Casemate Publishers Spring 2015 Catalog

Spring 2015

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Welcome!

We are pleased to bring to you our Spring 2015 list, introducing awealth of titles covering various subjects of military history. Alltitles featured in the catalog are published either by Casemate orour many distribution partners.

This year we have had the pleasure of welcoming two newpublishers to the Casemate team, Aviaeology and PelikaanPers.The former, a line of books produced by the Canadian-basedSkyGrid Studio, offers intricate historical accounts of differenttypes of Canadian and Russian aviation. PelikaanPers is based outof Oosterbeek, Holland, and creates beautiful graphic novels ondifferent historical subjects. Both are a welcome addition to ourcompany.

In this catalog you will find a new series, originally published indigital format, from Savas Beatie titled The Washingtons. Theseries takes us through a comprehensive history of generations ofWashingtons offering detailed accounts of the presidentiallineage. Also featured in this catalog are seven of the newest titlesfrom MMP’s Scale Plans series. Each title in the series offers anauthentic example of a famous plane. And do not forget to visitthe Fonthill Media section of this catalog for their manyforthcoming military memoirs on World War I and World War II.

From Casemate, the long-anticipated title War Bonds is due out inFebruary 2015, and will follow young couples through the distresscaused by distance, uncertainty and the horrors of world war. Thecases of both men on the frontline and women on the home frontintertwine in this engaging must-read.

With each issue of this seasonal catalog our own line as well asthe number of titles from our distribution partners grows. Wecontinue to welcome more and more great reads with the hopesof satisfying you, the customer.

As always, we appreciate your comments and questions, so pleasefeel free to contact us for more information regarding forthcomingtitles, our backlist, and eBook selection. You can email Casemateat [email protected] or visit our website atwww.casematepublishers.com. Thank you very much for yourcontinued support and interest.

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30 Degrees South 11

Amber Books 12

Amberley 14

Andrea Press / Aviaeology 21

Clear Vue Publishing / Countryside Books 22

Editions Charles Herriséy / Fighting High Publishing 23

Fonthill Media 24

Frontline Books 30

Grub Street Publishing 34

Heimdal 35

Helion & Company 37

Histoire & Collections 45

Kagero 46

Legenda / Lorimer 48

MMP Books 49

Lutterworth Press / Oxbow / Oxbow Archaeology 51

Pritzker Military / RN Publishing / Tattered Flag 52

Pen & Sword 54

Pen and Sword Digital 73

Savas Beatie 74

Order Form 79

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The Fires of BabylonEagle Troop and the Battle of 73 EastingMike Guardia

As a new generation of main battle tanks came on line during the 1980s, neither the US nor USSR hadthe chance to pit them in combat. But once the Cold War between the superpowers waned, Iraq’sSaddam Hussein provided that chance with his invasion of Kuwait. Finally the new US M1A1 tankwould see how it fared against the vaunted Soviet-built T-72.

On the morning of August 2, 1990, Iraqi armored divisions invaded the tiny emirate of Kuwait. TheIraqi Army, after its long war with Iran, had more combat experience than the U.S. Army. Who knew ifAmerica’s untested forces could be shipped across the world and thence contest the battle-hardenedIraqis on their homeground? The Kuwaitis had collapsed easily enough, but then the invasion drewfierce condemnation from the UN, which demanded Saddam’s withdrawal. Undeterred by the rhetoric,the Iraqi dictator massed his forces along the Saudi Arabian border and dared the world to stop him.In response, the U.S. led the world community in a coalition of 34 nations in what became known asOperation Desert Storm – a violent air and ground campaign to eject the Iraqis from Kuwait. Leadingthis charge into Iraq were the men of Eagle Troop in the US Army’s 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment.

Commanded by then-Captain HR McMaster, Eagle Troop was the lead element of the US VII Corps’advance into Iraq. On February 26, 1991, Eagle Troop encountered the Tawakalna Brigade of Iraq’s eliteRepublican Guard. By any calculation, the 12 American tanks didn’t stand a chance. Yet within a mere23 minutes, the M1A1 tanks of Eagle Troop destroyed more than 50 enemy vehicles and plowed a holethrough the Iraqi front. History would call it the Battle of 73 Easting.

$32.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photos •March 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61200-2927 • eISBN 978-1-61200-293-4

Patton’s Third Army at WarGeorge Forty

This is the story of General George S. Patton's magnificent Third Army as it advanced across Nazi-occupiedEurope and into Hitler's redoubt in the last year of World War II. As America’s answer to Blitzkrieg, ThirdArmy’s actions from the Normandy coast across France and Germany to Austria gave a new dimension tothe term "fluid warfare." They only needed one general order—to seek out the enemy, trap, and destroythem. This they did, relentlessly overcoming every obstacle thrown in their way.

Third Army’s story is one of the teamwork of armor, infantry, and aircraft working together with aperfection that even amazed the Germans, who had always considered themselves the masters of themobile offensive. Though Third Army is often remembered for its tank spearheads, these pages also givecredit to the brave infantry divisions which butted their heads against fortresses such as Metz withultimate success. It is also the story of a triumph of logistics as thousands of trucks carried forward thesupplies so vital to keep the army on the move and fighting.

When a German counteroffensive nearly burst through the U.S. lines in the Ardennes, it was Patton’s ThirdArmy that turned on its heel and immediately drove in the “Bulge,” ending Hitler’s last great hope forsuccess in the west. Afterward nothing could stop Third Army as it crossed the Rhine and overran theReich. Much of the army’s greatness, its driving force, its will to win, was owed to one man—GeneralGeorge Smith Patton, Jr. —and in consequence a significant section of this book has been devoted tohim alone.

Full of eyewitness accounts and a host of photographs and maps, it relates the full story of how America’smost dynamic fighting formation led the Allied effort against the Nazis’ seemingly invincible Europeanempire.

$32.95 • 224 pages • 7.25 x 9.5 • oversizedwith over 300 illustrations • April 2015 •hardback • 978-1-61200-2958


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Panzer OperationsGermany’s Panzer Group 3 During the Invasion of Russia, 1941Hermann Hoth

This book, originally published in German in 1956, has now been translated into English, unveiling awealth of both experiences and analysis of Operation Barbarossa, perhaps the most important militarycampaign of the 20th century.

Hermann Hoth led Germany’s 3rd Panzer Group in Army Group Center—in tandem with Guderian’s2nd Group—during the invasion of the Soviet Union, and together those two daring panzercommanders achieved a series of astounding victories, encircling entire Russian armies at Minsk,Smolensk, and Vyazma, all the way to the very gates of Moscow.

This work begins with Hoth discussing the use of nuclear weapons in future conflicts. This cool-headedpost-war reflection from one of Nazi Germany’s top panzer commanders is rare enough. But then Hothdives into his exact command decisions during Barbarossa to reveal new insights into how Germanycould, and in his view should, have succeeded in the campaign.

Hoth critically analyses the origin, development, and objective of the plan against Russia, and presentsthe situations confronted, the decisions taken, and the mistakes made by the army’s leadership, as thenew form of mobile warfare startled not only the Soviets on the receiving end but the Germanleadership itself, which failed to provide support for their panzer arm’s breakthroughs.

Hoth sheds light on the ever-escalating struggle between Hitler and his military advisers on thequestion whether, after the Dnieper and the Dvina had been reached, to adhere to the original idea ofcapturing Moscow. Hitler’s momentous decision to divert forces to Kiev and the south only came in lateAugust 1941. He then finally considers in detail whether the Germans, after obliterating the remainingRussian armies facing Army Group Center in Operation Typhoon, could still hope for the occupation ofthe Russian capital that fall.

$32.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photos •February 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61200-2699 • eISBN 978-1-61200-270-5

24 Hours at WaterlooRobert Kershaw

The epic and brutal battle of Waterloo was a pivotal moment in history—when the events of a single daydefined the course of Europe's future. In this vibrant and exhilarating hour-by-hour portrayal of the battle,a renowned historian joins his voice with the eyewitness accounts of those who fought it. For example:

“One of the lancers rode by, and stabbed me in the back with his lance. I then turned, and lay with myface upward, and a foot soldier stabbed me with his sword as he walked by. Immediately after,another, with his firelock and bayonet, gave me a terrible plunge, and while doing it with all his might,exclaimed, ‘Sacré nom de Dieu!’”

In March 1815, the Allies declared war on Napoleon in response to his escape from exile and hisrenewed threat to imperial European rule. Three months later, on 18 June 1815, having sufferedconsiderable losses at Quatre-Bras, Wellington's army fell back on Waterloo, some ten miles south ofBrussels. Halting on the ridge, they awaited Napoleon's army, blocking its entry to the capital. Thiswould become the Allies' final stand, the infamous battle of Waterloo.

In this intimate, hour-by-hour account, acclaimed military historian Robert Kershaw resurrects thehuman stories at the center of the fighting, creating an authoritative single-volume biography of thislandmark battle. Drawing on his profound insight and field knowledge of military strategy, Kershawtakes the reader to where the impact of the orders was felt, straight into the heart of the battle,shoulder to shoulder with the soldiers on the mud-splattered ground.

Masterfully weaving together painstakingly researched eyewitness accounts, diaries and letters—manynever before seen or published—this gripping portrayal of Waterloo offers unparalleled authenticity.

$35.00 • 448 pages • 6.25 x 9.5 • April2015 • hardback • 978-1-61200-2965 •eISBN 978-1-61200-3122


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War BondsLove Stories from the Greatest GenerationCindy Hval

America’s World War II is most often told through the stories of its great battles, when an entiregeneration of our young men was suddenly thrust across the oceans to represent the New World indeadly combat against the great powers of the Old. On sea, in the air, and on land our boys foughtagainst totalitarian powers that threatened to overturn the American ideal of liberty for everyindividual, even civilization itself.

But while often forgotten, America’s women were there too. On the home front they were more thanwilling to share in the hardships of wartime, and in countless cases they fairly lived and breathed withsupport for our troops overseas. Whether working in factories or taking care of families, rationing orvolunteering, their unflagging support contributed more to our victories than has ever been told.

Young people have been falling in love since time began, but romance during a global conflagrationbrought a unique set of challenges. The uncertainty of the time led to an abundance of couplesmarrying quickly, after brief courtships. Others grew closer through intermittent correspondence,where the soldier was invariably censored by officers, yet true longing from either side invariably camethrough. It was the worst time at all to try to have a relationship; yet amazingly, thousands of couplescreated lifelong bonds.

From blind dates to whirlwind romances to long separations, War Bonds highlights stories of coupleswho met or married during or shortly after WWII.

$24.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • photosthroughout • February 2015 • hardback •978-1-61200-2903 • eISBN 978-1-61200-291-0

Field MarshalThe Life and Death of Erwin RommelDaniel Allen Butler

Erwin Rommel was a complex man: a born leader, brilliant soldier, a devoted husband and proudfather; intelligent, instinctive, brave, compassionate, vain, egotistical, and arrogant. In France in 1940,then for two years in North Africa, then finally back in France once again, at Normandy in 1944, heproved himself a master of armored warfare, running rings around a succession of Allied generals whonever got his measure and could only resort to overwhelming numbers to bring about his defeat.

And yet for all his military genius, Rommel was also naive, a man who could admire Adolf Hitler at thesame time that he despised the Nazis, dazzled by a Führer whose successes blinded him to the truenature of the Third Reich. Above all, he was the quintessential German patriot, who ultimately wouldrefuse to abandon his moral compass, so that on one pivotal day in June 1944 he came to understandthat he had mistakenly served an evil man and evil cause. He would still fight for Germany even as heabandoned his oath of allegiance to the Führer, when he came to realize that Hitler had morphed intonothing more than an agent of death and destruction. In the end Erwin Rommel was forced to die byhis own hand, not because, as some would claim, he had dabbled in a tyrannicidal conspiracy, butbecause he had committed a far greater crime – he dared to tell Adolf Hitler the truth.

In Field Marshal historian Daniel Allen Butler not only describes the swirling, innovative campaigns inwhich Rommel won his military reputation, but assesses the temper of the man who finally foughtonly for his country, and no dark depths beyond.

$32.95 • 6 x 9 • 16pp photos • April 2015 •hardback • 978-1-61200-2972 • eISBN978-1-61200-298-9


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War’s NomadsA Mobile Radar Unit in Pursuit of Rommel during the Western Desert Campaign,1942–3Frederick Grice/Gillian Clarke (Ed)/Colin Clarke (Ed)

War’s Nomads is an evocative account of one man’s experience of life in a mobile radar unit after thebattle of El Alamein as Rommel’s AfrikaKorps was relentlessly pursued across the desert through Egypt,Libya and Tunisia by the Eighth Army. It is the only known detailed account in existence of the smallradar units who played a key part in the Western Desert Campaign.

A budding professional writer and grammar school master, Fred Grice had a keen eye for detail and earfor language, which he assiduously employed after he was called up in 1941, keeping two journals ofhis experiences. The first, ‘On Draft’ deals with waiting to embark after initial training, with the journeyto the battle zone, and the privations of a low-ranking AC. Daily life on board ship is vividly brought tolife with details of routine, the cramped conditions, the banter and pastimes used to pass the time bythe troops, and the by contrast luxurious existence of the officers. The second, ‘Erk in the Desert’ gives adetailed account of the activities of Unit 606, a radar crew that follows just behind the battlefront. 606provides radio-detection for the advanced landing grounds being used by RAF fighter-bombersquadrons, because these landing strips, in turn, are the target of the German Luftwaffe and the ItalianAir Force attacks.

War’s Nomads sheds light on a key but little known aspect of the Eighth Army’s Western DesertCampaign, the first in British military history in which the RAF and the army collaborated so closely.But much more than that it is a human story by a gifted writer that recreates a lost time andlandscapes.

$34.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 25 b/wphotos, 10 maps • March 2015 • hardback• 978-1-61200-2880 • eISBN 978-1-61200-289-7

$34.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • b/w photos •March 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61200-2866 • eISBN 978-1-61200-287-3

Gold RunThe Rescue of Norway’s Gold Bullion from the Nazis, 1940Robert Pearson

Gold Run is the true story of arguably one of the greatest gold snatches in history. It is a tale ofimmense bravery, endurance and great leadership of loyal Norwegians, plus a little good fortune andhelp from the British against intrigue and overwhelming odds.

The German invasion of Norway on the night of April 8th/9th 1940 almost took Norway completelyunawares; had it not been for the defiance of one small coastal battery, the Norwegian Royal Family,Government, and nearly 50 tons of Gold bullion would have had no chance to escape. In desperatehaste the Royal Family fled Oslo by rail, dodging bombs and strafing, eventually reaching the port ofMolde which was subsequently devastated by fire bombing. The gold with extraordinary ingenuitywas moved by road, rail and fishing boat, hotly pursued by the Germans. Its weight and the need fortotal secrecy created unique transportation problems. After several instances of near disaster, theNorwegians managed to get the gold to the coast where the Royal Navy came to the rescue. Such wasthe difficulty of extricating the bullion, it was not possible to load it in one cargo, and it was taken offin three Royal Navy Cruisers, HMS Enterprise, Galatea and Glasgow, from different locations. The shipswere attacked in port, then constantly harassed and bombed by the Luftwaffe as they made their wayback to the UK.

The loss of the bullion was a blow to the Germans. They had gained a country, but lost a King, agovernment and huge amount of bullion that would have financed their war machine. That loss isdirectly attributed to a visionary bank chief, a Colonel, a hastily assembled body of Norwegians and theships and men of the Royal Navy, ever resourceful, brave and loyal to their respective countries. This istheir story.


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Check Six!A Thunderbolt Pilot’s War Across the PacificJim Curran/Terrence Popravak, Jr

There were no mission limits for a pilot in the Pacific during World War II; unlike in Europe, you flewuntil it was time to go home. So it was for James “Jug” Curran, all the way from New Guinea to thePhilippines with the 348th Fighter Group, the first P-47 Thunderbolt outfit in the Pacific.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, Curran volunteered to try flying in the blue yonder, and trained as anArmy fighter pilot. He got his wish to fly the P-47 in the Pacific, going into combat in August 1943, inNew Guinea, and later helping start the “Black Rams” fighter squadron. The heavy U.S. Thunderboltswere at first curious to encounter the nimble, battle-hardened Japanese in aerial combat, but soon theAmerican pilots gained skill of their own and their planes proved superior. Bombers on both sidescould fall to fighters, but the fighters themselves were eyeball to eyeball, best man win.

Check Six! is an aviation chronicle that brings the reader into flight, then into the fight, throughout thePacific War and back. This work, from someone who was there, captures the combat experience of ouraviators in the Pacific, aided by pertinent excerpts from the official histories of units that “Jug” Curranflew with.

It is a tale of perseverance, as “Jug” Curran flew over 200 combat missions, and with the men of the348th Fighter Group proved the Thunderbolt’s great capability as they battled their way against astubborn and deadly foe. This work increases the body of knowledge on the critical role of aviation inthe Pacific War, as U.S. fighter pilots took the lead in our counteroffensive against the short-lived islandEmpire.

$32.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photos •April 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61200-2996 • eISBN 978-1-61200-300-9

The Fighting 30th DivisionThey Called Them Roosevelt’s SSMartin King/Michael Collins/David Hilborn

In World War I the 30th Infantry Division earned more Medals of Honor than any other Americandivision. In World War II it spent more consecutive days in combat than almost any other outfit.Recruited mainly from the Carolinas and George and Tennessee, they were one of the hardest-fightingunits the U.S. ever fielded in Europe. What was it about these men that made them so indomitable?They were tough and resilient for a start, but this division had something else. They possessed intrinsiczeal to engage the enemy that often left their adversaries in awe. Their U.S. Army nickname was the“Old Hickory” Division. But after encountering them on the battleifled, the Germans themselves cameto call them “Roosevelt’s SS.”

This book is a combat chronicle of this illustrious division that takes the reader right to the heart of thefighting through the eyes of those who were actually there. It goes from the hedgerows of Normandyto the 30th’s gallant stand against panzers at Mortain, to the brutal slugs around Aachen and theWestwall, and then to the Battle of the Bulge. Each chapter is meticulously researched and assembledwith accurate timelines and after-action reports. The last remaining veterans of the 30th Division andattached units who saw the action firsthand relate their remarkable experiences here for the first, andprobably the last time. This is precisely what military historians mean when they write about “fightingspirit.”

This work follows their story from Normandy to the final victory in Germany, packed with previouslyuntold accounts from the survivors. These are the men whose incredible stories epitomize what it wasto be a GI in one of the toughest divisions in WWII.

$32.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photos •May 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61200-3016• eISBN 978-1-61200-302-3


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Cushing’s CoupThe true story of how Lt. Col. James M. Cushing and his Filipino Guerrillas capturedJapan’s Plan Z and changed the course of the Pacific WarDirk Jan Barreveld

This work reveals one of the most important intelligence triumphs of World War II. It was no less thanthe capture of Japan’s “Plan Z”—the Empire’s fully detailed strategy for prosecuting the last stages ofthe Pacific War. It’s a story of happenstance, mayhem, and intrigue, and resulted directly in thespectacular U.S. victory in the Philippine Sea and MacArthur’s early return to Manila, doubtlessshortening WWII by months.

One night in April 1944, Admiral Koga (successor to Yamamoto), commander-in-chief of Japaneseforces in the Pacific, took off in a seaplane to establish new headquarters. For security reasons he hadhis chief-of-staff, Rear Admiral Fukudome, fly in a separate seaplane. But both aircraft ran into atremendous typhoon and were knocked out of the skies. Koda’s plane crashed with the loss of allhands. Fukudome’s crashlanded into the sea off Cebu, the Philippines, and both the admiral and theprecious Japanese war plans floated ashore.

Lt. Col. James M. Cushing was an American mining engineer who happened to be in Cebu when warbroke out in the Pacific. He soon took charge of the local guerrillas and became a legendary leader. Buthis most spectacular exploit came when he captured Admiral Fukudome and the “Plan Z” that was inhis tow. The result was a ferocious cat-and-mouse game between Cushing’s guerrillas and theJapanese occupation forces. While Cushing desperately sent out messages to MacArthur to say what hehad found, the Japanese scoured the entire countryside, killing hundreds of civilians in a full-scaleattempt to retrieve their loss.

Cushing finally traded the admiral in return for a cessation of civilian deaths—but he still secretlyretained the Japanese war plans. Naturally both Tokyo and Washington tried to cover up what washappening at the time—neither wanted the other to know what they’d lost, or what they’d found.However, in this book we finally learn of the huge intelligence coup by Lt. Col. Cushing that helped toshorten the entire war.

Tanks in HellA Marine Corps Tank Company on TarawaOscar E. Gilbert/Romain Cansiere

In May 1943 a self-described “really young, green, ignorant lieutenant” assumed command of a newMarine Corps company. His even younger enlisted Marines were learning to use an untested weapon,the M4A2 “Sherman” medium tank. His sole combat veteran was the company bugler, who hadsalvaged his dress cap and battered horn from a sinking aircraft carrier. Just six months later thecompany would be thrown into one of the ghastliest battles of World War II.

On 20 November 1943 the Second Marine Division launched the first amphibious assault of the PacificWar, directly into the teeth of powerful Japanese defenses on Tarawa. In that blood-soaked invasion, asingle company of Sherman tanks, of which only two survived, played a pivotal role in turning the tidefrom looming disaster to legendary victory. In this unique study Oscar Gilbert and Romain Cansiere useofficial documents, memoirs, interviews with veterans, as well as personal and aerial photographs tofollow Charlie Company from its formation, and trace the movement, action—and loss—of individualtanks in this horrific four-day struggle.

The authors have used official documents and interviews with veterans to follow the company fromtraining through the brutal 76-hour struggle for Tarawa. Survivor accounts and air photo analysisdocument the movements –and destruction – of the company’s individual tanks. It is a story ofescapes from drowning tanks, and even more harrowing escapes from tanks knocked out behindJapanese lines.

$34.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • photosthroughout • March 2015 • hardback •978-1-61200-3030 • eISBN 978-1-61200-304-7

$32.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photos •May 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61200-3078 • eISBN 978-1-61200-308-5


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Victory Was Beyond Their GraspWith the 272nd Volks-Grenadier Division from the Huertgen Forest to the Heart ofthe ReichDouglas E. Nash

As the Allies were approaching the German frontier at the beginning of September 1944, the GermanArmed Forces responded with a variety of initiatives designed to regain the strategic initiative. Whilethe "Wonder Weapons" such as the V-1 flying bomb, the V-2 missile and the Messerschmitt Me-262 jetfighter are widely recognized as being the most prominent of these initiatives upon which Germanypinned so much hope, the Volks-Grenadier Divisions (VGDs) are practically unknown. Often confusedwith the Volkssturm, the Home Guard militia, VGDs have suffered the undeserved reputation assecond-rate formations, filled with young boys and old men suited to serve only as cannon fodder. Thisgroundbreaking book, now reappearing as a new edition, shows that VGDs were actually conceived asa new, elite corps loyal to the National Socialist Party composed of men from all branches of Hitler'sWehrmacht and equipped with the finest ground combat weapons available.

Whether fighting from defensive positions or spearheading offensives such as the Battle of the Bulge,VGDs initially gave a good account of themselves in battle. Using previously unpublished unit records,Allied intelligence and interrogation reports and above all interviews with survivors, the author hascrafted an in-depth look at a late-war German infantry company, including many photographs fromthe veterans themselves. In this book we follow along with the men of the 272nd VGD's FusilierCompany from their first battles in the Huertgen Forest to their final defeat in the Harz Mountains.Along the way we learn the enormous potential of VGDs . . . and feel their soldiers' heartbreak at theirfailure.

$34.95 • 416 pages • 6 x 9 • photosthroughout • March 2015 • hardback •978-1-61200-3054 • eISBN 978-1-61200-306-1

$32.95 • 192 pages • 8.25 x 11.5•oversized with over 300 illustrations,color throughout • April 2015 • hardback •978-1-61200-2941

Race to the RhineLiberating France and the Low Countries 1944-45Leo Marriott/Simon Forty

The speed of the German Blitzkrieg in 1940 and the relative ease with which they brushed aside Allieddefenses meant four years of occupation. But in June 1944—this time with American forces—theAllies finally returned for a rematch. The destruction of German forces in Normandy’s Falaise pocket,on August 14,was as quick as the Blitzkrieg had been: by September British troops were in Ghent andLiege; Canadian forces liberated Ostend, and in northeast France Patton's Third Army was movingrapidly to the German border, taking Rheims on August 29 and Verdun on the 30th. Paris was liberatedon August 25th.

The liberation of the Low Countries would not prove as straightforward, however. Operation MarketGarden—Montgomery's brave thrust toward the Rhine at Arnhem—started on September 17 andhoped to end German resistance at a stroke. But it ended in failure on the 25th with over 6,000paratroopers captured.

V-1 flying bombs had meantime been launched from northern France and the Low Countries fromAugust 1944. During September the more frightening German V-2s began raining in. In late October,belated operations began to clear the Scheldt Estuary and open the port of Antwerp to the Allies, andtook nearly a month. Belgium was almost free of the Nazi yoke and the Netherlands looked likely to becleared before Christmas.

Then, on December 16, came Hitler's last roll of the dice: a major German counter-offensive in theArdennes aiming to split the Allied armies and retake Antwerp. It turned out to be their last try: theAmerican defenders held, and finally with better weather, Patton's army and Allied air superiority told.With the Germans having shot their last bolt, in the spring the Rhine was gained.


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You Can’t Get Much Closer Than ThisCombat with the 80th “Blue Ridge” Division in World War II EuropeAndrew Z. Adkins, Jr./Andrew Z. Adkins, III

After graduating from The Citadel in May 1943, Andrew Adkins, Jr. immediately attended the U.S. ArmyOfficer Candidate School, where he was commissioned and sent on to the 80th Infantry Division, thenundergoing its final training cycle in the California-Arizona desert. Upon reaching the division, 2dLieutenant Adkins was assigned as an 81mm mortar section leader in Company H, 2d Battalion, 317thInfantry Regiment. When the 80th Infantry Division completed its training in December 1943, it wasshipped in stages to the United Kingdom and then on to Normandy, where it landed on August 3,1944. There, Lieutenant Adkins and his fellow soldiers took part in light hedgerow fighting that servedto shake the division down and familiarize the troops and their officers with combat.

The first real test came on August 20, 1944, when the 2d Battalion, 317th Infantry, attacked highground near Argentan during the Allied drive to seal huge German forces in the Falaise Pocket. Whilescouting for mortar positions in the woods, Andy Adkins ran into a group of Germans and shot one ofthem dead with his carbine. This baptism in blood taught him the answer to a question every novicecombatant wants to hear: He was cool under fire, capable of killing when facing the enemy. He laterwrote, "It was a sickening sight, but having been caught up in the heat of battle, I didn't have areaction other than feeling I had saved my own life." Thereafter, the 2d Battalion, 317th Infantry, tookpart in a succession of bloody battles across France. Ineptly led through the tenures of several battalioncommanders, the unit suffered grievous losses even as it took hills and towns away from brave andwell-led German veterans. In the course of fighting graphically portrayed in this soldier's memoir,Andy Adkins acted with remarkable skill and courage, placing himself at the forefront of the actionwhenever he could. His extremely aggressive delivery of critical supplies to a cut-off unit in anembattled French town earned him a Bronze Star Medal, the first such award in his battalion. You Can'tGet Much Closer Than This is at heart a young soldier's story of war. In vibrant, piercing terms, a juniorofficer's coming of age in battle is the compelling focus of page after page of action sequences.

Shanghai 1937 Stalingrad on the YangtzePeter Harmsen

“In the voluminous literature on World War II, few books treat the Sino-Japanese War, and few of thoseare accessible to non-specialists. Thankfully, seasoned East Asian correspondent Peter Harmsen haswritten an engrossing study that goes far to fill the gap in the historiography of a neglected theater ofoperations and the first large-scale urban battle of the war.” —Michigan War Studies Review

This deeply researched book describes one of the great forgotten battles of the 20th century. At itsheight it involved nearly a million Chinese and Japanese soldiers while sucking in three millioncivilians as unwilling spectators and victims. It turned what had been a Japanese adventure in Chinainto a general war between the two oldest and proudest civilizations of the Far East. Ultimately, it ledto Pearl Harbor and to seven decades of tumultuous history in Asia. The Battle of Shanghai was apivotal event that helped define and shape the modern world.

Actors from a variety of nations were present in Shanghai during the three fateful autumn monthswhen the battle raged. The rich cast included China's ascetic Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and hisJapanese adversary, General Matsui Iwane, who wanted Asia to rise from disunity, but ultimatelypushed it toward its deadliest conflict ever. Claire Chennault, later of “Flying Tiger” fame, was amongthe figures emerging in the course of the campaign, as was First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. In an ironictwist, Alexander von Falkenhausen, a stern German veteran of the Great War, abandoned his role as amere advisor to the Chinese army and led it into battle against the Japanese invaders.

$18.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photos •March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-61200-3108 • eISBN 978-1-61200-3115

$18.95 • 312 pages • 6 x 9 • 48ppphotographs • April 2015 • paperback •978-1-61200-3092 • eISBN 978-1-61200-168-5


30 Degrees South

The Chronicle of Jeremiah Goldswain1820 SettlerRalph Goldswain

This is the story of the 1820 Settler, Jeremiah Goldswain, in his own words. After thirty-eight years on the easternboundary of the Cape Colony, he sat down to write his memoirs. It is a close-up view of four decades during a periodwhen the British Empire was expanding in southern Africa, with the borders being pushed ever farther into thehinterland by successive governors. As a result, there was constant conflict between the African tribes and the colonists.Jeremiah was directly involved in three of the nine Frontier Wars that occurred between 1779 and 1879.

