Casemate Fall 2014 Catalog

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We are pleased to introduce you to our Fall 2014 catalog, featuring aterrific array of new military history titles from Casemate itself and fromour distribution client publishers based in the US, the UK, and aroundthe world.

Many of the titles featured here are reprints of famousWorldWar I titlesthat have long been unavailable, as well as other reprinted classics suchas Desert Rats at War from Air Sea Media.We are also pleased to beintroducing our newest distribution partner, Fonthill Media. Thoughrecently founded, Fonthill has already made a splash in the militaryhistory market with interesting titles such as Beheaded by Hitler,revealing the horrors caused at the dictator’s behest duringWorldWar II.

Pen & Sword, along with its customarily superb list of books on theGreatWar and other conflicts throughout history, will be publishingseveral fantastic new additions to its Images ofWar and Battlegroundseries. If you have taken an interest in their recent Africa@War series,Helion & Company has released two more series of the same type, titledAsia@War andMiddle East@War, covering the conflicts in both regionsdating back to 1945. Aviation specialists Grub Street will be publishingtheir eagerly awaited Volume II of A History of the Mediterranean AirWar. We cannot forget to mention one of Casemate’s own titles, A Streetin Arnhem, which follows the experiences of Dutch civilians as well asAllied and German soldiers at the very epicenter of Operation MarketGarden inWorldWar II.

Each season we take great pleasure in introducing an abundance ofunique new publications, and with this catalog—our largest yet—each subject has grown exponentially and we look forward topresenting you with even more in the future.

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30 Degrees South / Andrea / Lorimer 10

Airfile Publications / Harpia 11

Amber Books 12

Amberley 15

Air Sea Media / Birlinn / Fighting High Publishing 22

Fonthill Media 23

Frontline Books 29

Grub Street Publishing 32

Heimdal 35

Helion & Company 37

Histoire and Collections 46

Kagero 49

Clear Vue / Model Centrum / Tattered Flag 53

MMP Books 54

Oxbow Books / Arabian Publishing / Countryide Books 57

Pen & Sword 58

Pen and Sword Digital 81

Savas Beatie 83

Seaforth Publishing 86

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The Dakota HunterIn Search of the Legendary DC-3 on the Last FrontiersHansWiesman

This book tells the story of a Dutch boy who grew up during the 1950s in post-war Borneo, where hehad frequent encounters with an airplane, the Douglas DC-3, aka the C-47 Skytrain or Dakota ofWorldWar II fame. For a young boy living in a remote jungle community, the aircraft reached the proportionsof a romantic icon, as the essential lifeline to a bigger world for him, the beginning of a special bond.

In 1957 his family left the island, and all its residual wreckage ofWorldWar II, and he attended collegein The Hague. After graduation he started a career as a corporate executive, and met the aircraft againduring business trips to the Americas. His childhood passion for the Dakota flared up anew, and thefascination pulled like a magnet. As if predestined, or maybe just looking for an alibi to come closer, hebegan a business to salvage and convert Dakota parts, which meant first of all finding them.

As the demand for these war relic parts and cockpits soared, he began to travel the world to trackdown surplus, crashed or derelict Dakotas. He ventured deeper and deeper into remote mountains,jungles, savannas and the seas where the planes are found, usually as ghostly wrecks but sometimesstill in full commercial operation. In hunting the mythical Dakota he often encountered intimidating ordicey situations in countries plagued by wars or revolts, others by arms and narcotics trafficking,warlords and con men.

This book describes his multiple expeditions in search of the remains of the Dakota legend. It takes thereader to some of the remotest spots in the world, but once there one is often greeted by the comfortof what was once theWest’s apex in transportation—however now haunted by the courageousairmen of the past.

A Street in ArnhemThe Agony of Occupation and LiberationRobert Kershaw

In this long-awaited book, Robert Kershaw follows up his best-selling account of Operation MarketGarden—It Never Snows in September—to focus on the experiences of Dutch civilians and Britishand German soldiers in one street while fighting to survive at the heart of one of the most intensebattles ofWorldWar II. He tells the story from the perspective of what could be seen or heard from theUtrechtseweg, a road that runs seven kilometers from the Arnhem railway station west to Oosterbeek.

This stretch of road saw virtually every major event during the fighting for Arnhem—the legendary“Bridge Too Far”—during September 1944. The story is about the disintegration of a wealthy Dutchsuburb caught unexpectedly in the war it had escaped for so long. The book charts the steadydestruction of an exclusive rural community, where wealthy Dutch holiday-makers had relaxed beforethe war. The destruction of this pretty village is charted through the eyes of British, Polish and Germansoldiers fighting amid its confused and horrified inhabitants. It portrays a collage of humanexperiences, sights, sounds, visceral fears and emotion as ordinary people seek to cope when theirstreet is so suddenly and unexpectedly overwhelmed in a savage battle using the most deadlyweapons of the day.

Kershaw’s new research reveals the extent to which most people in this battle, whether soldiers orcivilians, saw only what was immediately happening to them, with no idea of the larger picture. Manyoriginal Dutch, German and English accounts have been unearthed through interviews, diary accountsand letters, as well as post-combat reports charting the same incidents from both sides. The story istold as a docudrama following the fortunes of participants within a gripping narrative format.

$37.95 • 320 pages • 8.5 x 11 • b/w andcolor photos throughout • October 2014hardback • 978-1-61200-2583eISBN 978-1-61200-2590

$32.95 • 336 pages • 6 x 9 • photosthroughout • September 2014 • hardback978-1-61200-2644


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The Ardennes, 1944–1945Hitler’s Winter OffensiveChrister Bergström

In December 1944, just asWorldWar II appeared to be winding down, Hitler shocked the world with apowerful German counteroffensive that cracked the center of the American front. The attack camethrough the Ardennes, the hilly and forested area in eastern Belgium and Luxembourg that the Allieshad considered a “quiet” sector. Instead, for the second time in the war, the Germans used it as astealthy avenue of approach for their panzers.

Much of U.S. First Army was overrun, and thousands of prisoners were taken as the Germans forged a50-mile “bulge” into the Allied front. But in one small town, Bastogne, American paratroopers,together with remnants of tank units, offered dogged resistance. Meanwhile the rest of Eisenhower’s“broad front” strategy came to a halt as Patton, from the south, and Hodges, from the north,converged on the enemy incursion. Yet it would take an epic, six-week-long winter battle, thebloodiest in the history of the U.S. Army, before the Germans were finally pushed back.

Christer Bergström has interviewed veterans, gone through huge amounts of archive material, andperformed on-the-spot research in the area. The result is a large amount of previously unpublishedmaterial and new findings, including reevaluations of tank and personnel casualties and the mostaccurate picture yet of what really transpired.

The Ardennes Offensive has often been described from the American point of view; however, thisbalanced book devotes equal attention to the perspectives of both sides. With nearly 400 photos,numerous maps, and 32 superb color profiles of combat vehicles and aircraft, it provides perhaps themost comprehensive look at the battle yet published.

Artillery ScoutThe Story of a Forward Observer with the U.S. Field Artillery in World War IJames Bilder

The American Doughboys ofWorldWar I are often referred to as the “Lost Generation”; however, in thisbook we are able to gain an intimate look at their experiences after being thrust into the center ofEurope’s “GreatWar”and enduring some of the most grueling battles in U.S. history.

Len Fairfield (the author’s grandfather) was an Artillery Scout, or Forward Observer, for the U.S. Army,and was a firsthand witness to the war’s carnage as he endured its countless hardships, all of which arerevealed here in vivid detail. His story takes the reader from a hard life in Chicago, throughconscription, rigorous training in America and France, and finally to the battles which have becomesynonymous with the U.S. effort in France—St. Mihiel and the Argonne Forest, the latter claiming26,000 American lives, more than any other U.S. battle.

Fairfield, with his artillery in support of the 91st (“WildWest”) Division, was on the front lines for it all,amidst a sea of carnage caused by bullets, explosives and gas, with the occasional enemy planeswooping in to add strafing to the chaos. Entire units were decimated before gaining a yard, and thenthe Doughboys would find German trenches filled with dead to indicate the enemy was sufferingequally.

The AEF endured a rare close-quarters visit to hell until it was sensed that the Germans were finallygiving way, though fighting tooth-and-nail up to the very minute of the Armistice. This action-filledwork brings the reader straight to the center of America’s costly battles inWorldWar I, reminding usonce again how great-power status often has to be earned with blood on battlefields.

$69.95 • 508 pages • 9 x 12 • illustratedthroughout • December 2014 • hardback978-1-61200-2774

$34.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photosOctober 2014 • hardback978-1-61200-2712eISBN 978-1-61200-2729


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$99.00 • 456 pages • 9 x 12 • 2000 fullcolor pictures • August 2014 • AndreaPress • hardback 9788496658493

$34.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • photosthroughout • October 2014 • hardback978-1-61200-2675eISBN 978-1-61200-2682

GruntAn Illustrated History of the US Infantry in Vietnam –Weapons, Equipment andLifestyle, 1965–1973Antonio Arques

Fifty years after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing US forces to defend South Vietnam, thisincredible book arrives with a one-stop visual tour of every item of gear employed by Americaninfantrymen in the long years of battle that followed.

With over 2,000 photos accompanied by insightful text (did we know that the US buildup was sosudden that initial divisions had to be issued black leather footwear instead of tropical boots?) thiswork digs into every nook and cranny of the infantry’s experience “in-country.”M-16s, Claymores, M-60s, grenades and knives and knives are naturally examined in full color. But so is every variety ofclothing, rations, helmets, hats and caps, as well as medals, patches and insignia.

This remarkable collection does not stop there, however, as it also examines the soldiers’ pastimes,from music to magazines (not just Life or Time but Mad, Playboy and the periodical Grunt) as well asthe brands of beers, cigarettes and other leisure elements. Rare photos of soldiers themselves in Namspot the narrative, as well as glimpses of what was going on back in the States meantime, includingprotests.

Carefully compiled and lavishly illustrated, this unique book provides a visceral tour down memorylane for every soldier who served in Vietnam. It is also a revealing guide to those in the general publicwho may have wondered exactly what our troops felt, handled and experienced during thattumultuous American war in remote Southeast Asia.

Marine Corps Tank Battles in the Middle EastOscar E. Gilbert

In the aftermath of Vietnam a new generation of Marines was determined to wage a smarter kind ofwar. The tank, the very symbol of power and violence, would play a key role in a new concept ofmobile warfare, not seen since the dashes ofWorldWar II. The emphasis would be not on brutalbattles of attrition, but on paralyzing the enemy by rapid maneuver and overwhelming but judicioususe of firepower. Yet in two wars with Iraq, the tankers, as well as the crews of the new Light ArmoredVehicles, quickly found themselves in a familiar role—battering through some of the strongestdefenses in the world by frontal assault, fighting their way through towns and cities.

In America’s longest continual conflict, armored Marines became entangled in further guerilla war, thistime amid the broiling deserts, ancient cities, and rich farmlands of Iraq, and in the high, bleak wastesof Afghanistan. It was a familiar kind of war against a fanatical foe who brutalized civilians, plantedsophisticated roadside bombs, and seized control of entire cities. It has been a maddening war ofclearing roads, escorting convoys, endless sweep operations to locate and destroy insurgentstrongholds, protecting voting sites for free elections, and recapturing and rebuilding urban centers.

Our fights against Iraq in 1991 and in the post-9/11 years have seen further wars that demanded thatunique combination of courage, tenacity, professionalism, and versatility that makes a Marine nobetter friend, and no worse enemy.


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The Old Front LineThe Centenary of the Western Front in PicturesDr. Stephen Bull

Now that the last veterans are gone, the First WorldWar is now a completely historical subject—governed by archaeology and genealogy, battlefield tourism and military history. The anguish andprivations are a bit further away, but there is still huge interest in the awful conditions and carnageendured by a generation of youth who sacrificed their lives for their country.

“The Old Front Line” is a phrase first coined by the poet John Masefield when he looked back on thebattle of the Somme from a distance of just one year, in 1917, and speculated how theWestern Frontmight look in the future. Stephen Bull’s copiously illustrated work—part travel guide, part popularhistory—a century on, answers his speculations. The main source material is new and contemporaryphotographs, as well as some from the intervening century. Taken together these provide a series ofexciting vistas and informative details that tell the story of the battles and landscapes. Aerialphotography, old and new ground shots—and in a few cases even images taken underground—provide an authoritative summary of the war on theWestern Front.

Following an introduction that sets the scene and looks at the early stages of the war, eight chaptersexamine theWestern Front geographically, looking closely at the main areas of fighting and what isvisible today: not just the “iron harvest”—the scars left by trench and battle—but also thecemeteries, war memorials and statues that remind the visitor starkly of the loss of a generation.

Year of Desperate StruggleJeb Stuart and His Cavalry, from Gettysburg to Yellow Tavern, 1863–1864Monte Akers

By the summer of 1863, following Chancellorsville, it was clear to everyone on both sides of the CivilWar that the Army of Northern Virginia was the most formidable force Americans had ever put in thefield. It could only be “tied” in battle, if against great odds, but would more usually vanquish itsopponents. A huge measure of that army’s success was attributable to its cavalry arm, under MajorGeneral J.E.B. Stuart, which had literally “run rings”around its enemies.

But Northern arithmetic and expertise were gradually catching up. In this work, the sequel to hisacclaimed Year of Glory, author Monte Akers tracks Stuart and his cavalry through the following year ofthe war, from Gettysburg to the Overland Campaign, concluding only when Jeb himself succumbs to agunshot while fending off a force three times his size at the very gates of Richmond. Gettysburg putpaid to the aura of unstoppable victory surrounding the Army of Northern Virginia. But when Grantand Sheridan came east they found that Lee, Stuart, Longstreet, and the rest still refused to bedefeated. It was a year of grim casualties and ferocious fighting—in short, ayear of “desperate struggle”with the gloves off on both sides.

This work picks up where Year of Glory left off, with a minute examination ofStuart’s cavalry during the controversial Gettysburg campaign, followed bythe nine months of sparring during which the Army of Potomac declined toundertake further major thrusts against Virginia. But then the Union’swestern chieftains arrived and the war became one huge “funeralprocession,” as Grant and Sheridan found that their prior victories had by nomeans prepared them for meeting the Army of Northern Virginia.

$29.95 • 192 pages • 10.5 x 10.5 • b/wand color illustrations throughout • July2014 • hardback • 978-1-61200-230-9

$32.95 • 336 pages • 6 x 9 • 16ppillustrations • October 2014 • hardback978-1-61200-2828eISBN 978-1-61200-2835


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Fabled FifteenThe Pacific War Saga of Carrier Air Group 15Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

The record of Carrier Air Group 15 inWorldWar II is astonishing by any measure: it scored 312 enemyaircraft destroyed, 33 probably destroyed, and 65 damaged in aerial combat, plus 348 destroyed, 161probably destroyed, and 129 damaged in ground attacks. Twenty-six Fighting 15 pilots became aces,including their leader, Commander David McCampbell, who became the U.S. Navy’s “Ace of Aces.”Twenty-one squadron pilots were killed in action and one in an operational accident aboard the carrierEssex.

The fighter squadron’s partners, Bombing Squadron 15 and Torpedo Squadron 15, scored 174,300 tonsof enemy shipping, including 37 cargo vessels sunk, 10 probably sunk, and 39 damaged. As well,Musashi, the world’s largest battleship, was sunk, along with a light aircraft carrier, a destroyer,destroyer escort, two minesweepers and other craft—plus the Zuikaku, the last surviving carrier thatparticipated in the Pearl Harbor attack. Incredibly, every pilot of Torpedo 15 was awarded the NavyCross, the highest award for bravery after the Medal of Honor.

All of this took place between May and November, 1944. No other American combat unit in any servicecame close to a similar score in such a short time period. Air Group 15 participated in the two greatestnaval battles in history, the Philippine Sea—also known as the Marianas Turkey Shoot—and LeyteGulf, which saw the end of Japanese naval power. On June 19, 1944, Fighting 15 shot down 68.5attacking Japanese aircraft, a one-day record unmatched by any other U.S. fighter squadron.

In documenting the saga of Air Group 15’s momentous six months at war, the author provides anintimate and insightful view of the group’s fabled combat tour, including details of daily life andhuman interactions aboard the fleet carrier USS Essex during the busiest phase of the Pacific War.

Operation Thunderclap and the Black MarchTwo Stories from the Unstoppable 91st Bomb GroupRichard Allison

In February 1945, the Allies launched Operation Thunderclap, a series of maximum efforts againstcities in eastern Germany, partly to pave the way for the Red Army that would soon be overrunningthat territory. These deep-penetration raids would tax the bomber crews immensely, as well as bringnew devastation to cities yet untouched by U.S. airpower.

Two B-17 crewmembers, a co-pilot and gunner, trained together in Gulfport, MS, and in fall 1944wereassigned to the longest-serving andmost decorated U.S. bomb group in England. However, their paths thendiverged. The co-pilot flew 31missions until war’s end; the gunner was shot down and captured on his veryfirst combatmission. These crewmembers both lived—one throughThunderclap and one through theBlack March—and this is their story: an account of both constant air combat and travail on the ground.

This work includes a firsthand view of the bombing of Dresden, perhaps the worst cataclysm inflictedby bombers in theWest. The co-pilot participated in these attacks, where he witnessed a city alreadytoo far destroyed to expend additional bombs. Meantime the gunner, shot down and parachuting intoenemy territory, was taken prisoner by the Germans, and then forced to endure “The Black March,” aneffort by the Nazis to move all their prisoners beyond the Red Army’s advancing spearheads. Of 6,000Allied POWs put on the roads from northern Poland, in a 500-mile, three-month trek, a quarter dieddue to the elements, disease and starvation.

The gunner survived the March, and once the sands ran out for Germany experienced a period in Sovietcaptivity. During the day he thought their men behaved; but after dark there was chaos as the RedArmy wreaked its revenge. This unique book on the Allied air campaign offers new insights into whatour fliers truly saw and experienced during the war.

$32.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photosSeptember 2014 • hardback978-1-61200-2576

$34.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photosOctober 2014 • hardback978-1-61200-2651eISBN 978-1-61200-2668


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America’s ModernWarsUnderstanding Iraq, Afghanistan and VietnamChristopher A. Lawrence

While the past half-century has seen no diminution in the valor and fighting skill of the U.S. militaryand its allies, the fact remains that our wars have become more protracted, with decisive results moreelusive. With only two exceptions—Panama and the Gulf War under the first President Bush—ourcampaigns have taken on the character of endless slogs without positive results. This fascinating booktakes a ground-up look at the problem in order to assess how our strategic objectives have recentlybecome divorced from our true capability, or imperatives.

The book presents a unique examination of the nature of insurgencies and the three major guerrillawars the United States has fought in Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam. It is both a theoretical work andone that applies the hard experience of the last five decades to address the issues of today. As such, italso provides a timely and meaningful discussion of America’s current geopolitical position.

It starts with the previously close-held casualty estimate for Iraq that The Dupuy Institute compiled in2004 for the U.S. Department of Defense. Going from the practical to the theoretical, it then discussesa construct for understanding insurgencies and the contexts in which they can be fought. It appliesthese principles to Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam, assessing where the projection of U.S. power canenhance our position and where it merely weakens it.

It presents an extensive analysis of insurgencies based upon a unique database of 83 post-WWII cases.The book explores what is important to combat and what is not important to resist in insurgencies. Assuch, it builds a body of knowledge based upon a half-century’s worth of real-world data, withanalysis, not opinion.

The Chinese People’s Liberation ArmyIts History, Traditions, and Air, Sea, and Land Capabilities in the 21st CenturyBenjamin Lai

When Mao Zedong proclaimed The People’s Republic of China in 1949, China was a poor and wreckedsociety after years of continuous wars. For centuries, in fact, China had been seen as a sort of plunder-zone to be invaded, and then a backwater until the late 1980s, when domestic policy brought aboutmonumental changes. The result was that in the past quarter-century China has grown to be thesecond largest economy in the world, and its military has grown proportionately.

Successive decades of economic growth have transformed China—in addition to the weaponsrevolution during the computer age—so that by now the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has become amodern fighting force. No longer having to rely on massed infantry attacks, it now features a formidablearsenal including nuclear submarines, ICBMs, stealth fighters, and modern battle tanks. Perhapsominously for other maritime powers, the Chinese have also focused on beyond-the-horizon missiletechnology, as well as anti-aircraft systems, and have also explored the possibilities of cyber-warfare.

What is today’s PLA really like?What are its traditions and histories, and how is it armed andequipped? How does it recruit and train? This book describes some of the lesser known battles andwars the Chinese have undertaken, and the development of their key weapons systems. The UnitedStates, having opened the door to “drone warfare,”have had an attentive audience for suchtechnologies in Beijing.

The last chapter provides thoughts on how the Chinese view matters of security. It is not yet knownwhether foreign powers can still enforce their territorial wills on China, but future attempts will meetan increased challenge. This book will be of interest not only to general readers but to policy-makersand militaries in theWest, who may not yet realize that a new China has replaced the old.

$32.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photosNovember 2014 • hardback978-1-61200-2781eISBN 978-1-61200-2798

$32.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photosOctober 2014 • hardback978-1-61200-236-1eISBN 978-1-61200-2378


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Surprised at Being AliveAn Accidental Helicopter Pilot in Vietnam and BeyondRobert Curtis

$32.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photos • October 2014 • hardback • 978-1-61200-2750eISBN 978-1-61200-2767

Sometimes you do everything right, but it just isn’t your day. A part fails and your helicopter comes apart inflight, or, another aircraft runs into you and the pieces of both fall to the ground below.Whichever way ithappens, it wasn’t your day.

Which is why, after 24 years and over 5,000 flight hours with four armed services, Major Robert Curtis was sosurprised at being alive when he passed his retirement physical. Starting with enlisting in the Army to flyhelicopters during Vietnam, and continuing on through service with the National Guard, Marine Corps andRoyal Navy, he flew eight different helicopters—from the wooden-bladed OH-13E, through the Chinook,SeaKnight and SeaKing, in war and peace around the world. During that time over 50 of his friends died incrashes, both in combat and in accidents, but somehow his skill, and not an inconsiderable amount of luckand superstition, saw him through.

Hollow HeroesAn Unvarnished Look at the Wartime Careers of Churchill, Montgomery andMountbattenMichael Arnold

$34.95 • 304 pages • 16pp photos • October 2014 • hardback • 978-1-61200-2736 • eISBN 978-1-61200-2743

The book reveals the truths behind the images of three of Great Britain's primary military leaders during andafter the SecondWorldWar. In each case there was a totally different side to each man, which demonstratesthat a great deal of their reputation was built on deception and dishonesty.

It examines the influence and impediment of “class”on the performance of the British Army inWorldWar II,and quotes the views of the Americans that far too often there was an unwillingness among the British tobase officer promotion on effectiveness rather than on social background; conforming was more importantthan performing, as anyone who has served in the British Army’s ranks would agree. At the same time,Montgomery feared and was jealous of Patton, whose rate of advance was nearly always twice that ofMonty’s.

The Lions of CarentanFallschirmjager Regiment 6, 1943-1945Volker Griesser

$24.95 • 288 pages • 7 x 10 • photos throughout • September 2014 • paperback • 978-1-61200-2811eISBN 978-1-61200-017-6

“It is said that it is the victors who write the histories of wars, so it is especially revealing to discover a bookthat was written from the viewpoint of those on the losing side. The great value of Griesser's superb, richlydetailed, and fabulously illustrated work is that it fills in a very wide gap in our knowledge about one of NaziGermany's elite branches of service.”—FlintWhitlock, editor ofWWII Quarterly

Although it is known that Allied airborne forces landed into a German buzz saw on D-Day, far less is knownabout the troops they encountered on that dark night of June 6, 1944. One of the formations theyencountered was a similarly elite group of paratroopers, who instead of dropping from the skies fought onthe defensive, giving their Allied counterparts a tremendous challenge in achieving their objectives. This isthe complete wartime history of one of the largest German paratrooper regiments, Fallschirmjäger 6, fromits initial formation in the spring of 1943 to its last day at the end of the war.

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Tank Fight, 1916How to Paint Armor, Ground and FiguresJulio Cabos

$21.90 • 40 pages • 8.2 x 11.6 • over 200 photos • June 2014 • Andrea Press • paperback • 978-84-96658-48-6

Master painter Julio Cabos shows how to paint a full diorama comprising armor, figures and ground with acrylic paints,airbrush and brush through clear step-by-step sequences.

· Detailed color charts included.· How to paint figures with airbrush.· Airbrush cleaning.

Kruger, Kommandos andKakDebunking the Myths of the Boer WarChris Ash

$34.95 • 560 pages • 6 x 9 • 50 b/w photos, 15color • July 2014 • 30 Degrees South • paperback978-1-920143-99-2 • eISBN 978-1-928211-22-8

The second BoerWar is the most important war in South African history;indeed, without it, South Africa would likely have not existed. But it’salso one of the least understood conflicts of the era. Over a century ofLeftist bleating and insidious, self-serving revisionism, first by Afrikanernationalists and then by the apartheid regime, has left the layman witha completely skewed view of the war. Incredibly, most people will tellyou that the British attacked the Boers to steal their gold, and that whenthe clueless, red-jacketed Tommies advanced under orders ofbumptious, incompetent British generals they were mowed down intheir thousands.

One Beat of a Butterfly’sHeartA Tanganyika Police NotebookRonald Callander

$29.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 20 b/w photosJuly 2014 • 30 Degrees South • paperback978-1-920143-95-4 • eISBN 978-1-928211-20-4

In this book we are given a unique view of East Africa of the 1950s; notthe stereotyped picture of wildlife safaris and leaping Masai, but theemerging independence struggle of a new African nation from theviewpoint of a white police office, in an exceptionally detailed,thoroughly readable, firsthand account of a rare period of recent history.It tells how an Australian veteran, fresh from the KoreanWar, became acolonial police officer in Tanganyika Territory (later Tanzania afterfederation with the offshore islands of Zanzibar in 1964). The reader istaken on a journey which tourists in Africa never see.

I Won’t Be Home NextSummerFlight Lieutenant R.N. Selley DFC(1917–1941)Ron Selley / Kerrin Cocks

$29.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 200 b/w illustrationsJuly 2014 • 30 Degrees South • paperback978-1-920143-94-7 • eISBN 978-1-928211-19-8

Ronnie Selley, a South African from rural Natal, joined the RAF on ashort-service commission in 1937, considered the Golden Age ofaviation. During these glory years of Howard Hughes and Amelia Earhartfew guessed at the brewing storm and dark days to come. Aftercompleting his training on antiquated First WorldWar aircraft, Selleywas posted to 220 Squadron Coastal Command, the RAF’s under-staffedand under-equipped poor relation to the more prestigious Fighter andBomber Commands. Tasked with reconnaissance, convoy patrols andsubmarine-hunting the pilots of Coastal Command chalked up moreflying hours than any other RAF Command.

PeacemakersHow People Around theWorld areBuilding aWorld Free of WarDouglas Roche

$24.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • July 2014 • Lorimerpaperback • 978-1-4594-0623-0

A world without war: this is the vision thatDouglas Roche has pursued for decades. A long-time Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament, Canadianambassador for disarmament, and later a senator, Roche has been in thethick of international affairs for more than forty years.

Though few of us realize it, today the world is more peaceful than in pastcenturies. Wars have diminished destruction dramatically in the past twodecades. Roche documents the many successes of the past two decadesin reducing conflict in the world, and in creating structures andinstitutions which are making war less likely and more difficult for statesto initiate.


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FaireySwordfish inFleet Air Armservice 1936to 1945Neil Robinson

$49.00 • 72 pages • 8.26 x 11.61 • 300illustrations and 50 plus photographsMay 2014 • Airfile Publications • paperback978-0-9575513-1-2

Affectionately known as the ‘Stringbag’by itscrews, the Fairey Swordfish is one ofWorldWarTwo’s most iconic and recognizable biplaneaircraft. Introduced in to Royal Navy, Fleet AirArm service in 1936, the aircraft wasn’toperationally retired until May 1945, anddespite its obsolescent and antiquated looks,outlived several ‘more modern’ types intendedto replace it, remaining in front-line servicethrough to the end of the war in Europe.

BAe/McDonnell-Douglas/BoeingSecondGenerationHarrier inWorldwideServiceGlenn Ashley

$49.00 • 72 pages • 8.26 x 11.61 • 100illustrations and over 70 exclusive never seenbefore pictures • November 2014 • AirfilePublications • paperback • 978-0-9575513-4-3

Following on from the first volume, thisvolume covers the color schemes and markingsapplied to the second-generation Harriers,extensively redeveloped by McDonnell Douglasand British Aerospace, covering the AV-8BHarrier II and Harrier II Plus, used by severalNATO countries, and the British HarrierGR.5/GR.7/GR.9s.

HawkerHunter in RAFService 1955-1990Camouflage andMarkingsNeil Robinson

$49.00 • 72 pages • 8.26 x 11.61 • 150illustrations and 20 photos • May 2014 • AirfilePublications • paperback • 978-0-9575513-2-9

One of Britain’s classic postwar jet aircraft, theHawker Hunter first entered RAF service as asingle-seat fighter in July 1954. It was lateroperated in the fighter-bomber and fighter-reconnaissance roles in RAF service, taking partin numerous conflicts around the globe,together with its twin seater variant, whichwas also heavily involved in trainer and secondline duties until the early 1990s.

Air War Overthe WesternFrontPart OneNeil Robinson

$49.00 • 72 pages • 8.26 x11.61 • 150 illustrations and 20 photosJuly 2014 • Airfile Publications • paperback978-0-9575513-3-6

Commemorating the start of the GreatWar –theWar to endWar – this volume will coverthe RFC/RAF and Luftstreitkräfte, from theopening stages in August 1914 to the Armisticein November 1918. A further volume isplanned covering the Aéronautique Militaireand the Middle East and Eastern FrontTheaters.

Beyond theHorizonThe History of AEW&CAircraftSérgio Santana / Ian Shaw

$69.95 • 256 pages • 8.27x 11.02 • Illustrations, color and b/w photosSeptember 2014 • Harpia Publishingpaperback • 978-0-9854554-3-9

No modern air force would contemplate acritical air operation without the involvementof some kind of airborne early warningcomponent. What we now know as airborneearly warning began as long ago as the early1940s, as part of a British project that has longbeen shrouded in secrecy. Beyond the Horizonprovides a definitive account of how AEW&Chas developed from its humble beginnings tobecome an essential element of modernwarfare.

Arab MiGsVolume 5October 1973War:Part 1Tom Cooper / DavidNicolle / Holger Müller /Lon Nordeen / Martin Smisek

$69.95 • 256 pages • 8.27 x 11.02Illustrations, color and b/w photosSeptember 2014 • Harpia Publishingpaperback • 978-0-9854554-4-6

On 6 October 1973, the Egyptian and Syrian airarms opened an Arab attack on Israeli militaryinstallations on the Sinai Peninsula and in theGolan Heights. Thus began a war for recoveryof territories lost to Israel during the June 1967War, but also a war that was intended to repairdamaged military and national pride, and awar that was to bring Israel back to thenegotiating table.

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Rifles & MusketsFrom 1750 to the Present DayMichael E. Haskew

$34.95 • 224 pages • 7.5 x 9.75 • 200 color andb/w photos and artworks • September 2014hardback • 978-1-78274-151-0

Matchlock, wheel lock, flintlock and caplock; muzzle-loading and breech-loading; revolving and rifling – the history of muskets and rifles is afascinating journey through the development of firearms technology.

From early matchlocks of the 15th century to the latest hunting rifles andassault rifles, Collector’s Guide to Rifles &Muskets traces the development ofthese small arms through their technical revolutions. From a 16th centurywheel-lock to today’s Knight MK-85muzzleloader, from theWinchester tothe Ak-47 to the latest sporting rifles, Collector’s Guide to Rifles &Musketsoffers a narrative history of the classics among these firearms. Throughoutthere are technical specifications for featured firearms.

Illustrated with more than 200 color and black-and-white artworks andphotographs, Collector’s Guide to Rifles & Muskets is an expertly writtenaccount of the history of sporting and military firearms.

Small ArmsFrom the Civil War to the PresentDayMartin J. Dougherty

$34.95 • 224 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 300 colorphotos and artworks • September 2014 • hardback978-1-78274-206-7

From classic US Civil War-period rifles such as the Springfield M1855 tothe latest in personal defense weapons and hand-held rocket launchers,Small Arms covers all of the most significant and successful small armsproduced during the past 150 years.

Each category of small arms-handguns, rifles, submachine guns,automatic support weapons, grenades, and launchers-is explored in turnand all the most famous examples of each type of weapon are featured,such as the M16, Colt .44 Magnum, and Maxim machine gun.Informative and accessible text places each weapon within military,political, and technological context and includes a complete design anddevelopment history. Full-color photographs and artworks of theweapons accompany the text, and specification tables provide keytechnical data. Stunning photographs and paintings show the weaponsin action in conflicts ranging from the CrimeanWar to the recent war inIraq. Special double-page features also provide a more detailedcomparison of key weapons within specific categories including combatmagnums, precision rifles and submachine guns for VIP protection.

With over 200 weapons and more than 300 color and black-and-whitephotographs and illustration, Small Arms – Compared and Contrasted isan authoritative and accessible reference work.

Warships from theGolden Age of SteamAn Illustrated Guide to GreatWarships from 1860 to 1945David Ross

$34.95 • 224 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 110 color illustrations and photosAugust 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78274-153-4

The great era of the steamwarship was from the mid-1860s to the mid-1940s—an 80-year period in which a huge variety of large ships wasbuilt, ever-greater in size, fire-power, and technical sophistication. Capitalships were the most expensive and destructive weaponry prior to theatomic bomb, and their development can be traced decade by decade.

Arranged in chronological order, Warships from the Golden Age of Steamprovides concise coverage of the most famous warships of the period,including HMS Devastation, the first seagoing turreted ship; the ChineseTing Yuen, sunk at the Battle ofWei-Hai-Wei in 1894; Mikasa andRetvizan, which fought each other at the Battle of the Yellow Sea in1904; HMS Indomitable, Nassau, and HMS Lion, which all fought at theBattle of Jutland in 1916; HMS Prince ofWales, which took part in thehunt for the Bismarck, and was eventually sunk by Japanese air attackoff the coast of Malaya in December 1941; and the Tirpitz, whichremained a constant threat to Allied shipping in the North Atlantic untilit was sunk by aerial bombers in a Norwegian fjord in late 1944.

Filled with colorful artworks, expertly-written background text, and usefulspecifications of 100 warships,Warships from the Golden Age of Steam isa visually lavish guide to major fighting ships from 1860 to 1945.

