Books at On Military Matters
Updated as of 5/16/2024
ABBREVIATIONS: dj-dust jacket, biblio-bibliography, b/w-black and white, illust-illustrations, b/c-book club addition.rct - recent arrival or pending publication, spc - OMM Special Price
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McCullough, Joseph THE SILVER BAYONET WAVE SEVEN DEAL - with rules: 28mm Figures
Contains one each of all the new releases: Rules, Egyptian Unit, Hospitaller & Native Scout, Serpopard, Werejackals, Giant Scorpion, Uraeus, Skeletons, Sarcophagus, British Officer and Paranormal Investigator, French Occultist and Paranormal Investigator. | Add to Cart |
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Victrix EARLY SAXON ARMOURED WARRIORS: 28mm Figures
Represents the Upper class Early Saxons, Jutes, Angles and Danes (all grouped together under the title Saxon) that invaded Britain during the 4th to 6th centuries. They fought the Romano-British for dominance of Britain for hundreds of years, forcing the original inhabitants of Britain West and North and were also hired by the Romans as mercenaries. | Add to Cart |
1-202792
CHAIN OF COMMAND: The Far East 1941-45
The Far East 1941-45 is an expansion book for the Chain of Command game. This book covers the campaigns in Malaya, Hong Kong, Burma, and the Dutch East Indies with a historical overview of each, as well as new rules to cover the events and terrain in the Far Eastern Theater. Includes fifty individual army lists with support lists for each one, as well as a comprehensive range of national characteristics and rules for jungle training that allow the gamer to reflect the tactics of the period. Also contains fifty support option lists, allowing the gamer to choose an incredible range of varied troops types. Each nation has a full Arsenal list for weapons and AFVs as well as comprehensive notes to cover their support options. Also contains four new scenarios: The Roadblock, The Road North, Demolition Derby, and Fight for the Chaung.1 vol, 124 pgs
2024 UK, TOO FAT LARDIES | Add to Cart |
1-243590
V FOR VICTORY
V For Victory is a World War II miniatures wargame for two to four players. Generally played on a 120cm by 120cm table, and designed to be played with twenty-thirty 28mm figures, but it can easily be adapted to other scales. With its original morale and command mechanics, V For Victory is a game that's easy to learn but which replicates the difficulty of maintaining a platoon's cohesion. This book contains the rules you need to command your troops, send them into combat, and maintain their stiff upper lip in the face of adversity; as well as how to use light and armored vehicles, support weapons, and all the period's essential units. Contains ten scenarios for two players, and one team scenario for four players. Includes orders of battle for 1944-45 covering the major powers (Germany, Great Britain and the Commonwealth, the Soviet Union, and the United States of America) as well as resistance fighters and partisans. 1 vol, 60 pgs
2024 UK, STUDIO TOMAHAWK | Add to Cart |
1-44655
Marsh, Richard and Colin Rumford RAPID FIRE: Brothers in Armour
Inspired by James Holland's 'Brothers in Arms', this fully illustrated A5 booklet provides four scenarios for actions involving the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry tank regiment in 1944. From D-Day to the Siegfried Line, follow the SRY as they take on Atlantic Wall defenders, SS panzers in Normandy, Jagdpanthers and Luftwaffe infantry on the Belgium border, and support US troops as they assault the German West Wall. The scenarios have been developed with James Holland's permission and the support of Steve Cox, curator of the SRY Museum. Designed to be played using our Reloaded and Reloaded Extra rules (or RF2 if players prefer) they include historical backgrounds, full graphic orbats, battle maps, and special rules.1 vol, 40 pgs
2024 UK, RAPID FIRE | Add to Cart |
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McCullough, Joseph RANGERS OF SHADOW DEEP: A Gathering of Heroes
A Gathering of Heroes is a supplement to be used with the core rules for Rangers of Shadow Deep. Features: | Add to Cart |
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 | Add to Cart |
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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 | Add to Cart |
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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 | Add to Cart |
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 | Add to Cart |
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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 | Add to Cart |
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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 | Add to Cart |
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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 | Add to Cart |
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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 | Add to Cart |
1-243610
Rooney, David A HISTORY OF GUERILLA WARFARE: Insurgents, Patriots and Terrorists from Sun Tzu to Bin Laden
Explores the ever-shifting landscape of unconventional warfare and its profound impact on contemporary global dynamics. Highlights pivotal figures such as the Maccabees, Napoleon, the Boer Wars, Michael Collins, Mao Tse Tung, T. E. Lawrence, Castro, Guevara, the Guerrillas of World War II, and Al Qaeda's Osama Bin Laden, illustrating the evolution of guerrilla theories. Delves into the relevance of non-conventional approaches in today's fast-paced world and the leaders who reshaped military strategies.1 vol, 272 pgs
2024 UK, PEN & SWORD | Add to Cart |
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Various ANCIENT WARFARE: Volume 17.2: The Celtic invasion of Greece
Theme: The Celtic invasion of Greece | Add to Cart |
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anon MEDIEVAL WORLD: Volume 11: Charles IV of Bohemia
Theme: Charles IV of Bohemia | Add to Cart |
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Mackowski, Chris WAR IN THE WESTERN THEATER: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War
Contains some of the best scholarship from Emerging Civil War's blog, symposia, and podcast, revised and updated, together with original pieces designed to shed new light and insight on some of the most important and fascinating events. Offers fresh and insightful aspects and angles to key events that unfolded between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River. Examines areas such as the Confederate charge at Shiloh, how key decisions won (and lost) the bloody fighting at Chickamauga, and how whiskey may have impacted the fighting at Corinth. Also explores different battlefields and the lives of individual soldiers and families. Contains 51 images and 8 maps.1 vol, 336 pgs
2024 US, SAVAS BEATIE | Add to Cart |
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various VAE VICTIS # 174: Munchengratz and Gitschin, June 28th-29th 1866.
