for the majority of its strikes on North Vietnam. The Skyhawk entered service in 1956 and remained in continuous production for 26 years. Throughout Operation Rolling Thunder it was the US Navy's principal day-time light strike bomber, remaining in use after its replacement, the more sophisticated A-7 Corsair II, began to appear in December 1967.

During the 1965-68 Rolling Thunder period, up to five attack carriers regularly launched A-4 strike formations against North Vietnam. These formations faced an ever-expanding and increasingly coordinated Soviet-style network of anti-aircraft artillery missiles and fighters. Skyhawk pilots were often given the hazardous task of attacking anti-aircraft defences and to improve accuracy, they initially dropped ordnance below 3000 ft in a 30-degree dive in order to bomb visually below the persistent low cloud over North Vietnam, putting the aircraft within range of small-arms fire. The defenders had the advantage of covering a relatively small target area, and the sheer weight of light, medium and heavy gunfire directed at an attacking force brought inevitable casualties, and a single rifle bullet could have the same effect as a larger shell. This illustrated title examines both the A-4 Skyhawk and the Vietnamese AAA defences in context, exploring their history and analysing their tactics and effectiveness during the conflict. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978112 Davies, Peter 112 UH-1 HUEY GUNSHIPS VS NVA/VC FORCES: Vietnam 1962-75 Covers innovations in tactics and combat introduced by gunship helicopters and analyzes their adaptability and usefulness in a variety of operations, while exploring the insurgent forces' responses to the advent of vertical aviation.

The UH-1 Iroquois ('Huey') was the general-purpose vehicle that provided mobility in a hostile jungle environment. Hueys airlifted troops, evacuated casualties, rescued downed pilots, transported cargo externally, and enabled rapid transit of commanders in the field.

Although vertical aviation had only become a practical reality during the Korean War, helicopters evolved rapidly in the decade before Vietnam and by 1965 the US Army and US Marines relied on them as primary combat tools. This was principally because North Vietnam's armed forces had long experience of jungle operations, camouflage, and evasion. Generally avoiding set-piece pitched battles they relied on rapid, frequent strikes, and withdrew using routes that were generally inaccessible to US vehicles. They commonly relied on darkness and bad weather to make their moves, often rendering them immune to conventional air attack.

Gunship helicopters, sometimes equipped with Firefly searchlights and early night vision light intensifiers, were more able to track and attack the enemy. Innovative tactics were required for this unfamiliar combat scenario and for a US Army that was more prepared for conventional operations in a European-type setting. One of the most valuable new initiatives was the UH-1C 'Huey Hog' or 'Frog' gunship, conceived in 1960 and offering more power and agility than the UH-1B that pioneered gunship use in combat. Heavily armed with guns and rockets and easily transportable by air these helicopters became available in large numbers and they became a major problem for the insurgent forces throughout the war. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978097 Forsyth, Robert 097 TEMPEST V vs FW 190D-9: 1944-45 Arguably two of the finest piston-engined fighters ever built, the Tempest V and Fw 190D-9 raised the bar in terms of aircraft design and operational capability during World War II. The long-nosed 'Dora 9,' designed by Kurt Tank, first appeared in the skies over the Western and Eastern Fronts in the late summer of 1944. Fast, and with an exceptional rate of climb, it quickly bettered almost every fighter that the RAF, USAAF, and Soviet Red Air Force could field.

The Hawker Tempest V entered service in early 1944, initially proving itself a stalwart performer when it was deployed to intercept V1 flying bombs over southern England. From the autumn of 1944, the Tempest V also equipped squadrons of the 2nd Tactical Air Force, operating in support of the Allied armies advancing across north-west Europe. It became a potent ground-attack aircraft, armed with underwing rockets, but also a first-class interceptor when pitted against the Luftwaffe's advanced FW 190D-9 and Me 262.

Featuring full color artwork, this book describes in fascinating detail combats between the Tempest Vs of No 274 Sqn and the FW 190D-9s of I. and III./JG 26 between February and April 1945. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978100 Forsyth, Robert 100 ME-262 vs P-51 MUSTANG: Europe 1944-45 Examines the two fighters in detail, exploring their history and development and containing accurate descriptions of the combats between the P-51 Mustang and the Me 262 in what were some of the most bitter and large-scale aerial actions fought over Europe in 1944-45.

Arguably two of the finest fighters built during the course of World War II, the Me 262 and P-51 Mustang heralded new dawns in aircraft performance. Making its operational debut in the summer of 1944, and powered by the Jumo 004 jet engine, the Me 262 outclassed Allied planes in terms of speed and firepower ratio, offering a formidable punch with four 30 mm MK 108 nose-mounted cannons.

However, in the P-51, fitted with the Rolls-Royce (Packard) Merlin engine and drop tanks, the USAAF finally had a fighter that had the 'legs' to escort its heavy bombers deep into Reich airspace and back. If flown to its strengths, the P-51 was more than capable of taking on the feared Me 262 on an equal footing, despite the differences in power and top speed. Indeed, the Mustang proved to be the Luftwaffe fighter arm's nemesis. When the P-51D sortied over Germany from the summer of 1944 onwards, it shredded through the ill-trained and depleted Gruppen of the Luftwaffe's defense wings. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978111 Forsyth, Robert 111 Ju 87 STUKA vs ROYAL NAVY CARRIERS Ju 87 dive-bombers, originally developed for pin-pointing bombing missions against land targets and Allied naval vessels were deployed by both the Luftwaffe and the Regia Aeronautica against the Allied forces. Included in such a target were perhaps the greatest prize of all for a Stuka pilot: a British aircraft carrier.

Examines the duel between the Ju 87 Stuka and the aircraft carriers of the Royal Navy. Despite AA and fighters, these immense vessels proved irresistible targets to determined and experienced Stuka aces as they endeavored to stop British naval intervention in the campaigns in Norway, Malta, and Crete.

For the Luftwaffe, it was an aircraft in which they still had great confidence despite its mauling in the Battle of Britain during the summer of 1940. This book examines the key attributes and shortcomings of both aircraft and carrier by analyzing various attacks on Ark Royal by Stukageschwader (St.G) 1 off Norway in April 1940, the strikes by the Luftwaffe's St.G 1, St.G 2 and the Regia Aeronautica's 237 Squadriglia against Illustrious in Malta harbor. This volume also include numerous personal accounts from Stuka crews, the pilots of carrier-borne fighters opposing them and the sailors embarked in the various carriers that came under attack. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978129 Forsyth, Robert JU 87D/G STUKA vs T-34: Eastern Front 1942-45 Examines the nuts and bolts of 37mm cannon-armed JU 87D-5 Stukas and T-34 tanks as the Luftwaffe performed ground-attack missions against the ever-increasing Soviet tank force. Includes personal accounts and biographies of the anti-tank aces. Profusely illustrated per usual Osprey standards. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978135 Forsyth, Robert 135 ME 163 vs ALLIED HEAVY BOMBERS: Northern Europe 1944-45 Illustrated account of the engagement between the Luftwaffe's ME 163 units and Allied bombers during the closing years of World War II. Details the testing of the aircraft and its lethal SG 500 'Fighter Fist' weapons system, as well as its deployment against the B17s and B24s of the USAAF's Eighth Air Force and, from late 1944, the Lancasters and Halifaxes of RAF Bomber Command. Includes photos, maps, art, and first-person pilot interviews. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978118 Grant, Neil 118 TIGER VS CHURCHILL: North-West Europe 1944-45 Explores the design and development of these famous tanks, their head-to-head encounters, the effectiveness of the support services each tank relied upon, and the skills and experiences of the crews that fought in them. The specific battlefield conditions of Normandy in June and July 1944 are also examined.

The Tiger and the Churchill are two of the most recognizable heavily armored tanks of World War II. Both were designed hastily in the early years of the war, and both witnessed inauspicious debuts in battle in August 1942 (the Churchill in the disaster at Dieppe, the Tiger near Leningrad). Despite their heavy weight, both tanks, which were intended to serve in breakthrough operations, had surprisingly good tactical mobility. Yet there were key differences between them too, chiefly in the effectiveness of their main armament. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978120 Greentree, David 120 SU-152/ISU-152 vs TIGER: Eastern Front 1943-45 Describes the mighty duels fought between these opposing AFVs. The color illustrations explore key details of both the SU-152/ISU-152 and Eastern Front Tigers, including armament, ammunition and crew positions, and the period photographs show rarely seen views of these iconic AFVs in action. How each attempted to best the other using its strengths and advantages is documented across a wide range of dramatic Eastern Front armored battles.

On the Eastern Front in 1943, the Tiger-equipped heavy Panzer battalions gave German armored divisions an unmatched capability that cost the Red Army dearly. The Tiger's 88mm gun had the potential to carve through Soviet defences in the attack and cause havoc amongst advancing Soviet armored formations when used in defense. Neither of the Red Army's heavy tanks (the KV-1 and KV-2) could match the Tiger's gun, and, more importantly, penetrate its armor at anything approaching standard combat range. The Soviet response was a stopgap Tiger-killing vehicle that mounted a 152mm artillery piece onto the KV tank's chassis: the SU-152. The latter would evolve into the ISU-152 in late 1943 (mounting the same powerful gun on an IS chassis). 1 vol, 48 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978137 Greentree, David 137 CRUSADER vs M13/40: North Africa 1941-42 This illustrated study assesses the British Crusader and the Italian M13/40, two medium tanks that played crucial roles in World War II's Desert War. Featuring all-new full-color artwork, archive photographs, and expert analysis, this engaging study assess the origins, development and combat effectiveness of the Italian M13/40 and the British Crusader series of the Desert War during 1941-42. Contains color illustrations throughout, including profiles, technical drawings, battlescene artworks, maps, and photographs. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978036 Guttman, Jon 036 SPAD VII vs Albatros D III 1917-18 When originally conceived, the French SPAD VII and German Albatros D II represented steps away from an emphasis on manoeuvre in aerial combat in favour of speed and durability. At the end of 1916, however, Albatros tried to have the best of both worlds. The result combined the better downward view and manoeuvrability of the Nieuport with the power and twin machine guns of the Albatros D II. At the same time, the French worked to improve the SPAD VII with more power and a more reliable cooling system before moving on to the twin-gunned SPAD XIII. While all that was going on, the Albatros D III became a mainstay of the German and Austro-Hungarian air services in frequent encounters with SPAD VIIs flown by French, Belgian, British, Italian and American airmen. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2011 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978093 Ingman, Peter 093 SPITFIRE VC vs A6M2/3 ZERO-SEN: Darwin 1943 Just weeks after Pearl Harbor, Darwin was mauled by a massive Japanese attack. Without a single fighter to defend Australian soil, the Australian government made a special appeal to Britain for Spitfires.

A year later the Spitfire VC-equipped No 1 Fighter Wing, RAAF, faced the battle-hardened 202nd Kokutai of the IJNAF, equipped with A6M2 Zero-sens, over Darwin. This was a grueling campaign between evenly matched foes, fought in isolation from the main South Pacific battlegrounds. Pilots on either side had significant combat experience, including a number of Battle of Britain veterans. The Spitfire had superior flight characteristics but was hampered by short range and material defects in the tropical conditions, while the Japanese employed better tactics and combat doctrine inflicting serious losses on the overconfident Commonwealth forces.

Fully illustrated with detailed full-color artwork, this is the gripping story of two iconic aircraft facing off against each other above Australia. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978102 Ingman, Peter 102 P-40E Warhawk vs A6M2 Zero-sen East Indies and Darwin 1942 The P-40E Warhawk is often viewed as one of the less successful American fighter designs of World War II, but in 1942 the aircraft was all that was available to the USAAC in-theatre. Units equipped with the aircraft were duly forced into combat against the deadly A6M2 Zero-sen, which had already earned itself a near-mythical reputation following its exploits over China and Pearl Harbor. During an eight-month period in 1942, an extended air campaign was fought out between the two fighters for air superiority over the Javanese and then northern Australian skies. During this time, the P-40Es and the Zero-sens regularly clashed without interference from other fighter types. In respect to losses, the Japanese 'won' these engagements, for many more P-40Es were shot down than Zero-sens. However, the American Warhawks provided a potent deterrent that forced the IJNAF to attack from high altitudes, where crews' bombing efficiency was much poorer.

Fully illustrated throughout, and supported by rare and previously unpublished photographs, this book draws on both American and Japanese sources to tell the full story of the clashes between these iconic two fighters in Darwin and the East Indies.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978107 Konstam, Angus 107 BRITISH BATTLESHIP vs GERMAN BATTLESHIP: 1941-43 Compares and contrasts the design and development of opposing capital ships and describes the epic clashes on the high seas that ended with the destruction of the Kriegsmarine's major naval assets.

German side: The four key capital ships -- Bismarck, Tirpitz, Scharnhorst, and Gneisenau.

British side: King George V-class battleships -- King George V, Prince of Wales, Duke of York, Howe (late 1942), and Anson (late 1942).

Also: Nelson-class -- Nelson and Rodney

Battles include Battle of the Denmark Strait and pursuit of the Bismarck May 24-27 1941, and the Battle of the North Cape on December 26 1943.
1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978092 Lai, Benjamin 092 CHINESE BATTLESHIP vs JAPANESE CRUISER: Yalu River 1894 The 1894-95 war between China and Japan, known in the West as the First Sino-Japanese War, lasted only nine months, but its impact resonates today.

The Chinese Beiyang (Northern) Fleet was led by her flagship, Dingyuan, and her sister ship, Zhenyuan, which were the biggest in Asia; German-built armored turret ships, they were armed with four 12-inch guns and two 6-inch guns, plus six smaller guns and three torpedo tubes. For their part the Japanese fleet, including the Matsushima and her sister ships Itsukushima and Hashidate, were each armed with a single 12.6-inch Canet gun and 11 or 12 4.7-inch guns, plus smaller guns and four torpedo tubes. The scene was set for a bloody confrontation that would stun the world and transform the relationship between China and Japan.

Fully illustrated with stunning artwork, this is the engrossing story of the Yalu River campaign, where Chinese and Japanese ironclads fought for control of Korea. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978106 Lardas, Mark 106 SPANISH GALLEON vs English GALLEON: 1550-1605 Between 1550-1600, much of the naval combat was between individual ships belonging to the competing powers of England and Spain as they sought to control and exploit the rich mineral, material, agricultural, and human resources of the New World. Explores how the galleons used by Spain and England were built and armed, and examines the effectiveness of the cannon they used. It also compares how they were sailed and manoeuvred, showing the strengths and weaknesses of each design, and explaining how these played out in several of their most prominent battles, including the Battle of San Juan de Ulua, the fight between the Golden Hind and the Nuestra Senora de la Concepcion, an action from the Spanish Armada, and the last fight of the Revenge. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978113 Lardas, Mark 113 GERMAN HEAVY CRUISERS VS ROYAL NAVY HEAVY CRUISERS 1939-42 The opposing heavy cruisers of the German Kriegsmarine and the Royal Navy engaged in a global game of cat and mouse during the opening years of World War II. This was a period in which the heavy cruiser still reigned supreme in open waters, with the opposing sides reluctant to risk their battleships, and aircraft yet to dominate the seas. These swift vessels fought each other in the South Atlantic, North Atlantic, the frigid waters of the Denmark Strait and the Arctic approaches to Russia, capturing the public imagination in the process.

This book examines the design, development, and technical performance of these opposing warships, and explores the clashes between them at the Battle of the River Plate in December 1939, the Christmas Day Battle 1940 and the Battle of the Denmark Strait in May 1941. The ships examined include the Deutschland-class Panzerschiffe and Admiral Hipper-class cruisers, and the Royal Navy County- and York-class heavy cruisers. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978116 Lardas, Mark 116 B-25 MITCHELL vs JAPANESE DESTROYER: Battle of the Bismarck Sea 1943 Examines the mechanics of skip-bombing combined with a strafing B-25, assessing the strengths and weaknesses of the combatants (B-25 versus destroyer), and revealing the results of the attacks and the reasons why these USAAF tactics were so successful. Over the first two months of 1943, squadrons perfected these tactics. Then, in early March, Japan tried to reinforce their garrison in Lae, New Guinea, with a 16-ship convoy - eight transports guarded by eight destroyers. The Fifth Air Force pounced on the convoy in the Bismarck Sea. By March 5 all eight transports and four destroyers had been sunk. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978127 Lardas, Mark 127 US DESTROYERS vs GERMAN U-BOATS: The Atlantic 1941-45 The individual clashes between Germany's U-boats and the Allied warships escorting the vital convoys during the Battle of the Atlantic often comprised one-on-one actions. Examines the technical details of the U-boats, destroyers, and destroyer escorts involved, including ship and submarine profiles, weaponry artworks, and key clashes -- USS Kearny vs. U-568, USS Roper (DD-147) vs U-85, USS Eugene E. Elmore (DE-686) vs U-549, and USS Atherton (DE-169) vs U-853. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978130 Lardas, Mark 130 SUNDERLAND vs U-BOAT: Bay of Biscay 1943-44 Duel series. Examines the respective advantages and drawbacks of Sunderland and U-boat and first-hand accounts provide a vivid analysis of their historic engagement during the Bay of Biscay campaign in 1943-44. Includes maps, tactical diagrams, photographs, and specially commissioned artwork. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978094 McNab, Chris 094 WALKER BULLDOG vs T-54: Laos and Vietnam 1971-75 During the Vietnam War, both the United States and the Soviet Union supplied all manner of weapon systems to the opposing sides, including tanks and armored vehicles. Two tanks in particular took momentary prominence in the later years of the conflict. On the South Vietnamese side, it was the US M41 Walker Bulldog; for the communist North Vietnamese, the Soviet-supplied T-54 main battle tank became the core of their armored power.

In their first major engagement, during Operation Lam Son 719 (February-March 1971), it was the Walker Bulldog in the ascendant, but in later battles the T-54s inflicted heavy losses on their lighter opponents, taking the advantage through their superior maneuverability and gunnery.

Illustrated with full-color artwork as well as rare and revealing photographs from both sides, this book studies these two iconic tanks in Vietnamese service, examining how their differing designs and fighting doctrines affected their performance in this unique theater of combat. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978110 McNab, Chris 110 ARAB ARMOUR VS ISRAELI ARMOUR: Six-Day War 1967 Drawing on first-hand accounts from both unit commanders and individual crews, this Duel title explains the tactical and mechanical dynamics of one of history's greatest post-war armoured engagements: the Six-Day War in 1967.

Israel's armoured brigades, despite being heavily outnumbered on paper by Arab AFVs, managed to dominate the Arab forces tactically and technologically, through excellent gunnery and decentralized battlefield leadership.

The fighting took place on three different fronts: the Sinai Front, the Jordanian Front and the Golan Heights. Each presented its own unique set of tactical and terrain challenges, from the long-range battles between massed Egyptian and Israeli armour in the scorching flatlands of the Sinai Desert, to relatively close-quarters engagements across steep and narrow terrain in the Golan Heights.

Not only did the Six-Day War see the direct clash of opposing Cold War tactical approaches, but also the direct confrontation of Western and Soviet MBTs. On the Israeli side, the IDF had the British Centurion, the American M48 Patton, the M51 Super Sherman, and the French AMX-13, although they focused their armoured spearheads on the Centurions and Pattons. The Arabs' armoured power was expressed through T-34/85s, T-54/55s, PT-76s and JS-3s (IS-3s). Each vehicle brought its own set of advantages and disadvantages, although ultimately it was the long-range tank-killing gunnery of the Centurion that often took the day.
1 vol, 80 pgs 20201UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978133 McNab, Chris 133 COALITION ARMOR vs IRAQI FORCES: Iraq 2003-06 Contents: Introduction, Chronology, Design and Development, Technical Specifications, The Combatants, The Strategic Situation, Combat, Statistics and Analysis, Aftermath, Bibliography, and Index covers the 2003 Coalition invasion of Iraq. Examines the opening clashes between opposing AVFs and the tactics developed by Iraqi insurgents seeking to neutralize Coalition superiority. Featuring full color photos, battle scenes, weaponry, and tactical illustrations, it draws upon firsthand accounts and official post-battle analyses to examine how Coalition forces responded to the change in the nature of the threats. Among the topics addressed are the coordination between Coalition infantry and air power; how dealing with roadside bombs in Iraq resulted in changes to equipment, tactics, and force structure; and the lessons learned for future warfare. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978132 Newsome, Bruce 132 VALENTINE INFANTRY TANK vs PANZER III: North Africa 1941-43 Compares the technical details, design evolution, crew histories, and respective strengths and weaknesses of these iconic tanks, which frequently went head-to-head in brutal battles across Libya, Egypt, and Tunisia. It documents the upgrades made to each AFV type over three years, as up-gunned and up-armored variants - ever more lethal, ever more survivable - arrived in North Africa. Also explores the two tanks' encounters, from the first Valentine vs Panzer III clashes in 1941, to the Axis drive into Egypt, and on to the Tunisian fighting of 1942-1943. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978098 Nijboer, Donald 098 GERMAN FLAK DEFENSES vs ALLIED HEAVY BOMBERS The air battle that raged over Germany in WWII has often been described as a battle between Allied and German fighters but what has been frequently missed by historians on all sides is the impact of German anti-aircraft defenses (flak). Though often dismissed as ineffective and a waste of valuable material and personnel, the German flak arm made a major contribution to the defence of the Third Reich -- at least half of the American aircraft shot down over Germany fell to flak, and according to the RAF Official History, it was estimated that flak accounted for 1229 of 3302 aircraft lost by Bomber Command between 1942 and April 1945.

Additionally, the strategic role of flak extended beyond simply shooting down aircraft -- its other, more important task was to force bombers to drop their ordnance sooner or from a higher altitude, thus reducing bombing accuracy. Both these roles are explored in depth in this detailed study of the German flak defences and of their adversaries, the Allied heavy bombers. Includes full-color illustrations including cockpit scenes and armament views. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978115 Nijboer, Donald 115 SBD DAUNTLESS vs A6M ZERO-SEN: Pacific Theater 1941-44 This book examines these aircraft in detail, exploring their history and development and contains accurate descriptions of the combats between the SBD Dauntless and Zero-sen throughout the first four carrier battles of 1942 and the Solomons Campaign.

The SBD Dauntless dive-bomber was a key cog in the US Navy's aerial arsenal throughout the Pacific War. Although a product of aviation design in the mid to late 1930s, the type soldiered on even as more advanced aircraft were appearing from American factories as the war progressed. Despite its classification as a dive-bomber and rather dated appearance, the SBD Dauntless could more than handle its own against the feared A6M Zero-sen - a regular opponent, especially during the first 18 months of the campaign in the Pacific. The SBD was credited with 138 victories in aerial combat (principally in 1942), 107 of which were fighters and the rest bombers.

Seven SBD units claimed five or more aerial victories, with future ace Lt (jg) John Leppla of VS-2 being credited with four victories while flying from the carrier USS Lexington during the Battle of the Coral Sea in May 1942. The Zero-sen came to symbolize Japan's military prowess during the early stages of the war in the Pacific, and it quickly became the world's premier carrier-based fighter - a title it would hold well into 1943.

The psychological impact of the Zero-sen was so great that all Allied fighters were judged by the standards set by it. The aviators flying the A6M in 1941-42 were amongst the most experienced fighter pilots in the world, and they claimed a significant number of the SBDs destroyed while trying to defend their carriers from attack during the Battles of Coral Sea, Midway and Santa Cruz in 1942. While one was a dive-bomber and the other a nimble fighter, both met in combat many times, with the Dauntless proving an elusive and deadly target thanks to the tenacity and skill of the pilots and gunners manning the Douglas aircraft. While the Zero-sen was credited with shooting down many SBDs, the rugged dive-bomber gave as good as it got and emerged, not surprisingly, victorious on many occasions. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978134 Nordeen, Lon 134 HARPOON MISSILE vs SURFACE SHIPS: US Navy, Libya and Iran 1986-88 Contents: Introduction; Chronology; Design and Development; Doctrine, Tactics, Leadership, Deployment of Forces; The Strategic Situation; The Combatants; Combat; Statistics and Analysis; Aftermath; Further Reading; and Index details the role played by the Harpoon tactical anti-ship missile in two Cold War flare-ups in the 1980s. Explores the engagements of the Harpoon by the US Navy against its Libyan and Iranian adversaries, using original photographs and specially commissioned artwork to examine the naval systems and weapons employed by both counterparts. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978136 Samsonov, Peter 136 PANZER III vs T-34: Eastern Front 1941 This illustrated study pits Germany's PzKpfw III against the Soviet Union's T-34 in the wake of Hitler's 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union. Details how both designs were intended to be the primary medium tanks of their respective armies, but owing to manufacturing difficulties, neither was available in quite the numbers intended. Full-color artwork, archive photographs, and authoritative text drawing upon Russian- and German-language sources combine to reveal how the Germans harnessed the advantages of combat experience and superior organization to counter the T-34's tactical strengths, and also how the PzKpfw III quickly lost relevance as it became evident that it could not carry a gun powerful enough to destroy the T-34 at range. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978068 Saunders, Andy 068 RAF FIGHTERS vs LUFTWAFFE BOMBERSBattle of Britain RAF Spitfires, Hurricanes, Havocs and Defiants began to take their toll on the overextended, under-protected Kampfgruppen of Heinkel He 111s, Junkers Ju 87s and 88s, and Dornier Do 17s during the Battle of Britain. Both sides learned and adapted as the campaign went on. As the advantage began to shift from the Luftwaffe to the RAF, the Germans were forced to switch from round-the-clock bombing to only launching night-raids. This illustrated study dissects the tactics and technology of the Battle of Britain. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978138 Saunders, Andy 138 RAF FIGHTERS VS JU 87 STUKA: In the West 1940-41 An illustrated account of the clashes between RAF Fighter Command's Hurricanes and Spitfires and the Luftwaffe's JU-87 Stukas in the skies over France, the Channel, and southern England. Addresses the misconceptions surrounding the JU-87 with a fresh appraisal of its famous actions. Features first-hand accounts, rare photographs, and newly commissioned artwork and diagrams to reveal how the Stuka defended itself against on oncoming fighters and how, in turn, RAF pilots learned to shoot the aircraft down. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978125 Short, Neil 125 BRITISH COASTAL WEAPONS vs GERMAN COASTAL WEAPONS: The Dover Strait 1940-44 One of the longest-running battles of World War II took place across the English Channel, in which huge artillery guns attempted to destroy each other, created psychological terror among the local inhabitants living near the coast, and harassed shipping over a four-year period.

Examines the array of powerful weapons located across the Strait of Dover. Superb colour artworks explore both fixed gun batteries (including 'Jane' and 'Clem', and batteries Todt and Lindemann) and railway artillery (such as the German K5 and K12 guns, and the British 18-inch 'Boche Buster'). Construction and targeting technology used by each side are also covered in detail, and the locations of all the major sites around Dover and Calais are pinpointed on easy to follow maps. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978101 Stille, Mark 101 BRITISH BATTLESHIP vs ITALIAN BATTLESHIP: The Mediterranean 1940-41 During World War II's battle for control of the Mediterranean, both the British and Italian navies planned to bring their battle fleets into play. At the center of both of these fleets was a core of battleships which both sides expected to play a decisive role in the conflict.

On 9 July 1940, the two navies met in the central Mediterranean, as two Italian battleships faced off against three of their British counterparts. Christened the Battle of Calabria, the action allowed the ships to play to their strengths, engaging in a long-range gunnery duel, the very thing they had been designed for. Though both sides shot well, the only hit was scored by Warspite on the Italian battleship Giulio Cesare. The Italians were forced to withdraw, and the action ended up being indecisive, but it was the largest fleet action fought in the Mediterranean during the war. As well as this battle, there were other occasions during the war when both British and Italian battleships were present and influential, but during which they never engaged each other directly - the Battle of Spartivento on 27 November 1940, and the Battle of Cape Matapan on 28-29 March 1941.

Packed with full-color artwork, carefully selected archive photographs and expert analysis, this title explores in detail the role played by British and Italian battleships in these encounters, and their influence in the Mediterranean theater of World War II. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978105 Stille, Mark 105 US Navy Ships vs Japanese Attack Aircraft 1941-42 The striking power of the Imperial Japanese Navy's carrier-based attack aircraft was established at Pearl Harbor, and the IJN's carrier-based torpedo dive bombers showed their prowess again at the Battle of Coral Sea when they sank the US Navy carrier USS Lexington and damaged the carrier USS Yorktown. Even at the disastrous Battle of Midway, the relatively small number of IJNAF attack- and torpedo-bombers that were launched against the US fleet proved that they remained a potent force by heavily damaging Yorktown again, which allowed an IJN submarine to sink the carrier. At Guadalcanal, IJNAF carrier-based aircraft sank the carrier USS Hornet and badly damaged USS Enterprise twice.

However, throughout 1942, US Navy ship defences brought down an increasing number of attacking IJNAF aircraft. The final major battle of the year, the Battle of Santa Cruz, exacted crippling losses on the IJN, setting the stage for the eclipse of the IJNAF's highly trained and effective aviation attack forces.

Packed with illustrations and contemporary photographs, this engrossing volume details the design, tactics, and operational records of both the US Navy ships and the IJNAF aircraft which attacked them over the year following Pearl Harbor. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978117 Stille, Mark 117 USN SUBMARINE VS IJN ANTI-SUBMARINE ESCORT Covers technical and tactical developments implemented by the opposing sides, including US improvements to submarine design and weaponry and more aggressive tactics, and the Japanese development of destroyer escorts, changes to depth charge design, and improved submarine detection capacity.

In 1941 and 1942, US Navy submarine operations in the Pacific were largely ineffective, hampered by faulty torpedo design, conservative tactics, and insufficiently aggressive submarine captains. Eventually, though, a new generation of wartime submarine commanders, combined with reliable torpedoes, new generation boats, improved intelligence, and advanced radar, inflicted devastating losses on Japanese shipping.