Pistols & RevolversFrom 1850 to the Present DayMartin J. Dougherty

$34.95 • 224 pages • 7.5 x 9.75 • 200 color andb/w photos and artworks • September 2014hardback • 978-1-78274-150-3

Matchlock, wheel lock, flintlock and caplock; .44 or 9mm; revolver andautomatic – the history of handguns is a fascinating journey throughthe development of hand-held firearms technology.

From early hand cannon of the late 14th century to the latestautomatics and machine pistols, Collector’s Guide to Handguns tracesthe development of these small arms as they evolved over the centuries.From a Thirty Years’War wheel lock to today’s Beretta 92, from the Lugerto the Colt to the latest Ruger, Collector’s Guide to Handguns offers anarrative history of the classics among these firearms. Throughout thebook there are technical specifications for featured firearms.

Illustrated with more than 200 color and black-and-white artworks andphotographs, Collector’s Guide to Handguns is an expertly writtenaccount of the history of sporting and military firearms.


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The Ultimate SurvivalGuideChris McNab

$34.95 • 448 pages • 9 x 11.25 • 750 b/wartworks • August 2014 • paperback978-1-78274-142-8

The world is a hostile environment, capable ofthrowing the unexpected at you at anymoment. Bringing together the knowledgegained by those who have learnt it the hardway, The Ultimate Survival Guide is the onlybook you will ever need. Personal grit andcourage count for a lot, but if you don’t knowhow to find food and water, make shelter, lightfires, and apply basic first-aid, amongst manyother skills, your chances of survival can beslim.

For every scenario that you might find yourselfin, from the humid heat of the tropics to thefrozen poles, The Ultimate Survival Guideteaches you the fundamental survivaltechniques you need to survive withoutexternal help, and often without specializedequipment. Relying on the experiences ofthose who have survived in harsh situationsthemselves, the book tells you how to findfood, water and shelter, and how to make backto safety if necessary.

Illustrated throughout with easy to followartworks demonstrating how to performessential survival tasks, The Ultimate SurvivalGuide requires no previous knowledge orexperience, but will give you the core skills youneed to survive, whatever the world mightthrow at you.

The Samurai WarriorThe Golden Age of Japan’s EliteWarriors 1560–1615Ben Hubbard

$34.95 • 224 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 200 colorillustrations, photos and maps • August 2014hardback • 978-1-78274-168-8

During Japan’sWarring States period, centuriesof strife had left the country divided andleaderless. Those who filled the power vacuumwere the daimyo, warlords who ruled over theclans and provinces of Japan. Serving theirdaimyo, the samurai were the ultimatewarriors at a time when military prowess wonout over hereditary power and position. Thenature of warfare itself changed—romanticideas of mounted duels and battlefielddecorum became as rare as aristocratic samuraileaders. Marching in to replace them were thecommon foot soldiers, the ashigaru, armedwith pikes and matchlock rifles.

The SamuraiWarrior examines the fightingmen of this key period in Japanese history.Divided into six chapters, the book describesthe unification under the Tokugawa bakufu,the major battles of the era, the weapons andarmor used, the social structure of Japanesesociety, myths about the samurai, and finallythe decline of the samurai amidst themodernization of the Meiji period.

Including more than 200 photographs,illustrations, paintings, and maps, The SamuraiWarrior is a colorful, accessible study of Japan’sfamous but often misunderstood warrior elite.

In the Footsteps ofAlexanderThe Soldiers who Conquered theAncient WorldMiles Doleac

$34.95 • 224 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 200 colorillustrations, photos and maps • August 2014hardback • 978-1-78274-165-7

In just 11 years, Alexander the Great’s armymarched 22,000 miles and secured the Balkans,conquered Asia Minor, the Levant and Egypt,defeated the Persian Empire and invaded India.By the age of thirty, he had created one of thelargest empires of the ancient world. And evenafter he died, aged just 32, undefeated inbattle, his influence remained, not just acrossEurope, but into Asia, too.

But what was it like to be soldier in Alexander’sarmy? To march from Macedonia to India? Toserve as a hoplite, a Phalangite or acavalryman for Alexander? In the Footsteps ofAlexander – the soldiers who conquered theancient world explores the achievements ofone of history’s great military leaders from thepoint of view of his warriors.

The book is divided into four parts, with partone covering the extent of Alexander’scampaigns; part two examining therecruitment, equipment, tactics and lives of hisinfantrymen and cavalrymen; part threelooking at the cities that he founded, such asAlexandria and Kandahar; and part fourexplaining how after his death his great empirefell apart, but his Hellenic influence lived onthroughout Europe and Asia.


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Allied Tanks ofWordWar IIDavid Porter

$34.95 • 384 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 500 artworksand photos • September 2014 • hardback978-1-78274-208-1

Allied Tanks ofWorldWar II offers a highly illustrated guide to the mainarmored fighting vehicles used by theWestern Allies and the Red Armyfrom 1939–1945. This volume includes sample unit structures andorders of battle from company up to corps level.Divided into two parts – theWestern and the Soviet spheres – the bookis then organized chronologically, offering a comprehensive survey ofarmored fighting vehicles by campaign, including the fall of Poland, thedefense of the Low Countries and France, desert warfare in North Africa,German invasion of the Soviet Union, the Stalingrad counteroffensive,the push through Italy, the Normandy landings, the battle of the Bulge,and the final defeat of Axis forces in Berlin, Vienna and Budapest in May1945. All the major and many minor tank variants are featured,including every variation of the BT fast tank, as well as the T-26 lighttank and T-34, the M4 Sherman, Churchill and Matilda.

Modern Tanks andArtillery 1945–PresentMichael E. Haskew


Illustrated with hundreds of detailed artworks of AFVs and theirmarkings, Modern Tanks and Artillery is a comprehensive study of thearmored fighting vehicles and guns of every nationality from thebeginning of the ColdWar to the present. The book is split into twovolumes, the first detailing tanks and AFVs, and the second coveringartillery guns, rockets and self-propelled guns. Each volume is furthersubdivided by theater and conflict.

The first volume provides a comprehensive study of the AFVs in servicefrom the end ofWorldWar II until the recent conflicts in Iraq andAfghanistan.Well-known tanks deployed in various wars are included,such as the Soviet IS-3, T-54 and T-72 tanks, as well as the GermanLeopard, British Chieftain, and American M1A1 Abrams. The secondvolume provides a detailed analysis of artillery since the end ofWorldWar II, including ubiquitous workhorses such as the 2S3 (M1973)152mm Howitzer, the FH-70 howitzer and the G5 howitzer.

Allied Aircraft ofWorld War IIChris Chant


Illustrated with outstanding color profile artworks, Allied Aircraft ofWorldWar II is the definitive study of the aircraft of all Allied powersfrom 1939 to 1945. Arranged in two parts – Allied Fighters and AlliedBombers – and then by theater of war, the book describes in depth thevarious aircraft for different nations, from the RAF to USAAF, from Sovietto the Brazilian Air Forces and many more.

Featuring aircraft that served from Australia to the Aleutians, from theFrench border to Okinawa, more than 400 cooler artworks illustrate boththe famous and the lesser-known aircraft (fighters, bombers, transportsand reconnaissance) from a large array of services and nations. Typesfeatured include the

With information boxes accompanying the artworks, Allied Aircraft ofWorldWar II is an excellent reference work for modelers and anyenthusiast with an interest in the history ofWorldWar II.

The Encyclopedia ofWeapons of World War IIThe Comprehensive Guide to over 1500Weapons Systems, including Tanks,Small Arms, Warplanes, Artillery, Shipsand SubmarinesChris Bishop

$50.00 • 608 pages • 8.75 x 10.75 • 1600 color and b/w photos andartworks • September 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78274-167-1

What was the armament and crew of the German Tiger tank and itsSoviet equivalent, the T-34?What was the calibre and effective range ofthe Lee-Enfield bolt-action rifle?WorldWar II spawned a massive varietyof weapons systems, many complex, all fascinating and exciting.

The Encyclopedia ofWeapons ofWorldWar II is an easy-to-readillustrated compendium of the military hardware – from air, sea or land– which was used in engagements around the globe from 1939 to 1945.It includes more than 1500 pieces of equipment from handguns toaircraft carriers. Each weapon system is illustrated with a detailed profileartwork and a photograph showing the weapons system in service.Accompanying the illustrative material is detailed text that lists eachweapon’s service history, the numbers built, and its variants, as well asfull specifications.


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M4 Sherman TankAmberley Armour 1John Christopher

$26.95 • 128 pages • 9.75 x 6.75 • 200 illustrations • June 2014 • paperback • 978-1-4456-3859-1

The Sherman tank was never the equal of the German heavies, but tough, reliable and maneuverableit was built in such prodigious quantities that it played a vital role in the Allies’ victory inWW2.Published to commemorate 70th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

Once described as the worst tank that ever won a war it was built in the States by car factories, railwayworks and vast purpose-built factories. The M4 Sherman saw service in all theaters of the SecondWorldWar as well as in later conflicts in Korea and Israel. It came in many variants. The British gave it abigger gun, they made ‘funnies’ that could throw flames or swim ashore and wade rivers or ditches,they were used to lay bridges, clear minefields and even launch rockets. Many Sherman’s were soldoverseas to countries such as Uganda, Italy, Paraguay, Argentina and Mexico.

WeWere Eagles Vol. 1July 42 to November 43Martin Bowman

$34.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 32pp color illustrations • July 2014 • hardback • 978-1-4456-3363-3

On 4 July 1942, American airmen flew in US-built bombers against a German target for the first time.A small operation involving six US crews in Boston medium bombers, it was nonetheless a harbinger ofthings to come. The first heavy bombardment group of B-17s had crossed the Atlantic in June 1942,another arriving by 1 August, the first small steps in the massive build up of B-17s and B-24s thatwould be based in Britain as part of the Eighth Air Force.

In this book, illustrated with both black and white and period color pictures, aviation historian MartinBowman tells the story of US Eighth Air Force operations in the words of the men who flew them, fromthat first raid over the Netherlands and the first attack by the Fortresses against Rouen to the first attackon Germany itself and the infamous B-24 raid against the Romanian oil fields at Ploesti.

WeWere Eagles Vol. 2December 43 to May 44Martin Bowman

$34.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 32pp color • October 2014 • hardback • 978-1-4456-3366-4

The Americans’ third year of the war saw the Eighth Air Force finally bombing Berlin or ‘Big B’ as it wasknown and the arrival in theater of ever-increasing number of escort fighters such as the P-47Thunderbolt and P-51 Mustang meant that the close-knit formations of bombers could roam furtherafield without the punitive losses suffered a year earlier. ‘Little Friends’ rode to the rescue of their ‘BigFriends’ but ‘tail end Charlies’ could be cut down almost unnoticed and ‘unlucky’ groups such as the‘Bloody Hundredth’ and the 445th Bomb Group B-24 Liberators who roamed too far sufferedgrievously. An Allied victory was never in doubt and the air offensive hastened its end but Germanaircraft production never faltered despite the assault on the war industries. City bombing failed tobreak German spirit, enemy oil still flowed and ‘revenge weapons’ and jet planes would offer theenemy hope, and the bomber boys pain.

In this second volume, Martin Bowman tells the story of the Eighth Air Force’s campaign over Germanyand Occupied Europe in the words of the men who flew the missions.



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Ancient RomeThe Rise and Fall of anEmpire 753BC-AD476Patricia Southern

$20.00 • 384 pages • 4.75 x 7.7516pp color • June 2014 • paperback978-1-4456-1978-1

Patricia Southern’s masterly newbook narrates the history of Romefrom a settlement of primitive hutsto a sophisticated city ruling andthen losing an Empire, the lives ofsuch towering figures as JuliusCaesar, the successes and setbacksand what the Romans learned ontheir way to Imperial rule and finaldisintegration.

The Roman ArmyA History 753 BC – AD 476Patricia Southern

$42.00 • 512 pages • 6 x 9 • 16ppcolor • October 2014 • hardback978-1-4456-2089-3

This book covers the completehistory of the Roman Army from753 BC to AD 476, including itssuccesses and failures againstRome’s enemies such as Gauls,Carthaginians, Goths and Persians.

The EmperorsHow Europe’s GreatestRulers Were Destroyed byWorld War IGareth Russell

$34.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9.2516pp mono • August 2014hardback • 978-1-4456-3433-3

In this new book, Gareth Russelltells the story of the Austrian,German and Russian imperialfamilies during the four years ofthe First WorldWar and thepolitical and personal strugglesthat brought about their ruin.

The TruceThe Day theWar StoppedChris Baker

$29.95 • 160 pages • 6 x 9 • 16ppcolor • September 2014 • hardback978-1-4456-3490-6

The Christmas Truce is regarded asa satisfying and hopeful event in awar that is often regarded asunnecessary, bitter, hopeless andfutile. Inspired by the centenary,and in the light of documentaryevidence unavailable whenprevious accounts have beenpublished, Chris Baker examinesthe events leading up to truce.

Roman ShieldsJohn Travis / Hilary Travis

$42.00 • 192 pages • 6 x 916pp color • July 2014 • hardback978-1-4456-3838-6

In this book, Roman militaryexperts John and Hilary Travis turntheir attention to the shields usedby the historic Roman stalwarts,drawing on their expertise, theirwealth of illustrated material andthe world of reenactments.

Roman HelmetsJohn Travis / Hilary Travis

$42.00 • 192 pages • 6 x 916pp color • November 2014hardback • 978-1-4456-3842-3

In its study of the panoply ofhelmets used by the Romans,Roman Shield looks at thecomponent parts, how they arephysically put together, andattempting to reproduce theaspects of the artifacts observedthrough reconstructing them andsubjecting them to regular useand combat conditions.

Fighting Fit 1914Adam Culling

$16.00 • 288 pages • 4.75 x 7.75July 2014 • paperback978-1-4456-3759-4

A collection of facsimile materialsshowing how the soldiers recruitedfor the First WorldWar became,and stayed, fighting fit for battle,including how to fight, carry abayonet and stay in peak physicalcondition.

How to Fly a PlaneThe First World War Pilot’sManualCaptain Barber RFC

$14.50 • 160 pages • 4.75 x 7.7520 illustrations • July 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-3583-5

The training aid for many a pilotfrom one of the leading instructorsof the FirstWorldWar. There are160 pages with many illustrationsof leading aircraft of the period.Chock full of handy tips for thebudding aviator.





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RichthofenThe Red Baron in OldPhotographsLouis Archard

$20.00 • 128 pages • 6.25 x 9.25September 2014 • paperback978-1-4456-3348-0

Manfred, Freiherr von Richthofen,was the top ace of the First WorldWar, with eighty confirmedvictories. Using period images withcaptions taken from vonRichthofen’s 1917 autobiography,Der Rote Kampfflieger, this bookwill illustrate his story.

An IllustratedIntroduction toThe First WorldWarPhil Carradice

$16.00 • 96 pages • 6.25 x 9.25June 2014 • paperback978-1-4456-3296-4

This wonderfully illustrated,accessible introduction to the FirstWorldWar is presentedchronologically and breaks downhow the war started and howevents unfolded.

An IllustratedIntroduction to TheSecondWorldWarHenry Buckton

$16.00 • 96 pages • 6.25 x 9.2570 illustrations • August 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-3848-5

The SecondWorldWar is so far theonly truly global war that has evertaken place. This wonderfullyillustrated, accessible introduction tothe SecondWorldWar follows themajor events that led up to the warand occurred during it, year by year.

Tomorrow is D-DayStella Rutter

$26.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9.25July 2014 • paperback978-1-4456-3294-0

In these pages, Stella recounts herwar story. After leaving art college,she obtained a post in the DrawingOffice of HMS Excellent,Portsmouth. A year later she wascommandeered to work for theTechnical Publication Section ofSupermarine, the designers of theSpitfire.

The Luftwaffe inColourThe SecondWorld War inColour Series 1Hauptmann / MedemJohn Christopher (ed.)


This unique collection of wartimecolor photos brings the Luftwaffe –aircraft and personnel – to life in adramatically vivid way. Here, over100 color and 50 black and whiteimages have been assembled to tellthe story of the war as it unfolded.

How to Fly aSecondWorld WarHeavy BomberLancaster, Halifax, StirlingLouis Archard (ed.)

$16.00 • 192 pages • 6 x 9.2580 illustrations • July 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-3672-6

How do you fly a Lancaster, or aHalifax or even a Stirling? Usingoriginal Pilot’s Notes, Louis Archardintroduces you to the famousaircraft of the Bomber Offensive.Everything was included, frombomb jettisoning to flying on twoengines.

How to Fly a Battleof Britain FighterSpitfire, Messerschmitt,HurricaneCampbell McCutcheon (ed.)

$16.00 • 192 pages • 6 x 9.2580 illustrations • July 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-3665-8

How do you fly a Spitfire, or aMesserschmitt or even aHurricane? Using original PilotsNotes, Campbell McCutcheonintroduces you to the famousaircraft of the Battle of Britain.

British Posters ofthe FirstWorldWarJohn Christopher

$34.95 • 192 pages • 6.75 x 9.75July 2014 • hardback978-1-4456-3316-9

How do you fly a Lancaster, or aHalifax or even a Stirling? Usingoriginal Pilot’s Notes, Louis Archardintroduces you to the famousaircraft of the Bomber Offensive.Everything was included, frombomb jettisoning to flying on twoengines.




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The FrenchSquadronA True Story of LoveandWarBarbara Harper-Nelson /Genevieve Monneris

$29.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp color and b/willustrations • July 2014 • hardback • 978-1-4456-3939-0

Now aged 88, Barbara Harper-Nelson (neéRigby), was the one-time girlfriend, living inLiverpool, of 22 year old Francis Usai. Amazinglyshe still had the 350+ letters from this wittyand amusing young French airman exiled fromhis conquered country and based near York.

Along with her own diaries, these lettersconstituted a unique, evocative, often amusingtwo-way conversation between young peopleduring a time unprecedented in history.

Fighter AceThe Extraordinary Lifeof Douglas Bader,Battle of Britain HeroDilip Sarkar

$18.00 • 320 pages • 4.75 x7.75 • November 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-3819-5

The story of Douglas Bader, the RAF fighterpilot who shot down twenty enemy fightersduring the SecondWorldWar despite havinglost both his legs, defies fiction. A fighter aceand highly decorated war hero, he became ahousehold name in the 1950s thanks to thebest selling book and blockbuster film Reachfor the Sky, which charted his wartimeexploits.

Building for WarFrom Shadow Factories to Cold War BunkersBob Clarke

$34.95 • 208 pages • 6.75 x 9.75 • 175 illustrations (30 color) • June 2014 • paperback • 978-1-84868-112-5

Britain was unprepared at the start of the SecondWorldWar for what it was to endure. Bombed mercilessly during the Blitzand under threat of invasion, all sorts of defenses sprang up around the coasts and along ‘stop lines’ such as canals and rivers.

Bob Clarke tells the story of Britain’s building for war as the Communist scourge behind the iron Curtain threatened peace andnuclear oblivion.

OrganisationTodtFrom the Autobahns tothe Atlantic WallJohn Christopher (ed.)

$34.95 • 256 pages • 6.75 x9.75 • 32pp color • July 2014 • paperback978-1-4456-3856-0

Founded by the charismatic Fritz Todt, theengineering organization which bore his namebuilt Germany’s Autobahn network before thewar and went on to construct major defensiveworks across occupied Europe; from theSiegfried Line – know to the Germans as theWestwall – to the AtlanticWall whichstretched from Norway and down the Atlanticcoast of France to keep the Allies out ofoccupied Europe.

ParasVoices of the BritishAirborne Forces inWorld War TwoRoger Payne OAM

$34.95 • 384 pages • 6 x 916pp color and b/wSeptember 2014 • hardback978-1-4456-3841-6

Impressed by the performance of the Germanparatroopers in Belgium and the Netherlandsin 1940, and on Crete in 1941,WinstonChurchill ordered the creation of a BritishAirborne force of no less than 5,000parachutists. The result was the 1st and 6thAirborne divisions, and this is their story, astold by the men themselves.

Churchill’sAngelsHow Britain’s WomenSecret Agents Changedthe Course of TheSecondWorld WarBernard O’Connor

$16.00 • 384 pages • 4.75 x 7.75 • 8pp b/willustrations • July 2014 • paperback978-1-4456-3431-9

Over 70 female agents were sent out byBritain’s Special Operations Executive duringthe SecondWorldWar. Their job was to workwith resistance movements both before andafter D Day. Bernard O’Connor relates theexperiences of these agents by drawing on arange of sources, including many of thewomen’s accounts of their wartime service.

BlitzkriegThe SecondWorld Warin ColourCampbell McCutcheon (ed.)

$34.95 • 128 pages • 9.75 x6.75 • 140 illustrationsJune 2014 • paperback978-1-4456-3891-1

Color photography was a rare thing in the1930s. Various systems of color photographyhad been tried, including Dufaycolor andKodachrome but the processes were timeconsuming and difficult to process. Here, over70 color and 70 black and white images tellthe story of the Blitzkrieg as it happened.






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Fighting Fit 1939Adam Culling

$16.00 • 288 pages • 4.75 x 7.75October 2014 • paperback978-1-4456-3817-1

The SecondWorldWar promptedthe recruitment and training ofBritish soldiers on a scale neverseen since. The training andequipment manual, books,photographs and inspirationallectures collected in thispublication provide an insight intohow the Physical TrainingInstructor kept the British soldierFighting Fit.

Land GirlsJoan Mant

$16.00 • 224 pages • 4.75 x 7.7516pp mono • August 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-1979-8

Joan Mant’s history draws uponthe reminiscences of over 300‘land girls’, to tell the story of lifeon the wartime farm.

Land Girls is a fitting tribute to theWLA’s heroic effort to keep food onthe nation’s table and establishestheir well-earned place in thearchives of war.

Battles of theCrimeanWarWilliam H Russell

$14.50 • 224 pages • 4.75 x 7.75September 2014 • paperback978-1-4456-3789-1

The British and French expeditionaryforce landed on the beaches ofCalamita Bay, on the south-westcoast of the Crimean Peninsula, inSeptember 1854. Russell’s accountsshocked the public andmade himworld famous. This book reprintsRussell’s dispatches from the Alma,Sevastopol, Balaclava and Inkerman,and from the field hospitals whichso shocked Nightingale.

I Was a KamikazeRyuji Nagatsuka


Ryuji Nagatsuka and his fellowkamikaze pilots had to be highlytrained to crash exactly on targetand to evade dense antiaircraftfire. Here in this extraordinarydocument, Nagatsuka gives us aunique insight into what it wasthat enabled these young men todie for their country in such a way– and to die willingly.

Arnhem, theBattle of theBridgesWilliam F Buckingham

$42.00 • 608 pages • 6 x 9 • 16ppmono • August 2014 • hardback978-1-84868-109-5

Arnhem, the Battle of the Bridgescombines analysis and newresearch by a leading authority onOperation Market Garden with thewords of the men who were there,and provides the mostcomprehensive account of thebattle to date.

How to Pilot aSubmarineThe SecondWorld WarManualUS Navy


The US Navy based this book onthe USS Perch and it gives in depthdetail on all aspects of submarinework. The training aid for the USSubmarine fleet, this book gives usan idea of just what life was likeunderwater and the various tasksa submariner would have to do.

Cut and ThrustEuropean Swords andSwordsmanshipMartin Dougherty

$28.50 • 192 pages • 6.75 x 9.7516pp color • November 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-3966-6

Of all the weapons ever invented,none has the mystique of thesword. Martin Dougherty uses hisfamiliarity with historical Europeanswords to take the reader throughthe background behind each ofthese weapons and techniques fortheir use. This is an invaluableguide for all those interested inhistorical swordsmanship.

Raise the ClansTheWargamer’s Guide toJacobite BritainMartin Hackett

$26.95 • 160 pages • 6 x 9.2516pp color • June 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-0379-7

Martin Hackett brings hisextensive wargaming experienceand historical background to theJacobiteWars, taking us from theGlorious Rebellion of 1685 until1746. He takes us on a tour of thesites, gives us historical facts tomake game play more fun as wellas simple rules and tips on makingJacobite war games more realistic.





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The English ResistancePeter Rex

$20.00 • 256 pages • 4.75 x 7.75 • July 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-0479-4

The Second Battle ofNewbury 1644John Barratt

$18.00 • 128 pages • 4.75 x 7.75 • 34illustrations • November 2014 • paperback978-1-4456-0170-0

Somewhere in FranceA Tommy’s Guide to Life on theWestern FrontGeoffreyWhittaker

$16.00 • 256 pages • 4.75 x 7.75 • June 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-3671-9

Great Writers onthe Great WarRevolt in the DesertT. E. Lawrence


TheWriters’WarThe Great War in the Wordsof Great Writers WhoWitnessed ItFelicity Trotman

$34.95 • 352 pages • 6 x 9 • July2014 • hardback978-1-4456-3806-5

Breverton’s FirstWorld WarCuriositiesTerry Breverton

$16.00 • 320 pages • 4.75 x 7.7530 illustrations • June 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-3341-1

Tommy,Doughboy, FritzSoldier Slang of World War IEmily Brewer

$20.00 • 224 pages • 4.75 x 7.75July 2014 • hardback978-1-4456-3783-9

Women in Early AviationDean Juniper

$34.95 • 192 pages • 6.75 x 9.75 • June 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-0095-6

Britain’s ForgottenFighter AceCaptain Albert Ball VCWalter A. Briscoe / H. Russell Stannard

$22.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 33 IllustrationsJune 2014 • paperback • 978-1-4456-2236-1

Born of AdversityBritain’s Airlines 1919-1963Guy Halford-Macleod

$28.50 • 160 pages • 6.75 x 9.75 • 52illustrations • July 2014 • paperback978-1-84868-993-0

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1914 The First World War at Sea in PhotographsGrand Fleet v German NavyPhil Carradice$22.95 • 144 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 240 illustrations • May 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-2233-0

1915 The First World War at Sea in PhotographsPhil Carradice$22.95 • 144 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 240 illustrations • July 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-2237-8

1916 The First World War at Sea in PhotographsPhil Carradice$22.95 • 144 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 180 illustrations • October 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-2242-2

1917 The First World War at Sea in PhotographsPhil Carradice$22.95 • 144 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 180 illustrations • December 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-2247-7

1914 The First World War in Old PhotographsOver by ChristmasJohn Christopher / Campbell McCutcheon$24.50 • 160 pages • 6 x 9.25 • 16pp color and mono • May 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-2181-4

1915 The First World War in Old PhotographsJohn Christopher / Campbell McCutcheon$24.50 • 160 pages • 6 x 9.25 • 16pp and mono • July 2014 • paperback978-1-4456-2205-7

1916 The First World War in Old PhotographsAWar of AttritionJohn Christopher / Campbell McCutcheon$24.50 • 160 pages • 6 x 9.25 • 16pp color and mono • October 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-2208-8

1917 The First World War in Old PhotographsMud and TanksJohn Christopher / Campbell McCutcheon$24.50 • 160 pages • 6 x 9.25 • 16pp color and mono • December 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-2210-1

1939 The SecondWorld War in the Air in PhotographsLouis Archard$24.50 • 160 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 16pp color • May 2014 • paperback978-1-4456-2234-7

1940 The SecondWorld War in the Air in photographsBlitzkrieg and the Battle of BritainLouis Archard$24.50 • 160 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 16pp color • July 2014 • paperback978-1-4456-2239-2

1941 The SecondWorld War in the Air in PhotographsLouis Archard$24.50 • 160 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 16pp color • September 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-2241-5

1942 The SecondWorld War in the Air in PhotographsLouis Archard$24.50 • 160 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 16pp color • November 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-2246-0

1939 The SecondWorld War at Sea in PhotographsPhil Carradice$22.95 • 144 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 240 illustrations (35 in color)June 2014 • paperback • 978-1-4456-2235-4

1940 The SecondWorld War at Sea in PhotographsPhil Carradice$22.95 • 144 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 240 illustrations • August 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-2240-8

1941 The SecondWorld War at Sea in PhotographsPhil Carradice$22.95 • 144 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 180 illustrations • November 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-2245-3

1939 The SecondWorld War in Old PhotographsJohn Christopher / Campbell McCutcheon$24.50 • 160 pages • 6 x 9.25 • 16pp color and mono • June 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-2182-1

1940 The SecondWorld War in Old PhotographsJohn Christopher / Campbell McCutcheon$24.50 • 160 pages • 6 x 9.25 • 16pp color and mono • August 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-2207-1

1941 The SecondWorld War in Old PhotographsA Global ConflictJohn Christopher / Campbell McCutcheon$24.50 • 160 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp color and mono • November 2014paperback • 978-1-4456-2209-5



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Desert Rats at WarNorth Africa. Italy. Northwest EuropeGeorge Forty

$29.95 • 224 pages • 7.25 x 9.5 • over 350 photos and 22 maps • June 2014 • Air Sea Media • paperback • 978-0-9576915-2-0

70 years ago, on 7 June 1944, the British 7th Armored Division landed in Normandy, halfway through a wartime journey thathad started in north Africa. Formed on 16 February 1940, it adopted the Jerboa as its divisional sign—and while many units

that fought in the desert call themselves by the name, 7th Armoured Division are the original ‘Desert Rats’. The division helped destroy the ItalianTenth Army at Beda Fomm on 7 February 1941, defeat the Desert_Fox—Rommel—at El Alamein in October 1942, and drive Axis forces out ofNorth_Africa. After the desert, 7th Armored Division landed at Salerno on 15 September 1943, in time to help repulse concerted Germancounterattacks, before—as part of U.S. Fifth Army’s British X Corps—it took Naples and crossed the Volturno.

Desert Rats at War is an evocation of what it was like to serve with the division, in the African desert and Europe, from the first encounters by theMobile Force in 1940 to Berlin in 1945. Full of eyewitness accounts and private photos, Desert Rats atWar has been completely revised and updated,with additional text, maps and photographs.

With the ArgyllsA Soldier’s MemoirRayWard

$12.95 • 144 pages • 5 x 8 16 pages b/w photosJuly 2014 • Birlinn • paperback978-1-84341-066-9

When RayWard died in 1999, his sons discoveredan old and dusty manuscript in an Afrika Korps ammunition box in thecellar of the family home in Glasgow. These papers contained acollection of their father’s memoirs, which detailed his experiences as aninfantry officer during the SecondWorldWar, when he served in the 1stBattalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

His memoirs give vivid accounts of RayWard’s time in Eritrea, Abyssinia,Egypt, theWestern Desert, Sicily and mainland Italy, and bring to lifeindividual episodes of bravery, adventure and danger that characterizedthe North African and Italian campaigns.

Out in FrontA Polish Fighter Pilot’s Dramatic Air WarWitold ‘Lanny’ Lanowski

$39.95 • 320 pages 6.25 x 9.25 • b/w picturesection • September 2014 • Fighting HighPiublishing • hardback • 978-0-9926207-4-5

Decorated Polish fighter pilotWitold ‘Lanny’Lanowski tells his remarkable SecondWorldWar story beginning withhis dramatic escape from Nazi aggression in Poland, fighting with thereformed Polish Air Force in France, and eventually arriving in Englandto combat the Luftwaffe.

Lanny Lanowski’s exploits have become legendary, as has his rebelliousnature. His memoir, supported by previously unpublished photographs,recounts an extraordinary personal journey within the life or deathcontext of the European air war – a gripping and revealing insight in towhat it was like to be ‘Out in Front’.

Wojtek the BearPolish War HeroAileen Orr / Neal Ascherson

$12.95 • 224 pages5 x 8 • 16 pages b/w photos • July 2014 • Birlinnpaperback • 978-1-84341-065-2

This is the inspiring and charming true story ofone of the SecondWorldWar’s most unusual combatants – a 500-poundcigarette smoking, beer-drinking brown bear. Originally adopted as amascot by the Polish Army in Iran,Wojtek soon took on a more practicalrole, carrying heavy mortar rounds for the troops and going on to playhis part as a fully enlisted ‘soldier’with his own rank and number duringthe Italian campaign.

After the war, Wojtek, along with some of his Polish compatriots from IICorps, came to Berwickshire, where he became a significant member ofthe local community before subsequently moving to Edinburgh Zoo.

Artie – Bomber CommandLegendThe Remarkable Story of WingCommander Artie Ashworth DSO, DFC andBar, AFC and Bar, MIDVince Ashworth

$34.95 • 240 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • b/w picturesection • October 2014 • Fighting High Publishing • hardback978-0-9926207-5-2

The story of RAF Bomber Command during the SecondWorldWar hasbeen told many times, but rarely has it been painted as vividly as thisaccounting of Artie Ashworth's experiences - a tale of extraordinarybravery and sacrifice set within the greatest air battle of all time.

Vincent Ashworth pieces together the compelling story of one of themost distinguished pilots to fly operational bombers during the SecondWorldWar.


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Beheaded by HitlerCruelty of the Nazis, CivilianExecutions and Judicial Terror1933–1945Colin Pateman

$29.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 20 blackand white • July 2014 • hardback978-1-78155-343-5

From 1933 during the Nazi era when Hitlerrefashioned the German judicial system inline with his oppressive regime, many crimes became capital offenseswhich led to a drastic increase in the number of executions. In 1936, theReich Minister of Justice, Franz Gurtner, acting upon Hitler’s direction,ordered that the fallbeil, a variation on the guillotine, replace the handax as the official method for all civil executions throughout Germany.This book provides the reader with a chilling insight into the judicialterror that took place and the harrowing stories of execution by fallbeilof civilians who were convicted of domestic resistance to the Naziregime, treason and other offenses after so called ‘trials’ by theVolksgerichtshof or People’s Court. This exceptionally well researchedbook also explains the Nazi judicial system, the prisons selected forcentral execution sites and the Nazi officials and executioners thatcarried out Hitler’s cleansing.

The Hermann GoeringAlbumsHerman Goering in the First WorldWar, 1914–18Blaine Taylor


When modern readers think of HermannGoring, what probably comes to mind isthe overweight drug addict and convicted war criminal who cheated thehangman’s noose at Nuremberg by committing suicide just hours beforehe was due to be hanged. Next up might be the image of his powerfulGerman air force in the SecondWorldWar—-the Luftwaffe—-bombing defenseless European cities and towns in the early part of thewar, until it was defeated by the British Royal Air Force in the epic Battleof Britain in 1940. Next might come Goring the debauched art collectorwho pirated captured collections all over Nazi Europe during theOccupation years. All of these images are correct, but here we seeanother Hermann Goring: the slim, dashing fighter pilot and combat aceof an earlier struggle, the GreatWar, orWorldWar I of 1914-18, whichhe began as an infantry officer fighting the French Army in the 1914Battle of the Frontiers.