It is the story of hardship and the struggle for survival of Jeremiah and his family – his wife Eliza and their ten children –on one of the most volatile borders the world has ever seen. Even in peacetime the conflict and violent clash of cultureswere constantly present and many settlers were murdered, including members of Jeremiah’s family. Through all this we see a man making his way in aworld he could not have imagined while growing up in rural Buckinghamshire. He lived during an important historical time for South Africa, not onlyobserving and fighting the wars, but meeting and serving with some of the most famous names in South African history. He saw, in detail, the effects ofthe Cattle Killing of 1856, the Boer uprising in the Orange River Sovereignty, as well as several other famous and notorious historical events.

The text has been published once only – by the van Riebeeck Society in 1949 – and since then has been used by scholars and historians as a primarysource. It has not been widely read, because Jeremiah had no education, and although he had an extraordinary ability to describe experience andexpress his emotions, he was a stranger to the conventions of written language.

$34.95 • 328 pages • 6 x 9 • 25 b/w photos and 2 maps • 2014 • paperback • 978-1-928211-24-2 • eISBN 978-1-928211-33-4

Surviving the RideA Pictorial History of South African-Manufactured Armoured VehiclesSteve Camp/Helmoed-Römer Heitman

Mine-protected and mine-resistant, ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles are today standard inthe US, most major western armed forces andmany other armies as a result of the wars in Iraqand Afghanistan. The South African Army wasalready routinely using mine-protected armoredpersonnel carriers and patrol vehicles forty years ago even if they looked primitiveand ungainly. A few years later, the South African Army had reached the stagewhere it could deploy entire combat groups into battle zones equipped with onlymine-protected vehicles, including their ambulances and supply trucks. By thenthe mine-protected vehicles had also become effective for use in combat, ratherthan just protected transport, the Casspir being the chief example.

More to the point, they saved countless soldiers and policemen from death orserious injury, and the basic concepts now live on in the various MRAP types inservice today. The valuable lessons learned by the South Africans with their earlydesigns of these combat-proven vehicles has led the country to become one of theglobal leaders in the design of MRAPs which are locally manufactured andexported around the world. Surviving the Ride is a fascinating pictorial accountfeaturing more than 120 of these unique South African-developed vehicles,spanning a forty-year period, with over 280 photographs, many of which arepreviously unpublished.

$69.95 • 242 pages • 8.75 x 11.75 • 280 color illustrations • 2014 • paperback •978-1-928211-17-4 • eISBN 978-1-928211-53-2

MamparaRhodesia RegimentMoments of Mayhem by aMoronic, Maybe Militant,MadmanToc Walsh

Toc Walsh was conscripted intointake 138 Depot RhodesiaRegiment on 18 April 1974 andendured a year of what hedeemed to be ‘militarymayhem’. In July 1976, he was drafted again with the 10thBattalion Rhodesia Regiment to continue his wild ride into themaniacal world of combat. The country was in a state ofnational emergency and all available men were called up oncontinuous service. Mampara is a no-holds-barred look at oneman’s lived experience of war.

The title of the book stems from the Shona word mamparathat is said to originate from the slurred bark of the maleChacma baboon. The baboon indulges in alcohol-ladenfermented fruit in an attempt to attain courage for difficultendeavors such as courting a female. In many ways, us ashumans indulge in the same practice especially in times ofintense stress or hardships. Young men experiencing theintense stresses of combat become, like the baboon, hungryfor a way to cope.

$29.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 40 b/w photos and 6 maps • 2014• paperback • 978-1-928211-30-3 • eISBN 978-1-928211-36-5


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Germany’s Secret MasterplanHow the Nazis Planned to Shape the World after Victory in WWIIChris McNab

How would Europe have looked if Nazi Germany had been victorious in World War II? Between 1933 and 1945,Hitler developed a vision for an infrastructure, architecture, race, labor force and Lebensraum – the acquiring of‘living space’ – among many other plans. Some of these were implemented during his leadership as the GermanWehrmacht expanded the Nazi sphere of influence, but what were the unrealized plans for a Europe dominated bythe Third Reich? A racially based order would have been established across European Russia, with former Germansoldiers running farms worked on by slave labor. Germany and Japan were to carve up the Soviet Union and Asiabetween them. Berlin was to be rebuilt as Germania, a world capital city designed on grandiose, neoclassical lines.Arranged in chapters covering topics such as leadership, war, physical infrastructure, empire building, race, cultureand weaponry, Germany’s Secret Masterplan in World War II reveals the true scale of Hitler’s vision for a GreaterGermany and a world dominated by the Nazi ideology. Packed with easy-to-understand maps, diagrams, graphsand illustrations, Germany’s Secret Masterplan in World War II is an essential reference guide for anyone interestedin modern European history.

$34.95 • 224 pages • 7.25 x 9.5 • 200 color artworks and photos • May 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78274-244-9

The Wars of the RosesThe struggle that inspired George R R Martin’s A Game of ThronesMartin J. Dougherty

“Westeros is probably closer to medieval Britain than anything else.” – George R.R. Martin, creator of Game ofThrones. Kings who were insane, infant or imprisoned; feuding families, disputed successions and monarchsexecuting their brothers; exiled nobles, war with France and enemies forced to unite against a common foe – thehistory of the Wars of the Roses is so filled with drama that it feels like fiction. In fact, it has inspired fiction. AsGame of Thrones author George R.R. Martin said: “I’ve drawn on many parts of history, but the Wars of the Roses isprobably the one A Song Of Fire And Ice is closest to.” Telling the story of the fifteenth century wars betweenLancastrians and Yorkists, The Wars of the Roses follows the course of the conflict from the succession of infant KingHenry VI right through to the defeat of rebellions under Henry VII. Its protagonists were twisted by their conflictingloyalties of blood, marriage and, above all, ambition. From mad Henry VI captured in battle to the mystery of the‘Princes in the Tower’ and the truth behind Richard III’s deformity, the book is a lively account of a tumultuous 50years. Illustrated with more than 200 color and black-and-white photographs, artworks and maps, The Wars of theRoses reveals the scheming and betrayal, the skullduggery and murder behind the struggle to gain power – andthen hold on to it.

$34.95 • 224 pages • 7.25 x 9.5 • 200 color artworks and photos • May 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78274-239-5

The World’s Greatest Civil Aircraft An Illustrated HistoryPaul E. Eden

Commercial air travel began just over a century ago. In that time, there have been groundbreaking civilian aircraft,such as flying boats, the first pressurized cabin aircraft, jet and supersonic aircraft, as well as immense changes inthe capacity of aircraft – in the 1920s aircraft could carry 20 passengers, today it can be up to 800 passengers. TheWorld’s Greatest Civil Aircraft features 52 of the greatest civilian aircraft, from the 1920s Dornier Do J flying boat toConcorde and the Boeing 747, from narrow-bodied to wide-bodied, propeller to jet, from small Jetstreams toIlyushin Il-62, once the world’s largest earlier, to today’s double-decker Airbus 380. Each entry includes a briefdescription of the aircraft’s development and history, a color profile artwork, key features and specifications. Packedwith more than 200 artworks and photographs, The World’s Greatest Civil Aircraft is a colorful guide for the aviationand transport enthusiast.

$34.95 • 224 pages • 9 x 11.75 • 200 color artworks and photos • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78274-245-6


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SS: Hitler’sForeignDivisionsForeignVolunteers inthe Waffen SS1941–45Chris Bishop

The divisions of the Waffen-SS were the elite ofHitler’s armies in World War II, but the mostfanatical of them were not even German. Thisis an in-depth examination of theapproximately 350,000 foreign volunteers fromGerman-occupied countries. Despite their non-Germanic background, the Norwegians, Dutch,Danes, Belgians, Swedes, Swiss, Ukrainians andother nationalities, often motivated by anextreme anti-Communist zeal, fought hard onthe Eastern Front for the Nazi cause, evenwhen their position was hopeless.

$29.95 • 192 pages • 7.25 x 9.5 • 120 b/wphotos • February 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78274-246-3

SS–HitlerjugendThe History ofthe Twelfth SSDivision1943–45Rupert Butler

The divisions of the Waffen-SS were the elite ofHitler’s armies in WWII. This is an in-depthexamination of the unit formed in 1943 fromveterans of the Leibstandarte Adolf HitlerDivision and members of the Hitlerjugend(Hitler Youth) organization. The majority of therecruits were 17-years-old fanatically devotedvolunteers. The book explores the backgroundof the unit’s formation, the type of young menit recruited, the key figures involved in thedivision, and its organization.


SS–WikingThe History ofthe Fifth SSDivision1941–45Rupert Butler

The divisions of theWaffen-SS were theelite of Hitler’s armies in WWII. SS-Wiking is anin-depth examination of one of the mostnotorious, the Wiking division, which waslargely recruited from foreign volunteers fromGerman-occupied countries in Europe after1940. It also looks at the specialist training ofthe Waffen-SS, and the uniforms and insigniathat the members of the division wore.


SS–LeibstandarteThe History ofthe First SSDivision1933–45Rupert Butler

This book covers the history of the first Waffen-SS unit to be formed, the SS-LeibstandarteAdolf Hitler. It explores the background of theunit’s formation, including its origins as theFührer’s bodyguard, the men it recruited, thekey figures involved in the division, itsorganization, training, uniforms and insignia.SS-Leibstandarte also provides a full combatrecord of the division, which fought on bothfronts during World War II.


SS– DasReichThe History ofthe Second SSDivision1933–45Gregory L. Mattson

This book covers the history of the secondWaffen-SS unit to be formed, the SS-Das Reich.The book outlines the unit’s involvement in theinvasion of Poland, the fall of France, theinvasion of Russia, the battles of Kharkov andKursk, the defense of Normandy, the Ardennesoffensive, the fruitless attempt to reliveBudapest and its final days defending Vienna.The division’s darker side is also revealed withan examination of its role in the massacre of anentire village at Oradour-sur-Glance.


SS–TotenkopfThe History ofthe Third SSDivision1933–45Chris Mann

This is an in-depth examination of one of themost infamous of the Waffen-SS’s divisions –the ‘Death’s Head’ division. The book exploresthe background of the unit’s formation, themen it recruited and the level of brutalizationto which they became accustomed; the keyfigures involved in its history, such as TheodorEicke, its founding commanding officer; andthe division’s organization.


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German InfantryWeapons of the SecondWorld WarThe War Machines Volume 2John Christopher

This fascinating in-depth dossier is basedon classified wartime reports issued by theUS Military Intelligence Services, andexamines the main weapon types – pistols,rifles, grenades, machine guns and mortarsas well as antitank guns and infantryhowitzers.

The equipment of the German Army in1939 reflected the High Command’s policyof having the smallest variety of weapontypes consistent with meeting operationalrequirements. Initially the emphasis was ondeveloping only selected types for massproduction. As the battle fronts widenedand the theaters of operations becamemore varied, they were forced to increasethe variety of their weapons. Detaileddescriptions and specifications areaccompanied by diagrams andphotographs to provide an invaluableresource on Germany’s infantry weapons.

$22.95 • 160 pages • 6.5 x 9.25 • 2014 •paperback • 978-1-4456-4220-8

We Were EaglesVolume 4The Eight Air Force at WarNovember 44–May 45Martin Bowman

Following the invasion of Normandy, thedaylight bomber war reached its climax asthe Eighth Air Force B-17s and B-24spushed back the boundaries, and hugefleets of bombers penetrated further afieldinto the diminishing Reich on raids as farafield as Leipzig, Dresden, southernGermany and Czechoslovakia. As the wardragged on it became obvious thathostilities would not be over by Christmas,although the German offensive in theArdennes known as the Battle of the Bulgeonly delayed the inevitable. Allied airpower helped stop the short-lived offensiveand by January 1945, before the Allies hadcrossed the Rhine, the Third Reich was onthe brink of defeat, and victory in Europewas assured. Although air power did not onits own win the war, the war could nothave been won without it.

In this fourth volume, Martin Bowman tellsthe story of the Eighth Air Force’s campaignover Germany and Occupied Europe in thewords of the men who flew the missions.Some 26,000 American airmen were killedin action and another 23,000 were shotdown and taken into captivity as prisonersof war. This is a fitting testimony to theirmemory.

$34.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9.25 • May 2015 •hardback • 978-1-4456-3371-8

We Were Eagles Volume 3The Eight Air Force at War June 44to October 44Martin Bowman

The turning of the tide came when the air warwas redirected to bombing communications’targets in Northern France in support of theJune D-Day invasion and the eventual break-out from the beachheads. Once the Normandybattle was won, missions were resumedagainst oil stores, factories, communicationsand other strategic targets. Often crews nursedtheir blasted and burning bombers back withflak holes and damage from fighter attacks,with feathered props and dead and woundedon board, but those that survived went outagain the next day, the day after and the dayafter that, until their combat tour of thirty andlater thirty-five missions was completed. Ahost of rank-and-file air crew members –many of whom became living legends in theannals of air warfare – describe these raids invivid detail and with clarity and vigour. Theyare recalled here by one of the largest numberof contributors – American and British – everassembled. They tell of laughter, friendship,death, fear, exhilaration, stupidity,superstitions, discipline and indiscipline, lustand love, respect, disrespect and outrage.

In this third volume, Martin Bowman tellsthe story of the Eighth Air Force’s campaignover Germany and Occupied Europe in thewords of the men who flew the missions.

$34.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9.25 • February2015 • hardback • 978-1-4456-3370-1


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Eyewitness Accounts, Great Tales from British History and Great Writers on The Great War series

Eyewitness AccountsI was a Slave in RussiaJohn Noble

In late 1945, John H. Noble was arrested by Sovietoccupation forces on a trumped-up espionage charge.Ten years later, he found himself a prisoner in Vorkuta,part of the Soviet Gulag system. As an American prisoner during theCold War, Noble’s is a harrowing and unique story.

$14.50 • 160 pages • 4.75 x 7.75 • November 2014 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4373-1

Eyewitness AccountsDiary of a Nursing SisterAnonymous

By the time of the First World War, nursing had becomevital. The quality of medical care available to Britishsoldiers had improved immeasurably since the days ofFlorence Nightingale. This classic diary, written by an anonymous nurse, isan essential account of the Great War from an unusual female perspective.

$13.00 • 192 pages • 4.75 x 7.75 • 2014 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4197-3

Great Tales from British HistoryThe Britons Challenge RomePatricia Southern

From first contact in 55 BC to the defeat of Boudicca,Patricia Southern narrates in gripping detail thestruggle of the Britons against the invading Romanforces.

$10.95 • 128 pages • 4.75 x 7.75 • May 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4456-1

Great Tales from British HistoryThe Night of the Dam BustersWB Bartlett

From the last-minute flight preparations to the finalattack at the Sorpe, this account captures the momentsat the very heart of the Dam Busters’ heroic attacks.Plunging the reader into the heart of the story, this is narrative historyat its most evocative and readable.


Great Writers On The Great WarConan Doyle’s WarSir Arthur Conan Doyle

When World War One broke out in 1914 Sir Arthur ConanDoyle tried to enlist in the military, despite being 55.While World War One still raged on Conan Doyle beganwork on The British Campaign in France and Flanders, originally publishedin six volumes, from which this single volume is an edited selection.


Great Writers On The Great WarKipling’s WarRudyard Kipling

This book takes the reader, alongside Kipling, to thetraining camps of Kitchener’s army in the south ofEngland, to the lines of the French army and the villagesjust behind them, to sea with submarines, minesweepers and the bigships of Jutland, to the Alpine front between Italy and Austria-Hungary.


Great Writers On The Great War Buchan’s WarJohn Buchan

Although novelist John Buchan spent the First WorldWar serving in a variety of official positions, he alsohelped to produce a monthly magazine chronicling thehistory of the war, which was later published in twenty-four volumes asNelson’s History of the War.


Great Writers on The Great WarFighting FranceEdith Wharton

Edith Wharton, the author of classic novels includingThe Age of Innocence, was an American living in Pariswhen war broke out in 1914. She wrote a series ofarticles documenting her travels, always driven to investigate as muchas possible, whether sordid hospitals barely removed from the fightingor the singular experience of standing on the front line itself.



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First WorldWarThe PostcardCollectionNigel Sadler

The Great War (1914-1918) broughttogether the majorEuropean countries and their empires into theworld’s greatest conflict so far seen, thenknown as the Great War, but later becomingknown as the First World War. Over 70 millionpeople worldwide were mobilized intomilitary service with 10 million of theseservice personnel killed in action and a further7 million civilians killed. This total death tollmade up 1% of the world’s population at thetime.

The war occurred at the heyday of thepostcard as a social media. This book looks atthe role of the postcard in the war, both as apropaganda tool by the authorities but also asa communication means between friends andfamily split apart by the war.


HospitalShips andTroopTransportof the FirstWorld WarCampbellMcCutcheon

The biggest shipping loss of both world wars wasthe hospital ship Britannic, at almost 50,000 tons.Supposedly safe to travel the seas, many werelost in both wars. From the smallest of motorlaunches through steam yachts and convertedocean liners, Campbell McCutcheon tells the storyof the First World War hospital ship. Many werelost to accidents, mines or German submarinesbut many served faithfully without loss of life oraccident.

Troopships were vital from the first days of thewar, with convoys bringing Canadian andAustralasian troops to the UK and France fromearly in August 1914, and many continuing inservice until long after the war had ended,repatriating soldiers well into 1919.

$34.95 • 128 pages • 9.75 x 6.75 • May 2015 •paperback • 978-1-4456-3867-6

Kitchener’sNew ArmyYour CountryNeeds You!EdgarWallace/CampbellMcCutcheon

Britain’s smallpeacetime army was no match for the millionsof soldiers that Germany and Austro-Hungarycould muster, and Lord Kitchener was almost alone voice demanding that Britain mobilise ashe could see the war would not be over byChristmas, or indeed even the next Christmas.

Edgar Wallace tells us how this volunteer armywas trained, and the book is profuselyillustrated with views. It also has a newintroduction looking back at what happened tothis volunteer army, and how it changed theface of Britain for ever. A new postscript tellsthe story of Kitchener’s Army in action, inparticular during the Battle of the Somme,showing the reality for thousands.


Eyewitness Waterloo1815Martyn Beardsley

The Battle of Waterloo brought to an end twodecades of war in Europe. It had been adraining conflict financially and in terms ofhuman life, and had threatened the verysovereignty of numerous nations.

The tale of the battle has been told many times, but usually in terms ofthe political and military situation, debates over strategies, tactics andso on. In this book, the story is told by those who were present, in theirown words. The accounts come from letters, diaries and contemporarynewspaper reports: the eyewitness testimonies of officers and ordinarysoldiers, friend and foe. This is how it felt to be there.

$34.95 • 272 pages • 6 x 9.25 • May 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4456-1982-8

An Illustrated Introductionto The Battle of BritainHenry Buckton

In the summer of 1940 the fate of Britain hungin the balance as across the English Channelthe Nazi hordes were massing, preparing toinvade this green and pleasant land. Thatsummer, Germany would suffer its first defeatin a desperate struggle that took place in the sky over southern Englandthat became known as ‘The Battle of Britain’.

In order to invade the United Kingdom, the Germans would first have togain control of the sky over the landing beaches, but their mightyarmies were thwarted by a small group of air men numbering less than3,000 that Winston Churchill famously referred to as ‘The Few’. The battlelasted from 10 July to 31 October.

$22.95 • 96 pages • 6.5 x 9.25 • June 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4202-4

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1918: The First World War at Sea in photographsPhil Carradice

One of the most significant naval events of 1918 was the Zeebrugge Raid on23 April, which saw the British forces attempt to blockade the U-boat base.

$22.95 • 144 pages • 6.5 x 9.25 • February 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-2250-7

1918: The First World War in PhotographsJohn Christopher/Campbell McCutcheon

At the Battle of Amiens, the British struck back. The final Allied offensivebroke the Hindenburg Line and Germany was pushed into inevitable defeat.

$24.50 • 176 pages • 6 x 9.25 • March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-2212-5

1943: The Second World War at Sea in PhotographsPhil Carradice

At the beginning of the year, the Battle of Guadalcanal was still ragingon, but the Americans had secured their first complete victory in thePacific by the end of February.

$22.95 • 144 pages • 6.5 x 9.25 • April 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-2252-1


The sixth year of the Second World War began positively for the Allies,with the successful landings at Anzio, codenamed Operation Shingle.



The final year of the Second World War was very quiet in terms of navaloperations, as European leaders turned their minds towards peace withthe promise of unconditional German surrender.


1943: The Second World War in PhotographsJohn Christopher/Campbell McCutcheon

The fifth year of the war began positively with the German surrender atStalingrad in February, and the Russians making significant progress inliberating Nazi-held cities.

$24.50 • 176 pages • 6 x 9.25 • April 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-2213-2


In 1944 the Allies continued to push forward and Paris was finally liberatedin August 1944, after four years of Nazi control in the French capital.

$22.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9.25 • May 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-2214-9


The final year of the war saw Allied victory in Europe and in the Pacifictheater, and the beginning of new tensions as the Cold War began.

$22.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9.25 • May 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-2215-6

1944: The Second World War in the Air in PhotographsLouis Archard

On 1 September 1939, Germany’s invasion of Poland was the start of aconflict that would erupt over every continent and see the deaths oftens of millions of people.

$24.50 • 144 pages • 6.5 x 9.25 • March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-2251-4

1945: The Second World War in the Air in PhotographsLouis Archard

1945 saw the bomber offensive against Germany reach its peak with thecontroversial attack on Dresden, while US B-29 bombers carried out fire-bombing raids against Japanese cities.


1943: The Second World World in the Air in PhotographsLouis Archard

L. Archard continues his story of the air war, with many rare imagescovering all aspects of the battle for air supremacy that would ultimatelyhelp win the war for the Allies.

$24.50 • 144 pages • 6.5 x 9.25 • January 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-2248-4

1942: The Second World War at Sea in photographsPhil Carradice

Throughout the year, there were many serious engagements, includingthe attempted sinking of the Stier in May, the Battle of Guadalcanal inthe Pacific theater in November, and the Battle of Midway in June.



This book covers the war in Russia, where Hitler's forces were being heldback; the battle at El Alamein; and the war in the Pacific.



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Churchill’sSchool ForSaboteursStation 17Bernard O’Connor

Following theoutbreak of theSecond World War,Guy Burgess, anofficer in Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service,convinced his superiors that a special school beopened to teach sabotage. This bookinvestigates the history of Brickendonbury,tells stories about some of its personnel andassesses the successes and failures of some ofthe estimated 1,200 saboteurs sent intooccupied Europe.


TheBattlefieldMedicalManual1944US MedicalDepartment

In no place ismedicine more valued than the battlefield.Since the formation of the US Medical Corpsunder the authorship of Smart, Mason, andTuttle, this handbook has been in use withoutinterruption, and has served a most valuabletraining role. This material represents theunderstanding, experience, and knowledge ofthe several authors and as a sound trainingmedium has stood the test of time.


The HarleyDavidsonManual1944US War Department

The Harley-Davidson WLA is aHarley-Davidsonmotorcycle that was produced to US Armyspecifications in the years during and aroundWorld War II. It was based on an existingcivilian model, the WL, and is of the 45 solotype, so called due to its 45-cubic-inch (740cm3) engine displacement and single-riderdesign. This manual contains technicalinformation required for the identification, use,and care of the material.


AgentRoseThe True SpyStory Of EileenNearne,Britain’sForgottenWartimeHeroineBernard O’Connor

In September 2010 the body of Eileen Nearnewas found in a flat in Torquay. With no knownfriends or relatives, a council burial wasarranged. A police search of her belongingsfound wartime French currency and wartimemedals. Further investigation revealed that shewas one of 40 women sent into France by theSOE, the Special Operations Executive,Churchill’s top secret wartime ‘spook’organization. Her story and her poignant deathas a recluse became an international mediasensation.


Air RaidsWhat You MustDo! The wartimeguide tosurviving theBlitzJohn Christopher

During the SecondWorld War theBritish Government, through the Ministry ofHome Security, issued a number ofpublications advising the civilian population onwhat they needed to know and what theymust do in an air raid. This special editionreproduces that practical information on arange of subjects including air-raid shelters,protection against high-explosive bombs,incendiary devices and the ever-present risk ofa gas attack.


Life as aBattle ofBritainSpitfirePilotHannah Holman

Summer 1940,Britain is on thebrink, a mere 2000 or so RAF fighter pilotsstand between Hitler's Luftwaffe and airsupremacy over the skies of southern England -the prerequisite for a German invasion.

What was it like to fly a Spitfire? This shortillustrated account of daily life in August andSeptember 1940 is the ideal introduction tothe story of the Battle of Britain.



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Life in aRomanLegionaryFortressTim Copeland

The Roman legionswere the formidable,highly organized andwell disciplined backbone of the Roman army,vital to maintaining order and control of theborders of the Empire and its subjugatedpeoples. The fortresses that were the bases ofthe legions reflected their values: purposeful,hierarchical and an intimidating display ofRoman culture. Tim Copeland provides readerswith the archaeological and literary evidencethat gives us an insight into life behind thehigh walls.


Women inAncientRomePaul Chrystal

The history ofwomen in ancientRome is fascinatingand exhilarating. Itgives a uniqueinsight into one of the world’s most dynamic,successful superpower civilizations and, at thesame time, illuminates any number ofadmirable, exciting, evil, slatternly anddangerous women fighting to be heard andseen against insurmountable odds in a worldrun by men for men.

$16.00 • 304 pages • 4.75 x 7.75 • December2014 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4376-2

RomanWalesSarah Symons

When the Romanarmy invaded Walesin AD 74, they hadto build acontinuous chain offortressesthroughout the length and breadth of thecountry because of the fierce opposition of thetribal population, the Celts. The clash ofcultures that resulted gave birth to Wales aswe know it today, as the Romans establishedprosperous towns and introduced their way oflife, landscaping, architecture and education tothe locals.

$22.95 • 96 pages • 6.5 x 9.25 • January 2015 •paperback • 978-1-4456-4380-9

The Storyof theVikingsIan Stephenson

In the space of threecenturies theVikings went frombeing the scourge ofChristianity to goodChristian warriors. In the process they traveledto four continents, founded Russia, were thefirst Europeans to reach North America, createdEngland and forged a great North Sea empire.This history takes a chronological andgeographical approach in order to trace theVikings as they moved from raiders to sellers tokings.

$34.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9.25 • June 2015 •hardback • 978-1-4456-1161-7

Deus VultA ConciseHistory of theCrusadesJem Duducu

‘Deus Vult’ – or ‘Godwills it’ – were thewords allegedlyuttered by thecrowd of people present when Pope Urban II’srousing speech that caused the start of theFirst Crusade. The story charts the origins ofHoly War to the fading away of one of the mostprevalent movements in European history.Deus Vult takes you on an exotic journey whereoften politics and dynastic squabbles takeprecedence over the will of God.

$16.00 • 192 pages • 4.75 x 7.75 • November2014 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4055-6

The FirstAnglo-SikhWarAmarpal Singh

During theeighteenth andearly years of thenineteenth century,the red tide ofBritish expansion had covered almost theentire Indian subcontinent, stretching to theborders of the Punjab. Amarpal Singh writes awarts-and-all tale of a conflict characterized bytreachery, tragedy and incredible bravery onboth sides. Fully illustrated with perioddrawings, modern-day photographs and newmaps, this book gives a forgotten conflict themeticulous attention it deserves.




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SpitfireAceGordon Olive

Pitched into themaelstrom of airfighting in thesummer of 1940, 24year old GordonOlive barely lived totell this extraordinary tale of courage andendurance. As Britain fought alone for its ownsurvival, 'the Few' of RAF Fighter Commandtook to the air grievously outnumbered manyreaching braking point, exhausted, physicallyand mentally by intense combat. Gordon Oliveflew the iconic Spitfire for over 125 missionsabove London and the South East.

$34.95 • 304 pages • 6 x 9.25 • May 2015 •hardback • 978-1-4456-4424-0

The BritishArmy CookBook 1914The War Office

In the words ofNapoleonBonaparte, ‘an armymarches on itsstomach’. This bookgives an intriguing insight into life in thetrenches and the rations and meals that theaverage Tommy subsisted upon, such asMaconochie stew, pea soup, brown stew andmeat pie.

$16.00 • 224 pages • 4.75 x 7.75 • 2014 •hardback • 978-1-4456-4342-7

Britain’sColdWarTheDangerousDecades AnIllustrated HistoryBob Clarke

Britain’s Cold War covers eachdecade from the 1940s to the1990s, when the country lived inthe shadow of nuclear conflict andthe West was locked in aworldwide struggle againstcommunist powers. The eraremains a vivid memory for many,and the events of the period arestill echoed in conflicts around theworld today.

$20.00 • 128 pages • 6.5 x 9.25 •2014 • paperback • 978-1-4456-3998-7

How toSurviveanAtomicAttackA Cold War ManualDepartment Of Defence

Official US government advice onhow to survive an atomic attack –including full instructions onbuilding your own nuclear shelter.In 1949 the Soviet Uniondetonated its first nuclear bomb,heralding the era of the Cold Warin which the prospect of athermonuclear attack andMutually Assured Destruction(MAD) put everyone in the firingline.

$16.00 • 96 pages • 6.5 x 9.25 •2014 • paperback • 978-1-4456-3997-0

BetterbyDesignShaping theBritishAirwaysBrandPaul Jarvis

Using an incredible wealth ofmaterial from the British Airwaysarchive, curator Paul Jarvis takes usthrough the decades from the1970s to the present, exploring theevolution of advertising, interiors,on-board experience and crewuniform fashions, and how thesehave come together to shape theway we view commercial aviation.

$28.50 • 160 pages • 9.75 x 6.75 •March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4283-3

Castlesof WalesAlan Philips

Wales, a smallcountry, islittered withthe relics of war – Iron Age forts,Roman ruins, medieval castles andthe coastal forts of the eighteenthand nineteenth centuries. Thebiggest construction offortifications in Wales took placeduring the reign of Edward I. Theywere not only built to deter aninvader, but to control thefrequent Welsh uprisings.