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Hillier-Graves, Tim MANFRED VON RICHTHOFEN: The Red Baron & the High Price of Glory
Explores the story of Manfred von Richthofen, the 'Red Baron', and how an image of chivalry was conjured up and exploited with little regard of the cost of this to an increasingly war-weary man. Draws on many sources, including interviews with pilots he fought alongside and against, official documents held in collections around the world, the work of three noted Great War historians. In addition, there are interviews with fifty or so pilots from the Second World War, who went through much that von Richthofen experienced above the Western Front and could speak with authority about the effects of continuous combat flying on aviators. Contains 32 mono illustrations.1 vol, 296 pgs
2024 UK, AIR WORLD | Add to Cart |
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Buttar, Prit MEAT GRINDER: The Battles for the Rzhev Salient 1942-43
Examines the four major offensives launched by the Red Army against the Rzhev Salient, all of which were defeated with heavy losses, exceeding two million killed, wounded or missing, until eventually, the Germans were forced to evacuate the salient in March 1943. So many casualties occurred, it was called The Meat Grinder. Drawing on the latest research, the book provides a new study of these horrific battles but also examines how the Red Army did ultimately learn from its colossal failures and how its analysis of these failures at the time helped pave the way for the eventual Soviet victory against Army Group Center in the summer of 1944, leaving the road to Berlin clear.1 vol, 464 pgs
2024 UK, OSPREY PUBLISHING | Add to Cart |
1-243640
Forsdike, Mark A BATTALION IN BURMA: Second Suffolk in Arakan and at Imphal, 1943-44
Explores the history of the Second Suffolk, 5th (Indian) Division during World War II's Burma campaign. Draws on previously unpublished accounts of those who served there, together with unpublished photographs. Describes the struggles that the Second Suffolk faced, such as their ruthless enemy, the unforgiving jungle terrain, the harsh tropical climate, and the extremes of the monsoon season. The combination of these factors called for the highest standards of leadership and discipline.1 vol, 256 pgs
2024 UK, PEN & SWORD | Add to Cart |
1-243600
Johnson, Brian THROUGH BLOOD AND BROTHERHOOD: Comrades and Enemies in WWII Yugoslavia
Provides a distinctive account of what happened in the Yugoslavian theater of conflict in World War II, based on the detailed diaries of Gottfried Weber, a teen from Saxony who is willingly drafted into the German Wehrmacht and sent to Yugoslavia for occupation duty. Details the struggle between teenage life and the realities of war. Provides personal interviews from Weber's comrades and enemies that he fought against, combined with an extensive number of photographs. 1 vol, 304 pgs
2024 US, CASEMATE | Add to Cart |
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Margaritis, Peter COUNTDOWN TO D-DAY: The German Perspective
Offers a detailed, day-to-day journal approach, tracing the daily activities and machinations of the German High Command as they try to prepare for the Allied invasion. Covers the efforts of the German commanders -- Rommel, von Rundstedt, Marcks, von Salmuth, von Schweppenburg, and Pemsel among others, to strengthen the Atlantikwall as the Allied invasion becomes inevitable. Includes 16-page color plate section and 13 maps.1 vol, 672 pgs
2024 US, CASEMATE | Add to Cart |
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Szamveber, Norbert LAST PANZER BATTLES IN HUNGARY: Spring 1945
The Sixth Panzer Army was the last army available to the German military leadership which was more or less intact in 1945 and capable of launching a major offensive. Replenished after the failed Ardennes Offensive, it was deployed in Hungary and participated in the Operation Spring Awakening, launched in the western part of the country on 6th of March, 1945. Besides giving a detailed chronological description of the events, the book covers tank effectiveness, Axis and Soviet tactics, and overall goals. Includes new archival sources kept in Russian archives and some newly published German memoirs. Includes 22 photos, 26 black and white and color maps, and 12 organizational charts.1 vol, 488 pgs
2024 UK, PEKO PUBLISHING | Add to Cart |
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Szamveber, Norbert ARMOURED WARFARE IN THE BATTLE FOR BUDAPEST
A detailed analysis of the fierce armored clashes in the first phase of the Budapest Operation during World War II. Describes and analyzes the fierce armored clashes in the first phase of the Budapest Operation in detail, based principally on archival sources. On the Hungarian theater of war of the Eastern Front, the Soviet troops attempted to take Budapest repeatedly from the end of October 1944. However, the 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Front forces only managed to encircle the Hungarian capital by the end of December 1944. The German troops, especially the battle groups of the Panzer Divisions and Panzergrenadier Divisions fought effective delaying combat. 1 vol, 882 pgs
2024 UK, PEKO PUBLISHING | Add to Cart |