Guarding the FuhrerSepp Dietrich and Adolf HitlerBlaine Taylor

$32.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 black andwhite • July 2014 • paperback978-1-78155-387-9

German leader Adolf Hitler (1889-1945)was one of the most controversialpoliticians and military commanders in allrecorded history. As such, his life wasconspired against by all manner of enemies, both foreign and domestic.Dozens of attempts were made on his life over the course of twodecades, including a bomb explosion in his own headquarters- and yet,he survived them all. This is the story of how he did so, as told via theexciting sagas of Sepp Dietrich and his SS, as well as of Germangovernment security leader Johann Rattenhuber and his Reich SecurityService, the RSD.

Never WarsThe US Plans to Invade theWorldBlaine L. Pardoe

$29.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 32 black andwhite • July 2014 • hardback978-1-78155-293-3

Every major government’s military makesplans for waging wars, hoping that theynever have to be employed. In the earlypart of the last century the US governmentprepared a number of war contingency plans for invading a number ofnations – both hostile and friendly. These color-coded plans weredesigned for various political and military events, some of whichactually unfolded inWWII. NeverWars explores and provides details ona number of these key military invasion plans, their triggers, unitsinvolved, etc.. Some of these plans, if executed, would have altered theglobe or changed the events of the 20th century and beyond. Includedwith this was the naval war in the Pacific against Japan in the 1930’s,the US plans to land forces in France in the event that it fell duringWWI,the US planned invasion of Ireland, Canada, Iceland, Mexico, and evenChina!


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Heinrich HimmlerA Photo History of the Reichsfuhrer-SSMaxWilliams

$65.00 • 704 pages • 7 x 10 • 1000 black and white • August 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78155-405-0

“I was following orders.”The answer most commonly quoted by SS men accused of atrocious crimes after Germany hadsurrendered in 1945. But who gave those orders?Who was the mastermind behind the sophisticated machinery whichallowed men from normal family backgrounds to kill on such a scale? The right man at the right time, fate steeredHeinrich Himmler to take control of an organization destined to carry out Hitler’s racial policies. This study not only setsout in detail how Heinrich Himmler’s daily routine allowed him to implement Nazi strategy, but it also providesillustrations of the man behind much of it, both at work and at home. Of all the personalities of history demonized bypostwar writers, Heinrich Himmler ranks among the most reviled. His legacy is one of hatred, violence and cold bloodedmurder on a vast scale. A Jekyll and Hyde character, variously described by his generation and those who followed ascharming, loyal, polite, a pedant, an eccentric, an organizational genius, a fool, a desk killer and a loving father. Thecamera allows us into his world, albeit temporarily, and we can equate his busy, but mostly mundane schedule withcontemporary images frozen in time.

Swastikas in the ArcticU-boat Alley through the Frozen HellJak P. Mallmann Showell

$29.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 32 black and white • July 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78155-292-6

During the SecondWorldWar, the Arctic saw an unusually high intensity of action, adventure, excitement and tragedy,and Swastikas in the Arctic: U-boat Alley Through the Frozen Hell describes the German military activities in that harshfrozen hell. Based mainly on original logs, the bare facts have been fleshed out with help from veterans and researchersfrom the United States, Iceland, Britain, Norway, Germany and Russia. This has made it possible to describe some of thenow forgotten battles, the secret U-boat activities, the German struggle to broadcast essential weather data to Berlin andthe incredible surface ship activity that forced Britain to launch major offensives against heavy odds. The Arctic also sawintense British efforts to help with the cracking of the highly complicated Enigma radio code. Many studies of the SecondWorldWar give scant attention to activity in this ice-studded ocean. However, as becomes apparent reading this book,those who fought, suffered and died there were shot at and bombed more heavily than in any other theater of war andthe contribution they made influenced military actions far away in warmer regions. Gloriously illustrated with manyunpublished photographs, Swastikas in the Arctic: U-boat Alley Through the Frozen Hell is a thrilling account of a warfought in very difficult circumstances.

KüstenfliegerThe Operational History of the German Naval Air Service 1935-1944Adam Thompson

$28.00 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 50 black and white • August 2014 • paperback • 978-1-78155-283-4

Küstenflieger: The Operational History of the German Naval Air Service 1935-1944 is a work that covers the history of theGerman naval air arm between the twoWorldWars as well as unit histories for the major Küstenfliegergruppen duringthe SecondWorldWar. The impact of the Treaty of Versailles on the buildup of German forces in the inter war period andthe influence of Hermann Göring greatly influenced the design, capability and size of the Küstenfliegergruppen.WhileGermany operated seaplanes throughout the war, the Kriegsmarine’s naval air arm was constantly under threat from theLuftwaffe. In 1944, the last Küsenfliegerstaffeln was disbanded in favor of the Luftwaffe’s own naval air units. Coveringoperational histories, the title also looks at the involvement of various Sonderkommandos during the war, but also in theSpanish Civil War. The title also covers the camouflage and marking systems of the Küstenfliegergruppen prior to andduring the SecondWorldWar. Küstenflieger: The Operational History of the German Naval Air Service 1935-1944 is a mustfor military historians, modelers and those fascinated in the SecondWorldWar on an more obscure but heavily engagedLuftwaffe unit. Also, the book contains many unpublished photographs and memoirs making it highly collectable.


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Legions inCrisisTransformation ofthe Roman SoldierAD 192–284Paul Elliott

$29.95 • 176 pages • 7 x10 • 32 full color • July 2014 • hardback978-1-78155-334-3

The third century AD was a turbulent and testingtime for the Roman Empire. A new and powerfulfoe in the east had risen up to challenge Romedirectly. Barbarians on the northern frontierswere nowmore aggressive andmore numerousthan before and internally the population of theempire had to contend with rampant inflationand a series of terrible plagues. Unfortunately,the chaos becamemagnified by a lack ofcontinuity on the imperial throne. Armor,shields, helmets, swords and javelins all beganto be replaced with new styles. Legions in Crisislooks closely at the new styles of arms andarmor, comparing their construction, use andeffectiveness to the more familiar types ofRoman kit used by soldiers fighting the earlierDacian and MarcomannicWars.

From DeverontoDevastationBrother Officers ofthe 7th RoyalInniskilling Fusiliersin the First World WarJames Bourhill

$29.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • 32 black and whiteJuly 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78155-354-1

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Daniel Reid waskilled on the first day of the Battle ofPasschendaele in 1917. His body was neverrecovered; however, there is nothing singularabout that. What is remarkable is that hiseloquent journal has survived untouched for100 years. The context for Alexander DanielReid’s account are provided partly by thememoirs of his brother, Harry, who was thetransport officer in the same battalion, andpartly from historical research.

GreatScientistsWage theGreat WarWilliam Van der Kloot

$40.00 • 272 pages • 6 x 932 black and white • July 2014 • hardback978-1-78155-402-9

Six men made major scientific breakthroughsduring the First WorldWar and in doing soaltered its course. The information comes fromtheir memoirs, letters, reports in the archives,and from coworkers recollections. Four of thesebrilliant and diverting men were Nobellaureates and one became the president ofIsrael. The work of two outstanding women isdescribed in the narrative.

Prelude to theFirst WorldWarThe BalkanWars1912-1913Edward Robert Hooton


The fuse to the First WorldWar was lit in theBalkans where simmering hatreds explodedinto violence. Like a string of firecrackers, thesehatreds had been fueled by attacks on theTurkish Ottoman Empire in the previous fewyears. The First WorldWar saw echoes of thesecampaigns in Salonika and especially in theDardanelles, while the ethnic tensions woulderupt into further bloodshed after the ColdWarended as Yugoslavia collapsed during the1990s.

Britain’sForgottenFighters ofthe FirstWorld WarPaul R. Hare


Those with any interest in the First WorldWarwill have have heard of the planes mostassociated with that conflict - the legendarySopwith Camel and Royal Aircraft Factory’sS.E.5a, which are often called the “Spitfire” and“Hurricane”of the GreatWar. Aviationenthusiasts might even know of the Camel’spredecessors, the Sopwith Pup or the Triplane.But what of the many other planes that sawactive service in the war? This is the story ofthose armed airplanes whose names fewpeople can recall, the ‘Forgotten Fighters’ ofthe FirstWorldWar.

Voices ofColditzThe YMCA Notebookfrom Oflag IVcPeter Clay

$40.00 • 320 pages • 7 x10 • 64 black and white •July 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78155-386-2

Rarely does a piece of history emerge to tell asignificant tale after nearly 70 years in abedroom drawer. Recovered and brought backto Britain in 1945, a battered log book from aCanadian Red Cross parcel now reveals its long-held secrets though over a hundredhandwritten stories. In 1942, two CanadianArmy officers in Colditz Prison in Germanypassed a blank hard-cover log book amongtheir fellow officers, so that as many aspossible could write their own accounts, to beprinted after the war ended.


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Yank Bomber Boys in NorfolkA Photographic Record of the USAAF in the SecondWorld WarPeterW. Bodle FRAeS

$40.00 • 336 pages • 6 x 9 • 600 black and white • July 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78155-356-5

During the SecondWorldWar, thousands of American servicemen were uprooted from the US and deposited in rural Englandand immediately thrust unceremoniously into the front line of the largest conflict the world has ever seen. Fortunately,many remembered to pack small cameras in kitbags and snapped photographs of their everyday lives as the war unfolded.

Blueprint forVictoryBritain’s First WorldWar Blitzkrieg AirForceGreg Baughen


In this radical reappraisal, Greg Baughen hasused archive material to build up anintriguingly different picture of how air powerdeveloped in Britain before and during theFirst WorldWar. Gone are the archetypalconservative army commanders stubbornlyrefusing to accept the new aerial weapon.Instead, Baughen reveals how even before theoutbreak of war, the British Army hadappreciated the potential of the airplane.

Zero to HeroFrom a Boys’ Home toRAF HeroPeter Bodle

$29.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 932 black and white • July2014 • hardback978-1-78155-303-9

Zero to Hero follows the short life of Victor RoeDFM, CGM, a child from an extremelydysfunctional family from poverty strickenbeginnings in a Norwich slum.We plot hisprogress through council care in Norfolk, to aBoys Home in Northamptonshire and a trainingfarm in Kent, through to RAF Pathfinderaircrew.

Silent InvadersCombat Gliders of theSecondWorld WarGary Best

$32.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 964 black and whiteSeptember 2014 • hardback978-1-62545-000-5

Combat gliders were called by some as ‘DeathCrates’, ‘Purple Heart Boxes’, ‘Flying Coffins’ and‘Tow Targets’. Beautifully written, profoundlyillustrated and researched, this is a work that isdedicated to those brave men underimpossible odds from the British and Americanservicemen on D-Day, the doomed OperationMarket Garden in Holland and Hitler’s radicalcommando raid to rescue Mussolini.

Sinking theBeastThe RAF 1944Lancaster RaidsAgainst TirpitzJan Forsgren


During the autumn of 1944, three RAF raids –using Avro Lancaster heavy bombers – finallysank the German battleship Tirpitz. Manyprevious attempts, including the use of midgetsubmarines and raids by carrier-based aircraft,had damaged Tirpitz at her Norwegianhideout. Throughout the war, Tirpitz hadbecome a much feared asset of the Third Reichwar machine, almost gaining mythical status.

Blenheimsover GreeceOperations of 30, 84and 211 Squadrons1940-1941Brian Cull


The Bristol Blenheim entered BomberCommand service in 1937 and became one ofthe Command’s most important aircraft. On itsinception, the Blenheim was fast and sleek,and at the outbreak of war, achieved a numberof early firsts. It was the first British aircraft toenter German airspace and attacked warshipsnearWilhelmshaven.

Gloster AircraftCompanyDerek N. James

$29.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9100 black and white • July2014 • paperback978-1-78155-259-9

The Gloster Aircraft Company had itsfoundation in 1917 and in 1934 the companywas taken over by Hawker Aircraft, though itcontinued to produce aircraft under its ownname. In that same year the companyproduced the famous Gladiator biplane. Havingno modern designs of its own in production,Gloster undertook manufacture for the parentcompany Hawker.


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Flying BlindThe Story of a SecondWorld War Night-Fighter PilotFlight Lieutenant BryanWild/ Elizabeth Hall

$29.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 32 black and whiteAugust 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78155-345-9

BryanWild joined the RAF in 1940, a rawrecruit not long out of school. Over the nextfive years, he flew fourteen different types ofaircraft and saw action over Britain, NorthAfrica, the Mediterranean and Germany. Thisbook portrays the full flavor of wartime RAFlife and one pilot’s journey from boyhood tomanhood.

Mount of AcesThe Royal AircraftFactory S.E.5aPaul R. Hare

$28.00 • 160 pages • 6 x 950 black and white • August2014 • hardback978-1-78155-288-9

Arguably, the Sopwith Camel may be the bestknown British fighter plane of the FirstWorldWarthat took on themighty and feared Jastas overthe killing fields that were the trenches. However,almost all the highest scoring aces includingMcCudden andMannock preferred the RoyalAircraft Factory S.E.5a. It was well-armed, fast,highly maneuverable and a superb gun platform.

Paint LockerMagicWilliam Tate / Jim Meehan

$40.00 • 256 pages • 7 x 10100 full color • September2014 • hardback978-1-62545-041-8

Naval aviation special markings and nose art isa field that has been largely ignored, primarilydue to the lack of coverage in mainstreamaviation history publications. Research intoarchives, feedback from veterans, and personalphotographs by the authors, Jim Meehan andWilliam Tate, have documented thousands ofpreviously unknown individual aircraft withthese markings.

OperationTonga – TheGlider Assault6 June 1944StephenWright / KevinShannon


This book is an account of the Glider PilotRegiment’s role in Operation Tonga, the firststage of the airborne assault in the Normandylandings in June 1944. The story is toldthrough the eyes of those who were there andcovers the operation from training through toevacuations after D-Day.

Tupolev Tu-128FiddlerAlan DawesSergey Burdin

$55.00 • 320 pages • 6 x 9August 2014 • hardback978-1-78155-404-3

The first comprehensive account in English ofthe development and operation of Russia’sleast known postwar jet fighter. Only everoperated over the former Soviet Union’s vastnorthern territory by an elite group of SovietAir Force aircrew, it was little known even tomost Russian military personnel and themajority of Soviet citizens.

The Phantomin FocusA Navigator’s Eye onBritain’s Cold WarWarriorDavid Gledhill

$29.95 • 336 pages • 7 x 10 • 100 full colorAugust 2014 • paperback • 978-1-78155-421-0

This is the story of life on the front line duringthe ColdWar told in the words of a navigatorwho flew the iconic jet. Unique pictures, manycaptured from the cockpit, show the Phantomin its true environment and show why formany years the Phantom was the envy ofNATO.

Howard’s WhirlybirdsHoward Hughes’s Amazing Pioneering Helicopter ExploitsDonald J. Porter

$26.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 32 black and white July 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78155-419-7

Howard Hughes, the movie mogul, aviation pioneer and political hound dog, has always fascinated thepublic with his mixture of secrecy, dashing lifestyle and reclusiveness. Covering the period from the SecondWorldWar until the mid-1980s, you will learn why Hughes military aircraft contracts came under closescrutiny by the US government.


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Voices from the Arctic ConvoysPeter C. Brown

$29.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 32 black and white • June 2014 • paperback • 978-1-78155-284-1

With the invasion of Russia by Germany in 1941, Britain gained a new ally and a responsibility to providematerial for the new front. This book is dedicated to these men and the stories of the immeasurablecontribution they made to the Allied efforts during the SecondWorldWar.

ThetisSubmarine DisasterDavid Paul

$25.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 32 black andwhite • July 2014 paperback978-1-78155-271-1

The true story of the loss of submarine HMSThetis is still shrouded in mystery, even now,some seventy-five years after her tragicsinking. David Paul examines the issues which led to the disaster anddraws some convincing and devastating conclusions.

Monty’s Northern LegionsPatrick Delaforce

$24.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 32 blackand white • July 2014 • paperback978-1-78155-399-2

Monty’s desert legions - 7th ArmoredDivision, 51st Highland Division and 50thNorthumbrian Division - helped him win at ElAlamein and throughout North Africa, andeventually in NorthWest Europe after D-Day. Monty’s Northern Legionsis the story of two distinguished formations who played significant rolesin the liberation of NorthWest Europe.

From Gazala to Tunis422 Days in the Life of the 2ndBattalion, The Rifle BrigadePhillip Harding


This book tells the story of the riflemen andtheir battles of Gazala to the successful endof the North African campaign. These 422 days include the bitter battlesof Gazala, the conflict around the Cauldron, the loss of Tobruk before theforced withdrawal with the remainder of the Eighth Army, along theMediterranean Coast and finally digging in at Alamein.

T. E. LawrenceTormented HeroAndrew Norman

$24.95 • 160 pages • 6 x 9 • 32 blackand white • July 2014 • paperback978-1-78155-019-9

In T. E. Lawrence: Tormented Hero, AndrewNorman sheds new light on the aspects of thelife of Lawrence of Arabia that remain amystery to this day. Lawrence’s sexual orientation is discussed in detail,including his dislike of physical relationships and it is suggested that hesuffered from sexual aversion disorder. New light is shed on his fatalmotorcycle crash in May 1935 and evidence is presented that it occurredin a different location and manner to that which is generally supposed.Photographs taken at the time are compared with the present daytopography of the site to support this entirely new theory.


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Sparta at WarStrategy, Tactics and Campaigns, 950–362 BCDr Scott M Rusch

During the eighth century bc, Sparta became one of the leading cities of ancient Greece, conquering the southernPeloponnese, and from the mid-sixth century bc until the mid-fourth, Sparta became a military power of recognizedimportance. For almost two centuries the massed Spartan army remained unbeaten in the field. Spartan officers alsocommanded with great success armies of mercenaries or coalition allies, as well as fleets of war galleys. Although it is thestand of the Three Hundred at Thermopylae that has earned Sparta undying fame, it was her victories over both Persianinvaders and the armies and navies of Greek rivals that upheld her position of leadership in Greece. Even a steady decline inSpartiate numbers, aggravated by a terrible earthquake in 464 bc, failed to end their dominance. Only when the Thebanslearned how to defeat the massed Spartan army in pitched battle was Sparta toppled from her position of primacy.

Scott Rusch examines what is known of the history of Sparta, from the settlement of the city to her defeat at Theban hands,focusing upon military campaigns and the strategic circumstances that drove them. Rusch offers fresh perspectives onimportant questions of Spartan history, and illuminates some of antiquity’s most notable campaigns.

$24.95 • 272 pages6 x 9 • November2014 • paperback978-1-78303-011-8

Hitler’s Last BattlesSeelow and the Halbe Encirclement,April-May 1945Richard Lakowski

$32.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp of platesAugust 2014 • hardback • 978-1-84832-208-0

The battle of the Seelow Heights (16-19 April 1945), marked the laststage of the Soviets’ offensive against Nazi Germany and saw the mostsevere fighting of the crossing of the Oder-Neisse line, between GermanNinth Army and Marshal Zhukov’s 1st Belorussian Front. After three daysand massive losses, the Soviets broke through and the Eastern Frontcollapsed. The Ninth Army was encircled, and in the ensuing battle ofHalbe, attempted to break out to link up with other German forces.

This study of the last battles of the Third Reich is drawn from originaldocuments, maps and firsthand accounts. It also features photographs ofthe battlefields as they are today. This is a fascinating and powerfulaccount of the last cataclysmic battles of the SecondWorldWar in Europe.

Hitler’s Paratroopers inNormandyGilberto ViLlahermosa

$34.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • February 2015hardback • 978-1-84832-771-9

In June 1944, Allied forces fighting desperatelyto establish a foothold in Normandy and then breakout of the confiningbocage found themselves opposed by a bewildering array of formationsof the GermanWehrmacht. Among them were the newly formedGerman II Parachute Corps.

This gripping new account examines the exploits of Germany’s IIParachute Corps and its commander, Eugen Meindl from the Alliedinvasion on 6 June to the end of August 1944.

Survivors of StalingradEyewitness Accounts from the 6thArmy, 1942–1943Reinhold Busch

$39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of platesSeptember 2014 • hardback • 978-1-84832-766-5

In November 1942 Soviet forces smashed theGerman siege and encircled Stalingrad, trapping some 290,000 soldiersof the 6th Army inside. For almost three months, during the harshestpart of the Russian winter, the German troops endured atrociousconditions.

The book includes firsthand accounts of soldiers who were wounded orfell ill and were flown out of the encirclement; as well as those whofought to the bitter end and were taken prisoner by the Soviets.

Hitler Was My FriendThe Memoirs of Hitler’s PhotographerHeinrich Hoffmann

$19.95 • 264 pages • 5.25 x 8.5 • 2x16 and 1x8plate sections • August 2014 • paperback978-1-84832-772-6

As official ‘court’ photographer, Heinrich Hoffmann played a critical rolein the painstaking cultivation of Hitler’s public image and theglorification of the Third Reich. However, his influence stretched farbeyond the realm of propaganda. Not only was he present during manyof the key moments in the history of the Third Reich – he was also aclose, personal friend of the Führer with exclusive and intimate access toHitler’s inner circle and to the man himself. It was Hoffmann whointroduced Hitler to Eva Braun, his studio assistant.


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Aces of the LuftwaffeThe Jagdfliegern and Their Tactics of World War IIPeter Jacobs

$39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp of plates • December 2014 hardback • 978-1-84832-689-7

The air battles of the SecondWorldWar were fought ferociously and with extraordinary skill and courage on both fronts. InLuftwaffe Fighter Aces, Peter Jacobs examines the many campaigns fought by the Luftwaffe from its fledgling days duringthe Spanish Civil War to its last days defending the Reich.

German U-Boat LossesDuring WorldWar IIDetails of DestructionAxel Niestlé

$39.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp of plates,9 maps • September 2014 • hardback978-1-84832-210-3

No other publication on this subject comes evenclose to including the amount of detail providedin this book. An introduction both summarizesprevious works on the subject and describes thedifficulties of obtaining and verifyinginformation from either the Germans or theAllies on U-boat losses.

“Set EuropeAblaze”The Brutal War ofResistance BehindGerman Lines,1940–1945Randolph Bradham

$32.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp of platesOctober 2014 • hardback • 978-1-84832-742-9

This was a brutal war of reprisal and counter-reprisal, where conflicts between differentResistance factions could be almost as fierce asthose with the Germans. This is a fascinatingaccount of a vital yet often neglected aspect ofthe war against Nazi Germany.

Fatal FortnightArthur Ponsonby andthe Fight for BritishNeutrality in 1914Duncan Marlor

$39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 916pp of plates • September2014 hardback • 978-1-4738-2286-3

Numerous books have been published aboutthe FirstWorldWar but few have focused onthe machinations in the British parliament andthe role it played in the decision to go to war.This book reexamines the arguments whichParliament heard against British war entry andreflects on how the world might have beenhad the decision gone a different way.

Germany’sHighSeaFleet in theWorldWarAdmiral Reinhard Scheer

$50.00 • 396 pages6 x 9.25 • 1 portrait and 28plans • July 2014 hardback • 978-1-84832-209-7

In his own account of the war in the North Sea,first published in 1920, Admiral Scheer, theGerman commander at Jutland, gives his ownexplanation for the failure of either fleet toachieve the decisive victory expected of it,particularly the failure of his own operationplans that resulted in the battle of Jutland.

No Cloak, NoDaggerAllied Spycraft inOccupied FranceBenjamin Cowburn

$24.95 • 224 pages • 5.25 x8.5 • October 2014 • paperback978-1-84832-776-4

The memoir of SOE agent Benjamin Cowburn isrightly regarded as a classic of wartimeliterature. In simple, gripping detail Cowburnexplains the methods of special agents whowere dropped into France during the war andthe ways that agents would set aboutestablishing secure networks with the FrenchResistance.

Codenamed DorsetTheWartime Exploitsof Major Colin Ogden-Smith Commando andSOEPeter Jacobs

$39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 916 pages of plates • October 2014 hardback978-1-84832-686-6

This gripping new history tells the little-knownstory of one of the most courageous men tohave served with the newly formedCommandos and SOE during the SecondWorldWar. It is a story of extreme courage and arevealing portrait of a man who ultimatelygave his life to the liberation of France.


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Medieval CombatA Fifteenth-CenturyManual of Swordfightingand Close-Quarter CombatHans Talhoffer

$24.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9Illustrated throughout • July 2014paperback • 978-1-84832-770-2

Talhoffer’s fencing manualillustrates the intricacies of themedieval art of fighting, coveringboth the ‘judicial duel’ andpersonal combat. Thisunparalleled guide provides aglimpse of real people fightingwith skill, sophistication andruthlessness.

Gallantry and DisciplineThe 12th Light Dragoons atWar with WellingtonAndrew Bamford

$50.00 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16ppof plates, 5 maps • October 2014hardback • 978-1-84832-743-6

The 12th Light Dragoons servedthroughoutWellington’scampaigns in the Peninsula, mostnotably at the Battle ofSalamanca in 1812, and later atWaterloo where they sufferedheavy casualties supporting theUnion Brigade’s famous charge.

DeadWas EverythingStudies in the Anglo-ZuluWarKeith Smith

$50.00 • 304 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pages of plates • August 2014hardback • 978-1-84832-731-3

The Anglo-ZuluWar of 1879 stillintrigues both scholars andenthusiasts alike more than 130years after it was fought. Its storycontains tragedy, high drama andthe heavy loss of human life; itinvolved five major battles andtwo lesser fights; and led to thesnuffing out of the direct maleNapoleonic line of France.

Bearskins, Bayonets & BodyArmourWelsh Guards, 1915-2015Trevor Royle

$50.00 • 320 pages • 8.5 x 10.75color images integratedDecember 2014 • hardback978-1-84832-735-1

This book traces theWelsh Guardsfrom their foundation in the FirstWorldWar and their baptism offire at the Battle of Loos in 1915,through their fighting at Dunkirkup to the campaigns in Iraq andAfghanistan in the 21st century.

The Agincourt WarA Military History of theHundred Years War from1369 to 1453Alfred H. Burne

$29.95 • 360 pages • 5.25 x 8.5 •September 2014 • paperback •978-1-84832-765-8

Henry V’s victory at Agincourt wasa pivotal battle of the HundredYearsWar, reviving England’sfortunes and changing the courseof European warfare. This excitingaccount recreates the yearsleading up to Agincourt and itsbitter aftermath.

Russian Eyewitnesses of theCampaign of 1807Alexander Mikaberidze

$39.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 16ppplates • December 2014hardback • 978-1-84832-762-7

This is the first book to bringtogether dozens of Russian letters,memoirs and diaries, with authorsranging from the commander-in-chief (Benningsen) to NCOs.Wesee the brutal conditions of thewinter campaign at first hand,and gain fresh insight into theinfamous Treaty of Tiltsit and thediplomatic maneuvering thatfollowed it.

Sheriffmuir 1715Stuart Reid

$50.00 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16ppof plates, maps • November 2014hardback • 978-1-84832-732-0

Sheriffmuir 1715 is the militaryhistory of a doomed Jacobiterising in Scotland, which enjoyedfar more public support andarguably far more chance ofsuccess than Bonnie PrinceCharlie’s attempt 30 years later.Unlike the ’45, the uprising whichculminated in the brutal battle ofSheriffmuir was very much aScottish affair, fought withouteither French troops or assistance.

If You’re Reading This ...Last Letters from the FrontLineSiân Price

$24.95 • 304 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pages of b/w plates • November2014 • paperback978-1-84832-740-5

In this collection of ‘farewell letters’written by servicemen andwomento their loved ones, Siân Price offersinsight into the hearts andminds ofsome of the soldiers, sailors andairmen of the past three hundredyears. These voices speak eloquentlyand forcefully of the tragedy of warand answer that fundamentalhuman need to say goodbye.


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A History oftheMediterraneanAir War,1940–1945Volume One: NorthAfrica, June1940–January 1942Christopher Shores / Giovanni MassimelloRussell Guest

$75.00 • 560 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • maps andphotos throughout • Now Available • hardback978-1-908117-07-6 • eISBN 978-1-909808-75-1

It is now more than 40 years since Fightersover the Desert was published, and nearly aslong since this was followed by Fighters overTunisia. Both volumes have long been out ofprint and collectors’ items, but, despite muchprompting, Christopher Shores has resolutelyrefused to permit their reprinting until heamassed so much more information.

A History oftheMediterraneanAir War,1940–1945Volume Two: NorthAfrican Desert,February 1942 – March 1943Christopher Shores / Giovanni Massimello

$95.00 • 738 pages • 6 x 9 • illustrated • July2014 • hardback • 978-1-909166-12-7

Volume I of this series dealt with the 19months of the air war over theWestern Desertof North Africa. This volume picks up as the 8thArmy was forced back midway between theCyrenaican/Tripolitanian border of Libya andthe frontier with Egypt. It covers the lull priorto the defeat of the 8th Army in June 1942 andthe loss of the important port and fortress ofTobruk.

Malta: TheSpitfire Year1942Christopher Shores andBrian Cull / NicolaMalizia

$90.00 • 704 pages6.25 x 9.5 • illustrated throughout with b/wphotos • September 2014 • hardback978-094881716-8

Malta: The Spitfire Year 1942 is an authoritativeaccount of the final Allied victory over Malta.Christopher Shores details the great efforts ofBritain’s servicemen to defeat their enemy.

BloodyShamblesVolume OneFirstComprehensiveAccount of AirOperations OverSouth-East Asia,December 1941-April 1942Christopher Shores / Brian Cull / Yasuho Izawa

$59.95 • 416 pages • 6.25 x 9.5 • 180 b/wphotos • September 2014 • hardback978-094881750-2

This is the story of the Allied air campaignacross Singapore, Malaya, Burma, Ceylon andthe Philippines duringWorldWar II.

It documents the Allied underestimation ofJapanese ability, which led to the destructionof 50% of the British bomber force in two days.

BloodyShamblesVolume TwoThe CompleteAccount of the AirWar in the Far East,from the Defenceof Sumatra to theFall of Burma, 1942Christopher Shores / Brian Cull / Yasuho Izawa

$59.95 • 496 pages • 6.25 x 9.5 • 180 b/wphotos • September 2014 • hardback978-094881767-0

This is the story of the Allied air campaignacross Australia, Sumatra, Java, thePhilippines, Burma and Ceylon duringWorldWar II. It documents the Alliedunderestimation of Japanese ability, and endswith the Japanese at the extremities of theiradvance.

Air War forBurmaThe Allied AirForces Fight Back inSouth-East Asia1942-1945Christopher Shores

$59.95 • 416 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 200 photosand tabular material • September 2014hardback 978-190401095-1eISBN 978-1-909166-57-8

In his monumental work Bloody Shambles,Volume Two, Christopher Shores described indetail the British retreat out of Burma,culminating at the end of May 1942.

Described herein are the operations during theFirst and Second Arakan Campaigns; supportfor the Chindits in their long-rangepenetrations deep into enemy-held territory;the savage sieges of Imphal and Kohima; andthe final victorious advance across the plains ofCentral Burma to Mandalay and Rangoon.

Christopher Shores Titles, Now Back in Print



WWI in CartoonsMark Bryant

$24.95 • 160 pages • 9 x 12 • July 2014• paperback • 978-1-909808-09-6

Using images from a wide variety ofinternational wartime magazines,newspapers, books, postcards, postersand prints Mark Bryant tells the historyofWorldWar I from both sides of theconflict in an immediate and refreshingmanner that brings history alive. The book contains more than 300cartoons and caricatures, in color and black and white, many of whichare published here in book form for the first time. Artists featuredinclude such famous names as Bruce Bairnsfather, H.M.Bateman,F.H.Townshend, Alfred Leete, E.J. Sullivan, Lucien Metivet and LouisRaemaekers, with drawings from the Bystander, London Opinion, DailyGraphic, Punch, Le Rire, Simplicissimus and Kladderadatsch amongstmany others.

WimpyA Detailed History of theVickers Wellington in service,1938–1953Steve Bond

$49.95 • 256 pages • 7 x 9.7November 2014 • hardback978-1-909808-14-0

To date there has been a paucity ofbooks on this remarkable aircraft.Among its claims to fame are the following: the only RAF bomber toserve in its original role from first day of war to last, and in everytheater; the first type to bomb Germany; the first type to bomb Berlin;the first type to drop the 4,000 lb. ‘Cookie’ bomb; and so on. A seriousstudy is well overdue, drawing not just on official documentation butrelying greatly on personal accounts and anecdotes from the veteranswho were there, both air and ground crew. Operational detail willinclude, for example, the early bombing campaigns, the switch to mainforce activity, the use of OTU aircraft and crews on operations, theprotection of Atlantic and Mediterranean convoys, and the continueduse as bomber and transport aircraft. A worthy tribute, then, repletewith original photographs throughout.

WWII in CartoonsMark Bryant

$24.95 • 160 pages • 9 x 12September 2014 • paperback978-1-909808-11-9

The cartoon has a special place in thehistory ofWorldWar II, and the powerof its message was felt by all sides ofthe conflict. Acclaimed cartoonhistorian Dr Mark Bryant has amassed amarvelous collection of images in color and black and white, somefamous, others not so – from, amongst others, British, French,American, Italian, German, Soviet and Japanese sources – which nowappear in paperback form for the first time.

Arrival of EaglesLuftwaffe Landings in Britain1939-1945Andy Saunders

$39.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • October2014 • hardback • 978-1-909808-12-6

DuringWorldWar Two a great manyLuftwaffe aircraft arrived on the groundin the UK or its coastal waters, but, aswith Rudolf Hess, not all of themthrough ‘conventional’ combat circumstances. Some had got lost, otherswere brought by defectors; some were lured through electroniccountermeasures by the RAF, others brought down in unusual combatcircumstances. All manner of types appeared – He111, Go145, Me110,Ju88, Me109 F and G, FW190, Do217 – and all were of great interest tothe RAF. In some cases aircraft were repaired and test flown, betrayingvital and invaluable information. Distinguished author Andy Saundersexamines a selection of such fascinating cases and draws upon his ownresearch, interviews, official reports and eyewitness accounts to bringalive these truly unusual accounts, all richly illustrated withcontemporary photographs.



Vulcan BoysFrom the Cold War to the Falklands: True Tales of the Iconic Delta V BomberTony Blackman

$39.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9.2 • July 2014 • hardback • 978-1-909808-08-9

The Vulcan, the second of the three V bombers built to guard the UK during the ColdWar, has become anaviation icon like the Spitfire, its delta shape instantly recognizable as is the howling noise it makes when theengines are opened for takeoff. Vulcan Boys is the first Vulcan book recounted completely first hand by theoperators themselves. It tells the story of the aircraft from its design conception through the ColdWar when itplayed out its most important job as Britain’s nuclear deterrent; before unbelievably, at the end of its servicelife, also playing a significant role, with its bombs and missiles, in liberating the Falkland Islands for which itgained much celebrity. The individual accounts detail how hours at a time were spent on readiness, waiting tobe scrambled to defend their country in the event of a third world war. In addition how their aggressive skillswere honed by carrying out Lone Ranger sorties flying to the States and westward around the world, andtaking part in Giant Voice and Red Flag, competitive exercises against the United States Strategic AirCommand. The attacks in the Falklands using Shrike missiles are described accurately and in great detail forthe first time including the landing at Rio de Janeiro alongside a vivid account of Black Buck 2.