Antisubmarine warfare was initially accorded a low priority by the Imperial Japanese Navy; the lack of ASW escorts and modern weaponry, and an inability to develop tactics, resulted in devastation to vital convoys, and hampered its ability to deter and destroy enemy submarines. This book explores all these factors, and the role that US submarines played in supporting the major fleet operations in the Pacific Theater, notching up almost 500 patrols by war's end for the loss of 52 submarines to the Japanese. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978131 Young, Edward M. 131 P-38 LIGHTNING vs Bf 109: North Africa, Sicily and Italy 1942-43 Concentrates on the bitterly fought air war in North Africa, the Mediterranean, Sicily, and Italy in 1942-43. Using original archival sources, official records, and first-hand accounts from both USAAF and Luftwaffe veterans, as well as newly commissioned artwork and 50 carefully selected photographs from official and personal archives, this book examines the head-to-head for control of the skies in a key theater of World War II. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978096 Zaloga, Steven 096 T-34 vs StuG III: Finland 1944 In the summer of 1944, the Red Army staged a massive armored assault up the Karelian Isthmus with the intent of eliminating any remaining German and Finnish forces facing the Leningrad region.

Most of the Soviet units sent into Finland were new to the region, moving mainly from the fighting in the Leningrad area. As a result, some had the latest types of Soviet equipment including the new T-34-85 tank, fielded alongside the older T-34-76. Germany refused to sell the Finns new tanks without a reinforced military alliance, but in 1943 began selling them a few dozen StuG III assault guns. This made the StuG III battalion the most modern and powerful element of the Finnish armored division, and it saw very extensive combat in the June-July summer battles.

Featuring specially commissioned artwork and an array of archive photographs, this is the absorbing story of the parts played by Soviet and Finnish armor in the epic battles in Finland during June and July 1944. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978099 Zaloga, Steven 099 PANZERFAUST vs SHERMAN: European Theater 1944-45 In the summer of 1944, across the battlefields of Normandy, US tanks confronted with a dangerous challenge: the mobile and deadly Panzerfaust and Panzerschreck anti-tank weapons wielded by the German infantry. Having only occasionally encountered such weaponry before, the US tankers were ill-equipped to defend against this kind of attack, and the threat only increased as the summer wore on.

This Duel title follows the technological battle for dominance that ensued, as the US Army devised new ways to defend against the threat posed by the German shaped-charge projectiles. From the addition of sandbags and spare tracks to individual tanks made by anxious crews on the ground to the large-scale programmes put together by the US armies, the book explores the implementation and effectiveness of the various tactics employed by the tank crews, as well as the technology behind the anti-tank weapons wielded by their German adversaries. Drawing on first-hand accounts from the men on the ground, this illustrated title examines the evolving trial of strength between US armor and innovative German anti-tank weaponry in the climactic months of World War II in Europe. 1 vol, 80 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978128 Zaloga, Steven ALLIED WARSHIPS vs THE ATLANTIC WALL: Normandy 1944 Details of the design, construction and ammunition of the weapons involved and explores the evolution of Allied naval doctrine, which was based on repeated experiences during a succession of amphibious operations, and which enabled the Allies to successfully overcome the coastal gun threat. Discusses the clash between Batterie Hamburg (defending Cherbourg) and the Allied naval bombardment group led by the battleship USS Texas on 25 June 1944.

By 1944, the French coast featured more than 1,900 coastal guns over 75mm in calibre. The Royal Navy and the US Navy provided operational mobility that allowed the Allies to strike unexpectedly across the vast coastlines of the Mediterranean and Atlantic. Amphibious landings were an essential tool of Allied military strategy in World War II. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-984113 McGovern Terrance 113 THE MOSCOW KREMLIN: Russia's Fortified Heart Fortress series. Examines the Kremlin -- the fortified complex covering 70 acres at the heart of Moscow, behind walls up to 18m high and watched over by 20 towers, the Kremlin houses everything from Russia's seat of political power to glittering churches. This is a fortress that has evolved over time, from the original wooden guard tower built in the 11th century to the current stone and brick complex. Over the years, it's been built, burnt, besieged and rebuilt and includes today's invisible defences such as it GPS spoofing field (switch on your phone inside the walls and it may well tell you you're at Vnukovo airport, 30km away) and drone jammers. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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2-985045 045 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: 1774-1783 Concise study of the American Revolutionary War is updated and revised text from the 2002 edition, plus 50 new images. Explores the deep political divisions in the population of the Thirteen Colonies, while militarily pitting veterans of the Seven Years' War against one another, in a conflict that combined guerrilla tactics and classic 18th-century campaign techniques on both sides. 1 vol, 144 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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2-985041 Benn, Carl 041 THE WAR OF 1812 Revised edition (from 2002) contains: Introduction, Background to War, Warring Sides, Outbreak, The Fighting, The World Around War, How the War Ended, Conclusion and Consequences, Chronology, Further Reading, Acknowledgements, and Index. Discusses the war of 1812-1815 that tore through the American frontier, the British colonies of Upper and Lower Canada, and parts of the Atlantic coast and the Gulf of Mexico. The conflict saw British, American, and First Nations forces clash, and in the process, shape the future of North American history. Fully illustrated in color with specially commissioned maps and 50 new images. 1 vol, 144 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-985051 Bradley, Stephen 051 FRANCO PRUSSIAN WAR 1870-71 With updates from the author, specially commissioned full-color maps and 50 new images, this is a concise overview of the Franco-Prussian War. Examines the build-up, battles, and impact of the war, which was an overwhelming Prussian victory with massive consequences. The French Second Empire collapsed, Napoleon III became an exile in Britain, and King Wilhelm I was proclaimed Emperor of the new united Germany. In the peace settlement that followed, Germany gained the eastern French provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, areas that were to provide a bone of contention for years to come. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-985073 Edwards, Aaron 073 THE NORTHERN IRELAND TROUBLES: Operation Banner 1969-2007 Revised edition provides an overview of the 'Troubles' -- the British Army's deployment of over 10,000 troops in Northern Ireland (codenamed Operation Banner). Considers the strategic, operational, and tactical aspects of Operation Banner as the Army's military objectives morphed from high-profile peacekeeping into a covert war against the IRA. Using personal testimony from both sides of the sectarian divide, as well as insights from the soldiers themselves, presents an authoritative introduction to the Army's role in the Troubles, providing expert analysis of Operation Banner's successes and failures. 1 vol, 144 pgs 2011 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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2-985075 Femont-Barnes, Gregory 075 THE SOVIET-AFGHAN WAR 1979-89 New updated and revised edition examines the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 that sparked a nine-year conflict until Soviet forces withdrew in 1988-89, dooming the communist Afghanistan government to defeat at the hands of the mujahideen. Explains the origins, events, and consequences of the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. For Afghanistan, the invasion served to prolong the interminable civil war that pitted central government against the regions and faction against faction. Fully illustrated in color and black & white. 1 vol, 144 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-985063 Finlan, Alastair 063 COLLAPSE OF YUGOSLAVIA 1991-99 Updated and revised, this edition contains full-colour specially commissioned maps and 50 new images to provide a concise introduction to the brutal and bloody conflict in former Yugoslavia as well as its significant consequences. Examines the internal upheavals of the former Yugoslavia and their international implications, including the failure of the Vance-Owen plan; the first use of NATO in a combat role and in peace enforcement; and the war in Kosovo, unsanctioned by the UN but prosecuted by NATO forces to prevent the ethnic cleansing of the region. 1 vol, 144 pgs 2022 LONDON, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-985072 Fremont-Barnes, Gregory 072 JACOBITE REBELLION 1745-46 Updated and revised for the new edition, with full-colour maps and 30 new images, this offers an introduction to the famous campaign which saw the Stuart dynasty's final attempt to regain the British throne, and the end of the Highland clans' way of life. Analyzes the dynastic struggle of two royal houses, the Rebellion's maneuvers and battles, and the tragic aftermath for the Highlands.

Overview of the Forty-Five Rebellion, dispelling the myths that have grown up around battles like Culloden and the figures of the Highlanders. Led by the charismatic Bonnie Prince Charlie and fought in the main by clansmen loyal to the Stuarts, the revolt initially saw government forces outmaneuvered and outfought before the Prince's march on London halted at Derby. But the following spring, pursued back into the Highlands by the Duke of Cumberland, the Prince's army made its doomed last stand on the moor of Culloden. 1 vol, 144 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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2-985078 Galeotti, Mark 078 RUSSIA'S WARS IN CHECHNYA 1994-2009 Revised edition of 2014 version contains full-colour maps and 50 new images. Traces the progress of the wars in Chechnya, from the initial Russian advance through to urban battles such as Grozny, and the prolonged guerrilla warfare in the mountainous regions. Bringing the book up to date, including a revised introduction and new content on the Kadyrovtsy's role in Russia's other conflicts, Galeotti assesses how the wars have torn apart the fabric of Chechen society and their impact on Russia itself. 1 vol, 144 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-985061 Lynch, Michael 061 CHINESE CIVIL WAR 1945-1949 Updated and revised for the new edition, with full-color maps and new images throughout, this is a concise study of one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 20th century and its significant repercussions.

Between the end of World War II and the dawn of the Cold War, one of the most important conflicts in modern history reached its climax. Examines how the long struggle between Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists and Mao Zedong's Communists exploded into an intense, brutal, and ruthlessly fought civil war. Delving into the political background and complex ramifications of the conflict, he assesses Mao and Chiang's millions-strong armies, their strategies and commanders, and the critical campaigns that won and lost China. By 1949 the Nationalist government was defeated and in exile in Taiwan, and the new People's Republic of China was ready to emerge as a major Cold War power. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2002 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-985046 Turnbull, Stephen 046 WAR IN JAPAN 1467-1615 Updated and revised, this edition contains full-colour maps and 50 new images to provide a concise introduction to the most violent, turbulent, cruel, and exciting chapter in Japanese history: Age of Warring States.

In 1467, the Onin War ushered in a period of unparalleled conflict and rivalry in Japan that came to be called the Age of Warring States. In this book, Stephen Turnbull offers a masterly exposition of the wars, explaining what led to Japan's disintegration into rival domains after more than a century of relative peace; the years of fighting that followed; and the period of gradual fusion when the daimyo (great names) strove to reunite Japan under a new Shogun. Peace returned to Japan with the end of the Osaka War in 1615. Turnbull draws on his latest research to include new material covering samurai acting as mercenaries, the expeditions to Korea, Taiwan and Okinawa, and the little-known campaigns against the Ainu of Hokkaido, to present a richer picture of an age when conflicts were spread far more widely than was hitherto realised.
1 vol, 144 pgs 2022 LONDON, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-985038 Wiest, Andrew 038 VIETNAM WAR 1956-75 Updated and revised, it includes updates from the author, specially commissioned maps, and 50 new images, this is a concise overview of America's most divisive war. Examines the brutal and prolonged guerrilla war and how its consequences would change America forever, leaving the country battered and unsure as it sought to face the challenges of the final acts of the Cold War. As for Vietnam, the conflict would continue long after the US had exited its military adventure in Southeast Asia. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992071 071 Il-2 Shturmovik Guards Units of World War 2 Osprey AIR COMBAT, (80) b/w and (40) color illustrations. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2008 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992141 Burgess. Rick 141 F2H BANSHEE UNITS Examines the entire service life of the F2H in the service of the US Navy, US Marine Corps, and the Royal Canadian Navy. Initially created as a replacement aircraft for McDonnell's pioneering FH1 Phantom, the F2H served in the Korean War as a strike fighter, close air support aircraft, B-29 escort, and photo-reconnaissance aircraft. After Korea, the Banshee served as a carrier-based nuclear strike aircraft and as a defensive fighter for anti-submarine aircraft carriers. Filled with first-hand accounts and rare color photographs, this story of the F2H Banshee, explores its service and details the technological development that improved the aircraft's capabilities over time. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992140 Chambers, Mark 140 YOKOSUKA D4Y 'JUDY': Units In 1938, the Yokosuka Naval Air Technical Arsenal, acting under the requirements issued by the Kaigun Koku Hombu for a Navy Experimental 13-Shi Carrier Borne specification for a dive-bomber to replace the venerable 'Val' aboard carriers. The resulting D4Y Suisei ('Comet'), codenamed 'Judy' by the Allies, was initially powered by a license-built German Daimler-Benz DB 601 inline engine as used in the Bf 109E. Despite making an inauspicious combat debut during the Battle of Midway in June 1942, the 'Judy' eventually proved to be an important asset for the IJNAF during battles in the latter years of the Pacific War. Its great successes resulted in the sinking of the escort carrier USS Princeton in an early kamikaze attack of the Philippines and the near sinking of the fleet carrier USS Franklin in a dive-bombing attack off Japan.

While the Judy had an impressive top-speed, like its predecessor, and many other Japanese military aircraft, it possessed design shortcomings including inadequate armor protection for its aircrew and no self-sealing fuel tanks. As a result, when pitted against new, advanced US Navy fighters suffered horrendous losses.

During the final months of World War II it became apparent that there would be no Japanese victory. Acting out of desperation, the IJNAF employed the 'Judy' in the dreaded kamikaze role, in which it excelled due to its high-speed characteristics. Most notably, the D4Y mounted one of the last combat actions of World War II when a flight of 11 Judies, personally led by the instigator of the suicide attacks, Vice Admiral Matome Ugaki, took off on a 'search mission' on August 15, 1945. This volume chronicles the action-packed wartime exploits of Japan's finest dive-bomber of World War II. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992143 Copalman, Joe 143 F3D/EF-10 SKYKNIGHT UNITS OF THE KOREAN AND VIETNAM WARS Explores the Douglas F3D Skynights and their deployment during the Korean and Vietnam wars, using first-hand accounts from aircrew, original photographs, and 30 profile artworks to explore their key roles as an escort aircraft and electronic warfare aircraft.

The Skyknight was an early but effective attempt at combining new technologies together in a lethal package capable of shipboard operation. Whereas most fighters relied on speed and maneuverability, the portly, straight-winged F3D relied on three radars, four 20mm cannon, and - most importantly - darkness. Having first flown in March 1948, the Skyknight's first taste of war came in September 1952, when Marine Night Fighter Squadron 513 -- VMF(N)-513 -- deployed to Korea. The most important job assigned to VMF(N)-513 was the escorting of USAF B-29 bombers over northern Korea. Whereas Chinese and North Korean MiG-15s relied on ground-controlled intercept radar for steering guidance into firing positions, the F3D, with its own onboard radars, was autonomously lethal - it could detect, track and target MiGs all on its own. Skyknight crews ended the Korean War with six nocturnal kills in exchange for one combat loss.

After the war, 35 Skyknights were converted into electronic warfare (EW) aircraft. As US air operations over North Vietnam intensified in early 1965, the need for a tactical EW jet to provide electronic countermeasures (ECM) protection to accompany strike packages north became apparent. For all of its early effectiveness over North Vietnam, the proliferation of radar-guided guns and missiles began to erode the advantage created by EF-10 escort support, which flew its last combat mission in October 1969. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992130 Davies, Peter 130 B-58 HUSTLER UNITS One of the most dramatic bombers of its day, the Convair B-58 came to epitomize the Cold War power of Strategic Air Command. Introduced only 12 years after the sound barrier was first broken, this iconic plane became the first large long-range supersonic bomber to take to the skies, a feat which had seemed far-fetched only a few years previously.

Outstripping its contemporaries in terms of speed, and agile enough to escape most interceptors, the B-58 was a remarkable feat of engineering, setting 19 world speed records and collecting a host of trophies. The first operational bomber capable of Mach 2 at 63,000 feet, it was able to evade hostile fighters and represented a serious threat to targets across the Soviet Bloc. Supported by contemporary first-hand accounts, photography, and full-color illustrations. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992137 Davies, Peter 137 B/EB-66 DESTROYER UNITS IN COMBAT This illustrated study focuses on the oft-overlooked B-66 series, examining their vital contributions to the Vietnam War and the bravery of those who operated them in some of the most challenging situations imaginable. Explores how the technology and tactics devised during the period made possible the development of the EF-111A Raven, an invaluable component of the Desert Storm combat scenario over Iraq and Kuwait in 1991, and the US Navy's EA-6B Prowler, which entered service towards the end of the Vietnam War.

Studies of air combat in the Vietnam War inevitably focus on the MiG-killing fighter engagements, B-52 onslaughts or tactical strikes on the Hanoi region. However, underlying all these was the secretive 'electron war' in which highly-skilled electronic warfare officers duelled with Soviet and North Vietnamese radar operators in the attempt to enable US strike forces to reach their targets with minimal losses. Orbiting at the edge of heavily-defended territory, the vulnerable EB-66s identified and jammed the enemy's radar frequencies with electronic emissions and chaff to protect the American bombers.
1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992147 Davies, Peter 147 F-4 PHANTOM II WILD WEASEL UNITS IN COMBAT Visual and technical guide to the F-4 Phantom II Wild Weasel Units in combat during the Vietnam War. It was only in the closing stages of the war, with the F-4Cww Phantom II (Wild Weasel 4), that this equipment started to become successful enough to allow a substantial investment in converting 116 F-4E Phantom IIs into dedicated SEAD aircraft. This move introduced a new generation of anti-radar missiles which became invaluable in later operations including operations Desert Shield, Desert Storm, and Northern Watch over Iraq. This volume features dynamic archival photography from crews who flew the jet, alongside mission accounts and technical details of the development and fielding of the F-4 Wild Weasel in its various iterations. Includes specially commissioned artwork of 'sharkmouthed' Phantom IIs in Vietnam jungle camouflage and more modern USAF 'Ghost Gray.' 1 vol, 96 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992152 Davies, Peter 152 U-2 'DRAGON LADY' UNITS: 1955-90 Details the early service of the Lockheed U-2, one of the most important and longest-serving intelligence gathering platforms fielded by the US air force. Nicknamed the 'Dragon Lady' after the codename given to it by the CIA, this glider was designed and operated in great secrecy, providing US authorities with photographic and electronic information from areas of interest across the globe. Looks at the U-2's most critical missions, exploring its role in the Cuban Missile Crisis, nuclear reconnaissance in the Soviet Union, and intelligence missions in China and North Vietnam. Contains 21 color artwork plates and maps; more than 50 black and white and color photographs and illustrations. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992127 Davies, Peter E. 127 RF-101 VOODOO UNITS IN COMBAT McDonnell's F-101 Voodoo series was in many ways the most interesting of the 'Century Series' fighter programs of the 1950s, partly because the type's design and intended mission changed radically during a 40-year career. Originally designed as a fighter-bomber, it was converted to be a reconnaissance aircraft, serving alongside the U-2 and RF-8 Crusaders during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War.

Although it gained a reputation as a difficult aircraft to handle, the jet's supersonic speed and newly-developed camera suite enabled it to conduct vital low-altitude photo-reconnaissance missions over heavily-defended target areas.

In combat, the RF 101 was usually 'first in-last out' for strike missions. This made it a ready target, with a solo aircraft flying straight and level to gather target photo evidence at low-altitude offering enemy gunners plenty of opportunity to shoot the Voodoo down. This study tells the combat stories of this extraordinary aircraft, highlighting the difficulty of the missions on which it was sent and the courage of its pilots. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992128 Davies, Peter E. 128 F-80 SHOOTING STAR UNITS OF THE KOREAN WAR Built within a 180-day time limit in 1943, the F-80 Shooting Star first saw service in Italy in the final year of World War II, and consequently was sent to bases in the US, Europe and the Far East after VJ Day. It was the latter groups based in Japan that initially bore the brunt of the early fighting in Korea, engaging MiG-15s in the world's first jet-versus-jet combat.

Flown principally by the 8th and 49th Fighter Bomber Wings, the F-80 served until the end of the war, completing an astonishing 98,515 combat sorties, shooting down 17 aircraft (including three of the vastly superior MiG-15s), dropping over 33,000 tons of bombs, and firing over 80,000 air-to-ground rockets. Aside from the fighter-bomber Shooting Stars, the ultra-rare, but heavily used, photo-reconnaissance RF-80A saw extensive use in Korea as a replacement for the vulnerable RF-51D.

Filled with first-hand accounts and rare color photographs taken by the veterans themselves, this is the engrossing story of the pioneering F-80 Shooting Star. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992136 de Jong, Peter 136 ARADO AR 196 Units in Combat Explores the history of the Arado Ar 196, detailing its development and assessing the combat capabilities of one of the last fighting seaplanes.

Beating its biplane rivals in a 1936 Reich Air Ministry design competition, the Arado Ar 196 provided the Kriegsmarine with possibly the best shipborne reconnaissance seaplane of World War II. Replacing the Heinkel He 60 biplane as the standard catapult-launched floatplane embarked on the Kriegsmarine's capital ships, the Ar 196 flew an assortment of combat missions during World War II, including coastal patrol, submarine hunting, light bombing, general reconnaissance and convoy escort sorties.

The first vessel to take its Ar 196A-1s to sea was the pocket battleship Graf Spee, which embarked two in the autumn of 1939. The battleships Bismarck and Tirpitz could carry six Arados each, the battlecruisers Gneisenau and Scharnhorst four and smaller pocket battleships and cruisers two. Shore-based aircraft were also operated from coastal ports on the Channel, Baltic, North Sea and Bay of Biscay coasts, as well as in the Balkans and Mediterranean.
1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992150 Fletcher, Andrew 150 SPITFIRE: Photo-Recce Units of World War 2 Chronicles photographic reconnaissance (PR) Supermarine Spitfire operations from the first months of the conflict through to VJ Day. PR Spitfires were responsible for some of the most significant intelligence finds of the war - from low-level oblique photographs of new German radars in France to locating the battleship Bismarck off the Norwegian coast before it attempted to sortie into the Atlantic. Includes numerous first-hand accounts. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992131 Forsyth, Robert 131 ME 210/410 ZERSTORER UNITS One of the most dramatic bombers of its day, the Convair B-58 came to epitomize the Cold War power of Strategic Air Command. Introduced only 12 years after the sound barrier was first broken, this iconic plane became the first large long-range supersonic bomber to take to the skies, a feat which had seemed far-fetched only a few years previously.

Outstripping its contemporaries in terms of speed, and agile enough to escape most interceptors, the B-58 was a remarkable feat of engineering, setting 19 world speed records and collecting a host of trophies. The first operational bomber capable of Mach 2 at 63,000 feet, it was able to evade hostile fighters and represented a serious threat to targets across the Soviet Bloc. Supported by contemporary first-hand accounts, photography, and full-color illustrations. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992132 Forsyth, Robert 132 F-102 Delat Dagger Units World War II saw the development of the heavy bomber as a decisive weapon which, in sufficient numbers, could overcome defensive fighters and guns and lay waste to strategic targets. The addition of nuclear weapons to the bomber's armament made it even more formidable, and by the late 1940s, US planners saw the growth of a Soviet nuclear-armed bomber fleet as a terrifying threat to North American security. Conventional subsonic fighters with guns and free-flight air-to-air rockets would be incapable of reaching these incoming bombers in time to prevent even one from delivering a devastating nuclear attack. As a result, supersonic speed, long-range guided missiles and precise radar-based control of an interception became prerequisites for a new breed of fighters, beginning with the F-102.

A massive research and development effort produced the F-102A '1954 Fighter', the J57 afterburning turbojet, its Hughes MX-1554 fire control system and, in due course, the Semi-Active Ground Environment (SAGE) radar and communications network that covered North America to guide its airborne defences. In service, F-102As also provided air defence in Europe with USAFE, in the Far East and in Southeast Asia, where they protected US airbases in South Vietnam and Thailand from air attack by North Vietnamese fighters and bombers and escorted B-52s and fighter-bombers on their attack sorties.

This illustrated study from leading expert Peter E. Davis details the design, development, and deployment of the futuristic F-102, including its complex research program and role in Vietnam.
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1-992134 Forsyth, Robert 134 Arado Ar 234 Bomber and Reconnaissance Units This explores the history of this incredible aircraft, from its development in the early 1940s to its deployment in both reconnaissance and bomber roles throughout the rest of the war.

When the revolutionary twin jet-powered Arado AR 234 first appeared in the skies over north-west Europe in the summer of 1944, it represented the state-of-the-art in terms of aeronautical and technical development. The AR 234 was a formidable aircraft -- powered by Jumo 004Bs, the same engine used by the ME 262, and with a maximum speed of 735 km/h and range of 1600 km/h, it was very difficult for the Allies to 'catch'. Here was a machine that with its superior speed could operate with impunity as both a bomber and in the reconnaissance role.

As such, the aircraft became the world's first reconnaissance jet, undertaking secret, high-speed, high-altitude observation missions for the German High Command over the Allied beachheads in Normandy and other Allied strongholds.

Astonishingly, in September 1944 and as late as 1945, lone AR 234s conducted reconnaissance flights over British ports and the Mediterranean. The aircraft was equally efficient as a jet bomber -- although the AR 234B-2 bomber variant carried no defensive gun armament, it was able to deliver 1000 kg of bombs at high-speed and at either low- or high-level with considerable and devastating accuracy.
1 vol, 96 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992146 Forsyth, Robert 146 JUNKERS JU 188: Units of World War 2 This comprehensive study of the JU-188 charts the design, development, and deployment of an advanced aircraft which was ultimately overshadowed by improvements to the original JU-88 it was designed to replace. Still, the JU-188 arrived in the autumn of 1943. After operational trials, the JU-188 equipped three bomber Geschwader and several long-range reconnaissance Staffeln in the East and Italy, conducting operations over Britain and the Western Front as well as Russia and the Mediterranean. Supported by specially commissioned illustrations and contemporary photography. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992129 Goss, Chris 129 DORNIER Do 17 UNITS of WORLD WAR 2 Initially designed as a high-speed mail aeroplane and airliner, the Do 17 first made an appearance as a military aircraft in the Spanish Civil War, both as a bomber and in reconnaissance roles.

In the early stages of World War II, it, together with the Heinkel He 111, formed the backbone of the German bomber arm over Poland, France, Belgium and the Low Countries, and saw action in almost every major campaign in this period. However, by the start of the Battle of Britain, the Do 17's limited range and small bomb load meant that it was ripe for replacement by the Ju 88.

Though it performed well at lower altitudes, the model suffered heavy losses during raids, particularly during the Blitz and were increasingly phased out. This fully illustrated study uses detailed full-color artwork and authoritative text from an expert author to tell the full operation story of one of Nazi Germany's best light bombers from the early years of World War II. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992139 Goss, Chris 139 DORNIER DO 217: Units of World War 2 This highly illustrated study explores the design and development of the Do 217 and chronicles its use in the frontline as a strategic bomber, launch platform for first generation precision weapons, reconnaissance aircraft and nightfighter, among others.

The Do 217 had a much larger bomb load capacity and had considerably greater range than the Do 17, which it replaced in frontline service from mid to late 1941. Although initially used simply as a bomber, later variants were developed to allow the Do 217 to undertake the precision maritime strike role. In order to perform the latter mission, the Do 217 was modified to launch glide bombs - units employing these pioneering weapons enjoyed some success in the Mediterranean from the autumn of 1943.

During the course of these operations the Do 217 became the first aircraft in military aviation history to deploy a precision-guided bomb in combat in the form of the 'Fritz X' radio-guided, free-fall weapon, which sank the Italian battleship Roma shortly after Italy capitulated in September 1943. The Do 217 served on all fronts, and was often used on anti-shipping strikes during the Battle of the Atlantic and against the Allied invasion fleet at Normandy. This versatile aircraft was also converted into a nightfighter, seeing action in the Defense of the Reich through to war's end. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992144 Hector, Gareth 144 B-36 PEACEMAKER UNITS OF THE COLD WAR Conceived during 1941 in case Germany occupied Britain, when US bombers would then have insufficient range to retaliate, the B-36 was to be primarily a '10,000-mile bomber' with heavy defensive armament, six engines and a performance that would prevent interception by fighters. This fully illustrated volume includes first-hand accounts, original photographs and up to 30 profile artworks depicting in detail the complexity of this superlative aircraft.

Although rapid developments in jet engine and high-speed airframe technology quickly made it obsolescent, the B-36 took part in many important nuclear test programmes. The aircraft also provided the US nuclear deterrent until the faster B-52 became available in 1955. It was one of the first aircraft to use substantial amounts of magnesium in its structure, leading to the bomber's 'Magnesium Overcast' nickname. It earned many superlatives due to the size and complexity of its structure, which used 27 miles of wiring, had a wingspan longer than the Wright brothers' first flight, equivalent engine power to 400 cars, the same internal capacity as three five-room houses and 27,000 gallons of internal fuel - enough to propel a car around the world 18 times. Much was made of the fact that the wing was deep enough to allow engineers to enter it and maintain the engines in flight. B-36s continued in the bomber and reconnaissance role until their retirement in February 1959 following 11 years in SAC. Convair employees were invited to suggest names for the giant aircraft, eliciting suggestions such as 'King Kong Bomber', 'Condor', 'Texan' and 'Unbelievable', but the most popular was 'Peacemaker'. Oddly, objections from religious groups deterred the USAF from ever adopting it officially.
1 vol, 96 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992135 Mersky, Peter 135A-7 CORSAIR II UNITS: 1975-91 Details the technological development and improvements that were introduced to the airframe post-Vietnam (the FLIR targeting pod from 1979 and AGM-88 HARM missile from 1983 being the most important), and how they shaped operational employment of the aircraft. The jet's combat experiences in conflicts during the 1970s (Cambodia), 1980s (Lebanon, Grenada, Libya and Iran), and 1990s (Iraq) are explained in detail, supported by numerous first-hand accounts from naval aviators that saw action with the A-7 during these campaigns.

Some 30 US Navy squadrons, including six Naval Air Reserve units, flew various versions of the A-7 Corsair II in the mid-1980s. Many of these units saw action across the Middle East. By the time the jet saw combat in Operation Desert Storm (1991), there remained only two fleet squadrons -- many fleet squadrons having either disestablished or transitioned to the F/A-18 Hornet -- but both of these units (VA-46 and VA-72) played a major role in the campaign to free Kuwait.
1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992133 Napier, Michael 133 Vickers Wellington Units of Bomber Command The Vickers Wellington was one of very few aircraft types to have been in production and frontline service throughout World War II, and more than 10,000 Wellingtons were built in the period. They took part in the first RAF bombing mission of the conflict when, on 4 September 1939, 14 examples from Nos 9 and 149 Sqns undertook a daring daylight attack on the Kiel Canal. However, after suffering high losses on follow-up raids, Wellingtons were withdrawn from daytime missions and began to operate at night from May 1940. They subsequently took part in raids against the Italian port city of Genoa in July 1940, and against Berlin the following month, followed by key missions in the 'Battle of the Barges' in September and October, as the RAF targeted the Germany's invasion fleet being assembled in French Channel ports. When RAF's strike force expanded the next year following the introduction of the improved Wellington II, the 21 squadrons equipped with the Vickers aircraft, which included Polish-, Canadian- and Australian-manned units, formed the backbone of the Bomber Command night bombing force. Over the next two years Wellingtons participated in all the major operations by Bomber Command, including the daylight raid against German battleships in Brest harbour in July 1942 and the first three 'Thousand Bomber' raids in the summer of 1942.