$22.95 • 96 pages • 6.5 x 9.25 •November 2014 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4374-8

EnglandInvadedEdward Foord

In the earlytwentieth century,Edward Foord andGordon Home setout to create adefinitive history onthe invasions, incursions and intrusions ofthose avaricious occupiers, something notattempted. The authors attempt to throw newlight on some of the most famous conquestsand victories on British soil.

$16.00 • 224 pages • 4.75 x 7.75 • November2014 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4372-4


Andrea Press / Aviaeology

SturmtruppenWWI German Stormtroopers(1914–1918)Ricardo Recio Cardona

The first assault units (Sturmtruppen) wereformed during the spring and summer of 1916,when the Sturmbataillon Rohr was organizedand after General Falkenhayn, head of the OHL, gave orders for thecreation of special detachments. These detachments had the missionof spreading the Stosstrupptaktik, a new tactic which decisivelytransformed the fighting methods of the German Army. But longbefore this happened, another type of troops had been createdwithin the German infantry during the winter of 1914-1915: theShock troops (Stosstruppen), fresh infantry groups that were neverofficially recognized as such and never belonged to any permanentunit, but remained active until the end of the war and contributed toimproving the offensive capacity of the German infantry.

This book is a narration of the history of the shock and assault troopsand covers their combat methods. Finally, it offers a comprehensivedescription of their uniforms, equipment, and weapons, along with alarge number of illustrations and period photographs rarely seen.

$49.95 • 216 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • photos throughout • November2014 • hardback • 978-84-96658-51-6 • Andrea Press

Dragons on Bird WingsThe Combat History of the 812th FighterAir Regiment – Volume 1: Liberation ofthe MotherlandVlad Antipov/Igor Utkin

Follow the 3rd Fighter Aviation Corps along itsCombat Path during the Liberation of the Motherland through theexperiences of one of its units – the 812th Fighter Aviation Regiment.

Drawing on a comprehensive range of archives, memoirs, andphotographs, the authors describe this unit’s daily combat activities indetail from its formative Rzhev – Vyazma days on the doorstep ofMoscow, into the pivotal Stalingrad battles, and on through the hard-won victories along the shores of the Sea of Azov – Kuban, Myskhako,Molochnaya – and beyond.

In this volume, part one of the 812th regiment’s combat history reachesits climax with the ejection of the Luftwaffe from its remaining bases nearthe besieged fortress city of Sevastopol, while the Red Army liberates theCrimea from the grip of the Wehrmacht. We leave the 812th – GeneralSavitskiy’s “Dragons on Birds Wings” – as it regroups and prepares for thegreat drive through Europe where it will end the war in Berlin itself...

$39.99 • 160 pages • 8.5 x 11 • 12 pages of line drawings, 56 colorillustrations, over 120 rare photographs • November 2014 • paperback •978-0-9780696-0-5 • Aviaeology

Early Canadian MilitaryAircraftAcquisitions, Dispositions, ColourSchemes & Markings – Vol.1 Aircrafttaken on strength through 1920.John Griffin/Anthony Stachiw

Why this particular topic? Why the incredible detail, the result of suchpainstaking research? Because, I am convinced, that the subject is a partof the central core of Canadian history. In the two decades between theWorld Wars, Canada developed greatly, building upon the sense ofsolidarity gained in the first of these conflicts. Much of this wasfacilitated by the development of technology, of which aviation was amajor part. Oddly enough, for such a laissez faire society it was theCanadian government that played a leading role in this, and the RCAFand its predecessors was its instrument. Not only did the “bush pilots inuniform” pioneer myriad aspects of aviation in all parts of Canada, butdespite a miniscule budget and a suspicious parliament and populacethey maintained the nucleus of a military air arm which slowlydeveloped into the framework of the wartime RCAF. But, whateverhonor is due to the men (and it is great), it is the aircraft that providethe visual impact and the structure of the narrative.

$59.00 • 296 pages • 8.5 x 11 • profusely illustrated throughout, colorartwork and b/w photographs • November 2014 • hardback • 978-0-9780696-6-7 • Aviaeology

Canadian Aircraftof WWIICarl Vincent

Drawing on an immense range ofarchival records, memoirs, andphotographs collected overdecades of diligent research,author Carl Vincent provides a unique insight into some of the men andmachines covered under the broad title Canadian Aircraft of WWII. Eachentry’s narrative is loaded with history, much of it previouslyunpublished and is illustrated by rare and relevant photos plus deeplyresearched large-format color profiles, all complemented by highlyinformative captions.

Discover how the oddball little Fleet Fort came into its new role, whythe Bolingbroke was much more than “just a Canadian Blenheim”, whenchewing gum could prove vital for a Sunderland crew, who was one ofthe Allies’ premier train-busters, and much more…

$29.99 • 80 pages • 11 x 8.5 • 45 color profile illustrations, over 70 rarephotographs (some in color) • November 2014• paperback • 978-0-9780696-3-6 • Aviaeology


Clear Vue Publishing / Countryside Books

Festung Guernsey 2.1 & 2.2Weapons Deployed at Fortress Guernsey and Mirus Battery

This guide to the fortification of the Channel Island of Guernsey during the second world war wasproduced by the German forces themselves, containing the original German and an Englishtranslation, it gives a unique insight into German defensive strategy. This volume covers theweapons deployed and the Mirus battery.

$23.00 • 102 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 218 illustrations and 1 map • March 2015 • paperback • 978-0-9926671-3-9 • English/German Text • Clear Vue Publishing

Festung Guernsey 2.3 & 2.4Deployment of Artillery and Anti-Aircraft Artillery

This guide to the fortification of the Channel Island of Guernsey during the second world war wasproduced by the German forces themselves, containing the original German and an Englishtranslation, it gives a unique insight into German defensive strategy. This volume covers thedeployment artillery and anti-aircraft artillery.

$23.00 • 144 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 122 illustrations and 17 maps • June 2015 • paperback • 978-0-9926671-4-6 • English/German Text • Clear Vue Publishing

Bomber CommandThe Victoria Cross RaidsMartyn Chorlton

RAF Bomber Command lost 55,000 men during WWII. Their motto was Press on Regardless andthe majority of their operational missions involved flying into the fiery, smoke-filled skies ofoccupied Europe. No less than 23 of their members were awarded Britain’s highest decoration forvalor – The Victoria Cross; most of them posthumously.

Martyn Chorlton’s book tells the stories of each of them – detailing how and why they won theirmedal. It recalls feats of unparalleled heroism and self sacrifice; memorable and terrifying.

$31.95 • 192 pages • b/w photos and maps • November 2014 • paperback • 978-1-84674-322-1 •Countryside Books


Editions Charles Herriséy / Fighting High Publishing

Le Generalde Langlede CaryUn Breton dansla Grande GuerreGuy Le Mouel/HenriOrtholan

Coming out of Saint-Cyr as a 20 year oldmajor in 1869, Fernand de Langle's Cary beganhis military career in the staff of general Trochuin 1870. He was very seriously wounded in thebattle of Buzenval. Starting on the battlefield,his career would end up on the battlefield in1917. On August 27, 1914, it was he who gavethe first blow against the German advance inthe battle of the Meuse.

$25.00 • 288 pages • 6 x 9.5 • 8pp photos •2014 • paperback • 978-2-914417-47-1 •French Text • Editions Charles Herriséy

JournalObéir ? Mers-el-kébir, Dakar,Vichy, ToulonAdmiral Paul Marzin

Released from theNavy in 1913, after adistinguished career,Paul Marzincommanded Richelieu in 1940, two monthsafter the case of Mers-el-Kebir, where Dakarrejected the attempted landing of Britishtroops and the Free French Forces. Called toVichy by Darlan, he participated minimally innegotiations with the Germans. This book is anexceptional testimony to the choices presentedto the officers of the French army at this sadtime.

$25.00 • 240 pages • 6 x 9.5 • 8pp photos •2014 • paperback • 978-2-914417-46-4 •French Text • Editions Charles Herriséy

Le GénéraldeCastelnau Le Soldat,l’Homme, leChrétienPatrick De Gmeline

General de Castelnau(1851–1944) wasone of the greatest French leaders of the FirstWorld War. This Aveyronnais started his careeras a second lieutenant in 1870, to end asCommanding General of the Army Group.Nicknamed the “Savior of Nancy”, he defeatedthe Germans in Lorraine and particularlyCharmes and Grand Couronne. This biographicalalbum features 600 exceptional documents andphotographs on the general, accompanied byblurbs and explanatory captions.

$58.00 • 244 pages • 9.5 x 11.5 • photosthroughout • 2014 • hardback • 978-2-914417-48-8 • French Text • Editions CharlesHerriséy

Into the DarkA Bomber Command Story of Combatand Survival, Discovery andRemembranceJanet Hughes/Reginald Wilson

On 20 January 1944 Bomber CommandNavigator Reginald Wilson’s Halifax, LW337,comes into the sights of an ace Luftwaffenight fighter pilot, and is blown from thedarkness above the German capital Berlin. Reg, yet to celebrate histwenty-first birthday, plunges into the dark and parachutes to safety,but the experience of being shot down will haunt him for the rest of hislife.

The events described here are a testimony to Reg’s courage and steelydetermination, and also reflect the extreme sacrifices made by BomberCommand aircrew during the Second World War. What makes thiscompelling story quite unique is the juxtaposition of past and present,for without twenty-first century technology and the cooperation of anumber of highly motivated individuals, both British and German, thereal truth about the last flight of LW337 would never have beendiscovered.

$34.95 • 208 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 16 page b/w photo section • May2015 • hardback • 978-0-9926207-6-9 • Fighting High Publishing

A Thunder Bird inBomber Command The Wartime Letters and Story ofLionel Anderson, the Man WhoInspired a LegendSean Feast

Shot down and killed in April 1944, LionelAnderson, a low flying Mosquito intruderpilot, was part way through his second tour ofoperations. He had survived his first tour stooging up and down theFrench coast in an outdated Boulton Paul Defiant to confound theGerman night fighter defences and allow the Royal Air Force bombers afree run to the target. Lionel’s journey to war had been one of enormousexcitement, most of which had been spent training in the sunshine andmountains of Arizona, flying during the day and partying hard at theweekends.

A prolific letter writer, Lionel continually regaled his parents with talesof cowboys and indians, rattlesnakes and spiders, ground loops and nearmisses.

$34.95 • 208 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 16 page b/w photo section • May2015 • hardback • 978-0-9926207-7-6 • Fighting High Publishing


Fonthill Media

The FourthReich andOperationEclipsePatrick Delaforce

In this third volume onthe progress of the Second World War after theD-Day landings, Patrick Delaforce examines thefinal weeks of World War Two, beyond the YaltaConference, when the question to be askedwas not who would win, but how to preventthe war dragging on and also how to preventHitler from implementing a scorched earthpolicy across the Reichland. Then there was therace to win territory as the Russians, too,clawed their way across Europe. OperationEclipse, begun in March 1945, both preventedthe Russians from occupying Denmark inviolation of the agreement at Yalta but alsooccupied the Kiel naval base.

$40.00 • 284 pages • 6 x 9 • 50 b/w illustrations• March 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-400-5

RAF SpecialDuties Unique Missions ofthe Second WorldWarColin Pateman

During the Second WorldWar, the RAF employed Special Duties pilots andaircrew on operations across a wide range ofextraordinary flying. In many instances, selectedand trained crews flew specific sorties, seekingout small targets of utmost importance to thewar effort. Rare and previously unexplainedduties that incorporate 'siren raids' intoGermany and the maintaining of radio contactwith agents in occupied France provide accountsthat have rarely been evidenced. Some of theseoperations were filmed by cameramen and RAFSpecial Duties.

$34.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • 111 b/wphotographs • December 2014 • hardback •978-1-78155-304-6

Kettenhund! The GermanMilitary Police inthe Second WorldWarGordon Williamson

In the German armedforces, opinions of the military police werethose of fear and distrust, so great were thepowers held by these troops. Germany createda plethora of different branches of what weretermed ‘Ordnungstruppe’ (‘Troops forMaintaining Order’). Many wore a distinctivemetal plate around the neck, leading to theirnickname ‘Kettenhund’ or ‘Chain Dogs’. Despitebeing involved in the brutal treatment ofpartisans, their skills were so much appreciatedby the Allies that on Germany’s surrender,Wehrmacht military police units were allowedto remain in post to assist in controlling thevast number of disarmed German troops.

$50.00 • 336 pages • 7 x 10 • 450 b/wphotographs, 50 color photographs • January2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-332-9

SS Elite – The SeniorLeaders of Hitler’sPraetorian Guard Volume 1. A-JMax Williams

Any scholar of history will have recognized thesimilarities between Ancient Rome and theNational Socialist movement of the 20th century. Aside from the obviousexpansionist policies of empire governed by a single autocratic leader,the Nazis adopted the Roman style extended arm salute, the verbalgreeting of hailing the leader and the eagle adorned banners andstandards. Another parallel was the introduction of the SS – a modernPraetorian Guard, easily recognizable by the unique attire and consistingof the largest, strongest and fittest men available. Never before has anorganization engendered wide-ranging emotion as on the scale ofHitler’s SS – lead by Heinrich Himmler, who found his true metier uponhis appointment by Hitler in 1929 with his natural organizational andadministrative skills. This remarkable book – the second of two volumes– turns the spotlight upon those characters at the pinnacle of thepyramid that formed the SS. Illustrated with well over 1000photographs, these two volumes are the author’s life’s work, and presentan unique perspective on this feared organization.

$75.00 • 448 pages • 7 x 10 • 1050 b/w photographs • April 2015 •hardback • 978-1-78155-433-3

SS Elite – The SeniorLeaders of Hitler’sPraetorian Guard Volume 2. K-WMax Williams

Any scholar of history will have recognized thesimilarities between Ancient Rome and theNational Socialist movement of the 20th century. Aside from the obviousexpansionist policies of empire governed by a single autocratic leader,the Nazis adopted the Roman style extended arm salute, the verbalgreeting of hailing the leader and the eagle adorned banners andstandards. Another parallel was the introduction of the SS – a modernPraetorian Guard, easily recognizable by the unique attire and consistingof the largest, strongest and fittest men available. Never before has anorganization engendered wide-ranging emotion as on the scale ofHitler’s SS –ead by Heinrich Himmler, who found his true metier uponhis appointment by Hitler in 1929 with his natural organizational andadministrative skills. This remarkable book – the first of two volumes –turns the spotlight upon those characters at the pinnacle of the pyramidthat formed the SS. Illustrated with well over 1000 photographs, thesetwo volumes are the author’s life’s work, and present an uniqueperspective on this feared organization.

$75.00 • 448 pages • 7 x 10 • 1050 b/w photographs • May 2015 •hardback • 978-1-78155-434-0


Fonthill Media

Children’s Voices of theSecond World WarHelen Finch

For those that are left, the Second WorldWar holds differing memories for thosethat saw it as children. Some had fun andadventure; others lost loved ones and hadto grow up very quickly, sometimes takingcharge of a complete household. However,there are those who can only now in 2014bring themselves to recall those dark days of war and whoseexperiences are as alive now as they were between 1939 and 1945.Many people today will only read about the Second World War in historybooks and it is important to bring alive the stories of those who are leftto tell their tales.

$24.95 • 128 pages • 6 x 9 • 30 b/w photographs • January 2015 •paperback • 978-1-78155-380-0

The Little BlitzThe Luftwaffe’s last attack onLondonJohn Conen

The Little Blitz on London in the early partof 1944 is briefly mentioned in mostaccounts of the aerial war against the UKduring the Second World War but isseldom deemed worthy of more than afew lines. The Little Blitz is the nameapplied to the air raids on Britain which were the manifestation of theLuftwaffe’s Operation Steinbock, planned in the last few months of 1943and put into effect from the middle of January 1944. This book describesthe raids to give a gripping picture of the effect that these little-knownevents had on a complacent city.

$24.95 • 128 pages • 6 x 9 • 22 b/w • December 2014 • paperback • 978-1-78155-308-4

ThroughIce andFireA RussianArctic ConvoyDiary 1942Leona J. Thomas

On the RussianArctic convoys in1942, Leonard H. Thomas kept a secretnotebook from which he later wrote hismemoirs. These contained many well-observeddetails of life onboard his ship, HMS UlsterQueen. He detailed observations of thehardships that followed when they enduredbeing at action stations and locked in theengine room, under fire from the skies aboveand the sea below, and only able to guess atwhat was happening from the cacophony ofsounds they could hear. Thomas tells of howthe crew suffered from an appalling lack offood, the intense cold, and the stark conditionsendured for weeks on end berthed inArchangel in the cold of the approachingRussian winter.

$35.00 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 17 b/willustrations, 16 color photographs • April 2015• hardback • 978-1-78155-440-1

47 RoyalMarineCommandoAn Inside Story1943–1946Marc de Bolster47 Royal MarineCommando: AnInside Story 1943-1946 tells the story of 47 Royal MarineCommando during the Second World Warbased on personal accounts written byveterans who served in this formidable unit. Itis a story of young men who were to play a keyrole in freeing Europe from Nazi tyranny. Fromthe D-Day landings in Normandy to fiercebattles in Holland, some were taken prisonerby the enemy and sent to camps until freed atthe end of the war in 1945. Included areeyewitness accounts of the Normandylandings, involvement of the RAF, Royal Navyand American forces, 10 Inter AlliedCommando and the effect on local populationswho got word of the actions in which thisCommando took a major part.

$34.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 b/wphotographs and maps • January 2015 •hardback • 978-1-78155-297-1

WhirlwindWestland’sEnigmaticFighterNiall Corduroy

Faster and betterarmed than theSpitfire, theWhirlwind was theRAF’s response to anew generation of armored German bomberswhich it expected to meet over England in1940. A few months after its first flight, 1,000Whirlwinds were ordered, but nine monthslater the RAF canceled the entire program. Just114 were built, but they went on to have adistinguished three-year career from theuneasy months following the Battle of Britainto their final sorties against Hitler’s V-weaponsites in France. Based on original research frommilitary and corporate archives, thisgroundbreaking study throws new light onwhy the RAF had such high hopes for theWhirlwind, but was then prepared to cancel it.

$32.00 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 150 b/willustrations • Now Available • paperback • 978-1-78155-430-2


Fonthill Media

The Diary of aHurricane Pilotin the Battleof FranceFrancis Blackadder of607 SquadronRobert Dixon

The RAF and their new Hurricane fighter wasfirst put through its paces in the ill-feted Battleof France. Robert Dixon first came across thediary of William Francis Blackadder whencarrying out research on 607 Squadron, thesquadron Blackadder flew with. The diarybegins in August 1939 when the squadron wasat its annual summer camp at Abbotsinch and ittakes us through the last days of peace with theexcitement of a coming war. 607 Squadron wasone of two Auxiliary Air Force squadrons to beposted to France. The diary takes us through the‘Phoney War’ and the worst winter on record.


Blood, Sweatand Courage41 Squadron RAF,September 1939-July1942: A BiographicalHistorySteve Brew

One of the oldest RAF squadrons, 41 Squadroncelebrates its 100th anniversary in 2016. Theunit has seen service from the First World War,through policing duties in the Middle East inthe 1930s, throughout the Second World War,and more recently in the first Gulf War. Thisbook completes the narrative of 41 Squadron'sSecond World War activity, concentrating onoperations between September 1939 and July1942. The author recounts the unit's rolewithin battles, operations and largerstrategies, and details experiences made by thepilots and ground crew participating in them.

$50.00 • 992 pages • 6 x 9 • 377 b/willustrations, 29 color photographs • February2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-296-4

MosquitoAttack!A Norwegian RAF Pilotat WarTor Idar Larsen/FinnEriksrud

In 1943, Norwegians formed their thirdsquadron flying under RAF command: No. 333Squadron. One of the chosen few to fly ‘TheWooden Wonder’, the revolutionary and deadlyde Havilland Mosquito, was 21-year-old FinnEriksrud. Eriksrud had travelled all the wayacross the world to end up in Scotland to flythe Mosquito after a hazardous escape fromNorway. He would now fly over his nativecountry on extremely dangerous low-levelreconnaissance and patrol missions from May1943 onwards. By December 1943, all of theoriginal Mosquito pilots were either killed fromflying accidents or shot down over Norway.

$32.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 51 b/wphotographs • January 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-311-4

The UltimateFlying Wingsof theLuftwaffeJusto Miranda

When the Allies crossed the Rhine, Hitlerdecreed to go down fighting to the last man. Astrange triangular bomber launched the 'Nichtlöschbares Feuer' over London, destroying thecity. Later, a black boomerang of sixty metersdropped two tons of anthrax over Washingtonand New York, making them inhabitable forfifty years. Thankfully, the inextinguishablefirebomb was a figment of H. G. Wells'imagination. However, the construction of thesecret flying wings had commenced at thestart of 1945. Indeed, one fighter took to theskies on its only test flight.

$45.00 • 232 pages • 7 x 10 • 132 b/w lineillustrations • February 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-372-5

Tornado F3A Navigator’s Eye onBritain’s LastInterceptorDave Gledhill

The Tornado F2 had atroubled introduction to service. Unloved by itscrews and procured as a political imperative, itwas blighted by failures and was developed tocounter a threat that disappeared. Modifiedrapidly before it could be sent to war, theTornado F3 eventually matured into a capableweapons system, but despite data links andnew air-to-air weapons, its poor reputationsealed its fate. The author tells the story froman insider's perspective from the early days asone of the first instructors on the OperationalConversion Unit, through its development andoperational testing, to its demise.

$45.00 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 123 b/wphotograpns, 62 color photographs • April2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-307-7

Il-2 ShturmovikRed AvengerJason Nicholas Moore

The Ilyushin Il-2Shturmovik becamethe aerialrepresentative of the Soviet response to theGerman invasion on the Eastern Frontduring the Second World War. The Il-2 wasdesigned as a low-level close-supportaircraft capable of defeating enemy armorand other ground targets. Hardly a fighter,the Il-2 was exclusively engineered to takean enormous amount of punishment andstill keep the pilot, rear gunner and criticalmechanical components unharmed. In theend, the Il-2 would become the mostimportant aircraft to the Soviet Union inthe defense of the homeland againstadvancing hordes of panzers.

$40.00 • 272 pages • 6 x 9 • 150 b/willustrations, 50 color photographs • January2015 • hardback • 978-1-62545-042-5


Fonthill Media

The BoultonPaul BalliolThe Last Merlin-Powered AircraftAlec Brew

The Boulton Paul Balliolwas the last British aircraft powered by theiconic Rolls-Royce Merlin engine. Conceived inthe last days of the Second World War as a newtrainer to be powered by a revolutionaryturboprop engine, it became the first aircraft tobe powered by a single prop-jet, beating therival Avro Athena into the air by just two weeks.

$24.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 b/wphotographs and maps • December 2014 •paperback • 978-1-78155-361-9

Gloster Aircraftsince 1917Derek N. James

Although most renownedfor its series of seaplaneracers for the SchneiderTrophy Contests and for fighters like theGamecock and the Gladiator, the GlosterAircraft Company ran the gamut of designingenuity, even though no type was orderedinto quantity production. This updated editiondescribes the company’s formation anddevelopment in the face of a diminishing needfor military aircraft.

$34.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 b/wphotographs • March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78155-417-3

The DouglasDC-3 in CivilServiceGeoff Jones

Like the P-51 Mustang andSupermarine Spitfire, the Douglas DC-3 is aniconic aircraft design. It has endured more thanany other with several hundred still in useworldwide in locations as far apart as Africa,Antarctica and the US. Many of the currentoperators use turbine conversions of the DC-3mainly using Basler, SAAF and DodsonInternational the main proponents.


Northern ‘Q’ The History of Royal AirForce, LeucharsIan Smith Watson

Leuchars began its links withmilitary aviation as far back as1911 with the arrival of the RoyalEngineers who established aballoon squadron forreconnaissance training. Followingthe outbreak of war in 1939, thestation was identified as an ideallocation to launch maritimeoperations under CoastalCommand. By the end of the war,Leuchars was under the threat ofredundancy as many airfields wererendered surplus to requirements.

$35.00 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • 80 b/wphotographs • January 2015 •hardback • 978-1-78155-192-9

De Havilland inHatfieldThe Golden Years 1912–1935John Clifford

The de Havilland Aircraft Coopened an aerodrome in 1930 onfarmland that it acquired outsideHatfield. The company’s School ofFlying was the first operation totake up residence. Flying clubsmoved in and recreational facilitieswere developed. Garden parties,aerobatic displays and national airraces were hosted. Regular visitorsincluded famous flyers, royalty andaristocracy, actors and actresses,politicians, senior military ranksand representatives from Britain’sother great aircraft manufacturers.

$29.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • 175b/w illustrations, 34 color pictures• January 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78155-360-2

The DetailedHistory of RAFManston 1931–40Arise to ProtectJoe Bamford/John Williams

Air Commodore Pink chose RAFManston as his final resting placeand a number of aces from theFirst World War such as SquadronLeader Bartlett served there. Afterthe uncertainty of the 1920s, RAFManston grew rapidly during the1930s to become one of thebusiest airfields in the country. TheSchool of Technical Training was atthe forefront of the RAF wherethousands of airmen trained eachyear and it was an integral part ofthe service’s expansion scheme.

$32.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • 54 b/willustrations • 2014 • paperback •978-1-78155-095-3

British AirshipBases of theTwentieth CenturyMalcolm Fife

Numerous books have beenwritten on airships, but fewconcentrate on their bases andinfrastructure to support theiroperations. British Airship Bases ofthe Twentieth Century starts withdocumenting the primitivefacilities from which the earlymachines flew in the years prior tothe First World War. The outbreakof the First World War resulted inairships being adopted for militarypurposes and bases wereestablished across Britain.

$50.00 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 180b/w illustrations • March 2015 •hardback • 978-1-78155-281-0


Fonthill Media

From War toPeaceA Photographer’sView of BritishAviation Duringthe 1940sRichard Riding

This is a photographic record of the aviationscene in Britain between the years 1940-1949.The photographs were taken by E. J. Riding(1916-1950) who spent his entire working lifein the aviation industry, but was tragicallykilled in a flying accident. During his short life,he worked as an aircraft engineer, professionalphotographer, draughtsman and aero-modelerand as an aviation writer. Riding began takingphotographs of aircraft in 1931 aged fifteen.Fortunately, he kept copious notes recordingthe locations and dates of when and whereaircraft were photographed.

$35.00 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 200 b/wphotographs • February 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-331-2

RapidRundownRAF Operations inthe Middle and FarEast 1945-1948Simon Gifford

The immediate post-VJ-Day period of RAF history is often consignedto be little more than a footnote in mostpublished accounts. In this first detailed look atthe RAF in the Middle and Far East followingthe end of the war, the RAF’s role in stemmingthe flow of immigrants into Palestine andflying while under terrorist attack is examined.Further chapters highlight the RAF’s roles inIraq, Cyprus and flying strike missions overAden, and then look at operations over India,including some of the first humanitarianairdrops for which the RAF became famous.Finally this book looks at the RAF’s involvementbeyond the boundaries of the Empire.


Kaiser Bill!A New Look atImperialGermany’s LastEmperor, WilhelmII 1859-1941 Blaine Taylor

Wilhelm II (27 January1859 – 4 June 1941) was the last GermanEmperor (Kaiser) and King of Prussia, rulingthe German Empire and the Kingdom ofPrussia from 15 June 1888 to 9 November1918. He was the eldest grandson of theBritish Queen Victoria and related to manymonarchs and princes of Europe, three notablecontemporary relations being his first cousinsKing George V of the United Kingdom, Marie ofRomania, Queen consort of Romania andsecond cousin to Tsar Nicholas II of the Houseof Romanov, the last ruler of the RussianEmpire before the Russian Revolution of 1917which deposed the monarchy.

$34.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 64 b/w illustrations• December 2014 • hardback • 978-1-78155-001-4

The RNASand theBirth of theAircraftCarrier1914–1918Ian M. Burns

The Royal Naval Air Service's origins were asthe Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps inApril 1912, but did not become a separateservice until 1 July 1914. On the outbreak ofwar in 1914, the service expanded to includeservice on land, providing support of the RoyalNaval Division in Belgium, to the RFC and asone of the early practitioners of strategicbombing.


The Lionand theRoseKevin Shannon

The Rose and the Liontells the story of aninfantry battalion inthe Great War. Based on many unpublishedsources, the book narrates the individual partsplayed by nearly 2,000 of those who servedwith the 4th King's Own (Royal Lancaster)Regiment from the day that war was declaredin 1914 until the armistice in 1918 and in a fewcases, the stories of men whose war continuedlong afterwards.

$45.00 • 416 pages • 6 x 9 • 41 b/w illustrations• September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-438-8

MilitaryAviation ofthe FirstWorld War Alan C. Wood

This beautifullyillustrated bookprovides details of every power that took partin Military aircraft activity during the FirstWorld War. The war was a global conflict with57 nations involved but with aviation being inits infancy only eight nations had a major airarm to their fighting Services.

$24.95 • 160 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 b/wphotographs • March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78155-422-7


Fonthill Media

The Battlesof Coroneland theFalklandsBritish NavalCampaigns in theSouthernHemisphere 1914–15Phil Carradice

This book tells the story of British cruiserwarfare and naval strategy in the SouthernAtlantic during the First World War. This wasthe last naval campaign that was fought justby surface ships without the intrusion ofmodern technology such as aircraft,submarines and mines. German commerceraiders had been at large in the southernoceans since the declaration of war on 4August 1914 and it was imperative that Britishforces should hunt and destroy them beforethey caused untold damage to British trade.The campaign to bring a German squadron tobattle met with disaster (The Battle of Coronel)before final victory at the Falkland Islands.