Jaguar BoysTrue Tales from Operators of the Big Cat in Peace andWarIan Hall

$39.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9.2 • August 2014 hardback • 978-1-909808-15-7

Originally intended as a trainer, the Anglo-French Sepecat jet, equipped with the very latest in weapon-aiming and navigational equipment, eventually became the backbone of the RAF’s tactical strike-attack andrecce forces for a decade from the mid 1970s. In these pages, the Jaguar Boys – pilots, engineer and groundcrew – tell of the aircraft’s drawbacks and joys, their sadness at losses, and their pleasure at its developmentinto a readily deployable and outstandingly capable fighter-bomber for the post-ColdWar era. Then came theGulf War which signaled the start of a hectic sequence of operational adventures and upgrades for the ‘Boys’and seasoned veterans tell of action over Iraq and in the Balkans. One of the best-loved of RAF types, theJaguar commanded a fierce loyalty and affection which shines through in these accounts of an aircraft thatwill live forever in the memory.

Billy Bishop VC LoneWolf HunterThe RAF Ace Re-ExaminedPeter Kilduff

$39.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9.7 • October 2014 • hardback • 978-1-909808-13-3

William Avery Bishop is recognized as the British Empire’s highest-scoringWWI ace, credited with 72 combatvictories, third-ranking behind von Richthofen and René Fonck. He scored many of his successes on his own,prevailing only by dint of personal courage, daring and superior marksmanship. This remarkable man’s storyhas been detailed in many books and articles, but renowned author Peter Kilduff is adamant that so far thefull truth has not been told. Famed for his evenhanded, thorough, exhaustive and forensic research, Kilduffsets out to bring new light to missions and kills so far steeped in controversy. As so many of Bishop’s victorieswere achieved during solo combat, all will be examined and scrutinized, drawing on German, British andCanadian archival sources, Bishop’s private correspondence, and accounts by friends and foes. Such anapproach provides as complete an account as possible which also serves as a valuable reference workcontaining many previously unpublished images.


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Commando KiefferJean-Charles Stasi

$43.00 • 80 pages • 8.5 x 12 • July 2014hardback • 978-2-84048-387-8

Tuesday, June 6, 1944, 130,000 Allied troopslanded in Normandy. Among them were 177French soldiers. While the number mayappear small at first glance, the symbolicsignificance is immense. These men, who fought against the Nazioccupation have now been able to return to their homeland, with theirweapons in hand, nearly four years after being forced to leave. Thisgroup of French solders belong to the commandos, an elite corps createdby Churchill after the costly evacuation of Dunkirk.

At their head is Philippe Kieffer, a banker of 40 years whose enthusiasmand persistence finally convinced the British to accept these Frenchsoldiers into their shock troops.

However, “commando Kieffer’s” success in Operation Overlord is notmerely symbolic. It is on this fateful day—D-Day—that the FrenchGreen Berets will achieve, at the expense of heavy losses, all of theirobjectives, which includes taking of the Ouistreham casino that hadbeen transformed by the Germans into a heavily fortified bunker.

Ils étaient cinq dans lestranchéesHitler-Mussolini-Churchill-Patton-deGaullePhilippe Conrad

$58.00 • 96 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • November2014 • hardback • 978-2-84048-390-8French Text

August 1914...The outbreak of the GreatWar throws against each othermillions of men against one another in the mud of Flanders or on theheights of Verdun, who are called to write about one of the most tragicepics of the bloody twentieth century. Among the crowds of anonymoussoldiers enduring the trials and sacrifices of war, a select few willdiscover in themselves “the divine coupling of courage and fear,” andtheir calling as leaders. Charles de Gaulle, Winston Churchill, Adolf Hitler,Benito Mussolini, George S. Patton, these five men, initiated in the fireof the First WorldWar will become the major decision makers in thenext war. The tribulations they experienced will deeply mark andinfluence the course of their careers and the course of history in adecisive manner. For the first time, these five destinies are presentedtogether in a single volume, representing a key document forunderstanding history.

The Night of LiberationNormandie June 1944-Embark withthe American paratroopersGilles Vallée / Christophe Esquerré

$44.00 • 80 pages • 8.25 x 11 • July 2014hardback • 978-2-84048-388-5

On the night of 5 to 6 June 1944, some15,000 American paratroopers were droppedinto Normandy to outflank the German troops. Among them were themen of the 3rd Battalion of the 506th Regiment of the 101st AirborneDivision, commanded by Lt. Col. RobertWolverton. Dropped behindUtah Beach, their mission was to seize two bridges on the Douve, nearCarentan, to prevent enemy reinforcements accessing the coast.

As a result of long and painstaking research, Gilles Vallée has been ableto reconstruct the route ofWolverton and his men as they embarkedwith him on board the C-47 «Stoy Hora», piloted by Colonel Frank Krebsof the 440th Troop Carrier Group.

In this richly illustrated book with vintage photos and drawings byChristopher Esquerré, the author brings to life, by sharing the actions ofa handful of paratroopers during this heroic night, events that markedthe beginning of the end the Third Reich.

A la soupeLa cuisine dans lestranchéesJérôme Delile / Anne-ElisabethGroult

$58.00 • 96 pages • 8.25 x 11.5November 2014 • hardback978-2-84048-391-5 • French Text

2014 marks the centenary of the declaration of the GreatWar. The FirstWorldWar disrupted everyday life and particularly French gastronomywell beyond the conflict. During the period between 1914-1918 eightmillion five hundred thousand French solders were mobilized for duty,representing three meals a day for 1500 days.

The French were forced to fulfill this fantastic challenge of supplyingfour million meals to fighters directly from the front. And from this onecan trace the foundations of the modern “catering.”

History buff Jérôme Delile has compiled many historic utensils: bowls ,flasks etc .... And after a careful restoration, they have now found theirusefulness through authentic and simple-to-make recipes. This book,profusely illustrated with enticing photos invites the reader on a journeythrough time in a simple and effective manner. It immerses you in thetime of “cooks,”which were indispensable to the successful outcome ofthe conflict.


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Villers-BocageAu cœur de la batailleFrédéric Deprun / Yann Jouault

$78.00 • 192 pages • 8.5 x 12 • December2014 hardback • 978-2-84048-384-7French Text

Villers -Bocage is undoubtedly one of themost emblematic events of the Battle ofNormandy. Many historians haverecounted the highly documented eventsof June 13, 1944, notably the destruction of a British armored columnby Obersturmführer Tiger MichaelWittmann. Although one might thinknothing more could be said, the veil of fog of this war still hangs heavyin 2014, and the battle continues to reveal more secrets! Yann Jouaultand Frédéric Deprun have undertaken a thorough and extremelydetailed analysis of the battles that took place on that fateful day. Sucha thorough examination of the battle has now been made possiblethanks to the testimonies and unpublished photographs that havesurfaced over the last ten years, thus compelling the authors to continuetheir research and to establish an accurate and uncompromisingchronology of events which include the breakthrough of the 7thArmored Division to theWittmann attack, and the destruction of the lastTiger SS- Panzer-Abteilung 101 in the village.

WN62Mémoires à Omaha BeachNormandie, 6 juin 1944Hein Severloh

$39.00 • 150 pages • 6 x 9.25 • June2014 paperback • 978-2-84048-195-9French Text

In his moving autobiography, HeinrichSeverloh recounts the largestamphibious landing operation in history.Severloh describes when the Allies, onD-Day, June 6, 1944, launched their dawn offensive on the Normandycoast against the AtlanticWall with 7,000 ships and 13,000 aircraft.Severloh was positioned in his battle station on the fulcrum of 62WN(Widerstandsnest 62), and for nine hours he fired his gun on the GI’swho were on the beach –over 2,000 of them will not return.

In a ruthless and vividly told account, Severloh describes these dramatichours during which 34,000 GIs landed in the sector called “BloodyOmaha,” and who collided with only 350 German soldiers, defendingtheir posts defended fiercely. Severloh survived the deluge of fire duringthese events that were both terrifying and chaotic; memories of whichwould remain with him for the rest of his life.

Caen-Carpiquet1940–1945un aérodrome dans la guerreFrançois Robinard / Thierry Quittard

$78.00 • 160 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • August2014 hardback • 978-2-84048-386-1French Text

Before the war, the young Air Ministerchooses Carpiquet in order to create, farfrom the future front, an airfield dedicated to bomber instruction,strafing and surveillance. In June 1940, the Germans created there asignificant military base dedicated first to the Battle of Britain(previously unpublished photos), then to the Dieppe Raid. Throughoutits time, the base suffered heavy bombing, and between June and July1944, it became the cornerstone of the Battle of Caen. Additionally, theHitlerjugend put up a fierce resistance to Canadians at this site. After thewar, it was employed to train hundreds of pilots involved in the Algerianconflict and would become army base before returning entirely tocivilian use in 2010. The reader will find here outstandingdocumentation about a military base that found itself at the heart ofhistory.

362nd Fighter Groupdans la bataille de NormandiePhilippe Trombetta

$43.00 • 80 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • October2014 hardback • 978-2-84048-381-6French Text

It has been 70 years that the enginenoise and the noise of bombs have filledthe French sky. After conductingextensive research and interviews withveterans and other eyewitnesses in preparation for this publication,Philippe Trombetta has embarked upon a study of American fightergroups who fought in Normand skies. Following volume one, whichpresented the 404th Fighter Group, here is the second, dedicated to362nd Fighter Group, based on Headcon Advanced Landing Group inKent, then A-12 Lignerolle and finally A-27 Rennes. This unit is the mostsuccessful in the European theater of operations, with no fewer than sixpilots in the Top 10 of the 9th Air Force. Presented are many unpublishedphotos—portraits of pilots, views of the Group’s daily life, in addition tonumerous images of aircraft and land vehicles.


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The End of EmpireNapoleon’s 1814 CampaignGeorge F. Nafziger

$79.95 • 656 pages • 6 x 9 • 50 b/w illustrations, 16 color maps • December 2014 • hardback • 978-1-909982-96-3

“The End of Empire” is a continuation of Nafziger’s definitive military studies of the Napoleonic era beginning withthe 1812 campaign and progressing through the 1813 campaign. Having suffered a massive reversal of fortunes inRussia Napoleon found himself confronted, in Germany, by the combined forces of Russia, Prussia, and Austria. Afterthe disaster of Leipzig Napoleon’s German allies fell away and he was forced to fall back, beyond the borders ofFrance. Offered a negotiated peace on the basis of a return to the pre-1792 borders, Napoleon chose to continue tofight, trusting in his star. Eventually, after several terrible defeats, the Allies refused to engage him in battle whenhe confronted them. Instead they pushed their other two armies forward, slowly driving him back as he rushed toblock the advance of the other armies on Paris. This strategy proved successful and eventually Napoleon wasobliged to abdicate when his marshals refused to fight further.

Rikugun: Guide toJapanese Ground Forces1937–1945Volume 2: Weapons of the ImperialJapanese Army & Navy Ground ForcesLeland Ness

$69.95 • 448 pages • 6 x 9 • 320 b/w photos,60 tables • December 2014 • paperback • 978-1-909982-75-8

This is the first nuts-and-bolts handbook to utilize both the voluminousraw allied intelligence documents and postwar Japanese documentationas primary sources. This second volume covers the armament of theground forces. It takes advantage not only of postwar Japanese research,but also the extensive technical intelligence efforts of the Allies near theend of the war, and the postwar investigations that have heretoforegenerally been ignored to provide a complete examination of wartimeJapanese armament.

The Battle of Kursk 1943The View through the Camera LensValeriy ZamulinStuart Britton (ed. & translator)

$99.95 • 416 pages • 10.5 x 11.5575 b/w photos • October 2014 • hardback978-1-909982-85-7

The Battle of Kursk continues to attract great attention even today. Thecombat operations, which unfolded in the summer of 1943 in the centerof the Eastern Front were a pivotal stage not only in the struggle of theSoviet people with the Nazi aggressors, but also in the SecondWorldWaras a whole.

This book includes a significant number of captured Germanphotographs, as well as aerial reconnaissance photographs taken in thespring and summer of 1943.

Barbarossa DerailedThe Battle for Smolensk 10 July-10September 1941 Volume 4 – AtlasDavid M. Glantz

$99.95 • 272 pages • 10.5 x 11.5 • 120 colormaps • December 2014 • hardback978-1-909982-83-3

At dawn on 10 July 1941, massed tanks and motorized infantry ofGerman Army Group Center’s Second and Third Panzer Groups crossed theDnepr andWestern Dvina Rivers, beginning what Adolf Hitler, the Fuhrerof Germany’s Third Reich, and most German officers and soldiers believedwould be a triumphal march on Moscow, the capital of the Soviet Union.

This volume provides over one hundred specially commissioned colormaps that trace the course of the campaign, each accompanied by adetailed caption.

Sunwheels and SiegrunenWiking, Nordland, Nederland and theGermanic Waffen-SS in PhotographsVolume 1Marc Rikmenspoel

$99.95 • 432 pages • 8.25 x 11.5c 715 b/w photos • November 2014 • hardback978-1-909982-88-8

Western European collaboration with the Germans is still misunderstood,nearly 70 years after the end ofWorldWar II. On the one hand, thecountries involved have usually played down the number of volunteersthey provided, while on the other, German propaganda often overstatedthe participation of foreigners, especially in theWaffen-SS. The photosinclude personalities, rare insignia, uniform details, and many vehicleshots, along with highly detailed captions.


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Himmler’s FavouriteThe Combat History of III SS Panzerkorps Volume 1: From Formation to Autumn 1944LennartWestberg / Martin Månsson / Geir Brenden

$120.00 • 628 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • c 1,000 b/w photos, 36 page color map book • December 2014 • hardback978-1-909982-94-9

These two photographic volumes depict Himmler´s favorite unit in theWaffen-SS: the III ‘Germanic’ SS Panzerkorps,for it fulfilled Himmler´s longtime political plans of recruiting ‘Germanic’ volunteers for the creation of a greaterGermanic Reich in the future. As such, it consisted in part of SS volunteers from western and northern Europeancountries. Although largely forgotten today, this elite SS unit fought on a variety of battlefields ranging from Croatiaand Ingermanland´s snow-covered forests near Leningrad to the historic Estonian city of Narva, where it defendedthe Baltic countries of Estonia and Latvia against the Red Army in 1944-45. The remnants of the Panzerkorps endedup in both the hopeless defense of Pomerania and the final apocalypse at the battle for Brandenburg and Berlin inApril-May 1945, when the Third Reich went down in a storm of fire and steel.

Days of AdversityTheWarsaw Uprising 1944Evan McGilvray

$49.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 b/w photos,8 color maps • August 2014 • hardback978-1-909982-95-6

This work is a reexamination of the decisionsregarding the 1944Warsaw Uprising made by the leadership of theunderground Polish Army (AK), as well as the questionable attitudes ofsenior Polish commanders in exile in London. The questions raised are,was the uprising necessary and why was it so poorly conducted by atotally indifferent leadership?

This work is supplemented with Polish sources as well as interviews withfive women who had been involved in theWarsaw Uprising as youngwomen and girls in 1944.

Four Flags, The Odyssey ofa Professional SoldierPart 1 - US Marine Corps Vietnam 1969-72, Israeli Defence Force 1975-77Dave Barr

$39.95 • 416 pages • 6 x 9 • c 16 color photosSeptember 2014 • paperback • 978-1-909982-70-3

Dave Barr had had a penchant for trouble since day one, born in the back ofa car, shooting by the time he was five, riding a motorbike at seven, Daveregularly got into fights at school. The only reading Dave would do growingup involved motorbikes, shooting, westerns and the military. After readingBattle Cry by Leon Uris aged 12 he knew he wanted to be a Marine.

This is the first volume in the gripping and action-packed memoirs ofDave Barr, providing a rich and colorful account of one man’s odyssey as aprofessional soldier, seeing war at the ‘sharp end’.

The Chopper BoysHelicopter Warfare in AfricaAl J. Venter

$59.95 • 264 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • c 500 colorand b/w photos • December 2014 • paperback978-1-909982-68-0

When “The Chopper Boys”was published 20years ago, there were three editions, one each for Britain, the UnitedStates and South Africa. The book sold out in a short time and a revisededition of the work has been asked for many times in recent years fromaviation enthusiasts but in particular from the men and women whoflew these beautiful machines. It was left to Helion and Company toredress this need.

The SADF in the BorderWar 1966–1989Leopold Scholtz

$49.95 • 540 pages • 6 x 9 • 67 b/w photos,13 b/w maps, 4 tables • August 2014paperback • 978-1-909982-76-5

The SADF in the BorderWar 1966-1989 offersthe first comprehensive analysis of the South African Defense Force’s rolein the BorderWar in Namibia and Angola since the end of this conflict in1989. It investigates the causes of the BorderWar and follows itsprogress and escalation in the 1980s. It also considers the broaderinternational context against which this conflict took place.

The author brings vital new information to light gained from documentswhich have since been declassified.


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BushWarOperatorMemoirs of theRhodesian LightInfantry, SelousScouts and beyondAndrew Balaam

$29.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 40 color and b/wphotos • October 2014 • paperback978-1-909982-77-2

Twice decorated – with the Member of theLegion of Merit (MLM) and the Military Forces’Commendation (MFC) – Andrew Balaam was amember of the Rhodesian Light Infantry andlater the Selous Scouts, for a period spanningtwelve years. This is his honest and insightfulaccount of his time as a pseudo operator. Hisstory is brutally truthful, frightening,sometimes humorous and often sad.

Green LeaderOperation Gatling,the RhodesianMilitary’s Responseto the ViscountTragedyIan Pringle

$49.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 50 color and b/wphotos, maps • December 2014 • hardback978-1-909982-93-2

In this fascinating account, Ian Pringledescribes the background leading up to theViscount tragedy. He uses exclusive interviewswith a survivor of the crash and the massacre,and with the first person to arrive at thehorrendous crash scene (commanding officerof the Rhodesian SAS Regiment), as well asaccounts from other witnesses, to recreate thetragic event.

The EquusMenRhodesia’s MountedInfantry: The Grey’sScouts 1896–1980Alexandre Binda

$79.95 • 224 pages8.25 x 11.5 • 300 color and b/w photos, 4 mapsSeptember 2014 • hardback978-1-910294-04-8

This all new work by accomplished militaryhistorian Alexandre Binda, former paymasterto the Grey’s Scouts, tables the remarkablestory of Rhodesia’s mounted infantry, theGrey’s Scouts. Working closely with the lastcommanding officer, squadron commandersand a whole host of regimental personalities,all of whom have given The Equus Men theirunequivocal support Binda has enjoyedunparalleled access to thousands of pages ofarchival documents and many hundreds ofpreviously unpublished photographs.

RhodesianFire Force1966–80Kerrin Cocks

$29.95 • 72 pages8.25 x 11.5 • 150 colorand b/w photos, mapsNovember 2014 • paperback978-1-910294-05-5

In spite of the overwhelming number ofenemy pitted against them, Rhodesian FireForces accounted for thousands of enemyguerrillas, with a kill ratio exceeding 80:1. Atthe end of the war, ZANLA generals admittedtheir army could not have survived anotheryear in the field-in no small part due to theruthless efficiency of the Fire Forces, describedby Charles D. Melson, the Chief Historian of theU.S. Marine Corps, as the ultimate “killingmachine”.

ModellingModernSouthAfricanArmourModellingTechniques, Walk-Arounds, Colours & MarkingsWilliam Marshall

$59.95 • 164 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 410 colorphotos, profiles • November 2014 • paperback978-1-910294-03-1

The first in this all new series ‘Conflict 100: ACentury ofWarfare Remembered throughMilitary Modeling’, exclusively published by GGBooks and Helion & Company, showcasesmodern South African Armor. Through a seriesof step-by-step builds by leading modelers,which are accompanied by detailed walkarounds, a selection of vehicles and weaponsystems are explored by serving South AfricanArmy OfficerWilliam Marshall, for militarymodelers and students of military history alike.

Beyond NoMean SoldierThe ExplosiveRecollections of aFormer SpecialForces OperatorPeter McAleese

$35.00 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • c 90 color and b/wphotos • December 2014 • paperback978-1-910294-01-7

This completely revised and expanded editionsees a philosophical McAleese revisiting histime with Britain’s Parachute Regiment, theSAS, Rhodesia’s SAS and the South AfricanDefense Force’s 44 Para Brigade. Oh, and a fewother adventures in and between - Colombia,private military companies and near fatalskydiving accidents; mercenary, soldier offortune or flawed ideologist? Now’s your timeto consider this and more – as has McAleesehimself.


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well-known andmore esoteric aspects of conflict in this part of the world since 1945.

Counterinsurgency inParadiseSeven Decades of Civil War in thePhilippinesAaron Morris

$29.95 • 72 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • c 150 color andb/w photos, color profiles, maps • December2014 • paperback • 978-1-910294-06-2

Best known in the USA as a former colony and exotic tourist location, theRepublic of the Philippines has seen civil unrest, insurgencies andseparatism movements ever since independence in 1946. Endemiccorruption, human rights violations, ethnic strife and a shaky economyhave fueled wars that have been raging on and off for almost 70 years.Since the end of the ColdWar, the Philippines have been in the uniqueand unfortunate situation of simultaneously facing the terrorist AbuSayyaf group and so called ‘lost commands’, the Marxist uprising of theNew People’s Army, while trying to maintain a tenuous cease fire withthe Moro National Liberation Front and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front.

IRichly illustrated with unique photographs, artworks and maps, thisbook provides a unique source of reference about the often forgotten, ifnot outright ignored conflicts in the Philippines since 1945.

The Easter Offensive –Vietnam 1972Volume 1: Invasion across the DMZAlbert Grandolini


On 30March 1972 the SouthVietnamese positions along the DemilitarizedZone (DMZ) that separated the North from SouthVietnamwere suddenlyshelled by hundreds of heavy guns andmultiple rocket launchers. Caught ina series of outposts of what was the former ‘McNamara Line’, the shockeddefenders had just enough time to emerge from their bunkers at the end ofthe barrage before they were attacked by regular NorthVietnamese Armydivisions, supported by hundreds of armored vehicles that crashed thoughtheir defensive lines along the border. Thus began one of the fiercestcampaigns of theVietnamWar but also one of the less well documentedbecause by thenmost of the American ground forces had beenwithdrawn.

Following on from the details of the downsizing of American forces andthe setting up of the ‘Vietnamization’ policy, the build up of both theArmy of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) in the South and the People’sArmy of Vietnam (PAVN) in the North is discussed at length.

The Easter Offensive –Vietnam 1972Volume 2: Tanks in the streetsAlbert Grandolini


On 30 March 1972, while peace negotiations had been dragging on forfour years in Paris, the North Vietnamese launched a wide scaleoffensive in order to break the stalemate. At that date, practically noAmerican ground forces remained in South Vietnam where a limitedoffensive was expected in the Central Highlands area. But nobodyimagined the magnitude of the multidivisional, armor led onslaught.The blow fell first across the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating theNorth from South Vietnam (see Volume 1). Following from the initialattack, in a surprise move, three communist divisions with T-54 tanksattacked from their sanctuaries in Cambodia just north of Saigon. Theirtanks ventured into the streets of An Loc City where they were checkedby a desperate and heroic stand by the South Vietnamese soldiers andtheir American advisers, thus saving the capital of South Vietnam.

Finally, the third prong of the NorthVietnamese offensive swept across thenorthern Central Highlands, destroying a whole SouthVietnamese division.

AWar Within AWarTurkey’s Stuggle With the PKK since1984Brian Miller


Rising from the remains of the Ottoman Empire in 1923, Turkeyinherited many ethnic and sociological problems from its predecessor. Ofthese the Kurdish question has been the most challenging one to thestate itself. The young republic survived many revolts in itspredominantly Kurdish-inhabited southeastern regions, but the PKK(Partiya Karkeren Kurdistan: KurdistanWorkers Party) has been the mostcrucial threat to the integrity of the country. During the 1960s Turkeywas a battlefield for many right and left wing groups and organizations,resulting with the 1980 coup d’etat. Based on the ethnic strains andsocioeconomic inequity, the PKK was configured as a Marxist-Leninistorganization, with both political and armed branches. Virtualelimination of almost all leftist organizations during the 1980 couphelped the PKK flourish in its hometown. Eliminating rival Kurdishorganizations with brutal blows, the PKK successfully constructed bothits ideological and logistical foundation.


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Syrian ConflagrationThe Syrian Civil War, 2011-2013Tom Cooper

$29.95 • 80 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • c 150 color andb/w photos, color profiles, maps • October 2014paperback • 978-1-910294-10-9

The Syrian Civil War, (the colloquial name of theongoing conflict in Syria), has experienced an entirely unexpectedtransformation during its first two years. It started as unrest within theSyrian population and a series of mass demonstrations within thecontext of wider protest movements in the Middle East and North Africain 2011, known as the Arab Spring. Contrary to events in Egypt, Libya,Tunisia and Yemen, where oppressive governments were toppled by theend of that year, the government of Syria deployed the full force of itsmilitary, its intelligence apparatus, and para-military groups, launchingan unprecedented crackdown that resulted in the arrest, detention andkilling of many thousands. Despite its brutality, this effort backfired: itprovoked mass desertions of the Syrian military and then an armeduprising.

Israeli Air Force Operationsin the 1948WarIsraeli Winter Offensive Operation Horev22 December 1948-7 January 1949Shlomo Aloni


Operation HOREV – the Israeli winter offensive from December 1948until January 1949 – practically ended Israel’s War for Independence(also known as the 1948 Arab-Israeli War), with an Israeli victory thatforced Egypt to seek ceasefire and to negotiate a settlement with thefledgling nation. From HOREV Day 1 on 23 December 1948 until HOREVDay 16 on 7 January 1949, this title presents Israeli Air Force missionsduring Operation HOREV in heretofore unseen depth and detail.

This title chronicles Israeli Air Force sorties during Operation HOREV;from Austers and Pipers to C-46s and C-47s; from Messerschmitts,Spitfires and P-51s to Beaufighters and B-17s; Israel Air Force operationsare detailed spanning the timeline of the conflict down to everyunearthed sortie in depth, and shown in a way that Israeli Air Forceoperations during Operation HOREV had never been presented before.

Israeli Air ForceOperations in the 1956Suez War, 29 October –8 November 1956Shlomo Aloni

$29.95 • 72 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • c 150 color andb/w photos, color profiles, maps • October 2014 • paperback978-1-910294-12-3

By participating in 1956 Suez Crisis Israel exploited an opportunity tojoin forces with France and the United Kingdom in an attack againstEgypt in order to accomplish diplomatic, military and politicalobjectives: to open the Red Sea international shipping lane to shipssailing from and to Eilat; to strengthen its alliance with France; to end –or at least to scale down – Egyptian hosted Palestinian terror attacksagainst Israel; to launch a preventive war in order to crush Egyptianmilitary power before its completion of the transition to Soviet weaponscould tempt Egypt to attack Israel and in order to accomplish a profoundvictory to deter Egypt from pursuing a another round of war policy.

Operation KADESH was the Israeli part in the Anglo-French attack andthis title chronicles Israeli Air Force operations along the timeline ofOperation KADESH.

Iranian Tigers at WarNorthrop F-5A/B, F-5E/F and Sub-Variants in Iranian Service since 1966Babak Taghvaee


The development of the F-5 lightweight supersonic fighter in the mid1950s was almost a gamble for the Northrop Corporation, but ultimatelyresulted in one of most commercially successful combat aircraft inmodern history. Iran was one of its major export customers, yet the longand often violent history of deployment of the F-5 in that country haslargely escaped attention of historians. No less than 309 aircraft of fivemajor variants of the jet – the F-5A, F-5B, RF-5A, F-5E and F-5F – haveprovided the backbone of the front line strength of the Iranian Air Forcesince the mid 1960s. Additional examples were clandestinely purchasedfrom Ethiopia and Vietnam in the 1980s. The type bore the brunt ofcombat operations during the long war with Iraq, 1980-1988, andremains a mainstay of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force as of today.


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If You GetYourselfKilled, You’reFired!TheExtraordinaryLife of anOrdinary Reporter on theFront Lines of AfricaWilf Nussey

$49.95 • 640 pages • 6 x 9 • c 50b/w photos • December 2014paperback • 978-1-909982-54-3

This is the story of a most unusuallife from beginnings in the SouthAfrican wilderness to a careerreporting on the watershed secondhalf of the last century in Africa. Itis a saga of exotic places, peopleand events from which the newand turbulent Africa has emerged.

OperationNeptuneThe D-DayLandings, 6June 1944Tim Benbow(ed.)

$79.95 • 376 pages • 6 x 9 • c 24color and b/w maps • September2014 • hardback978-1-909982-97-0

The D-Day landings of June 1944were one of the most ambitiousundertakings of all time, and theirsuccess one of the greatestmilitary accomplishments.Operation Neptune was the initialassault stage of the broaderOperation Overlord, the liberationof northwest Europe.

Hitler’s LastLevy in EastPrussiaVolkssturmEinsatzBataillonGoldap(25/235) 1944-45Bruno JustFrederick Steinhardt (ed. &translator)

$29.95 • 72 pages • 6 x 9 • 2 b/wphotos, 1 map • September 2014paperback • 978-1-909982-72-7

There are very few personalaccounts of Hitler’s last levy, theVolkssturm. For years, thehandwritten diary and a copytyped by the author, remained inthe files of the Bundesarchiv (L) inBayreuth.

OperationDragoonTheInvasion ofthe Southof France,15 August1944Andrew Stewart (ed.)

$69.95 • 128 pages • 6 x 9 • 4 colorand b/w maps • December 2014hardback • 978-1-909982-98-7

The Allied landings that took placein Southern France in August 1944represented both one of theconcluding elements of thewartime Mediterranean campaignand a decisive follow-on to theinvasion of Normandy that hadtaken place two months before.This is the second volume inHelion’s new series, ‘Naval StaffHistories of the SecondWorldWar’.

BrownWaters ofAfricaPortugueseRiverineWarfare1961-1974John P. Cann

$89.95 • 280 pages • 6 x 9 • 33photos, 24 maps, 21 tablesAugust 2014 • hardback978-1-909982-57-4

This is the story of that conversionand the great “battle of the rivers”in Africa. This naval reorientationwas a remarkable achievement, inthat Portugal not only learned tofight a new kind of war, it built anavy to accomplish this and did sowhile shouldering its NATOcommitments.

The Role ofthe SovietUnion in theSecondWorldWarA Re-examinationBoris Sokolov

$79.95 • 148 pages • 6 x 92 tables • August 2014 • hardback978-1-909982-64-2

This book investigates severalcontroversial issues regarding therole of the Soviet Union and theperformance of the Sovietgovernment and Red Army, towhich the author provides someprovocative answers. The primaryquestion explored by the author,however, regards the effectivenessof both the Red Army and of theSoviet military economy.

Hitler’sTurkestaniSoldiersA History ofthe 162nd(Turkistan)InfantryDivisionPaolo A. Dossena

$69.95 • 400 pages • 6 x 9 • c 260photos, 2 maps • December 2014paperback • 978-1-909982-73-4

This is the story of the 162nd(Turkistan) Infantry Division, aWorldWar II German divisioncomposed of Central AsianTurkistanis. The book covers thepolitical background of thefounders of this unit in Germanservice, debunks some historicalmyths surrounding it and focuseson the most crucial events in thehistory of the division.

The ArmedForces ofPoland inthe West1939-46StrategicConcepts,Planning, Limited Successbut no Victory!Michael Alfred Peszke

$89.95 • 238 pages • 6 x 9 • 20photos, 4 maps • August 2014hardback • 978-1-909982-60-4

This monograph focuses on thestrategic concepts, planning andthe limited success of the Polishmilitary, leading up to the BritishGuarantee of March 1939 and thenthroughout the SecondWorldWar.


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FromTobruk toTunisThe impactof terrainon Britishoperationsand doctrine in NorthAfrica, 1940–1943Neal Dando

$79.95 • 216 pages • 6 x 912 b/w photos, 24 color mapsNovember 2014 • hardback978-1-910294-00-0

This book focuses on the extent towhich the physical terrain featuresacross Egypt, Libya and Tunisiaaffected British operationsthroughout the campaign in NorthAfrica during the SecondWorldWar.

‘TheGermanCorpseFactory’A Study inFirst WorldWarPropagandaStephen Badsey

$29.95 • 180 pages • 6 x 910 b/w photos, illustrationsNovember 2014 • paperback978-1-909982-66-6

The “German Corpse Factory” isone of the most famous andscandalous propaganda stories ofthe First WorldWar. This book usesthe scandal of the “German CorpseFactory”as a case-study to explorethe true nature of British officialpropaganda and its organizationsin the FirstWorldWar.

Get ToughStay ToughShaping theCanadianCorps1914–1918KennethRadley

$59.95 • 328 pages • 6 x 9September 2014 • hardback978-1-909982-86-4

This book rigorously analyses someof the elements that made theCanadian Corps effective andformidable. The approach takentracks discipline and morale asthese were conceived andestablished within the corps andthen details their respectiveapplication and development andtheir influence and impact uponfighting performance.

AMoonlightMassacreTheNightOperationonthePasschendaeleRidge,2December1917TheForgottenLastAct of theThirdBattle of YpresMichael LoCicero

$69.95 • 432 pages • 6 x 9 • 70 b/wphotos, 8 pages color mapsNovember 2014 • hardback978-1-909982-92-5

The Third Battle of Ypres wasofficially terminated by FieldMarshal Sir Douglas Haig with theopening of the Battle of Cambraion 20 November 1917. Thisvolume is a necessary corrective topreviously published campaignnarratives of what has becomepopularly known as‘Passchendaele’.

Leaders ofthe StormTroopsVolume 1ObersterSA-Führer,SA-Stabschef and SA-Obergruppenführer (B – J)Michael D. Miller / Andreas Schulz

$69.95 • 416 pages • 6 x 9453 b/w photos • October 2014hardback • 978-1-909982-87-1

Michael Miller and Andreas Schulzhave compiled the first in-depthstudy yet produced on the SAleadership corps, a series designedto provide as comprehensive apicture as possible of thehauptamtlicher (full-time, activelyserving) and ehrenamtlicher(honorary) SA-Führer.