This illustrated study explores the design, development, and deployment of the Vickers-Wellington type, charting its role in World War II from its earliest missions to its use in training after its withdrawal from frontline bomber missions in 1943. The text is supported by stunning full-colour artwork.
1 vol, 96 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992138 Napier, Michael 138 RAF TORNADO UNITS OF THE GULF WAR I When the Gulf Crisis of 1990 was triggered by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, the RAF responded by sending Tornado F 3 fighters to Saudi Arabia to help defend the country against further aggression. These aircraft were followed by the deployment of Tornado GR 1 strike/attack aircraft to Bahrain. Eventually three wings of Tornado GR 1s were established in Bahrain, Tabuk and Dhahran, as well as a detachment of Tornado GR 1A reconnaissance aircraft. At the start of hostilities in January 1991, the Tornado GR 1 wings carried out night-low-level attacks against Iraqi Main Operating Bases using the JP233 runway denial weapon. Meanwhile, Combat Air Patrols from the Tornado F 3 wing ensured the integrity of Saudi airspace.

Once air supremacy had been established, the Tornado GR 1 force moved to medium-level operations, initially by night and later by day, to attack the Iraqi oil production and storage infrastructure. The arrival in theatre of a laser designation capability with Pave Spike/Buccaneer and TIALD/Tornado enabled precision attacks against the Iraq transport system to cut off the frontline troops from resupply and reinforcement and then to carry out a systematic destruction of the airfield facilities. Tornado GR 1A reconnaissance operations played a major role in the location of Scud missile launchers and in the planning and execution of the land offensive. Throughout the conflict, the Tornado F 3 wing at Dhahran carried out defensive counter-air operations to ensure the safety of the base areas. This volume, publishing 30 years after the conflict to free Kuwait, provides detailed first-hand accounts of the missions undertaken by the Tornado crews. It is illustrated by photographs taken by aircrew involved in the operation and includes 30 newly commissioned profile artworks and detailed nose art views of the aircraft ranged against Iraq. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992142 Napier, Michael 142 RAF TORNADO UNITS IN COMBAT 1992-2019 Provides detailed first-hand accounts of the missions undertaken by the Tornado crews during the most recent conflicts over the Middle East and the Balkans. After the Gulf War of 1990, No Fly Zones (NFZ) were established over northern and southern Iraq and the Tornado GR 1 force stepped up to operations over the southern NFZ.

The Tornado GR 4 took responsibility for RAF combat air operations in Afghanistan from the Harrier force in 2009, and in 2011 was involved in missions against the Gaddafi regime in Libya. The unique multirole capabilities of the aircraft enabled it to support ground operations with the Raptor reconnaissance pod, Brimstone missiles and Paveway IV laser-guided bombs until withdrawal in 2014. The Tornado GR 4 was also used for operations over Iraq and Syria against the ISIL terrorist organization. Intensive air operations were flown between 2014 and 2019, when the Tornado GR 4 was finally withdrawn from RAF Service. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992151 Napier, Michael 151 HARRIER GR 7/9: Units in Combat The Harrier GR 7/9 was the RAF's main aircraft in the 1990s and during the first decade of the new millennium. Deployments include No Fly Zone patrols over northern Iraq, supported UN forces in the Balkans, and embarked in Royal Navy carriers to bolster the RAF presence ashore in the Arabian Gulf. Harrier GR 7s also flew from HMS Illustrious over Sierra Leone in 2000 and were involved in the second Gulf War during early 2003 acting as Close Air Support for Coalition forces. Includes official and personal photographs and 30 artwork profiles illustrating the wide range of colours worn and ordnance employed. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-992153 Young, Edward 153 KAWANISHI H6K 'MAVIS' AND H8K 'EMILY' UNITS An illustrated account of the little-known operations of the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force's flying boat units during World War II. Respectively codenamed the 'Mavis' and 'Emily' by the Allies, Japan's H6K and H8K flying boats outstripped their RAF and US Navy counterparts. Utilizing newly translated Japanese war diaries, as well as Allied intelligence and combat reports, reveals the full story behind the Imperial Japanese Naval Air Force's flying boat units. Contemporary photos and 22 color profiles bring new dimensions to this area of Japanese military history, vividly illustrating the pivotal roles of 'Emily' and 'Mavis' in events including the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway, and the fighting in the Aleutians and the Bismarck and Solomon Islands. Contains color artwork plates and maps; black and white, and color photographs and illustrations. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-993137 Millman, Nicholas 137 A6M ZERO-SEN ACES 1940-42 The Mitsubishi A6M Zero-sen was Japan's Spitfire. In continuous development and operational service from the time of the Sino-Japanese war in 1940 to the end of the Pacific War in 1945, it is held in almost mythical awe, similar to Britain's legendary fighter aircraft.

At the time of its operational debut, the fighter's design features offered the revolutionary combination of an all-round vision canopy, cannon armament and a jettisonable drop tank giving it phenomenal range. Together with the flying and tactical proficiency of superbly trained pilots, this made the Zero-sen a true strategic fighter, spearheading Japan's offensive in the Pacific. It was also the mount of a plethora of successful and flamboyant naval aces engaged in both sea and land campaigns.

This volume, the first of two on the A6M Zero-sen, covers the use of the A6M2 variant from its debut in China to the Solomons Campaign, and also tells the story of the A6M2-N 'Rufe' floatplane fighter aces. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995307 Budzbon, Przemyslaw 307 THE POLISH NAVY 1918-45: From the Polish-Soviet War to World War II Detailed account describes the Polish Navy's origins and contribution to the WWII Allied war effort. In exile, the Polish Navy operated not only their own ships, but also Royal Navy warships, including a cruiser, destroyers, submarines, and motor torpedo boats which fought alongside the Allies in the Battle of the Atlantic, the Arctic Convoys, and at the Normandy landings.

The newly independent Polish navy was created in 1920, initially with six ex-German torpedo boats. However, after German-Soviet exercises off the Polish coast in 1924, funding for warships was hastily allocated. Two destroyers and three submarines were built in France but, disappointed with their quality, Poland ordered new ships, mostly from British and Dutch shipyards.

By summer 1939, the Polish Navy comprised four destroyers, five submarines, one minelayer, six minesweepers, and a handful of lesser ships. Although the Grom-class destroyers were two of the fastest and best-armed destroyers of the war, the tiny Polish fleet would stand little chance against the Kriegsmarine, and on 30 August, three destroyers were dispatched to Britain, followed by two submarines that escaped internment. The remaining Polish surface fleet was sunk by September 3rd. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995324 Budzbon, Przemyslaw 324 SOVIET MOTOR GUNBOATS OF WORLD WAR II: The Red Army's 'River Tanks' from Stalingrad to Berlin Examines concept and design of Soviet Armoured Motor Gun Boat (AMGB) -- armoured riverboat that functioned as a 'river tank.' Capable of carrying up to 20 infantrymen directly into action and providing immediate firepower from their tank turrets, machine guns or Katyusha rockets, their military value was widely recognized. They were versatile enough to be used in naval landing operations off the Gulf of Finland, the Azov Sea and the Black Sea, and their capabilities were prized by local commanders. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995329 Casiere, Romain 329 TANKS ON IWO JIMA 1945 Explores how despite the US taking more casualties than the Japanese, the tank played an important role as a support weapon, despite the rough terrain and unconventional enemy tactics. Using unpublished official records and veterans' accounts, details Japanese and USMC armored operations on the island. Illustrations include unpublished photographs from private collections and meticulously researched new color profiles, highlighting the tanks' modifications and their diverse camouflage and markings. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995273 Davies, Jonathan 273 THE MEDIEVAL CANNON 1326-1494 The book will focus on the technology and tactics of early European artillery on both sea and land, and assess its impact on medieval warfare.

The first illustration of a cannon in Europe can be dated quite precisely to 1326. This book explores the development of gunpowder, the earliest appearance of cast-bronze cannon in Western Europe, followed by the design and development of the wrought-iron cannon.

The wrought-iron hoop-and-stave method of barrel construction was a system that came to dominate medieval artillery design both large and small until the end of the 15th century, and saw the cannon used not only as a prestige weapon, but start to be used as a practical and terrifying weapon on the medieval battlefield. In 1453, the Ottomans' conquest of Constantinople, with their extensive artillery, marked the triumph of medieval firepower. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978121 Davies, Peter 121 F9F PANTHER vs COMMUNIST AAA: Korea 1950-53 Both opponents' tactics and gunnery are explored in depth in this study that contains full-color illustrations, including cockpit scenes and armament views. Also includes a detailed analysis of the US Navy Panthers' loss rates and their causes.

The F9F Panther, originally designed as a jet fighter, in April 1951 became the first jet to launch from a carrier with bombs loaded, using them to destroy a crucial railway bridge at Songjin. The Panther's four 20 mm guns were considered to be very effective for flak suppression and these aircraft were used as escorts for propeller-driven AD Skyraider and F4U Corsair attack aircraft. However, later in 1951, flak damage to Panthers increased as the Chinese established better AAA weapons to defend key transport routes. The communist AAA crews had heavy guns of 37 mm caliber and above. Gunners could use optical height finders, predictors, and in many cases radar control. They learned to conceal their weapons in civilian buildings, use wires to bring aircraft down, and set up false targets as flak traps. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995267 Dunstan, Simon 267 FRENCH ARMOUR IN VIETNAM 1945-54 French experience with armor in Indo-China dated back to 1919, when it sent FT-17s to the colony, followed by a variety of armored cars.

After World War II, French troops were equipped with a motley collection of American and cast-off British equipment until the outbreak of war in Korea saw an increase in military aid. This included large numbers of the M24 Chaffee light tank, along with amphibious vehicles such as the M29C Weasel and LVT4 Buffalo, to conduct operations in coastal and inland areas that the Viet Minh had previously thought immune to attack. France's armor was a key part of the battle against the Viet Minh right up until the last stand at Dien Bien Phu. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978122 Fields, Nic 122 ATHENIAN TRIREME vs PERSIAN TRIREME: The Graeco-Persian Wars 499-449 BC Compares and contrasts the form, construction, design, maneuverability, and tactical deployment of the opposing triremes, aided by usual Osprey excellence of illustrations. The decks of these warships held the fighting complement of Greek citizen hoplites, Scythian archers, and Persian marines, and learn why the Greeks placed a bounty of 10,000 drachmae on the head of Artemisia - the Karian queen and Persian admiral, and the only woman among Xerxes' commanders. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995272 Fletcher, David 272 CHURCHILL INFANTRY TANK Covers all seven Marks of Churchill gun tank with variations and the curious self-propelled gun of 1941/42, but not the so-called 'Funnies' or the armored recovery vehicle variants.

It begins with the prototype tank A20, which has not been covered in any detail before, then go on to look at all seven Marks of Churchill, in particular their different guns. This book will also look at the tank's service in Russia and later with the Irish, Jordanian and Australian Armies. It will also feature on the disastrous Dieppe raid of August 1942, ending with a brief look at the Black Prince or super Churchill which was only developed up to the prototype stage at the end of World War II.

The Churchill was built outside the normal process of British tanks and the Department of Tank Design under the watchful eye of the Prime Minister, after whom it was named, by a firm with no previous experience of tank production. Despite being condemned as unsuitable and more than once being scheduled to be replaced by a better design, this never actually happened. It remained in production and ultimately vindicated itself since, although it was slow and noisy it was found to have superior climbing ability and thicker frontal armor than the vaunted German Tiger.

Its classification as an Infantry Tank has been extensively criticized although recently one or two authors, notably Americans, seem to have revised their views on this and even Field Marshal Montgomery, who advocated a Universal Tank to fulfill all roles, found the Churchill a useful tank on many occasions, particularly considering its ability to absorb punishment. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995282 Gsleotti. Mark 282 Combat Vehicles of Russia's Special Forces - Spetsnaz, airborne, Arctic and interior troops Elite forces need elite vehicles. As Vladimir Putin has devoted effort and funds into modernising Russia's armed forces and turning them into an instrument geared not just for defending the Motherland but also projecting power beyond its borders, Russia has seen a growing emphasis on special and specialist forces. Traditionally, the elite Spetsnaz commandos had to make do with regular vehicles or civilian-based 'technicals', not least to conceal their presence (or, indeed, very existence). Now, increasingly at the forefront of Russian power projection, the Spetsnaz are acquiring more capable, versatile vehicles, such as the paratroopers' BTR-D personnel carrier, and also experimenting with exotic, specialist new acquisitions, such as the Chaborz M-3 buggy and Yamaha Grizzly all-terrain vehicle.

The other elite branches of Russia's forces, such as the Arctic-warfare troops of the 200th Independent Motor Rifle Brigade, the paratroopers of the Air Assault Troops (VDV), the Naval Infantry, and the elite units of the security forces are also developing and fielding new vehicles for their specialist roles, from combat snowmobiles to urban-warfare vehicles. From highly-mobile LMVs able to operate in the deserts of Syria or the streets of Ukraine, through dedicated fire-support vehicles such as the air-droppable Sprut-SD or the massive BMPT 'Terminator', to amphibious tanks and drone-equipped security trucks, these are the workhorses of Russia's special forces. This study explores all these combat vehicles in detail, combining expert analysis from Russia expert Mark Galeotti with highly accurate full-colour illustrations and photographs.
1 vol, 48 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995277 Hampshire, Edward 277 BRITISH AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIPS: From Suez to the Falklands and the Present Day Amphibious assault ships have been at the center of nearly all of Britain's expeditionary campaigns since World War II, from the Suez crisis of 1956 to operations as far afield as Borneo (1963-66), the Falklands (1982), Sierra Leone (2000), and Iraq (2003).

In major operations such as Suez and the Falklands, the use of amphibious assault ships was essential to the military success of the campaigns. The Suez Crisis saw two of the Royal Navy's former light fleet carriers converted into 'commando carriers' to specialize in amphibious warfare. In the 1960s these were followed by the famous Fearless class ships - the first purpose-built amphibious assault ships in the Royal Navy. With an internal dock, headquarters capability, and multiple landing craft, these 'Landing Platform Docks' were built to project power around the world. When the Falklands were invaded, HMS Fearless was the key to the successful landing in San Carlos.

In the 1990s, a new generation was ordered: the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean and the Albion class LPDs. In recent years Ocean, Albion, and Bulwark have been the largest fighting ships of the Royal Navy and have acted as the navy's flagships, as well as being perhaps the most versatile ships in the navy. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995287 Hampshire, Edward 287 Soviet Cold War Attack Submarines: Nuclear classes from November to Akula History of the nuclear-powered attack submarines built and operated by the Soviet Union in the Cold War, including design, development, and deployment of each class of these formidable craft as they developed throughout the Cold War period.

The November class, which were the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarines, had originally been designed to fire a single enormous nuclear-tipped torpedo but were eventually completed as boats firing standard torpedoes. The Alfa class were perhaps the most remarkable submarines of the Cold War: titanium-hulled (which was light and strong but extremely expensive and difficult to weld successfully), crewed with only thirty men due to considerable automation and 30% faster than any US submarines, they used a radical liquid lead-bismuth alloy in the reactor plant.

The Victor class formed the backbone of the Soviet nuclear submarine fleet in the 1970s and 1980s, as hunter-killer submarines began to focus on tracking and potentially destroying NATO ballistic missile submarines. The Sierra classes were further titanium-hulled submarines and the single Mike-class submarine was an experimental type containing a number of innovations. Finally, the Akula class were being constructed as the Cold War ended, and these boats form the mainstay of the Russian nuclear attack submarine fleet today
1 vol, 48 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995320 Herder, Brian 320 US NAVY PROTECTED CRUISERS 1883-1918 The first three 'ABC' cruisers (Atlanta, Boston, and Chicago) were the first steel warships built for the US Navy, whose 1880s-1890s technological and cultural transformation was so total it is now remembered as the 'New Navy'. This small fleet was joined by a succession of new and distinctive protected cruisers, culminating in the famous and powerful Olympia. These 11 protected cruisers formed the backbone of the early US steel navy, and were in the front line of the US victory in the 1898 Spanish-American War. All 11 protected cruisers are depicted in meticulously-researched color illustrations with one depicting the Olympia deploying her full sail rig. Includes specs and rare photos plus full descriptions. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995293 Herder, Brian 293 US NAVY GUNBOATS For more than half a century, American gunboats were the ships often responsible for policing small crises and provided deterrence and fast-response capabilities around the world - showing the flag, landing armed parties, patrolling river and littoral areas, and protecting ex-pats. They were often the United States' most-visible and constant military presence in far-flung foreign lands, and were most closely associated with the Far East, particularly the Philippines and China. Most famous, of course, was the multinational Yangtze Patrol.

Many US gunboats were built, purchased, or reassembled overseas, where they usually served out their entire careers, never coming within 7,000 miles of the national homeland which they served. Numerous gunboats were captured from the Spanish during the 1898 war, many being raised from shallow graves, refurbished, and commissioned into USN service.

The classic haunt of US gunboats was the Asiatic Station of China and the Philippines. Gunboat service overseas was typically exotic and the sailors' lives were often exciting and unpredictable. The major operational theaters associated with the US gunboats were the pre-1898 cruises and patrols of the earliest steel gunboats, the Spanish-American War of 1898 (both the Philippines and the Caribbean), the guerilla wars of the early 20th century Philippines and Latin America, the Asiatic Fleet and Yangtze Patrol of the 1890s-1930s, and finally World War II, which largely entailed operations in China, the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, Alaska, and on convoy routes. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995271 Herder, Brian Lane 271 US NAVY BATTLESHIPS 1886-98: The Pre-Dreadnoughts and Monitors That Fought the Spanish-American War After the American Civil War, the US Navy had been allowed to decay into complete insignificance, yet the commissioning of the modern Brazilian battleship Riachuelo and poor performance against the contemporary Spanish fleet, forced the US out of its isolationist posture towards battleships.

The first true US battleships began with the experimental Maine and Texas, followed by the three-ship Indiana class, and the Iowa class, which incorporated lessons from the previous ships. These initial ships set the enduring US battleship standard of being heavily armed and armored at the expense of speed.

This fully illustrated study examines these first six US battleships, a story of political compromises, clean sheet designs, operational experience, and experimental improvements. These ships directly inspired the creation of an embryonic American military-industrial complex, enabled a permanent outward-looking shift in American foreign policy and laid the foundations of the modern US Navy. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995286 Herder, Brian Lane 286 US Navy Battleships 1895-1908: The Great White Fleet and the beginning of US global naval power The last predreadnought battleships of the US Navy were critical to the technological development of US battleships, and they were the first tool of international hard power wielded by the United States, a nation which would eventually become the world's dominant political and military power of the 20th century. These battleships were the stars of the 1907-09 Great White Fleet circumnavigation, in which the emerging power and reach of the US Navy was displayed around the world. They also took part in the bombardment and landings at Veracruz, some served as convoy escorts in World War I, and the last two were transferred to the Hellenic Navy and were sunk during World War II.

This book examines the design, history, and technical qualities of the final six classes of US predreadnought battleships, all of which were involved in the circumnavigation of the Great White Fleet. These classes progressively closed the quality gap with European navies - the Connecticuts were the finest predreadnought battleships ever built - and this book also compares and contrasts US predreadnought battleships to their foreign contemporaries. Packed with illustrations and specially commissioned artwork, this is an essential guide to the development of US Navy Battleships at the turn of the twentieth century.
1 vol, 48 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995311 Herder, Brian Lane 311 US NAVY ARMORED CRUISERS 1890-1933 Describes the development and deployment of US Navy armored cruisers, the forerunner of the battlecruiser. Armored cruisers sacrificed the battleship's superlative firepower and protection for superior speed and range but, as this study shows, their role was not always easy to define. Despite being produced at great expense, they never really had a legitimate tactical mission. Traditional deployments were commerce raiding and protection.

After 1906, some replaced US battleships in the Pacific, functioning as oversized gunboats, most notably, the modified armored cruiser Pennsylvania which witnessed the first landing of an airplane on a ship. On November 5, 1915, North Carolina became the first cruiser to launch an aircraft from a catapult while underway. After the war, surviving US armored cruisers represented the US Navy on their Asiatic station until the final cruiser was scuttled in 1946. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995303 Hiestand, William 303 TANKS IN THE EASTER OFFENSIVE 1972: Vietnam War's Great Convential Clash New Vanguard series. Discusses how the armies of North and South Vietnam, newly equipped with pitting US M-48 medium and M-41 light tanks against their USSR T-54 and PT-76 rivals, fought the decisive armored battles of the Easter Offensive. North Vietnam launched a major 14-division, 1,200-tank attack in March 1972 against the South that became known as the Easter Offensive. Examines the tanks, armored forces and weapons that clashed in this little-known campaign in detail, using after-action reports from the battlefield and other primary sources to analyze the technical and organizational factors that shaped the outcome.

Despite the ARVN's defensive success in October 1972, North Vietnam massively expanded its armor forces over the next two years while U.S. support waned. This imbalance with key strategic misjudgments by the South Vietnamese President led to the stunning defeat of the South in 1975 when T54 tanks crashed through the fence surrounding the Presidential palace and took Saigon on 30 April 1975. .
1 vol, 48 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995316 Hiestand, William 316 SOVIET TANKS IN MANCHURIA 1945: The Red Army's Ruthless Last Blitzkrieg of World War II Explains how the last blitzkrieg of World War II as the Soviets planned, fought, and defeated the Japanese in Manchuria. Lessons from the campaign directly shaped Soviet Cold War force structure and planning for mechanized operations against NATO in Europe. Illustrated with contemporary artwork and rare photos from one of the best collections of Soviet military photos in the West.

Although long overshadowed in the West by the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the USSR's lightning strike into Manchuria in August 1945 was one of the most successful and unique campaigns of the era. Soviet forces, led by over 5,500 tanks and self-propelled guns, attacked across huge distances and deserts, marshes, and mountains to smash Japan's million-strong Kwantung Army in a matter of days.

Japanese forces were short of training and equipment, but nevertheless fought fiercely, inflicting 32,000 casualties on the Soviets. Red Army operations were characterized by surprise, speed, and deep penetrations by tank-heavy forces born of the brutal lessons they had learned during years fighting the Wehrmacht. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995321 Hiestand, William 321 ALLIED TANKS AT EL ALAMEIN 1942 Detailed examination of UK 8th Army tanks used at El Alamein along with an analysis of the tactics employed for battles in July-Oct 1942. A completely rebuilt and reorganized 8th Army, equipped with over 1,000 tanks including the American M4 Sherman, launched the offensive that would finally drive Rommel out of Africa. Includes usual plethora of illustrations and photos. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995326 Hill, Alexander 326 SOVIET CUISERS 1917-45: From the October Revolution to World War II Explores the role of Soviet cruisers from the October Revolution of 1917 through to the end of World War II. Includes a cutaway of the Aurora and outlines the Soviets' development of a cruiser force, such as two unfinished Tsarist light cruisers during the 1920s; their first large warships, the Kirov class, in the 1930s; and the unfinished heavy cruiser, Lutzow, in the 1940s. Also touches on the final cruiser-sized warship, the former Imperial royal yacht Shtandart, renamed Marti and armed as a minelayer, which was used in the defense of Leningrad. Contains 40 photos and has eight pages of color illustrations. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978123 Konstam, Angus 123 BRITISH/COMMONWEALTH CRUISER vs ITALIAN CRUISER: The Mediterranean 1940-43 Compares and contrasts the design, weapon technologies, and combat performance of the Italian and British cruiser forces in the Mediterranean Sea during WWII. Documents several major clashes between British, Commonwealth, and Italian cruisers, including spirited actions fought off Cape Spada in 1940, a string of actions in the Gulf of Sirte throughout 1941, battles against Axis convoys in 1941-42, and the Battle of Pantelleria in 1942. Among the subjects of the specially commissioned color artworks are HMAS Sydney, HMS Naiad, RM Trento and RM Raimondo Montecuccoli.

In 1940, when Italy entered World War II, the Royal Navy was badly overstretched, and its Mediterranean Fleet had to face both the Italian Navy and the German and Italian Air Forces in a battle for supremacy. Although the British and Italian battle fleets squared off against each other, they were both often held in reserve, in case the enemy fleet put to sea. So, it was left to the cruisers to wage their own naval war in the Mediterranean. This involved a range of missions, from escorting convoys and hunting enemy ones, to fighting for control of the sea around key locations such as the waters off Malta and Crete. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995269 Konstam, Angus 269 EUROPEAN IRONCLADS 1860-75: The Gloire Sparks the Great Ironclad Arms Race From Spain to Russia, and from Ottoman Turkey to Bismarck's Prussia, this book explores 15 years that transformed European naval warfare.

When the Gloire slid down the Toulon slipway in 1859, it changed sea power forever. With this ship, the world's first oceangoing ironclad, France had a warship that could sink any other, and which was proof against the guns of any wooden ship afloat. Instantly, an arms race began between the great navies of Europe - first to build their own ironclads, and then to surpass each other's technology and designs.

As both armour and gun technology rapidly improved, naval architects found new ways to mount and protect guns. The ram briefly came back into fashion, and Italian and Austro-Hungarian fleets fought the ironclad era's great battle at Lissa. By the end of this revolutionary period, the modern battleship was becoming recognizable, and new naval powers were emerging to dominate Europe's waters. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995279 Konstam, Angus 279 AMERICAN PRIVATEERS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR Traces the development of these ships and explains how they made such a significant contribution to the American Revolutionary War. During the American War of Independence (1775-83), Congress issued almost 800 letters of marque, as a way of combating Britain's overwhelming naval and mercantile superiority. At first, it was only fishermen and the skippers of small merchant ships who turned to privateering, with mixed results. Eventually though, American shipyards began to turn out specially-converted ships, while later still, the first purpose-built privateers entered the fray. These American privateers seized more than 600 British merchant ships over the course of the war, capturing thousands of British seamen. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995290 Konstam, Angus 290 BRITISH BATTLESHIPS 1890-1905Victoria's steel battlefleet and the road to Dreadnought The term 'pre-dreadnought' was applied in retrospect, to describe the capital ships built during the decade and a half before the launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906. At that moment these once great warships were rendered obsolete. However, until then, they were simply called 'battleships' and were unquestionably the most powerful warships of their day. These mighty warships represented the cutting edge of naval technology. The ugly ducklings of the ironclad era had been transformed into beautiful swans, albeit deadly ones.

In Britain, this period was dominated by Sir William White, the Navy's Chief Constructor. Under his guidance the mastless battleships of the 1880s gave way to an altogether more elegant type of capital ship. The period of trial and error which marked the ironclad era ushered in a more scientific style of naval architecture. As a result, these battleships were among the most powerful warships in the world during the late Victorian era, and set a benchmark for the new battle fleets produced by navies such as Japan, Russia and the United States.

Illustrated throughout with full-colour artwork, this fascinating study offers a detailed and definitive guide to the design, development and legacy of the Royal Navy's battleships at the turn of the 20th century as they paved the way for the coming of the Dreadnought. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995300 Konstam, Angus 300 WARSHIPS IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR This detailed study of the naval Spanish Civil War describes how the Spanish Navy, torn in two and comprising a Republican and Nationalist part, fought a civil war at sea involving both Hitler's and Mussolini's navies. Packed with contemporary photographs and full color illustrations, it examines the composition and organization of the two rival fleets, the capabilities of their ships and submarines, and the performance of their crews. It also covers the warships of the Basque Auxiliary Navy - an offshoot of the Republican Fleet - and other navies who played a part in the conflict, most notably the Italian Regia Marina.

In July 1936, a pro-fascist coup orchestrated by General Franco tore Spain apart and plunged the country into a bitter civil war. Like Spain itself, the Spanish Navy was torn in two: crews and most ships remained loyal to the Republican government but many of the Navy's officers joined Franco's rebels, and warships under repair or 'mothballed' in southern ports soon fell to the rebel advance. These formed the basis of Franco's 'Nationalist fleet,' and with both Italian and German help, the rebels were able to contest the Republic's control of Spanish waters. Overall the Republican Navy held its own, despite mounting losses, until the collapse of the Republican Army led to the fleet seeking internment in French North Africa. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995304 Konstam, Angus 304 BRITISH GUNBOATS OF VICTORIA'S EMPIRE Illustrated history of the iconic ocean-going gunboats of British 'gunboat diplomacy' examines the hundreds of little warships that for 50 years demonstrated the power of the Royal Navy worldwide, and which maintained and enforced the rule of the British Empire at its peak. Describes the rise and fall of the gunboat, the appearance and capability of these vital warships, what life was like on board, and their key actions.

Created during the Crimean War, these gunboats first saw action in China. However, they were also used to hunt down pirates in the coasts and rivers of Borneo and Malaya, to quell insurrections and revolts in the Caribbean or hunt slavers off the African coast. The first gunboats were designed for service in the Crimean War, but during the 1860s a new generation of ships began entering service - vessels designed specifically to fulfill this global policing role. Better-designed gunboats followed, but by the 1880s, the need for them was waning . The axe finally fell in 1904 when Admiral 'Jackie' Fisher brought the gunboat era to an end in order to help fund the new age of the dreadnought. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995305 Konstam, Angus 305 WARSHIPS IN THE BALTIC CAMPAIGN 1918-20: Royal Navy Takes on the Bolsheviks Explores the naval side of this little-known but strategically crucial campaign fought by the war-weary navies of Britain and Russia and by warships of the emerging Baltic states. Describing the political background to the conflict, and the key points of the naval campaign as well as the warships involved, this is a concise and fascinating account of an overlooked naval campaign that helped reshape the map of Europe.

Following the Russian Revolution of October 1917, the Baltic states became a battleground between Russian Reds and Whites, German troops and emerging Baltic independence forces. In November 1918, the British government decided to intervene, to protect British interests and to support the emerging Baltic states.