$32.95 • 128 pages • 7 x 10 • 86 b/willustrations • November 2014 • paperback •978-1-78155-347-3

Women onDuty A History of theFirst Female PoliceForceSophie Jackson

On 27 November 1914,a monumental event inwomen’s history occurred – the first femalepolice officers went on duty in Grantham,Lincolnshire. The decision would quickly havean effect on female liberation. The WomenPolice Service was founded in 1914 in partbecause it was felt women in uniform wouldbe better at deterring pimps and stopping girlsfrom going into prostitution, but also becausefemale campaigners wanted to take advantageof the First World War to push women intomale work roles. Early policewomen werepioneers, but they faced great prejudice andhardship, often placed in vulnerable positionsand left feeling isolated. Yet they were not soalone for across the country women weretaking on roles traditionally reserved for men.


Reich RailsPrussia, ImperialGermany, and theFirst World War1825–1918Blaine Taylor

The Great War(1914–18) Centennialbegins in 2014, here’s a comprehensive studyof Prussian/German railways in peace andstrife, 1825–1918 – men, rails, lines, engines,cars, and stations. They all played a crucial partin Germany’s Wars of Unification during1864–71, the interwar years, and the finalcatastrophe that toppled many crowns,thrones, and states, all told from a railroadperspective, a unique way of exploring thehistory of the 19th-20th Centuries. Here thereader will also find the sagas of the otherrailways aligned both for and against theSecond Reich: Berlin-Baghdad, Trans-Siberian,Hejaz, African, Italian, American, and more.

$34.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 80 b/w images •March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78155-424-1

Wars & Battles of theRoman RepublicPaul Chrystal

This book examines the decisive battles from thefounding of Rome in 753 BC to the birth of JuliusCaesar in 100BC; it covers the social and politicalconsequences, as well as the military aspects ofeach conflict. Every war and battle had wide-ranging consequences, leading Rome from kingdom to republic, from localpower to international superpower, and from republic to empire. The bookmakes full use of the accounts of historians and political writers,contemporary and otherwise, including Livy, Sallust, Caesar, Cicero, Polybius,Plutarch and Dio, as well as sculptural and architectural evidence. A uniquefeature of this book is its focus on the causes of the wars and battles and themilitary and socio-political consequences of each for Rome and its allies. Ithighlights what caused each conflict and what Rome did next - for victoriesand disasters alike. A unique chapter covers women and war - an importanttopic that has been neglected by ancient and modern writers until now.

$32.95 • 224 pages • 7 x 10 • 42 b/w illustrations • December 2014 •paperback • 978-1-78155-305-3

Everyday Life of a Soldieron Hadrian’s WallPaul Elliott

Walk the Wall, gaze northwards across hostileterritory, man the turrets and milecastles…What was life like for the Roman troopsstationed on Hadrian’s Wall? Follow the life ofone man, a Tungrian soldier, throughrecruitment, training, garrison duty and war. Focussing on a single pointin time and one fort on the Wall, we explore every aspect of military lifeon this bleak and remote frontier. Where was he born? What did hespend his money on? How did he fight? What did he eat? Did he havelice or fleas? Archaeology and the accounts of ancient writers cometogether to paint a vivid picture of a soldier on the Wall soon after itscompletion in AD 130. Historical reconstruction and experimentation fillin the gaps that are left. Step back into the past, step into the marchingboots of Tungrian soldiers as they patrol Rome’s greatest frontier.

$34.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • 22 photographs in b/w, 34 photographs incolor • April 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-364-0


Frontline Books

Hitler’s Last WitnessThe Memoirs of Hitler’s BodyguardRochus Misch

After being seriously wounded in the 1939 Polish campaign, Rochus Misch was invited to joinHitler’s SS-bodyguard. There he served until the war’s end as Hitler’s bodyguard, courier,orderly and finally as Chief of Communications.

On the Berghof terrace he watched Eva Braun organize parties; observed Heinrich Himmlerand Albert Speer; and monitored telephone conversations from Berlin to the East PrussianFHQ on 20 July 1944 after the attempt on Hitler’s life. Towards the end Misch was drawn intothe Führerbunker with the last of the ‘faithful’. As defeat approached, he remained in chargeof the bunker switchboard as his duty required, even after Hitler committed suicide.

Misch knew Hitler as the private man and his position was one of unconditional loyalty. Hismemoirs offer an intimate view of life in close attendance to Hitler and of the endless hoursdeep inside the bunker; and provide new insights into military events such as Hitler’s initialfeelings that the 6th Army should pull out of Stalingrad. Shortly before he died Misch wrote anew introduction for this first-ever English-language edition. The book also contains aforeword by the Jewish author Ralph Giordano and a new introduction by Roger Moorhouse.

$32.95 • 256 pages • 5.25 x 8.5 • 16 pages of plates • Now Available • hardback • 978-1-84832-749-8

Hitler’s Paratrooper The Life and Battles of Rudolf Witzig Gilberto Villahermosa

Rudolf Witzig entered the history books as the heroic captor of Belgium’s supposedlyimpregnable fortress Eben Emael in May 1940 – the first time that glider-borne troops wereused in the war. To many people, he is also known as the commander of the battle group thatfired the first shots of the Tunisian campaign.

Remarkably, next to nothing has been written about him as an individual. This biography,completed with the full support of Witzig’s widow and son, is a comprehensive history of theman and also provides important new detail on the German parachute arm that he served.

In the course of his service, he was awarded the coveted Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross. Hecould not be awarded the decoration because he had not yet earned the Iron’s Crosses 2nd and1st class – to resolve the problem he was awarded all three on the spot.

Witzig was involved in Operation Mercury, the invasion of Crete, but was seriously woundedduring the fighting. After his recovery, he was sent to Tunisia where he was credited withseveral successful defensive actions. He ended the war in captivity, surrendering to the Allieson 8 May 1945, the day after his name was placed on the Honor Roll of the Luftwaffe.

$24.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 illustrations • January 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2762-2


Frontline Books

War on the Eastern FrontThe German Soldier in Russia 1941–1945 James Lucas

Dawn on Sunday 22 June 1941 saw the opening onslaughts of Operation Barbarossa as German forces stormed forwardinto the Soviet Union. Few of them were to survive the five long years of bitter struggle.

A posting to the Eastern Front during the Second World War was rightly regarded with dread by the German soldiers. Theywere faced by the unremitting hostility of the climate, the people and even, at times, their own leadership. They saw epicbattles such as Stalingrad and Kursk, and yet it was a daily war of attrition which ultimately proved fatal for Hitler’sambition and the German military machine.

In this classic account leading military historian James Lucas examines different aspects of the fighting, from war in the trenches to a bicycle-mountedantitank unit fighting against the oncoming Russian hordes. Told through the experiences of the German soldiers who endured these nightmarishyears of warfare, War on the Eastern Front is a unique record of this cataclysmic campaign.

$19.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • January 2015 • paperback • 978-1-84832-787-0

The Hitler OptionsAlternate Decisions of WorldWar IIKenneth Macksey

‘A thought-provoking study of whatmight have been.’ British Army Review

What would have happened if Hitlerinvaded England in July 1940, orconcentrated on the capture of Moscow in 1941 instead of firstdiverting to Kiev? Or if Rommel had implemented Plan Orient in1942, striking across the Middle East to join Japanese forces movingto India? How would the course of World War II have been changed ifChurchill had persuaded the Americans to concentrate on attackingthe ‘soft underbelly’ of Europe instead of Northern France?

In this compelling book, ten acclaimed military historians explorewhat might have happened if at ten crucial turning-points of thewar Hitler had taken a different direction, or how he would havereacted if the Allies had changed course. Each scenario is based onreal situations and are within the bounds of what could genuinelyhave occurred.

With vivid and realistic descriptions of the ensuing campaigns andbattles, The Hitler Options is a gripping, thought-provoking and, attimes, disturbing look at what could have been.

$24.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • February 2015 •paperback • 978-1-84832-780-1

Luftwaffe X-PlanesManfred Griehl

From jet planes and high altitudeaircraft to radar-equipped fightersconfigured to deliver chemicalweapons, numerous Luftwaffe planeswere designed and reached prototypestage but never made it into massproduction or battle. Luftwaffe XPlanes is a definitive, revelatory guide to the remarkable range ofsecret planes that the Third Reich failed to complete.

Despite the Allied authorities’ ban on research, countless aircraftwere designed and tested by the Luftwaffe and Germanmanufacturers before World War II. The research went ahead atsecret evaluation sites in Germany, Switzerland, Sweden and theUSSR. After the outbreak of the war this work continued. Manyprojects remained on the drawing board or at prototype stagebecause either they were deemed unsuitable or, as is the case withmost of those in this selection, the developers simply ran out of timeand the projects never went into production.

Renowned aviation expert Manfred Griehl has painstakinglyassembled a valuable selection of images which shows theremarkable range of projects dreamed up by the German designers.Had these innovative projects ever been realized the course of theWorld War II could have been dramatically different.

$24.95 • 80 pages • 6.75 x 9 • Illustrated throughout • May 2015 •hardback • 978-1-84832-789-4


Frontline Books

InvasionThe AlternateHistory of theGermanInvasion ofEnglandKenneth Macksey

In June 1940,German troopsmassed across the Channel, poised for theinvasion of Britain. With France defeated andBritain cowed, Hitler seemed ready for hisgreatest gamble.

In this brilliant and compelling alternatehistory the Germans launch the invasion that,in reality, was never more than a plan. Landingbetween Dover and Hythe, German troopspush inland supported by the Luftwaffe andthe impregnable panzers, and strike outtowards London. The British, desperate todefeat the invaders, rally and prepare for acrucial confrontation – at Maidstone.

Realistic, carefully researched and superblywritten, this best-selling study is a classic ofalternate history and a thought-provoking lookat how Britain’s war might have been.

$24.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 32 pages of b/wplates • March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-84832-785-6

Born ofthe DesertWith the SAS inNorth AfricaMalcolm James

Born of the Desertis a classic accountof the early years ofthe SAS. TheSpecial Air Service was formed in 1941 andquickly earned a reputation for stealth, daringand audacity in the Western Desert Campaign.This elite force utilized the endless expanse ofthe desert to carry out surprise attacks and hitand run raids behind the Afrika Korps' lines,sowing confusion, fear and consternation.

James captures the excitement of this dramaticmode of warfare and brings to life the deadlybeauty of the desert, the harsh environmentand the strong bonds of comradeship andinterdependence which resulted. The originaltext has now been augmented bysupplementary notes by David List, andappendices on SAS casualties and awards byDavid Buxton.

$29.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/wplates • April 2015 • paperback • 978-1-84832-782-5

TheBloodyRoad toTunisDestruction ofthe Axis Forcesin North Africa,November1942-May 1943David Rolf

As the Afrika Korps withdrew after a bruisingdefeat at El Alamein, it became apparent thatAxis forces would not be able to maintain theirhold over Libya. Rommel pulled his troops backto Tunisia, digging in along the Mareth Line,and turned westwards to counter the massiveAnglo-American ‘Torch’ landings in FrenchNorth Africa. Allied might eventuallyoverpowered Rommel’s army and, in May1943, Axis forces surrendered. David Rolf hasmade use of rare and valuable source materialto present the Tunisian campaign in itsentirety.

$24.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/wplates • May 2015 • paperback • 978-1-84832-783-2

Over the TopAlternate Histories of the FirstWorld WarPeter Tsouras /Spencer Jones

Although separated from the modern readerby a full century, the First World Warcontinues to generate controversy andinterest as the great event upon whichmodern history pivoted. Not only did the warcull the European peoples of some of their best and brightest, it also ledto the destruction of the Austro-Hungarian, German, Ottoman andRussian empires, and paved the way for the Second World War.

This thought-provoking book explores ten alternate scenarios in whichthe course of the war is changed forever. Expertly written by leadingmilitary historians, this is a compelling and credible look at what mighthave been.

$39.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • January 2015 •hardback • 978-1-84832-753-5

Destructive andFormidableBritish Infantry Firepower1642–1765David John Blackmore

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,the British Army’s victories over the French atbattles such as Blenheim in 1704, Mindenand Quebec in 1759, and over the Jacobitesat Culloden in 1746, were largely credited to its infantry’s particularlyeffective and deadly firepower. For the first time, David Blackmore hasgone back to original drill manuals and other contemporary sources todiscover the reasons behind this.

This book employs an approach that starts by considering the procedures andpractices of soldiers in a given period and analyzes those in order understandhow things were done and, in turn, why events unfolded as they did.

$50.00 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 14 line diagrams • February 2015 • hardback• 978-1-84832-768-9


Frontline Books

Vicissitudes in the Lifeof a Scottish Soldier Paul Cowan

Few men from the 71st Highland LightInfantry who sailed from Cork withWellington to Portugal in 1808 returned tothe Irish port six years later. The author ofVicissitudes in the Life of a Scottish Soldierwas one of the survivors and claims only fourother men from his company came through the entire six years withhim.

As one of Wellington's elite Light Infantry units the 71st were in the foreof the fighting in some of the hardest fought battles of the PeninsularWar. The book was controversial on its release in 1827 for itsunvarnished and unsentimental account of the grim war against theFrench in Spain, the Netherlands, Portugal and France itself. A cynic witha highly developed sense of humor, the author was not afraid to criticizehis superiors, be they thieving sergeants or officers who were far fromgentlemen.

$39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • April 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832-786-3

Artillery oftheNapoleonicWars Vol II Artillery in Siege,Fortress, and Navy,1792–1815Kevin Kiley

Napoleonic artillery can usually be divided intotwo types: field, or light artillery which wasemployed by the armies on campaign and inthe field and siege, or heavy artillery, whichwas employed in siege operations and againstopponents holding the fortresses againstthem. This volume chronicles the story of theguns and men during the twenty-three yearsof almost continuous warfare from 1792-1815from the battlefields of continental Europe tothe almost primitive terrain of North Americaand of the seas, lakes and rivers that connectedthem.

$50.00 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages b/wplates • May 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832-637-8

The WaterlooArchive:Volume VIBritish SourcesGareth Glover

In the groundbreakingWaterloo Archive series Gareth Glover has setout to unearth this buried material and tofinally expose it to public scrutiny. In doing sohe brings the human aspect of war andmilitary campaigning to the fore: the humorand exhilaration, the fears and miseries, thestarvation and exhaustion, the horror and thejoy. He also provides an invaluable new sourcewhich will challenge preconceptions, disprovetheories, destroy myths and allow for acomplete reevaluation of many key aspects ofthe campaign. In this sixth and final volume inthe series, published to coincide with the twohundredth anniversary of the campaign, Gloverhas again turned his attention to the Britishsources.

$50.00 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • Illustratedthroughout • January 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832-728-3

From BoiledBeef toChicken Tikka500 Years of Feedingthe British ArmyJanet Macdonald

Janet Macdonald, author of the acclaimedFeeding Nelson’s Navy, now turns her attentionto food in the British Army over the past twocenturies. Napoleon’s remark ‘an army marcheson its stomach’ has become an overused cliché.It is a simple statement and undoubtedly true,but like many such simple statements, theactuality of what fills that stomach and how itis provided is far more complex.

The more you think about this subject, themore questions come to you: what did theBritish soldier eat: how was it cooked? Herethen, are the answers to those questions, withsome insights into the personalities who madea difference – the unsung heroes of the Britishmilitary machine.

$39.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp of plates •February 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832-730-6

Sparta: Unfit forEmpireGodfrey Hutchinson

The end of the Peloponnesian War sawSparta emerge as the dominant powerin the Greek world. Had she used thisposition wisely her hegemony mighthave been secure. As it was, sheembarked on actions that her former allies, Thebes and Korinth,refused to support. The rise of Thebes as a threatening power toSparta’s control of Greece was largely the result of the brilliantexploits of Epaminondas and Pelopidas whose obvious examinationof Spartan tactics allowed them to provide counters to them.

While noting the political issues, Godfrey Hutchinson’s focus is uponthe strategic and tactical elements of warfare in a period almostwholly coinciding with the reign of the brilliant commander,Agesilaos, one of the joint kings of Sparta, who, astonishingly,campaigned successfully into his eighties.

$44.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 8pp plates, 14 maps • February 2015 •hardback • 978-1-84832-222-6


Grub Street Publishing

Valiant BoysTrue Stories from the Operators ofthe UK’s First Four-Jet BomberTony Blackman/Anthony Wright

Following on from the success of Victor Boysand Vulcan Boys, Tony Blackman, incollaboration with Anthony Wright, bringsyou Valiant Boys to complete the V Force set.This is a fascinating collection of personalaccounts of operating Britain’s first V bomber by aircrew and groundcrew. The book tells the story from the aircraft’s birth taking off fromVickers’ tiny airfield at Wisley near Brooklands to its premature deathfrom fatigue. There are tales of testing atom bombs in the Australiandesert, dropping hydrogen bombs in the middle of the Pacific and, as acomplete contrast, attacking airfields with conventional bombs in Egyptduring the very brief and abortive Suez campaign. We are reminded ofhow the Valiant provided the UK’s first nuclear deterrent by alwayshaving some armed aircraft on stand-by twenty-four hours a day,supported by their air and ground crews, ready to be flown at amoment’s notice on a one-way trip to launch an atomic war.

$39.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 8pp color inserts • January 2015 • hardback •978-1-909808-21-8

Phantom BoysTrue Tales from Aircrew of theMcDonnell Douglas F-4 Fighter-BomberRichard Pike

From Richard Pike, best-selling author ofHunter Boys and The Lightning Boys seriescomes the newest addition to the popularGrub Street’s Boys series, Phantom Boys.Originally developed for the US Navy, this twin-engined supersoniclong-range fighter-bomber first flew in the spring of 1958. It thenentered service for the US Navy in 1961, and in 1969 with the Fleet AirArm and RAF in the UK. Regarded as one of the most versatile fightersever built, the Phantom F-4 was the US Navy’s fastest and highest-flyingaircraft. It was flown by both US military demonstration teams (NavyBlue Angels and the Air Force Thundercats) from 1969 to 1973. It endedits service in 1991 with the RAF. But it continued to serve a variety of airforces across the world, with some still in service fifty years after its firstflight.

$39.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • illustrated throughout • June 2015 •hardback • 978-1-909808-22-5

An Alien SkyThe story of one man’s remarkableadventure in Bomber Commandduring the Second World WarAndy Wiseman/Sean Feast

By any measure, Andy Wiseman (bornWeizman) is a lucky man. The only son of aPolish father and an American mother, Andywas born and grew up in Berlin, just as AdolfHitler was coming to power. As a Jew educated at the famous WernerSiemens Real Gymnasium in Schoneberg, he left only months before hisschool was closed down and fled with his family to Poland, one stepahead of the Nazi persecution that was to follow and later take the lifeof his father. From Poland he again fled to England, this time withouthis parents, arriving as a 16-year old with little or no grasp of English.After a crash course in the language, he avoided being called up into thePolish army in exile thanks to the timely intervention of no less a manthan General Sikorski himself, to enlist in the RAF to train initially as apilot and then as an air bomber in South Africa. On his return to the UKhe was posted to an all-Australian Squadron (466 Squadron) equippedwith the Handley Page Halifax. Briefly on the run he was betrayed andcaptured, spending the next 12 months as a prisoner of war.

$39.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • with photo inserts • June 2015 • hardback •978-1-909808-25-6

Ton-Up LancsA photographic record of the thirty-five RAF Lancasters that eachcompleted one hundred sortiesNorman Franks

A decade since its first publication, GrubStreet are proud to present Ton-Up Lancs as apaperback for the first time. Originally arevised study following its first appearanceunder the Claims to Fame series, the book focuses on the story of theAvro Lancasters that completed one hundred sorties. Thirty-five historiesare recorded in this book with stories and personal photographs fromthe aircrew that flew these aircraft. The most famous, R5868 Queenie,can still be seen in the Bomber Command Hall at RAF Museum, London.Renowned author Norman Franks also examines the controversialaccounting of the number of operations flown by detailing each raidundertaken by pilots and crew during 1942-1945 including sorties overHitler’s Third Reich, Northern Italy and during support missions beforeand after D-Day. With over 200 photographs reproduced throughout thebook and an account from Sgt Ron Clark DFC, who flew EE139 Phantomof the Ruhr on its first sortie, Ton-Up Lancs is a fascinating tribute toboth the aircraft and aircrew that participated in Bomber Commandduties.

$26.95 • 224 pages • 8.75 x 10.25 • b/w photographs throughout • May2015 • paperback • 978-1-909808-26-3


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Les Bateaux VikingsDamien Bouet

The author, an archaeologist, currently leads inNormandy the reconstruction of a Viking ship.In this book, he traces the evolution of thistype of vessel from the oldest prototypes(Hjortspring) to the latest models (Roskilde),with many plans. He then explains theirconstitution and means of navigation, thereligious conceptions and related fantasticfigureheads. Finally, he mentioned the modernreplicas of these vessels.

$40.00 • 80 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • December2014 • hardback • 978-2-84048-419-6 • FrenchText

Bayeux 1944Georges Bernage

Amid heavy fighting in the Battle ofNormandy, Bayeux and the Gold Beach areawere often forgotten by historical work.Bayeux deserves this document that presents alot of information and unpublished photos.These remarkable pictures of everyday life thecompletion of the Bypass around the citybecoming preserved city hospital and refugeereception amid a disaster area where there hellfor the civilian population.

$33.00 • 48 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 2014 •paperback • 978-2-84048-402-8 • French Text

Ennemis et FrèresJean-Charles Stasi

In June 1944, Johannes Börner is 19 years andLéon Gautier 21. These two elite soldiers willtake part in the battle of Normandy in thefrontline, each convinced to fight for the goodcause. One will experience the thrill of victory,the other the humiliation of defeat and prisoncamps. Seventy years later, they live in thesame place and reflect together on theirexperiences in World War II.

$33.00 • 176 pages • 6 x 8.25 • 2014 •paperback • 978-2-84048-405-9 • French Text

KorvettenkapitänKentratdu croiseur Emden à l’U-196Georges Bernage/Jean-Paul Pallud

We offer you an exceptional book chroniclingthe career of Kapitänleutnant Kentrat. Thisbook presents the outstanding career of thisgreat sailor through his personal papers,letters, his uniform pieces, a rich iconographywhose 130 photos on the U-196 (at sea).

$135.00 • 350 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • hardback •978-2-84048-383-0 • French Text

La Flak de la Wiking5, SS-Panzer-Division WikingPierre Tiquet

For those, many who have enjoyed the firstvolume devoted to the Wiking Division, here isa great complement. Here is this division afterthe flak of the Hohenstaufen and theLeibstandarte. This new title HS Battles &Testimonials include additional annexesnotebook, testimonies, objects, documents.

$40.00 • 96 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 2014 •hardback • 978-2-84048-404-2 • French Text

Panzer JägerPierre Tiquet

This book presents the history of anti-tankgroup of the Das Reich from 1941 to 1944,through the testimony of two officers of thisunit, the SS-Hstuf. Claudius Rupp, who is alsoan instructor at the school PanzerjägerRastenburg, and SS-Ustuf. Hans-WernerWoltersdorf. The course of this unit isillustrated with many photos of the equipmentused, including Marder.



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WikingMai 1942-Avril1943 Vol. 2Charles Trang

There are threevolumes of the“Wiking” division byCharles Trang. Volume1 will cover the period from December 1940 toApril 1942 and published in December 2013,Volume 2 will be available in December 2014and will cover the period from May 1942 toMay 1943, Volume 3 will be released inDecember 2015 and will cover the period fromJune 1943 to May 1945, one volume per year.


Légion WallonieVol. 2Jean-Pierre Pirard

$143.00 • 400 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • hardback • 978-2-84048-360-1 • French Text

Les Paras de la Waffen-SSVol. 1Rüdiger Franz

Here’s a largely unknown subject— battalionof paratroopers of the Waffen-SS was formed inthe fall of 1943, in order to carry out specialmissions. The author, Captain paras of theLuftwaffe (FRG), German Pat, French and US, inthe sixties and turned historian, offers a detailed history in threevolumes of more than 400 pages each. The first volume is devoted to theoperation against the Titoitess troops in Yugoslavia, the second to thecommitment in the Baltic countries and the third at operations inHungary, in the Ardennes and the beachhead of the Oder. All, dedicatedto the SS-Fallschirmjäger-battalion 500/600 offers total documentationmore thousand photos.

$112.00 • 400 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • hardback • 978-2-84048-406-6 •French Text

Normandie NiemenDes pilotes de la France libre sur lefront russeJean-Charles Stasi

On June 20, 1945, the Normandie-Niementriumphantly landed at le Bourget beforehundreds of thousands of people. Everyonewanted to see the French pilots who came tofight for three years on the Russian front alongside Soviet air forces. Allfought well: 273 confirmed victories and 36 probables in 5240 missions.But at what price? Of the 96 pilots involved between the spring of 1943and the spring of 1945, 42 had not returned.

Created in the fall of 1942 by General de Gaulle to represent the freeFrench on the Eastern front, the Normandie-Niemen fighter group wasthe most titled all-time French air unit who had paid the highest priceduring the Second World War.

$40.00 • 80 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • hardback • 978-2-84048-413-4 • FrenchText

SeppDietrichThomas Fischer

NCO, ‘Sepp’ Dietrichcommanded one ofthe first tanks fromhistory during WorldWar II. Member of theHitler bodyguards, he took command of thefirst 117 volunteers on 17 March 1933, the coreof the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler whichbecame regimental, brigade and division. Thisalbum traces the journey of this Chief, who hadcreated a strong bond with his men andcommanded an army tank at the end of thewar.

$82.00 • 160 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • June 2015 •hardback • 978-2-84048-411-0 • French Text

La Légionétrangèreen Algérie1954-1962Raymond Guyader

This detailed study onthe uniforms of theForeign Legion during the war in Algeria hasmore than 400 collection pieces and about 200vintage photographs and make us relive thispainful war that ended French Algeria, 1939 in1962, after 23 years of uninterrupted fightingfor the Foreign Legion.

$116.00 • 256 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • hardback •978-2-84048-412-7 • French Text


Helion & Company

Moltkeand HisGeneralsA Study inLeadershipQuintin Barry

When Helmuth vonMoltke took over asChief of the Prussian General Staff, the Prussianarmy had not fought for more than forty years.Yet within a decade and a half he had broughtit to the point where it was the strongest inEurope. His successes on the battle field led tohis methods being painstakingly analyzed bycommentators and slavishly imitated byWestern armies.

His success was not only due to far sightedstrategic planning, the comprehensivereorganization of the General Staff and hisgrasp of new technologies; it was also due tohis leadership of a talented, if disparate, groupof subordinates, even if some of themsometimes failed to grasp his overallintentions.

This book examines these key relationships.Foremost among these was his collaborationwith the able though choleric Karl Leonhardvon Blumenthal; their correspondencereflected every aspect of their campaigns. Hewas also close to the Crown Prince, whose aidede camp he had been.

Behind these relationships there existed thevital rapport which Moltke had with theirChiefs of Staff and his own general staffofficers. It was on his ability to rely on thesemen to execute his intentions that his successultimately depended.

$69.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 20 b/willustrations, 7 maps • May 2015 • hardback •978-1-910294-41-3

KangzhanGuide toChinese GroundForces 1937–45Leland Ness/BinShih

This is the firstready reference tothe organizationand armament of Chinese ground forces duringthe Sino-Japanese War of 1937–45. The workintegrates Chinese, Japanese and Westernsources to examine the details of the structureand weapons of the period. This is the firstbook to deal with the bottom-levelunderpinnings of this massive army, crucial toan understanding of its tactical andoperational utility.

An introductory chapter discusses the militaryoperations in China, often given short shrift inWorld War II histories. The work then traces theevolution of the national army’s organizationalstructure from the end of the NorthernExpedition to the conclusion of World War II.Included are tables of organization andstrength reports for the wartime period.

The armament section illustrates and detailsnot only the characteristics of the many andvaried weapons used in China, many seennowhere else, but also their acquisition andsuch local production as was undertaken. Thisis complemented by a chapter on the arsenalsand their evolution and production programs.

The Chinese army was one of the largest of thewar and it, and Japan’s, fought longer than anyother. It faced unique challenges, includingfragmented loyalties, huge expanses ofterritory, poor logistics networks, inadequatearms supplies, and, often, incompetence andcorruption. Nevertheless, they fought bravelyin major battles through 1941 and were able tocounter punch effectively in important regionsthrough the rest of the war.

$69.95 • 624 pages • 6 x 9 • 300 b/w photos, 15maps, 100 tables • May 2015 • paperback •978-1-910294-42-0

A WalkAgainsttheStreamA RhodesianNational ServiceOfficer’s Story ofthe Bush WarTony Ballinger

A Walk Against The Stream takes a look at theexperiences of a young national service officerin the Rhodesian army. This is a true story,encompassing all eighteen months the authorspent at Victoria Falls, Rhodesia, facing enemyterritory just across the Zambezi river inZambia.

Initially allocated to 4th platoon, 4Independent company Rhodesia Regiment(RR) as a subaltern and later on as a 1stLieutenant in support company 2RR, the storystarts with the author’s training andsubsequent deployment to the operationalarea. The events that unfold contain interestingmilitary encounters, with battles against theZambian army and local terrorists clearlydepicted. The style of writing flows easily andgraphically, drawing the reader into a halfforgotten world.

But there is also another aspect to the story:the human side of it. It is an examination ofthe author’s love of a country falling apart andthe relationship that he forms with a localwoman in the village; their love, hope anddreams snatched away by unfolding events.This is a riveting personal tale, interspersedwith interesting facts and dozens ofphotographs. All the names and places arereal, including the battle scenes with ZIPRAand the Zambian army.

$39.95 • 416 pages • 6 x 9 • 50 color and b/wphotos • February 2015 • paperback • 978-1-910294-43-7


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Phoenix –A CompleteHistory of theLuftwaffe1918-1945Volume 1 – ThePhoenix isReborn 1918–1934Richard Meredith

Based on forty years of detailed research, thePhoenix Project is a unique history of thewartime German Luftwaffe. Going far beyond asimple description of famous air battles andoperations the overall work draws extensivelyon original documents, secondary sources andcontemporary accounts to place the Luftwaffewithin its proper historical context, gathertogether its many disparate components andprovide a hitherto unpublished balance to itsdiverse activities.