The Hornsof the BeastThe SwakopRiverCampaignandWorldWar I inSouth-West Africa 1914-15James Stejskal

$29.95 • 140 pages • 6 x 965 b/w photos, illustrations,8 maps • July 2014 • paperback978-1-909982-78-9

Using primary sources, on theground research, and accuratemaps and charts of the battles, theauthor sheds new light on theoperations of the South AfricanArmy in its first foreign war andthe Schutztruppe defense ofGerman SouthWest Africa.

Gott StrafeEnglandThe Germanair assaultagainstGreatBritain1914–1918 Volume 1Nigel J Parker

$59.95 • 276 pages • 6 x 9 • 50 b/wphotos, illustrations, mapsDecember 2014 • paperback978-1-909982-71-0

“Gott Strafe England” is thedefinitive account detailing theGerman air attacks against GreatBritain during the First WorldWar.This two-volume series willexplore all the German airoperations against the British Islesduring 1914 to 1918.

Churchill’sWar Againstthe Zeppelin1914–18Men,Machinesand TacticsLeon Bennett

$59.95 • 424 pages • 6 x 9186 b/w photos, illustrationsDecember 2014 • hardback978-1-909982-84-0

Over a thousand British citizenswere killed and over threethousand were wounded byZeppelin bombing during thecourse ofWorldWar I. InChurchill’s War Against theZeppelin 1914-18 Leon Bennettexplores the development of theairship, the efforts to defendBritain against the attacks, andWinston Churchill’s role in theseefforts.


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The Danish Campaign of 1864Recollections of an Austrian GeneralStaff OfficerWilhelm von Gründorf

$79.95 • 64 pages • 6 x 9 • September 2014hardback • 978-1-909982-63-5

The Battle of WoerthAugust 6th 1870G.F.R. Henderson

$79.95 • 120 pages • 6 x 9 • 30 illustrations,maps • September 2014 • hardback978-1-909982-56-7

The Battle of SpicherenAugust 6th 1870Lt Col G. F. R. Henderson

$89.95 • 272 pages • 6 x 9 • many b/willustrations and maps • October 2014hardback • 978-1-909982-61-1

The Campaign of the Armyof the North1870–71Louis Faidherbe

$79.95 • 64 pages • 6 x 9October 2014 • hardback978-1-909982-62-8

Swords trembling in theirScabbardsThe changing status ofIndian officers in the IndianArmy 1757–1947Michael Creese

$79.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 7 b/willustrations • December 2014hardback • 978-1-909982-81-9

Discipline, Systemand StyleThe Sixteenth Lancers andBritish Soldiering in India1822–1846John H Rumsby

$79.95 • 352 pages • 6 x 9 • 26b/w illustrations, maps •November 2014 • hardback978-1-909982-91-8

William Simpson’sAfghanistanTravels of a Special Artistand Antiquarian during theSecond AfghanWar,1878–1879Peter Harrington (ed.)

$69.95 • 248 pages • 10.5 x 11.5c 16 color and c 85 b/willustrations • December 2014paperback • 978-1-909982-80-2

With Tegetthoff at LissaThe Memoirs of an Austrian NavalOfficer 1861–66Maximilian Rottauscher


Three Republics One NavyA Naval History of France 1870–1999Anthony Clayton

$69.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • November 2014hardback • 978-1-909982-99-4

ThinkingWisely, Planning BoldlyThe Higher Education and Training ofRoyal Navy Officers, 1919–39Joseph Moretz



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Frontline Medic – Gallipoli, Somme,YpresThe diary of Captain George Pirie,R.A.M.C. 1914-17Michael Lucas$59.95 • 204 pages • 6 x 9 • 35 b/w photos,illustrations, 10 maps • September 2014hardback • 978-1-909982-89-5

Knight’s Cross Holders of the SS andGerman Police 1940-45Volume 1: Miervaldis Adamsons –Georg HurdelbrinkMichael D. Miller$59.95 • 400 pages • 6 x 9 • 800 b/w photosDecember 2014 • paperback978-1-909982-74-1

Voices of British Combat Cameramenof WWIIFrederick McGlade$49.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • August 2014paperback • 978-1-909982-79-6

Stout HeartsThe British and Canadiansin Normandy 1944Ben Kite$79.95 • 504 pages • 6 x 9 • c 100b/w photos, 16 color maps •October 2014 • hardback978-1-909982-55-0

The Terrible OnesA Complete History of 32Battalion Volume 1Piet Nortje$89.95 • 636 pages • 7 x 10 • 299color and b/w photos, 50 maps, 9figures/tables • July 2014 •hardback • 978-1-909982-58-1

The Terrible OnesA Complete History of 32Battalion Volume 2Piet Nortje$89.95 • 754 pages • 7 x 10 • 298color and b/w photos, 34 maps, 5figures/tables • July 2014 •hardback • 978-1-909982-59-8

Deter Suppress Extract!Royal Military Police CloseProtection, The AuthorisedHistoryRichard Keightley$35.00 • 196 pages • 6 x 9 • c 150color and b/w photos • November2014 • paperback978-1-910294-02-4

AWelch CalypsoA Soldier of the Royal Welch Fusiliersin the West Indies, 1951–54Tom Stevens / Professor Peter Stanley (editor)$35.00 • 188 pages • 6 x 9 • 26 b/w photosJuly 2014 • paperback • 978-1-909982-67-3

Eye of the FirestormThe Namibian – Angolan – SouthAfrican Border War – Memoirs of aMilitary CommanderRoland de Vries$59.95 • 960 pages • 6 x 9 • c 250 color andb/w photos, 18 maps, 18 tables and figures.November 2014 • paperback978-1-909982-69-7

From Fabric Wings to SupersonicFighters and DronesA History of Military Aviation on bothsides of the Northwest FrontierBrian Cloughley / LesterW. Grau / Andrew Roe$59.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • 40 b/w photos,3 maps • October 2014 • hardback978-1-909982-82-6


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SupermarineSpitfireVolume IIPhilippe Listemann

$29.95 • 96 pages • 8 x 9.5November 2014 • paperback978-2-352-50366-8

This book is the second of a seriesof three volumes devoted to themost famous fighter of the RoyalAir Force. This one combined withthe equally famous Hurricane gave to the British control of the skiedagainst the Luftwaffe.

It covers the different versions of the place from the Spitfire Mk I to theSpitfire MK V which appeared in February 1941 and was equipped withRolls-Royce Merlin 45, one of the most powerful engines of the SecondWorldWar.

Painting Guide forAFVOf World War Two andModern EraJose Luis Lopez

$29.95 • 84 pages • 8.25 x 11.5July 2014 • paperback978-2-35250-387-3

Luis Lopez Ruiz is a renownedSpanish modeler, also well knownto Steelmasters magazine’s reader.The talented modeler spent the last years to develop and improve hisown technique, inspire by the zenithal painting effect, to achieve astunning color finish on his military scale models : the black and whitetechnique. Following the best selling Paint Guide for Figures ofWWII,this new book explains, through detailed step by step photos, how togive your model José the perfect enhance of contrast and a eye catchinglook. Variety of materials used, black and white priming technique anddifferent type of weathering are presented. Five examples of AFV’s, fromWWII to modern era, are illustrated with many photos. Theunderstanding and the mastery of these method and related techniquesare essentials to give a striking realism to military vehicles ofWWII andmodern era. A gallery of finished scale models completes this highlyrecommended book for modelers.

MiG 15, MiG 17Gerard Paloque

$29.95 • 72 pages • 8 x 9.5 • July2014 • paperback978-2-35250-330-9

At the beginning of the KoreanWar, the west discovered the MiG-15, the first mass-produced jetfighter built in the Soviet Union.This small device entered serviceat the end of 1950 in its improved version, the MiG-15bis, and in turnwas quickly deployed to Korea where, with its powerful armament andhandling, it was an unpleasant surprise for the forces of the UnitedNations, after finding their air superiority with the arrival of the latestversion of the famous F-86 Sabre.While the “bundle”– a nicknamegiven by NATO to the MiG-15 – was barely in use, MiG conceived itssuccessor, the more efficient and wing modified MiG-17 (“Fresco”).

The type was withdrawn from service in the USSR in the late sixties,however it had great success abroad. The “Fresco”was the most exportedSoviet fighter until the arrival of its indirect successor, MiG-21 (seePlanes & Pilots No. 12).

CombatVehicles of the21st CenturyYouri Obratztsov

$34.95 • 128 pages • 7.5 x10 • June 2014 • paperback978-2-35250-337-8French Text

A modern army is inseparable from its armored combat vehicles, aguarantee of performance and efficiency. Each year, many new vehiclesare developed, and the equipment already in service follows amodernization campaign to keep a maximum operational level.

This book presents all types of modern combat vehicles in worldwideservice: tanks, infantry, artillery, engineers and support. Thesespecialized combat vehicles have extraordinary capabilities that areindispensable to today’s military tools.



Russian Women SnipersIn the Great Patriotic WarYouri Obraztsov

$35.95 • 114 pages • 8.25 x 10 • September 2014 • paperback • 978-2-35250-388-0

The commitment of Soviet women inWorldWar II, by their number and their role is anunprecedented event in the history of the world.

More than 100,000 of them will engage in the regular army or join the partisans. Of all the tradesthat women could do in the war, one of the toughest, most unlikely, is the sniper.

Here is the incredible destiny of those who before the war were teachers or students, and the willto defend their country and avenge their family will become snipers.

Battlefield Relics: Normandy 1944Regis Giard

$29.95 • 80 pages • 8 x 9.5 • July 2014 • paperback • 978-2-35250-379-8

Through their photographic representation, the stories they tell and their actual historicalsignificance, the battlefield relics shown here cast a different light on D-Day and the Battle forNormandy, and extoll the enthusiasm and worthiness of the collectors who preserved them. Thisimportant heritage, discovered on the battlefields of a hundred day struggle that spans from June6, 1944 to the liberation of Paris, the capture of le Havre and the battle for Brest, features manysurprising and unexpected artifacts, expressing the sacrifice of civilian victims or the happier timesof a long awaited liberation.

German Soldiers of World War TwoJean de Lagarde

$39.95 • 160 pages • 9.5 x 12.5 • illustrated • July 2014 • paperback • 978-2-352-503-477

This corrected, revised, and expanded edition includes significant additional material. Every soldieris shown on a full page, front and back with numerous detail shots of head gear, equipment etc.

The chronological order of the original edition is retained, while the widest selection of types ofThird Reich armed forces members is featured, from the most famous uniforms to the moreobscure. In addition to land forces, this book also offers a wide selection of airmen and sailoruniforms.



The French Army in 1814The Campaign of France, from Champagne to Paris

$29.95 • 8 x 9.5 • November 2014 • paperback • 978-2-35250-374-3

La Guerre desGaulesFrederic Bey

$19.95 • 64 pages • 8.25 x10 • 120 illustrations • July2014 • paperback • 978-2-352-50352-1French Text

In the last century BC, the still independentGaul was involved in the process of expandingthe Roman power.

In a more direct way, Gaul became a purelypolitical issue between the triumvirs Pompey,Crassus and Caesar, when they got hold of anending Republic. It was therefore a victim ofissue that was foreign to Gaul when it enteredthe political strategy of Julius Caesar.

L’Uniformesdes Sapeurs-Pompiersde 1700 a nos joursFrederic Coune

$49.95 • 176 pages • 9 x 12 • 700 illustrationsJuly 2014 • paperback • 978-2-352-50359-0French text

The firefighter appeared only at the beginningof the eighteenth century with the invention ofthe hand pump. In order to be recognizable,they needed a distinctive sign. First it was thecorporate medal, the headdress, hat, andhelmet, followed by a uniform. This publicationpresents the headdresses and uniforms wornby military and civilian firefighters, from theirorigins to the latest technological advances.

L’extraordinaireépopée duLieutenantMarchalPilote de MissionsSpeciales Pendant LaGrande GuerreMarie-Catherine Villatoux / Paul Villatoux

$32.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9.5 • July 2014paperback • 978-2-35250-360-6 • French Text

In 1919, Anselme Marchal published anaccount of his war years. The book was a greatsuccess with the public, who had come toknow this figure of aeronautics who was theonly pilot to have flown over Berlin between1914 and 1918. This testimony, revealed forthe first time in nearly a century, seeks to putthe story in its context and to trace the courseof this pilot's life in military aeronautics.

Napoleon ChefDe GuerreJean-Phillippe Imbach

$19.95 • 64 pages • 8.25 x10 • 120 • August 2014paperback • 978-2-35250-353-8 • French Text

The qualities of Napoleon Bonaparte as awarlord are undisputed and passed toposterity. But his military skills did not emergefrom nothing.

Discover how the future emperor learned theprofession of arms and the main innovationshe had brought to the art of war…while alsohighlighting the shortcomings of thisextraordinary man in his role as militarycommander.

1944, L’eteChaud desCollabosDu front deNormandie aux rue deParisOlivier Pigoreau

$32.95 • 300 pages • 6 x 9.5 • July 2014paperback • 978-2-35250-383-5 • French Text

For the French there, the Allies who landed inNormandy were not liberators. Recruited bythe German intelligence service “sleeperagents” infiltrated the front line, volunteered inthe Doriot’s PPF rescue parties of theNormandy population, integrated into the SSdivision’s war correspondents: all will fighttheir way to repel the “invasion”.

CharlesDupontMemoires du chef desServices SecretsFrancais Durant laGrande GuerreOlivier Lahaie

$32.95 • 300 pages • 6 x 9.5 • September 2014• paperback • 978-2-35250-358-3 • French Text

An officer from the Polytechnique, CharlesDupont performed several secret missions inGermany before taking head of the 2nd office ofthe General Staff of the Army in 1913 and thenthe General Headquarters in August 1914. Hismemoirs, remained unpublished for some time,are an exceptional testimony to the character ofGeneral Joffre, Nivelle and Petain, but also thepoliticians whom he crossed paths with.


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The Battleship HMSWarspiteWitold Koszela

$19.95 • 8.25 x 11.5 • drawings sheets and color profiles • Now Available • paperback • 978-83-62878-92-5

The battleship HMSWarspite is packed with countless drawing sheets and color profiles of the famous ship.

The Battleship HMS Dukeof YorkWitold Koszela

$19.95 • 32 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • color profilesJuly 2014 • paperback • 978-83-64596-02-5

HMS Duke of York was the third of the KingGeorge V class battleships to be built after a lull in battleship design andconstruction following the signing of theWashington Naval Treaty. Thebattleship was laid down on May 5, 1937 at John Brown & CompanyLimited, Shipbuilding & EngineeringWorks in Clydebank, Scotland. Shewas commissioned four and a half years later, on November 4, 1941.

The Japanese DestroyerKageroWaldemar Gorlaski

$22.95 • 68 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 134 graphicsNow Available • paperback • 978-83-62878-85-7

The Japanese destroyers truly made their markduring the war in the Pacific. Fast, heavily armed and manned by well-trained crews, they took part in some of the most memorable surfaceand air-sea battles of the Pacific War, but also in hundreds of lesserknown actions. Those workhorses of the Imperial Navy were employed ina wide variety of roles – from direct action against enemy fleet to escortduties and even pure transport tasks. Commander Hara Tameichi rightlyobserves that it was the destroyers that bore the brunt of the fighting atsea.

The Heavy Cruiser PrinzEugenWaldemar Goralski

$22.95 • 96 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 176 graphicsNow Available • paperback • 978-83-62878-86-4

Following the defeat in theWorldWar I, theTreaty of Versailles limited the tonnage of theGerman Navy to 144 thousand tons. Moreover, the treaty stipulated thatnew warships could only be built to replace the decommissioned ones. In1921 a new law was enacted which brought about the creation of theReichsmarine. The few warships that Germany was allowed to keep weremodernized and new ones were being built to replace the obsolete ones.

The Battleship USSMassachusettsStefan Draminski

$22.95 • 80 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 80 drawings,146 graphics • July 2014 • paperback978-83-62878-98-7

The text part of this book describes history of theship’s construction and service. This is accompanied by more than 100color illustrations showing USS Massachusetts’ appearance towards theend of her service in the Pacific, 1945. Elements that are shown in detailinclude superstructures, armament, fire control instruments, aircraft,boats, equipment, rig, etc. Blueprints in 1:350, 1:200, 1:100 and 1:50scales (general views and details) are included on a separate sheet. Thepublication is a great reference for building a detailed model of USSMassachusetts.


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JapaneseHeavyCruiser Takao1937–1946Janusz SkulskiWaldemar Goralski

$22.95 • 92 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 21 archivephotos, 80 drawings, 100 graphics • NowAvailable • paperback • 978-83-62878-90-1

The design of four-member Japanese Takao-class heavy cruisers built between 1927–1928was based on earlier Myoko-class heavycruisers. The Takao-class was better armoredand equipped including the main artillerybeing modified to engage air targets. TheTakao-class had a distinctive look thanks to themassive superstructure and the first chimneybeing inclined towards the second one whichwas set vertically.

TheBattleshipUSS MissouriStefan Draminski

$22.95 • 80 pages • 8.25x 11.5 • 140 graphicsJuly 2014 • paperback978-83-64596-03-2

The text part of this book describes history ofthe ship’s construction and service. This isaccompanied by more than 100 colorillustrations showing USS Missouri’s (BB-63)appearance on 2 September 1945, whenJapanese officials signed formal surrender onher board. Elements that are shown in detailinclude superstructures, armament, fire controlinstruments, aircraft, boats, equipment, ri

TheBattleshipBismarckWaldemar Goralski

$22.95 • 100 pages8.25 x 11.5 • 170graphics • July 2014paperback • 978-83-64596-01-8

The 28th book of the Super Drawings in 3Dseries gives us completely refreshed look onBismarck warship which has been alreadydescribed in numerous publications. Our newbook includes not only more than 160significantly improved renders but alsoanaglyphs 3D of Bismarck which can be seenthrough special paper anaglyph filters addedto the book. Render artist has focused mainlyon warship details this time thus limiting thenumber of the hull general layouts.g,“surrender deck” fittings etc.

LictorianFasces overEnglandRegia Aeronauticain action againstEngland 1940–1941Marek Sobski

$16.95 • 60 pages • 8 x 11 • 67 archive photos,painting schemes • July 2014 • paperback978-83-62878-96-3

“Lictorian Fasces over England” is the story ofCorpo Aero Italiano, the Reggia Aeronauticadetachment operating against Britain in 1940– 1941. Established for propaganda andpolitical reasons, the corps had to face twoequally formidable enemies over the Channel:the RAF and the brutal weather conditions towhich they were hardly accustomed. The bookpresents a blow by blow account of the unit’soperations in addition to detailed descriptionsof the aircraft used in the campaign.

B-17 FlyingFortress inCombat OverEuropeTomasz Szlagor

$19.95 • 92 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 130 b/wphotos, 11 color photos, 4 profiles • NowAvailable • paperback • 978-83-62878-91-8

The B-17 Flying Fortress epitomized theAmerican airpower for most of the SecondWorldWar. It was by far the most effectiveweapon to carry out the strategic, daylightbombing campaign in Europe. The battlesfought by B-17 crews during raids on suchtough targets as Schweinfurt, Berlin or Ploestiwere nothing short of epic.

JG 53“PikAs”Marek JMurawski

$19.95 • 28pages • 8 x 11 • 41 archive photos, 4 paintingschemes, decals • Now Available • paperback978-83-62878-94-9

The book presents the history and combatoperations of JG 53 “Pik As” - one of theLuftwaffe’s most famous fighter wings. Acollection of forty original photographs issupplemented by a list of all JG 53commanders, details of each of the wing’ssquadrons and flights and a listing of the unit’sequipment used during the war.

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Nakajima Ki-84 HayateLeszek A.Wieliczko

$22.95 • 92 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 8 painting schemes, 14 artworks • Now Available • paperback • 978-83-62878-87-1

The monograph on the Nakajima Ki-84 Hayate, WW2 Japanese fighter plane, discusses its origins anddevelopment (including subsequent modifications and variants: Ki-106, Ki-113, Ki-116, Ki-84R, Ki-84P and Ki-84N), camouflage and markings and operational history since its combat debut over China in Summer of 1944 tillthe end of theWW2. Each version is specified and described. The author uncovers the fates of Ki-84s captured bythe Americans and presents an evaluation of the aircraft. The book includes a comprehensive technical description,technical data, a glossary of some Japanese terms and names and lists of the IJAAF units equipped with Ki-84sand the IJAAF ranks.

Messerschmitt BF 109 E.The Blitzkrieg FighterMarek J. Murawski / Jakub Plewka

$29.95 • 188 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 212 archivephotos, color profiles of 44 aircraft • NowAvailable • paperback • 978-83-62878-84-0

The latest addition to the ‘Monographs SpecialEdition’ series is devoted to the Messerschmitt Bf 109 E. This new bookgives not only a thorough insight into the development, variants,technical features and camouflage of the ‘Emil’, but also an excellentoverview of the aircraft’s service with the Luftwaffe. Packed with periodphotos, color profiles and scale drawings, this title is a perfect guide foraviation modelers.

Ju 87D/GVol. 2Marek J. Murawki / Marek Rys

$24.95 • 112 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 86 archivephotos, 78 graphics • July 2014 • paperback978-83-62878-97-0

Part two of the monograph on the legendaryWorldWar II dive bomber takes a closer look at the history of the finalproduction versions the Ju 87: the “Dora”– a dedicated dive bomber andstrike platform and the Ju 87 G tank buster. In addition to combathistories of the front-line units that operated the types, the bookpresents profiles of some of the most prominent Stuka pilots. The text issupplemented by firsthand accounts of the men who flew the Ju 87s incombat, as well as a large selection of original photographs and 3Ddrawings.

Ju 87 D/GVol. 1Marek J Murawski / Marek Rys

$24.95 • 112 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 110 archivephotos, painting schemes, 77 graphics • NowAvailable • paperback • 978-83-62878-93-2

This monograph of the most famous dive bomberofWorldWar II focuses on the design and combat operations of the latemarks of the Stuka: the Ju 87D dive bomber and strike aircraft and theJu 87G tank buster. In addition to the detailed description of the design,the book covers combat operations of the Luftwaffe units equipped withthe D and G models, as well as the biographies of the most prominentaircrews who flew those aircraft in combat. The text is supplemented byoriginal photographs and 3D drawings showing details of the design.

PacificLightningsPart 1Maciej Goralczyk /Andrzej Sadlo

$16.95 • 16 pages • 8 x10.8 • decal sheet • NowAvailable • paperback978-83-62878-88-8

Two decal sheets with 1:72, 1:48 and 1:32 individual markings for 8 P-38 Lightnings with sexy nose art. The decal sheets were printed byCartograf. Each painting scheme is depicted on beautifully drawn 4-viewcolor profiles and described in the 18 page guidebook with English andPolish text.


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Challenger 1Main Battle Tank Vol. IRobert Griffin

$19.95 • 80 pages • 8 x 11 • 280 archive photos • Now Available • paperback • 978-83-62878-95-6

The Challenger 1 Main Battle Tank was Great Britain’s second purpose-designed Main Battle Tank and served as thespear point of the Royal Armored Corps for nearly 20 years. The Challenger 1 proved to be an excellent combatvehicle in Operation Granby after a controversial early career in the British Army, and it continues to serve theJordanian army to the present day. Robert Griffin tells the story of the Challenger 1’s development and service, inthis first volume of a two part study for the Kagero Photosniper series.

Challenger 1Main Battle Tank Vol. IIRobert Griffin

$19.95 • 80 pages • 8 x 11 • 485 archivephotos, 10 color profiles, 3 referencedrawings • July 2014 • paperback • 978-83-64596-00-1

In Challenger 1 Volume 2 Robert Griffinoutlines the service career of the Challenger 1Main Battle Tank and Challenger Repair and Recovery Vehicle. This excitingPhotosniper title includes numerous period photographs in color and inblack and white, ten color plates and vehicle plans for the Challenger 1Mk.3 as deployed into combat during Operation Granby. The photosselected for this book include original images from the vehicle’s trials, itsservice in BAOR, in Bosnia and in Operation Granby. The Challenger 1 andCRARRV are documented in many unpublished photos and detailed walkaround photos include examples taken of the Challengers employed inOperation Granby in 1991 and of the CRARRV in its most recent guise. Thehighs and lows of the Challenger 1’s career in the British Army aredescribed in detail. This work is an excellent reference for the modeler,AFV enthusiast and former crewman, and follows Challenger 1 Volume 1,also available from Kagero Publishing’s Photosniper series.

AMX-30Char de Bataille 1966-2006M.P. Robinson

$19.95 • 80 pages • 8 x 11 • 110 archivephotos, 8 color profiles • July 2014paperback • 978-83-62878-99-4

The AMX-30 was France’s principal battletank for over 30 years and continues to servethe French Army in later forms even to thisday. In this first work of a two volume study examining the history ofthe AMX-30 battle tank, M.P. Robinson describes the development andintroduction to service of this long serving weapon system.Photographic coverage in Volume 1 is focused on the AMX-30B guntank, its service life and the supporting vehicles that served alongside itin the Arme Blindée Cavalerie in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

CapturedPanzersGerman Vehicles inAllied ServiceMarek Jaszczolt / ArkadiuszWrobel

$16.95 • 16 pages • 8 x 10.8decal sheet • Now Availablepaperback • 978-83-62878-89-5

A big decal sheet with 1:72, 1:48 and 1:35 markings for no less than 16German armored fighting vehicles captured by Allied troops and usedagainst their former owners. The decal sheet was printed by Cartograf.Each painting scheme is depicted on beautifully drawn color profile anddescribed in the 18 page guidebook with English and Polish text.

JagdpantherLukasz Gladysiak / Adam Rejmak

$19.95 • 108 pages • 8 x 11 • 17 archivephotos, 71 color photos, 8 paintingschemes, 39 graphics • Now Availablepaperback • 978-83-62878-83-3

Self-propelled tank destroyers constitutedan essential component of the Third Reich’sarmored arm. Vehicles, which wereespecially useful in defensive warfare, in which the German army founditself after losing strategic initiative on the Eastern Front in the summer1943 and following the Allied landing in Italy and France, with timebegan to effectively compete in armored sub-units with classic tanks.One of the largest vehicles of that type was Jagdpanther Sd.Kfz. 173,based on the chassis of the famous Panther tank.


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Camouflage and Markings of Allied Armor in the Battle forCassino, January–May 1944Jeffrey Plowman

$38.95 • 56 pages • 8 x 11.5 • 78 b/w and color photos, 20 full-color plates • April 2014 • Model Centrum Progrespaperback • 978-83-60672-22-8

Published to coincide with the 70th Anniversary of the battle for Cassino, this is an authoritative guide to the armordeployed by the Allies over the course of the fighting for this strategic objective. Covering American, British, Indian,Canadian, French, New Zealand and Polish armor, this book includes a number of rare and unpublished photos withdetailed captions. It includes: M3A1 Scout Cars, Universal Carriers, IndianWheeled Carriers, M8 HMCs, M10s, Stuarts,Shermans, Churchills, Grant ARVs, M31 TRVs and Valentine Bridgelayers. Contains: 56 pages, 78 b&/w photos and 20full color plates of artwork.

Friends and EnemiesThe Natal Campaign in the South African War 1899–1902Hugh Rethman

$34.95 • 400 pages • 6 x 9 • b/w photos • December 2014 • Tattered Flag • paperback • 978-0-9576892-3-7eISBN 978-0-9576892-4-4

When the Boer Republics invaded Natal in 1899, the invaders could have been driven out with casualties measured inhundreds. Instead Britain was to lose nearly 9,000 men killed in action, more than 13,000 to disease and a further75,000 wounded and sick were invalided back to Britain. The war ended in 1902 with a very unsatisfactory Peace Treaty.

At the start of the conflict Britain’s Generals were faced with problems new to the military establishment. Shows offorce did little to intimidate a determined opposition; infantry charges against a hidden enemy armed with modernrifles resulted in a futile waste of lives. Artillery could now destroy unseen targets at great range. Lack of mobilityresulted in more than half the army being besieged in Ladysmith bringing with it concomitant civilian involvement.Some generals learnt quickly – others were slower and yet others still, perhaps through pride and stubbornness,refused to alter their ways and thus their men paid with their lives. The bravery and sacrifice of men during thecampaign have been described in many books, as have the faults – real and imagined – of the generals. But littleattention has been paid to the greatest blunder of all: a failure to take proper cognizance of local advice, opinion andcapability.

This deeply researched study of the BoerWar includes, for the first time, the experiences of the inhabitants of Natal –soldier and civilian, men, women and children, black and white. Diaries and letters vividly portray the actions atTalana, Elandslaagte, Colenso, Acton Homes and Spion Kop, as well as the siege of Ladysmith in which 15,000 militarypersonnel and 2,500 residents and refugees were incarcerated for four months, slowly but surely dying fromstarvation and sickness until their relief.

Festung Guernsey 1.2Information about Guernsey

$23.00 • 76 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 71 illustrations • July 2014 • Clear Vue Publishing • paperback • 978-0-9926671-1-5

This guide to the fortification of the Channel Island of Guernsey during the second world war was produced by theGerman forces themselves, containing the original German and an English translation, it gives a unique insight intoGerman defensive strategy.

This volume covers the history of the island.


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Finnish Fighter ColoursVol. 1Kari Stenman / Karolina Holda

$69.00 • 200 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • b/wphotos, color photos and color profiles • July2014 • hardback • 978-83-63678-07-4

The next book in the Rainbow Series coversFinnish Fighters used duringWWII.Camouflage and markings of the fighters obtained from France, USA,Germany, UK and the USSR are described in unparalleled detail by thewell-known Finnish author Kari Stenman. Many unpublished photos,and color profiles.

Vol. 1 covers:Bristol BulldogFokker D XXIGloster GladiatorFIAT G 50Morane Saulnier MS 406 including Mörkö-MoraneBrewster Model 239

Fouga MagisterTine Soetaert

$39.00 • 124 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • B/Wphotos, color photos, 1/48 Scale plans,About 40 color profiles • October 2014paperback • 978-83-63678-38-8

An illustrated technical history of the FougaMagister – 1950s French two-seat jettrainer.

The different versions of the plane are described and illustrated; all thechanges in specification, equipment and performance are recorded.Drawings and data from the original technical manuals, full dimensionaldetails and photographs of surviving examples preserved in aviationmuseums illustrate all aspects of the airframe, inside and out.Brief operational history of all export users including Israel, Finland,Belgium, Katanga, Ireland, Brazil and others.Color photographs and many pages of color illustrations complete thebook’s comprehensive coverage.About 40 color profiles.

Profusely illustrated with photos, including walk-around sectionshowing all aspects of the airframe, and diagrams from official manuals.Includes 1/72nd and 1/48th scale plans, and color profiles showingmany of the colorful schemes applied to the Fouga Magister by its users,including anniversary schemes.

Finnish Fighter ColoursVol. 2Kari Steman / Karolina Holda

$69.00 • 200 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • b/wphotos, color photos and color profilesJanuary 2015 • hardback978-83-63678-44-9

Second volume covers Finnish Fighters usedduringWWII. Camouflage and markings of the fighters obtained fromFrance, USA, Germany, UK and the USSR are described in unparalleleddetail by the well-known Finnish author Kari Stenman. Manyunpublished photos, and color profiles.

Vol. 2 covers:Hawker Hurricane I & IICaudron CR 714Curtiss Hawk 75AMesserschmitt Bf 109 GVL MyrskyI-153I-16LaGG-3Curtiss P-40MWarhawk

Portuguese FighterColours 1919–1956Piston-engine fightersLuis Armando Tavares / Armando JorgeSoares

$69.00 • 200 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • b/wphotos, color photos and color profilesDecember 2014 • hardback978-83-63678-45-6

The newest volume in MMP’s “Rainbow Series” covers the colors andmarkings of all the piston-engine fighters that served with thePortuguese military from the end ofWW1 to the 1960s. A small nationwith modest-sized air arms, Portugal nonetheless used a wide variety oficonic fighter aircraft over this period, from the SPAD S.VII ofWW1 to theF-47 Thunderbolt afterWW2. French, British and American aircraft wereused, including such famous types as the Hawker Fury and Hurricane,the Spitfire and the Bell P-39 Airacobra.

This profusely illustrated book covers all these aircraft, with brief detailsof their service use and comprehensive details of the colors andmarkings they carried. Besides the many photos, full color profilesillustrate the markings used. Detailed color notes and precisedescription and illustration of national markings over the periodcomplete a book that will be invaluable to aircraft enthusiasts,historians and modelers.


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Lockheed F-104StarfighterJaroslaw Dobrzynski

$39.00 • 124 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • B/W photos,colour photos, 1/72 Scale plans, About 40 colorprofiles • October 2014 • paperback978-83-63678-39-5

An illustrated technical history of the Lockheed F-104 Starfightersupersonic interceptor and fighter-bomber. The different versions of theplane are described and illustrated; all the changes in specification,equipment and performance are recorded. Drawings and data from theoriginal manuals, full dimensional details and photographs of survivingexamples illustrate all aspects of the airframe, inside and out.

Bristol Bulldog andGloster GauntletAlex Craford

$35.00 • 144 pages • 7 x 10 • b/w photos, colorphotos, scale plans and 50 color profiles • June2014 • paperback • 978-8389450043

This is the story of two of Britain’s most successful and popular inter-war(1930s) fighter aircraft. It contains: A complete and comprehensivehistory of the development & service of both types. Includes scale plans,photos and drawings from technical manuals, and superb colorillustrations of camouflage and markings, and walk-around colorphotographs of surviving examples.

Blackburn Skua and RocMattWillis

$35.00 • 160 pages • 7 x 10 • 100+ B/W photos,25 colour photos, 1/72 scale plans, about 25color profiles • May 2014 • paperback978-83-89450-44-9

The development and operational history of theSkua, and its turret-fighter derivative the Roc, are told in this book.Designed as a dive-bomber, the Skua was also used as a fighter, andlater as a target tug. The Roc was even less successful than its RAFcounterpart. Contains color illustrations of camouflage and markings,rare b/w archive photographs, and firsthand accounts of Skuaoperations.

Hawker Fury and NimrodAlex Crawford

$40.00 • 168 pages • 7 x 10 • b/w photos, colorphotos, scale plans and 99 color profiles • June2014 • paperback • 978-83-89450-41-8

The Hawker Fury was perhaps the most beautifulbiplane fighter ever built, and was the RAF's firstaircraft capable of exceeding 200mph in level flight. Together with itsnaval counterpart, the Nimrod, the Fury served with many air forcesright up until the beginning ofWW2. This book describes the design,development and service of the Fury and Nimrod.