This initial small force of cruisers and destroyers was eventually augmented by other British warships, including aircraft carriers, a monitor, as well as a handful of submarines and torpedo boats. Opposing them was the far more powerful Russian Baltic Fleet, now controlled by the Bolsheviks. The campaign that followed involved naval clashes between the two sides, the most spectacular of which was an attack on the Soviet naval base of Kronstadt in June 1919 by a force of small British torpedo boats. They torpedoed and sunk the Russian cruiser Oleg, an action which effectively bottled the Baltic fleet up in port for the remainder of the campaign. Finally, in early 1920, the British squadron was withdrawn, following Soviet recognition of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995328 Konstam, Angus 328 WARSHIPS IN THE WAR OF THE PACIFIC 1879-83: South America's Ironclad Naval Campaign Explores the ironclad warships that fought the little-known battles of South America's War of the Pacific. It was a unique episode of military history, fought by two newly emergent South American states, using the latest technology - ironclad, steam-powered warships - and involving more naval battles than in the American Civil War, including a blockade, the capture of key warships, and bombardments of ports. Illustrated with detailed profiles of the key ironclads, original artwork of the battles, and a cutaway of Huascar. Briefly covers the strategies of the warring powers as well as exploring all the key points of the naval campaign and the details of the warships involved, as a handful of ironclads fought for naval supremacy in South America. Illustrated throughout with 40 photos and 8 pages of color illustrations. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995317 Konstram, Angus 317 BRITISH AIRCRAFT CARRIERS 1945-2010 Explains development of the Royal Navy's air power throughout the Cold War, the retreat from Empire, and the Falklands and Iraq wars up to the moment Royal Navy fixed-wing air power was temporarily axed in 2010. Illustrated with new profiles of the key carriers, cutaway of HMS Victorious, and new illustrations of the carriers in action. Introduces a new generation of light carriers designed for the innovative Harrier 'jump jet.' They were the key to the Royal Navy's victory in the Falklands campaign, and they went on to fight in the two Iraq wars. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995274 Konstran, Angus 274 BRITISH ESCORT CARRIERS: 1941-45 In 1941, as the Battle of the Atlantic raged and ship losses mounted, the British Admiralty desperately tried to find ways to defeat the U-Boat threat to Britain's maritime lifeline. Facing a shortage of traditional aircraft carriers and shore-based aircraft, the Royal Navy, as a stopgap measure, converted merchant ships into small 'escort carriers'. These were later joined by a growing number of American-built escort carriers, sent as part of the Lend-Lease agreement.

The typical Escort Carrier was small, slow, and vulnerable, but it could carry about 18 aircraft, which gave the convoys a real chance to detect and sink dangerous U-Boats. Collectively, their contribution to an Allied victory was immense, particularly in the long and grueling campaigns fought in the Atlantic and Arctic. Illustrated throughout with detailed full-color artwork and contemporary photographs, this fascinating study explores in detail how these adaptable ships had such an enormous impact on the outcome of World War II's European Theater. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995275 Lardas, Mark 275 RUSSIAN BATTLESHIPS AND CRUISERS OF THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR Examines the major warships of the Imperial Russian Navy which participated in the Russo-Japanese War. The focus is on the battleships, coastal defense warships, and cruisers of the Pacific Squadron and Baltic Squadron that fought during the war. Discusses in detail their design and development between the years of 1885 and 1905, concentrating particularly on battleships and cruisers.

The book explores, in depth, the mutually influential relationship between Russian and foreign warship design, as Russia progressed from a reliance on foreign designs and shipyards towards an ability to produce its own influential ships, such as the Novik. Also outlines the gripping operational history of the Russian warships which participated in the Russo-Japanese war, tracing their activity before and during the combat, as well as the post-war fate of those ships which were bombarded, scuttled, captured, or salvaged. Packed with contemporary photography and full-color illustrations. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995289 Lardas, Mark 289 US NAVY DESTROYER ESCORTS OF WORLD WAR II The Destroyer Escort was the smallest ocean-going escort built for the United States Navy -- a downsized destroyer with less speed, fewer guns, and fewer torpedoes than its big brother, the fleet destroyer. Destroyer escorts first went into production because the Royal Navy needed an escort warship which was larger than a corvette, but which could be built faster than a destroyer. Lacking the shipyards to build these types of ships in Britain, they ordered them in the US. Once the US unexpectedly entered World War II, its navy suddenly also needed more escort warships, even warships less capable than destroyers, and the destroyer escort was reluctantly picked to fill the gap.

Examines their design and development plus service around the world, complete with illustrations and contemporary photographs.
1 vol, 48 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995333 Lardas, Mark 333 WARSHIPS IN THE KOMANDORSKI ISLANDS 1943: The USN and IJN fight the last pure surface battle Exploring the warships, the battle, and why it was won, explains that due to an intelligence failure, the Japanese escort was twice the size expected, with the US outnumbered 2:1 in heavy and light cruisers. Although both sides had the same number of destroyers (four each) the Japanese destroyers were newer and more powerful than their US counterparts. Illustrated with archive photos, profiles of all the major warships involved, and action scenes illustrating key moments in the battle, this book explains how the US victory was achieved, and particularly highlights the importance of superior damage control. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995291 Mortimer, Gavin 291 VEHICLES OF THE LONG RANGE DESERT GROUP: 1940-45 The Long Range Desert Group was one of the most famous special units of World War II, operating heavily modified vehicles deep behind enemy lines to gather intelligence and support the raids of David Stirling's new Special Air Service.

When war broke out, a pre-war explorer and army officer, Ralph Bagnold, convinced Middle East Command of the need for a reconnaissance force to penetrate into Italian-held desert. Bagnold tested four types of vehicles over rocks and through soft sand to find the best one for his new unit. Bagnold selected the Chevrolet WB (30 CWT) as the signature vehicle of the Long Range Desert Group because it is 'fast, simple and easy to handle'. With left-hand steering, horizontal grill and round fenders on the rear wheels, these trucks proved themselves popular and effective. The durability of the Chevrolets was demonstrated in January 1941 with an audacious raid on the Italian fort/air strip at Murzuk, hundreds of miles behind enemy lines.

This book explains the detail of all the vehicles of the LRDG, as well as their modifications, driving techniques, and special kit for surviving behind enemy lines in one of the most hostile environments on earth. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995295 Mortimer, Gavin 295 SAS COMBAT VEHICLES 1942-91 The SAS, the world's most famous special operations unit, made its name in the desert of North Africa, shooting up Axis airfields from specially modified Willys jeeps. Following the start of the El Alamein offensive in October 1942, the SAS used jeeps effectively in reconnoitring and ambushing the retreating Afrika Korps. After the conclusion of the North African campaign, the Willys underwent several small but significant changes, including the introduction of the .303 Browning machine gun.

Between June and October 1944, the SAS brigade operated deep inside Occupied France, harassing Germans reinforcements heading to Normandy, calling up air strikes on installations, and carrying out reconnaissance missions - all made possible with jeeps dropped by the RAF. Jeeps were also used in the push into Germany in the spring of 1945. Transported across the Rhine in 'Buffalo' amphibious landing craft, they formed part of the vanguard of the Allied advance, and their agility, speed and firepower proved crucial in crushing fanatical pockets of Nazi resistance.

22SAS in 1952, the regiment adopted the Series 1 Land Rover - introduced in 1948 - as the successor to the Willys jeep. A decade later the Regiment updated to the Series IIA 90 Land Rover, which saw service in the Oman and Aden, where its distinctive colour led to the 'Pink Panther' nickname. In the 1970s, the SAS begin using Range Rovers for covert operations while the Land Rover 110 HCPU became the SAS's new Desert Patrol Vehicle (DPV) in the 1991 Gulf War. This book describes the successful deployment of these combat vehicles in SAS operations from the Second World War to the present day and gives a rare insight into one of the most prestigious and secret forces of modern times. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995299 Nash, Ed 299 KURDISH ARMOUR AGAINST ISIS: YPG/SDF TANKS, TECHNICALS AND AFVS IN THE SYRIAN CIVIL WAR, 2014-19 Co-written by a British volunteer who fought with the Kurds and an academic expert on armoured warfare, this study explains how the Kurds built and used their AFVs in the war against 'Daesh', and identifies as far as possible which vehicles took part in major battles, such as Kobane, Manbij and Raqqa. With detailed new artwork depicting the Kurds' range of armor and many previously unpublished photos, this is an original look at modern improvised mechanized warfare.

One of the most remarkable mechanized campaigns of recent years pitted the brutal and heavily armed jihadis of Islamic State against an improvised force belonging to the Kurdish YPG (later the SDF). While some Kurdish vehicles were originally from Syrian Army stocks or captured from ISIS, many others were extraordinary homemade AFVs based on truck or digger mechanicals (aka duskas -- the Kurds' version of the technical). Before US air power was sent to Syria, these were the Kurds' most powerful and mobile weapons. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995285 Noppen, Ryan 285 The Royal Netherlands Navy of World War II In the late 19th and early 20th century, a combination of coastal defence for the homeland and fleet defence for the East Indies became the established naval strategy for the Royal Dutch Navy and set the template for the world wars. Battleships were too expensive to build and maintain, so after World War I, there was significant investment in submarine development and construction. A handful of modern light cruisers and a new class of destroyers were also constructed during the interwar years to serve as a small Fleet-in-Being in the East Indies, as well as to support the actions of the navy's submarines. The light cruiser HNLMS De Ruyter and the Java-class light cruisers were the most powerful units of the new fleet whilst the backbone of the destroyer fleet was the Admiralen-class and the Tromp-class of destroyer leaders.

Beginning in December 1941, the Dutch Navy played a very active role in the defence of the East Indies against the Japanese during World War II. The Battle of the Java Sea at the end of February 1942 crushed Dutch naval power in the East Indies, sinking the cruisers Java and De Ruyter and killing Admiral Karel Doorman. However, several Dutch surface warships and submarines continued the fight against the Axis powers alongside the Allies until the end of World War II, including a pair of British-built destroyers, Van Galen and Tjerk Hiddes.

Provides a comprehensive guide to the Royal Netherlands Navy of the World War II period, complete with detailed cutaways and battleplates of the fleet in action.
1 vol, 48 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995284 Prenatt, Jamie 284 Soviet Armoured Cars 1936-45 Examines Russian armoured cars from 1936 to 1945, focusing on the history, design, and specifications of the wheeled armoured cars that entered series production, including the rail variants and tracked BA-30. The 1930s saw the development and production of a wide variety of armoured cars, which were used extensively in Soviet conflicts from then on. They saw service in the Spanish Civil War, in the 1939 Manchurian conflict with Japan, and in the occupation of the Baltic states and the invasion of Poland and Finland. Although many of its armoured cars were lost in the early months following the German invasion in June 1941, Russia continued with its armoured car development program, and the final model, the BA-64, was accepted for service in 1942 with over 9,000 built before production ended in 1946. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995280 Romanych, Marc 280 World War II German Super-Heavy Siege Guns As the outbreak of World War II approached, Nazi Germany ordered artillery manufacturers Krupp and Rheimetall-Borsig to build several super-heavy siege guns, vital to smash through French and Belgian fortresses that stood in the way of the Blitzkrieg. These 'secret weapons' were much larger than the siege artillery of World War I and included the largest artillery piece of the war, the massive 80cm railway gun 'schwere Gustav' (Heavy Gustav). However, these complex and massive artillery pieces required years to build and test and, as war drew near, the German High Command hastily brought several WWI-era heavy artillery pieces back into service and then purchased, and later confiscated, a large number of Czech Skoda mortars.

The new super siege guns began entering service in time for the invasion of Russia, notably participating in the attack on the fortress of Brest-Litovsk. The highpoint for the siege artillery was the siege of Sevastopol in the summer of 1942, which saw the largest concentration of siege guns in the war. Afterwards, when Germany was on the defensive in the second half of 1943, the utility of the guns was greatly diminished, and they were employed in a piecemeal and sporadic fashion on both the Eastern and Western Fronts. In total, the German Army used some 50 siege guns during World War II, far more than the thirty-five it had during World War I.

Supported by contemporary photographs and detailed artwork of the guns and their components, this is an essential guide to these guns, exploring their history, development, and deployment in stunning detail.
1 vol, 48 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995309 Romanych, Marc 309 HAWK: Air Defense Missile System Designed to counteract the threat posed by advanced 1950s Soviet-built aircraft, the first HAWK unit became operational in 1959. At its peak, it saw front-line service in the Far East, Panama, Europe, and in the Middle East. Units were also used during the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam War, and Persian Gulf War. In the hands of other nations, HAWK proved its efficacy in combat during the Arab-Israeli Wars, Iran-Iraq War, Chadian-Libyan War, and the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

Packed with archive photos and original artwork, this book features research from HAWK technical and field manuals, interviews with HAWK veterans, and personal experiences with HAWK missile units. Credited with shooting down more than 100 aircraft during its combat career, the HAWK system was respected for its lethality. Such was Soviet concern, that it developed electronic jammers, anti-radiation missiles, and other countermeasures specifically to degrade its effectiveness. The US retired its HAWK systems soon after the Cold War ended in 1991 when air defense priorities shifted from aircraft to ballistic missile defense. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995313 Seignon, Thomas 313 FOREIGN PANTHERS: The Panzer V in British, Soviet, French and Other Service 1943-58 The Panther was arguably the most successful medium tank design of World War II, demonstrated by the number of Germany's enemies that used them after, and even during the war. While some were used by the Western Allies, the Russians used the greatest number of captured Panthers against Nazi Germany, though they did not find much favor thanks to their mechanical unreliability and difficulty in acquiring spare parts. After the war, they were mostly passed on to satellite states such as Bulgaria and Romania. The French army also used them in significant numbers after the war with approximately 50 in service from 1946 to 1950, and they were a significant influence on future French tank design. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995278 Stille, Mark 278 US NAVY COLD WAR GUIDED MISSILE CRUISERS Faced with an increasingly formidable anti-ship cruise missile threat from the Soviet Union in the early days of the Cold War, and with the recent memory of the kamikaze threat from World War II, the USN placed a great priority on developing air defense cruise missiles and getting them to sea to protect the fleet. The first of these missiles were sizable, necessitating large ships to carry them and their sensors, which resulted in the conversion of a mix of heavy and light cruisers. These ships, tasked with protecting carrier groups and acting as flagships, entered service from 1955 and served until 1980.

The cruisers served in the front lines of the Cold War and many saw combat service, engaging in surface actions from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf. Complementing the conventionally-powered missile cruisers was a much smaller number of expensive nuclear-powered cruisers, including the Long Beach, the USN's largest-ever missile cruiser.

Until replaced by the Ticonderoga and Burke classes of Aegis ships, the USN's 38 missile cruisers were the most capable and important surface combatants in the fleet and served all over the globe during the Cold War. Using specially commissioned artwork and meticulous research, this illustrated title explores the story of these cruisers in unparalleled detail, revealing the history behind their development and employment. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995292 Stille, Mark 292 ITALIAN DESTROYERS OF WORLD WAR II The Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marine or RM) began the Second World War with one of the largest fleets in the world. Included in this was a total of 59 fleet destroyers, and others were added during the war. These were a diverse collection of ships dating back to the First World War, large destroyers built to counter ships of similar size being introduced in the French Navy (the RM's historical enemy), and medium-sized ships which constituted the bulk of the destroyer force. RM destroyers were built for high speed, not endurance since they were only expected to operate inside the Mediterranean. They were also well-armed, but lacked radar.

During the war, RM destroyers fought well. With the exception of a small force based in Abyssinia which fought a series of battles in the Red Sea against the British, RM destroyers were active in the Mediterranean. The primary mission of the RM during the war was to keep the supply lines to North Africa open. RM destroyers were present at every fleet action with the British Mediterranean Fleet. The intensity of these actions were shown by the fact that the RM lost 51 destroyers during the war. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995297 Stille, Mark 297 US NAVY FRIGATES OF THE COLD WAR Though they were never the most glamorous of warships, US Navy frigates were frequently found on the frontlines of the Cold War. These warships were the descendants of World War II's destroyer escorts, designed primarily to escort convoys. They specialized in anti-submarine warfare, but were intended to be numerous, tough, versatile, and well-armed enough to show US naval power around the world, performing roles that varied from intercepting drug-smugglers to defending aircraft carriers.

When the Cold War turned hot, frigates were often there. It was a US Navy frigate, Harold E. Holt, that conducted the US Navy's first hostile boarding action since 1826 during the SS Mayaguez incident. Frigates were at the forefront of operations in the Persian Gulf during the Tanker War, with the frigate USS Stark suffering a notorious Exocet attack by Iraqi warplanes, and proving the Oliver Hazard Perry-class's legendary toughness.

This book explains how the technology and design of frigates changed during the Cold War, shows how the classes were modified to keep up to date, and explores the many varied missions they performed during the Cold War and since. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995310 Stille, Mark 310 ESSEX-CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS 1945-91 The Essex class was the USN's war-winning ship class of the Pacific War. Of the 24 ships completed, 14 saw action, making the Essex class the largest class of fleet aircraft carriers ever built. These ships had a fine balance of striking power, protection, and speed and were modernized during and after the war. There were five distinct programs carried out, adding not only angled flight decks for jet operations, but repeated upgrades to sensors, weapons, and equipment. Using detailed artwork and photos, this book provides an in-depth portrait of this important and enduring class of ship, and looks at its development and modifications while covering many actions.

Essex-class carriers were used in a number of roles and provided the vast majority of US Navy air power in the Korean War, and a sizeable proportion of air power in the Vietnam conflict. However, as the 'super carrier' began to enter service in the early 1960s, the Essex class was relegated to secondary roles -- a single Essex carrier served until 1991 as the US Navy's training carrier. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995314 Stille, Mark 314 SUPER BATTLESHIPS OF WORLD WAR II: Montana-class, Lion-class, H-class, A-150 and Sovetsky Soyuz-class Explains the design, intended roles, construction, and fate of these mighty what-if battleships as WWII approached and then began. The US Navy wanted five Montana-class ships, based on the Iowa class but with a heavier main battery and improved protection. The Royal Navy began work on three Lion-class fast battleships with 16-in guns. The German Navy developed its H-class designs: initially an improved Bismack-class, they became more fantastical, culminating in the 141,500-ton H-44 with 20-in guns. The Japanese A-150 was based on the Yamato-class but with 20.1-in guns, while the 15 ships planned for the USSR's Sovetsky Soyuz-class would have rivaled the Montanas in size. Includes: Introduction, Design and Development, Operational History, Conclusion, and Analysis. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995322 Stille, Mark 322 US NAVY GUN DESTROYERS 1945-88 New Vanguard series. Using battlescene artwork, detailed illustrations, and photos, this book explores the careers, modernizations, and roles of the last gun destroyers of the US Navy during the Cold War. WWII Fletcher-class and Gearing-class DDs were modernized under the Fleet Modernization and Rehabilitation (FRAM) program, which allowed them to serve until 1980. The majority of these ships then saw service with foreign navies. Many Sumner-class destroyers were also kept in service, with the last decommissioned in 1973. Also, commissioned in the 1950s, the 18 ships of the Forrest Sherman class were the US Navy's last all-gun destroyers, and were considered to be the pinnacle of US Navy gun-destroyer design. The virtually unknown Norfolk class was originally built as a destroyer leader and maximized for ASW but only two were modernized and the other three retired early. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995331 Stille, Mark 331 MIDWAY-CLASS AIRCRAFT CARRIERS: 1945-92 The history of the US Navy's biggest aircraft carriers to be built during World War II, which found a second life as the backbone of the Cold War fleet. Explains how the Midway class was the US Navy's attempt to build a much larger and much more survivable version of the wartime Essex-class. The importance of these ships in conducting presence missions in the European theater early in the Cold War will be highlighted. The basic soundness of the original design will also be highlighted. Two of the ships in the class enjoyed prolonged careers, which will also be traced, and Midway ended its career as a museum ship in San Diego, the only non-Essex-class American carrier to be preserved. Illustrated throughout with 40 photos and 8 pages of colour illustrations. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978124 Willis, Matthew 124 ROYAL NAVY TORPEDO-BOMBERS vs AXIS WARSHIPS Uses original records to focus on the technical specifications, attributes, and drawbacks of the disadvantaged Royal Navy torpedo-bombers against the mighty Regia Marina and Kriegsmarine destroyers and raiders. It covers a wide range of attacks, including the strike on the Bismarck, the tragic events of the Channel Dash, the clash with the Italian battle fleet at Taranto, and sea battles such as the Battle of Matapan.

Despite their powerful weaponry and heavy armor protection, the Axis warships proved vulnerable to a skillfully and audaciously flown torpedo-bombers, thanks to innovative commanders exploiting every possible advantage. Including rare personal recollections from the airmen who flew the torpedo-bombers and historical accounts from the Axis warship crews, this book describes each and every facet of this dramatic duel. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-978126 Young, Edward 126 H6K 'MAVIS'/H8K 'EMILY' vs PB4Y-1/2 LIBERATOR/PRIVATEER: Pacific Theater 1943-45 Analyzes technical specifications in detail, includes first-hand accounts, and provides a detailed account of dramatic and aggressive combats. Contains specially commissioned artwork, including armament and cockpit views, battlescenes, and technical diagrams.

The PB4Y-1/2 Liberator/Privateer was the US Navy's first four-engined, land-based bomber that was adapted and allocated to fight the U-boat menace in the Atlantic and protect the vast reaches of the Pacific Ocean. The long range, speed, armament, and bomb load of the PB4Y-1 enabled the US Navy's Pacific squadrons to adopt more aggressive tactics. The PB4Y-1, and its follow-on PB4Y-2, engaged in dangerous bombing missions against Japanese installations, shipping strikes, and air combat.

On the other side, with its doctrine of making the first strike against an enemy fleet, the Imperial Japanese Navy recognized the vital importance of maritime reconnaissance, relying on carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft, ship-borne floatplanes and, for long-range maritime patrols, flying boats. The Japanese would continue to develop their aircraft throughout the war, resulting, among others, in the H6K 'Mavis' and the H8K2 'Emily', which despite never achieving a victory, was regarded by the Allied pilots as the most difficult Japanese aircraft to destroy. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995268 Zaloga, Steven 268 M1A2 ABRAMS MAIN BATTLE TANK 1993-2018 Since the Gulf War, the Abrams tank has undergone a transformation, while fighting in conflicts across the world. Its M1A1 and M1A2 variants have seen great improvements made to this iconic tank, including in fire-control, armour protection, and thermal imaging technology. Involvement in the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan necessitated a number of upgrades and modifications as the United States fought two of its longest wars.

Recent years have seen new variants of the series such as the ABV Assault Breacher Vehicle and M104 Wolverine Heavy Assault Bridge. Over the past few decades, the M1A1 Abrams has also been extensively exported and is license produced in Egypt.

The long-awaited follow-up to NVG 2 M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank 1982-92 (1993), this fully-illustrated study examines the Abrams tanks' last quarter-century of service with both the United States and its various foreign operators with a focus on its combat history. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995270 Zaloga, Steven 270 SU-76 ASSAULT GUN The SU-76 assault gun was the second most widely manufactured Soviet armored fighting vehicle of World War II, outnumbered only by the legendary T-34. Inspired in part by the German Marder series of tank destroyers, Soviet designers realized that the chassis of the obsolete T-70 light tank could be adapted to a much more substantial gun if it was placed in a fixed casemate rather than in a turret. This led to the design of the SU-76, which saw its combat debut at Kursk in the summer of 1943. The SU-76 was deployed primarily as an infantry direct support weapon, becoming the infantry tank of the Red Infantry, much as the StuG III became the infantry tank of the German infantry.

Featuring full-color artwork and written by an expert on tank warfare during World War II, this fascinating study describes one of the Soviet Union's most important armored vehicles during its struggle with Nazi Germany. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995276 Zaloga, Steven 276 GERMAN GUIDED MISSILES OF WORLD WAR II: Fritz-X to Wasserfall and X4 Although not as well-known as the V-1 buzz bomb and the V-2 missile, the first German missiles to see combat were anti-ship missiles, the Henschel Hs.293 guided missile and the Fritz-X guided bomb. These began to see extensive combat in the Mediterranean in 1943. In their most famous use, the Italian battleship Roma was sunk by a Fritz-X attack in September 1943 when Italy attempted to switch sides. The serious threat posed by these missiles led to a vigorous but little known 'Wizard War' by the Allies to develop electronic countermeasures, the first effort of its kind.

Besides the anti-ship missiles, the other major category of German missiles were the air-defense missiles. Germany suffered extremely heavy losses from Allied strategic bombing attacks, and German fighter and flak defenses proved increasingly unsuccessful. As a result, the Luftwaffe began an extensive program to deploy several families of new air defense missiles to counter the bomber threat, including the Wasserfall, Schmetterling, and others.

This book traces the origins of these missile programs and examines their development and use in combat. With full-color illustrations and detailed explorations of the stories behind the missiles, this study offers a comprehensive overview of German guided missiles in the World War II era. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995281 Zaloga, Steven 281 Tanks in the Battle of the Bulge The Battle of the Bulge raises many questions which, until now, have not been adequately answered: How did the major tank types perform during the battle? What were the specific 'lessons learned' from the combat? And did these lessons result in changes to tanks in the subsequent months?

Offering detailed answers to these questions, and many more, this book provides a survey of the principal tank and tank-equivalents (such as tank destroyers and Jagdpanzers) that took part in the Ardennes Campaign of December 1944-January 1945. Beginning with a basic overview of the campaign, accompanied by an order of battle of the major armoured units, it examines the opposing forces, covering the organization of the two tank forces to explain how they were deployed. Author Steven Zaloga also scrutinises the technical balance between the opposing sides, comparing armour, mobility and firepower as well as other important factors such as reliability, crew situational awareness, and tank layout/efficiency.

Full of specially commissioned and highly accurate artwork plates of the tanks themselves, as well as fascinating technical data based on cutting-edge research, this title is the definitive guide to tank warfare in the Battle of the Bulge. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995283 Zaloga, Steven 283 American Guided Missiles of World War II World War II was a significant period of development for American missile programs, during which time the US built pioneering examples of guided weapons systems. However, whilst the German missiles of World War II are famous around the world, their American counterparts have remained shrouded in secrecy, despite the fact that they formed the basis for the later revolutions in precision warfare.

Among the most sophisticated missiles of World War II was the US Navy's radar-guided Bat anti-ship missile, which was on the verge of deployment in the final months of the war. The war also saw the first use of guided assault drones, including the US Army Air Force's Aphrodite program of 1944, and the US Navy's Project Anvil and TDR-1.
This book draws back the veil on these weapons, examining the principal avenues of missile development in America during World War II, including the early glide bombs, radio-controlled bombs and electro-optically controlled bombs. Some of the more peculiar efforts, such as the Bat bomb and pigeon-guided bombs, are also explored. The text is supported by specially commissioned, full-colour artwork and diagrams. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995288 Zaloga, Steven 288 The French 75 - The 75mm M1897 field gun that revolutionized modern artillery Explores the history of the 'Soixantequinze' -- 75mm Modele 1897 field gun in detail, from its design and development to its deployment around the world. The 75mm M1897 earned its reputation in the Great War, forming the backbone of French field artillery. It was widely distributed to Allied armies, including the American Expeditionary Forces and was also widely exported after World War I around the globe.

It was manufactured under licence in numerous countries, including the United States, which used the gun in its initial Pacific campaigns. Due to its modernity and sound design, the 75mm remained in service well into World War II. It was used by the French, Polish and other armies in the Blitzkrieg campaigns of 1939-1940 and thousands were captured by the German Army in 1940 and used for coastal defence. Surprisingly, many were also converted into a very effective anti-tank gun, the PaK 97/38. These weapons lingered in service after World War II, though by this time, they were largely obsolete. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995294 Zaloga, Steven 294 ALLIED TANKS IN NORMANDT 1944 Explains the qualities, strengths, and weakness of the major British and US tank types as well as associated Allied units in Normandy including the Canadians, Poles, and French, and how they fought. Discusses the organization and equipment of the units, providing thumbnail sketches of organization and doctrine as well as statistical data on the types and categories of AFVs that saw action.

Often outgunned by the German Panzers, and fighting in the close confines of bocage country, the Allied tanks nevertheless managed to break out of Normandy and begin the liberation of Europe. It was a battle that was dominated by the Americans' legendary Sherman, but also saw a wide and complex range of armour committed to battle across the many armies involved, from British Churchills and special-purpose 'Funnies' to the Canadians' Ram tank.
1 vol, 48 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995296 Zaloga, Steven 296 TANKS OF D-DAY 1944: Armor on the beaches of Normandy and southern France Allied success in invading Fortress Europe (the area of Continental Europe occupied by Nazi Germany) depended on getting armor onto the beaches as fast as possible. This book explains how the Allies developed the specialist tanks it needed, their qualities, deployment and numbers, and how they performed on the two crucial days when France was invaded, firstly in Normandy and then in Provence.

The focus of this volume will be on the specialized tanks developed for the Operation Neptune amphibious landings including the Duplex Drive amphibious Sherman tanks used on both the US and British/Canadian beaches. It also covers the specialized engineer tanks called Armoured Funnies of the British 79th Armoured Division and addresses the popular myth that US Army refusal to employ the Armoured Funnies was a principal cause for the high casualties at Omaha Beach. There is also coverage of Operation Overlord's Forgotten D-Day, the amphibious landings of Operation Dragoon. This book addresses why there were so few Panzers opposing the landings from the German perspective as well as detailing the extent of German tank/assault gun activity on D-Day. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995298 Zaloga, Steven 298 German Tanks in Normandy 1944: THE PANZER, STURMGESCH?TZ AND PANZERJ?GER FORCES THAT FACED THE D-DAY INVASION A new study of the German Panzer forces that stood between the Allies' D-Day beachhead and victory in World War II - how they compared, how they were organized, and how they fought.