In addition to the lead role of the combat airforces the history provides a proper emphasisto the largely unsung work of the Anti-AircraftArtillery, Luftwaffe ground forces, SignalsService and the Medical Services. It alsoexamines in detail the vital work of the hugetraining organization and the organization androle of a continent-wide ground organization.

All theaters are covered thus placing a muchneeded emphasis on the Luftwaffe’smomentous struggle in the East, a theater ofoperations that was always more urgent andmore vital to the Wehrmacht. Throughout thiswork Luftwaffe activities are set within thewider role of overall military operations andLuftwaffe activity is therefore placed backwithin its proper context in the overallEuropean conflict.

The structure of the Phoenix Project is totallyunique. Divisions of themes within the textenable the reader to pursue particular areas ofinterest throughout the overall work.

$59.95 • 416 pages • 6 x 9 • 115 b/w photos, 5maps, 3 tables • June 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910294-50-5

Victoria’sHarvestThe Irish Soldierin the Zulu Warof 1879John Young/DavidTruesdale

The tradition of Irishsoldiers in theBritish Army can be traced back manyhundreds of years. Henry V at Agincourt faceda superior French army with his small band ofbrothers that included in their ranks a unit ofIrish hoblairs. This force of light cavalry, some1,500 strong, had left the port of Cork underthe command of Thomas Butler, Prior ofKilmainham, and served with the Kingthroughout his campaign in France. By thetime of Agincourt the numbers remainingwould have been much less, but contributed toan Irish presence nonetheless.

The inclusion of Irish soldiers in the Armycontinued unabated into reign of QueenVictoria and the General Army Return of 1880notes the following breakdown of soldiers byplace of birth: English 69.7%, Scottish 8%,Irish 20.9% and ‘others’ as 1.3%. The Welshwould appear to be included in the Englishtotal. Again this is by place of birth and doesnot include men born outside Ireland or onforeign stations of Irish parents, nor can itinclude those who for various reasons liedabout their place of birth, a not infrequentoccurrence.

This book tells the story of some of the Irishmen who served as soldiers in Queen Victoria’sArmy, before, during and after the Zulu War of1879. Men who fought not necessarily for aqueen or a country, but most often for theirregiment; a regiment that had seen numerousfellow Irishmen and often preceding familymembers serve in its ranks.

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Last BloodonPomeraniaLeon Degrelleand the WalloonWaffen SSVolunteers,February–May 1945Tomasz Borowski

The 28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division‘Wallonien’, which mostly consisted ofFrench-speaking citizens of the Kingdom ofBelgium – first as part of the Wehrmacht,and later in the ranks of the Waffen SS –fought as one of the national legionsagainst the Red Army on the Eastern Frontin February 1942. The Walloons gainedfame during the legendary resistance inCherkassy Pocket, where in early 1944 theylost more than fifty percent of theirstrength. In the summer of the same yearthey fought a defensive battle in Estonia inthe region of Dorpat, and in February 1945were directed to Western Pomerania, whereuntil the last days of the war they put up astubborn resistance to the armies of Stalin.

This book, which was originally published inPolish, is based on the unpublishedmemoirs of participants of these events,and is the first account to describe theWalloons’ participation in the mysteriousPomeranian campaign in such a detailedmanner. It tells the tragic story of theWalloon volunteers, who at all costs tried tostop the onrush of the enemy standing atthe gates of the Third Reich. ThePomeranian odyssey led by thecontroversial and infamous Volksführer LeonDegrelle went on for three months, and thetrial meant death and courage. Stargard,Altdamm, Neu Rosow – these are locations,that became synonyms for unconditionalsacrifice. They are also a symbol ofkameradschaft, of a group of tough guysand daredevils, who were determined tostake everything on one throw of the dice.

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Libyan Air Wars Part 2:1985–1986Part 2: 1985–1986Tom Cooper/Albert Grandolini/Arnaud Delande

While the first volume in this mini-series spannedthe first decade of confrontations between Libyaand several of its neighbors, but foremost the USAand France, between 1973 and 1985, the secondis to cover the period of less than a year – between mid-1985 and March1986, when this confrontation reached its first climax.

Through mid and late 1985, relations between France and Libya becametense over the situation in Chad. By early 1986, the French felt forced todeploy their air force for an airstrike on the crucial Libyan air base atWadi Doum, in the north of that country. Tripoli reacted with a high-profile aerial attack on N’Djamena IAP and by bolstering support for itsproxies. This eventually provoked Paris to launch its third militaryintervention in that country, Operation Épervier.

$29.95 • 72 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • c 150 color and b/w photos, colorprofiles, maps • June 2015 • paperback • 978-1-910294-53-6

Libyan Air Wars Part 3:1985–1989Part 3: 1986–1989Tom Cooper/Albert Grandolini/Arnaud Delande

Confrontations between Libya, and the USA andFrance reached their highest point in the periodbetween April 1986 and early 1989. In responseto a Libyan-instigated and supported series ofterror attacks against US citizens and interests in Europe, in April 1986the USA launched Operation El Dorado Canoyon – a series of raidsagainst carefully selected targets in Libya.

Simultaneously, the USA and France bolstered the military of theChadian government, enabling it to subsequently launch an all-outadvance against Libyan troops and proxy forces in the north of Libya.This culminated in the series of spectacular campaigns better known as‘Toyota Wars’, characterized by high speed of operations and surprise.The Chadian Army defeated its opponents in 1987 and nearly launchedan invasion of Libya in 1988, successfully concluding this conflict.


Wars and Insurgencies ofUganda 1971–1994Tom Cooper/Adrien Fontanellaz

In 1971, Idi Amin Dada, a former officer of theKing’s African Rifles and commander of theUgandan Army, seized power in a military coupin Uganda. Characterized by human rightsabuses, political repression, ethnic persecution,extra judicial killings, nepotism, corruption and gross economicmismanagement, Amin’s rule drove thousands into exile. Amin shiftedthe country’s orientation in international relations from alliances withthe West and Israel, to cooperation with the Soviet Union.

With Tanzanian leader Julius Nyerere offering sanctuary to Uganda’sousted president, Milton Obote, Ugandan relations with Tanzania soonbecame strained too. Already in 1972, a group of Tanzania-based exilesattempted, unsuccessfully, to invade Uganda and remove Amin. By late1978, following another attempted coup against him, Amin deployedhis troops against the mutineers, some of whom fled across theTanzanian border. The rebellion against him thus spilled over intoTanzania, against whom Uganda then declared a state of war.


The Rwandan PatrioticFront 1990–1994Tom Cooper/Adrien Fontanellaz

On 1 October 1990, hundreds of Banyarawandamilitants that served with the Ugandan Armydeserted their posts to form the RwandanPatriotic Front (RPF) and invade Rwanda. Thusbegan the Rwandan Civil War, which was toculminate in the famous genocide of nearly one million of Tutsi andmoderate Hutus, in 1994.

Starting with in-depth descriptions of the history of Rwandan political,military and security development, this volume traces the history of theRPA from its emergence as a small-scale insurgent group formed fromthe ranks of Rwandan refugee diaspora in Uganda; its militaryoperations and related experiences during nearly four years of waragainst the Rwandan government; and its establishment of control overKigali, in July 1994. As such, the narrative presented here provides afascinating and unique insight into the military story behind theemergence of modern-day Rwanda and its military; considered by manyto be the ‘Israel of Africa’.


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The Battle of Moscow1941–1942The Red Army’s Defensive Operationsand Counter-offensive Along theMoscow Strategic DirectionSoviet General Staff/Richard W. Harrison

This work originally appeared in 1943, underthe title "Razgrom Nemetskikh Voisk podMoskvoi" (The Rout of the German Forces Around Moscow). The workwas produced by the Red Army General Staff’s military-historicalsection, which was charged with collecting and analyzing the war’sexperience and disseminating it to the army’s higher echelons. This wasa collective effort, featuring many different contributors, with MarshalBoris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov, former chief of the Red Army GeneralStaff and then head of the General Staff Academy, serving as generaleditor.

The study pays particular attention to the Red Army’s resistance to theGermans’ attempts to outflank Moscow from the north. Equallyimportant were the defensive operations to the south of Moscow, wherethe Germans sought to push forward their other encircling flank.

$79.95 • 528 pages • 6 x 9 • 55 maps • May 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910294-64-2

Soviet Autogyros1929–1942Mikhail Maslov

The material presented in this book describesthe history of the development, testing andlimited operations of early Soviet autogyros. Asin the rest of the world, autogyros appeared inthe Soviet Union in a period of full explorationof the skies by airplanes and after the first unsuccessful experiences withhelicopters. Enormous hopes were linked to the advent of autogyrosamong Soviet operating departments in the beginning of the 1930s.However an array of technical factors hindered their active introductioninto civil and military service.

The first Soviet autogyro, KASKR-1, which was developed by engineersKamov and Skrzhinsky, resembled the Cierva design and flew in 1929. Itwas purely a test machine, aimed at achieving initial experience in thisunknown subject. Further efforts on autogyros were concentrated at theExperimental Aerodynamics Department of the Central Aero andHydrodynamics Institute (TsAGI) in Moscow. A number of Sovietdesigners, who later became famous for their works on helicopters,were involved in solving the initial problems of autogyro development.

$39.95 • 144 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 186 b/w and color photos, profiles •February 2015 • paperback • 978-1-910294-65-9

The Black BeretThe History of South Africa’s ArmouredForces Volume 1 – Beginnings to theInvasion of Madagascar 1942Willem Steenkamp

Volume 1 of "The Black Beret" starts with theearly history of South Africa and ends with theinvasion of Madagascar by the South AfricanForces during WWII. This volume covers topics such as how armor cameto the battlefield, the use of horses vs. armored car in German SouthWest Africa in 1915, the first steps to mechanization, the birth of theTank Corps, and the deployment into East Africa through Abyssinia toAddis Abba during the early years of WWII. We next experience thereverses and victories of the desert campaign with the 4th Armored CarCompany amongst others, fighting alongside the Desert Rats, OperationCrusader, the disaster at Tobruk, through the Gazala gallop and on to thevictory at El Alamein. We meet the newly reconstituted SA ArmoredCorps training at Khatadba in Egypt for deployment in the Italiancampaign with the famous South African 6th Armored Division, and weride with the armor element that takes part in the invasion ofMadagascar.

$79.95 • 608 pages • 6 x 9 • 275 b/w photos, 16 maps • May 2015 •hardback • 978-1-910294-68-0

Biafra’s War 1967–1970A Tribal Conflict in Nigeria That Left aMillion DeadAl J. Venter

Almost half a century has passed since theNigerian Civil War ended. But memories diehard, because a million or more peopleperished in that internecine struggle, themajority women and children, who were starved to death. Biafra’s warwas modern Africa’s first extended conflict. It lasted almost three yearsand was based largely on ethnic, by inference, tribal grounds. Itinvolved, on the one side, a largely Christian or animist southeasternquadrant of Nigeria which called itself Biafra, pitted militarily againstthe country’s more populous and preponderant Islamic north.

These divisions – almost always brutal – persist. Not a week goes bywithout reports coming in of Christian communities or individualspersecuted by Islamic zealots. This book is an important contributiontowards understanding Nigeria’s ethnic divisions, which are no bettertoday than they were then.

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Four Ball,One TracerCommandingExecutiveOutcomes inAngola and SierraLeoneRoelf vanHeerden/Andrew Hudson

Brutally honest and devoid of hyperbole, this isRoelf van Heerden’s Executive Outcomes.

Unapologetic, unassuming and forthright, thecombat exploits of Executive Outcomes (EO) inAngola and Sierra Leone are recounted for thefirst time by a battlefield commander who wasphysically on the ground during all their majorcombat operations. From fighting UNITA forthe critical oil installations and diamond fieldsof Angola to the offensive against the RUF inSierra Leone to capture the Kono diamondfields and the palace coup which oustedCaptain Valentine Strasser, van Heerden was atthe forefront. He tells of the tragedy of childsoldiers, illegal diamond mining and the curseof government soldiers who turn on their ownpeople; he tells of RUF atrocities, theharrowing attempt to rescue a downed EOpilot and the poignant efforts to recover theremains of EO soldiers killed in action. Coupledwith van Heerden’s gripping exposé, hithertounpublished photographs, order of battlecharts and battle maps offer unprecedentedaccess to the major actions as they took placeon the ground during the heydays of EO.

$49.95 • 312 pages • 6 x 9 • 56 pages of colorphotos, b/w maps • April 2015 • paperback •978-1-910294-71-0

Portugal’sGuerillaWars inAfricaLisbon’s ThreeWars in Angola,Mozambique andPortugese Guinea1961–74Al J. Venter

Portugal's three wars in Africa in Angola,Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea (Guiné-Bissau today) lasted almost 13 years - longerthan the United States Army fought inVietnam. Yet they are among the mostunderreported conflicts of the modern era.

Commonly referred to as Lisbon's Overseas War(Guerra do Ultramar) or in the former colonies,the War of Liberation (Guerra de Libertação),these struggles played a seminal role in endingwhite rule in Southern Africa.

Though hardly on the scale of hostilities beingfought in South East Asia, the casualty countby the time a military coup d'état took place inLisbon in April 1974 was significant. It wascertainly enough to cause Portugal to call ahalt to violence and pull all its troops back tothe Metropolis. Ultimately, Lisbon was to moveout of Africa altogether, when hundreds ofthousands of Portuguese nationals returned toEurope, the majority having left everythingthey owned behind. Independence for all theformer colonies, including the Atlantic islands,followed soon afterwards.

Lisbon ruled its African territories for morethan five centuries, not always undisputed byits black and mestizo subjects, but effectivelyenough to create a lasting Lusitanian tradition.That imprint is indelible and remains engravedin language, social mores and culturaltraditions that sometimes have more incommon with Europe than with Africa.

$49.95 • 544 pages • 6 x 9 • profuselyillustrated with color and b/w photos, maps •March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-910294-73-4

Over Fieldsof FireFlying theSturmovik inAction on theEastern Front1942–45Anna Timofeeva-Egorova

During the 1930s the Soviet Union launched amajor effort to create a modern Air Force. Thatprocess required training tens of thousands ofpilots. Among those pilots were largernumbers of young women, training shoulderto shoulder with their male counterparts. Acommon training program of the day involvedstudying in ‘flying clubs’ during leisure hours,first using gliders and then training planes.Following this, the best graduates could entermilitary schools to become professionalcombat pilots or flight navigators. The authorof this book passed through all of those stagesand had become an experienced training pilotwhen the USSR entered the war.

Volunteering for front line duty, the authorflew 130 combat missions piloting the U2biplane in a liaison squadron. In the initialperiod of the war, the German Luftwaffedominated the sky. Daily combat sortiesdemanded bravery and skill from the pilots ofthe liaison squadron operating obsolete,unarmed planes. Over the course of a year theauthor was shot down by German fightersthree times but kept flying nevertheless.

In late 1942 Anna Egorova became the firstfemale pilot to fly the famous Sturmovik(ground attack) plane that played a major rolein the ground battles of the Eastern Front. Thisis a quite unique story of courage,determination and bravery in the face oftremendous personal adversity.

$39.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • b/w photos • April2015 • paperback • 978-1-910294-74-1


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Cavalier CapitalOxford in the English CivilWar 1642–1646John Barratt

This is the first detailed account ofOxford’s role as "Royalist capital"to appear for almost three-quarters of a century, examinesall aspects of Oxford’s experiencein the English Civil War.

$49.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • 58b/w illustrations, 2 maps • May2015 • hardback • 978-1-910294-58-1

Early Modern Systems ofCommandQueen Anne’s Generals,Staff Officers and theDirection of Allied Warfarein the Low Countries andGermany, 1702–1711Stewart Stansfield

This book explores the livesindividuals led on campaign andthe nature of the apparatus ofcommand they formed. Itexamines topics as diverse ascorruption, logistics, militaryjustice and intelligence-gathering.

$69.95 • 304 pages • 6 x 9 • 13color and b/w illustrations, 2maps, 9 tables • May 2015 •hardback • 978-1-910294-47-5

Marlborough’s Other ArmyThe British Army and theCampaigns of the FirstPeninsula War, 1702–1712Nick Dorrell

This is a detailed look at the armythat fought the Spanish andPortuguese campaigns ofMarlborough’s war and the war inIberia.

$59.95 • 160 pages • 6 x 9 • 15maps • March 2015 • hardback •978-1-910294-63-5

The Sikh Wars Source Book The Rise and Fall of theKhalsa, 1799-1849Andrew Preziosi

This is the first comprehensivework dealing with the Anglo-SikhWars fought in India between1845 and 1849.

$69.95 • 496 pages • 6 x 9 • 175color and b/w illustrations, maps •April 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910294-29-1

Experiences of a youngBritish officer in India,1845-1849The Illustrated Journal ofCharles NedhamPeter Harrington

Charles Nedham's journal offersglimpses of life in peace and warin India, as well as the contemptand prejudices shown by theBritish towards the nativepopulation.

$29.95 • 112 pages • 6 x 9 • 26b/w illustrations • June 2015 •paperback • 978-1-910294-38-3

The Studnitz Wars The Wartime Journals of aPrussian Cavalry General1849–71 Gilbert von Studnitz

The journal of Prussian MajorGeneral Benno von Studnitz hasbeen translated and edited by hisgreat-grandson and appears forthe first time in English.

$39.95 • 152 pages • 6 x 9 • 5 b/willustrations • April 2015 •paperback • 978-1-910294-40-6

Brave as a LionThe Life and Times of FieldMarshal Hugh Gough, 1stViscount GoughChristopher Brice

Hugh Gough, 1st Viscount Gough,is an interesting and controversialfigure of the late Georgian andearly Victorian British Army.

$59.95 • 464 pages • 6 x 9 • 40b/w illustrations, 10 maps • June2015 • hardback • 978-1-910294-61-1

Bishop GwynneDeputy Chaplain-General tothe British Armies on theWestern Front during theFirst World WarNeville Benyon

This new study of BEF DeputyChaplain General Llewellyn HenryGwynne's (1863–1957) philosophyand work explores his formativeyears including his time at St John’sTheological College, Highbury.

$69.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • 16b/w photos • May 2015 • hardback• 978-1-910294-60-4


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Mud, Blood andDeterminationThe History of the46th (NorthMidland) Divisionin the Great WarSimon Peaple

This groundbreakingmodern history of the 46th (North Midland)Division draws upon a vast array of largelyneglected sources from a variety of archives,and challenges some comfortable assumptions.

$69.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 50 b/w photos, 8color maps, 2 tables • March 2015 • hardback •978-1-910294-66-6

Stemming the TideOfficers andLeadership in theBritishExpeditionaryForce 1914Spencer Jones

This collection offers abroad picture of command at all levels of theBEF through a series of biographical essays onkey officers.

$49.95 • 384 pages • 6 x 9 • b/w photos, 8pages of color maps • January 2015 •paperback • 978-1-910294-72-7

Hold at All Costs!The Epic Battle ofDelville Wood 1916Ian Uys

Delville Wood in theSomme was the mostfamous battle everfought by SouthAfricans. Through this action other nationslearnt to respect the fighting qualities of themen from the fledgling Union of South Africa.

$69.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 200 b/w photos, 8color maps • April 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910294-37-6

Gott Strafe England The German AirAssault againstGreat Britain1914–1918 Volume 2Nigel Parker

This book continues thedetailed analysis of the German Strategic AirOffensive against Great Britain through theyears 1917 and 1918.

$59.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 50 b/w photos andmaps • June 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910294-51-2

Pyramids andPoppies The 1st SouthAfrican InfantryBrigade in Libya,France andFlanders1915–1919Peter K.A. Digby

The book tells the very personal story of theBrigade on the Western Front during the GreatWar 1914–1918: “The war to end all wars”.

$69.95 • 464 pages • 6 x 9 • profuselyillustrated with b/w photos, maps • March2015 • hardback • 978-1-910294-62-8

Die in Battle, DoNot DespairThe Indians onGallipoli, 1915Peter Stanley

In 1915 about 15,000Indian troops – two orthree times as many aspreviously thought – served in the dramaticand doomed eight-month Gallipoli campaign.

$59.95 • 304 pages • 6 x 9 • 85 b/w photos, 8color maps • April 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910294-67-3

Dearest MotherFirst World Warletters home froma young Sapperofficer in Franceand SalonikaAndrew Baines/JoannaPalmer

John Stanhope Baines was on active service inFrance and Salonika during the First World War.Throughout this time he wrote to his ‘DearestMother’, who had studied classics at Cambridgebefore being widowed when John was three.

$49.95 • 384 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 b/w photosand illustrations • March 2015 • paperback •978-1-910294-57-4

Padre, Prisoner andPen-pusherThe World War Oneexperiences of theReverend BenjaminO’RorkePeter Howson

Few army chaplains hadas varied a career during the First World War asthe Reverend Benjamin O’Rorke. The centralpart of the book is a transcription of the diaryhe kept during January to June 1918.

$49.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • 12 b/w photos, 1map • May 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910294-70-3

Playing the GameThe British JuniorInfantry Officer onthe Western Front1914-1918Christopher Moore-Bick

The British Armyexpanded significantlyduring the First World War, creating a hugedemand for new officers to lead the infantrythrough the horrors and privations of trenchwarfare. This book examines the lives of thesejunior infantry officers.

$39.95 • 312 pages • 6 x 9 • b/w photos • 2014• paperback • 978-1-910294-75-8



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RebuildingBritainThe Aftermath ofthe Second WorldWarDavid Rogers

Undoubtedly, theSecond World War wasone of the darkest periods of history. Withuntold losses and countless with physical andmental scars, there was little to celebrateexcept the relief of closure. Yet what happenedonce the noise of the shelling subsided and thesmoke dissipated?

Unemployment, power cuts, rationing,national service etc. were difficult to deal with,especially taking into account the physicalnature of even some of the most basic tasks.

$45.00 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 35 b/w illustrations• May 2015 • paperback • 978-1-910294-45-1

ShadowFactoriesBritain’sProductionFacilities and theSecond World WarDavid Rogers

Some, if not most ofthe physical cost of war, is spent in theconstant supply of materials includingarmaments and machines to the troops –wherever they happen to be fighting. Of coursethe Services have always needed supplies ofuniforms, equipment and machines. Whererelevant, examples are provided from acrossthe United Kingdom and cover an extensiverange of machines and vehicles.

$45.00 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 40 b/w illustrations• April 2015 • paperback • 978-1-910294-46-8

OperationDynamoThe Evacuationfrom Dunkirk,May–June 1940Tim Benbow

Few episodes inwarfare are as famousas the evacuation of the British expeditionaryforce and many French troops from Dunkirk. Itwas a very British success, pulling somethingof a victory from the jaws of defeat – atriumph in the face of catastrophe.

This volume reproduces the complete text ofthe Battle Summary written shortly after thewar by the Admiralty historical staff,comprising a detailed and authoritativeaccount of these dramatic events.

$79.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 4 color maps, 3tables • March 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910294-59-8

CommandingFar EasternSkiesA Critical Analysisof the Royal AirForce AirSuperiorityCampaign inIndia, Burma and Malaya 1941–1945Peter Preston-Hough

The war in the Far East between 1941 and1945 is occasionally referred to as the‘Forgotten War’ and this description extends tothe way the campaign’s air war has beenanalyzed.

This book will examine how the Allies lost airsuperiority during the initial exchanges, andthen how technical and material difficultieswere overcome before air superiority was wonin 1944, and air supremacy was gained in1945.

$79.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 10 b/w photos, 13maps, 13 tables • April 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910294-44-4

‘An AgonyContinued’The British Armyin NorthernIreland 1980–83Ken Wharton

This book will look atthe period whichencompassed the 48 months of 1980 and1983. It was a near half-decade which saw theHyde Park and Regent’s Park massacre ofsoldiers and horses from the Blues and Royalsand the cowardly bombing of the Royal GreenJackets’ band. This book will look at the periodwhich encompassed the 48 months of 1980and 1983. It was a near half-decade which sawthe Hyde Park and Regent’s Park massacre ofsoldiers and horses from the Blues and Royals.

$59.95 • 448 pages • 6 x 9 • 80 b/w photos andmaps • April 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910294-39-0

A Tough Nutto Crack –Andersons-townVoices from 9Battery RoyalArtillery inNorthern Ireland, November 1971-March 1972Steve Corbett

This book is a record of the violent clasheswhich took place on an almost daily basis onhousing estates which looked no different thanthose found on mainland Britain. After theevents of ‘Bloody Sunday’ in Londonderry onthe 30 January 1972 in which thirteen civilianswere shot dead, the attacks against thesoldiers intensified to an unprecedented scale.The whole community of Andersonstownappeared to rise up against the small band ofmen from 9 Battery.

$49.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 60 b/w and colorphotos, 1 map • April 2015 • paperback • 978-1-910294-49-9



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L’AviationFrancaise pendantla PremiereGuerre MondialeVital Ferry

$49.95 • 176 pages • 9 x 12 •February 2015 • paperback • 978-2-352503-69-9

Le Mirage F1Frederic Lert

$34.95 • 128 pages • 8 x 9.5 •February 2015 • paperback • 978-2-352504-07-8 • French Text

US Forces inVietnam1968–1975Guillaume Rousseaux

$29.95 • 978-2-352-50287-6 •2015

Artillery and theGribeauval System1786–1815Volume IILudovic Letrun / Jean-MarieMongin

$29.95 • 978-2-352-50396-5 •February 2015


GI SouvenirsHenri-Paul Enjames

Among the many Americans who fought to liberateEurope in 1944, some arrived on the battlefield withno combat experience while others were alreadyveterans of the North African and Italian campaigns.

This book traces the career of fifty soldiers, who,during the conflict held a variety of positions: shocktroops, bomber pilot, quartermaster aboard a destroyer or chaplain in amotorized cavalry unit. Several nurses and a telephone operator are included anddemonstrate the commitment of the female staff.

A short genealogical study precedes each story, allowing the reader to discoverthe origins and family background of each personnel. A study of official recordsas well as archival documents kept by the soldier helps trace his military careerfrom draft to theater. The author offers additional perspective through historicalnewspapers and walking units, providing valuable information on the progress ofthe fighting that would lead to victory and homecoming for the luckiest.

At a time when many veterans of World War II are quickly diminishing, it isimportant to treasure these moving testimonies of a painful past.

$59.95 • 244 pages • 9 x 12 • 1000 photos • February 2015 • paperback • 978-2-35250-398-9

Sherman in thePacific1943–1945Raymond Giuliani

This book tells theextraordinary story of the M4Sherman tank in the Pacifictheater of operations duringWorld War 2. Through carefully selected and unpublishedphotographs, you will discover the extraordinarymetamorphosis of the famous American tank, its firstdisastrous engagement on “Bloody Atoll” Tarawa, in theisland of Okinawa, the last bastion of the Rising Sun. Theterrible experience of fire against an enemy, as brave asfanatical, required Americans to adapt and transform theSherman to resist and win the war. Nearly 350 photos,thirty specific profiles paired with contemporaryphotographs and maps of each of the battles, this richlyillustrated book is of high visual value for all lovers of theSherman tank.

$54.95 • 144 pages • 9 x 12 • December 2014 • hardback• 978-2-35250-283-8


Kagero

AMX-30Char de Bataille 1966–2006 Vol. IIM.P. Robinson

The AMX-30 was France’s principal battle tank for over 30 years and continues to serve the French Army in later forms even to thisday. In this first work of a two volume study examining the history of the AMX-30 battle tank, M.P. Robinson describes thedevelopment and introduction to service of this long serving weapon system. Photographic coverage in Volume 1 is focused on theAMX-30B gun tank, its service life and the supporting vehicles that served alongside it in the Arme Blindée Cavalerie in the 1960s,1970s, 1980s and 1990s. Over 150 color and black and white photographs tell the story of this tank in its environment, as well as indetail, for the historian and modeler alike.

$24.95 • 80 pages • 8 x 11 • 200 photos, 8 color profiles • Now Available • paperback • 978-83-64596-04-9

Sturmgeschütz IVLukasz Gladysiak/Tomasz Idzikowksi/MarekJaszczolt

$24.95 • 80 pages • 8 x 11 • archive photos,color profiles • 2014 • paperback • 978-83-64596-20-9

Panzerjäger 38 (t) Hetzer & G13Mariusz Motyka/Hubert Michalski/MikeKoenig/Stefan Draminski

$24.95 • 80 pages • 8 x 11 • archive photos,color profiles • 2014 • paperback • 978-83-64596-13-1

KönigstigerLukasz Gladysiak

$24.95 • 84 pages • 8 x 11 • archive photos andcolor profiles • December 2014 • paperback •978-83-64596-23-0

The Heavy Cruiser LützowStefan Draminski

The text part of this book describes technical specifications of the ship and her operational history in detail. This isaccompanied by more than 100 color illustrations showing Lutzow’s appearance during Operation Rösselsprung, July 1942.Elements that are shown in detail include armament, rangefinders, radar, searchlights, catapult with aircraft, etc. Blueprintsin 1:350, 1:200, 1:100 and 1:50 scales (general views and details) are included on a separate sheet. This publication is aninvaluable help to any modeler working on this ships’ replica.

$26.95 • 80 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 140 graphics • Now Available • paperback • 978-83-64596-07-0

The Aircraft Carrier KagaStefan Draminski

Japanese aircraft carrier “Kaga”. She was initially being built as a battleship, but as a result of a coincidence she became one ofthe first large carriers in history. She was a part of Japanese Kidÿ Butai, a group of carriers that decided about the power ofthe Imperial Japanese Navy during the first half-year of the war in Pacific. After a daring attack on Pearl Harbor followed by aseries of further victories there was a reversal during the battle of Midway, when “Kaga” and three accompanying carrierswere destroyed which ultimately buried Japan’s chances for winning the war.