Il-2 ShturmovikViktor Povinsky

$65.00 • 160 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • B/W photos,color photos, 1/72 Scale plans, About 100 colorprofiles • August 2014 • hardback978-83-63678-37-1

An illustrated technical history of the mostfamous Soviet warplane ofWorldWar Two. Built in larger numbers thanany other aircraft, the Il-2 ground-attack and close-support aircraft wasperhaps the most important aircraft on the Eastern Front inWW2. Thedifferent versions of the plane, from the prototypes to the final aircraftof 1945 are described and illustrated.

Vânator – RomanianhunterThe I.A.R.80 and I.A.R.81 in UltimateDetailRadu Brînzan

$120.00 • 352 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • B/W photos,color photos, 1/48 Scale plans, About 60 colorprofiles • September 2014 • hardback • 978-83-63678-40-1

A detailed and comprehensive illustrated technical history of theI.A.R.80 and I.A.R.81 – RomanianWorldWar II fighter and ground-attack aircraft. This elegant but little-known aircraft was the mainstayof the Romanian air force's fighter arm throughoutWW2, involved infighting against both the Allies and then against the Axis.

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Scale Plans No. 3 MiG-15Mikoyan Gurevich MiG-15Dariusz Karnas

$11.99 • 12 pages • 8.25 x 11.75 • scale plansNow Available • paperback • 978-83-63678-34-0

1/48 and 1/32 scale plans of following aircraft:MiG-15 MiG-15bis UTI MiG-15all Polish Variants

Scale Plans No. 4 PZL.23KarasPZL.42 / PZL.43 PZL.46 SumDariusz Karnas


1/72 nad 1/48 detailed scale plans of followingaircraft:PZL.23 KaraÊ PZL.42 /PZL.43 PZL.46 Sum

Scale Plans No. 5 A6MZeroDariusz Karnas


Scale plans in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 scale.All Zero versions.A6M2 model 21 A6M3 model 22 and model 23A6M5 model 52 and model 52c A6M7 model 62

Russian Aviation Colours 1909–1922Camouflage and Markings, Vol. 1 Early YearsMark Khairulin / Boris Stepanov

$75.00 • 200 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 94 color profiles, 400 b/w photos • November 2014 • hardback • 978-83-63678-48-7

This book describes the history of the little-known emblems and distinctive markings of Russian military aviation fromthe early origins of domestic military aviation up to the Russian exit fromWW1.

The book catalogues the differences aviation motifs from the beginning of the formation of Russian military aviation.The collected material is presented in a clear and attractive form - color plates, reconstructed logos, and originalphotographs from public and private archives.

Scale Plans No. 6IA-58 PucaraDariusz Karnas

$11.99 • 8.25 x 11.75 • scale plans• Now Available • paperback978-83-63678-33-3

1/72 and 1/48 scale plans of theIA-58 Pucaraincludes all versions:PrototypeBiguaIA-58C

Scale Plans No. 7Me 262 A SchwalbeDariusz Karnas

$11.99 • 10 pages • 8.25 x 11.75scale plans • Now Availablepaperback • 978-83-63678-43-2

7 Me 262 A Schwalbe. 1/48 and1/32 scale plans of the Me 262 ASchwalbe includes all A versions:Me 262 A-1a Me 262 A-1a/JaboMe 262 A-2a Me 262 A-1a/U3 Me262 A-1a/U4

Scale Plans No. 8Republic P-47D‘Bubbletop’Dariusz Karnas

$11.99 • 14 pages • 8.25 x 11.5scale plans • May 2014paperback • 978-83-63678-46-3

Scale Plans No.9Messerschmitt Bf109 G-2 and G-6Dariusz Karnas


Scale plans in 1/48 and 1/32 ofMesserschmitt Bf 109 G-2 & G-6versions. Includes all subversions


OxbowBooks / ArabianPublishing / CountrysideBooks

Feeding theRoman ArmyThe Archaeology ofProduction andSupply in NWEuropeSue Stallibrass (ed.)Richard Thomas (ed.)

$60.00 • 169 pages • 8.75 x 6.75 • b/willustrations • Now Available • Oxbow Bookspaperback • 978-1-84217-323-7

These ten papers from two Theoretical RomanArchaeology Conference (2007) sessions bringtogether a growing body of new archaeologicalevidence in an attempt to reconsider the wayin which the Roman army was provisioned.Clearly, the adequate supply of food wasessential to the success of the Roman military.Case studies come from Roman Britain, France,the Netherlands and the Rhine Delta, lookingat evidence from animal products, militarysettlements, the size of cattle, horses, potteryand salt.

EverydayLife inViking-AgeTownsSocial Approachesto Towns inEngland andIreland, c. 800-1100Letty ten Harkel (ed.) / D. M. Hadley (ed.)

$65.00 • 272 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • b/w and colorillustrations • Now Available • Oxbow Bookshardback • 978-1-84217-532-3

The study of early medieval towns hasfrequently concentrated on urban beginnings,the search for broadly applicable definitions ofurban characteristics and the chronologicaldevelopment of towns. Far less attention hasbeen paid to the experience of living in towns.The thirteen chapters in this book bringtogether the current state of knowledge aboutViking-Age towns (c. 800–1100) from bothsides of the Irish Sea, focusing on everyday lifein and around these emerging settlements.

Violence andCivilizationStudies of SocialViolence in Historyand PrehistoryRoderick Campbell (ed.)

$45.00 • 160 pages6.25 x 9.25 • b/w and col. illustrations • NowAvailable • Oxbow Books • paperback978-1-78297-620-2

This collection of essays begins with thepremise that violence, in its relationship toorder, is a central element of history. Taking abroad definition of violence, includingstructural and symbolic violence, thecontributions move beyond the problematic ofcivilization’s mitigating or foundational role,instead seeing violence as inherently social,and, perhaps, socially inherent (if variable). Thepapers range from China to the Americas andfrom the 2nd millennium BCE to the 21stcentury CE.

Yes, theArabs CanTooMohamed Bin Issa AlJaberMichaelWorton

$40.00 • 176 pages6.25 x 9.25 • Now Available • ArabianPublishing • hardback • 978-0-9571060-9-3

Much has been written about the role andpresence of the Arabs in the world at thebeginning of this millennium, and their abilityto meet the challenges overwhelming ourplanet, bristling as it is with science,technology and latest lethal weapons. Theauthor gives us a practical and precisesummary of his own contemporary Arabexperience from an intercontinentalperspective, notable for its success, variety andmodernity.

The TrenchLife and Death onTheWestern Front1914-1918Trevor Yorke

$12.95 • 96 pages5.8 x 8.25 • illustratedthroughout • NowAvailable • Countryside Books • paperback978-1-84674-317-7

The horrors of the First WorldWar scarred anentire generation at the beginning of thetwentieth century. Now, one hundred yearslater, we are asked to reflect upon it andremember what a disastrous episode of historyit was.

This book offers a brief, straightforward,illustrated history of the First WorldWar insome 96 pages. In particular, it explains thetrenches and what it was like to live and fightin them.

BomberCommandThe Victoria CrossRaidsMartyn Chorlton

$31.90 • 192 pagesb/w photos and mapsNovember 2014 • Countryside Bookspaperback • 978-1-84674-322-1

RAF Bomber Command lost 55,000 men duringWWII. Their motto was Press on Regardlessand the majority of their operational missionsinvolved flying into the fiery, smoke-filled skiesof occupied Europe. No less than 23 of theirmembers were awarded Britain’s highestdecoration for valor – The Victoria Cross; mostof them posthumously.

Martyn Chorlton’s book tells the stories of eachof them – detailing how and why they wontheir medal. It recalls feats of unparalleledheroism and self sacrifice; memorable andterrifying.


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BelisariusThe Last Roman GeneralIan Hughes

$24.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp plates,15 B+W drawings, 27 maps, 18 Battle PlansDecember 2014 • paperback978-1-4738-2297-9

A military history of the campaigns ofBelisarius, the greatest general of theEastern Roman (Byzantine) Emperor Justinian. He twice defeated thePersians and reconquered North Africa from the Vandals in a single yearat the age of 29, before going on to regain Spain and Italy, includingRome (briefly), from the barbarians. It discusses the evolution fromclassical Roman to Byzantine armies and systems of warfare, as well asthose of their chief enemies, the Persians, Goths and Vandals. Itreassesses Belisarius’ generalship and compares him with the likes ofCaesar, Alexander and Hannibal. It will be illustrated with line drawingsand battle plans as well as photographs.

The Spartan Supremacy412-371 BCMike Roberts / Bob Bennett

$39.95 • 336 pages • 6 x 9 • approx 16photos, 17 b/w maps and battle plans • June2014 • hardback • 978-1-84884-614-2

Sparta was a small city which consistentlypunched above its weight in the affairs ofclassical Greece, happily meddling in the affairs of the other cities. Fortwo centuries her warriors were acknowledged as second to none. Yet atonly one period in its long history, in the late fourth and early thirdcentury BC, did the home of these grim warriors seem set to entrenchitself as the dominant power in the Greek world. This period includes thelatter stages of the PeloponnesianWar from 412 BC to the Spartanvictory in 402, and then down to the Spartan defeat by the Thebans atLeuctra in 371 BC, where it all began to unravel for the Spartan Empire

Surprisingly few previous books have covered the tumultuous firstdecades of the fourth century BC, particularly when compared to theample coverage of the PeloponnesianWar.

Xerxes: King of KingsThe True StoryIan MacGregor Morris

$32.95 • 6 x 9 • 8pp b/w photos or none. 3 or4 maps • December 2014 • hardback978-1-4738-2299-3

Xsaya-rsa (Khshayarshan) to the Persians,Ahasuerus to the Jews, Xerxes to the Greeks.So great was his power, that he was hailedby the Persians as ‘King of Kings’, and by the Greeks as “The Great King”.Famed for his beauty and magnificence, he ruled over the greatestempire the world had known, and built cities the like of which the worldhad never seen. He was the king who re-conquered Egypt and subduedthe rebels of Babylon; he was the king who captured Athens and burntthe temples of the Acropolis; and of course he was the king whodefeated Leonidas, the greatest of theWarrior-Kings of Sparta. Someclaim that he was the king who saved the Jews. The life of Xerxes,however, has never been told – until now.

Ian McGregor Morris brings together a variety of evidence, literary andarchaeological, to create a nuanced account that fully takes into accountthe context of fifth-century Persia.

Surrender at NewOrleansGeneral Sir Harry Smith in thePeninsula and AmericaDavid Rooney / Michael Scott

$34.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp b/w platesSeptember 2014 • hardback978-1-78383-120-3

General Sir Harry Smith won the lifelong respect and affection of the DukeofWellington. Famously married to the Spanish beauty, Juana, after thesiege of Badajoz in 1812, they served together to the end of the Peninsulawar. With the French defeated, Harry left with the British expedition toAmerica in 1814, and witnessed the burning of theWhite House. The fieryAdmiral Cochrane raged bitterly “I am sorry you left a house standing inWashington – depend on it, it is a mistaken mercy”. Later, Harry joinedWellington’s brother-in-law, Ned Pakenham, in the invasion of Louisiana.

The book covers the extraordinary lives of Harry and Juana, includingtheir achievements and legacy in South Africa, and Harry’s model victoryin India in 1846, which made him a hero to Queen Victoria and PrinceAlbert.

The outline of their lives may be known to many, but the details in thiscarefully researched book will come as a revelation.

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CapturedGermans –British POWCamps inWWINorman Nicol

$39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • December 2014hardback • 978-1-78346-348-0

When we consider prisoner of war camps in theFirstWorldWar we inevitably think of those onthe Continent.We seem to have forgotten thatin the UK there were huge numbers of enemycombatants and alien civilians interned incamps right across the realm.

By the end of the war there were almost 500internment camps in England andWales, withanother twenty-five in Scotland, two on theIsle of Man and one each in Ireland and Jersey.

Major andMrs Holt’sPocketBattlefieldGuide to theSommeBattlesThe Big Push: 1 July – 17 November1916; The Kaiser’s Offensive: 21 March– 25 April 1918; American/Canadian/French Sectors 1918.Major and Mrs Holt

$13.95 • 112 pages • 6.75 x 4.75 • illustratedthroughout • Now Available • paperback • 978-184415395-4 • eISBN 978-1-78383-023-7

The Somme is the epicenter for most people inthe study of the First WorldWar from a UK andCommonwealth perspective. Today thelandscape and terrain are dedicated to thesoldiers that fought and died there and Majorand Mrs. Holt’s Pocket Guide to the Somme hasbeen put together to take you around the area.

This book contains selections from the Holts’more detailed guides of the most popular andaccessible sites plus hand tourist information,capturing the essential features of the Battles.

Blood in theTrenchesA Memoir of theBattle of theSommeCaptain A. RadclyffeDugmore

$24.95 • 160 pages • 6 x 9 • October 2014hardback • 978-1-78346-311-4

Written by Captain A. Radclyffe Dugmore ofthe King’s Own Light Infantry, this personalmemoir provides an excellent account of theGreatWar up to the Battle of the Somme. Awide ranging and perceptive relation of events,Radclyffe Dugmore’s pedigree as a professionalwriter shines through. In 1914, RadclyffeDugmore traveled to Belgium as a civilianobserver where he was wounded beforespending a brief time in German captivity.

The Kaiser’sCaptiveIn the Claws ofthe German EagleAlbert RhysWilliams

$24.95 • 144 pages6 x 9 • November2014 • hardback978-1-78346-308-4

Albert RhysWilliams was an Americanjournalist and author. In 1914,Williamstraveled to Europe as the special warcorrespondent for Outlook magazine, taskedwith the duty of reporting the events of theGreatWar.

In these early days of the conflict, Williams hadthe misfortune to fall into the hands of theImperial German Army. He was arrested inBelgium and marched into captivity on thesuspicion that he was a British spy.

This fascinating book details Williams’experiences both on the front and in Germancaptivity.

Rise of theTankArmoured Vehiclesand their use in theFirst World WarMichael Foley

$34.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 100 b/w integratedillustrations • December 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78346-393-0

Rise of the Tank will be concentrated on theperiod of the development of the tank and itsuse in the First WorldWar. This will appeal tothose interested in new developments in warand those interested in the First WorldWargenerally. The book will be especially relevantdue to the forthcoming centenary of thebeginning of the war and for this reason it willbe easy to promote the book as there will be alot of media interest.

The Great WarExplainedPhilip Stevens

$19.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 916 pages of plates • July2014 • paperback978-1-4738-2121-7

This is much more than just another book toadd to the thousands on The GreatWar. It setsout to fill a gap. Written for the layman by alayman (who is also an articulate andexperienced battlefield guide) it summarizesthe key events and contributions of keyindividuals, some well, others unknown butwith a story to tell.

To get a true picture of this monumental eventin history, it is necessary to grasp thefundamentals, be they military, political, socialor simply human. The slaughters at Verdun,Somme and Passchendaele are no more thanstatistics without the stories of those thatfought, drowned and died there.


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The Historyof the Warin the Air1914–1918Professor Sir WalterRaleigh

$39.95 • 416 pages • 6x 9 • Approx 10 b/w Maps and sketchesAugust 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78346-248-3

This magnificent and comprehensive volumewas written in 1922 by ProfessorWalterRaleigh. Originally entitled The History of theWar in the Air (Being the story of the partplayed in the GreatWar by the Royal Air Force)this all embracing and vital work features themost important account of the aerial battles,the men and the machines.

Invasion ‘44The Full Story of D-DayJohn Frayn Turner

$19.95 • 200 pages6 x 9 • 16pp b/w platesJuly 2014 • paperback978-1-78159-270-0

In the pre-dawn darkness of 6 June 1944, thegreatest armada the world has ever seenbegan to disembark an Allied invasion force onthe beaches of France’s Normandy peninsula.Invasion ’44 tells the story of that assault fromthe day over four years earlier, and only a fewshort weeks after the British disaster atDunkirk, when a few individuals in the HighCommand began to turn their thoughts to thepossibilities of an eventual return to themainland, and the story continues up to thetime when the Allied beachhead was firmlyestablished on French soil.

Crossing TheWaalThe U.S. 82ndAirborne Divisionat NijmegenJon Cooksey

$19.95 • 144 pages6.75 x 9.5 • 50 Illustrations color • November2014 • paperback • 978-1-84415-228-5

This is much more than just another book toadd to the thousands on The GreatWar. It setsout to fill a gap.Written for the layman by alayman it summarizes the key events andcontributions of key individuals, some well,others unknown but with a story to tell.

The slaughters at Verdun, Somme andPasschendaele are no more than statisticswithout the stories of those that fought,drowned and died there.

SovietConquestBerlin 1945Tony Le Tissier

$39.95 • 240 pages6 x 9 • 20 illustrationsNovember 2014 •hardback • 978-1-4738-2110-1

How did top Red Army commanders see theassault on Berlin in 1945 – what was theirexperience of the last, terrible battle of theSecondWorldWar in Europe? Personalaccounts by the most famous generals involved– Zhukov, Koniev and Chuikov – have beenpublished in English, but the recollections oftheir principal subordinates haven’t beenavailable in the west before, and it is their rolein the final Soviet offensive that is the focus ofTony Le Tissier’s fascinating book.

OperationTongaPegasus Bridge andthe Merville BatteryJon Cooksey

$24.95 • 144 pages • 6.75x 9.5 • 50 Illustrations • September 2014paperback • 978-1-84415-203-2

The seizure of Pegasus Bridge by six gliderborne platoons of the Oxfordshire andBuckinghamshire Light Infantry under MajorJohn Howard very early 6th June 1944, is oneof the better-known stories of D-Day. Landingjust yards from vital bridges over the RiverOrne and the Caen Canal near Bénouville,Howard’s men took and held the bridges in aremarkable coup de main operation withminimal casualties. The 7th ParachuteBattalion dropped in soon afterwards to relieveHoward’s men and the action remains, by anystandards, a remarkable feat of arms.

The Battle ofthe BulgeHitler’s Final GamblePatrick Delaforce

$39.95 • 376 pages • 6 x 9Integrated b/w photosJuly 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78346-359-6

By late 1944 the Allies were poised to smashthe Siegfried Line and break into Germany.Supply lines were shorter thanks to the port ofAntwerp. Arnhem aside, there had been a longrun of victories and there was no intelligenceeven from ULTRA to suggest a Germancounteroffensive.

So the major December attack through themountainous Ardennes by massed Panzers andinfantry took the Allies totally by surprise.

All this and more is graphically narrated in thisfine study of a pivotal battle, that so nearlychanged the course of war.


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Survivingthe NaziOnslaughtThe Defence ofCalais to the DeathMarch for FreedomCarole McEntee-Taylor

$34.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 b/w integratedimages • October 2014 • hardback978-1-78383-106-7

Ted Taylor, 1st Battalion, The Rifle Brigade, wassent to France in May 1940 as part of CalaisForce. Initially sent to open up supply lines tothe rapidly retreating BEF, they soon foundthemselves defending Calais against the mightof the 10th Panzer Division. Outnumbered byat least three to one they held out for 4 daysuntil they ran out of ammunition and wereforced to surrender.

D-DayAssaultThe SecondWorldWar AssaultTraining Exercisesat Slapton SandsMark Khan

$34.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 32 b/w IllustrationsAugust 2014 • paperback • 978-1-78159-384-4

Preceded by a massive airborne assault, thelargest amphibious operation ever undertakenbegan on 6 June 1944 – D-Day. Over a fifty-mile stretch of heavily fortified Frenchcoastline 160,000 Allied troops came ashore onthe beaches of Normandy.

Packed with the firsthand accounts of thosewho lived or trained at Slapton Sands, theauthor, a military historian brought up in thearea, investigates all aspects of the militaryexercises undertaken here.

Hitler –PersonalRecollectionsMemoirs of HitlerFrom Those WhoKnew HimHeinz A. Heinz

$19.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • September 2014paperback • 978-1-78346-321-3

Heinz A. Heinz was the only writer authorizedby the Nazi Party to draw a biography of theFuhrer for publication in the English speakingworld. The result was the 1938 authorizedbiography of Adolf Hitler entitled Germany’sHitler.

The book was based on interviews suppliedfirst hand by those friends, helpers andcomrades who had believed in him from thebeginning of his political career.

The 7thPanzerDivision inFrance andRussiaRommel’s GhostDivisionDr Russel H.S. Stolfi

$14.95 • 144 pages • 6 x 9 • 30 integrated mapsand original documents • Now Availablepaperback • 978-1-78346-246-9

This excellent study was commissioned by theU.S. Marine Corps from the distinguishedacademic and military historian Russel Stolfi.This groundbreaking work is more than just aDivisional history. The whole basis of Rommel’sexceptional handling is summed up in Stolfi’smasterful conclusion ‘Rommel had a bias foraction.’

The book traces the actions of the 7th ‘Ghost’division in France during 1940 and the earlypart of the campaign in Russia during 1941.

KampfgruppePeiperThe Race for theMeuseDavid Cooke /WayneEvans

$19.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 b/willustrations • November 2014 • paperback978-1-4738-2704-2

On 16 December 1944 Hitler’s last greatoffensive commenced, pushing through thedifficult terrain of the Ardennes in Belgium. Itsobjectives were the Meuse bridges and,beyond them, Antwerp. Hitler’s aim was to cutoff the northern British and American armiesand force them to surrender or retreat.

At the forefront of the German assault wasKampfgruppe Peiper of the SS LeibstandarteAdolf Hitler Division. It was the most powerfulforce in the German order of battle.

Dönitz andtheWolfPacksBernard Edwards

$34.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 98pp b/w plates • October2014 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2293-1

This book faithfully records the progress of theBattle of the Atlantic, which began withinhours of the declaration of war on 3 September1939 and continued without let-up until thelast torpedo was fired on the night of 7 May1945, just one hour before Germanysurrendered. The story is told from both sidesof the periscope.


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Hitler’sSpyplaneOverNormandy1944TheWorld’s FirstJetPhilippe Bauduin

$39.95 • 192 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • August 2014hardback • 978-1-4738-2339-6

In addition to many top-secret aerial images,this book is enriched with around twentyphotographs from the personal archives ofErich Sommer, the Arado pilot, which havenever before been published. The book ispacked with both color and black and whiteimages and represents an impressive pictorialhistory of the world’s first jet.

In addition to many top-secret aerial images,this book is enriched with around twentyphotographs from the personal archives ofErich Sommer.

HowardHughes andthe SpruceGooseThe Story of the H-K1 HerculesGraham M Simons

$34.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 25 imagesNovember 2014 • hardback978-1-78383-155-5

Howard Hughes’ life ambition was to make asignificant contribution to the field of aviationdevelopment.

The book goes on to explore the political issuesthat sprung up as a result of Hughes’endeavors, looking into the SenateWarInvestigations Committee’s findings whichexplored the extent to which governmentfunds had been utilized in the developmentand construction of the airship.

BattlefieldBombers:Deep SeaAttackMartin Bowman

$39.95 • 216 pages6 x 9 • 2 x 16 pages of black and white platesDecember 2014 • hardback978-1-78383-197-5

The Battlefield Bomber series details bothdaylight and night time bombing operationsby RAF Bomber Command crews from 1939until the end of the SecondWorldWar.Featuring a unique selection of wide-rangingexperiences of British and CommonwealthBomber Command aircrew duringWorldWarTwo, this new release details the deep seabombing raids that occurred within thistimeframe.

The MightyEighth atWarUSAAF 8th Air ForceBombers Versusthe Luftwaffe1943–1945Martin Bowman

$24.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 32pp b/w PhotosDecember 2014 • paperback978-1-4738-2277-1

From the beginning ofWorldWar Two theRAF’s Bomber Command had been the onlymeans of striking Hitler’s Reich and its warmachine. This book explains how the Americanbomber force helped fight to eventual victoryby decimating German industry, transportsystems and breaking the Nazi war spirit.

This book explains, including many firsthandaccounts, how the American bomber forcehelped fight to eventual victory by decimatingGerman industry, transport systems andbreaking the Nazi war spirit.

Valkyrie:The NorthAmericanXB-70The USA’s Ill-fatedSupersonic HeavyBomberGraham M Simons

$19.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 170 mono withintext • August 2014 • paperback978-1-4738-2285-6

This book is full of unpublished details,photographs and firsthand accounts fromthose closely associated with the project.Although never put into full production, thisgiant six engined aircraft became famous forits breakthrough technology, and thespectacular images captured on a fatal air-to-air photo shoot when an observing Starfightercollided with Valkyrie A/V-2 which crashed intothe Mojave Desert.

The Forts andFortificationsof Europe1815-1945:The CentralStatesGermany, Austria-Hungary andCzechoslovakiaJ E Kaufmann / HW Kaufmann

$50.00 • 256 pages • 6.75 x 9 • 150 illustrationsOctober 2014 • hardback • 978-1-84884-806-1

After the NapoleonicWars the borders ofCentral Europe were redrawn and relativepeace endured across the region, but thevolatile politics of the late nineteenth centurygenerated an atmosphere of fear and distrust,and it gave rise to a new era of fortressbuilding, and this is the subject of this highlyillustrated new study. The authors describehow defensive lines and structures on amassive scale were constructed along nationalfrontiers to deter aggression.


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Retreat of I Corps 1914Jerry Murland

$19.95 • 176 pages • 5.25 x 8.5 • 100 b/w ImagesNovember 2014 • paperback • 978-1-78346-373-2

On 23 August 1914 only the two divisions ofGeneral Smith-Dorrien’s II Corps were engagedwith the German First Army along the line of theMons-Conde Canal. As the British Expeditionary Force withdrew, Sir JohnFrench ordered the British Expeditionary Force to continue theirretirement the next day and to avoid the forest roads.

Consequently II Corps used the roads to the west of the Forêt de Mormaland Sir Douglas Haig’s I Corps those to the east. It was an intention thatwas ambushed by circumstance as I Corps encountered units of theGerman 7th Division at Landrecies on 25/26 August.

Ypres 1914:MessinesEarly Battles 1914Jack SheldonNigel Cave

$19.95 • 176 pages5.25 x 8.5 • 125 b/wPics and Maps • October 2014 • paperback978-1-78159-201-4

These three Battleground Europe books onYpres 1914 mark the centenary of the finalmajor battle of the 1914 campaign on theWestern Front. Although fought over arelatively small area and short time span, thefighting was even more than usually chaoticand the stakes were extremely high.

At the end of October 1914 an increasinglydesperate Falkenhayn decided to make onefinal effort to break through the Allied linessouth of Ypres. Pulling together a large strikeforce, the so-called Army Group Fabeck, helaunched a violent offensive designed tocapture the Messines Ridge and to use thisdominating terrain as a springboard for afurther advance.

Ypres 1914:The MeninRoadEarly Battles 1914Jack SheldonNigel Cave

$19.95 • 176 pages5.25 x 8.5 • 125 b/w Pics and Maps • December2014 • paperback • 978-1-78159-200-7


The most direct route to Ypres for theadvancing German columns in October 1914was along the axis of the Menin Road. It washere that the Old Contemptibles of the BEFearned their heroic status as they fought offdesperate German assaults day after day, whilstplace names such as Zandvoorde, PolygonWood and Gheluvelt were first etched into theBritish consciousness.

Ypres 1914:LangemarckEarly Battles 1914Jack SheldonNigel Cave

$19.95 • 208 pages5.25 x 8.5 • 125 b/wpics and maps • August 2014 • paperback978-1-78159-199-4


When, in October 1914, the newly createdGerman Fourth Army attacked west to seizecrossings over the Yser, prior to sweeping southin an attempt to surround the BEF, two thingsprevented it.

Anzac - Sari BairStephen Chambers

$24.95 • 240 pages • 5.25 x 8.5 • 175 b/w Imagesand Maps • September 2014 • paperback978-1-78159-190-1

The August Offensive was born out of thefailures of the Gallipoli landings and thesubsequent battles of late spring and early summer 1915.

This is the story, told using a rich mix of letters, diaries, photographs andmaps, of Gallipoli’s last battles; the forlorn hope for a decisive victory.

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Belsen and its LiberationIan Baxter

$24.95 • 176 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 250 b/w illustrations • August 2014 • paperback • 978-1-78159-331-8

Accompanied by rare and unpublished photos with in-depth captions the book presents a unique visual account of one of theNazi’s most infamous concentration camps. The imagery shows the SS’s murderous activities inside Belsen, and also revealanother disturbing side to them relaxing in their barracks or visiting their families and loved ones.

The book is an absorbing insight into how the SS played a key part in murdering, torturing and starving to death tens of thousands of inmates. Duringthe latter part of the war as many as 500 a day were perishing from the long-term effects of starvation as well as the resultant diseases. There is awealth of information on how the camp was run and all aspects of life inside the camp for the inmates are covered.

The final episode of Belsen is witnessed by British soldiers of the Second Army, who were completely unprepared for what they encountered whenthey arrived at the gates of the camp.

Stilwell and the ChinditsThe Allied Campaign in NorthernBurma 1943–1944Jon Diamond

$24.95 • 176 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 250 b/w imagesNovember 2014 • paperback978-1-78383-198-2

This latest book in the highly successful Images ofWar series covers thedramatic events that saw ultimate Allied victory over the Japanese inremote Northern Burma on the Chinese border. The plan involved twoseparate but concurrent operations. US Army General Joseph Stilwellwas ordered to train up two Chinese divisions and together with a USspecial force (Merrill’s Marauders) advance to seize the key Japanesebase at Myitkyina.

As this highly informative and well illustrated book reveals, the conceptwas ultimately successful with Myitkyina falling to Stilwell’s Chinese/USforce in mid 1944.

Hitler – A Life in Pictures$24.95 • 240 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • September 2014• paperback • 978-1-78346-322-0

This exceptional source is probably the best ofthe contemporary accounts of Hitler in power,albeit from a heavily pro-Nazi stance. Thetestimonies collected together were based oninterviews conducted by Heinz A. Heinz in 1933 and 1934, shortly afterHitler had taken power.

The book incorporates sections on Hitler and the German people, Hitlerand the German workers, Hitler and public works and so on, allaccompanied by a series of excellent photographs which form aremarkable record of the public face of a man during his brief spell ofabsolute power.

Great War Fighter Aces1914–1916Norman Franks

$24.95 • 168 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 170 illustrationsDecember 2014 • paperback • 978-1-78383-182-1

Here, Norman Franks tells the story, in words andimages, of the emergence of some of thegreatest fighter aces to see action during the first half of the First WorldWar. He explores the manner in which the situation developed from late1914 to the late summer of 1916, the point at which Oswald Boelckehelped form the German Jasta system that would prove so devastatingto the RFC and RNAS.

Aircraft Salvage in theBattle of Britain and theBlitzAndy Saunders

$24.95 • 144 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 140-150illustrations • August 2014 • paperback978-1-78303-040-8

Aircraft Salvage in the Battle of Britain and Blitz will comprise of some140-150 images of the work of RAF and civilian salvage squads duringthe Battle of Britain, the Blitz and beyond. The images will depict lossesacross Britain, both RAF and German. Each picture will tell its own story,and will be fully captioned with historical detail. The author will becovering a topic that has rarely been examined in this detail.

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Luftwaffe Bombers in the Battle of BritainAndy Saunders

$29.95 • 160 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 150 illustrations • September 2014 • paperback • 978-1-78303-024-8

Luftwaffe Bombers in the Battle of Britain will contains some 140-150 images of German bomber aircraft during the summerof 1940. The images will cover the entirety of the battle and will depict losses across Britain during this period. Each picturewill tell its own story, and will be fully captioned with historical detail.

Each section will have a short introduction and the images will include those of shot down aircraft, including relatively intact machines, badlydamaged/destroyed wreckages, photographs of pilots and other related illustrations. All images are from the author’s unique collection of wartimephotographs of Luftwaffe losses, collected from a variety of sources across some thirty-five years of research.

Luftwaffe Fighters in theBattle of BritainAndy Saunders

$24.95 • 160 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 150 illustrationsNovember 2014 • paperback • 978-1-78303-026-2

Luftwaffe Fighters in the Battle of Britain willcomprise of some 140-150 images of Germanfighter aircraft during the summer of 1940. The images will cover theentirety of the battle and will depict losses across Britain during thisperiod. Each picture will tell its own story, and will be fully captionedwith historical detail.

Each section will have a short introduction and the images will includethose of shot down aircraft, including relatively intact machines, badlydamaged/destroyed wreckages, photographs of pilots and other relatedillustrations.

Luftwaffe Bombers in theBlitz 1940–1941Andy Saunders

$24.95 • 176 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 150 illustrationsOctober 2014 • paperback • 978-1-78303-022-4

Luftwaffe Bombers in the Blitz will comprise ofsome 140-150 images of German bomberaircraft during the Blitz of 1940-1941. The images will cover the entiretyof the Blitz and will also depict losses across Britain during this period.Each picture will tell its own story, and will be fully captioned withhistorical detail.


Luftwaffe’s Attacks onBritain 1941–1945Andy Saunders

$24.95 • 160 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • IllustratedDecember 2014 • paperback • 978-1-78303-025-5

Luftwaffe Attacks on Britain will comprise ofsome 140-150 images of German fighters andbombers during the Luftwaffe’s attacks on the United Kingdom between1941 and 1945. The images will cover the entirety of the attacks and willalso depict losses across Britain during this period. Each picture will tellits own story, and will be fully captioned with historical detail.


Battleships of the UnitedStates NavyMichael Green

$24.95 • 192 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 250 color andb/w images • December 2014 • paperback978-1-78303-035-4

From 1895 to 1944 the US Navy commissionedsome 60 steel-clad battleships; the first being Indiana (BB-1) and thelast USS Missouri (BB-63). After an impressive showing in the Spanish-AmericanWar and the ‘GreatWhite Fleet’s’ circumnavigation of theworld, US battleships played only a minor role in the First WorldWar.They came into their own inWW2 primarily bombarding enemy heldcoastal regions and supporting Allied operations in Europe and thePacific.

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Cataclysm90 BCThe forgottenwar thatalmostdestroyed RomePhilip Matyszak

$34.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 8ppplates, 3 or 4 b/w mapsDecember 2014 • hardback978-1-84884-789-7

At the start of the first century BC,Rome faced a hostile army lessthan a week’s march from theCapitol. This tells the story of therevolt of Rome’s Italian allies.Because these Italian allies hadthe arms, training and militarysystems of the Roman army allRome’s usual military advantageswere nullified.

MarkAntonyA Plain BluntManPaolo DeRuggiero

$39.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 8ppphotos • Now Available • hardback978-1-78346-270-4

In this book, Paolo de Ruggiero re-assesses this pivotal figure,analyses the arguments of hismany detractors, and concludesthat he was much more than asimple soldier, revealing a morecomplex and significant man, anda decisive agent of change with aprecise political vision for theRoman world.