The German tank forces in Normandy in June-August 1944 had the advantage of fighting on the defensive side, as well as comprising of some of the most powerful and advanced tanks used by any side in the war. Yet success in tank warfare depends on many things beyond technological superiority. This book describes the types of tanks, tank destroyers and assault guns used by the Panzer units in Normandy, how they fought on the Normandy battlefield, and why they were overwhelmed by the advancing Allies. It discusses the organization and equipment of the units, providing thumbnail sketches of basic organization and doctrine as well as statistical data on the types and categories of AFVs in German service. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995301 Zaloga, Steven 301 TANKS AT THE IRON CURTAIN 1946-60: Early Cold War Armor in Central Europe Study of the Soviet and NATO armored forces that faced each other off in Central Europe in the early Cold War, and how their technology, tactics, and doctrine were all rapidly developed.

For 45 years, the most disputed point in the World was the dividing line between East and West in Europe; here the use and development of tanks was key. Describes how Soviet and NATO tanks were deployed in the early years of the Cold War and how a generation of tanks such as the Soviet T-44/T-54 and IS-3, British Centurion, US Army M26/M46 Pershing (all developed during World War II) saw extensive service after the war had ended.

Initial post-war generation tanks including the Soviet T-54A, T-10 heavy tank, British late-model Centurions, Conqueror, US Army M41, M47, M48 and the French AMX-13 are examined in detail alongside the most important technical trends of the era: the development of shaped-charge anti-tank projectiles, the influence of anti-tank missiles, and the introduction of chemical/nuclear protection and night fighting equipment. The book also considers the influence of post-war doctrine and tactics on tank technology and the effect of regional conflicts such as the 1950 Korean War, the war in Indo-China, and the 1956 Mid East War on tank warfare. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995302 Zaloga, Steven 302 TANKS IN THE BATTLE FOR GERMANY 1945: Western Front Packed with information on tank numbers, types, and comparative performance, this book examines the two sides' tanks, organization, and doctrine, and explains how the ultimate tank battles of World War II were really fought.

The crossing of the river Rhine marked the beginning of the end of the Third Reich, but the Wehrmacht would fight ferociously on its home soil until the fall of Berlin. The Battle of Germany saw the most advanced tanks of the Allies pitted against the remnants of the once-formidable Panzerwaffe, now exhausted and lacking many of the essentials of armored warfare, but equipped with the biggest and most powerful tanks they would ever field.

In these last months the Allies were now equipped with the most advanced Shermans such as the M4A3E8, as well as some of the types that would go on to have successful postwar careers such as the Pershing, Comet, and Chaffee. In contrast the Panzer forces had pinned their hopes on small numbers of monstrous types such as the Jagdtiger and Tiger II, as well as the workhorse Sturmgesch?tz and Panzer IVs and Vs. But with German forces crumbling, the Panzerwaffe lacked trained crews, replacement vehicles, and fuel, while the Allies' well-supported tank forces advanced through Germany in spectacular combined-arms fashion. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995312 Zaloga, Steven 312 TANKS IN THE BATTLE FOR GERMANY: Eastern Front History and analysis of the state of German and Soviet armored forces from initial encounters on the German frontier in 1944 (East Prussia) to the fighting of the Oder-Vistula offensive in January 1945. Describes the condition of the German tank forces, their Hungarian allies, and the huge impact of The Red Army and other significant Allied forces -- from Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Romania -- on the outcome of victory in the war. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995315 Zaloga, Steven 315 THE RUSSIAN S-300 AND S-400 MISSILE SYSTEMS Analyzes the Russian S-300 and S-400 families of air-defense systems that are a major strategic asset and are exported around the world. The S-300 is, in fact, three systems: the S-300P, designed as a replacement for older Soviet strategic SAM systems, the S-300V, developed to defend against Pershing ballistic missiles, and the S-300F, designed for ship defense. He also considers the supplementary S-350 system and the new-generation S-400 system, deployed in Syria and sold to both China and Turkey. An assessment of the latest S-500 system, designed to counter ballistic missiles and hypersonic cruise missiles, is also provided. Includes detailed color artwork and new photos. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995327 Zaloga, Steven 327 GERMAN TANKS IN FRANCE 1940: Armor in the Wehrmacht's Greatest Blitzkrieg Victory New assessment of the German tank force that won its greatest Blitzkrieg victory in France during 1940. Explains that although the German Panzers won their reputation in France, they were far from being a technological juggernaut. The vast majority were the small PzKpfw I and PzKpfw II light tanks. The more effective medium tanks such as the PzKpfw III and PzKpfw IV were available in relatively small numbers. Examines the wide range of German tanks employed in France in 1940, as well as their organization and tactical doctrine. Contains 40 photos and 8 pages of color illustrations. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995332 Zaloga, Steven 332 BEUTEPANZERS OF WORLD WAR II: Captured Tanks and AFVs in German Service Uncovers the extensive WWII German use of captured armored vehicles: Beutepanzers. The best came from France and the Somua S 35 and Panhard 178 proved popular in German service. Others, such as the antique Renault FT, were used for secondary tasks such as anti-partisan missions and airfield protection. Most curious of all were the Becker conversions, a private venture of a German artillery officer who mechanized his unit's towed artillery and went on to oversee the modernization and upgunning of many French Beutepanzers in Normandy in 1944. Illustrated with 40 photos and eight pages of color illustrations. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995334 Zaloga, Steven 334 TANKS IN THE PHILIPPINES 1944-45: The Biggest Armored Clashes of the Pacific War Analyzes the capabilities of the Japanese and American tank forces and how they fought in the Pacific War. Explains how the first relatively small tank clashes on Leyte evolved into the large-scale tank battles (at least in the Pacific Theater) on Luzon. While there was some tank-vs-tank combat in northern Luzon as the Japanese 2nd Tank Division faced separate US Army tank battalions, most tank fighting in the Philippines involved their use in the traditional infantry support role. Contains rare archive photos and detailed original illustrations of the tanks. Illustrated with 40 photos and 8 pages of color illustrations. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995308 Zaloga, Steven 308 TANKS AT THE IRON CURTAIN: 1960-75 Companion volume to NVG 301, Tanks at the Iron Curtain 1946-60, focuses on key battle tanks and their technology to give a comprehensive overall picture of how tanks developed during modern times. Examines the generational shift in tank design and warfare with the advent of CBR (chemical, biological, radiological) protection and a move away from HEAT ammunition to APFSDS. This shift confronted the growing threat of guided anti-tank missiles and saw the introduction of composite armor. Soviet heavy tanks and tank destroyer/assault guns became obsolete, giving way to the technological might of the T-62 and T-64, while NATO forces employed the Chieftain, AMX-30, Leopard I, and M60, plus the initial attempt at a common US-German tank, the MBT-70. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995323 Zaloga, Steven J 323 TANKS OF THE IRON CURTAIN 1975-90 New Vanguard series. Features detailed new illustrations and many photos to pinpoint the key technology of the era, including turbine engines, APFSDS ammunition, advanced armor and high-tech fire-control systems, and describes how the rival tanks compared in the final stretch of the Cold War arms race. Analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of final versions of the Soviet T-64, T-72, and T-80 tanks. Explores how the failure of the US-German MBT-70 project led to America's development of the M1 Abrams tank, and to Germany's all-new Leopard II. The British development of the Challenger tank is also considered, as is the lesser-known Leclerc tank developed by France, the smallest and lightest of any of the western designs. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-995325 Zaloga, Steven J. 325 GERMAN FIELD ARTILLERY OF WORLD WAR II Surveys the major Wehrmacht guns of WWII and the basic organizational structure of the German field artillery. Its primary focus is on the divisional field guns, especially the lFH 18 10.5cm field howitzer and the 15cm sFH 18 field howitzer that formed the backbone of German artillery. A brief survey is also made of the infantry guns used at the regimental level, and of corps-level heavy artillery. The issue of the use of 'Beutewaffen,' captured war-booty field guns, is also looked at, as is the Nebelwerfer and schwere Wurfgerat rocket artillery. Includes archive photos and detailed illustrations. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996358 Battistelli, Pier 358 THE BALKANS 1940-41 (1): ): Mussolini's Fatal Blunder in the Greco-Italian War In the wake of Italy's rapid annexation of Albania in April 1940, Mussolini's decision to attack Greece in October that year is widely acknowledged as a fatal mistake, leading to a domestic crisis and to the collapse of Italy's reputation as a military power (re-emphasized by the Italian defeat in North Africa in December 1940). The Italian assault on Greece came to a stalemate in less than a fortnight, and was followed a week later by a Greek counter-offensive that broke through the Italian defences before advancing into Albania, forcing the Italian forces to withdraw north before grinding to a half in January 1941 due to logistical issues. Eventually, the Italians took advantage of this brief hiatus to reorganize and prepare a counteroffensive, the failure of which marked the end of the first stage of the Axis Balkan campaign.

The first of two volumes examining the Axis campaigns in the Balkans, this book offers a detailed overview of the Italian and Greek armies, their fighting power, and the terrain in which they fought. Complimented by rarely seen images and full colour illustrations, it shows how expectations of an easy Italian victory quickly turned into one of Mussolini's greatest blunders. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996365 Battistelli, Pier 365 THE BALKANS 1940-41 (2): Hitler's Blitzkrieg against Yugoslavia and Greece Details the opposing forces that took part in this campaign, documents weapons, and analyzes the effectiveness of their tactics. It explores the initial Axis campaign against Yugoslavia, the breakthrough of the Metaxas Line and advance into Macedonia and the withdrawal of Allied troops south. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996387 Battistelli, Pier Pablo 387 ASSAULT ON THE GOTHIC LINE 1944: The Allied Attempted Breakthrough into Northern Italy Describes the progress of the WWII phased battles in challenging Italian terrain. Documents the dual Allied offensive spearheaded by American and British units to smash through what was supposed to be the final Axis defensive line in Italy before the Alps. The overall strategic aims of both the Axis and Allied leaders are explored, together with the organization of the forces committed.

Photographs and specially commissioned artworks show the soldiers that fought on both sides, including American, Canadian, Indian, Brazilian, Polish, New Zealander, British, German, and Italian troops, as well as the materiel they employed. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996395 Battistelli, Pier Paolo 395 THE WINTER CAMPAIGN IN ITALY 1943: Orsogna, San Pietro and Ortona Focuses on several little-known late 1943 battles fought in Italy following the German withdrawal from the Salerno bridgehead and from Taranto. Maps and diagrams present an easy to follow overview of the multiple operations of this complex campaign. The forces of the opposing sides (including American, German, Canadian, New Zealand and British troops).

By October 1943, the US Fifth Army and British Eighth Army had reached the Volturno Line, forcing a critical decision in German strategy: a prolonged defense would be conducted in southern Italy, contesting the Allied advance using the complex terrain features. By mid-November, the two Allied armies were approaching the German defensive lines along the Garigliano and the Sangro rivers. Here, US 5th Army would attack through the Mignano gap towards San Pietro Infine, while British Eighth Army would seize Ortona on the Adriatic coast and Orsogna. A brutal struggle ensued, with the German defenders attempting to hold their positions. The fighting at Ortona in particular would be particularly grueling for the Canadian forces involved. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996346 Chun, Clayton 346 YALU RIVER 1950-51: The Chinese Spring the Trap on MacArthur Following the Inchon landings and the breakout from the Pusan Perimeter, UN forces crossed the North Korean border on 9 October and moved on the capital Pyongyang. Many in America believed the war would be over by Christmas, but some Washington diplomatic, military, and intelligence experts continued to raise dire warnings that the People's Republic of China might intervene.

Nevertheless, General MacArthur decided to push on to the Chinese/North Korean border, the Yalu River. On 25 October, Communist Chinese Forces unexpectedly attacked Republic of Korea forces near Unsan. Then, on 25 November, the day after MacArthur announced a 'final offensive to end the war,' the Chinese 13th Army Group struck in mass against the Eighth Army in the north-west corner of North Korea, overrunning the US 2nd and 25th Infantry Divisions.

The Chinese attacks quickly shattered Truman's dream of a unified Korea. American, UN, and ROK forces could not hold a successful defensive line against the combined CCF and NKPA attacks. At the Chosin Reservoir, US Marine Corps and Army units retreated south whilst MacArthur's forces withdrew from Pyongyang and X Corps later pulled out of Hungnam. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996401 Colby, Cameron 401 JAMESTOWN 1622: The Anglo-Powhatan Wars Explores the infamous massacre of 1622 and the events of a pivotal conflict in colonial American history, and narrates the tumultuous events of Jamestown's early years. The first and second Anglo-Powhatan wars are brought to life using battlescene artworks and period images. Detailed maps and 3D diagrams illustrate Native American and English tactics from 1607-34, and chart the progress of Jamestown's expansion as English settlers sought to drive back the Powhatan tribes of the Chesapeake. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996336 D'Amato, Raffaele 336 STRASBOURG AD 357: The Victory That Saved Gaul Civil war in the Western Roman Empire between AD 350-53 had left the frontiers weakly defended, and the major German confederations along the Rhine -- the Franks and Alemanni -- took advantage of the situation to cross the river, destroy the Roman fortifications along it and occupy parts of Roman Gaul.

In 355, the Emperor Constantius appointed his 23-year-old cousin Julian as his Caesar in the provinces of Gaul with command of all troops in the region. Having recaptured the city of Cologne, Julian planned to trap the Alemanni in a pincer movement, but when the larger half of his army was forced into retreat, he was left facing a much larger German force outside the walls of the city of Strasbourg. This new study relates the events of this epic battle as the experience and training of the Roman forces prevailed in the face of overwhelming German numbers. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996363 Dahm, Murray 363 LEUCTRA 371BC: The Destruction of Spartan Dominance The Battle of Leuctra, fought in early July in 371 BC, saw the destruction of the Spartan dominance of Greece and introduced several tactical innovations which are still studied and emulated to this day. Sparta's hegemony of Greece (which had been in effect since the Persian wars of 480/79 and especially since the Peloponnesian War in 431-404 BC) was wiped away in a single day of destruction. Sparta would never recover from the losses in manpower which were suffered at Leuctra.

Sparta's defeat created a power vacuum in Greece which several states attempted to fill (the Theban Hegemony and the resurgence of Athens) and gave rise to the dominance of Macedon in the 350s when Macedon would conquer Greece in 338 BC at the battle of Chaeronea. None of which would have been possible without the events at Leuctra.

The Theban phalanx at Leuctra, with its great depth of 50 ranks introduced new tactical thinking in Greek warfare and this thinking eventually led to the Macedonian phalanx of Philip and Alexander which conquered Greece and the Persian Empire less than 40 years later. The Theban commander at Leuctra, Epaminondas, also introduced the idea of drawing up his forces in echelon and fighting with a refused flank - something Alexander emulated in all of his major battles and which has been attempted at countless battles since. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996334 de Groot, Bouko 334 NIEUWPOORT 1600: The First Modern Battle The Eighty Years' War began as a limited Dutch rebellion seeking only religious tolerance from their Spanish overlords, but it quickly escalated into one of the longest wars in European history. Spain's failed invasion of 1599 and the mutinies that followed convinced Dutch leaders that they now should go on the offensive. This campaign pitted two famous leaders' sons against each other: Maurice of Nassau and Archduke Albert VII. One led an unproven new model army, the other Spain's 'unbeatable' Tercios, each around 11,000-men strong.

The Dutch wanted to land near Nieuwpoort, take it and then march on to Dunkirk, northern home port of the Spanish fleet, but they were cut off by the resurgent and reunited Spanish army. The two forces then met on the beach and in the dunes north of Nieuwpoort. This book uses specially commissioned artwork to reveal one of the greatest battles of the Eighty Years' War - one whose influence on military theory and practice ever since has been highly significant. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996337 DeVries, Kelly 337 CASTAGNARO 1387: Hawkwood's Great Victory The battle of Castagnaro, fought on 11 March 1387 between the Veronese and the Paduans, is one of the most famous Italian medieval conflicts in the English-speaking world. This is thanks in no small part to the exploits of the renowned English mercenary (or condottiero) captain, Sir John Hawkwood. Commanding the Paduan army, he led them to a stunning victory.

This new study challenges the conventional story of the battle, relocating it to the other side of the Adige River, and showing that Hawkwood was no mere disciple of his previous commander, the Black Prince-he was a highly talented and intelligent general in his own right. Using specially commissioned full-color artwork, this fascinating book shows how Hawkwood used his own acumen, and the training, skills, and discipline of his very experienced condottieri, to defeat his opponents at Castagnaro. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996342 Esposito, Gabriele 342 THE PARAGUAYAN WAR 1864-70: The Triple Alliance at Stake in La Plata The Paraguayan War, also known as the War of the Triple Alliance, was the largest and most important military conflict in the history of South America, after the Wars of Independence, and its only true 'continental' war. It involved four countries and lasted for more than five years, during which Paraguay fought alone against a powerful alliance formed by Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. This conflict was remarkable in its huge scale and its terrible cost in lives, with the catastrophic human price paid by Paraguay amounting to more than 300,000 men, a loss of some 70% of the country's total population.

When the war began in 1864, the armies were small, poorly trained and badly equipped semi-professional forces. However, by the time the war ended, most of them had adopted percussion rifles employing the Minie system and new weapons like breech-loading rifles and Gatling machine guns were being tested on the continent for the first time.

This title covers the whole span of the war, from the early days when the conflict primarily involved small columns of a few thousand men seeking each other out in rugged and sparsely inhabited territory, through to the later Napoleonic-style positional battles fought at points of strategic importance. It also explores the unique challenges presented by the humid, subtropical climate, including the devastating impact of disease on the troops. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996354 Esposito, Gabriele 354 King Philip's War 1675-76 America's Deadliest Colonial Conflict A coalition of Native American tribes fought against a force of over 1,000 men raised by the New England Confederation of Plymouth, Connecticut, New Haven, and Massachusetts Bay, alongside their Indian allies the Mohegans and Mohawks. The resultant fighting in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, and New Hampshire resulted in the destruction of 12 towns, the death of between 600-800 colonists and 3,000 Indians, making it the deadliest war in the history of American colonization. Although the war resulted in victory for the colonists, the scale of death and destruction led to significant economic hardship 1 vol, 96 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996322 Fields, Nic 322 CAUDINE FORKS 321 BC: Rome's Humiliation in the Second Samnite War No defeat was as humiliating as Caudine Forks in the summer of 321 BC. Rome had been at war with the Samnites - one of early Rome's most formidable foes - since 326 BC in what would turn out to be a long and bitter conflict now known as the Second Samnite War. The rising, rival Italic powers vied for supremacy in central and southern Italy, and their leaders were contemplating the conquest of the entire Italian peninsula.

Driven by the ambitions of Titus Veturius Calvinus and Spurius Postumius Albinus, Roman forces were determined to inflict a crippling blow on the Samnites, but their combined armies were instead surprised, surrounded, and forced to surrender by the Samnites led by Gavius Pontius. The Roman soldiers, citizens of Rome to a man, were required to quit the field by passing under the yoke of spears in a humiliating ritual worse than death itself.

This new study, using specially commissioned artwork and maps, analyzes why the Romans were so comprehensively defeated at the Caudine Forks, explains why the protracted aftermath of their dismal defeat was so humiliating, and how it spurred them on to their eventual triumph over the Samnites. Includes other major events in the Second Samnite War.
1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996382 Fields, Nic 382 CARRHAE 53 BC: Rome's Disaster in the Desert The Battle of Carrhae offers a fascinating tale of treachery, tactics, and topography in which Rome experienced one of its most humiliating defeats at the hands of the Parthians. Examines the crucial psychological and political factors (including Crassus' lust for military glory and popular acclaim) that played a key role in this brutal battle.

Parthian general Surena's horsemen completely outmaneuvered Crassus' legionaries, killing or capturing most of the Roman soldiers not far from a trade-route town on the fringes of the arid wastes of northern Mesopotamia. Explores the tactics and techniques of the Parthian horse archers, details of Roman and Parthian equipment and weaponry, and discusses the last stand of Publius Crassus, son of Marcus Licinius. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996393 Fields, Nic 393 THE CIMBRIAN WAR 113-101 BC: The Rise of Caius Marius Illustrated narrative of the Cimbrian (or Cimbric) War explores how, in the autumn of 105 BC, Caius Marius managed to contain the Germanic threat in the north, before crushing it in two successful battles, at Aquae Sextiae (Aix-en-Provence) in Gallia Transalpina in 102 BC and at Vercellae (Vercelli) in Gallia Cisalpina in 101 BC.

The armies of the Roman Republic finally defeated the Germanic tribes of the Cimbri, Teutons, Ambrons, and Tigurini after a number of defeats -- in 113 BC of the consul Cnaeus Papirius Carbo at Noreia; the smashing of Marcus Iunius Silanus' army near Burdigala (Bourdeaux) in 109 BC, and the humiliating destruction of two consular armies at Arausio (Orange) four years later. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996353 Fields, Nick 353 Britannia AD 43 - The Claudian Invasion For the Romans, Britannia lay beyond the comfortable confines of the Mediterranean world around which classical civilisation had flourished. Britannia was felt to be at the outermost edge of the world itself, lending the island an air of dangerous mystique.

To the soldiers crossing the Oceanus Britannicus in the late summer of AD 43, the prospect of invading an island believed to be on its periphery must have meant a mixture of panic and promise. These men were part of a formidable army of four veteran legions (II Augusta, VIIII Hispana, XIIII Gemina, XX Valeria), which had been assembled under the overall command of Aulus Plautius Silvanus. Under him were, significantly, first-rate legionary commanders, including the future emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus. With the auxiliary units, the total invasion force probably mounted to around 40,000 men, but having assembled at Gessoriacum (Boulogne) they refused to embark. Eventually, the mutinous atmosphere was dispelled, and the invasion fleet sailed in three contingents.

So, 97 years after Julius Caesar, the Roman army landed in south-eastern Britannia. After a brisk summer campaign, a province was established behind a frontier zone running from what is now Lyme Bay on the Dorset coast to the Humber estuary. Though the territory overrun during the first campaign season was undoubtedly small, it laid the foundations for the Roman conquest which would soon begin to sweep across Britannia. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996351 Forczyk, Robert 351 Velikiye Luki 1942-43 The Doomed Fortress Velikiye Luki had been an important Russian fortress city since the 13th century and had become an important rail-hub by the 19th century. In August 1941, the Germans occupied the city of 30,000 during Operation Barbarossa and made it a bulwark on the boundary between Heeresgruppe Nord and Heeresgruppe Mitte. In the winter of 1942-43, while Soviet forces were encircling Stalingrad, the Stavka (High Command) conducted a simultaneous offensive to isolate and destroy the 7,500-man German garrison in Velikiye Luki. After surrounding the city on 27 November 1942, the Soviet 3rd Shock Army gradually reduced the city to rubble, while the German garrison, sustained by Luftwaffe air lifts, hunkered down in the medieval city and awaited rescue.

This illustrated title reveals the full story of the tense seven-week siege of Velikiye Luki, which saw Soviet forces striving to liberate the city in the face of a determined garrison and fierce relief efforts. Detailed analysis by renowned World War II historian Robert Forczyk is complimented by stunning and historically accurate battlescenes, maps, and bird's-eye-views to offer a comprehensive look at this gripping campaign.
1 vol, 96 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996359 Forczyk, Robert 359 STALINGRAD 1942-43 (1): The German Advance to the Volga After failing to defeat the Soviet Union with Operation Barbarossa in 1941, Adolf Hitler planned a new campaign for the summer of 1942 that was intended to achieve a decisive victory: Operation Blue (Case Blau). In this new campaign, Hitler directed that one army group (Heeresgruppe A) would advance to seize the Soviet oilfields in the Caucasus, while the other (Heeresgruppe B) pushed on to the Volga River.

The expectation was for a rapid victory - instead, German forces had to fight hard just to reach the outskirts of Stalingrad, and then found themselves embroiled in a protracted urban battle amid the ruins of a devastated city on the Volga. The Soviet Red Army was hit hard by the initial German offensive but held onto the city and then launched Operation Uranus, a winter counteroffensive that encircled the German 6. Armee at Stalingrad. Despite a desperate German relief operation, the Red Army eventually crushed the German forces and hurled the remnants of the German southern front back in disorder.

This first volume in the Stalingrad trilogy covers the period from 28 June to 11 September 1942, including operations around Voronezh. The fighting in the Don Bend, which lasted weeks, comprised some of the largest tank battles of World War II - involving more armour than the tanks employed at Prokhorovka in 1943. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996368 Forczyk, Robert 368 STALINGRAD 1942-43 (2) The second in a three-part series examining the Stalingrad campaign, one of the most decisive military operations in World War II, that set the stage for the ultimate defeat of the Third Reich.

Although hit hard by the initial German offensive, a ruthless and obstinate Red Army was able to hold onto the city through a costly battle of attrition that sacrificed huge amounts of men and materiel. This second volume covers the fighting in the city in full visual detail, including the iconic battles at the Krasny Oktyabr Steel Plant, the Grain Elevator, the Barrikady and STZ factories, the 'Tennis Racquet,' and Rynok-Spartanovka. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996385 Forczyk, Robert 385 STALINGRAD 1942-43 (3): Catastrophe - The Death of the 6th Army The final part in a three-book series on the Battle of Stalingrad, examining the Soviet encirclement, German relief efforts, and the final surrender of Paulus' 6th Armee. Begins just after the German 6th Armee has been isolated at Stalingrad, and covers the period from 24 November 1942 to 2 February 1943. The specially commissioned maps and 3D diagrams offer step-by-step action through the German relief operation (Wintergewitter), the fighting on the Chir River, and the Soviet operations Koltso and Little Saturn. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996398 Forczyk, Robert 398 PORT ARTHUR 1904-05: The First Modern Siege Growing rivalry between Imperial Russia and Imperial Japan over territorial control in China and Korea led to the outbreak of war in February 1904. Japan struck the first blow with a surprise naval attack against the anchored Russian Pacific Fleet at its base in Port Arthur. Once the fleet had been neutralized, the Japanese landed their Second Army on the Liaotung Peninsula in May 1904, in order to besiege Port Arthur. Describes the Russian relief operation towards Port Arthur (the Battle of Telissu), and the lengthy siege of the Russian-held town and harbor. The initial Japanese attempts to capture the port by assault are documented in detail, together with the Japanese progress through the heavily fortified lines protecting Port Arthur. Over 60 period photographs reveal the appearance and weaponry of the opposing forces and the terrain around Port Arthur. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996332 Galeotti, Mark 332 KULIKOVO 1380: The Battle That Made Russia The 14th-century Mongol conquest of the Rus' -- the principalities of Russia -- was devastating and decisive. Cities were lain waste, new dynasties rose, and for a hundred years the Russians were under unquestioned foreign rule. However, the Mongols were conquerors rather than administrators and they chose to rule through subject princes. This allowed the Rurikid dynastic princes of Moscow to rise with unprecedented speed.

With the famed 'Mongol Yoke' loosening, Grand Prince Dmitri of Moscow saw in this an unparalleled opportunity to rebel. On 7 September 1380, his 60,000 troops crossed the Don to take the battle to Mamai's 125,000, which included Armenian and Cherkessk auxiliaries and Genoese mercenaries. Using specially commissioned artwork, this is the engrossing story of the victory that heralded the birth of Russian statehood. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996369 Galeotti, Mark 369 THE PANJSHIR VALLEY 1980-86: The Lion Tames the Bear in Afghanistan An in-depth look at the struggle between the charismatic rebel commander Ahmad Shah Massoud, 'The Lion of Panjshir', and the Soviet forces who fought to control the Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan.

When the Soviets rolled into Afghanistan in 1979, they believed if they took the cities, the country would follow. They were wrong. The Red Army found itself in a bloody stalemate in the Afghan mountains, in the strategically vital Panjshir Valley, where they faced the most able and charismatic of the rebel commanders: Ahmad Shah Massoud, the 'Lion of Panjshir'.

Time and again the Soviets and their Afghan counterparts sought to take control of the Panjshir, and time and again the rebels either rebuffed their clumsy attempts or ambushed and evaded them, only to retake the valley as soon as Moscow's attention was elsewhere. Over time, the rebels acquired new weapons and developed their own tactics - as did the Soviets. The Panjshir was not just a pivotal battlefield, it also shaped the subsequent Afghan civil wars that followed Soviet withdrawal, and the military thinking that is still informing the new Russian military. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996360 Gravett, Christopher 360 BOSWORTH 1485: The Downfall of Richard III The battle of Bosworth was the culmination of the War of the Roses, the dynastic struggle between the houses of York and Lancaster that dominated England in the second half of the 15th century. Edward IV had secured the throne for the house of York, but his early death in 1483, followed by the death of his sons and the taking of the throne by his brother, Richard of York, saw a renewed outbreak of fighting. His reign began with a major rebellion and was dogged by rumours of his involvement in murder, with Richard facing threats not only from the lords he alienated but also the Lancastrian faction waiting in the wings. Henry Tudor eventually decided to take the huge risk of attempting to seize the throne and Richard's army marched to meet him, finally clashing near Market Bosworth.

Guiding the reader from the campaign's origins to its aftermath, and covering the commanders and forces of King Richard III and Henry Tudor, this is a complete treatment of one of the most important events in English history. The story of Bosworth has been transformed in the 20th century as an extensive survey between 2005 and 2009 by the Battlefields Trust has pinpointed the location of the battlefield, for many years a source of debate and controversy, and this new history is based on that interpretation. It will also highlight the incredible discovery of Richard III's remains in Leicester, the study of the bones and relate this to what was previously thought to have happened to him at the end of the battle. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996343 Greentree, David 343 PETSAMO AND KIRKENES 1944: The Soviet offensive in the Northern Arctic Examines the bitter conflict between two highly tactical armies as they battled across challenging terrain to gain control of strategically significant Northern Finland. On the one side were the invading Soviet troops, hoping to liberate an area full of rich resources and littered with bases that that would enable the arrival of Arctic convoys from Britain. They employed naval infantry in abundance, not only to make amphibious landings to capture strategically significant port facilities, but also on deep outflanking maneuvers inland.