$26.95 • 80 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 120 graphics and scale drawings • December 2014 • paperback • 978-83-64596-22-3


Kagero

Japanese Fighters in Defense of the Homeland, 1941–1944Vol. 1Leszek A. Wieliczko

When the Empire of Japan started the war against Western powers in 1941, it had only a small number of air force unitsdeployed on the Japanese home islands in order to defend them. The Doolittle Raid on 18 April 1942 came as such a shock forthe Japanese High Command that it caused structural changes within the Japanese air defense system and speeded up theintroduction of new types of fighters. Much bigger threat for Japan emerged in the mid of June 1944 when the first air raid ofB-29 bombers reached the Japanese home islands. Since that moment protecting Japanese cities from the devastating blowscarried out by the U.S. bombers became the General Defense Command (Boei Soshirebu) main task.

Volume I describes the forming process of the Japanese air defense system since the creation of the General Defense Command in July 1941,throughout the structural changes within the following years, preparations to counter the U.S. bomb raids until the air battles fought between Juneand December 1944 in the defense of Japan. This part of the book also includes descriptions of all major types of Japanese fighters which weredeployed in air defense units.

$20.95 • 80 pages • 8 x 11 • 73 archive photos, 12 color profiles • Now Available • paperback • 978-83-64596-06-3

Vought F4U CorsairVol. IITomasz Szlagor/Leszek A. Wieliczko

The second part of a monograph on F4U Corsair covers changes made in their late variants from F4U-1D to F4U-7 and theircamouflage and markings. Each variant is specified and described. The book discusses the combat use of F4Us in FAA units,late U.S. Navy campaigns in the PTO during WW2 and the battles against Soviet MiG-15s during the Korean War.

The subsequent chapters are devoted to French use of Corsairs in Indochina and F4U’s service in the Honduran and Salvadoranair forces during the Soccer War in 1969. The book includes technical data, lists of F4U squadrons as of September 1945, USMC& USN Corsair aces and many more.

Monographs focuses on an individual type of aircraft. Each monograph contains descriptions of the aircraft’s origin, its variants and combat history.Each volume includes several hundred archive photographs, technical scale drawings and color profile artwork. Each book also has free extras formodelers, with decals and masking foil.

$24.95 • 112 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 5 painting schemes • Now Available • paperback • 978-83-64596-08-7

Crickets against RatsRegia Aeronautica in theSpanish Civil War 1936-1937vol. IMarek Sobski

$20.95 • 80 pages • 8 x 11 • 110archive photos, 10 color profiles •December 2014 • paperback •978-83-64596-16-2

Junkers Ju 88 Vol. IMarek J. Murawski/Marek Rys

$24.95 • 120 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 •124 b/w photos, 120 graphics •2014 • paperback • 978-83-64596-11-7

The BattleshipHarunaWaldemar Goralski

$19.95 • 24 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 •color profiles, drawing sheets •December 2014 • paperback • 978-83-64596-21-6

The Battleship USSMissouriWitold Koszela

$19.95 • 32 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 •29 drawing sheets, color profiles •2014 • paperback • 978-83-64596-12-4


Legenda / Lorimer

Politics and theIndividual in France1930–1950Jessica Wardhaugh

The crises and conflicts of mid-century Europehighlight the fragility of individual life andcommitment. Yet this was a time at whichindividuals engaged in politics on an unprecedented scale, whether inmovements, parties and street politics, through culture, or by the choicesconfronted in war and occupation. Focusing on France, and bringingtogether historians of politics, literature, philosophy, art, and film, thisvolume sheds new light on the imagination and experience of thepolitical individual in the age of the masses. From a controversial artexhibition on Algeria to the private diary of a Jewish lawyer in OccupiedParis, these case studies illuminate the specificities of French ideas andexperiences in mid-century Europe. They also contribute to a deeperunderstanding of memory, agency, and responsibility in times of crisis.

$89.50 • 2014 • hardback • 978-1-909662-24-7 • Legenda

Britain, Spain and theTreaty of Utrecht1713–2013Trevor J. Dadson

In July 1713 Great Britain and Spain signed a‘Treaty of Peace and Friendship’ that brought toan end a conflict that had begun in 1701,following the death the year before of the Spanish King Charles II, whodied without leaving a direct descendant or heir. The War of the SpanishSuccession that ensued involved the major European powers who all hadan interest in the question of who would occupy the Spanish throne. As aresult of the various peace treaties that were signed between 1713 and1714 between the warring countries — Spain, Britain, France, theAustrian Empire, the Dutch Republic —, the Bourbon candidate becameking of Spain as Philip V, but Spain lost its last European possessions (theSpanish Netherlands, Naples, Sicily, and Sardinia, among others) andceded to Great Britain the island of Minorca and Gibraltar. Considered bymany historians to be the first real world war, as it involved fighting inthe Americas as well as in Europe, the War of the Spanish Successionchanged the map of Europe and led to significant alterations in thebalance of power.

$89.50 • 7 x 10 • 2014 • hardback • 978-1-909662-22-3 • Legenda

The Avro ArrowThe Story of the Great Canadian ColdWar Combat Jet – in Pictures andDocuments Lawrence Miller

When it first flew in 1957, the Avro Arrow wasthe world's best supersonic combat aircraft.Designed to protect Canada against the militarythreat posed by the Soviet Union, it was the proudest achievement ofthe engineers and designers who came out of Canada's world-leadingaircraft industry. They had delivered other notable aircraft, including theworld's first passenger jet, but the Arrow put them ahead of everyoneelse in the field.

Yet, after only six airplanes were built, the Arrow was killed. It wascanceled by a Conservative government overnight—thousands lost theirjobs. Its builder, Avro Aircraft, was ruined, and with it went an importanthigh-tech industry. Astonishingly, the government ordered the finishedairplanes cut up and destroyed. Nothing was to remain—and nothing did.

Using hundreds of photos, most in color, along with original documents,this book tells this amazing story—a key development in Canada's ColdWar history.

$34.95 • 128 pages • 8 x 10 • 200 color and b/w visuals • 2014 • hardback• 978-1-4594-0727-5 • Lorimer

Canada’s Bastions ofEmpireHalifax, Victoria and the Royal Navy1749–1918Bryan Elson

This book offers a fresh perspective on NorthAmerican history, and the key role played byHalifax and Victoria in ensuring Canada'semergence as an independent country.

Bryan Elson shows how the British presence in Halifax, and later inVictoria, stood in the way of US designs on Canada. American leadersknew that the British Navy, with its bases on both coasts, had the powerto cut them off from the rest of the world with a naval blockade. TheAmerican threat to Canada was effectively countered by the Britishpresence in these two cities.

The two bastions played their most important role in the early years ofthe First World War. As Bryan Elson explains, in 1914 the United Statesstood aside while the British Empire, including Canada, took on Germany.

Meanwhile, on the west coast the Equimault naval base was buttressedby the extraordinary action of the B.C. provincial government – which atthe start of the war bought two new submarines from a shipyard inSeattle for the fledgling Canadian navy.

$29.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 photographs • 2014 • hardback • 978-1-4595-0326-7 • Lorimer


MMP

Irish Coastal Landings1922Ralph A. Riccio

This book is a history of Irish National Armycoastal landings, many of which have beenpreviously unreported in histories of the IrishCivil War, that were carried out againstRepublican forces from July through December1922. It provides details on each of the landings to include specificlanding sites, the ships used to transport the troops, number of troops,armored cars and artillery involved, casualties, major personalities whoparticipated, and objectives achieved. In addition to period photos ofthe ships, equipment and troops involved, the text is also supported byboth vintage and current comparative photographs of most of thelanding sites. The book also includes, for the first time ever, superb scaledrawings of all of the ships involved in the landings.

$49.00 • 160 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • b/w photos • February 2015 •paperback • 978-83-63678-60-9

German AircraftInstrument PanelsVol. 1Dariusz Karnas

This book from the new series “INSIDE” showsdetailed drawings of the German aircraftinstrument panels in great detail. Also everysingle instrument is shown in the separate bigdrawing.

Instrument panels of the following aircraft:

Messerschmitt Bf 109F-4,Messerschmitt Bf 110EFieseler Fi-156 StorchFocke Wulf Fw 190A-3Henschel Hs 123Junkers Ju 88A-4

$29.00 • 40 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • color drawings • November 2014 •hardback • 978-83-63678-55-5

Albatros Fighter Aircraftof WWIDave Douglass

This book from the new series “Spotlight On”shows detailed drawings of the German famousWWI fighter family – Albatros.

Book contains color and very detailed profilesshowing the variety of the Albatros family camouflages with verycomprehensive captions.

$35.00 • 48 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • color profiles • November 2014 •hardback • 978-83-63678-57-9

F–104 Starfighter SpecialCamouflagesLieuwe de Vries

This book from the new series “Spotlight On”shows detailed drawings (profiles) of the F-104Starfighters in special camouflages.

Book contains color and very detailed profilesshowing the variety of the F-104 family special camouflages with verycomprehensive captions.

$35.00 • 48 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • color profiles • January 2015 • hardback• 978-83-63678-58-6

Italian Artillery of WWIIRalph A. Riccio/Enrico Finazzer

This book covers technical aspects of the artillery pieces used by Italian Army during WWI. It also coversmodern and WWI guns of Italian origin, German or war booty guns, self-propelled guns and artillery tractors.Included are technical details and scale plans of every described piece.

$69.00 • 200 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • b/w photos, scale plans • May 2015 • hardback • 978-83-63678-61-6


MMP

Scale Plans No.16 Junkers Ju87 StukaDariusz Karnas

Scale plans in1/72 1/48 and1/32 of Junkers Ju87 Stuka. Allversions areshown.

$11.99 • 12 pages• 8.25 x 11.5 •scale plans •November 2014 •paperback • 978-83-63678-70-8

Scale Plans No.15 PolikarpovI–16Dariusz Karnas

Scale plans in1/72 1/48 and1/32 of I-16Soviet fighter.


Scale Plans No.14 P-51DMustangDariusz Karnas

Scale plans of P-51D Mustang. Allsubversions in1/72, 1/48 and1/32 scale.


Scale Plans No.13. PZL TS-11ISKRADariusz Karnas

Scale plans in1/72 1/48 and1/32 of PZL TS-11Iskra.

$11.99 • 12 pages• 8.25 x 11.5 •scale plans • NowAvailable •paperback • 978-83-63678-54-8

Scale Plans No.12. I.A.R.80,I.A.R.81Series 106-150& 301-450Radu Brizan

Scale plans in1/72 1/48 and1/32 of I.A.R.80,I.A.R.81.Series 106-150 &301-450

$11.99 • 12 pages• 8.25 x 11.5 •scale plans • NowAvailable •paperback •9788363678531

Scale Plans No.11: P-39AircobraDariusz Karnas

Scale plans of allP-39 Airacobraversions in 1/48and 1/32 scale

$11.99 • 12 pages• 8.25 x 11.5 •scale plans • 2014• paperback • 978-83-63678-52-4

Scale Plans No.10 Henschel Hs123Dariusz Karnas

Scale plans in1/48 and 1/32 ofHenschel Hs 123.Includes allsubversions.

$11.99 • 12 pages •8.25 x 11.5 • scaleplans • NowAvailable •paperback • 978-83-63678-50-0

Scale Plans series

Cruisers of the 1st Rank.Avrora, Diana, PalladaAleksiey V Skvorcov

A monograph dedicated to the story ofconstruction, building and service of the threesister-ships – “Aurora”, ”Diana” and “Pallada”,commissioned into the Russian Navy in thebeginning of XX century.

All of them participated Russo-Japanese War1904–1905, the first two struggled in theBaltic Sea during WWI (1914–1918).

More than 300 photos, mostly unpublished,and many scale plans including original ones.

$69.00 • 200 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • b/w photos,scale plans • March 2015 • hardback • 978-83-63678-56-2

Polish Wings No. 20Yakovlev Yak-1, Yak-3, Yak-7, Yak-9Wojciech Zmyslony/Wojciech Sankowski

The next book in the popular Polish Wingsseries is on the most famous Soviet Yaksfighter’s family. Covers Yak-1, Yak-3, Yak-7 andYak-9 in Polish Air Force during WWII and inlate 40s.

More than 200 photos, mostly unpublished,and many color profiles.

$29.00 • 96 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • b/w photoscolor profiles • February 2015 • paperback •978-83-63678-63-0

Polish Wings No. 21MiG-29 “Kosciuszko Squadron”Commemorative SchemesWojtek Matusiak/Robert Gretzyngier

The next book in the popular Polish Wingsseries is on the famous MiG-29 in Polish AirForces. It covers “Kosciuszko Squadron"Commemorative Schemes in the deepestdetail. Book was written by the authors’ of theoriginal schemes.

Polish legendary pilots have been honored;Feric, Pisarek, Krasnodebski, Urbanowicz,Zumbach, and Merian Cooper.

More than 200 color photos, mostlyunpublished, and many color profiles.

$29.00 • 96 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • color photoscolor profiles • April 2015 • paperback • 978-83-63678-64-7


Lutterworth Press / Oxbow / Oxbow Archaeologys

Sveti Pavao ShipwreckA 16th century Venetian Merchantmanfrom Mljet, CroatiaCarlo Beltrame

Between 2007 and 2012 the Department forUnderwater Archaeology of the CroatianConservation Institute from Zagreb and theDepartment of Humanistic Studies of the Ca'Foscari University of Venice collaborated in the recording, underwaterexcavation and analysis of the unusually well-preserved wreck of a 16thcentury Venetian merchant man in the Sveti Pavao shallow off thesouthern shore of the island of Mljet, Croatia. The shipwreck preservedmany personal possessions of the crew as well as a number of bronzeartillery pieces and the remains of a cargo of luxury and richly decoratedceramic material from Iznik and other oriental workshops.

Although the excavation is not complete, this volume presents theresults of the project so far. The methodological and technical aspects ofthe underwater investigation of the site, mainly by photogrammetry, aredescribed.

$70.00 • 200 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • b/w and color illustrations • NowAvailable • paperback • 978-1-78297-706-3 • Oxbow Books

Oceans Odyssey 4Pottery from the Tortugas Shipwreck,Straits of FloridaA Merchant Vessel from Spain’s 1622Tierra Firme FleetGreg Stemm

The Tortugas shipwreck excavated at a depth of405 meters in the Straits of Florida contained amajor collection of 3,800 intact and fragmentary olive jars, tablewares,cooking vessels and tobacco pipes. Identified as the Portuguese-builtand Spanish-operated 117-ton Buen Jesús y Nuestra Señora del Rosario,the ship’s Seville dominated tablewares are a revealing index ofunchanged cultural tastes and continued production at the end ofSpain’s Golden Age. For cooking the crew relied on Afro-Caribbeancolonoware, possibly the first recorded archaeological evidence ofmaritime slavery in the Americas fleets. Two tin-glazed plates paintedwith papal coat of arms – the Keys of Heaven and triple crown – mayhave been used by Spain-bound clergymen from the newly formedSacred Congregation of the Propagation of the Faith. Samples of allceramics were subjected to Inductively-Coupled Plasma Spectrometry(ICPS) analysis to determine vessel origins.

$45.00 • 280 pages • Now Available • hardback • 978-1-78297-710-0 •Oxbow Books

Remember Me To All'The archaeological recovery andidentification of soldiers who foughtand died in the battle of Fromelles1916Louise Loe/Caroline Barker/KateBrady/Margaret Cox

During the First World War, 250 soldiers wereburied behind enemy lines in unmarked mass graves on the outskirts ofthe village of Fromelles, Northern France. They were among severalthousand Australian and British soldiers who were killed in the Battle ofFromelles on the 19th and 20th July 1916, the first action on theWestern Front to involve the Australian Imperial Force. This volumedescribes Oxford Archaeology’s contribution to a joint Australian andBritish government mission, under the management of theCommonwealth War Graves Commission, to recover the soldiers andrebury them with full military honors in a new Commonwealth WarGraves cemetery in Fromelles. Bringing together an international teamof forensic and investigative professionals, Oxford Archaeology excavatedand scientifically examined the remains of the soldiers and items –remnants of uniforms, insignia, and poignant mementoes of home,among them a return train ticket and a heart-shaped leather pouch –buried with them.

$50.00 • 288 pages • 233 illustrations, 142 tables • December 2014 •hardback • 978-0-904220-75-9 • Oxford Archaeology

Canadian Churches andthe First World WarGordon L. Heath

Most accounts of Canada and the First WorldWar either ignore or merely mention in passingthe churches’ experience. Canadian Churchesand the First World War addresses this surprisingneglect, exploring the marked relationshipbetween Canada’s ‘Great War’ and Canadian churches in intricate detail.

The authors of this volume provide a detailed summary of variousChristian traditions and the war, both synthesizing and furtheringprevious research. In addition to examining the experience of RomanCatholics (English and French speaking), Anglicans, Presbyterians,Methodists, Baptists, Lutherans, Mennonites, and Quakers, there arechapters on precedents formed during the South African War, the workof military chaplains, and the roles of church women on the home front.

Reprinted in the centenary year of the conflict’s outbreak, this book actsas a sobering reminder of the devastating impact the Great War had onCanada – and the rest of the world – in the early twentieth century. Itwill inspire those with a keen interest in theological, military andwomen’s history, along with academics and students whose areas ofresearch cover the monumental events of 1914-18.

$50.00 • 310 pages • 5 b/w images, 7 tables • Now Available • paperback• 978-0-7188-9358-3 • Lutterworth Press


Pritzker Military / RN Publishing / Tattered Flag

On WarThe Best Military HistoriesLIMITED EDITIONAtkinson/D’Este/Hastings/McPherson/MilletO’Brien/Weinberg

From a one-time printing of 100 limited editioncopies, this enumerated, leather-bound copy of"On War: The Best Military Histories" features original signatures by eachof its award-winning authors. It is embossed with gold leaf accents andis housed in a custom clamshell case, along with an inset silvercommemorative coin. As long as men have gone into battle, men havestudied war. Herodotus and Tacitus were classic historians, analyzing thebackground of events. Thucydides used interviews to tell the story of thePeloponnesian War and Plutarch wrote biographies of famous peoplelike Caesar and Alexander. Sun Tzu, Homer, and Clausewitz remainrequired reading for those studying military affairs today.

$1,000.00 • 264 pages • 8 x 10.25 • 6 illustrations, 2 maps, 36 b/wphotos • 2015 • hardback • 978-0-9897928-2-0 • Pritzker MilitaryMuseum and Library

BefehlspanzerGerman command, control andobservation armoured combatvehicles in World war Two - Part 1:tanks of German originRiccardo Niccoli

This book is dedicated to the command andobservation tanks of the German Army inWorld War Two. It deals with their history,operational use, organization, specialmarkings, technical description, serial numbers(when available), and data on the radioequipment. The book is completed by some105 color profiles, produced by Jean Restayn.

$39.00 • 88 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 105 colorprofiles and 65 photos • November 2014 •paperback • 978-88-95011-08-0 • RNPublishing

MI5 at War 1909 –1918How MI5 Foiled the Spies of theKaiser in the First World WarChris Northcott

The years 1909–1918 can be regarded asformative for MI5,an era in which it developedfrom a small counter espionage bureau into anestablished security intelligence agency. MI5had two main roles during this period; counterespionage, and advising the War Office on howto deal with the police and the civilianpopulation, particularly foreign nationals inBritain. This study examines how MI5 foiled thespies of the Kaiser during the First World War.

$22.95 • 300 pages • 6 x 9 • b/w photographs •May 2015 • paperback • 978-0-9576892-8-2 •eISBN 978-0-9576892-9-9 • Tattered Flag

Citizen SoldierSeason 1Rick Atkinson / Dakota Meyer / Sir MaxHastings / Maj. Gen. John Borling, USAF (Ret.)

Citizen Soldier explores topics on militaryhistory and current affairs through interviewsand discussions with experts, scholars, militarypersonnel, veterans, and authors. Each episodeof Citizen Soldier Season 1 is a short, content-rich exploration of military history and affairs,produced for a general audience by the PritzkerMilitary Museum & Library.

$19.99 • 2014 • DVD - 888295179232 • PritzkerMilitary Museum and Library

The History and Heritageof U.S. Navy SEALsTom Hawkins

This is Commander Tom Hawkins pocket guidehistory of the United States Navy SEALs. Thebook takes a look at the development and theimpact of one of the most elite fighting forces inthe world from the expertise and experience ofone of its own. Tom Hawkins is a legend in the SEAL community. Heserved in the United States Navy as a SEAL for 24 years, was thefounding president and Chairman of the Board of the Naval SpecialWarfare Foundation and for nearly twenty years, he was the editor andpublisher of “The BLAST–The Journal of Naval Special Warfare,” thequarterly publication of the UDT-SEAL Association.

$10.00 • 64 pages • color & b/w images throughout • 2014 • paperback •978-0-9897928-3-7 • Pritzker Military Museum and Library


PelikaanPers / PeKo

The BridgePart 1Hennie Vaessen/Graeme Cunningham(Translator)

Have they been sent on a risky mission or is itplain suicide? No other WW2 battle catches theimagination more than the valiant effort of theBritish forces dropped at Arnhem.Montgomery’s brilliant and daring plan leadsthe Airbornes to a nine day struggle againstHitler’s elite forces. This classic tale of epicproportions is now told in the form of agraphic novel mixing drama and true eventsinto one compelling story.

$19.95 • 48 pages • 8.75 x 11 • Graphic novel,full color throughout • 2014 • hardback • 978-94-90000-04-2 • PelikaanPers

Hartenstein HotelPart 2Hennie Vaessen/Graeme Cunningham(Translator)

Without food or water and with littleammunition left, the situation has becomegravely desperate for General Urquhart’sairborne troops. With the first tanks rolling intothe village streets of Oosterbeek near Arnhem,the battle against Hitler’s elite forces is aboutto reach its deadly climax. Will they stillmanage to cross the river Rhine and escapewith their lives? Brought to you in the form ofan outstanding Graphic Novel, this story ofhuman sacrifice is worthy of being told overand over again.


Eagle and PegasusPart 3Hennie Vaessen/Graeme Cunningham(Translator)

In this final volume the story of those whofought at Arnhem reaches its conclusion.During the night of the 25th to 26th ofSeptember 1944, resistance is abandoned and,due to the efforts of the Polish regiment underthe command of General Sosabowski, manyBritish manage to escape the hellhole north ofthe Rhine. Those left behind are either taken tohospital or into captivity. For the allied troopsthe Battle of Arnhem has turned into atragedy. The question is: who takes the blame?


Zrínyi II AssaultHowitzerAttila Bonhardt

This is the first volume of PeKoPublishing’s new photo-monographseries. This time we can get to knowthe Hungarian assault gun Zrínyi II’shistory. The book contains 128 pages and 112 mostly unpublishedphotos.

$41.95 • 128 pages • 8.5 x 12 • May 2015 • hardback • 978-615-80072-3-8 • PeKo Publishing

Sturmgeschütz IIIon the battlefield 3Mátyás Pánczél

The eighth volume of PeKoPublishing’s photo-monographseries, Sturmgeschütz III on thebattlefield 3, has the publisher’s usual corporate image displayed. Thehardcover, landscape formatted book’s brief introduction is followed bymore than a hundred mainly unpublished photographs, published in thehighest possible quality. Both the introduction and the captions arebilingual.

$41.95 • 112 pages • 8.5 x 12 • February 2015 • hardback • 978-963-89623-9-3 English/Hungarian Text • PeKo Publishing


Pen & Sword

Genghis Khan and the Mongol War MachineChris Peers

As a soldier and general, statesman and empire-builder, Genghis Khan is an almost legendary figure. Hisremarkable achievements and his ruthless methods have given rise to a sinister reputation. As Chris Peersshows, in this concise and authoritative study, he possessed exceptional gifts as a leader and manager ofmen – he ranks among the greatest military commanders – but he can only be properly understood interms of the Mongol society and traditions he was born into. So the military and cultural background of theMongols, and the nature of steppe societies and their armies, are major themes of his book. He looks indetail at the military skills, tactics and ethos of the Mongol soldiers, and at the advantages anddisadvantages they had in combat with the soldiers of more settled societies. His book offers a fascinatingfresh perspective on Genghis Khan the man and on the armies he led.

$34.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 20 to 30 illustrations • May 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78340-056-0

The Madness of Alexander the Great And the Myth of Military GeniusRichard A Gabriel

Over the years, some 20,000 books and articles have been written about Alexander the Great, the vastmajority hailing him as possibly the greatest general that ever lived. Richard A. Gabriel, however, arguesthat, while Alexander was clearly a successful soldier-adventurer, the evidence of real greatness is simplynot there.

The author presents Alexander as a misfit within his own warrior society, attempting to overcompensate.Thoroughly insecure and unstable, he was given to episodes of uncontrollable rage and committed brutalatrocities that would today have him vilified as a monstrous psychopath. The author believes some of hisworst excesses may have been due to what we now call Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, of which he displaysmany of the classic symptoms, brought on by extended exposure to violence and danger. Above all theauthor thinks that Alexander’s military ability has been flattered by History. Alexander was tactically competent but contributed nothing trulyoriginal, while his strategy was often flawed and distorted by his obsession with personal glory. This radical reappraisal is certain to provoke debate.

$34.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 8pp plate section and approximately 6 b/w maps • May 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78346-197-4

Defeat of RomeCrassus, Carrhae and the Invasion of the EastGareth C. Sampson

In 53BC the Proconsul Marcus Crassus and 36,000 of his legionaries were crushed by the Parthians at Carrhaein what is now eastern Turkey. Crassus’ defeat and death and the 20,000 casualties his army suffered were anextraordinary disaster for Rome. The event intensified the bitter, destructive struggle for power in theRoman republic, curtailed the empire’s eastward expansion and had a lasting impact on the history of theMediterranean and the Middle East. It was also the first clash between two of the greatest civilizations ofthe ancient world. Yet this critical episode has often been neglected by writers on the period who haveconcentrated on the civil war between Pompey and Caesar. Gareth Sampson, in this challenging and originalstudy, reconstructs the Carrhae campaign in fine detail, reconsiders the policy of imperial expansion andgives a fascinating insight into the opponents the Romans confronted in the East – the Parthians.

$24.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 20 illustrations • May 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2804-9


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Marlborough’s War Machine1702–1711James Falkner

Blenheim, Ramilles , Oudenarde,Malplaquet – much has beenwritten about the brilliant victoriesof the Duke of Marlborough’sAnglo-Dutch army over the armiesof Louis XIV of France during theWar of the Spanish Succession.Less attention has been focused onthe men and the militaryorganization that made theseachievements possible – thesoldiers, the commanders, thearmy structure and administration,the logistics, engineering,weapons and finance.

$50.00 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 40illustrations • February 2015 •hardback • 978-1-84884-821-4

Eagles in the DustThe Roman Defeat atAdrianopolis AD 378Adrian Coombs-Hoar

In AD376 large groups of Goths,seeking refuge from the Huns,sought admittance to the EasternRoman Empire. Emperor Valenstook the strategic decision to grantthem entry, hoping to utilize themas a source of manpower for hiscampaigns against Persia. Theresultant battle near Adrianopolisin AD378, in which Valens lost hislife, is regarded as one of the mostsignificant defeats ever suffered byRoman arms.

$32.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 4 or 5maps, 8pp plates • February 2015 •hardback • 978-1-78159-088-1

Arms and Armour of AncientIberia Professor Fernando Quesada Sanz

In ancient times, the IberianPeninsula was home to warriors ofgreat renown. Professor QuesadaSanz details the arms, armor andequipment of the various warriorsof the region in fantastic detail,drawing on his intimateknowledge of the latestarchaeological and historicalresearch.

$60.00 • 304 pages • 8.25 x 11.75 •224 maps, diagrams, photos andcolor artworks • May 2015 •hardback • 978-1-78159-275-5

Swords and CinemaHollywood vs the reality ofancient warfare Jeremiah McCall

The battles and sieges of theClassical world have been a richsource of inspiration to filmmakers since the beginning ofcinema and the 60s and 70s sawthe golden age of the ‘swords andsandals’ epic, with films such asSpartacus. This original bookdiscusses the merits of battlescenes in selected movies andgives the reader an interestingoverview of ancient battle.

$34.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 •approximately 4 maps and 40 b/wphotos of weapons/armor •January 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84884-476-6

The Zulu War JournalColonel Henry Harford CB

This journal offers unprecedentedinsight into one of history’s mostfamous conflicts. From thecatastrophe at Isandhlwana to thehunt for the Zulu King Cetshwayo,this journal chronicles the eventscentral to the Zulu Wars, andremembers the men who bravelyfought in them.

$14.95 • 128 pages • 6 x 9 • 30integrated b/w images • February2015 • paperback • 978-1-78346-251-3

The Roman Wars In SpainThe Military ConfrontationWith Guerrilla WarfareDaniel Varga

It took the Romans almost exactly200 years to conquer the IberianPeninsula. Daniel Varga analyzesthe strategies and tactics of bothsides, drawing on the traditionalliterary sources but also the latestarchaeological research.

$34.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 8ppb/w plates • April 2015 • hardback• 978-1-4738-2781-3

A Year in the Life of AncientEgyptAnn Rosalie David

Based on years of prestigiousacademic work, Professor RosalieDavid cleverly presents everyaspect of life in ancient Egyptthrough the lives of variouscharacters, all based on mummiesfrom the Manchester Museumwhom Professor Rosalie David hasled the study of.

$50.00 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 80Illustrations • April 2015 •hardback • 978-1-4738-2239-9

Rome Versus CarthageThe War at SeaChrista Steinby

The epic struggle betweenCarthage and Rome, two of thesuperpowers of the ancient world,is most famous for land battles inItaly, on the Iberian peninsula andin North Africa. But warfare at sea,which played a vital role in theFirst and Second Punic Wars, rarelyreceives the attention it deserves.