Prelude toWaterloo:QuatreBrasThe French PerspectiveAndrewW. Field

$44.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 1 b/wand 1 color section • October 2014hardback • 978-1-78346-384-8

Drawing on French eyewitnessrecollections and later commentary,the author reconstructs the Frenchexperience of the battle – and theFrench interpretation of it. Hequotes extensively, and subjects tocritical analysis, the conflictingaccounts written by Napoleon andhis subordinates as they sought tojustify their decisions and actions atthis pivotal moment in thecampaign.

WaterlooBattlefieldGuideDavid Buttery

$24.95 • 304 pages • 5.75 x 8.25Over 100 color and b/w imagesJuly 2014 • paperback978-1-78303-513-7

The defeat of Napoleon’s Frencharmy by the combined forces ofWellington and Blücher atWaterloo on 18 June 1815 was aturning point in world history. Thebattle was a milestone, and itcannot be properly understoodwithout a detailed, on-the-groundstudy of the landscape in which itwas fought

AntigonusThe One-EyedGreatest ofthe SuccessorsJeff Champion

$34.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • B/wmaps and battle diagrams. Poss8pp b/w plates • November 2014hardback • 978-1-78303-042-2

Plutarch described Antigonus theOne Eyed (382-301 BC) ‘as ‘theoldest and greatest of Alexander’ssuccessors,’ Antigonus loyallyserved both Philip II andAlexander the Great as theyconverted his native Macedoniainto an empire stretching fromIndia to Greece. Jeff Championnarrates the career of this titanicfigure with the focus squarely onthe military aspects.

MarcusAgrippaRight-handman of CaesarAugustusLindsay Powell

$44.95 • 384 pages • 6 x 9 • 16ppcolor photos, 6 maps • October2014 • hardback978-1-84884-617-3

Marcus Agrippa personified theterm ‘right-hand man’. As EmperorAugustus’ deputy, he waged wars,pacified provinces, beautifiedRome, and played a crucial role inlaying the foundations of the PaxRomana for the next two hundredyears - but he served always in theknowledge he would never rule inhis own name.

AgincourtMyth andReality 1415-2015Stephen Cooper

$32.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 30illustrations • July 2014 • hardback978-1-84884-462-9

This epic story of how anexhausted, outnumbered army,commanded by an inspirationalleader, crushed a huge Frenchforce on French soil has given riseto legends and misconceptionsthat make it difficult for us toreach a clear understanding ofwhat really happened on thebattlefield 600 years ago.

WaterlooMyth andRealityGareth Glover

$39.95 • 256pages • 6 x 9 • 40 color and black-and-white illustrationsDecember 2014 • hardback978-1-78159-356-1

Gareth Glover has spent a decadeuncovering hundreds of previouslyunpublished eyewitness accountsof the battle and campaign, whichhave highlighted many of themyths and errors surrounding theWaterloo campaign. In thisgroundbreaking history heprovides a beautifully balancedaccount of the entire campaignwhile challenging these distortedclaims and myths.


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The Battle Book of YpresA Reference to Military Operations in the Ypres Salient 1914-18Beatrix Brice

$39.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • October 2014 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2123-1

This book, originally published in 1927 and now presented again as a special Centenary Edition, comprises a chronologicalaccount of the fighting in the Ypres Salient during the First WorldWar, followed by a useful and unique alphabetical referenceto the events in and around each hamlet, village or wood.

Walking IntoHell 1st July1916Memoirs of theFirst World WarEdward G.D. LiveingGeoffrey Malins

$24.95 • 128 pages • 6 x 9 • Approx 50 b/wImages • October 2014 • hardback978-1-78346-314-5

The 1st July 1916 was the blackest day in thehistory of the British Army when 60,000unsuspecting men of the British 4th Armyadvanced into the teeth of a hurricane ofGerman fire. This well-illustrated anthologyexamines the events of that terrible day fromtwo very different perspectives.

Retreat andRearguard –Somme1918The Fifth ArmyRetreatJerry Murland

$39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp b/w platesOctober 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78159-267-0

Historian Jerry Murland has researched andvisited the scenes of desperate actions duringlate March 1918. He describes in graphic detailthe battles fought by British, Irish and SouthAfrican regiments in the area from St Leger inthe North to La Fere in the South.

Visiting theSomme andYpresBattlefieldsMade EasyA Helpful GuideBook for Groupsand IndividualsGareth Hughes

$24.95 • 160 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 b/w imagesAugust 2014 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2139-2

This splendid and timely book will beinvaluable to those visiting the battlefields,sites, museums, memorials and cemeteries ofFrance and Belgium. It is intended for thoseplanning and leading school groups andsimilar parties but is also ideal forindividual/family visitors.

Bloody RedTabsFrank Davies

$24.95 • 240 pages6 x 9 • 8 pages of b/wplates • July 2014paperback978-1-78346-237-7

Biographies of over 200 officers who held therank of Brigadier-General or above who werekilled or wounded during the war show howclosely involved the men at the top were withthe men at the front. It is the purpose of thisbook to show not only how the myth was bornand grew but how totally at odds it is with thefacts.

With theKaiser’sArmy in1914A Neutral Observerin Belgium &FranceSven Hardin

$39.95 • 528 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 originalphotographs and author sketches • August2014 • hardback 978-1-78346-318-3

In 1914 Swedish professor, Sven Hedin, wasgranted a car and escort and given acomprehensive tour of the German Armiesfighting in Belgium and France duringSeptember and October 1914.

This study of the Kaiser’s Army in the earlystages of the First WorldWar provides a rareglimpse into the German Army of 1914.

Escapingfrom theKaiserThe DramaticExperiences of aTommy POWHW Tustin

$39.95 • 226 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp b/w platesNovember 2014 • hardback978-1-4738-2194-1

Only a week after joining the 8th Durhams inApril 1915 Private Herbert Tustin was capturedat the Battle of Ypres. He describes the horrorof trench warfare, his treatment on beingtaken a POW and the three day train journeyinto Germany.


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Reportingthe GreatWarStuart Hylton

$34.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 50illustrations • November 2014hardback • 978-1-78346-357-2

The GreatWar of 1914-1918 wasthe world’s first total conflict. Thearmed forces recruited on a scalethat was previously unimaginable,and the munitions industries drewmore and more citizens into thelabor market.

SommeCampaignAndy Rawson

$39.95 • 256pages • 6 x 9 • 16b/w pictures and 80+ MapsOctober 2014 • hardback978-1-78303-051-4

A concise, account of each stage ofthe Somme battles, whether a setpiece attack or a minor action. Theemphasis of the book would be toexplain the art of waging trenchwarfare during the Sommecampaign.

Visions of WarSpirits of theSommeBob Carruthers

$24.95 • 176 pages6 x 9 • Approx 50 b/wImages • July 2014hardback • 978-1-4738-2275-7

The 1st of July 1916, the opening day of theBattle of the Somme, was the blackest day inthe history of the British Army.

In a major new documentary film premieringon the Discovery Channel next year, EmmyAward winning film maker Bob Carrruthersreturns to the battlefield on 1st July andretraces the events which unfolded on thatdisastrous day.

AWoodCalledBourlonThe Cover-upafter Cambrai,1917William Moore

$29.95 • 6 x 9 • 12 pages of b/wplates • December 2014paperback • 978-1-4738-2126-2

After the great victory in thefamous tank battle at Cambrai in1917 the church bells, having beensilent for three years, rang outjoyously all over Britain. Butwithin ten days triumph hadturned to disaster. How did thishappen and why?William Moore,a distinguished First WorldWarhistorian, attempts to explainwhat went wrong.

TheCourage ofCowardsThe Untold Storiesof First World WarConscientiousObjectorsKaryn Burnham

$29.95 • 144 pages • 6 x 9 • 20 pp b/ws photosJuly 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78159-295-3

An innovative new history of conscientiousobjectors during the First WorldWar. Drawingon previously unpublished archive material,Karyn Burnham reconstructs the personalstories of several men who refused to fight,bringing the reader face-to-face with theirvaried, often brutal, experiences.

Snipingin FranceWinning theSnipingWarin theTrenchesH Hesketh-Prichard, DSO, MC

$24.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9Integrated images • NowAvailable paperback978-1-78346-180-6

Available for the first time inyears, this is a new edition of theclassic account by the adventurerand big game hunter whodeveloped and ran the BritishArmy sniping program in the FirstWorldWar. A glossary of termsand a photograph of the authorhave been added.

Visions of WarPrivateHitler’s WarBob Carruthers

$24.95 • 176 pages • 6 x9 • Approx 50 originalb/w Images • July 2014hardback978-1-4738-2276-4

The producers of the groundbreakingdocumentary Private Hitler’s War have resolvedthe century long controversy over Hitler’sservice in the GreatWar. This powerfuldocumentary tie-in book finally turns the Nazimyth on its head and reveals the fullunvarnished truth concerning Adolf Hitler’sactions in the GreatWar.


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BerlinBattlefieldGuideThird Reichand Cold WarTony Le Tissier

$29.95 • 320 pages • 6.75 x 9.5120 color and 180 b/w photos plus38 Maps • August 2014 •paperback • 978-1-4738-2282-5

On 16 April 1945 the Red Armyunleashed a colossal offensiveagainst Berlin with the aim ofdestroying Hitler’s armies in theEast and capturing the Germancapital before theWestern Allies.Over two million soldiersconfronted each other in the lastact in the war against NaziGermany.

Singapore’sDunkirkGeoffrey Brooke

$19.95 • 272pages • 6 x 9October 2014 • paperback978-1-4738-2291-7

When Singapore fell soignominiously to the Japanese inFebruary 1942 many tens ofthousands of men, women andchildren were left to their owndevices. It was truly ‘every man forhimself’. This book tells of some ofthe remarkable and shockingexperiences that lay in store forthose who chose this option.

ArnhemOdysseyThe Story ofThree Men ofthe BorderRegimentPeter Taylor

$39.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • 160illustrations • December 2014hardback • 978-1-4738-2316-7

CommandoDespatchRiderFrom D-Day toDeutschland1944-5Raymond Mitchell

$19.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9Illustrated • August 2014 •paperback • 978-1-4738-2292-4

In 1944, Ray Mitchell landed inNormandy with his unit 41 RoyalMarine Commando. His role inbringing the Third Reich to itsknees was that of dispatch rider.This is a fighting soldier’s accountof war and it describes in vividterms his and his fellowcommandos’ experiences andemotions.

ThePegasusand OrneBridgesTheir Capture, Defence andRelief on D-DayNeil Barber

$24.95 • 336 pages • 6 x 9 • Approx100 pictures within the textAugust 2014 • paperback978-1-4738-2274-0

The glider-borne operation tocapture Pegasus Bridge has anestablished place in the annals ofwarfare. Conducted by Major JohnHoward and his company of Oxfordand Buckinghamshire LightInfantry it was a superbly daring,brilliantly executed ‘coup de main’assault.

TankWarfareon theEasternFront 1941–1942SchwerpunktRobert Forczyk

$39.95 • 304 pages • 6 x 9 • 30illustrations • Now Availablehardback • 978-1-78159-008-9

The German panzer armies thatswept into the Soviet Union in 1941were an undefeated force that hadhoned their skill in combined armswarfare to a fine edge.

Robert Forczyk’s incisive studyoffers fresh insight into how thetwo most powerful mechanizedarmies of the SecondWorldWardeveloped their tactics andweaponry during the critical earlyyears of the Russo-GermanWar.

EighthArmy inItaly1943–45The Long Hard SlogRichard Doherty

$19.95 • 272 pages • 6 x 9 • 16ppb/w photos • August 2014paperback • 978-1-4738-2278-8

This book studies the experience ofEighth Army in the Italiancampaign, examining how a forceaccustomed to the open spaces ofNorth Africa adjusted to thedifficult terrain of Italy wherefighting became much more amatter for the infantry than forthe armor.

Battles ofa GunnerOfficerTunisia, Sicily,Normandy,and the Long Road toGermanyPeter PettitJohn Phillip Jones

$50.00 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 30illustrations • August 2014hardback • 978-1-78337-606-3

Since Peter Pettit served as a fieldofficer in North Africa, Sicily,Normandy and during the Alliedadvance across France andBelgium into Germany, his accountshows the wide range ofchallenges that confronted theartillery in different conditions ateach stage of the war.



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The Boer War1899–1902Ladysmith,Magersfontein,Spion Kop,Kimberley andMafekingJohn GrehanMartin Mace

$39.95 • 256pages • 6 x 9IllustratedSeptember 2014hardback • 978-1-78159-328-8

Gallipoli andtheDardanelles1915–1916John GrehanMartin Mace

$39.95 • 192pages • 6 x 9IllustratedAugust 2014hardback 978-1-78159-344-8

Western Front1917–1918John GrehanMartin Mace

$39.95 • 272pages • 6 x 9IllustratedNovember 2014hardback • 978-1-78159-323-3

The BEF inFrance1939–1940Manning theFront throughto the DunkirkEvacuationJohn GrehanMartin Mace

$39.95 • 224pages • 6 x 9IllustratedAugust 2014hardback • 978-1-78346-211-7

Operations inthe MiddleEast1939–1942John GrehanMartin Mace

$39.95 • 224pages • 6 x 9 •Illustrated •October 2014 •hardback • 978-1-78346-217-9

North AfricanCampaign1940–1943John GrehanMartin Mace

$39.95 • 208pages • 6 x 9IllustratedDecember 2014hardback • 978-1-78346-194-3

Disaster in theFar East1941–1942John GrehanMartin Mace


The ItalianCampaign1942–1944John GrehanMartin Mace


LiberatingEurope: D-Dayto Victory inEurope1944–1945John GrehanMartin Mace

$39.95 • 240pages • 6 x 9IllustratedAugust 2014hardback • 978-1-78346-215-5

DefendingBritain’s Skies1940–1945John GrehanMartin Mace


Far East AirOperations1943–1945John GrehanMartin Mace

$39.95 • 240pages • 6 x 9IllustratedOctober 2014hardback • 978-1-78346-212-4

The Royal Navyand theWar atSea1914–1919Martin Mace


Capital Shipsat War 1939 –1945John GrehanMartin Mace

$39.95 • 208pages • 6 x 9Illustrated • July2014 • hardback978-1-78346-204-9

TheWar at Seain theMediterranean1940–1944John GrehanMartin Mace

$39.95 • 272pages • 6 x 9Illustrated • July2014 • hardback978-1-78346-222-3

Despatches from the Front Series – this series covers various dispatches gathered over major wars dating back to the late 19thcentury. This unique collection of original documents will prove to be an invaluable resource for all those interested in what

was one of the most significant periods in British military history.


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Boeing 747: AHistoryDeliveringthe DreamMartin Bowman

$44.95 • 256pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • Integratedcolor and black and white imagesAugust 2014 • hardback978-1-78303-039-2

The book focuses not only on theiconic 747, but also its manyvariants, including the YAL-1A,which Boeing developed for theUS Air Force, and the Evergreen747 Supertanker, a 747-200,modified as an aerial applicationfor firefighting. Across its types,the 747 carries around half theworld’s air freight.

The AirbusA380: AHistoryGraham Simons

$50.00 • 232pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • Integratedblack and white and color imagesOctober 2014 • hardback978-1-78303-041-5

The Airbus was initially designedand developed in order to providea contender to the Boeing’sgrowing monopoly of the skies inthe biggest large-aircraft marketin the world. Ambitious in design,the undertaking seemedmammoth. Yet scores of aviationengineers and pilots worked to getthe design off the ground and theAirbus in our skies.

OperationOyster: WWII’s ForgottenRaidThe DaringLow LevelAttack on the Philips RadioWorksKees Rijken / Paul SchepersArthur Thorning

$34.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 87illustrations and 8 maps •September 2014 • hardback978-1-4738-2109-5

Operation Oyster was carried outon the 6th December, 1942 by 2Group RAF. Considered to be anotable success for the allies, itcost the Germans an estimated sixmonths of lost production time ata critical point in the conflict.Operation Oyster struck at the veryheart of what Churchill termed‘the wizard war’ against Germanradio navigational technology byattacking a central hub of activity.

The BritishAerospaceHawk: APhotographicTributeMichael Leek

$39.95 • 240 pages • 8.5 x 10.75Integrated black and white and150 color images • September2014 • hardback978-1-78159-294-6

Through a collection of dramaticand informative photographs,supplemented by cutawayillustrations, this book, the first ina mini series of three, highlightsthe agility and flexibility of thisdedicated RAF and RN trainer.With the T1 and T1A versions soonto be retired from UK service thisbook looks set to represent afitting tribute to the type.

AirbusGerhard Lang

$18.95 • 128pages • 5.25 x 8.5114 color imagesNovember 2014 • paperback978-1-78383-171-5

Airbus is a leading manufactureron the world market for large civilaircraft, with a product rangeextended to include militaryvariants. Highly innovativeconcepts distinguish aircraft fromAirbus, and most recently thedevelopment of the impressivegiant A380 put these claims to thetest.

BoeingCommericalAircraftJo Beeck

$18.95 • 128pages • 5.25 x 8.5 • 7 b/wphotographs and 59 color imagesOctober 2014 • paperback978-1-78383-168-5

With their pioneering designs, theBoeing Company has paved theway for the commercial aviation inits present form. In this Fact Fileedition, all civil aircraft arefeatured with all the relevant dataand images.

MIGRudolf Hofling

$18.95 • 128pages • 5.25 x8.5 • 140illustrations • November 2014paperback • 978-1-78383-170-8

At the beginning of the SecondWorldWar, MiG was founded bytwo aircraft engineers, ArtyomMikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich. Fordecades, MiG aircraft have beenamong the most well-known andpowerful military aircraft in theworld and broke a number ofrecords. The world famous aircraftmanufacturer and its products arepresented in this Fact File edition.

MesserschmittManfred Griehl

$18.95 • 128pages • 5.25 x 8.5• 115 b/w photos,14 color photos and 3 drawingsOctober 2014 • paperback978-1-78383-169-2

Messerschmitt’s single mostimportant design was the Bf 109,designed in 1934 which remainsthe most-produced fighter inhistory. Another Messerschmittmodel, the Me 209, broke theabsolute world airspeed record.Messerschmitt AG also producedthe first jet-powered aircraft in theworld, the Me 262.


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Black Nightfor BomberCommandThe Tragedyof 16December1943Richard Knott

$19.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9November 2014 • paperback978-1-4738-2295-5

This book relates the tragiccircumstances of individual crewsas they struggled to find theirhome bases in low cloud and fog.It also includes stories from thelocal people who rememberhearing a low-flying aircraft andall too often the frightful explosionas it struck unexpected highground or even trees.

ConstantVigilanceRAF Regimentin the BurmaCampaignDr NigelW. M.Warwick

$32.95 • 320 pages • 6.75 x 9.540-60 Integrated b/w photos,4page color Photos, 14 b/w mapsSeptember 2014 • paperback978-1-4738-2284-9

The RAF Regiment was created inthe early years ofWorldWar II forthe active dedicated defense ofRAF airfields and installations. Thisbook concerns the Regimentsoperational history in South-eastAsia Command and draws on thediaries and recollections of themen who served in that theater.

The SecretBetrayal ofBritain’sWartimeAlliesTheAppeasement of Stalin andits Post-War ConsequencesJim Auton MBE

$39.95 • 216 pages • 6 x 9 • 30illustrations • August 2014hardback • 978-1-78383-158-6

As a British airman of the SecondWorldWar, Jim Auton droppedbombs on enemy targets all overcentral and Eastern Europe. In this,his second work ofautobiographical memoir, Autonprovides an enthralling firsthandaccount of intrigue, assassination,espionage and shameful betrayalon both sides of the Iron Curtain.

The MenWhoGave Us WingsBritain andthe Aeroplane1796-1914Peter Reese

$50.00 • 272 pages • 6 x 9120 illustrations including mapsJuly 2014 • hardback978-1-84884-848-1

Peter Reese, in this highlyreadable and highly illustratedaccount, delves into thefascinating early history ofaviation as he describes whathappened and why. He recalls thebrilliant theoretical work of SirGeorge Cayley, the inventions ofother pioneers of the nineteenthcentury and the daring exploits ofthe next generation of airmen.

Glider Pilotsat ArnhemMajor M L PetersLuuk Buist

$32.95 • 368pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp b/w PhotosAugust 2014 • paperback978-1-4738-2279-5

The fierce struggle between theBritish 1st Airborne Division andthe superior German forces in andaround Arnhem is welldocumented. This book tells of therole played in the battle forOosterbeek and the bridge atArnhem itself by the men of theGlider Pilot Regiment.

AnExpendableSquadronThe Story of217Squadron,Coastal Command, 1939-1945Roy Conyers Nesbit

$50.00 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 200illustrations • November 2014hardback • 978-1-4738-2328-0

Roy Nesbit’s highly illustratedhistory of Coastal Command’s 217Squadron – the squadron in whichhe served – gives a firsthandinsight into the hazardous low-level missions the squadron flewagainst enemy shipping and portsduring the SecondWorldWar.

Fight for theAirAviationAdventuresfrom theSecondWorldWarJohn Frayn Turner

$34.95 • 248 pages • 6 x 9 • b/wintegrated • September 2014hardback • 978-1-78346-303-9

These popular air warfare storiescover the entire span ofWorldWarII, beginning when the Royal AirForce faced fascist forces on itsown until the dropping of theAtomic bombs on the Japanese in1945.

Lost Wings ofWWIDownedAirmen on theWestern Front1914 –1918Martin Bowman

$44.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 2 x 16pages of black and white platesOctober 2014 • hardback978-1-78383-195-1

This new publication fromeminent military historian MartinBowman chronicles the stories ofairmen downed on theWesternFront between 1914 and 1918,representing a contribution on theauthor’s part to the 100thanniversary of the GreatWar.


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A Century ofAir WarfareWith Nine (IX)Squadron,RAFStill GoingStrongGordon Thorburn

$39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 150b/w integrated images • October2014 • hardback978-1-78303-634-9

In the earliest days ofWorldWarOne, when IX Squadron wasformed, we went to the fight inlittle 50mph machines that werebarely capable of taking pilot intothe sky, especially on a windy day.

We go from those beginnings in tothe world’s first Tornado squadronin the Gulf wars, over Kosovo andAfghanistan, and so to thepresent.

1 GroupBomberCommandAn OperatonalRecordChrisWard

$50.00 • 344 pages • 6 x 9 • Plates• October 2014 • hardback978-1-4738-2108-8

During the period immediatelybefore the SecondWorldWar, theRAF modified its commandstructure to rationalize for rapidexpansion. Bomber Command wasdivided into six operationalgroups, each flying the same typeof aircraft, includingWellingtons,Sterlings, and Lancasters.

The book contains individualsquadron statistics, theircommanding officers, stations andaircraft losses.

Lost Legendof theThrybergHawkJack Holroyd

$34.95 • 352 pages • 6 x 9 • Approx10 Maps and 8 pages of colorpictures • November 2014hardback • 978-1-78383-181-4

Marksmanship skills honed toperfection, driven by necessity anddesperation, Edmund Hawksworthhunted with his crossbow to keephis ailing mother alive, only tohave her die in his arms.

With the end of the Plantagenetdynasty and the ascent of theLancastrian Tudors the manystories of the Yorkist boy hero weresuppressed. However, for fifty yearsfanciful tales of ‘The Hawk’ lingeredon in the towns and villages of theWest Riding of Yorkshire until in1509 Edmund’s brother arrived inchains at Conisbrough Castle.

That QuietEarth: A FirstWorld WarTaleBruce Fellows

$32.95 • 272 pages • 6 x 9 • 30black and white images • August2014 • hardback978-1-78383-180-7

George Bridge has a secret, awrong he did a lifetime ago thathe must confess. Back in thesummer and autumn of 1918 helived life at a pitch he neverexperienced again; any momentcould have been his last. He was apilot in the RAF.

That Quiet Earth is rich in the kindof ‘boys own’descriptions ofcombat that characterize this kindof fiction.

TheMillionaires’SquadronTheRemarkableStory of 601Squadron and the FlyingSwordTom Moulson

$44.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 40black and white images in platesNovember 2014 • hardback978-1-78346-339-8

601 (Auxiliary) Squadron of theRAF is famed for a host of reasons.Notable for the social caliber of itsmembers, gleaned from theeccentric and elite membership ofthe exclusiveWhite’s Club, London,the unit came to be known as ‘TheMillionaires’ Squadron’, seeing realaction in the Battles of Britain andMalta, with many of its memberssecuring distinguished victories.

TheDisastrousFall andTriumphantRise of theFleet Air Armfrom 1912 to 1945Henry ‘Hank’Adlam

$39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9December 2014 • hardback978-1-4738-2113-2

In this riveting critique of the FleetAir Arm’s policy across two worldwars, former FAA Fighter PilotHenry Adlam charts the course ofits history from 1912 to 1945,logging the various milestones,mistakes and successes thatcharacterized the service history ofthe Fleet Air Arm.

The BomberCommandWar DiariesAnOperationalReferenceBookMartin MiddlebrookChris Everitt

$50.00 • 808 pages • 6 x 9Illustrated • July 2014 • paperback978-1-78346-360-2

Bomber Command’s campaignstarted on the very first day of theSecondWorldWar and endedwithin a few hours of the finalvictory in Europe five and a halfyears later. This has become thestandard basic work of referenceon this extraordinary campaign.

HowardPixton – TestPilot andPioneerAviatorThe Biographyof the first British SchneiderTrophy WinnerStella Pixton

$39.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 16ppb/w plates • October 2014hardback • 978-1-4738-2256-6

This book is a truly remarkableaccount that captures theatmosphere, thrills and danger ofthe pioneering days of aviation.Howard Pixton was flying for A VRoe at Brooklands in 1910 when SF Cody at Laffan’s Plain tried topersuade him to join him.

Throughout The GreatWar Pixtontest flew many of the rapidevolving designs.


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TheFlatpackBombersThe RoyalNavy and theZeppelin MenaceIan Gardiner

$19.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • 16ppb/w plates • August 2014paperback • 978-1-4738-2280-1

This book is the story of thoselargely forgotten very earlybombing raids. It explains themilitary and historical backgroundto the first British interest inmilitary and naval aviation, andwhy it was that the Navy pursuedlong distance bombing, while theArmy concentrated onreconnaissance.

HMSBellerophonC.A. Pengelly

$39.95 • 304 pages6 x 9 • 16pp b/wplates • July 2014 • hardback978-1-78346-240-7

The story of HMS Bellerophon is arecord of the many and variedduties which the Royal Navy hadto carry out in the period 1793 –1815. It was involved in the firstgreat fleet action of theWar andwas involved in the last momentsof the struggle with the surrenderof Napoleon.

Voices inFlight:TheRoyalNaval Air Servicesduring WWIMalcolm Smith

$50.00 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 25images • October 2014 • hardback• 978-1-78346-383-1

Following in the same style as hisprevious book of Fleet Air Armrecollections, Malcolm Smith hascollected a compendium ofreminiscences from pilots whoflew for the Royal Navy and theRoyal Marines during the FirstWorldWar.

Whole chapters are dedicated tosome of the most vocal membersto see service during the course ofthe RNAS’s GreatWar history.

TheBattle oftheAtlanticDonald Macintyre

$19.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 24pages of plates • September 2014paperback • 978-1-4738-2287-0

The Battle of the Atlantic - a namecoined by Churchill - was theunremitting assault that went onthroughout the war on Alliedmerchant ships that were thelifeline of Great Britain and, from1941, Russia by aircraft, surfaceships but, above all, by the U-boat.The author describes the battlefrom the viewpoint of theparticipants themselves.

UnknownWarrior:TheSearchfor Australia’sGreatest AceMike Rosel

$39.95 • 144 pages • 6 x 9 • 24images • July 2014 • hardback978-1-78346-394-7

Few people beyond aviationhistorians are familiar withCaptain Robert Alexander (Alec)Little’s forty-seven victories withthe Royal Naval Air Service andRoyal Air Force, nor the fact thathe earned a chestful of medalsbefore his death at the tragicallyyoung age of twenty-two in a solonight-chase after a bomber in May1918.

TheyGave MeA SeafireCommander R.‘Mike’ Crosley,DSC*, RN.

$39.95 • 272 pages • 6 x 9 • 50black and white photographsSeptember 2014 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2191-0

The book charts Crosley’s servicecareer in the Fleet Air Arm duringthe entire period of the SecondWorldWar. Part of his service sawhim in action aboard HMS Eagle,flying Sea Hurricanes on theHarpoon and Pedestal Maltaconvoys of June and August 1942.

SpecialForcesPilotA FlyingMemoir ofthe Falklands WarColonel Richard Hutchings DSC

$24.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 16ppb/w plates • Now Availablepaperback • 978-1-4738-2317-4

As a Commando helicopter pilot,the author served with 846 NavalAir Squadron in the FalklandsWarand was decorated for gallantry(DSC). The author re-lives his partin operations, in particular SpecialForces intelligence gathering anddirect action missions, includingthe Pebble Island raid.

RHNSAverofJohn Carr

$39.95 • 144pages • 6 x 916pp b/w photos, deck plans and afew maps • August 2014 hardback• 978-1-78303-021-7

Built at Livorno in 1910, the10,000-ton RHNS Averof had thedistinction of being the flagship,and by far the biggest warship, ofthe Royal Hellenic Navy until 1951.More than a century after itsconstruction, she is still afloat, oneof just three armored cruisers stillin existence in the world.


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Nelson’sMediterraneanCommandDenis Orde

$29.95 • 248 pages6 x 9 • b/w illustrationsDecember 2014paperback • 978-1-78346-290-2

In 1798 Napoleon Bonaparte, who was all butMaster of Europe, assembled a formidableexpeditionary force at Toulon.While itspurpose was unknown there was every reasonto believe that Great Britain was its destinationand the Nation was on invasion alert.

The overwhelming British priority was for afleet to be assembled and sent to theMediterranean to destroy this threat before theFrench force could set sail.

GunboatCommandThe Biography ofLieutenantCommanderRobert HichensDSO* DSC** RNVRAntony Hichens

$24.95 • 368 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp b/w PhotosDecember 2014 • paperback978-1-4738-2296-2

This biography draws heavily on the personaldiaries of the subject, Robert Hichens (or ‘Hitch’as he was universally known).

After a brief description of his early life, time atOxford, his motor racing achievements(including trophies at Le Mans in his AstonMartin) and RN training, the book focuses onhis exceptional wartime experiences. Hitchwas the most highly decorated RNVR officer ofthe war with two DSOs, three DSCs and threeMentions in Despatches.

Britain’sFuture NavyNick Childs

$29.95 • 208 pages6 x 9 • 8pp color platesJuly 2014 • paperback978-1-4738-2324-2

What kind of Royal Navy does Britain neednow? The 21st century promises to be one ofhuge uncertainties and challenges for thesenior service. Does Britain have the rightnaval strategy to cope with emerging threats(does it have a naval strategy at all, and shouldit?) and, if so, does the Navy have the rightships and enough of them to implement it?

Nick Childs looks at the changing strategicenvironment (including economic difficultiesand the growth of other navies such as Chinaand India).

Churchilland TheAdmiralsStephen Roskill

$24.95 • 352 pages6 x 9 • 12 b/wIllustrations + ChartsAugust 2014 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2112-5

Winston Churchill enjoyed two stints as FirstLord of the Admiralty, at the start of the FirstWorldWar and at the start of the Second. Heretained close interest in naval matters,especially as the defeat of the U-boat menacewas so vital in both wars to maintain the vitalsupplies so necessary for Britain’s war efforts.Indeed, Churchill later said that this was theonly thing that had threatened the ultimateAllied victory.

BewareRaiders!Captain BernardEdwards

$19.95 • 224 pages6 x 9 • IllustratedAugust 2014paperback • 978-1-4738-2283-2

This is the fascinating story of two Germansurface raiders and the havoc they causedamongst Allied shipping inWorldWar II. Onewas the 8-inch gun cruiser Admiral Hipper,fast, powerful and Navy-manned: the other aconverted merchant man, Hansa Line’sKandelfels armed with a few old 5.9s mannedlargely by reservists, and sailing under the nomde guerre of Pinguin.

The author emphasizes the striking contrastbetween the conduct of Ernst Kruder, captainof the Pinguin and the callous Captain Meiselof the Admiral Hipper.

Deep SeaHuntersRAF CoastalCommand and theWar Against the U-Boats and theGerman Navy1939 –1945Martin Bowman

$50.00 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 2 x 16 pages ofblack and white plates • November 2014hardback • 978-1-78383-196-8

This enthralling new release from MartinBowman details all of the operations at seacarried out by RAF Coastal Command againstthe U-boats and the German Navy during theSecondWorldWar. Beginning with thedisastrous Norwegian Campaign, it takes in thenumerous attacks on the bustling Germansubmarine base at Lorient, the attack on Brest,as well as many other pivotal and memorableevents.


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Painting Wargaming FiguresJavier Gomez Valero

$29.95 • 192 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 200+ images, full color throughout • December 2014 • paperback • 978-1-84884-822-1

Javier Gomez, a highly talented figure painter of long experience and excellent reputation, shares the secrets of his success inthis accessible ‘how-to’ guide to painting miniatures. He takes the reader step-by-step through the whole process, from choiceof materials (unlike other available guides it is not linked to any specific figure manufacturer) and preparation of theminiatures to basing and even advice on photographing the finished item. Techniques such as dry-brushing, ink-washing,shading and highlighting are all explained clearly with the help of step-by-step photographs and color charts. Specific case studies tackle a variety ofuseful subjects across all periods, such as mixing realistic flesh tones for different races; painting horses; guns and limbers; Medieval heraldry;Napoleonic uniforms;WW2 and modern camouflage patterns. Javier also clearly explains how these techniques and processes can be applied to all themajor wargaming scales, from 40mm down to 6mm.

One-hour WargamesPractical Tabletop Battles for thosewith limited time and spaceNeil Thomas

$19.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • 30 maps/set-updiagrams • November 2014 • paperback978-1-4738-2290-0

One of the biggest problems facing wargamers is finding the time toactually play. Most commercially available sets of rules require severalhours to set up and play to a conclusion; some can easily swallow up awhole day or weekend. For many gamers this means that their lavishlyprepared miniature armies rarely get used at all. Apart from time, theother consideration is space, which further constrains the opportunitiesfor a game. In One-hourWargames, veteran gamer and rule-writer NeilThomas has addressed both these problems. Now it is practical to play agame in around an hour on a normal dining table or living room floor.

Britains Toy SoldiersThe History and Handbook 1893-2013James Opie

$50.00 • 240 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • approx 250color images throughout • December 2014hardback • 978-1-84884-444-5

This is the first full-color history of the world-famous toy soldiers to chart the whole story of their development fromVictorian table toy to 21st Century collectable. Prior to 1893 the familytoy business of the Britain family was struggling as the toy industry wasdominated by German manufacturers and importers.