Their opponents were the elite Gebirgsjager from XIX Gebirgskorps; trained to be self-sufficient and resourceful and equipped with a range of bespoke weaponry, this mountain division was ideally suited to operate in the harsh climate. Combat conditions were unique: the extremely rough terrain, laced with bogs, streams, boulder fields, and large rivers, presented a significant challenge in its own right, even without the added threat of attacks by highly trained soldiers. Includes bird's-eye views and maps of key battlefields. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996380 Greentree, David 380 NARVIK 1940: The Battle for Northern Norway Covers the naval battles and the individual Norwegian, British, Polish, French, and German units that fought the land campaign in northern Norway. Offers tactical detail, even down to company command, amidst strategic confusion surrounding the whole Allied expedition to the north too. Land battles include amphibious landings, sabotage, commando raids, ski missions, and a rare parachute insertion. Among the naval clashes covered in this action-packed story are the destroyer battles in the fjords, the sinking of the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious and the roles the battlecruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau played in the fighting. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996361 Hampshire, Edward 361 THE FALKLANDS NAVAL CAMPAIGN 1982 The Falklands Conflict was remarkable for many reasons: it was a hard fought, bloody ,and short conflict between a leading NATO power and one of the most capable armed forces in South America; it demonstrated the capabilities of a range of cutting-edge technologies including nuclear-powered attack submarines, Exocet missiles and Sea Harrier VSTOL aircraft; and it was fought many thousands of miles away from the Royal Navy's home bases.

Draws upon the latest available sources to offer a comprehensive examination of the Falklands naval campaign. Blow-by-blow accounts of key engagements, such as the sinking of the General Belgrano, the loss of HMS Sheffield, and the landings at San Carlos Bay, are presented alongside lesser known but equally important naval operations that helped shape the outcome of the conflict.
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1-996345 Harris, J. P. 345 IA DRANG 1965: The Struggle for Vietnam's Pleiku Province The Pleiku campaign of October-November 1965 was a major event in the Vietnam War, and it is usually regarded as the first substantial battle between the US Army and the People's Army of Vietnam. The brigade-sized actions involving elements of the US 1st Cavalry Division at Landing Zones X-Ray and Albany in the valley of the river Drang have become iconic episodes in the military history of the United States.

In 1965, in an effort to stem the Communist tide, the Americans began to commit substantial conventional ground forces to the war in Vietnam. Amongst these was the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), a new type of formation equipped with a large fleet of helicopters. On 19 October, North Vietnamese forces besieged a Special Forces camp at Plei Me, and after the base was relieved days later, the commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, General Harry Kinnard, advocated using his troops to pursue the retreating Communist forces.

A substantial North Vietnamese concentration was discovered, but rather than the badly battered troops the US expected, these were relatively fresh troops that had recently arrived in the Central Highlands. On the morning of 14 November 1965, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, commanded by Lt. Col. Hal Moore, landed at LZ X-Ray to start the first major set-piece battle of the Vietnam War. This title explores the events of the campaign that followed, using detailed maps, specially-commissioned bird's-eye views, and full-color battlescenes to bring the narrative to life. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996348 Herder, Brian 348 The Naval Siege of Japan 1945 - War Plan Orange Triumphant The final months of Allied naval bombardments on the Home Islands during World War II have, for whatever reason, frequently been overlooked by historians. Yet the Allies' final naval campaign against Japan involved the largest and arguably most successful wartime naval fleet ever assembled, and was the climax to the greatest naval war in history.

Though suffering grievous losses during its early attacks, by July 1945 the United States Third Fleet wielded 1,400 aircraft just off the coast of Japan, while Task Force 37, the British Pacific Fleet's carrier and battleship striking force, was the most powerful single formation ever assembled by the Royal Navy.

In the final months of the war the Third Fleet's 20 American and British aircraft carriers would hurl over 10,000 aerial sorties against the Home Islands, whilst another ten Allied battleships would inflict numerous morale-destroying shellings on Japanese coastal cities.

In this illustrated study, historian Brian Lane Herder draws on primary sources and expert analysis to chronicle the full story of the Allies' Navy Siege of Japan from February 1945 to the very last days of World War II. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996375 Herder, Brian 375 EAST CHINA SEA 1945: Climax of the Kamikaze Explores the air-sea aspects of the pivotal battles that took place, and includes the death ride of the Japanese battleship Yamato (the largest ever built), and the mass kamikaze attacks off Iwo Jima and Okinawa, as well as the Iwo Jima and Okinawa amphibious invasions and the naval and air bombardments of the two islands. It also considers the contribution of the USAAF and the British Pacific Fleet to the eventual victory of US air and ground forces.

During the Pacific War, the island invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa were the last two major ground campaigns. By the time these took place in early 1945, the US Navy had reached an exceptional level of coordination in its amphibious operations, and was able to overrun and subdue Japanese territories efficiently. Faced with the increasing might of these forces and to prevent further defeat, Imperial Japan deployed its kamikaze aircraft and attacked many US heavy aircraft carriers and destroyers; several were sunk, while others were knocked out of the war. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996357 Herder, Brian Lane 357 THE MEUSE-ARGONNE OFFENSIVE 1918: The American Expeditionary Forces' Crowning Victory Troops, weapons, and tactics of both the inexperienced American Expeditionary Force and the fading German Fifth Army. The US offensive began Sep 26, 1918. By early November, 1.2 million Americans and several hundred thousand French were engaged at the Meuse-Argonne and the Hindenburg Line had been decisively broken. The German withdrawal from Sedan approached a rout and the Americans finally had the Germans on the run until the Armistice ended the offensive on 11 November, 1918. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996333 Herdfer, Brian Lane 333 The ALEUTIANS 1942-43: Struggle for the North Pacific It is often forgotten that during World War II, the Japanese managed to successfully invade and conquer a part of American home soil - the first time this had happened since 1815. Capturing the Aleutian Islands, located in Alaska territory, was seen by the Japanese as vital in order to shore up their northern defensive perimeter.

Fighting in the Aleutians was uniquely brutal. It is a barren, rugged archipelago of icy mountains and thick bogs, with a climate of constant snow, freezing rains and windstorms. These geographic conditions tended to neutralize traditional American strengths such as air power, radar, naval bombardment and logistics. The campaign to recapture the islands required extensive combined-ops planning, and inflicted on the United States its second highest casualty rate in the Pacific theater.

Featuring the largest Japanese banzai charge of the war, first use of pre-battle battleship bombardment in the Pacific, and the battle at the Komandorski Islands, this is the story of the battle to liberate American soil from the Japanese. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996402 Knight, Ian 402 BLOOD RIVER 1838: The Zulu-Boer War and the Great Trek Examines the first clash between the Zulu kingdom and European interlopers and its dramatic effects on Boer and Zulu alike. Explores what has long been a controversial and partisan topic in South African history by considering the immense impact the Zulus had on this history. Includes the 1836 Boer/Ndebele conflict, the imbalance in tactics and weaponry, the reasons why the British settlers allied themselves with the Boer Trekkers, and why the war was a key turning point in the use of traditional Zulu military techniques. Also reveals that a Boer victory at Blood River was by no means a foregone conclusion. Contains color illustrations throughout, including battlescene artworks, maps, 3d diagrams, and photographs. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996356 Konstam, Angus 356 NORTH CAPE 1943: The Sinking of the Scharnhorst The German battleship Scharnhorst had a reputation for being a lucky ship. Early in the war she fought off a British battlecruiser and sunk a carrier, before carrying out two successful forays into the Atlantic. In the spring of 1943, the Scharnhorst was redeployed to Norway. There, working in concert with other German warships such as the battleship Tirpitz, she posed a major threat to the Arctic convoys -- the Allied sea lifeline to Russia. Her presence, along side Tirpitz, forced the British to tie down ships in Arctic waters.

When Tirpitz was put out of action, and Hitler demanded naval support for the war in Russia, the crew of the Scharnhorst under Rear-Admiral Bey acted. In late December 1943, she put to sea, her target an Allied convoy passing through the Barents Sea on its way to Murmansk. Unknown to Bey, the British were using the convoy as bait to draw the Scharnhorst into battle. What followed was a two-day running battle fought in rough seas and near-perpetual darkness, ending with the destruction of the Scharnhorst and all but 36 of her crew, ending any serious German naval threat to the Arctic convoy lifeline 1 vol, 96 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996388 Konstam, Angus 388 NAVAL BATTLE OF CRETE 1941: The Royal Navy at Breaking Point Examines the 1941 naval battles around Crete as the British Royal Navy helped evacuate troops from Greece and then Crete, all the while under aerial attacks by the Italian and German air forces. Offers a fresh insight into this strategically important battle that marked a turning point in the naval war for the Mediterranean and also witnessed the first use of new elements in naval warfare: the mass use of aircraft to contest control of the sea, and the use of Ultra intelligence to forestall the Axis invasion of Crete. Despite a heavy butcher's bill of dozens of Royal Navy ships lost and damaged, and hundreds Luftwaffe aircraft destroyed, the Royal Navy Mediterranean Fleet would live to fight another day. Usual graphical excellence of maps, photos, and artworks expected in a Campaign series volume. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996394 Konstam, Angus 394 OPERATION PEDESTAL 1942: The Battle for Malta's Lifeline Campaign series. A protected convoy to resupply Malta in 1942 was named Operation Pedastal. It was repeatedly pummeled by Axis air and submarine attacks as it ground its way towards Malta, with most of the merchant ships sunk during the passage, along with an aircraft carrier and two cruisers. It also explores how despite this grim toll, the sacrifice was worth it. Heavily illustrated. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996397 Konstam, Angus 397 CAPE MATAPAN 1941: Cunningham's Mediterranean Triumph Examines the 1941 clash between the UK and Italian fleets, including the cruiser clashes early on 28 March off Gavdos, the Fleet Air Arm attacks on the Italian fleet, and the 28/29 March night action that resulted in the destruction of Admiral Carlo Cattaneo's ships - Italy's worst naval defeat. Includes the usual abundant Campaign-series maps, photos, and illustrations. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996406 Konstam, Angus 406 BORNEO 1945: The Last Major Allied Campaign in the South-West Pacific Explores the planning and execution of Operation Oboe, which was spearheaded by Australian troops but involved naval and special forces from the United States, Britain, and the Netherlands. Detailed maps explore the six separate stages, each of which involved amphibious landings. Battlescene artworks and photographs bring to life notable events such as the capture of Tarakan, Labuan, Brunei, and Sarawak. Also covered are the Allied special forces guerrilla campaigns and Australian 7th Infantry Division's landing at Balikapan, which proved to be the turning point of this campaign. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996341 Lai, Benjamin 341 THE LONG MARCH 1934-35: The Rise of Mao and the Beginning of Modern China Every nation has its founding myth, and for modern China it is the Long March. In the autumn of 1934, the Chinese Nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek routed the Chinese Communists and some 80,000 men, women and children left their homes to walk with Mao Zedong into the unknown. Mao's force had to endure starvation, harsh climates, and challenging terrain whilst under constant aerial bombardment and threatened by daily skirmishes.

The Long March survivors had to cross 24 rivers and 18 mountain ranges, through freezing snow and disease-ridden wilderness to reach their safe-haven of Yan'an. In military terms, the Long March was the longest continuous march in the history of warfare and it came as a terrible cost -- after one year, 6,000 miles and countless battles, fewer than 4,000 of the original marchers were left.

Illustrated with full-color artwork, this enthralling book tells the full story this epic display of resilience, and shows how, from the desert plateau of Yan'an, these survivors would grow the army that conquered China 14 years on, changing history forever. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996325 Lardas, Mark 325 CORREGIDOR 1945: Repossessing the Rock Examines the ambitious US assault on Corregidor, which witnessed the most dangerous and risky parachute drop in airborne history, and vicious, desperate fighting by the defenders as they sought to prevent American troops from taking the island. Also covers the recapture of other islands defending Manila Bay: El Fraile/Fort Drum, Caballo, and Carabao.

The islands guarding the entrance to Manila Bay, Luzon, had been seized by the Japanese in May 1942. In February 1945, US forces were back, and closed in on Manila from the north and south against heavy Japanese resistance. A joint US parachute and amphibious assault was planned to capture the largest island Corregidor, using the much-reinforced 503rd PRCT and elements of the 24th Infantry Division and 2nd Engineer Special Brigade. Facing them were over 6,000 Japanese troops recently evacuated from Bataan, where they had been cut off by advancing US forces. General MacArthur desired the island, once a symbol of American defiance, to be liberated with a flourish. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996340 Lardas, Mark 340 THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE 1794 As 1794 opened, Revolutionary France stood on a knife's edge of failure. Its army and navy had been shaken by the revolution, with civil war and famine taking its toll on their resources. Seeking to bring a revitalizing supply of food from its Caribbean colonies and the United States, the French government decided to organize a massive convoy to bring the New World's bounty to France. However, in order to succeed in their mission, the French Navy would have to make a deadly crossing over the North Atlantic, an ocean patrolled by the Royal Navy, the most powerful navy force in the world, whose sailors were eager to inflict a damaging defeat on Revolutionary France and win their fortune in prize money.

Illustrated throughout with stunning full-color artwork, this is the full story of the only fleet action during the Age of Fighting Sail fought in the open ocean, hundreds of miles from shore. Taking place over the course of a month, the inevitable battle was to be a close-run affair, with both sides claiming victory. To the French, it was le Bataille du 13 prairial, a notable day in their new, scientific Revolutionary calendar. For the British, it was the Glorious First of June. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996364 Lonstein, Marc 364 THE NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES CAMPAIGN 1941-42: Japan's Quest for Oil Describes the operational plans and conduct of the fighting by the major parties involved and assesses the performance of the opposing forces on the battlefield.

Imperial Japan's campaigns of conquest in late 1941/early 1942 were launched in order to achieve self-sufficiency for the Japanese people, chiefly in the precious commodity of oil. The Netherlands (or Dutch) East Indies formed one of Japan's primary targets, on account of its abundant rubber plantations and oilfields - the latter, in particular, was highly prized, given that the colony was the fourth-largest exporter of oil in the world. Japan itself lacked any form of domestic production.

The Japanese dispatched an enormous naval task force to support the amphibious landings over the vast terrain of the Netherlands East Indies. The combined-arms offensive was divided into three groups: western, center and eastern. Borneo was struck first in mid-December 1941, and assaults on Celebes, Amboin, Timor, Java, Sumatra, Ambon and Dutch New Guinea followed. Allied forces comprised Australian, British, Dutch, and American personnel. A combined theatre headquarters (ABDACOM) was established on 15 January 1942 in an effort to counter the Japanese offensives. The isolated airfields and oilfields were, however, picked off one by one by the Japanese, in the rush to secure the major islands before major Allied reinforcements arrived.
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1-996390 Lyman, Robert 390 THE RECONQUEST OF BURMA 1944-45: From Operation Capital to the Sittang Bend The Allied reconquest of Burma was not part of Allied Grand Strategy in 1944 and 1945. It happened despite it - in particular, because of the dramatic failure of the Japanese invasion of India (Operation U-Go), which ended ignominiously for the Japanese Empire in August 1944. The reconquest was one of the longest campaigns of World War II. It comprised 11 distinct battles and offensives that were part of the overall continuum of operations that resulted in the Allied victory.

Details the Allied operations to retake Burma from Japanese control. Accounts of Operation Capital, the capture of Meiktila and Mandalay, the Allied advance in the Arakan, the race for Rangoon, Operation Dracula, the Battle of the Sittang Bend and Japanese breakout operations across the Pegu Yomas. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996355 MacDowall, Simon 355 Malplaquet 1709 - Marlborough's Bloodiest Battle Examines the campaign of 1709, culminating in the battle of Malplaquet. Led by the Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy, the allied armies achieved a tactical victory -- but it was a hollow one. The allies suffered 23,000 casualties to the French 11,000 in what was the bloodiest battle of the 18th century. The scale of casualties shocked Europe and led to a reversal of fortunes, with the dismissal of Marlborough and a newly confident King Louis resolving to fight on. When the war finally ended, it did so on terms favourable to France. Although it is generally accepted that Marlborough was never defeated, the Battle of Malplaquet was ultimately a French strategic victory. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996352 McNally, Michael 352 Dettingen 1743 - Miracle on the Main The death of the Emperor Charles VI in 1741 was the catalyst for a conflict ostensibly about the female inheritance of the Hapsburg patrimony but, in reality, about the succession to the Imperial Throne. The great European powers were divided between those, such as Britain, who supported the Pragmatic Sanction and the rights of the Archduchess Maria-Theresia, daughter of Charles VI, and those who challenged it, including Bavaria which were supported by France.

Explores the battle in depth, detailing its build-up, events, and aftermath, as well as analysing the strengths and weaknesses of the commanders, armies, and tactics of both sides.

The conflict quickly escalated into what is now known as the War of the Austrian Succession, and a series of turbulent political events brought the crisis to a head on the road to Hanau, near Dettingen. There, the French moved to put into place a complex manoeuvre which had the potential to end the war at a single stroke. A column of French troops would cross the Main near Dettingen and block the road to Hanau, their orders being to simply hold their ground and bar the route of the Allied British and Hanovarian advance. A second column would cross the Main behind the enemy and then follow their line of march northwards. The bulk of the army would use a combination of bridges and pontoon-bridges to cross the Main and engage the enemy from the flank as they were strung out on the line of march. However, the plan relied heavily on the blocking force, and command of this crucial sector fell to an inexperienced nobleman Louis-Auguste, Duc de Grammont, who chose to attack rather than hold his position. Consequently, the manoeuvre failed and the French broke, fleeing for the Main and safety, with the Gardes Francaises famously swimming the river.
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1-996386 McNally, Michael 386 TANNENBERG 1914: Destruction of the Russian Second Army Guides you through the initial border engagements and the battles of Gumbinnen and Stalluponen, before moving on to explore the massive, often confused running battle of Tannenberg. This work helps you understand how the Germans managed to maul Samsonov's Second Army and all but destroyed the Russians as a fighting force. The Russian war plan of using overwhelming numbers to gain a quick victory before conducting further operations would soon lie in pieces on the ground. It also assesses the contribution modern technology - such as railways, aerial reconnaissance, radio and telegraphy - made to the emphatic German victory. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996362 Melson, Charles D 362 VIETNAM 1972: QUANG TRI The Easter Offensive Strikes the South When North Vietnam launched its massive Easter Offensive against the South in late March 1972 (the first invasion effort since the Tet Offensive of 1968), its scale and ferocity caught the US high command off balance. The inexperienced South Vietnamese soldiers manning the area south of Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone in former US bases, plus the US Army and Marines Corps advisors and forces present, had to counter a massive conventional combined-arms invasion.

The North's offensive took place simultaneously across three fronts: Quang Tri, Kontum, and An Loc. In I Corps Tactical Zone, the PAVN tanks and infantry quickly captured Quang Tri City and overran the entire province, as well as northern Thua Thien. However, the ARVN forces regrouped along the My Chanh River, and backed by US airpower tactical strikes and bomber raids, managed to halt the PAVN offensive, before retaking the city in a bloody counteroffensive.

Although the South's forces managed to withstand their greatest trial thus far, the North gained valuable territory within South Vietnam from which to launch future offensives and improved its bargaining position at the Paris peace negotiations.
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1-996383 Mikaberidze, Alexander 383 BEREZINA 1812: Napoleon's Hollow Victory Offers maps, battlescene artworks, and period illustrations to help describe the events of late November 1812, as Napoleon's retreating, desperate Grand Armee extricated itself from the clutches of the Russian armies under Kutuzov, Wittgenstein, and Chichagov in an epic feat of heroism and masterful tactics. Although the core of Napoleon's army escaped, tens of thousands were killed in the battle -- trampled in the rush for the bridge, drowned in the icy waters of the Berezina River, or captured. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996384 Moreman, Tim 384 JAPANESE CONQUEST OF BURMA 1942: The Advance to the Gates of India Narrates Burma Corps' epic 1942 fighting retreat northwards, carried out mostly in contact with the Japanese and across hundreds of miles of highly malarial and extremely difficult terrain, to safety in India. Among the battles covered are the disaster at the Sittang Bridge on 22 February 1942 (where 17th Indian Division was all but destroyed), the fall of Rangoon in March 1942, and the clashes at Yenangyaung, Monywa, and Shwegyin. The performance of the opposing commanders and forces is also examined, highlighting the success of Japan's aggressive light infantry tactics, which ruthlessly exploited the cover and concealment provided by the jungle to outflank, bypass, and encircle their bewildered enemy. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996367 Murphy, David 367 THE FINNISH-SOVIET WINTER WAR 1939-40: Stalin's Hollow Victory Explores the events of the war of November 1939 to March 1940. Set against the background of the developing global conflict, the conflict saw the Finnish Army thwart the plans of the sizable Soviet forces assembled against it, before finally being forced to concede. Covers the major battles of the war, which took place in harsh winter conditions, including the Mannerheim Line, the fighting in Ladoga, Karelia, and Kollaa, and the clashes in Finnish Lapland.

This informative study explores the Soviet invasion of Finland, detailing the events of the Winter War of November 1939 to March 1940. The invasion was expected to be swift and decisive, however, the fighting qualities of the Finnish Army blunted the Soviet advance and inflicted high numbers of casualties. A combination of difficulties caused by the weather, the terrain, the Mannerheim Line defenses and Finnish tactics resulted in an apparently unequal struggle. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996405 Noppen, Ryan 405 MERS EL-KEBIR 1940: Operation Catapult Analyses the Royal Navy Operation Catapult at Mers el-Kebir, the follow-up Operation Lever, and the French retaliatory actions in the subsequent days. Examines the rapid deterioration of Anglo-French relations and how the two former allies quickly fell into armed conflict. Fully illustrated with detailed maps, photographs, and artwork that bring to life the British and French forces involved, it presents an engaging treatment of an often-forgotten episode early in World War II. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996374 Orr, Timothy 374 THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 1863 (1) : The First Day First of three volumes covers the tactical decisions made at Gettysburg on day one and the ensuing combat, while also including a brief summary of the grand strategy in the Eastern Theater of the war, the conduct of the Pennsylvania Campaign from June 6 to 30, 1863, and the plight of civilians caught up in the conflict. Includes the morning cavalry skirmish, the morning clash at the Herbst's Woodlot and at the railroad cut, the afternoon clash at Oak Ridge, the afternoon fight at the Edward McPherson farm, the afternoon rout of the 11th Corps, the last stand of the 1st Corps at Seminary Ridge, the Union retreat through town, and the positions of the armies at nightfall. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996403 Orr, Timothy 403 THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 1863 (3): The Third Day This final volume in its trilogy emphasizes the tactical decisions of Day Three of the American Civil War and documents the ensuing combat in detailed 2D maps, 3D diagrams, and historic photographs. It also includes a brief summary of the strategic and human consequences of the campaign, carrying the story to November 19, 1863, the day of Lincoln's famed Gettysburg Address. Primary accounts from common soldiers infuse this study, reminding readers that Gettysburg was -- among other things -- a tale of suffering and endurance. The experiences and equipment of these men are brought to life in dramatic battlescenes. Contains color illustrations throughout, including battlescene artworks, maps, 3D diagrams, and photographs. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996404 Orr, Timothy 404 ROMANIA 1944: The Turning of Arms Against Nazi Germany Examines Romania's switching of sides from Axis to Allies. Explores the strategic struggle within German-Romanian relations and the tactical development of the Battle of Romania. The detailed 2D maps and 3D diagrams guide you step-by-step through the Axis defense of Romania in March-May 1944 during the first Iasi-Chisinau offensive, the Allied campaign in April-August to assist the Soviets, the Axis collapse in August during the second Iasi-Chisinau offensive, the Romanian defeat of the attempted German counter-coup, and the final Soviet occupation of Romania. Contains period photographs, color illustrations, maps, 3D diagrams, and battlescene artworks. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996350 Rodgers, Russ 350 Nierstein and Oppenheim 1945 - Patton Bounces the Rhine In January 1945, the collapse of the German front along the Siegfried Line led to a large-scale dissolution of German combat forces and capability. Pressed hard by Allied forces advancing eastward, German units often found themselves trapped west of the Rhine River. With his eye on history, US Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. was determined to be the first leader since Napoleon to make an assault crossing of the Rhine. The most logical crossing-place was at Mainz, as it served as a major railroad logistical link from west to east. However, Patton was aware that this would be obvious to the Germans, and therefore he and his staff made rapid plans for another site at Nierstein and Oppenheim, about 12 miles south of Mainz.

The crossing began at 2230 hours on 23 March, when the first boats carrying 11th Infantry Regiment troops left the western bank of the Rhine. They met with little opposition; despite a few sharp counterattacks, overall resistance was light and American forces suffered few casualties. By 24 March, the US 4th Armoured Division under Brig. Gen. William Hoge crossed the Rhine and began the exploitation phase. By 26 March, the exploitation to the Main River was clearly a rout, exacerbated by additional crossings of the Rhine by other Allied units over the next few days. Illustrated throughout with stunning full-colour artwork, maps, and bird's-eye-views, this title details the complete history of this dramatic campaign
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1-996339 Rogers, Anthony 339 KOS AND LEROS 1943: The German Conquest of the Dodecanese This title is an illustrated account of the autumn 1943 battle for the Dodecanese, as Winston Churchill attempted to secure the Aegean islands in the wake of the Italian armistice.

The occupation was a gamble intended to increase pressure against Germany and at the same time possibly provide encouragement for Turkey to join the Allies. Spearheaded by the Special Boat Squadron and the Long Range Desert Group, garrison troops were deployed to the Italian-occupied Dodecanese, but they were too late to prevent the Germans from taking control of the key island of Rhodes and its all-important airfields.

An all-out German offensive followed. Air force and naval units supported a series of assaults by infantry and paratroopers, including specialist forces of the Division Brandenburg. Within three months, only Castelorizzo was still in British hands. Rhodes, Kos and Leros remained under German occupation until May 1945 and the end of the war in Europe. The Dodecanese would be Germany's last enduring victory - and the last enduring British-led defeat. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996381 Rogers, Anthony 381 BATTLE OF MALTA: June 1940-November 1942 On 11 June 1940, the British crown colony of Malta - which dominated the central Mediterranean and all-important sea routes to and from North Africa - was bombed for the first time by aircraft of the Italian Regia Aeronautica. The Italians were joined in their efforts by the German Luftwaffe in January 1941. Malta was effectively beleaguered for nearly two and a half years, dependent for survival on naval supply convoys and reliant for defense on often-outnumbered fighter aircraft and anti-aircraft guns.

Features carefully selected photographic images, some previously unpublished. Seven specially commissioned color maps explore the strategic situation in the Mediterranean in this period, the military sectors into which Malta's defense was divided, and German mine-laying operations around the island. The three stunning battlescene artworks and 3D BEVs show key events from the battle, including the 26 July 1941 German attack on the Grand Harbour, and the major Luftwaffe raid 21 March 1942. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996347 Sheppard, Si 347 CONSTANTINOPLE AD 717-18: The Crucible of History Comprehensive study of the clash between the ascendant Caliphate and the fading Byzantine Empire. It details the forces available to each side, with their respective advantages and vulnerabilities, evaluating the leadership qualities of the rival commanders and assessing their strategic and tactical initiatives. It also accounts for the trajectory and outcome of the campaign and emphasizes the fundamental significance of the struggle. By holding the line, the Byzantines gave Europe enough time to develop at its own pace and emerge strong enough to face down its Islamic counterpart on equal terms. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996372 Sheppard, Si 372 CUZCO 1536-37: Battle for the Heart of the Inca Empire In April 1532 a bloody civil war between two brothers ended with one of them, Atahualpa, as master of the mighty Inca Empire. Now the most powerful man in South America, his word was law for millions of subjects spread across thousands of square miles, from the parched deserts of the coast to the lush rainforest of the Amazon and along the spine of the soaring Andes Mountains. But the time of the Incas was coming to an end.

In November of that year a handful of Spanish conquistadors led by Francisco Pizarro seized Atahualpa at Cajamarca, extorted his treasure, murdered him, and then marched on the Inca capital Cuzco to elevate a puppet, Manco, to the vacant throne. In 1536, however, Manco roused his people against the intruders, and the Spaniards found themselves isolated and fighting for their lives. Examines the background and progress of the desperate 10-month siege of Cuzco; the opposing commanders, their fighting men, tactics, and military technologies; and the key clashes, from Sacsayhuaman to Ollantaytambo. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996338 Smith, David 338 THE FIRST ANGLO-SIKH WAR 1845-46: The Betrayal of the Khalsa The First Anglo-Sikh War broke out due to escalating tensions between the Sikh Empire and the British East India Company in the Punjab region of India in the mid-19th century. Political machinations were at the heart of the conflict, with Sikh rulers fearing the growing power of their own army, while several prominent Sikh generals actively collaborated with the East India Company.

The British faced a disciplined opponent, trained along European lines and fielding armies numbering in the tens of thousands. The war featured a number of closely contested battles, with both sides taking heavy losses.

This fully-illustrated study tells the story of one of the major colonial wars of the nineteenth century, as the East India Company attempted to wrest control of the Punjab region from a Sikh Empire riven by infighting. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996379 Smith, David 379 THE EAST AFRICA CAMPAIGN 1914-18: Von Lettow-Vorbeck's Masterpiece Examines how a wide array of British, Indian, South African, Belgian, Portuguese, and local native forces invaded German East Africa in WWI and slowly ousted the German forces -- a process made tortuous by Lieutenant-Colonel Paul Lettow-Vorbeck's masterful management of the campaign. Among the events covered in this work are the Battle of Tanga, the scuttling of the Konigsberg, the German railway campaign, and the battles at Salaita Hill, Kondoa-Irangi, Mahenge, Mahiwa, and Namacurra. Includes colorful period and specially commissioned illustrations.

The East African Campaign in World War I comprised a series of battles and guerrilla actions which began in German East Africa in 1914 and spread to portions of Portuguese Mozambique, northern Rhodesia, British East Africa, the Uganda Protectorate, and the Belgian Congo. German colonial forces under von Lettow-Vorbeck diverted Allied forces from the Western Front to Africa. Despite the efforts of the Allied forces, Lettow-Vorbeck's troops remained undefeated at the end of the war. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996344 Stille, Mark 344 JAVA SEA 1942: Japan's Conquest of the Netherlands East Indies The battle of the Java Sea, fought in February 1942, was the first major surface engagement of the Pacific War and one of the few naval battles of the entire war fought to a decisive victory. It was the culminating point of the Japanese drive to occupy the Netherlands East Indies (NEI) and, to defend the territory, the Allies assembled a striking force comprised of Dutch, American, British and even an Australian ship, all under the command of a resolute Dutch admiral.