$39.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 20–30illustrations • January 2015 •hardback • 978-1-84415-919-2


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AnInvincibleBeastUnderstandingthe HellenisticPike Phalanx inActionDr ChristopherMatthew

The Hellenistic pike-phalanx was a truemilitary innovation, transforming the face ofwarfare in the ancient world. The authorcritically examines phalanx combat by usingtechniques such as physical re-creation,experimental archaeology, and ballisticstesting, and then comparing the findings ofthis testing to the ancient literary, artistic andarchaeological evidence, as well as moderntheories.

$50.00 • 368 pages • 6 x 9 • 50 illustrations,includes color • May 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78383-110-4

TheSeleukidEmpire ofAntiochusIII (223-187BC)John D Grainger

The second volume in John Grainger's historyof the Seleukid Empire is devoted to the reignof Antiochus III. Too often remembered only asthe man who lost to the Romans at Magnesia,Antiochus is here revealed as one of the mostpowerful and capable rulers of the age. Havingemerged from civil war in 223 as the solesurvivor of the Seleukid dynasty, he shoulderedthe burdens of a weakened and divided realm.

$39.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 5 or 6 b/w maps •May 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78303-050-7

Kamikaze – To Die forthe EmperorPeter C. Smith

In this brand new publication fromeminent historian Peter C. Smith, we areregaled with the engaging and oftenincredibly disturbing history of theKamikaze tradition in Japanese culture.Tracing its history right back to the original Divine Wind (major naturaltyphoons) that saved Japan from invaders in ancient history, Smithexplores the subsequent resurrection of the cult of the warrior in the latenineteenth century. He then follows this tradition through into the SecondWorld War, describing the many Kamikaze suicide attacks carried out bythe Emperor’s pilots against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of thePacific campaign.

These pilots were at the mercy of an overriding cultural tradition thatdemanded death over defeat, capture or perceived shame. Despite oftenbeing under-trained and ill-prepared psychologically for the sacrifices theywere about to make, they were nonetheless expected to make them. Thededication of sacrifice for the Emperor and the Nation is explored bydissecting the traces left behind by these pilots.

$34.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • February 2015 •hardback • 978-1-78159-313-4

Agincourt 1415A Tourist’s Guide to the CampaignPeter Hoskins /Anne Curry

Henry V’s English army triumphed overthe French at Agincourt in northernFrance on 25 October 1415 in one of thedefining battles of the Hundred YearsWar. Six hundred years later this famousevent still excites passionate interest and provokes controversy, yetthere are no up-to-date guides to the 1415 campaign, the battleitself and the aftermath. That is why the publication of thispractical and authoritative guidebook by Peter Hoskins and AnneCurry is so timely.

As well as writing a graphic narrative of the entire campaign,based on the most recent scholarship and research, they take themotorist, cyclist and walker along the route of Henry’s army. Theitinerary is divided into five tours which culminate in a vividreconstruction of the Agincourt battle and a detailed guide to thebattlefield. Important buildings and sites along the way aredescribed, there are sketch maps showing the route of the Englisharmy, and town plans overlaid with details of the medievaldefenses and monuments.

$24.95 • 192 pages • 5.25 x 8.5 • 100 integrated color illustrations •February 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78383-157-9

An AlternativeHistory of BritainThe EnglishCivil WarTimothy Venning

With hindsight, thevictory ofParliamentarianforces over the Royalists in the English Civil Warmay seem inevitable but this outcome was nota foregone conclusion. Timothy Venningexplores many of the turning points anddiscusses how they might so easily have playedout differently.

The author analyzes the plausible possibilitiesin each thread, throwing light on the role ofchance and underlying factors in the realoutcome, as well as what might easily havebeen different.

$39.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 2 maps • April 2015• hardback • 978-1-4738-2782-0


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Mitsubishi ZeroJapan’s Legendary FighterPeter C Smith

The Mitsubishi Zero is one of the great legendary fighter aircraft ever to have graced the skies. Symbolic of the mightof Imperial Japan, she represented a peak of developmental prowess in the field of aviation during the early years ofthe Second World War. Engineered with maneuverability in mind, this lightweight, stripped-back aircraft had aperformance that left her opponents totally outclassed. The dogfights she engaged in with the Chinese, British, Dutchand American warplanes in the 1941-42 period are the stuff of aviation legend. The Zero fighter had four major assets– agility, long-range, experienced and war-blooded pilots and, most importantly of all, a total inability of the Allies,particularly in the Pacific Theater of operations, to believe that Japan could produce such a machine. Despite a whole series of eyewitness reportsfrom China, where she had swept the skies clean of all opposition, western minds were closed, and remained so until the brutal facts imposedthemselves on their biased mindsets.

$34.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • February 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78159-319-6

Flight Craft 4: Avro Lancaster 1945–1964In British, Canadian and French Military ServiceNeil Robinson/Martin Derry

The Avro Lancaster, such a stalwart of the skies during the Second World War, also enjoyed a colorful and excitingpostwar career. It is this era that the authors have chosen to focus on here, profiling the aircraft type across itsmany variants.

Split into three primary sections, this book offers a concise yet informative history of the Avro Lancaster's postwaroperational career (from 1945-1964) charting the course of all the various design improvements that occurredacross this timeframe and including a selection of contemporary photographs with detailed captions. A 16-pagecolor illustration section also features, profiling 48 separate aircraft (in profiles and 2-views). A model-making section completes thispublication, offering exciting new instructional content.

$29.95 • 96 pages • 8.25 x 11.75 • 180 photos, 20 full color profiles • February 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2724-0

Flight Craft 3: Hawker Hurricaneand Sea HurricaneNeil Robinson, /Martin Derry

When Sidney Camm’s masterpiece, the Hawker Hurricane, entered RAF service in late 1937 it quickly became one ofthe most important aircraft in Britain’s military arsenal, especially in the first three years of the Second World War. Thistitle covers the history of this iconic design, from the prototype and the initial production variants’ entry in to RAFservice, through its development and use, first as a day fighter, and then night fighter, intruder, fighter-bomber,catapult-launched and then carrier-based fighter, and eventually dedicated ground attack machine.

The Hurricane served in every wartime theater, from Norway and France, the Battle of Britain, the defense of Malta, tothe campaigns in the Western Desert and the Mediterranean, on the Russian Front and in the Far East where it saw service until the end ofhostilities.

Split into three primary sections, this volume offers a concise yet informative history of the Hurricane's development, operational career anddesign improvements.

$29.95 • 96 pages • 8.25 x 11.75 • 180 photos, 20 full color profiles • February 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2725-7


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BritishAircraft ofthe SecondWorld WarJohn Frayn Turner

This unique book,now republished,was the first of itskind to be published on British aircraft of theSecond World War. Each of the forty-nine typesof aircraft is accompanied by a brief ‘biography’together with tables of the most importantmarks and their specifications, engine, span,length, height, weight, crew number,maximum speed, service ceiling, normal rangeand armament.

$39.95 • 192 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • color and b/w• February 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78383-119-7

Last of theLancastersMartin Bowman

The Lancasterslooked like enormousdeadly black birdsgoing off into thenight; somehow theylooked different when they came back. Thisriveting and highly intriguing collection of pilotand civilian reminiscences works tocommemorate the spirit of the almightyLancaster bomber. Each chapter is dedicated toa unique individual or group of individuals whotook part in its history in some capacity. Bethey pilot, civilian, or journalist, each playedtheir own part and their accounts offer a hostof fascinating insights.

$50.00 • 264 pages • 6 x 9 • 32pp b/w photos •February 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78383-174-6

HurricaneSquadronAceThe Story ofBattle of BritainAce, AirCommodorePeter Brothers,CBE, DSO, DFC and BarNick Thomas

Air Commodore Peter Malam ‘Pete’ BrothersCBE, DSO, DFC, and Bar (1917-2008) was one ofthe most heroic and highly praised pilots of theSecond World War. This new and engagingbiography profiles a pilot who, until now,hasn’t been the subject of such a thoroughbook-length study.

$39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/wplates • January 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78159-311-0

Pegasus– TheHeart oftheHarrier The History andDevelopment of the World’sFirst Operational VerticalTake-off and Landing JetEngine – Updated EditionAndrew Dow

The conception of the Pegasusengine in 1957 upset all theconventions of aircraft design. Thisbook takes an in-depth look at theengine’s original design concept,initial production and flighttesting.

$50.00 • 528 pages • 6.75 x 9 • 384Illustrations within text • January2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2760-8

RAF inCamera:1950sKeith Wilson

For aviation,the 1950s was a fascinatingdecade. For the Royal Air Force, itwitnessed the transition frompropeller to jet aircraft in the fieldsof fighter, bomber, trainer andtransport aircraft. Thisphotographic record of the RAFduring the period illustrates all thevaried and wonderful array ofequipment in use.

$50.00 • 288 pages • 8.5 x 10.75 •Illustrated in color throughout •March 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2795-0

TheBritishAerospaceHarrier: APhoto-graphic TributeMichael Leek

Through a collection of dramaticand informative photographs,supplemented by cutawayillustrations, this book highlightsthe agility and flexibility of thisdedicated RAF aircraft. Thisphotographic celebration serves tocommemorate the aircraft,illustrating its agility in a varietyof contexts.

$55.00 • 240 pages • 8.5 x 10.75 •150 photographs • May 2015 •hardback • 978-1-78159-293-9

Sniperof theSkiesThe Story ofGeorgeFrederick‘Screwball’ Beurling, DSO,DFC, DFMNick Thomas

When asked to conjure animpression of the ‘typical fighterpilot’, you may be inclined to thinkof the confident, extroverted,gregarious type, rallying his menand flying in the pursuit of victory.George Frederick ‘Screwball’Beurling, certainly achieved morevictories than most typical fighterpilots dream of, but intemperament, personality andstyle, he was a one-off.

$39.95 • 232 pages • 6 x 9 • 50 b/wphotographs • May 2015 •hardback • 978-1-78159-314-1


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OrdeWingateUnconventionalWarrior – Fromthe 1920s to theTwenty-FirstCenturySimon Anglim

Major General Orde Wingate (1903-1944) wasthe most controversial British militarycommander of the Second World War, andperhaps of the last hundred years. He splitsopinion among soldiers, academics and writersseven decades after his death. His exploits inEthiopia and Burma, in particular his creationof the Chindits, special forces who were trainedto use guerrilla tactics behind the Japaneselines, have made him into a key figure in thehistory of irregular warfare.

$50.00 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 20 illustrations •January 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78346-218-6

Byng ofVimy General andGovernor GeneralJeffery Williams

Field-Marshal theViscount Byng of Vimydid not fit into aconventional mold in the Army, as Governor-General of Canada, or as Commissioner ofLondon’s Metropolitan Police. Few officerscommanded more widespread affection fromtheir troops and none knew them and treatedthem with such respect as he did. Beginningwith dramatic reforms in dress and livingconditions of his own regiment, the 10th RoyalHussars, he consistently watched over thewelfare of his men. With Byng of Vimy, JefferyWilliams has written the definitive biographyof an innovative and energetic soldier andstatesman.

$29.95 • 424 pages • 6 x 9 • 37 b/w illustrationsand 12 maps • January 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2382-2

FromColonialWarrior toWesternFront FlyerThe Five Wars ofSydney HerbertBywaterCarole McEntee-Taylor

Sydney Herbert Bywater Harris was anadventurer, a man possessed of great courageand charm, who fulfilled every schoolboyfantasy and really did ‘live the dream’.

The second youngest of seven children, theordinary life held little appeal for Sydney so, in1898, at the age of 17, he left home in Ilfordfor the Klondike gold rush. Arriving too late tomake his fortune he decided to join the USArmy.

$39.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 50 illustrations •April 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2359-4

TheAdventuresandInventionsof StewartBlackerSoldier, Aviator,Weapons InventorBarnaby Blacker

Stewart Blacker was a remarkable figure. Hisinventions were used with significant effect bothin WW1 and WW2. Most notable of these was thesynchronized machine gun, attached to fighterplanes that could fire through the propeller.

He also designed the PIAT anti tank weaponwhich was used with dramatic effect duringWW2, from Normandy until the end of the war.The book argues that with less obstructionfrom officialdom, the PIAT could have beenready at the start of the war to stop Blitzkreigin its tracks.

$24.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • Illustrated • April2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2771-4

ThePanaviaTornadoA PhotographicTributeMichael Leek

Through a collectionof dramatic andinformative photographs, supplemented bycutaway illustrations, this book highlights theagility and flexibility of this dedicated RAFaircraft. Throughout the course of its career, ithas formed the backbone of the RAF across itsmany different theaters of operation. Utilizedin a strike, antiaircraft, air superiority, airdefense, reconnaissance, electronic warfareand fighter-bomber capacity, this aircraft typehas enjoyed an immensely varied career.

$55.00 • 240 pages • 8.5 x 10.75 • Integratedb/w and color images • February 2015 •hardback • 978-1-78159-297-7

My War inthe Air1916Memoirs of aGreat War PilotCaptain Alan Bott MC

Originally publishedunder the title AnAirman’s Outing, this magnificent titlechronicles the daily life of the Flying Officerduring the Great War. Touchingly dedicated to‘The Fallen of Umpty Squadron R.F.C.’, Bottchronicles the lives and losses of his squadronas they carried out their duties over France in1916. A modest and unflinching account ofGreat War aviation, Bott neither aggrandizesnor dismisses any achievement of his cracksquadron.

$24.95 • 152 pages • 6 x 9 • January 2015 •hardback • 978-1-78346-316-9


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A Spy’sLondonRoy Berkeley

Author Roy Berkeleyhas gone behind thefacades of ordinarybuildings, in the citythat West calls ‘theespionage capital of the World’, to remind usthat the history of intelligence has often beenmade in such mundane places. Berkeleyensures that we will never see the streets ofLondon – or these particular actors on thestage of history – in quite the same way again.The 136 sites are organized into 21manageable walks..

$24.95 • 384 pages • 6 x 9 • Over 100 images •January 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2720-2

The Forts andFortificationsof Europe1815–1945:The NeutralStatesJ E Kaufmann /H WKaufmann

After the Napoleonic Wars the borders ofEurope were redrawn and relative peaceendured across the region, but the volatilepolitics of the late nineteenth centurygenerated an atmosphere of fear and distrust,and it gave rise to a new era of fortressbuilding. Their operational history in wartimeis a key element of this expert account.

$50.00 • 256 pages • 6.75 x 9 • 100 illustrations •January 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78346-392-3

GilgitRebellionThe Major whoMutinied overPartition of IndiaWilliam Brown

In 1942 WilliamBrown was posted asa recently commissioned Indian Army Officer tothe Gilgit Agency in the very north of theNorth West Frontier. He traveled widely, learntthe local dialects and built the Chilas Pologround. After a brief period away from Gilgit,just prior to Partition in early 1947 he wasappointed acting Commandant of the GilgitScoots. Brown’s memoir captures theatmosphere and magic of this remote countryat the close of the Empire.

$39.95 • 304 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp b/w plates •January 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2187-3

The AfghanWarOperationEnduringFreedom 2001-2014Anthony Tucker-Jones

Drugs, war andterrorism were the unholy trinity that broughtthe US-led air campaign crashing down on theTaliban regime in Afghanistan in October 2001in Operation Enduring Freedom, and thisphotographic history is a graphic introductionto it. In this book, the author covers the entirecourse of the conflict, from the initial air war,the battle for the White Mountains and ToraBora, the defeat of the Taliban, the escape ofbin Laden and the grim protracted securitycampaign that followed.

$24.95 • 128 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 200 colorillustrations • January 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78303-020-0

BritishMilitaryOperationsin Aden andRadfan100 Years ofBritish ColonialRuleNick Van der Bijl

The book examines the military history ofAden Colony from 1839 including the fractiousturn of the century Border Commissions withTurkey and the defeat of British forces nearAden by the Turks in 1915. Great Britainsuccessfully defended the base for the rest ofThe Great War and throughout the SecondWorld War.

$50.00 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp b/w plates •January 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78303-291-4

Shot atDawn Executions inWorld War Oneby Authority ofthe British ArmyAct – UpdatedcentenaryeditionJulian Putkowski /Julian Sykes

The authors demonstrate the ineptness,ignorance and unfairness of the Britishcourt martial system at the time, and howfrequently condemned men (from almostevery regiment and corps in the army)were proved to have been formerly bravesoldiers who had simply cracked under thepressure of trench warfare.

$50.00 • 304 pages • 6 x 9 • Illustrated •April 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78346-189-9


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Victoria Crosses onthe Western FrontApril 1915 – June1916Paul Oldfield

During visits to the First World Warbattlefields the author oftenwondered where various VictoriaCross actions took place; heresolved to find out. Researchcommenced in 1988 andnumerous sources have beenconsulted in the meantime.

$39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 •Integrated illustrations • May 2015• hardback • 978-1-4738-2553-6

Napoleon’sInfantry HandbookTerry Crowdy

This is an essential reference guide,filled with fascinating detail on thetraining, tactics, equipment, serviceand administration of Napoleon’sinfantry regiments. Based oncontemporary training manuals,regulations and orders, Napoleon’sInfantry Handbook details theeveryday routines and practiceswhich governed the imperial armyup to the Battle of Waterloo andmade it one of history’s mostformidable military machines.

$39.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 20illustrations b/w • March 2015 •hardback • 978-1-78346-295-7

Inside Wellington’sPeninsular Army:1808–1814 The British army reached theapogee of its success in the waragainst Napoleon, and inparticular in the famouscampaigns in the Peninsula, whileunder Wellington’s command. Thisbook breaks new ground in aseries of meticulous studies whichreveal the hidden mechanismsthat lie behind triumphs such asSalamanca and Vitoria.

$24.95 • 336 pages • 6 x 9 • 70Illustrations • January 2015 •paperback • 978-1-4738-2761-5

British Admirals ofthe Fleet1734–1995T A Heathcote

This book outlines the lives of the115 officers who held the rank ofAdmiral of the Fleet in the RoyalNavy from 1734 to 1995, when thelast one was appointed. Each entrygives details of the dates of thebirth and death of its subjects,their careers ashore and afloat,their family backgrounds, and theships, campaigns and combats inwhich they served.

$29.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 •Illustrated • March 2015 •paperback • 978-1-4738-2768-4

Hitler’s LastOffensivePeter Elstob

This is the full story ofthe Battle of theArdennes. in the lastweeks of 1944 theGerman armies in the west, after a continuousretreat since the battle of Normandy fivemonths earlier were regrouping in what theythought was to be the last battle in defense ofthe Fatherland. But Hitler had other plans - tomount an offensive through the Ardennes thatwould deal such a blow to the Western Alliesthat they would be willing to negotiate aseparate peace.

$29.95 • 432 pages • 6 x 9 • February 2015 •paperback • 978-1-4738-2765-3

BombingGermany: TheFinal PhaseThe Destruction ofPforzheim and theClosing Months ofBomber Command’sWarA C Redding

The pilots of the Second World War are reveredfor a host of reasons. Their bravery, theirresilience, and their combined achievementstowards the Allied victory have all beencelebrated in a variety of ways since the end ofthe conflict.

$50.00 • 376 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 illustrations •April 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2354-9

A Tour ofthe BulgeBattlefield William C CCavanagh/KarlCavanagh

Those whose relatives served in theArdennes often visit Belgium andLuxembourg in an attempt to learn moreabout those now legendary days of WorldWar Two. This guidebook serves as amemorial to those who served. It will enablethose who didn’t, to learn something aboutthe hardship endured by a previousgeneration in the name of freedom.

$29.95 • 256 pages • 5.75 x 8.25 • 120illustrations • February 2015 • paperback •978-1-4738-2814-8


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The War in East Africa1939–1943John Grehan /Martin Mace

Despatches in this volumeinclude dispatch onoperations in theSomaliland Protectorate1939-1940, by General Sir Archibald P. Wavell,Commander-in-Chief, Middle East; dispatch onoperations in East Africa November 1940 toJuly 1941, by General Sir Archibald P. Wavell,Commander-in-Chief, Middle East; dispatch onoperations in East Africa July 1941 to January1943, by Lieutenant-General Sir William Platt,General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, EastAfrica Command; and the Capture of DiegoSuarez during Operation Ironclad by Rear-Admiral Syfret.

$39.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • Illustrated •January 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78346-223-0

The Battle of Burma1943–1945John Grehan/Martin Mace

Despatches in this volumeinclude that on operationsin Burma and North-EastIndia between November1943 and June 1944, by General Sir George J.Giffard; the dispatch on operations in Assamand Burma between June 1944 June andNovember 1944, by General Sir George J.Giffard, Commander-in-Chief; the dispatch onNaval operations in the Ramree Island area(Burma) in January and February 1945 by Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur J. Power, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station.

$39.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • Illustrated • March2015 • hardback • 978-1-78346-199-8

The Fall of Burma1941–1943John Grehan/Martin Mace

Despatches in this volumeinclude that on operationsin Burma between 15December 1941 and 20 May1942 by General Wavell; Operations in EasternTheatre, based on India, March 1942 to 31December 1942 by Field-Marshall Wavell;Operations in the Indo-Burma Theatre 21 June to15 November 1942 by Field-Marshall Auchinleck;and Operations in the India Command 1 Januaryto 20 June 1943 by Field-Marshall Wavell.

$39.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • Illustrated • May2015 • hardback • 978-1-78346-210-0

The Vietnam WarThe Tet Offensive 1968Anthony Tucker-Jones

On 30 January 1968 the North Vietnamese communists launched a coordinated surprise attack – the Tet Offensive –across South Vietnam against the South Vietnamese and American armies. Superior firepower eventually crushed theoffensive, but it proved to be a major psychological victory for the communists – a turning point in the Vietnam War.

$24.95 • 160 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 200 color and b/w illustrations • January 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78346-362-6

NoSurrenderin BurmaOperationsBehindJapaneseLines,Captivity and TortureFred C Goode

This is the story of a BritishCommando in Burma who wastortured by the infamousKempeitai and finallyincarcerated as a POW for the restof the war.

$50.00 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 8ppb/w plates • January 2015 •hardback • 978-1-4738-2378-5

AdenInsurgencyTheSavageWar inYemen1962-67 Jonathan Walker

During the early 1960s the ColdWar reached its climax. Theauthor charts the collapse of theSouth Arabian state.

$24.95 • 352 pages • 6 x 9 • 8 b/wpages and 10 maps • February2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2763-9

TerrorAttackBrighton –Blowingup theIron LadyKieranHughes

The Brighton bombing in 1984was the most audacious terroristattack ever on the BritishGovernment. It can be arguedthat they were aimed at gettingattention and disruptingdemocracy.

$39.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 20illustrations • January 2015 •hardback • 978-1-4738-2329-7

The Battlefor Norway1940 –1942John GrehanMartin Mace

Despatches in this volumeinclude that on the first andsecond battles of Narvik in 1940;the dispatch on operations incentral Norway 1940, byLieutenant General H.R.S. Massy,Commander-in-Chief, North WestExpeditionary Force.

$34.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 •Illustrated • April 2015 •hardback • 978-1-78346-232-2


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Letters from a Soldierof France 1914 –1915Wartime Letters FromFrance

In March 1915, a youngFrench artist-turnedsoldier went missing inaction and left behind aremarkable series ofletters.

$24.95 • 128 pages • 6 x 9 •January 2015 • hardback •978-1-4738-2331-0

Letters from theTrenchesThe First World Warby Those Who WereThereJacqueline Wadsworth

This is a history of the FirstWorld War told throughhundreds of lettersexchanged by ordinaryBritish soldiers and theirfamilies.

$39.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 •16pp plate section •February 2015 • hardback •978-1-78159-284-7

Theodore BayleyHardy VC DSO MCA Reluctant HeroJohn David Raw

Theodore Bayley Hardywas destined to becomethe most decoratednoncombatant in the FirstWorld War.

$39.95 • 144 pages • 6 x 9 •50 illustrations • January2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2322-8

Till the Boys ComeHomeThe First World WarThrough its PicturePostcardsTonie Holt /Valmai Holt

This is a new edition of thisclassic book whichincludes many new,powerful propagandaimages from nations onboth sides of this epicconflict.

$44.95 • 336 pages • 6.75 x9.5 • 800 color illustrations• January 2015 • hardback• 978-1-4738-2352-5

The Gunners ofAugust 1914Baptism of FireJohn Hutton

The author tells the storyof the war focusing on thefirst few months ofwarfare which werefundamental to theconduct of the campaignduring The Great War.


Tank Battles of WorldWar IBryan Cooper

Bryan Cooper describesearly tank actions in vividdetail including manyoriginal photographswhich give the present dayreader a glimpse of theinfancy of a dominantweapon of modern war.

$34.95 • 144 pages • 6 x 9 •3x16pp of plates • January2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2562-8

Shell Shocked BritainThe First World War’sLegacy for Britain’sMental Health Suzie Grogan

Suzie Grogan reveals theFirst World War's disturbinglegacy for soldiers and theirfamilies, exploring themyth of a nation of ‘brokenmen’ and ‘spare women’.

$39.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 •8pp plate section • January2015 • hardback • 978-1-78159-265-6

From the Somme toVictoryThe British Army’sExperience on theWestern Front1916–1918Peter Simkins

This collection of theauthor's most perceptiveand challenging essaysconcentrates on Britishoperations in Francebetween 1916 and 1918.


Visiting the Great WarBattlefields Commemorating theGreat War 100 YearsOn

To get the best from abattlefield tour, it is vital toknow what to see, how toget there and where to stayand this bookazine will beinvaluable for anybattlefield visitor.

$12.95 • 120 pages • 8.25 x11.75 • Illustrated in color •January 2015 • paperback• 978-1-4738-2842-1

Underground Warfare1914–1918Simon Jones

Simon Jones’s graphichistory of undergroundwarfare during the GreatWar uses personalreminiscences to conveythe danger and suspenseof this unconventionalform of conflict.

$29.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 •15-20 photos • January2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2304-4


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They Were There in1914Memories of theGreat War 1914–1918by those whoexperienced itWilliam Langford

This rework covers excitingaccounts from Mons to theChristmas Truce, 1914.

$50.00 • 272 pages • 6 x 9 •100 illustrations • February2015 • hardback • 978-1-78383-105-0

Reporting from theFront War Reporters duringthe Great WarBrian Best

When the war wasdeclared in August 1914there was a strictcensorship on thenewspapers.


The Underground WarVimy Ridge to Arras Phillip Robinson, /NigelCave

This volume looks at thecentral Artois, the environsof the whole line of theVimy Ridge to the RiverScarpe and Arras.

$24.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 •150 illustrations • February2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2305-1

Fighting on ThreeFrontsA Black WatchBattalion in the GreatWarMajor D.D. Ogilvie

This classic account detailsthe absorbing story of howthe Fife and ForfarYeomanry evolved over thecourse of the war.

$24.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 •approximately 32 b/wintegrated images and 5maps • February 2015 •paperback • 978-1-4738-2332-7

Follow Me! I Will LeadYou!Letters of a BEFBattalion Leader1914–1915George Brenton Laurie

Lt. Col. George BrentonLaurie commanded the 1stBattalion Royal Irish Riflesand died at NeuveChapelle in March, 1915.

$24.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 •February 2015 • hardback •978-1-4738-2333-4

British ExpeditionaryForce – The 1914CampaignAndrew Rawson

The book concentrates onthe British ExpeditionaryForce’s defensive actionsduring the retreat fromMons through to theadvance to the River Aisne.

$39.95 • 272 pages • 6 x 9 •22 integrated b/w picturesand 68 maps • February2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2383-9

I Escape!The Great War’s MostRemarkable POWCaptain J.L. Hardy DSO, MC

This is the story of J.L.Hardy, a tale of a daringPOW’s escape during TheGreat War.

$39.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 •6 b/w pics and maps •February 2015 • hardback •978-1-4738-2376-1

The First World WarCyril Falls

Captain Cyril Falls discussesWorld War I in the light ofits battles, tactics andweapons.

$39.95 • 448 pages • 6 x 9 •Illustrated • February 2015• hardback • 978-1-4738-2549-9

In Good CompanyThe First World WarLetters and Diaries ofThe Hon WilliamFraser Gordon,HighlandersThe Hon William Fraser

Fraser’s letters and diariesfrom the front were editedby his son, General SirDavid Fraser, soldier,biographer, historian,novelist.

$39.95 • 368 pages • 6 x 9 •February 2015 • hardback •978-1-4738-2733-2

Liaison 1914A Narrative of a GreatDefeatEdward Spears

This is a truly extraordinaryaccount which anyonewho wishes to understandthe events of 1914 mustread.

$39.95 • 624 pages • 6 x 9 •16 pp of b/w plates •February 2015 • hardback •978-1-4738-2746-2


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ConscientiousObjectors of the FirstWorld WarA DeterminedResistanceAnn Kramer

This is the story ofconscientious objection inBritain begins in 1916,when conscription wasintroduced for the firsttime.

$39.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 •approximately 30illustrations b/w plates •February 2015 • hardback •978-1-84468-119-8

We Also ServedThe ForgottenWomen of the FirstWorld WarVivien Newman

This is a social history ofwomen’s involvement inthe First World War.

$39.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 •15-30 Illustrations •February 2015 • hardback •978-1-78346-225-4

Aisne 1918David Blanchard

This battlefield guide andhistory will focus mainlyon the events of attackthat fell on the Britishsector of the frontbetween the 27th – 1stJune 1918.

$19.95 • 192 pages • 5.25 x8.5 • Illustrated • March2015 • paperback • 978-1-78337-605-6

Welsh on the SommeMametz WoodMichael Renshaw

The author looks at eventsafter the 1st July in theBattle for Mametz Woodand the story of the 17thNorthern Division whoattacked the quadrangle.

$19.95 • 176 pages • 5.25 x8.5 • Illustrated • March2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-3269-5

Gallipoli: TheOttoman CampaignEdward J Erickson

Edward Ericksonconcentrates on theOttoman side of thecampaign and thestructure, tactics anddeployment of theOttoman Army.