Illustrated with lavish color photographs, many of them featuring itemsfrom the author’s own collection, the book includes feature sectionssuch as collectors’ favorites and prices, high-value and famous sets,artistic highlights, quirks and mysteries.

Fix Bayonets!John Norris

$44.95 • 240 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • Approx 100 b/wphotos • October 2014 • hardback978-1-78159-336-3

The bayonet is an essential item of a soldier’s kiteven on today’s modern hi-tech battlefield. Thiswork examines the origins of this humble weapon and the ‘cult of thebayonet’ as espoused by the Russian General Alexander Suvorov whoasserted that “The bullet misses, the bayonet does not”. The firstbayonets appeared in France in the early 17th century and soon theywere being used by every army in Europe. The author examines thespread of this simple weapon and how it led to fundamental changesbeing made in battlefield tactics.

Tank Tracks to RangoonThe Story of British Armour in BurmaBryan Perrett

$24.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 12 black and whiteillustrations • July 2014 • paperback978-1-78383-115-9

Fighting in a somewhat forgotten corner ofEmpire during the SecondWorldWar, the British and Indian armoredregiments called upon to harness the power of tank warfare to extremenew levels did so in an effort to outwit an army until that pointconsidered invincible - the Imperial Japanese Army. Their collectiveefforts were heroic and massively effective, giving the Japanese a tasteof mechanized warfare from which they never recovered.

Bryan Perrett describes the full course of the armored units’ efforts,illustrating the importance of the mighty 7th Armored Brigade; a‘magnificent formation’ in General Slim’s estimation.


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The TrueStory of theWoodenHorseRobert J Laplander

$39.95 • 288 pages • 6x 9 • July 2014 • hardback978-1-78383-101-2

Whilst there have been many accounts fromspecific escapees who took part in the famedWooden Horse escape from Stalag Luft III,there have been few objective historicalstudies of the camp as a whole. Many attemptsat escape characterized its history, and thestory of its establishment is a fascinating one.

Goodwood -Over TheBattlefieldIan Daglish

$19.95 • 272 pages6.75 x 9 • 120 photosAugust 2014paperback • 978-1-4738-2281-8

For the first book in our new series Over TheBattlefield, we have chosen Ian Daglish todescribe the events of Operation GOODWOOD,July 1944, the dramatic attempted Britisharmored breakout from the Normandybridgehead. This was the greatest armoredbattle undertaken by the British during theSecondWorldWar.

What is so special about this book is thediscovery and use of superb aerial photostaken during the fighting by the RAF.

TynesideScottishGraham StewartJohn Sheen

$50.00 • 320 pages6.75 x 9 • IllustratedDecember 2014hardback • 978-1-4738-2301-3

Although called the Tyneside Scottish, very fewof the men who made up this Brigade were ofScottish descent. Many came from localvillages or were from the Northumberland pits.They saw action at the Battle of the Sommeand after it were allowed to put tartan behindtheir cap badges because of their bravery.

Belgium inthe SecondWorld WarJean-MichelVeranneman DeWatervliet

$34.95 • 240 pages6 x 9 • 16pp b/w plates • December 2014hardback • 978-1-78337-607-0

When the Nazis invaded neutral Belgium inMay 1940, defeat and occupation wereinevitable but Belgian armed forces held outagainst a vastly superior enemy for 18 days.The elected Government went into exile inLondon but King Leopold III controversiallyremained with his people as a prisoner.

As described in this authoritative book,Belgians continued the fight both outside andinside their country. There were eventually twocomplete Belgian RAF squadrons.

ManchesterPalsMichael Stedman

$29.95 • 240 pages6.75 x 9 • IllustratedDecember 2014paperback978-1-4738-2300-6

Unlike its near neighbor, working-class Salford,Manchester proved able to raise eight Palsbattalions. Initially, these battalions werecomposed of middle-class men whoexperience before the war years was within thecommercial, financial and manufacturinginterests which formed the foundations ofEdwardian Manchester’s life and prosperity.Manchester was undeniably proud of its palsbattalions; that the area was capable ofraising.

ExocetFalklandsThe Untold Story ofSpecial ForcesOperationsEwen Southby-Tailyour

$50.00 • 344 pages6 x 9 • 16pp b/w plates • July 2014 • hardback978-1-78346-387-9

This is a revelatory account of three un-tabulated special forces operations, Plum Duff,Mikado and Kettledrum, that failed to destroyArgentina’s Exocet missiles during the 1982Falkland’s campaign. In that context alone thisbook is of international military importance.

Using previously unknown material andthrough interviewing key players who haveremained silent for 30 years, Ewen Southby-Tailyour has finally established the truth: thatit has taken so long reflects the sensitivities,both military and personal, involved.


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The Gulf WarOperation DesertStorm 1990-1991Anthony Tucker-Jones

$24.95 • 128 pages7.5 x 9.5 • 180 colorand black-and-whiteillustrations • August2014 • paperback • 978-1-78159-391-2

Each stage in the Gulf War, the liberation byAmerican-led UN forces of Iraqi-occupiedKuwait in 1990-91, is vividly described in thisphotographic history. Over 180 photographsprovide a remarkable visual account ofOperation Desert Storm and they show thevast array of military equipment deployed byboth sides.

Sniper inHelmandJames Cartwright

$18.95 • 192 pages • 5x 7.75 • 8pp b/w platesSeptember 2014paperback978-1-4738-2273-3

Few soldiers are deemed good enough to beselected and trained as snipers and even fewerqualify. As a result, snipers are regarded as theelite of their units and their skills commandthe ungrudging respect of their fellows - andthe enemy.

EvacueesChildren’s Lives ontheWW2 HomeFrontGillian Mawson

$39.95 • 144 pages6 x 9 • 100-125 b/wPhotos • December2014 • hardback • 978-1-78383-153-1

On the outbreak of the SecondWorldWar,during the first week of September 1939 overthree million people were evacuated.Operation Pied Piper was the largest evertransportation of people across Britain, andmost of those moved to safety in thecountryside were schoolchildren.

HonourableWarriorsFighting theTaliban inAfghanistan - AFront-line Accountof the BritishArmy’s Battle forHelmandRichard Streatfeild

$39.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 20 illustrations -color plates • July 2014 • hardback978-1-78346-227-8

In 2009 Major Richard Streatfeild and his menfought for six months against the Taliban inSangin, northern Helmand. They were engagedin over 800 fire-fights. They were the target ofmore than 200 improvised explosive devices.Ten men in his company were killed, 50 werewounded. This is their story.

ChineseHordes andHumanWavesA PersonalPerspective of theKoreanWar 1950-1953Brigadier Brian Parritt CBE CNI

$24.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp b/w platesOctober 2014 • paperback • 978-1-78337-372-7

The North Koreans’ attack on their Southernneighbors shocked and surprised theWorld.The conflict rapidly escalated with China soonheavily involved on one side and the UnitedStates and United Nations on the other.The author describes firsthand what it was liketo be at the infamous Battle of the Hook,where UN troops held off massed attacks bythe Communists.

Spirit ofResistanceThe Life of SOEAgent HarryPeulevé, DSO MCNigel Perrin

$19.95 • 240 pages6 x 9 • 16pp b/w Plates • December 2014paperback • 978-1-4738-2302-0

One of the most determined and courageoussecret agents of the SecondWorldWar, HarryPeulevé joined the BEF in 1940 beforevolunteering for F Section of the SpecialOperations Executive. Sadly Peulevé never fullyrecovered from his wartime traumas butnothing can detract from his outstandingcourage and contribution.

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Great Walls and Linear BarriersPeter Spring

$50.00 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 30 maps, 16pp photosJune 2014 • hardback • 978-1-84884-377-6

In the Name of LykourgosThe Rise and fall of the Spartan RevolutionaryMovement (243-146BC)Miltiadis Michalopoulos

$39.95 • 272 pages • 6 x 9 • 8pp section of color mapsand photos • Nov 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78303-023-1

The Rise of the Seleukid Empire (323-223 BC)Seleukos I to Seleukos IIIJohn D Grainger

$34.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 5 or 6 b/w mapsSeptember 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78303-053-8

The Roman Empire and the Indian OceanRome’s Dealings with the Ancient Kingdomsof India, Africa and ArabiaRaoulMcLaughlin

$44.95 • 272 pages • 6 x 9 • 18 illustrations • Nov 2014hardback • 978-1-78346-381-7

The Secret History of the Roman Roads ofBritainM.C. Bishop

$39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • Approx 24 maps and plans;8pp plates • May 2014 • hardback • 978-1-84884-615-9

Warfare in Northern Europe Before theRomansEvidence from ArchaeolgyJulie RosemaryWileman

$39.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 30-40 Illustrations • June2014 • hardback • 978-1-78159-325-7

Decisive Battles of the English Civil WarMalcolmWanklyn

$29.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 20 illustrationsSeptember 2014 • paperback • 978-1-78346-975-8

British Campaigns in the South Atlantic1805–1807John D Grainger

$39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 3 maps • July 2014hardback • 978-1-78346-364-0

John Dunn Cetywayo and the three Generals1861–1879D. C. F. Moodie

$39.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • 8 pages of b/w platesAugust 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78346-324-4

Lord Chelmsford and the Zulu WarThe Hon. Gerald French D.S.O.

$50.00 • 360 pages • 6 x 9 • July 2014 • hardback978-1-78346-323-7

Letters from the Light BrigadeThe British Cavalry in the CrimeanWarAnthony Dawson

$50.00 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 20 illustrationsSeptember 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78303-027-9

The Retreat from Mons 1914: NorthCasteau to Le Cateau – TheWestern Front byCar, by Bike and on FootCooksey /Murland

$24.95 • 160 pages • 5.25 x 8.5 • 100 color and b/willustrations • August 2014 • paperback978-1-78303-038-5

Victoria Crosses on theWestern FrontAugust 1914 - April 1915Mons to Hill 60Paul Oldfield

$44.95 • 352 pages • 6 x 9 • Over 350 original b/wimages and maps • October 2014 • hardback978-1-78303-043-9

The Battle of Bellewaarde, June 1915Carole McEntee-Taylor

$39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • Approx 100 integrated images• November 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78340-052-2

Temporary HeroesLieutenant Norman Cecil DownRichard Van Emden

$29.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • October 2014 • hardback978-1-78159-196-3

Captain Bruce BairnsfatherIn Search of the Better ‘OleTonie Holt / Valmai Holt

$29.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • September 2014paperback • 978-1-4738-2723-3




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Marshal JoffreThe Triumphs, Failures and Controversies ofFrance’s Commander-in-Chief in the GreatWarAndré Bourachot

$39.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • September 2014hardback • 978-1-78346-165-3 •

Memoirs from the British ExpeditionaryForce 1914-1915Lord Edward Gleichen KCVO CB CMG DSO

$24.95 • 160 pages • 6 x 9 • Approx 8 b/w MapsNovember 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78346-249-0

A French Soldier’s War Diary 1914–1918Henri Desagneaux

$39.95 • 128 pages • 6 x 9 • 15 illustrationsDecember 2014 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2298-6

Armageddon RoadA VC’s Diary 1914 –1916Billy Congreve

$39.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 19 b/w Images and 27original sketches and maps by Congreve • October2014 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2119-4

Those Measureless FieldsA First World War StoryCaroline Scott

$32.95 • 376 pages • 6 x 9 • August 2014 • hardback978-1-78346-396-1

In Battle and Captivity 1916–1918A British Officer’s Memoirs of the Trenchesand a German Prison CampHenry Gilbert Nobbs

$24.95 • 160 pages • 6 x 9 • December 2014 • hardback978-1-78346-312-1

Amateur GunnersThe Adventures and Letters of a Soldier inFrance, Salonika and PalestineIan Ronayne

$39.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of black andwhite plates • December 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78383-201-9

I Survived Didn’t I?The Great War Reminiscences of Private‘Ginger’ BryneJoy Cave

$19.95 • 144 pages • 6 x 9 • 8 pages of b/w platesOctober 2014 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2124-8

Star Shell Reflections 1916The Great War Diaries of Jim MaultsaidBarbara McClune

$39.95 • 208 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • Highly illustratedcolor/b/w • December 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78346-369-5

With the British Army on the SommeMemoirs From the TrenchesSir William Beach Thomas

$24.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • December 2014 • hardback978-1-78346-310-7

Veteran VolunteerMemoir of the Trenches, Tanks and Captivity1914–1918 by Frank Vans AgnewMCJamie Vans

$39.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp b/w plates • August2014 • hardback • 978-1-78346-277-3

Britons Experience the Great WarLife at Home and Abroad 1914–1918Peter Liddle

$29.95 • 232 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 150 illustrationsSeptember 2014 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2116-3

Poetry and Myths of the Great WarHow Poets Altered our Perception of HistoryMartin Stephen

$29.95 • 272 pages • 6 x 9 • October 2014 • paperback978-1-78346-386-2

Irishmen in the Great WarReports from the Front 1914Tom Burnell

$39.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 30 b/w pictures spreadover 8pp of plates • November 2014 • hardback978-1-4738-2120-0

Kitchener’s ArmyThe Raising of the New Armies1914–1916Peter Simkins

$24.95 • 384 pages • 6 x 9 • 18 b/w Photos • October2014 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2128-6

The Suffragette BombersBritain’s Forgotten TerroristsSimonWebb

$39.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 8 pages of b/w platesOctober 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78340-064-5


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IsandlwanaZuluBattlefieldF R Lock / P RQuantrill

$24.95 • 60 minutes5.25 x 7.5 • July 2014DVD NTSC5060247621067

In 1879 the Colonial Government of Natalordered a British army, led by General LordChelmsford and equipped with the mostmodern weaponry, to invade the ZuluKingdom. Overconfident and contemptuous ofhis Zulu adversaries, Lord Chelmsford believedthat his biggest problem would be in bringingthe Zulus to battle. Shortly after crossing theBuffalo River the British column set up camp inthe shadow of a Sphinx shaped hill calledIsandlwana. The following day, LordChelmsford, with over half his force, went inpursuit of what he believed to be the vanguardof the Zulu army.

Le CateauBattefield History TVLtd

$24.95 • 85 minutes5.25 x 7.5September 2014DVD NTSC5060247621135

Having temporarily checked the Germans atMons the BEF had no alternative but towithdraw as they were outnumbered by theenemy and Lanrezac’s Fifth French Army wasfalling back. The Germans, however, were soonin hot pursuit, sensing the BEF were at theirmercy. In a series of rear guard actions the BEFmanaged to hold – just. Despite Field MarshalFrench’s instructions General Smith-Dorrienknew that he had to turn and fight on theopen chalk hills above the town of Le Cateau.Here II Corps stood as the German pressuremounted and a desperate battle resulted asmore and more German troops came intoaction; men fell, guns were lost and saved butagain the BEF were able to escape.

Special Forces:BletchleyPark andthe UltraSecretBattefield History TVLtd

$24.95 • 80 minutes • 5.25 x 7.5 • August 2014DVD NTSC • 5060247621142

During the SecondWorldWar, Bletchley Parkwas the site of the UK’s main decryptionestablishment, the Government Code andCypher School, where ciphers and codes ofseveral Axis countries were decrypted, mostimportantly the ciphers generated by theGerman Enigma and Lorenz machines. Thehigh-level intelligence produced at BletchleyPark, code named Ultra, provided crucialassistance to the Allied war effort.

Mons 1914Battlefield History TVLtd

$24.95 • 90 minutes5.5 x 7.5 • August2014 • DVD NTSC5060247621111

As Europe slid intowar in 1914 the UK Government mobilized theBritish Expeditionary Force and declared warjust before midnight on 4 August. A well oileddeployment to northern France followed,where in accordance with PlanWF (WithFrance), the BEF would fight on the left wingof General Lanrezac’s Fifth French Army. FieldMarshal Sir John French and his alliedcounterpart, however, got on badly from thestart and when the British advance reachedMons and tangled with German patrols on 22August around Mons, the BEF’s intent was tocontinue the advance into Belgium alongsidetheir ally but Lanrezac only informed the BEFof his withdrawal from Charleroi late in theday.

The Battlesof theMarne, theAisne andthe Race tothe SeaBattlefield History TVLtd

$24.95 • 80 minutes • 5.25 x 7.5 • October 2014• DVD NTSC • 5060247621128

While the Allied Generals were nearing panicas the Germans approached Paris, MarshalFoch quickly realized the German intent andthat the Schlieffen plan was unraveling. In amaster piece of military diplomacy hepersuaded Filed Marshal French to join theAttack on the exposed flank of the Germans asit wheeled to the east of Paris. The battle wasmonumental and indeed a miracle, with theBritish playing a key part alongside the Frenchin halting the German advance and drivingthem back behind the next river – The Aisne.

The Battle ofthe Bulge:KampfgruppePeiperBHTV / Tim Saunders

$16.99 • 80 minutes5.25 x 7.5 • May 2014• DVD NTSC • 5060247620350

Sepp Dietrich’s Sixth SS Panzer Armee wasallocated the main effort in Hitler’s last throwof the dice in theWest. Under cover of poorwinter weather that would ground the Alliedair forces they were to punch through weakAmerican positions in the Ardennes to theRiver Meuse and on to Antwerp cutting of anddestroying the northern Allied Armies. TheGerman generals protested that it was tooambitious but Hitler insisted, hoping that hiselite SS troops in the Leibstandarte PanzerDivision would deliver a war changing victory.




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The Finnish Front 1941-1944Hitler’s War Machine

$14.95 • 60 minutes • 5.25 x 7.5 • July 2014DVD NTSC • 5060247621074

The German Propaganda Kompanien (PK)captured the events of Hitler’s war on everyfront. Their footage was used to produce DieDeutscheWochenschau, a weekly cinemanewsreel detailing the events ofWorldWar IIon land, sea and air.

For the first time these unique primary sourcefilms have been collated, edited and translatedinto English in order to produce a completemilitary history of the third Reich drawnexclusively from German primary sources.

The Siege of LeningradHitler’s War Machine



This volume featuring translatedWochenschaunewsreels dating from 1941 records the onethousand day siege of Leningrad - one of thedecisive actions ofWorldWar II.

The Concentration Camps$14.95 • 60 minutes • 5.25 x 7.5 • July 2014DVD NTSC • 5060247621005

This harrowing film was produced in May 1945at the personal insistence of US GeneralDwight D. Eisenhower. He was so shocked bywhat he witnessed with his own eyes at themfirst concentration camps to be liberated thathe ordered that this film should be made as alasting testament to the barbarism which hadoccurred under the Nazi regime.

The Russian Front Late1943Hitler’s War Machine

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This volume featuring translatedWochenschaunewsreels records the events following thefailure at Kursk.

BlitzkriegLightningWarMichael Leighton


Despite the draconian provisions of theVersailles treaty, the German armed forcesoperating under the new Nazi regime wereable to secretly assemble a modernmechanized strike force incorporating tanks,artillery and aircraft. Determined to avoid arepeat of the static warfare of the trenches theWehrmacht honed its new tactics and theresult has become known to posterity as‘Blitzkrieg’ or LightningWar.

Hitler – A JourneyThrough His WorldThen and Now

$14.95 • 90 minutes • 5.25 x 7.5 • August 2014• DVD NTSC • 5060247621043

Join Emmy AwardTM winning film maker BobCarruthers on a journey into the world of AdolfHitler. The environmental factors which shapedHitler are explored and assessed in this uniquefilm which retraces the footsteps of Hitler fromhis first boyhood experiences through the yearsof struggle in Vienna, his GreatWar adventures,the bungled Beer Hall Putsch, his triumph overdemocracy and his final defeat in the ruins ofBerlin.


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The Devil’s to PayJohn Buford at Gettysburg. A History andWalking Tour.Eric J. Wittenberg

$32.95 • 264 pages • 6 x 9 • 17 maps and 100 images • October 2014 • hardback978-1-61121-208-2 • eISBN 978-1-61121-209-9

Although many books on Gettysburg have addressed the role played by Brig. Gen. John Buford and his FirstCavalry Division troops, there is not a single book-length study devoted entirely to the critical delaying actionswaged by Buford and his dismounted troopers and his horse artillerists on the morning of July 1, 1863. Award-winning Civil War historian Eric J. Wittenberg rectifies this glaring oversight with “The Devil’s to Pay”: JohnBuford at Gettysburg. A History andWalking Tour.

This comprehensive tactical study examines the role Buford and his horse soldiers played from June 29 throughJuly 2, 1863, including the important actions that saved the shattered remnants of the First and EleventhCorps. Wittenberg relies upon scores of rare primary sources, including many that have never before been used,to paint a detailed picture of the critical role the quiet and modest cavalryman known to his men as “HonestJohn”or “Old Steadfast”played at Gettysburg.

The Soldiers’ GeneralMajor General Gouverneur K. Warren and the Civil WarPaula C.Walker / Robert I. Girardi

$37.95 • 576 pages • 6 x 9 • 21 maps and 60 photographs and illustrations • December 2014 • hardback978-1-61121-206-8 • eISBN 978-1-61121-207-5

History is indeed written by the victors, and it has not been kind to the memory of Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K.Warren. The traditional image ofWarren as a self-important, sullen, and cautious commander who, despite hismany talents, was unreliable in a crisis was cemented into place by Gens. Phil Sheridan and Ulysses S. Grant—the two men who removed him from command. The Soldiers’ General: Major General Gouverneur K.Warrenand the Civil War, by Paula C.Walker and Robert I Girardi, offers readers a thorough examination of his recordand a chance to weigh the facts for themselves.

In May of 1864,Warren was regarded by his superiors as the best corps commander in the Army of thePotomac. One high-placed staff officer described the bold, courageous, and accomplished engineer as “theonly man of inborn originality in the army.”Commanding generals Joseph Hooker and George G. Meade relieduponWarren’s judgment and counsel during the Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Mine Run campaigns.

Pickett’s Charge at GettysburgA Guide to the Most Famous Attack in American HistoryJames A. Hessler /Wayne E. Motts

$37.95 • 320 pages • 7 x 10 • 35 maps and 50 images • September 2014 • hardback978-1-61121-200-6 • eISBN 978-1-61121-201-3

150 years after the event, the grand near-suicidal attack against the Union position on Cemetery Ridge stillemotionally resonates with Gettysburg enthusiasts like no other aspect of the battle. On the afternoon of July3, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee ordered more than 12,000 Southern infantry to undertake what wouldbecome the most legendary charge in American military history. This attack, popularly but inaccurately knownas “Pickett’s Charge,” is often considered the turning point of the Civil War’s seminal battle of Gettysburg.Although much has been written about the battle itself and Pickett’s Charge in particular, Pickett’s Charge atGettysburg is the first battlefield guide for this celebrated assault.

After the war, one staff officer perceptively observed that the charge “has been more criticized, and is still lessunderstood, than any other act of the Gettysburg drama.”Unfortunately, what was true then remains true tothis day.


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The Last CitadelPetersburg, June 1864 – April 1865Noah Andre Trudeau

$32.95 • 504 pages • 6 x 9 • 23 maps and 20images • August 2014 • hardback978-1-61121-212-9eISBN 978-1-61121-213-6

This revised Sesquicentennial edition of NoahAndre Trudeau’s The Last Citadel, whichincludes updated text, redrawn maps, and new material, is agroundbreaking study of the most extensive military operation of theCivil War—the investment of Petersburg, Virginia.

The Petersburg campaign began on June 9, 1864, and ended on April 3,1865, when Federal troops at last entered the city. It was the longestand most costly siege ever to take place on North American soil, yet ithas been overshadowed by other actions that occurred at the same timeperiod, most notably Sherman’s famous “March to the Sea,” andSheridan’s celebrated Shenandoah Valley campaign. The ten-monthPetersburg affair witnessed many more combat actions than the othertwo combined, and involved an average of 170,000 soldiers, not tomention thousands of civilians who were also caught up in themaelstrom. By its bloody end, the Petersburg campaign would add morethan 70,000 casualties to the war’s total.

The Siege of PetersburgThe Battles for the Weldon Railroad,August 1864John Horn

$32.95 • 336 pages • 6 x 9 • 26 images and20 maps • August 2014 • hardback • 978-1-61121-216-7 • eISBN 978-1-61121-217-4

The nine-month siege of Petersburg was thelongest continuous operation of theAmerican Civil War. A series of large-scale Union “offensives,”grandmaneuvers that triggered some of the fiercest battles of the war, brokethe monotony of static trench warfare. Grant’s Fourth Offensive, August14-25, the longest and bloodiest operation of the campaign, is thesubject of John Horn’s revised and updated Sesquicentennial edition ofThe Siege of Petersburg: The Battles for theWeldon Railroad, August1864.

Frustrated by his inability to break through the Southern front, GeneralGrant devised a two-punch combination strategy in an effort to severthe crucial Weldon Railroad and stretch General Lee’s lines. The plancalled forWinfield Hancock’s II Corps (with X Corps) to move againstDeep Bottom north of the James River to occupy Confederate attentionwhileWarren’s V Corps, supported by elements of IX Corps, marchedsouth and west below Petersburg toward Globe Tavern on theWeldonRailroad.

Richmond RedeemedThe Siege at Petersburg, The Battlesof Chaffin’s Bluff and Poplar SpringChurch, September 29 – October 2,1864Richard J. Sommers

$37.95 • 768 pages • 6 x 9 • 22 maps and 82images • September 2014 • hardback • 978-1-61121-210-5 •eISBN 978-1-61121-217-4

Richmond Redeemed pioneered study of Civil War Petersburg. Theoriginal (and long out of print) award-winning 1981 edition conveyedan epic narrative of crucial military operations in early autumn 1864that had gone unrecognized for more than 100 years. Readers willrejoice that Richard J. Sommers’s masterpiece, in a revisedSesquicentennial edition, is once again available.

This monumental study focuses on Grant’s Fifth Offensive (September 29– October 2, 1864), primarily the Battles of Chaffin’s Bluff (Fort Harrison)and Poplar Spring Church (Peebles’ Farm). The Union attack north of theJames River at Chaffin’s Bluff broke through Richmond’s defenses andgave Federals their greatest opportunity to capture the Confederatecapital. The corresponding fighting outside Petersburg at Poplar SpringChurch so threatened Southern supply lines that General Lee consideredabandoning his Petersburg rail center six months before actually doingso. Yet hard fighting and skillful generalship saved both cities.

“The Bloody Fifth”The 5th Texas Infantry, Hood’s TexasBrigade, Army of Northern VirginiaJohn F. Schmutz

$39.95 • 612 pages • 6 x 9 • 48 maps and 10illustrations • November 2014 • hardback978-1-61121-204-4 • eISBN 978-1-61121-205-1

The 5th Texas Infantry—“The BloodyFifth”—was one of only three Texas regiments to fight with Robert E.Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Much like the army in which it served,the 5th Texas established a stellar combat record. The regiment tookpart in 38 engagements, including nearly every significant battle in theEastern Theater, as well as the Chickamauga, Chattanooga, andKnoxville campaigns in theWestern Theater. John F. Schmutz’s “TheBloody Fifth”: The 5th Texas Infantry, Hood’s Texas Brigade, Army ofNorthern Virginia is the first full-length study to document this fabledregimental command.

“The Bloody Fifth”presents the regiment’s rich history from thesecession of the Lone Star State and the organization of tenindependent east and central Texas companies, through four years ofarduous marching and fighting. The 5th Texas’s battlefield exploits arelegendary, from its inaugural fighting on the Virginia peninsula in early1862 through Appomattox.


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The Chickamauga Campaign—Glory or the GraveThe Breakthrough, Union Collapse, and the Retreat to Chattanooga, September 20-23, 1863David A. Powell

$39.95 • 768 pages • 6 x 9 • 25 maps and 30 images • December 2014 • hardback • 978-1-61121-202-0eISBN 978-1-61121-203-7

David Powell’s The Chickamauga Campaign—Glory or the Grave: The Breakthrough, Union Collapse, and the Retreat toChattanooga, September 20-23, 1863 is the second volume in his magnificent projected three-volume study of thisoverlooked and largely misunderstood campaign.

According to soldier rumor, Chickamauga in Cherokee meant “River of Death.”The name lived up to that grim sobriquet inSeptember 1863 when the Union Army of the Cumberland and Confederate Army of Tennessee waged a sprawling bloodycombat along the banks ofWest Chickamauga Creek. This installment of Powell’s tour-de-force depicts the final day ofbattle, when the Confederate army attacked and broke through the Union lines, triggering a massive rout, an incredibledefensive stand atop Snodgrass Hill, and a confused retreat and pursuit into Chattanooga. Powell presents all of this withclarity and precision by weaving nearly 2,000 primary accounts with his own cogent analysis. The result is a rich and deepportrait of the fighting and command relationships on a scale never before attempted or accomplished.

No Turning BackA Guide to the 1864 Overland Campaign, from theWilderness to Cold Harbor, May 4 - June 13, 1864Robert M. Dunkerly / Donald C. Pfanz / David R. Ruth

$12.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 25 maps, 194 images • Now Available • paperback • 978-1-61121-193-1eISBN 978-1-61121-194-8

“[T]here will be no turning back,” said Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. It was May, 1864. The Civil War had dragged into its fourthspring. It was time to end things, Grant resolved, once and for all.

With the Union Army of the Potomac as his sledge, Grant crossed the Rapidan River, intending to draw the Army ofNorthern Virginia into one final battle. Short of that, he planned “to hammer continuously against the armed forces of theenemy and his resources, until by mere attrition, if in no other way, there should be nothing left to him . . . .”

Almost immediately, though, Robert E. Lee’s Confederates brought Grant to bay in the thick tangle of theWilderness.Rather than retreat, as other army commanders had done in the past, Grant outmaneuvered Lee, swinging left and south.There was, after all, no turning back.

“I intend to fight it out along this line if it takes all summer,”Grant vowed.

The First Battle for PetersburgThe Attack and Defense of the Cockade City, June 9, 1864William Glenn Robertson

$27.95 • 216 pages • 6 x 9 • 20 images and 5 maps • August 2014 • hardback • 978-1-61121-214-3eISBN 978-1-61121-215-0

The nearly ten-month struggle for Petersburg, Virginia, is well known to students of the Civil War. Surprisingly few readers,however, are aware that Petersburg’s citizens felt war’s hard hand nearly a week before the armies of Grant and Lee arrivedon their doorstep in the middle of June 1864. Distinguished historianWilliam Glenn Robertson rectifies this oversight withthe publication of The First Battle for Petersburg in a special revised Sesquicentennial edition.

During his ill-fated Bermuda Hundred Campaign, Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler in late May took note of the “Cockade City’s”position astride Richmond’s railroad lifeline and its minuscule garrison.When two attempts to seize the city and destroythe bridges over the Appomattox River failed, Butler mounted an expedition to Petersburg on June 9. Led by Maj. Gen.Quincy Gillmore and Brig. Gen. August Kautz, the Federal force of 3,300 infantry and 1,300 cavalry appeared large enoughto overwhelm Brig. Gen. HenryWise’s paltry 1,200 Confederate defenders, one-quarter of which were reserves thatincluded several companies of elderly men and teenagers. The attack on the critical logistical center, and how theConfederates managed to hold the city, is the subject of Robertson’s groundbreaking study.


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British Warships in theAge of Sail 1817–1863Design, Construction, Careers & FatesRif Winfield

$100.00 • 352 pages • 9.5 x 11.5 • 200illustrations • July 2014 • hardback978-1-84832-169-4

The publication of this book sees thecompletion of a monumental work listing thetechnical details and career histories of everysignificant British warship between 1603 and1863. Following three earlier volumes, this onecarries forward the story from the postNapoleonicWar reorganization of the RoyalNavy’s rating system to the end of sail as theprincipal mode of propulsion.

Although apparently well documented, this isa period of great complexity in theprocurement and naval architecture of ships.The introduction of steam radically altered thedesign of vessels under construction and waslater retrofitted to others, while many ‘names’lived a ghostly existence on the Navy List: shipsordered but not started, and in some caseshaving their intended drafts altered more thanonce before being canceled entirely.

This book meticulously sorts out and clarifiesthese confusions – a major contribution initself – but for the first time it also providesoutline service histories for an era that islargely neglected. Like its companion volumes,the book is organized by Rate, classificationand class, with significant technical andbuilding data, followed by a concise summaryof the careers of each ship in every class.

TheWarship Mary RoseThe Life & Times of King Henry VIII’sFlagshipDavid Childs

$32.95 • 240 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 175 b/w andcolor illustrations • July 2014 • paperback978-1-84832-211-0

This new paperback edition brings the historyof Henry VIII’s famous warship right up to datewith new chapters on the stunningpresentation of the hull and the 19,000salvaged artifacts in the new museum inPortsmouth.

Mary Rose has, along with HMS Victory,become an instantly recognizable symbol ofBritain’s maritime past, while the extraordinaryrichness of the massive collection of artifactsgleaned from the wreck has meant that theship has acquired the status of some sort of‘time capsule’, as if it were a Tudor burial site.But she is much more than an archaeologicalrelic; she was a warship, and a revolutionaryone, that served in the King’s navy for thirty-four years, almost the entire length of hisreign.

This book tells the story of her eventful career,placing it firmly within the colorful context ofTudor politics, court life and the developingadministration of a permanent navy. Andthough the author also brings the story rightdown to the present day, with chapters on therecovery, the fresh ideas and informationthrown up by the massive program ofarchaeological work since undertaken, and thenew display just recently opened atPortsmouth Historic Dockyard, it is at heart avivid retelling of her career and, at the end, herdramatic sinking.

Cold War CommandThe Dramatic Story of a NuclearSubmarinerRichardWoodman / Dan Conley

$44.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 b/w photosSeptember 2014 • hardback • 978-1-84832-769-6

The part played in the ColdWar by the RoyalNavy’s submarines still retains a great degreeof mystery and, in the traditions of the ‘SilentService,’ remains largely shrouded in secrecy.ColdWar Command brings us as close as ispossible to the realities of commandingnuclear hunter-killer submarines, routinelytasked to hunt out and covertly follow Sovietsubmarines in order to destroy them shouldthere be any outbreak of hostilities.

Dan Conley takes the reader through his earlycareer in diesel submarines, prior to histransition to the complex and very demandingthree-dimensional world of operating nuclearsubmarines; he describes the Royal Navy’sshortcomings in ship and weaponsprocurement and delivers many insights intothe procurement failures which led to theeffective bankrupting of the Defense budget inthe first decade of the 21st century. Incommand of the hunter killer submarinesCourageous and Valient in the 1980s, heachieved exceptional success against Sovietsubmarines at the height of the ColdWar. Hewas also involved in the initial deployment ofthe Trident nuclear weapon system, anddivulges hitherto un-revealed facets of nuclearweapons strategy and policy during this period.

This gripping read takes you onboard a nuclearsubmarine and into the depths of the ocean,and relays the excitement and apprehensionsexperienced by British submariners confrontedby a massive Soviet Navy.


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