On 27 February 1942, the Allied striking force set course to intercept the Japanese invasion force in the Java Sea. In one of the few such times during the whole of World War II a protracted surface engagement was fought unmolested by airpower. For over seven hours, the Allied force attempted to attack the Japanese invasion force, finally breaking off in the early evening. Some three hours later, the Allied force, now reduced to just four remaining cruisers and two destroyers, attempted another attack on the invasion convoy during which Japanese torpedoes scored heavily, sinking two Dutch cruisers and bringing the battle to a conclusion. Over the next two days, as the Allies attempted to flee, five more ships were sunk. From that point on, Allied naval power was eliminated from Southeast Asia. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996370 Stille, MArk 370 LEYTE GULF 1944 (1): The Battles of the Sibuyan Sea and Samar This is the First in a two-part study of the October 23-26, 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf, which resulted in a decisive defeat for the Japanese. Covers the Battle of the Sibuyan Sea and later action off Samar. Examines why the Imperial Japanese Navy commander of the First Diversion Strike Force (Takeo Kurita) chose to ignore orders and break off the attack into Leyte Gulf-one of the two most controversial decisions of the entire battle. It also covers the Japanese planning for Leyte Gulf, and the strengths and weaknesses of the Imperial Japanese Navy in this phase of the war alongside the US Navy's planning and command arrangements. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996396 Stille, Mark 396 JAPAN'S INDIAN OCEAN RAID 1942: The Allies' Lowest Ebb Detailed illustrated exploration of the Japanese raid into the Indian Ocean in April 1942 - one of the largest operations conducted by the Imperial Navy during the war as its carriers struck Ceylon - the heart of British naval power in the East - sinking several Allied ships. Details the weaponry, equipment, personnel, and the events of both sides' air efforts.

Specially commissioned battlescenes bring to life the sinking of British carrier Hermes, the Bristol Blenheim attacks on the Japanese carrier force, and a Zero vs Hurricane dogfight over Colombo on 5 April. Easy to follow maps and diagrams reveal the strategic situation at the start and end of the campaign, and track the movements of the Japanese carrier task force and the British Eastern Fleet throughout. of the fascinating battles that took place are revealed in over 60 photographs, many of which are from Japanese sources. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996399 Stille, Mark 399 PHILIPPINES NAVAL CAMPAIGN 1944-45: The Battles After Leyte Gulf Examines an array of naval operations in the Pacific after Leyte Gulf, which included (on the Japanese side) the largest convoys to a contested island during the war, the first kamikaze campaign, and the second largest Imperial Japanese Navy surface operation during the last nine months of the conflict. On the American side, US forces were involved in efforts to cut off Leyte from enemy reinforcement, a massive amphibious invasion off Luzon, and large-scale operations by the Fast Carrier Task Force (TF 38). Among the actions covered are the battles for Ormoc Bay, the invasion of Mindoro, Japanese kamikaze attacks, and the US Third Fleet's rampage through the South China Sea between January 10 and 20, 1945. Fully illustrated. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996408 Stille, Mark 408 BATTLE OF THE ATLANTIC (1): The U-Boat Campaign Against Britain, 1939-41 The first in a series of books examining the struggle between Allied naval and air forces and the German U-boats in the first 15 months of the war. The Germans attempted to win a tonnage war against Allied shipping. However, torpedo problems and the lack of U-boats prevented the Germans from inflicting crippling losses, even though the British found it impossible to protect all shipping, primarily because of lack of convoy escorts. Contains maps, diagrams, photographs, and battlescene artworks. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996373 Sutton, David 373 SYRIA AND LEBANON 1941: The Allied Fight against the Vichy French Campaign series. Examines the high military and political strategy that lay behind the June 1941 campaign when Australian, British, Indian and Free French forces invaded the Vichy French-controlled mandate of Syria and Lebanon. The Allies fought in rocky, mountainous terrain, through barren valleys and across swollen rivers, and soon after the initial advance faced a powerful Vichy French counter-attack on key strategic positions.

Describes the experiences and hardships endured by troops the men on the ground using extensive war diaries and available records to make sense of the actions. The battles in Syria and Lebanon were complex actions, often at the battalion level or below, and this work shows how they affected the wider campaign.
1 vol, 96 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996371 Willbanks, James 371 THE BATTLE FOR HUE In late January 1968, some 84,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops launched a country-wide general offensive in South Vietnam, mounting simultaneous assaults on 36 of 44 provincial capitals, and five of the six autonomous cities (including the capital city of Saigon). The longest and bloodiest battle occurred in Hue, the most venerated place in Vietnam. The bitter fighting that raged there for more than three weeks drew the attention of the world.

Hue was the ancient capital of Vietnam, and as such, had been previously avoided by both sides; it had not seen any serious fighting prior to 1968. All that changed on the night of January 31 that year when four North Vietnamese battalions and supporting Viet Cong units simultaneously attacked and occupied both parts of the city straddling the Perfume River. The Communist forces dug in and prepared to defend their hold on the city.

US Marines and South Vietnamese soldiers were ordered to clear the city, supported by US Army artillery and troops. A brutal urban battle ensued as combat raged from house to house and door to door. It was a bloody fight and resulted in large-scale destruction of Hue. Eventually, the Marines and the South Vietnamese forces retook Hue, but it turned out to be one of the longest and bloodiest battles of the Tet Offensive, and led to a sea change in US policy in Vietnam. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996366 Windrow, Martin 366 DIEN BIEN PHU 1954: The French Defeat That Lured America into Vietnam In late 1953, the seventh year of France's war against the Viet Minh insurgency in its colony of Vietnam, the C-in-C, General Navarre, was encouraged to plant an 'air-ground base' in the Thai Highlands at Dien Bien Phu, to distract General Giap's Vietnamese People's Army from both Annam and the French northern heartland in the Red River Delta, and to protect the Laotian border. Elite French paratroopers captured Dien Bien Phu, which was reinforced between December 1953 and February 1954 with infantry and artillery, a squadron of tanks and one of fighter-bombers, to a strength of 10,000 men.

Giap and the VPA General Staff accepted the challenge of a major positional battle; through a total mobilization of national resources, and with Chinese logistical help, they assembled a siege army of 58,000 regular troops, equipped for the first time with 105mm artillery and 37mm AA guns. Describes the first NVA assaults on 13 March 1954 and subsequent battle that quickly developed into a dramatic 56-day 'Stalingrad in the Jungle.' 1 vol, 96 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996335 Zaloga, Steven 335 MORTAIN 1944: Hitler's Normandy Panzer Offensive Following the successful Allied landings in Normandy on D-Day and consolidation during Operation Cobra, the Wehrmacht was ordered to begin a counter-offensive named Operation Luttich.

The plan was to send a large Panzer force across the First US Army sector, cutting off its spearheads, and reach Avranches on the coast. Had this succeeded, it not only would have cut off the First US Army spearheads, but also Patton's newly deployed Third US Army operating in Brittany. However, thanks to an intercepted radio message, the Allies were well-prepared for the offensive and not only repelled the oncoming panzers, but went on a counter-attack that would lead to a whole German army becoming encircled in the Falaise Pocket.

Fully illustrated with stunning full-color artwork, this book tells the story of the failed counterattack Operation Luttich. 1 vol, 96 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-996349 Zaloga, Steven 349 Warsaw 1920 - The War for the Eastern Borderlands The Battle of Warsaw in August 1920 has been described as one of the decisive battles of European history. At the start of the battle, the Red Army appeared to be on the verge of advancing through Poland into Germany to expand the Soviet revolution. Had the war spread into Germany, another great European war would have ensued, dragging in France and Britain. However, the Red Army was defeated by 'the miracle on the Vistula'.

This campaign title explores the origins and outcomes of this momentous battle. In May 1920, the Polish Army intervened in war-torn Ukraine, pushing all the way to Kiev, but the Red Army, by now triumphant in most of the theatres of the Russian Civil War, turned its attention to this new threat. By the late summer of 1920, two Soviet armies had advanced into Poland and the overconfident Soviet leadership dreamed of advancing over a prostrate Polish Army into neighbouring Germany to ignite a Communist revolution in the heart of Europe.

Thanks to the low density of forces on both sides and the huge distances involved, the conflict was a war of manoeuvre, with a curious mixture of traditional and advanced tactics. Horse cavalry played a dominant role in the fighting, but aeroplanes, tanks, and armoured trains lent the war an air of modernity. This illustrated study explores the war through the lens of the Battle of Warsaw, the turning point when, after a summer of disastrous retreat, the Polish army rallied and repulsed the Red Army at Warsaw and Lwow.
1 vol, 96 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997247 Bishop, M.C. 247 247 ROMAN PLATE ARMOUR First named by Renaissance historians studying the reliefs on Trajan's Column, lorica segmentata evaded successful attempts toThe collapse of the former Western Roman Empire during the so called 'Dark Ages' c. AD 410 was gradual and piecemeal. Out of this vacuum arose regional tribes and leaders determined to take back kingdoms that were theirs and oust any Roman presence for good. However, the Roman guard was tenacious and survived in small pockets that emerged in both Gaul and Britain. These areas of Romano-Celtic resistance held out against the Saxons until at least the mid 6th century in Britain and against the Visigoths and the Merovingian Franks until the late 8th century in France.

Drawing on archaeological finds, contemporary sculpture and manuscript illuminations, Dr Raffaele D'Amato presents contemporary evidence for 5th to 9th-century Gallic and British 'Dark Age' armies and reconstructs their way of life and the battles they fought. The text, accompanied by photographs and colour illustrations, paints an intricate picture of how these disparate groups of Roman soldiers survived and adapted on the fringes of the Roman Empire. reconstruct it until a series of important archaeological finds in the 20th century revealed how it worked and the truth of its extended chronology. The earliest finds date from the late 1st century BC, and its discovery at Kalkriese in Germany shows how rapidly it was adopted. At the same time, discoveries in Spain and Britain showed that, despite its apparent fragility, it continued in use into the 4th century AD.

The spectacular find of six halves of cuirasses in a chest at Corbridge in 1964 has now been matched by the rare discovery of a complete set of this armour at Kalkriese. The Corbridge find provided the context to interpret and reconstruct earlier finds. There is now years of experience gleaned from re-enactors over the practical strengths and weaknesses of this form of armour. At the same time, scientific analysis has provided insights into the technology behind this revolutionary form of armour so characteristic of the Roman Army. Featuring specially commissioned artwork and drawing upon the latest findings, this study lifts the veil on the formidable plate armour used by the legionaries of Imperial Rome. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997252 Bishop, M.C. 252 ROMAN MAIL AND SCALE ARMOUR New discoveries in both mail and scale, as well as in hybrid forms that mixed the two, helps explain the development of these types of defense during the Roman period, their efficacy in battle and how they were manufactured and repaired.

Less glamorous than the Roman Army's instantly recognizable plate armor but much more versatile, mail and scale armor were used by both legionaries and auxiliaries throughout Rome's history. Developed by the Celts and quickly adopted by the Romans, mail armor was easy to make and required little maintenance. Scale was a much older form of armor, originating in the Near East during the second millennium BC. As with mail, it was used by both auxiliaries and legionaries, but like plate armor, it was much more fragile than mail. Both types of armour were also used by gladiators (principally as arm defenses). 1 vol, 64 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997234 Bishopm M. C. 234 Roman Shields The introduction of the scutum in the 4th century BC revolutionized the way the Romans fought. Instead of being purely defensive, the shield became a weapon in its own right. Using the top edge or boss to punch an opponent, or the lower rim to smash down on their feet, it served to unbalance an enemy and allow the sword to do its work.

Drawing together historical accounts, excavated artefacts and the results of the latest scientific analyses of the boards and fittings, reveals the development, technology, training and use of the scutum and other Roman shield types.

The versatility of the scutum was characterized by the testudo, a formation the Romans used offensively like a pedestrian tank. Meanwhile, other shield types equipped the auxiliaries who fought alongside the legionaries. The curved, rectangular scutum survived into the 3rd century AD, only to be replaced by an oval, slightly domed shield derived from the oval shields of Early Imperial auxiliaries.
1 vol, 64 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997231 Campbell, David 231 SOVIET AIRBORNE FORCES: 1930-91 Explores the development of the VDV from their conception in 1930 to their role in the Cold War and in the later invasion of Afghanistan. Supported by contemporary photography and specially commissioned artwork of uniforms and battlescenes, this title is a comprehensive and engaging guide to the history of airborne forces in the Soviet period.

Established in 1932, the Vozdushno-desantnye voyska ('air-landing forces', or VDV) of the Red Army led the way in airborne doctrine and practice. Though they were initially handicapped by a lack of infrastructure, due in part to a turbulent political climate in the 1930s, they still conducted major drops during World War II, including at the Dnepr River in September 1943.

After the war ended, the VDV became independent of the Air Force and were elevated to the role of strategic asset. The newly rebuilt divisions were now organized and trained to conduct deep insertions behind enemy lines, attacking command-and-control facilities, lines of communication, and key infrastructure targets such as nuclear power plants. This training came into play in numerous Cold War confrontations, including Soviet operations in Hungary (1956) and Czechoslovakia (1968). During the Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979-89), the VDV proved to be the most formidable of the Mujahideen's opponents, with the development of the air assault concept - the transport, insertion and support of air-landed troops by helicopter rather than parachute. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997245 Castelein, Klaas 245 THE DUTCH RESISTANCE 1940-45: World War Resistance and Collaboration in the Netherlands Comprehensive account of one of the lesser-known struggles of World War II. From spring 1943 onwards, three Dutch Resistance organizations gained momentum: the Order Service (OD), the Resistance Council (RVV), and the National Assault Teams (LKP). In response, the Germans raised collaborationist forces to counter the Resistance, including the much-feared Landwacht. In September 1944 the OD, RVV and LKP amalgamated into the Netherlands Interior Forces (NBS), while Allied troops began to liberate the southern provinces. This allowed NBS forces in the south to form Stoottroepen, uniformed and armed by both the British and US armies. These assisted the Allied advance, while a bloody underground struggle continued in the occupied north until final liberation in April-May 1945. Illustrated with rare photos and new colour plates, 1 vol, 64 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997229 Chartrand, Rene 229 RAIDERS FROM NEW FRANCE: North American Forest Warfare Tactics, 17th-18th Centuries Though the French and British colonies in North America began on a 'level playing field', French political conservatism and limited investment allowed the British colonies to forge ahead, pushing into territories that the French had explored deeply but failed to exploit. The subsequent survival of 'New France' can largely be attributed to an intelligent doctrine of raiding warfare developed by imaginative French officers through close contact with Indian tribes and Canadian settlers.

Far from the ad hoc opportunism these raids seemed to represent, they were in fact the result of a deliberate plan to overcome numerical weakness by exploiting the potential of mixed parties of French soldiers, Canadian backwoodsmen and allied Indian warriors.

Supported by contemporary accounts from period documents and newly explored historical records, this study explores the 'hit-and-run' raids which kept New Englanders tied to a defensive position and ensured the continued existence of the French colonies until their eventual cession in 1763. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997230 D'Amato, Raffaele 230 ROMAN STANDARDS and STANDARD BEARERS (2): AD 192-500 The Late Roman Empire was a period of significant change in the designs of standards and in the costumes of standard-bearers. During the middle decades of the chaotic 3rd century, evidence confirms the continued use of the old legionary eagle and the signa of the old cohorts and centuries, alongside flags and Imperial images.

The two major trends over the later generations were the adoption of Christian symbols on standards (e.g. Constantine the Great's Chi-Rho), and the proliferation of different types of flags. This had begun in the late 2nd century with the adoption of the 'barbarian' dragon standard, the windsock-shaped draco, which continued to be displayed alongside various other flags in the Greek-speaking Eastern Empire, whose influence increased greatly. Meanwhile, the growing employment of foreign units was such that by the 5th century we have evidence of the use of Hunnic symbolism among a Roman general's suite of standards. The costumes of standard-bearers also evolved as 'Persian' styles spread from Constantinople.

This title explores all these changes in depth, charting the development of various costumes and designs and the waxing and waning influence of various cultures and religious considerations. The text is supported by specially commissioned illustrations and artist's reconstructions of the standards and their bearers. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997235 D'Amato, Raffaele 235 ROMAN HEAVY CAVALRY (2): AD500-1450 In the twilight of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th-6th centuries, the elite of the field armies was the cataphracts, heavy armoured cavalry clad in lamellar, scale, mail, and padded fabric armour. After the fall of the West, the Greek-speaking Eastern or Byzantine Empire survived for nearly a thousand years, and cavalry remained predominant in its armies, with the heaviest armoured regiments continuing to provide the ultimate shock-force in battle. This new study, replete with full-colour illustrations of the various units, offers insight into heavy cavalry units that battled against the enemies of Rome's Eastern Empire. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997253 D'Amato, Raffaele 253 ANGLO-SAXON KINGS AND WARLORDS: AD 400-1070 Elite series. Profiles of the kings and warlords from the withdrawal of the Romans to the Battle of Hastings. The Anglo-Saxon warrior elite were equipped with magnificent armour, influenced by the cultures of the late Romans, the Scandinavian Vendel people, the Frankish Merovingians, Carolingians and Ottonians, and also the Vikings. Includes color illustrations, rare photos, and the latest archaeological research. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997241 D'Amato, Raffaele 241 ARMIES OF JULIUS CAESAR 58-44 BC Gaius Julius Caesar's army was as varied and cosmopolitan as those of later centuries, and it is only recently that a wider study of a whole range of evidence has allowed a more precise picture of it to emerge. Examines the armies of Julius Caesar in detail, creating a detailed picture of how they lived and fought.

Caesar remains the most famous Roman general of all time. Although he never bore the title, historians since Suetonius have judged him to be, in practice, the very first 'emperor' - after all, no other name in history has been synonymous with a title of imperial rule. Caesar was a towering personality who, for better or worse, changed the history of Rome forever. His unscrupulous ambition was matched only by his genius as a commander and his conquest of Gaul brought Rome its first great territorial expansion outside the Mediterranean world. His charismatic leadership bonded his soldiers to him not only for expeditions 'beyond the edge of the world' - to Britain - but in the subsequent civil war that raised him to ultimate power. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997243 Drabik, Douglas 243 Soviet State Security Services 1917-46 Elite series. Examines the history and organizations of the security apparatus of USSR. The Bolsheviks' seizure of power in Russia in late 1917 was swiftly followed by the establishment of the Cheka, the secret police of the new Soviet state, to eliminate political dissent. In 1922 the Soviet state-security organs became the GPU and then the OGPU (1923-34) before coalescing into the NKVD. By 1946, the power of the NKVD was so great that even Stalin saw it as a threat and it was broken up into multiple organizations, notably the MVD and the MGB - the forerunners of the KGB. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997228 Galeotti, Mark 228 ARMIES OF RUSSIA'S WAR IN UKRAINE Using his extensive contacts in both Russia and Ukraine, and access to a mass of official and unofficial sources, this primer covers all the forces involved in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Analyzes the progress of the war and what it teaches us about Russia's current military capabilities. Includes specially commissioned artwork.

In February 2014, street protests in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities led to the ousting of the Russian-backed President Yanukovych. The so-called Euromaidan Revolution saw many changes to Ukraine's constitution, but the violent reaction in the east and south of the country led to armed counter-revolution, unofficially backed by Russia.

This conflict is the essential example of Russia's new policy of 'hybrid warfare', which blends propaganda, misinformation, and the deployment of 'deniable' Special Forces and regular troops alongside proxies and mercenaries to achieve its strategic ends. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997250 Galeotti, Mark 250 RUSSIA'S FIVE-DAY WAR: The Invasion of Georgia, August 2008 Analyzes the Russian, Georgian, Abkhazian, and South Ossetian forces and gives an in-depth analysis of the conflict as separatist groups in Georgia's border provinces rebelled which led to fighting in South Ossetia during August 2008. The Russian Army invaded Georgia alongside these forces, stripped the new country of these rebellious provinces, and garrisoned them to maintain a threat over Georgia.

But despite the inevitable outcome of this hugely unbalanced conflict, it revealed serious Russian military weaknesses and incompetence, and the NATO-trained and partly Western-equipped Georgian Army put up a much more successful local resistance than Russia had expected. The conflict also demonstrated the first use of Russian cyber-warfare, and its so-called 'hybrid warfare' doctrine.

Includes meticulous color artwork for uniforms, insignia, and equipment, rare photographs and detailed 'fact-boxes' for significant units and individuals. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997246 Gilbert, Francois 246 GLADIATORS: 4th - 1st Centuries BC Despite the wealth of literary and archaeological evidence, many misconceptions about the gladiators and their violent world remain. Originating in funeral rites during the Punic Wars, the Roman gladiator games have come to symbolize the spectacle and savagery of Republican and Imperial Rome. Increasingly elaborate rules and rituals governed the conduct of gladiator combat, with an array of specially armed and armored gladiator types pitted against one another, either singly or in groups. While many gladiators met a grisly end, some survived to achieve celebrity and make huge fortunes.

Featuring photographs and drawings of key items of visual evidence and drawing upon the author's wealth of experience and research, this fully illustrated account recreates the little-known and under-represented gladiators of the centuries leading up to the dawn of the Principate, correcting myths and casting new light on the roles, lives and legacy of these legendary arena fighters. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997258 Gilbert, Francois 258 GLADIATORS: 1st-5th Centuries AD Examines gladiators, who provided a bloody spectacle for the people of ancient Rome and its vast empire. While prominent citizens sponsored games to enhance their own reputations and reward their clients, the emperors soon assumed a near-monopoly on the provision of games. Several emperors, most notoriously Commodus, even entered the arena themselves. In the quest for novelty, contests included prisoners, criminals, and women. Only after the adoption of Christianity as the state religion in AD 380 did armed combat between gladiators enter a decline, and even then beast hunts persisted into the 6th century. Contains eight color artwork plates, as well as black and white color photographs and illustrations. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997249 Greentree, David 249 SOVIET NAVAL INFANTRY: 1917-91 Charts the history and appearance of the Soviet Union's naval infantry, from the October Revolution to the end of the Soviet era. Although Russian naval infantry achieved fame during the October Revolution, they were quickly disbanded and only re-established in 1939. Following the Axis invasion of 1941 some 500,000 Soviet Navy personnel served on land, fighting in the defence of Leningrad, Odessa, and Sevastopol and the recapture of the Crimea in 1943-44; Soviet naval troops also participated in the invasion of Manchuria in 1945.

During the Cold War era the Soviet Union developed an amphibious assault capability that had a vital strategic role - to capture an aggressor's geographical exits to the oceans and thereby forestall threats to Soviet submarine bases. Naval infantry forces could deploy a wealth of firepower assets, while the use of amphibious ships, hovercraft and helicopters aided their rapid deployment, even amid ice-bound terrain in the Arctic. All of these developments are described and illustrated in absorbing detail in this study. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997232 Herder, Brian Lane 232 WORLD WAR II US FAST CARRIER TASK FORCE TACTICS: 1943-45 Drawing on difficult-to-access wartime documents and other contemporary sources, this is the first compact, illustrated study of the tactics and techniques of the US fast carriers of Task Forces 50, 58, and 38 during the naval war against Japan in 1943-45.

This title concentrates on exactly how these highly successful forces actually operated: their composition in ships, aircraft and men; the essential technology at their disposal; the evolving doctrine for their employment; the opposition and dangers they faced; and how they overcame them at the tactical level. It explains in straightforward terms the intricate details of topics such as how ships maneuvered, how aircraft were deployed and recovered, the formations and approaches used by fighters, dive-bombers and torpedo-bombers against naval and land targets, and how Task Forces defended themselves.

The text is supported by a wide range of wartime photos and full-color illustrations, showing, for example, the formations employed by ships and aircraft, with altitudes and ranges throughout the course of attacks. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997256 Jones, Simon 256 THE WAR UNDERGROUND 1914-18: Tactics and Equipment Reveals the evolving tactics and techniques used by all sides in the underground war during 1914-18. Covering the Western Front but also the Gallipoli and Italian theaters, this study explores three aspects of World War I below ground: military mining, attack tunnels, and dugouts. The ingenuity, claustrophobia and tactical importance of the underground war are discussed and depicted. The artwork plates include depictions of the specialized uniforms, weapons, and equipment used underground, as well as vignettes that vividly convey the many aspects of subterranean warfare during World War I. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997240 Jowett, Philip 240 THE JAPANESE HOME FRONT: 1937-45 From the beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 until the Japanese surrender in August 1945, a multitude of military and civil-defense forces strove to support the Japanese war effort and prepared to defend the Home Islands against invasion.

During World War II, Japan was the world's most militarized society and by 1945 nearly every Japanese male over the age of 10 wore some kind of military attire, as did the majority of women and girls. This volume reveals the many military and civil-defense organizations active in wartime Japan, while specially commissioned artwork and carefully chosen archive photographs depict the appearance of the men, women, and children involved in the Japanese war effort in the Home Islands throughout World War II. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997257 Jowett, Philip and Martin Windrow 257 THE RIF WAR 1921-26: Morocco's Berber Uprising Analyzes how Abd el Krim, a Berber leader in the Rif highlands of Morocco, marshaled a pan-tribal uprising that killed some 13,000 Spanish troops, which led to a Franco-Spanish response. Takes a close look at the most deadly colonial conflict of the interwar period. Rare photographs and newly commissioned artwork plates complement detailed examinations of the weapons, equipment, and uniforms of all sides, enhancing the story of the challenge posed to two European armies by a tribal leader who would inspire North African nationalists for years to come. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997242 Liptak, Eugene 242 US NAVY SPECIAL WARFARE UNITS IN KOREA AND VIETNAM: UDTS and Seals 1950-73 Covers US Navy Special Warfare units during the Korean War and the Vietnam War. In Korea, underwater demolition teams (UDTs) surveyed beaches for amphibious operations, cleared sea mines from harbors, conducted seaborne raids against inshore targets, and served as scouts for the infiltration of Korean guerrillas and British Royal Marine Commando raids along the North Korean coast. In South Vietnam, UDTs surveyed beaches and demolished Viet Cong bunkers, supply caches, and river obstacles in the Mekong Delta. The SEALs (Sea Air Land teams) deployed entire platoons into the Mekong Delta and the Rung Sat Special Zone to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Viet Cong that included ambushes, reconnaissance, and capturing leaders and supply caches. In addition, the SEALs also played important roles in the Phoenix Program and in rescuing prisoners of war. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997237 MacNiven , Robbie 237 BRITISH LIGHT INFANTRY IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION During the Seven Years' War (1755-63), a number of independent light-infantry outfits served under British command and dedicated light companies were added to the British Army's regular infantry battalions. The light companies were disbanded after the war but the prominent role played by light infantry was not forgotten, and in 1771-72 light-infantry companies were reinstated in every regiment in the British Isles.

Although William Howe formed a training camp at Salisbury in 1774 specifically to practise light-infantry doctrine, the outbreak of the American Revolution in 1775 found the British Army wanting, and the light companies were no different. After evacuating Boston in March 1776, Howe began to remodel and drill his army at Halifax, standardizing lighter uniform and emphasizing more open-order tactics. He also brigaded his light companies together into composite battalions, which went on to fight in almost every major engagement during the American Revolution. They spearheaded British assaults, using night-time surprise and relying upon the bayonet in engagements such as Paoli and Old Tappan. They also matched their regular and irregular opponents in bush-fighting, and at times fought in far-flung detachments alongside Native American and Loyalist allies on the frontier. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork, this book offers a comprehensive guide to the formation, uniform, equipment, doctrines and tactics of these elite light infantry companies and battalions, and considers how, over the course of the war they developed a fearsome reputation, and exemplified the psychological characteristics exhibited by crack military units across history. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997238 MacNiven , Robbie 238 BATTLE TACTICS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Investigates the various participants' battlefield tactics, casting light on how tactical theory and battlefield experience shaped the conduct of battle in the American Revolution.

For Britain, the Army would be forced to re-learn many of the lessons from the Seven Years' War. After the debacle of Concord and Bunker Hill, the British implemented a range of changes throughout the Army, including the modification of accepted tactical doctrine. Additionally, the British used trrops from independent German states, which used different tactics.

The Continental Army was founded in 1775 and was initially heavily styled on its British opponents. That began to change in 1778 thanks to the efforts of Prussian officer Baron Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben. Following their formal alliance with the colonies in 1778, France deployed military assets to North America. French officers also provided tactical advice to the Continental Army, and vice versa, particularly when they worked together successfully during the siege of Yorktown in 1781.
1 vol, 64 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997239 McNab, Chris 239 ARMIES OF THE IRAN-IRAQ WAR 1980-88 Investigates the organization, appearance, and equipment of the ground forces of both sides in the Iran-Iraq War, including Iraq's Republican Guards and Iran's Pasdaran or Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The war resulted in stalemate with some half a million dead and at least as many wounded. The financial costs incurred in waging such a long and debilitating war were one of the spurs that led Saddam Hussein to invade Kuwait barely two years later.

Driven by the Iranian Revolution of 1979 and the insecurities it provoked in Saddam Hussein's Iraqi dictatorship, the Iran-Iraq War would become the largest conventional conflict of the period. Curiously little-known considering its scale and longevity, the struggle between Iran and Iraq was primarily fought along the 1,458km border in a series of battles which, despite both sides being armed with modern small arms, armor and aircraft, often degenerated into attritional struggles reminiscent of World War I. Such a comparison was underlined by frequent periods of deadlock, the extensive use of trenches by both sides, and the deployment of chemical weapons by Iraq. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997244 Rogers, Anthony 244 SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE: Mercenaries and Military Adventurers 1960-2020 This highly illustrated title traces the development of mercenary soldiering from individuals and small units in the African wars of the 1960s-90s to today's state-employed corporate military contractors.

The phenomenon of mercenary soldiering has constantly recurred in the news since the 1960s and has always attracted lively interest. The concept of 'mercenaries' began in the former Belgian Congo during the 1960s when men such as Mike Hoare and Bob Denard assembled hundreds of military veterans to 'do the fighting' for a particular leader or faction. This idea soon evolved into small teams of individuals training and leading local forces with varying success; wars in Rhodesia and on South Africa's borders attracted foreign volunteers into national armed forces, and veterans of these conflicts later sought employment elsewhere as mercenaries. The wars in the former Yugoslavia also attracted foreign fighters inspired as much by political and religious motives as by pay. This picture then evolved again, as former officers with recent experience set up sophisticated commercial companies to identify and fill the needs of governments whose own militaries were inadequate.

Most recently, the aftermath of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has seen such contractors taking on some of the burden of long-term security off major national armies, while the subsequent rise of ISIS/Daesh has added a parallel strain of ideological volunteers. The author is well placed to describe how the face of mercenary soldiering has evolved and changed over 60 years. Using first-hand accounts, photos and detailed illustrations, this book presents a compelling snapshot of the life, campaigns and kit used by mercenary operatives engaged in fighting within both larger and more specific conflicts around the world. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997236 Rottman, Gordon 236 Vietnam War Booby Traps Explores not only the wide variety of booby traps employed by the Viet Cong, their various uses in halting, stalling, or locating an enemy, and the many evolutions these traps underwent in order to retain the element of surprise. Written by a Vietnam veteran with first-hand experience of such traps.

Booby traps could be made in large numbers in village workshops and jungle camps using locally available materials as well as modern munitions. The VC were adept at making booby traps 'invisible' in the varied terrain of Vietnam, often emplacing them in locations and surroundings totally unexpected by their enemies. Booby traps could be incredibly simple or startlingly complex and ingenious, ranging from pointed sticks to command-detonated submerged floating river mines. Besides a wide variety of booby traps, they also used land and water mines, both contact/pressure-detonated and command-detonated. Between January 1965 and June 1970 11% of US troop deaths in action and 17% of injuries were by caused booby traps and mines. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997255 Slaughter, James 255 THE 'GROSSDEUTSCHLAND' DIVISION IN WORLD WAR II: The German Army's Premier Combat Unit Starting as an elite guard detachment, Grossdeutschland expanded to regimental size in 1939, and saw action in France in 1940, Yugoslavia in 1941, and invasion of Soviet Union. Reinforced to divisional status, it fought on the Eastern Front in 1942-44, notably at Rzhev in late 1942 and Kharkov in early 1943. Refitted and redesignated a Panzergrenadier-Division, it was part of the battle of Kursk in July 1943 before acting as the Wehrmacht's fire brigade in 1943-44. Expanded to Panzerkorps status in late 1944 for the Bulge offensive. Contains eight color artwork plates plus black & white and color photographs and illustrations. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997227 Thomas, Nigel 227 ARMIES OF THE BALTIC INDEPENDENCE WARS: 1918-20 Immediately following the end of World War I, amid the collapse of the German, Austro-Hungarian, and Russian Empires, bitter fighting broke out in the Baltic region as Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania struggled for their independence, as Red and White Russian armies began their civil war -- along with German forces still active in what had been the northern end of Germany's Eastern Front.

Offers a concise but detailed introduction to this whole theater of war, focusing on the Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and relevant German and Russian forces, plus Finnish, Danish and Swedish contingents. For each region there is a detailed map as well as meticulous orders-of-battle and insignia charts. Detailed for the first time in the English language, this fascinating book concisely tells the story of the birth of these Baltic nation states.

* Russian Red Army: Command; organization; Estonian and Latvian Rifles units; campaign against Russian White Army and German forces; uniforms and insignia.
* Estonian Forces: Command; organization; foreign volunteers; campaign against Russian Red Army and German forces; uniforms and insignia.
* Latvian Forces: Command; organization; campaign against Russian Red Army and German forces; uniforms and insignia.
* Lithuanian Forces: Command; organization; campaigns against Russian Red Army, German and Polish forces; uniforms and insignia.
* German Forces (ex-Eighth Army, Iron Division, Baltic Defence Force, German Legion ): Command; organization; campaigns against Russian Red Army, Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian forces; uniforms and insignia.
* White Russian Forces (Northern Corps NW Army, Western Volunteer Army): Command; organization; campaign against Russian Red Army; uniforms and insignia.
* Battle orders: Russian Red Army, Estonian People's Army, Latvian Army, Lithuanian Army, German forces in Baltic, White Russian Army.
* Rank insignia charts: Estonian, Latvian & Lithuanian armies, and German Baltic Defense Force 1 vol, 64 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-997233 Thomas, Nigel 233 Hitler's Eastern Legions 1942-45 Between 1941-45, the Germans recruited around 175,000 men from a number of minorities in the USSR, distinguishing between 'Turkomans' (predominantly Muslims) and 'Caucasians' (predominantly Orthodox Christians). Of these, many formed rear-area auxiliary units, but at least 55,000 were combat troops.

The first recruits formed two battalions in the 444th Security Division raised as early as November 1941; during 1942-1943 seven legions were formed, each of several battalions, eventually totalling some 53 battalions (equivalent to about 6 full divisions). However, with one exception (162nd Turkoman Division), they were not deployed as whole formations; after training in Poland, individual battalions were posted to fill out German regiments in the front lines, at first in Army Group South but later in all three Army Groups fighting on the Eastern Front. Units were also sent to Yugoslavia, Italy and the Western Front.

Details the organization, battle orders, combat history, uniforms and insignia of these unique units and includes contemporary photographs and full-colour illustrations. 1 vol, 64 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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2-998118 118 BYZANTINE INFANTRYMAN: Eastern Roman Empire c900-1204 1 vol, 72 pgs 2007 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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2-999000 OSPREY MEN AT ARMS SERIES We just bought a large collection of Osprey Men-At-Arms, Warrior, and Fortress. Your choice $8.00 each

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06 The Austro-Hungarian Army of the Seven Years War
42 The King's German Legion
51 Spanish Armies of the Napoleonic Wars
58 The Landsknechts
67 The Indian Mutiny
72 North-West Frontier 1837-1947
77 Flags of the Napoleonic Wars (1)
84 Wellington's Generals
87 Napoleon's Marshals
90 Napoleon's German Allies (3): Saxony 1806-1815
91 Bengal Cavalry Regiments 1857-1914
95 The Boxer Rebellion
96 Artillery Equipment of the Napoleonic Wars
98 Dutch-Belgian Troops of the Napoleonic Wars
111 The Armies of Crecy and Poitiers
114 Wellington's Infantry (1)
119 Wellington's Infantry (2)
121 Armies of the Carthaginian Wars 265-145 BC
145 The War of the Roses
155 The Knights of Christ
195 Hungary and the fall of Eastern Europe 1000-1568
199 Napoleon's Specialist Troops
203 Louis XIV's Army
235 The Army of Gustavus Adolphus 1 Infantry
268 The British Troops in the Indian Mutiny 1857-1859
324 The North-East Frontier 1837-1901
352 The United States Army 1783-1811
374 Roman Military Clothing (1) 100 BC - AD 200

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6 Confederate Infantryman 1861-1865
11 English Longbowman 1330-1515
31 Union Infantryman 1861-65
66 British Infantryman in the Far East 1941-45
127 Native American Code Talker in World War II
152 Royal Naval Air Service Pilot 1914-18

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5 Japanese Castles 1540-1640
18 Norman Stone Castles (2) Europe 950-1204
92 Strongholds of the Picts: The fortifications of Dark Age Scotland

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15 The Armada Campaign 1588
22 World Special Forces Insignia
39 The Ancient Assyrians
42 The Persian Army 560-330 BC
44 Security Forces in Northern Ireland 1969-92
51 US Army Air Force: 2
56 Scottish Units in the World Wars
62 American Civil War Zouaves
84 World War I Trench Warfare (2) 1916-18

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55 Kriegsmarine U-boats 1939-45 (2)
60 British Napoleonic Artillery 1793-1815 (1): Field Artillery
66 Napoleon's Guns 1792-1815 (1): Field Artillery
71 German Battleships 1939-45

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7 Alexander 334-323 BC: Conquest of the Persian Empire
16 Kursk 1943: The Tide Turns in the East
20 Jena 1806: Napoleon Destroys Prussia
23 Khartoum 1885: General Gordon's Last Stand
34 Poltava 1709: Russia Comes of Age
40 Sekigahara 1600: The Final Struggle for Power
44 Pavia 1525: The Climax of the Italian Wars
52 Gettysburg 1863: High Tide of the Confederacy







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1-999524 Afiero, Massimiliano 524 NORWEGIAN WAFFEN-SS LEGION 1941-43 Following the Nazi occupation of Norway in 1941, the Waffen-SS began recruiting volunteers. Initially formed into small volunteer units, these developed into large divisions by 1943, referred to as 'Legions' in Nazi propaganda.

Early volunteers were promised that they would not leave Scandinavia and that they would serve under native Norwegian officers - but after the German invasion of the Soviet Union they were deployed to the Leningrad front alongside Dutch and Latvian units, in the 2nd SS Infantry Brigade. These units combined to form the nucleus of a whole regiment within the new 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division 'Nordland.'

Fully illustrated with detailed artwork depicting the uniforms and equipment of the volunteer soldiers, this study tells the little-known story of the Norwegians who fought with the SS in World War II. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999531 Afiero, Massimiliano 531 Dutch Waffen-SS Legion & Brigade 1941-44 Goebbels' 1941 propaganda campaign to present Germany's invasion of the USSR as a battle for European civilization against Asian barbarism convinced many men in occupied 'Germanic' European countries, such as Scandinavia and the Low Countries, to volunteer to fight on the Russian Front. One of the strongest national legions of such a kind was raised in the Netherlands, where it was supported by a large pro-Nazi movement led by Anton Mussert. The 3,000-man Netherlands Volunteer Legion fought on the Leningrad front in regimental strength, from the Red Army's winter 1941/42 counter-offensive until April 1943. The survivors were then reinforced to form a 5,500-strong Panzergrenadier Brigade, and after anti-partisan service in Croatia, they returned to Army Group North as part of Steiner's III SS Panzer Korps, fighting in the most arduous battles of 1943-44 until driven back into Pomerania. In the final months of the war the division formed the nucleus of the new 23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division 'Nederland'.

In this illustrated study of the Dutch Waffen-SS Legion and Brigade, specialist Massimiliano Afiero explores the full history of this important formation from its establishment in 1941 until it was incorporated into the 'Nederland' Division in 1944. Contemporary photographs and full-colour illustrations support the text and reveal key details including aspects of uniform and insignia.
1 vol, 48 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999540 Athanassiou, Phoebus 540 ARMIES IN SOUTHERN RUSSIA 1918-19 Featuring rare photos and new colour plates, describes this major Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War. Discusses how the French and Greeks alongside White Russians were greatly outnumbered by pro-Bolshevik forces and were relentlessly pushed back by the Ukrainian forces. In just over four months, on 28 April 1919, the last of their forces were evacuated by Allied navies from Sevastopol in Crimea.

An important aspect of the Russian Civil War were the several Allied expeditions immediately following World War I in support of the disunited Russian 'White' armies resisting the Bolshevik Revolution. Although they ended in failure, these ventures were long resented, and were the origin of the 70-year-long Soviet suspicion of the Western Allies. British and US expeditionary forces operated in North Russia and Siberia in support of General Yudenich and Admiral Kolchak respectively, and a French and Greek expeditionary force (plus Romanian and Polish elements) operated in Crimea and south-western Ukraine, in support of General Denikin. The situation was further complicated by the presence of strong Imperial German elements still under arms, and by war between various factions in the Ukraine. This Southern theatre of the Allied interventions is far less well known than that of the British and Americans in the North and East.
1 vol, 48 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999538 Crowdy, Terry 538 NAPOLEON'S WOMEN CAMP FOLLOWERS The cantinieres who accompanied Napoleon's armies to war have an iconic status in the history of the Grande Armee. Sutler-women and laundresses were officially sanctioned members of the regiment performing a vital support role. In a period when the supply and pay services were haphazard, their canteen wagons and tents were a vital source of sustenance and served as the social hubs of the regiment.

Although officially non-combatants, many of these women followed their regiments into battle, serving brandy to soldiers in the firing line, braving enemy fire.

This book is a timely piece of social history, as well as a colourful new guide for modellers and re-enactors. Through meticulous research of unprecedented depth and accuracy, Terry Crowdy dispels the inaccurate portrayals that Napoleon's Women Camp Followers have suffered over the years to offer a fascinating look at these forgotten heroines. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999539 Crowdy, Terry 539 BELGIAN WAFFEN-SS LEGIONS AND BRIGADES 1941-1944: Wallonie, Wallonien, Flandern & Langemarck Recounts the battle history of the French and Flemish-speaking Belgian SS, up to their final transformation into full divisions in the winter of 1944/45.

From the German occupation of Belgium in May 1940, Flemish recruits from northern Belgium -- considered by the Nazis to be 'Germanic' -- were accepted individually into Waffen-SS units. From Hitler's invasion of the USSR in June 1941, additional recruits from the French-speaking south (Wallonia) were drafted. Both communities formed volunteer 'Legions' -- a Flemish Legion in the Waffen-SS and a Walloon Legion in the German Army.

Both served on the Russian Front in 1942-43; the Walloon Legion was then also transferred into the Waffen-SS, and the decorated Walloon officer Leon Degrelle became a publicized 'poster boy' for foreign SS volunteers. Both Legions were then redesignated as SS Assault Brigades, and thereafter saw extremely hard fighting in the Ukraine and on the Baltic front. In autumn 1944, their survivors were withdrawn from the front and incorporated into two new understrength SS Divisions, 27. 'Langemarck' and 28. 'Wallonien'.
1 vol, 48 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999527 D'Amato, Raffaele 527 ROMAN ARMY UNITS IN THE WESTERN PROVINCES (2): 3rd Century AD The appearance of Roman soldiers in the 3rd century AD has long been a matter of debate and uncertainty, largely thanks to the collapse of central control and perpetual civil war between the assassination of Severus Alexander in 235 and the accession of the great Diocletian in 284.

During those years, no fewer than 51 men were proclaimed as emperors, some lasting only a few days. Despite this apparent chaos, however, the garrisons of the Western Provinces held together, by means of localized organization and the recruitment of 'barbarians' to fill the ranks. They still constituted an army in being when Diocletian took over and began the widespread reforms that rebuilt the Empire - though an Empire that their forefathers would hardly have recognized.

Fully illustrated with specially chosen color plates, this book reveals the uniforms, equipment and deployments of Roman soldiers in the most chaotic years of the Empire. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999533 D'Amato, Raffaele 533 The Normans in Italy 1016-1194 Preceding and simultaneously with the conquest of England by Duke William, other ambitious and aggressive Norman noblemen (notably the Drengot, De Hauteville and Guiscard families) found it prudent to leave Normandy. At first taking mercenary employment with Lombard rulers then fighting the Byzantine Empire in southern Italy, many of these noblemen achieved great victories, acquired rich lands of their own, and perfected a feudal military system that lasted for 200 years. As news of the rich pickings to be had in the south spread in Normandy, they were joined by many other opportunists - typically, younger sons who could not inherit lands at home. Steadily, these Norman noblemen fought their way to local power, at first in Apulia, then across the Adriatic in Albania, and finally in Muslim Sicily, defeating in the process the armies of Byzantium, the German 'Holy Roman Empire', and Islamic regional rulers. Finally, in 1130, Roger II founded a unified kingdom incorporating southern Italy and Sicily, which lasted until the death of Tancred of Lecce in 1194 - though its legacy long outlasted Norman political rule.

This beautifully illustrated title explores not only the Norman armies, but the armies of their opponents, with full-colour plates and expert analysis revealing fascinating details about the fighting men of Normandy, Byzantium, the Arab armies and more.
1 vol, 48 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999547 D'Amato, Raffaele 547 ROMAN ARMY UNITS IN THE EASTERN PROVINCES (2): 3rd Century AD Considers the evidence for middle 3rd Century Roman troops in the Eastern half of the Empire -- specifically around the Balkans, Mesopotamia, the Middle East and North Africa -- and reconstructs this chaotic period of Roman military history. Covers the appearance and campaigns of the Roman forces stationed in the East and looks at the weakness of Imperial central authority, which inevitably led to local particularism and a wide range of appearance in regional commands. Follows the previous title, MAA 527, Roman Army Units in the Western Provinces (2): 3rd Century AD. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999557 D'Amato, Raffaele 557 ROMAN ARMY UNITS IN THE WESTERN PROVINCES (3): 4th-5th Centuries AD Discusses the large-scale reformation of the Roman Army from the reign of Diocletian to the fall of the Western Empire in AD 476. Draws on the latest archaeological and written evidence to explore this turbulent final period of the Western Empire. Illustrated with photographs and drawings of surviving artifacts and imagery, eight newly commissioned color plates, and black and white photos and illustrations depicting the uniforms and weaponry of Rome's reformed military. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999523 Esposito, Gabriele 523 ARMIES OF THE MEDIEVAL ITALIAN WARS 1125-1325 The great powers of medieval Europe fought continuously in the Italian peninsula between the 12th and 14th centuries as they sought to expand their territory. Invading armies from Germany - the Holy Roman Empire - saw the creation of the defensive Lombard League of northern Italian city-states. These struggles resulted in conflicts between rival confederacies, which in turn proved to be the catalysts for developments in organization and tactics. Italian urban militias became better organized and equipped, the Imperial armies went from being mostly German to multinational forces, and both sides became reliant on mercenary forces to prosecute their wars.

After the 1260s, France, relying mainly on armored cavalry, and Spain, with their innovative light infantry, vied for control of southern Italy. On the seas, the great naval powers of Genoa, Pisa, and Venice became fierce rivals, as they created great trading empires, bringing the treasures of the east into feudal Europe. Using detailed color plates, this book describes the myriad of armies and navies that fought for control of Italy in the Middle Ages. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999529 Esposito, Gabriele 529 ARMIES OF THE GREAT NORTHERN WAR: 1700-1720 The Great Northern War began with a series of astonishing Swedish victories lead by King Charles XII over Russia, from Denmark to Poland and deep into Germany. But Peter the Great of Russia showed steadfast determination, and Charles overreached himself when he invaded Russia in 1708; the Russians adopted classic 'scorched earth' tactics until they could destroy the Swedish army at Poltava in 1709, one of the most overwhelming victories in history. Nevertheless, Sweden continued to fight, and frequently win, in Germany, Denmark and Norway, until Charles's death in battle in 1718, though the war itself did not conclude until 1721. Contains accurate full-color artwork. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2019 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999530 Esposito, Gabriele 530 JAPANESE ARMIES 1868-1877: The Boshin War and Satsuma Rebellion This fully illustrated title explores the fall of the Samurai in detail, examining the arms, tactics, key figures of both sides, and charting the increasing Westernization of the Imperial forces.

The restoration of the Meiji Imperial dynasty in 1868, after 250 years of the Tokugawa Shogunate, decisively opened Japan to the outside world and the monarchy embraced modernization, including the creation of a new Westernized army. However, this modernization process was resisted by the traditional Samurai feudal nobility, leading to a series of battles.

The first clash between the two cultures came swiftly. During the Boshin War of 1868?-69, a French military adviser, Jules Brunet, changed sides to join the insurgents. They won several engagements before the final crushing of the rebel Ezo Republic. After this point, the Imperial Army continued to modernize along French lines, and social changes began to impoverish Samurai noblemen, who lost their social and political role and their associated privileges.

During 1876, the powerful Satsuma Domain, around Kagoshima in south-west Kyushu, became a focus for discontent. Its leader Saigo Takamori effectively ignored the central government, and in January 1877, increasing unrest broke out into open rebellion. The Imperial forces were now much stronger, and the Navy could land troops and bombard Kagoshima. The bitter Satsuma siege and attempted capture of Kumamoto Castle finally failed in April, and the Samurai made a last stand at Shiroyama on 24 September, choosing to go down fighting. This marked the final defeat and displacement of the Samurai class. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999534 Esposito, Gabriele 534 Armies of the Italian-Turkish War: Conquest of Libya, 1911-1912 In the early 1900s, the decaying Ottoman Turkish Empire had lost some of its Balkan territories, but still nominally ruled all of North Africa between British Egypt in the east and French Algeria in the west. Libya had fertile coastal territory, and was the last North African (almost, the last African) region not yet conquered by a European colonialist power. Italy was a young country, ambitious for colonies, but had been defeated in Ethiopia in the 1890s. The Italian government of Giovanni Giolitti was keen to overwrite the memory of that failure, and to gain a strategic grip over the central Mediterranean by seizing Libya, just across the narrows from Sicily.

The Italian expeditionary force that landed in October 1911 easily defeated the Ottoman division based in the coastal cities, incurring few losses. However, the Libyan inland tribes reacted furiously to the Italian conquest, and their insurgency cost the Italians thousands of casualties, locking them into the coastal enclaves during a winter stalemate which diminished Italian public enthusiasm for the war. To retrieve Italian prestige the government launched a naval campaign in the Dardanelles and the Dodecanese -- the last Turkish-held archipelago in the Aegean -- in April-May 1912, and landed troops to capture Rhodes. The army finally pushed inland in Libya in July- October (using systematic air reconnaissance, for the first time), and after brutal fighting the war ended in a treaty that brought Italy all it wanted, although though the Libyan tribes would not finally be quelled until after World War 1 vol, 48 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999536 Esposito, Gabriele 536 RENAISSANCE ARMIES IN ITALY: 1450-1550 Covers the arms, equipment, structure, and tactics of the armies involved in the wars fought during the Italian Renaissance between the states ruled by Milan, Venice, Genoa, Florence, the Papacy, Siena and Naples. This was the rise of disciplined infantry to stand up to knights, with a widespread use of mercenaries that ushered in the early development of the 'pike and shot' era. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999541 Esposito, Gabriele 541 ARMIES OF THE WAR OF THE GRAND ALLIANCE 1688-97 This title explores and illustrates the armies of France and the countries allied against Louis XIV in the wide-ranging Continental conflict that ushered in more than a century of European warfare.

Formed in 1689, the 'Grand Alliance' (League of Augsburg) was a military coalition of the Holy Roman Empire, the Dutch Republic, Britain, Spain and the Duchy of Savoy, to resist Louis XIV's rich, powerful and expansionist France. The first stage of the nine year conflict that followed also coincided with the so-called 'Glorious Revolution' in Britain (1688-91), when the throne passed to the Dutch Protestant leader, William of Orange, the head of a multi-national Dutch, Danish and English army, which finally expelled James II's Jacobite and French forces from Ireland.

The long war on the continent was notable for the first widespread use of regimental uniforms and flintlock muskets with bayonets, plus the sophisticated use of siege warfare under the great French engineer, Vauban. The final Treaties of Ryswyck (1697) brought the war to an end and marked Louis XIV's political zenith, and also the ascendancy of both the Dutch and British as first-rate global powers.

This fully illustrated title explores the armies which fought the War of the Grand Alliance, examining their strength, organization, uniforms and weapons, and explaining their campaigns and major battles. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2021 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999548 Esposito, Gabriele 548 ARMIES OF THE FIRST SINO-JAPANESE WAR: 1894-95 Covers the organization, equipment, and appearance of the various Chinese forces (China had no true national army), the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy, and the Korean and Formosan participants.

After the Meiji restoration of the Japanese imperial regime in 1868-77, modernization along Western lines of Japan's industry, communications and land and naval forces advanced with remarkable speed and, by the 1890s, the rejuvenated nation was ready to flex its muscles overseas. The obvious opponent was the huge but medieval Chinese Empire, and the obvious arena for war was Korea, a nearby Chinese protectorate that Japan had long coveted. A secondary campaign would be fought on Formosa/Taiwan, an autonomous Chinese island protectorate.

Japan's victory left it confident enough to challenge Imperial Russia and, nine years later, won the Battle of Tsushima where two-thirds of the Russian fleet was destroyed by the Japanese Navy. This victory confirmed Japan's place as Asia's leading military power, soon to become a realistic rival to the West. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999551 Esposito, Gabriele 551 OTTOMAN ARMIES: 1820-1914 Describes and illustrates the armies of the embattled Ottoman Turkish Empire involved in 19th-century wars during the Empire's long spiral of decline. Using rare photos and illustrations from Turkish, Balkan and other sources, details the history of the multi-ethnic Ottoman armies periodic attempts to modernize which enabled them to win some victories at a tactical level. Includes descriptions of the organization, uniforms, and equipment.

Due to misgovernment and economic failure, unrest finally boiled over in 1908-09, reducing the sultan's court to a largely ceremonial role, and installing a military government by the 'Young Turks' led by the general Enver Pasha. The Ottoman Empire fought no fewer than 10 wars of regional insurgencies and foreign expansions against the Empire in south-eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2023 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999553 Field, Ron 553 THE UNION ARMY 1861-65 (1): The Regular Army and the Territories Contents: Introduction; General Officers; The General Staff and Staff Corps; Infantry; Artillery; Dragoons, Mounted Riflemen, and Cavalry; United States Colored Troops; United States Sharpshooters; The Invalid/Veteran Reserve Corps; The Territories; The United States Indian Home Guard; The Medical Department and Related Services; The Corps of Engineers; Ordnance Sergeants and Enlisted Men; The Military Telegraph Service; The Signal Corps; Select Bibliography; Plate Commentaries; and Index. Eight plates of original artwork showing officers and enlisted men of the Union Army are complemented by previously unpublished photographs of soldiers and items of uniform from some of the most comprehensive collections in the United States. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999555 Field, Ron 555 THE UNION ARMY 1861-65: Eastern and New England States Describes and illustrates the uniforms and personal equipment of the ACW Union troops fielded by the Eastern and New England states. Second in a three-part study, chronicles the clothing, insignia and gear worn by the soldiers fielded by 12 of the states that fought to preserve the Union. While uniforms conforming to standard Union Army patterns were widely issued to these troops, some wore distinctive items of dress or insignia, and a wide variety of weapons were carried. Looks at how the Eastern and New England states clothed and equipped their regiments during the Civil War. Eight plates of original artwork showing officers and enlisted men of the Union Army are complemented by photographs of soldiers and items of uniform from a variety of sources. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999556 Field, Ron 556 GERMANY'S FRENCH ALLIES 1941-45 Examines the involvement of French volunteers, not only on the Eastern Front, but also in the 'Phalange Africaine' in Tunisia and in the 'Legion Tricolore', a short-lived military organization under the control of the French Vichy government. Using archive photographs and specially commissioned artwork, studies the French personnel's equipment, insignia, and uniforms while describing their involvement in some of the most grueling battles of World War II. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999559 Field, Ron 559 THE UNION ARMY 1861-65 (3): Midwestern and Western States Final book in three-part study. Describes and illustrates the uniforms, insignia, and personal equipment of the soldiers fielded by the Midwestern and Western states for the Union cause. While the majority of these troops were infantry, substantial numbers of artillery, cavalry, and other specialists such as riflemen and engineers were also sent to fight the Confederate armies. Eight plates of original artwork showing officers and enlisted men of the Union Army are complemented by rare photographs depicting soldiers and items of uniform from some of the most comprehensive collections in the United States. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999558 Gaillard, Philippe 558 JOAN OF ARC'S ARMY: French armies under Charles VII, 1415-53 Examines the events and individuals that brought about a pivotal shift in the trajectory of medieval France. Combining detailed research with period illustrations, artifact photography, and newly commissioned artwork plates, the author brings to life the story of Saint Jeanne d'Arc, the army she revitalized, and the structural and tactical changes that carried King Charles VII and France to victory at Formigny and Castillon in the 1450s. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999537 Horsted, William 537 THE NUMIDIANS: 300 BC-AD 300 The Numidian light cavalry were among the best-known horsemen in the ancient world: riding without saddles or bridle, carrying only hide shields for defense and clutching a handful of light javelins, they were renowned for their darting attacks, swift retreats, and skirmishing prowess. Yet, as much as they were respected by their allies and enemies, they were unfairly derided for their indiscipline, their perceived lack of culture, and their fecklessness, and dismissed as uncivilized, nomadic barbarians from beyond the fringes of the cultured, settled Mediterranean world. The famous portrayal of Numidian horsemen on Trajan's Column, of barefoot riders in simple tunics, astride tiny ponies, reinforces this view, and is the image that is almost universally reproduced.

Recent scholarship, however, has shown that there is far more evidence for the armour and equipment of the Numidians than hitherto assumed. The carved stone shields and cuirasses that punctuate the decorative friezes of the stone 'altars' at Kbor Klib and Chimtou in North Africa are confident representations of Numidian panoplies, not captured Carthaginian armour as has previously been argued. In this book, this research is presented alongside a close examination of various ancient texts which reveals that the Numidians also fielded infantry, slingers, archers, and even war elephants in conflicts across the Mediterranean, including Spain, Greece, northern Italy, and Thrace. All of these troops are brought to life in original colour artwork, complemented by chapters on their weapons and equipment, history, tactics, and organization. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2020 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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1-999532 Jowett, Philip 532 Japan's Asian Allies 1941-45 During the Japanese occupation of large parts of Asia and the Pacific in 1941-45, Japan raised significant numbers of troops to fight alongside them, as well as militias to guard their conquests. The total number of these soldiers is estimated at no fewer than 600,000 men. These ranged from the regular troops of Manchukuo (200,000 men), Nanking China (250,000), Thailand, and recruits from the 'puppet' Burmese Independence Army (30,000) and Indian National Army (40,000), to constabularies and spear-wielding militias in the Philippines (15,000), Borneo, Indonesia and New Guinea.

Many of the recruits from former European colonies hoped for independence as part of the 'Greater East-Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere' proclaimed by Japanese propaganda, but Japan's intentions were entirely cynical. They formed alliances to deny the Allied powers access to territory that they could not actually occupy, and raised these large numbers of auxiliary troops to relieve the manpower burden of occupation, or simply as 'cannon-fodder'.

This extensively researched study examines each of these armies and militias in detail, exploring their history and deployment during World War II, and revealing the intricacies of their arms and equipment with stunning full-colour artwork and previously unpublished contemporary photographs.
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1-999546 Jowett, Philip 546 THE RED ARMY 1922-41: From Civil War to Barbarossa Explores the interwar history of the Red Army, from victory in the Civil War to onslaught of Germans in 1941. Detail campaigns, organization, and uniforms. The Red Army of the 1920s was employed to ruthlessly crush anti-Bolshevik opposition (real or suspected) in several regions of the USSR, notably Ukraine and Central Asia, and to fight a brief border war against Chinese Manchuria. During the 1930s, purges decimated the officer class even as the USSR sent troops to Spain and defeated Japan and Finland. 1 vol, 48 pgs 2022 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING
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