$24.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 •20 illustrations • March2015 • paperback • 978-1-78346-166-0

The HoodBattalionLeonard Sellers

Len Sellers unearthsthe many firsthandaccounts of the HoodBattalion’s exploitsincluded in this book.

$34.95 • 352 pages •6 x 9 • Illustrated •March 2015 •paperback • 978-1-78346-168-4

The German Armyin the SpringOffensives 1917Arras, Aisne andChampagneJack Sheldon

This work describesthe event of Spring1917 from thedefenders’perspective.

$44.95 • 352 pages •6 x 9 • 16pp b/wplates • March 2015 •hardback • 978-1-78346-345-9

Church Lads’Brigade in theGreat WarA History of the16th (Service)Battalion TheKing’s Royal RifleCorpsJean Morris

TThese are theexperiences of eightmen who served inthe Great War.

$39.95 • 256 pages •6 x 9 • 100illustrations • March2015 • hardback •978-1-78346-358-9

Castle Point inthe Great WarKen Porter /StephenWynn

$19.95 • 176 pages •6 x 9 • 100illustrations • March2015 • paperback •978-1-4738-2311-2

Irishmen in theGreat WarReports From theFront 1915Tom Burnell

These are theaccounts of local menat the front; oftorpedoed ships;drunken wives; finalletters and requestsfrom the trenches.

$39.95 • 256 pages •6 x 9 • 8 page platesection • March 2015• hardback • 978-1-4738-2345-7

The FightingPioneers: TheStory of the 7thBattalion DLIClive Dunn

This is the story of the7th Battalion DurhamLight Infantry. Withthe creation of theTerritorial Force in1908 the battalionwas re-designated asthe 7th Battalion.

$39.95 • 320 pages •6.75 x 9 • 150illustrations • March2015 • hardback •978-1-4738-2348-8


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The Manchester Bantams The Story of a PalsBattalion and a City at War– 23rd (Service) Battalionthe Manchester Regiment(8th City)Caroline Scott

Follow the Manchester menthrough their training, theirexperiences of the Somme andthe Third Ypres Campaign.

$50.00 • 256 pages • 6.75 x 9 •100 illustrations • April 2015 •hardback • 978-1-78346-389-3

The Bloodiest Battles of theGreat WarYpres 1915, Verdun and Loos

The attacks that took place inAutumn were a mighty offensive -so much so that it was referred toat the time as 'The Big Push'.

$12.95 • 120 pages • 8.25 x 11.75• Heavily illustrated in full color •April 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2887-2

Hamilton and GallipoliBritish command in an ageof military transformation Evan McGilvray

This is a study of Sir Ian HamiltonVCs command of the Gallipolicampaign. Appointed byKitchener, Hamilton was to leadthe ambitious amphibiouslandings that were intended toopen the way to Constantinople.

$39.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 16-20b/w in 8pp plate section • April2015 • hardback • 978-1-78159-076-8

The War in the DardanellesThe Memoirs of a GermanStaff-Officer in TurkishServiceDr. Philip Rance

This is a detailed eyewitnessaccount of theDardanelles/Gallipoli campaignfrom the perspective of the Turks,through the eyes of the Germancommander-in-chief of theOttoman forces in the Dardanelles.

$39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16ppb/w illustrations, 3 b/w maps •April 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78303-045-3

Douglas Haig As IKnew HimGeorge S Duncan

The book's representationof Haig is unremittinglypositive; he is the Britishcommander who rose tonew heights with eachsucceeding crisis &brought us in the end tovictory.

$39.95 • 144 pages • 6 x 9• 8 page plate section •March 2015 • hardback •978-1-4738-2770-7

The Blood TubGeneral Gough andthe Battle ofBullecourt 1917Jonathan Walker

This controversial andstirring account of one ofthe bloodiest battles ofthe Great War recounts aheroic but disastrousengagement which left alasting rift between theBritish and Australians.

$39.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9• 32 illustrations • May2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2754-7

The Great WarExplainedPhilip Stevens

Written for the layman bya layman this booksummarizes the keyevents and contributionsof key individuals, somewell, others unknown butwith a story to tell.

$14.95 • 240 pages • 5 x7.75 • 16 pages of plates •January 2015 • paperback• 978-1-78346-186-8

Rotherham in theGreat WarMargaret Drinkall

Many Rotherham menhad never fired a shot intheir lives before theyenlisted, to fight in whatquickly became known asthe Great War.

$24.95 • 160 pages • 6 x 9• 100 illustrations •January 2015 • paperback• 978-1-78383-149-4

Surgeon with theKaiser’s ArmyStephen Kurt Westmann

The Author gave up hismedical studies atFreiburg University in1914 to enlist in theGerman Army. He wassoon involved in bloodyhand-to-hand fightingagainst the French beforemoving to the Russianfront.

$39.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9• 16pp b/w plates •January 2015 • hardback •978-1-4738-2170-5


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Battle Beneath theTrenchesThe Cornish Miners ofthe 251st TunnellingCompany, RERobert Johns

RE tunneling companieswere specialist units of theCorps of Royal Engineerswithin the British Army,formed to dig attackingtunnels under enemy linesduring the First World War.

$39.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 •100 illustrations(approximately) integrated• April 2015 • hardback •978-1-4738-2700-4

My Escape fromDonington HallGunther Plüschow

It was an escape from aPoW camp as daring andfraught with danger as anyimmortalized byHollywood. Yet the story isless familiar than most –as it concerns the onlyGerman prisoner of war toescape from captivity inmainland Britain andmake it home duringeither World War.

$39.95 • 160 pages • 6 x 9 •April 2015 • hardback •978-1-4738-2705-9

Bully Beef andBiscuits – Food in theGreat WarJohn Hartley

Napoleon Bonaparte isoften credited with sayingthat ‘an army marches onits stomach’. This is a bookwhich will appeal to foodlovers as well as thosewith an interest in militaryand social history.

$50.00 • 384 pages • 6 x 9 •approximately 120 b/wphotographs • April 2015 •hardback • 978-1-4738-2745-5

Johnny Get Your GunA Personal Narrativeof the Somme, Ypresand ArrasJohn F Tucker

At the age of seventeen-and-a-half, full of idealismand patriotism, JohnTucker enlisted as anInfantryman in the LondonKensington Regiment andreached France, aftertraining, in August 1915.

$39.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 •12 b/w photographs • April2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2750-9

Brothers in ArmsThe Unique Collectionof Letters andPhotographs of TwoBrothers from theFront Line during theFirst World WarKaren Farrington

Presented here are therecollections of a youngofficer who had foughtwith the Essex Regiment inthe First World War.

$39.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 •16 b/w illustrations • May2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2561-1

Your Country NeedsYouVolunteering to Fightin the Great War

The heavy casualties of thebattles of 1914 and 1915,the entry of Turkey into thewar in 1915, and theunreliability of the Frenchand Italian armies placedgreat strains on Britain'sexisting forces.

$12.95 • 120 pages • 8.25 x11.75 • Heavily Illustratedin full color • May 2015 •paperback • 978-1-4738-2885-8

Have You ForgottenYet?John Blacker

The book tells the story ofan infantry officer on theWestern Front from 1915-1918. For the majority ofthis time the writer was inthe Fourth Battalion of theColdstream Guards, whichhad been designated as a"pioneer" battalionkeeping open the lines ofcommunications.

$24.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 •May 2015 • paperback •978-1-78346-167-7

A Marine at Gallipoliand on The WesternFrontFirst In, Last Out –The Diary of HarryAskinJean Baker

Harry Askin was 22 whenhe enlisted in 1914 and wassent to train with the RoyalMarines at Portsmouth. Thisis a stirring memoir whichpaints a vivid picture of thehorrors of war.

$39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 •8 or 16pp b/w plates • May2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2784-4

Visiting the Fallen –Arras NorthJohn Peter Hughes

This is a 'Who's Who' ofthose buried in theCommonwealth WarGraves Commissioncemeteries located in andaround Arras, NorthernFrance.

$50.00 • 6 x 9 • 8 pagepicture section • May 2015• hardback • 978-1-4738-2556-7

An Extraordinary ItalianImprisonmentThe Brutal Truth ofCampo 21, 1942-3Brian Lett

This book tells the story ofprisoner of war camp PG21, at Chieti, Italy,between August 1942 andSeptember 1943. It wasgrossly overcrowded, withlittle running water, noproper sanitation, and inwinter no heating.

$44.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 •16 pages of b/w plates •January 2015 • hardback •978-1-4738-2269-6


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German Artillery1914–1918Wolfgang Fleischer

The importance of artillery in warfaregrew more and more throughout thenineteenth and early twentieth centuries.New developments such as solid cannonbarrels improved hit accuracy and therange of projectiles. This Fact File volume focuses on GermanArtillery during the Great War, when it could be argued that artillerywas for the first time the dominant weapon on the battlefield.Wolfgang Fleischer discusses the diversity of artillery developed andused during the First World War by the Germans.

$17.95 • 128 pages • 8 x 5.5 • 151 b/w photographs, 7 color imagesand 42 drawings • January 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2398-3

Panzers of the Wehrmacht1933–1945Alexander Ludeke

German Panzers continue to exert a tremendous fascination for military historians and military vehicle enthusiastsalike. To the delight of all fans of tank warfare, this Fact File provides valuable reference on vehicles of the GermanWehrmacht. During the Second World War the tank became the main weapon of every army. This Fact File editionprovides a concise technical history of German WW2 tanks.

$17.95 • 128 pages • 8 x 5.5 • 75 b/w photographs, 94 color images • January 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2397-6

German HeavyArtillery Guns1933–1945Alexander Ludeke

Covers large caliber artillery guns beyond adiameter of 75 mm, used by the Germansduring the Second World War. Whilstartillery was perhaps no longer thedominant force it had been in the trench warfare of the Great War, itwas nevertheless essential, both in air defense and against tanks.This volume of the Fact File series presents the most important ofthe largest German artillery and air defense weapons, as well asrailway guns and launchers. A meticulously researched and superblyillustrated book, which provides a compact and competent overview.

$17.95 • 128 pages • 8 x 5.5 • 113 b/w photographs, 40 colorphotographs, 5 drawings • January 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2399-0

German Half-Tracksand Wheeled Vehicles1939–1945Alexander Ludeke

German armored vehicles continue togenerate great interest among historiansand military vehicle enthusiasts alike.Many of these lightly armored vehicleswere used for transporting soldiers and in the provision of medicalcare. Alexander Lüdeke has devoted himself to the Radpanzertechnikin particular in this Fact File volume, providing a concise technicalhistory of these German Military Vehicles.

$17.95 • 128 pages • 6 x 9 • 97 b/w photographs and 60 color images• January 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2400-3

A German General onthe Eastern FrontThe Letters and Diaries ofGotthard Heinrici 1941–1942Johannes Hurter

This selection from General GotthardHeinrici’s diaries and letters gives afascinating inside view of the fighting onthe Eastern Front from a commander’s perspective. It is also providesan unusual insight into the feelings, attitudes and acute anxieties ofone of the Wehrmacht’s most able generals in the midst of a brutalcampaign.

$34.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • 20 illustrations • January 2015 •hardback • 978-1-78159-396-7


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Hitler’s LightPanzers At WarPaul Thomas

Hitler’s Light Panzers at War is ahighly illustrated record of theGerman light tank from itsbeginnings in the 1930s to thekey battles it fought in Poland,France, North Africa, Russia andNorth Western Europe.

$24.95 • 144 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 •160pp • 255 b/w images •February 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78346-325-1

CoastalCommand’s AirWar Against theGerman U-BoatsNorman Franks

This book summarizes the story ofhow RAF Coastal Commandovercame the German U-boatdanger during the Second WorldWar and how the escalation of theU-boat war promoted thedevelopment of anti-submarinewarfare, leading to victory overthis menace in the Atlantic.

$29.95 • 152 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 •170 illustrations • January 2015 •paperback • 978-1-78383-183-8

ArmouredWarfare in theVietnam WarRare Photographs fromWartime Archives Michael Green

Historian and collector MichaelGreen shows in this fascinatingand graphically illustrated bookthat the two wars that engulfedIndochina and North and SouthVietnam over 30 years were farmore armored in nature thantypically thought of.

$24.95 • 192 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 250b/w images • January 2015 •paperback • 978-1-78159-381-3

The Royal AirForce in the ColdWar, 1950–1970Ian Proctor

In this book, Ian Proctor uses over150 highly evocative color imagesfrom a single remarkable AirMinistry collection to portray theRAF and its personnel between1950 and 1970.

$29.95 • 192 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 •150 color illustrations • January2015 • paperback • 978-1-78383-189-0

T-34The RedArmy’sLegendaryMedium TankAnthony Tucker-Jones

The photographichistory of this exceptional armored vehiclefollows its story through the course of thewar, from its combat debut against theWehrmacht during Operation Barbarossa,through the Red Army’s defeats andretreats of 1941 and 1942 to the tide-turning victories at Stalingrad and Kursk.

$24.95 • 160 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 200illustrations plus color profiles • May 2015 •paperback • 978-1-78159-095-9

Images of War series

Churchill’sFewPilots of theBattle of BritainAndy Saunders

In speaking of theRAF fighter pilotswho fought and wonthe Battle of Britain, the words of PrimeMinister Winston Churchill “Never in the field ofhuman conflict was so much owed by so manyto so few...” immortalized those pilots as “TheFew”. During the period 10 July to 31 October1940, a total of 2,917 airmen flew and foughtin the Battle of Britain.

$24.95 • 144 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 150illustrations • February 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2271-9

The Few:Fight forthe SkiesPhilip Kaplan

In this new pictorialhistory from PhilipKaplan, theperspectives of bothRAF and Luftwaffe airmen are consideredwithin the wider context of one of the mosticonic and pivotal conflicts of modern history.

$24.95 • 144 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 150 b/wimages approximately • April 2015 • paperback• 978-1-78346-302-2


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Blitz on KentMark Khan

Located on the far southeastern corner ofBritain, Kent was the closest county toOccupied Europe. Suffering not only directbombardment by heavy guns from France, theairspace over Kent provided the quickest routefrom Luftwaffe airfields in Northern France toLondon.

$24.95 • 144 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 150illustrations • March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78346-347-3

Combined Round the ClockBombing OffensiveAttacking Nazi Germany Philip Kaplan

In World War Two, the most effective fightingunits were usually small – submarine crews,infantry platoons, commandos, and bombercrews. Of these it could be said that the men whocrewed the bombers caused more damage to theenemy and had a greater impact on the outcomeof the conflict than any number of the rest.

$29.95 • 176 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 150 b/wimages approximately. • May 2015 • paperback• 978-1-78346-304-6

Luftwaffe Night Fighters1939–1945Andy Saunders /Steve Hall

In this exciting new addition to the Images ofWar series, Andy Saunders and Steve Hallutilize an extensive archive of never-beforepublished shots to illuminate the experiencesof the Luftwaffe night-fighter pilots and crewsduring the Second World War.

$24.95 • 144 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 140 b/wphotographs • February 2015 • paperback •978-1-4738-2320-4

NaziConcentrationCampCommandants1933–1945Ian Baxter

Using many rare and unpublished images thisbook identifies and delves into the characters ofthe notorious men who were instrumental inone of the greatest crimes against humanity inWorld history.

Through words and pictures the chilling truthemerges. In many respects these monsterswere all too normal. Rudolf Hess, theCommandant of Auschwitz, was a family manand hospitable host and yet while there is norecord of his committing acts of violencepersonally he presided over a regime thataccounted for over a million deaths.

$24.95 • 160 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 250 b/willustrations • February 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78159-388-2

The Rise ofHitlerIllustrated Trevor Salisbury

A Nazi propagandabook found in theruins of a bomb-damaged German home in1945 and recovered as a souvenir by aBritish soldier. It forms the basis for thisphotographic account of Hitlers' early daysas he gains acceptance and eventually tookover the hearts and minds of the Germanpeople.

$24.95 • 176 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 150pictures • May 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2218-4

GermanArmy on theEastern Front– TheAdvanceIan Baxter

This is a highly illustrated record of theextraordinary feat of arms that saw the Naziarmies drive deep into the vast terrain of theSoviet Union, to the gates of Stalingrad andMoscow. It traces the campaign from thesehopeful beginnings until the defenders and thewinter contrived to slow and then halt theadvance.

$24.95 • 160 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 250photographs • March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2266-5


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The GallipoliExperienceReconsideredPeter Liddle

This is a balancedevaluation of the Gallipoligamble and of the politicaland military leadershippresent.

$39.95 • 304 pages • 6 x 9 •60 illustrations • April 2015• hardback • 978-1-78340-039-3

The Retreat fromMons 1914: SouthThe Western Front byCar, by Bike and onFootJon Cooksey/ JerryMurland

This book follows the pathtaken by the BritishExpeditionary Forceimmediately after theoutbreak of the conflict.

$24.95 • 160 pages • 5.25 x8.5 • 100 color and b/willustrations • January 2015• paperback • 978-1-4738-2336-5

The Lusitania StoryThe Atrocity thatShocked the World –Updated CentenaryEditionPeeke, /Jones & Walsh-Johnson

This is the complete storyof this most famous oceanliner in a single volume.

$19.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 •April 2015 • paperback •978-1-4738-3270-1

The Road To RussiaArctic Convoys 1942Bernard Edwards

The book details the fate ofthe convoys PQ13 and PQ17 and the Westboundconvoy QP13.

$24.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 •18 b/w pics • May 2015 •paperback • 978-1-4738-2767-7

Facing Fearful OddsMy Father’sExtraordinaryExperiences ofCaptivity, Escape andResistance 1940-1945John Jay

John Jay has reconstructedhis Father’s war using thearchive material from fourcountries.

$44.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 •16pp of b/w plates •January 2015 • hardback •978-1-4738-2734-9


The Civilian BombDisposing EarlJack Howard andBomb Disposal inWW2Kerin Freeman

Charles ‘Jack’ Henry GeorgeHoward, GC, 20th Earl ofSuffolk & Berkshire, borninto the noble formidableHouse of Howard,possessed extraordinarycourage.


The Waffen SS on theEastern FrontA PhotographicRecord of the WaffenSS in the East

This book covers the deedsof the Waffen-SS on theEastern Front. With text andin-depth captions with rareand unpublishedphotographs it is an analysisof the part they played onthe Eastern Front.

$34.95 • 400 pages • 7.5 x9.5 • Over 200 original b/wphotographs • February2015 • paperback • 978-1-78346-245-2

A Woman in theShadow of the SecondWorld WarHelena Hall’s Journalfrom the Home FrontHelena Hall

Helena Hall’s daily diary ofthe war years, from 1940to 1945, tells of life in theSecond World Warexperienced by peopleliving in an English village.


Group Captain John‘Joe’ Collier DSO, DFCand BarThe AuthorisedBiography of aBomber Commander,Air War and S.O.EStrategist andDambuster Planner Simon Gooch

Group Captain John 'Joe'Collier DSO, DFC and Barwas a key player duringWWII.

$39.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 •20 illustrations • March2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2751-6

The History of theBattle of BritainAssociationCommemorating theFewGeoff Simpson

The Battle of BritainAssociation has played akey role in researchingentitlement to the Claspand pronouncing on claimsfor the Clasp.

$39.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 •Illustrated • March 2015 •hardback • 978-1-78159-387-5


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Victory in Italy 15th Army Group’s FinalCampaign 1945Richard Doherty

While the main focus in early 1945was on the advance to TheFatherland, 15 Army Group’s 5th(US) and 8th (British) Armies wereachieving remarkable results inNorthern Italy. This is a masterlydescription and analysis of thisvictorious campaign.

$39.95 • 272 pages • 6 x 9 • 16ppb/w plates • March 2015 •hardback • 978-1-78346-298-8

Voices in Flight: RAFEscapers and Evaders inWWIIMartin Bowman

During the Second World War, 156RAF men successfully escapedfrom German PoW camps inWestern Europe. A further 1,975men evaded capture after havingbeen shot down over this sameterritory. Martin Bowmanillustrates the bravery andresourcefulness that characterizedtheir experiences.

$50.00 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 16ppb/w photos • March 2015 •hardback • 978-1-78383-175-3

Voices in Flight: TheWellington BomberMartin Bowman

The Wellington Bomber wasomnipresent during the SecondWorld War, employed in a varietyof contexts in the fight against theAxis powers. Here is a selection offirsthand pilot testimonies in aneffort to record authentically theexperience of flying the much-mythologized Wellington duringone of the most challenging erasof aviation history.

$39.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 16ppb/w plates • April 2015 • hardback• 978-1-78383-176-0

Blue DiamondsThe Exploits of 14 SquadronRAF 1945–2015Michael John William Napier

In the seven decades since theSecond World War, 14 Squadronhas operated a wide array ofaircraft types (Mosquitoes,Vampires, Venoms, Hunters,Canberras, Phantoms, Jaguars andTornados) in a fascinating varietyof roles.

$50.00 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 90 b/wintegrated images (plus 8 pages ofcolor images) • March 2015 •hardback • 978-1-4738-2327-3

The Spitfire Exploring the Mythsand Legacy of an IconHugh W. Cowin

This narrative historycontains well over 150photographs anddiagrams and really is amust-read volume.

$44.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9• 200 photographs • April2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2343-3

A Guide To WarPublications of theFirst & Second WorldWarFrom Training Guidesto PropagandaPostersArthur Ward

This book is concernedwith printed ephemerathat was designed toeducate, instruct, informand entertain.

$39.95 • 272 pages • 6.75x 9.5 • 150 illustrations •April 2015 • hardback •978-1-78383-154-8

The E-Boat ThreatBryan Cooper

This book describes thedevelopment of thesedeadly little craft and thetraining of their crews.

$34.95 • 144 pages • 6 x 9• 25 b/w illustrations •April 2015 • hardback •978-1-4738-2783-7

Logistics in theFalklands WarKenneth L Privratsky

The book describes therush to reorganize anddeploy forces and dispatcha large task force.

$34.95 • 304 pages • 6 x 9• 16pp b/w plates •February 2015 • hardback• 978-1-4738-2312-9

The ZeppelinMichael Belafi

This book featuresphotographs of themighty Zeppelin at allstages of development.

$50.00 • 240 pages • 8.5 x10.75 • Mono and colorimages, integratedthroughout • May 2015 •hardback • 978-1-4738-2785-1


Pen & Sword Digital

Nery and the Retreat from MonsBattlefield History TV

Following the Battles of Mons and Le Cateau the already near exhausted British Expeditionary Force, who had been marchingand fighting for six days without a break, embarked on a nine day epic march across France. They headed back to the safetyof the far side River Marne south of Paris rather than to the traditional haven of British Armies – the Channel Ports.

The BHTV team of historians and battlefield guides take us to the scene of some sharp rear guard actions fought during theRetreat from Mons including the great cavalry actions at Cerizy and Nery, where the mounted British soldier establisheddomination of his German counterpart. As they travel the highways and byways of France they analyze the decisions madeby the commanders in that fog of war that together spelt the end of the Schlieffen Plan and set conditions for the 'miracle of the Marne'.

$24.95 • 80 minutes • 5.25 x 7.5 • July 2014 • DVD • 5060247621166 • Pen & Sword Digital

Special Forces: St Nazaire RaidBHTV

Building on the success of various Commando Raids during 1941, Headquarters Combined Operations moved up the scale ofsize and complexity by electing to attack and deny the only dry dock that could take a German battleship for repairs, theNormandie Dock at St Nazaire on France’s Atlantic coast. The problem was that the port was miles up an estuary that waswell defended by the Germans. To deliver an explosive charge big enough to demolish the massive lock gates, an old shipHMS Campbeltown was converted to look like a German destroyer, so as to bluff their way into the heart of the port.

Shot on location in the usual BHTV style of expert commentary from naval and commando historians. During shooting theteam secured unrivaled access to parts of the harbor and pumping houses that simply can not be seen by normal visitors toSt Nazaire.

$24.95 • 5.25 x 7.5 • February 2015 • DVD • 5060247620893 • Pen & Sword Digital

Walking the Western Front1914 – First Battle of YpresMessines and Menin RoadEd Skelding

$32.95 • April 2015 • DVD • 5060247621159 •Pen & Sword Digital

Walking the WesternFront 1914 – First Battleof Ypres LangemarckEd Skelding

$32.95 • February 2015 • DVD •5060247621104 • Pen & Sword Digital

Walking the WesternFront 1914 – The BEF andthe RetreatVillers-Cotterets, Etreux, Guise and NéryEd Skelding

$32.95 • January 2015 • DVD • 5060247621098• Pen & Sword Digital


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The Washingtons series

The Washingtons: A Family HistoryVolume One: Seven Generations of the Presidential BranchJustin Glenn

This ground-breaking series is a comprehensive history that traces the “Presidential line” of theWashingtons. Volume one begins with the immigrant John Washington who settled in Westmoreland Co.,Va., in 1657, married Anne Pope, and was the great-grandfather of President George Washington. Itcontinues the record of their descendants for a total of seven generations. Volume two is a collection ofnotable descendants of the next eight generations of John and Anne Washington’s descendants, includingGen. George S. Patton, author Shelby Foote, and actor Lee Marvin. Future volumes trace generations eightthrough fifteen, making a total of more than 63,000 descendants.

Although structured in a genealogical format for the sake of clarity, this is no barebones genealogy but atrue family history with more than 1,200 detailed biographical narratives. These, in turn, strive to conveythe greatness of the family that produced not only The Father of His Country but many others, great andhumble, who struggled to build that country. The Washingtons includes a special volume on the time-honored John Wright line, which in recent years has been challenged largely on the basis of DNA evidence,and another on the royal descents of the presidential line. A cumulative index completes the series.

$85.00 • 692 pages • 7 x 10 • 11 images, charts • January 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61121-233-4 • eISBN 978-1-94066-926-7

Volume Two: Notable Members of the Presidential Branch

$85.00 • 598 pages • 7 x 10 • 31 images, charts • January 2015 •hardback • 978-1-61121-234-1 • eISBN 978-1-94066-927-4

Volume Four, Part One: Generation Eight of thePresidential Branch

$75.00 • 468 pages • 7 x 10 • January 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61121-236-5• eISBN 978-1-94066-929-8

Volume Four, Part Two: Generation Eight of thePresidential Branch

$75.00 • 460 pages • 7 x 10 • January 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61121-275-4 8 • eISBN 978-1-94066-936-6

Volume Five, Part One: Generation Nine of the PresidentialBranch

$85.00 • 648 pages • 7 x 10 • January 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61121-237-2 • eISBN 978-1-94066-930-4

Volume Five, Part Two: Generation Nine of thePresidential Branch

$85.00 • 640 pages • 7 x 10 • January 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61121-276-1 • eISBN 978-1-94066-937-3

Volume Six, Part One: Generation Ten of the PresidentialBranch

$85.00 • 712 pages • 7 x 10 • March 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61121-238-9 • eISBN 978-1-94066-931-1

Volume Six, Part Two: Generation Ten of the PresidentialBranch


Volume Seven, Part One: Generation Eleven of thePresidential Branch


Volume Seven, Part Two: Generation Eleven of thePresidential Branch


Volume Eight: Generations Twelve to Fifteen of thePresidential Branch


Volume Nine: The Presidential Branch: Six Wright Lines

$85.00 • 792 pages • 7 x 10 • April 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61121-241-9• eISBN 978-1-94066-934-2


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Paperback reprints from Savas Beatie

AbrahamLincoln andtheStructureof ReasonDavid A. Hirsch/DanVan Haften

For more than 150 years, historians havespeculated about what made Abraham Lincolngreat. Some point to Lincoln’s study ofgrammar, literature, and poetry. Others believeit was the deep national crisis that elevatedLincoln’s oratory. Most agree though that hehoned his persuasive technique in his work asan Illinois attorney.

Authors Hirsch and Van Haften persuasivelyargue, for the first time, that it was Lincoln’sin-depth study of geometry that gave oursixteenth president his verbal structure.Although Lincoln’s fascination with geometryis well documented, most historians haveconcluded that his study of the subject waslittle more than mental calisthenics.

$24.95 • 464 pages • 6 x 9 • charts, tables,figures • March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-61121-251-8 • eISBN 978-1-61121-058-3

Confessions of a MilitaryWifeMollie Gross

“I remember when I hit rock bottom. There Iwas with no make-up on, hadn’t showered,eating raw cookie dough out of the tube,hitting on the toothless bagger at thecommissary, and ordering jewelry off the TV.And that was just my first day!”

Confessions of a Military Wife is an honest, witty, and often hilariouslook at the life of the new generation military wife. Mollie Gross learnedthe hard way to laugh instead of cry at what she could not control as amilitary spouse—and as she quickly discovered, nearly everything wasout of her control!

$18.95 • 264 pages • 6 x 9 • 24 images • March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-61121-250-1 • eISBN 978-1-61121-050-7

Silent SentinelsA Reference Guide to the Artillery ofGettysburgGeorge W. Newton

Artillery played an important and perhapsdecisive role in the July 1863 battle ofGettysburg. Although many hundreds of bookshave been published on the battle, very fewhave focused more than a few paragraphs or asprinkling of entries on the “long arm” and its role in the battle. This gapis finally filled by George Newton’s Silent Sentinels: A Reference Guide tothe Artillery of Gettysburg.

Now in paperback, Newton’s well-written and illustrated study wasdesigned to be of use to both the casual battlefield visitor and theserious Civil War scholar.

$22.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 43 images, 7 maps • February 2015 •paperback • 978-1-61121-247-1 • eISBN 978-1-61121-012-5

The Battleof Monroe’sCrossroadsand theCivil War’sFinalCampaignEric J. Wittenberg

The Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, March 10,1865, was one of most important but leastknown engagements of William T. Sherman'sCarolinas Campaign. Now in paperback, here isthe only book-length account of this combat.

As Sherman's infantry crossed into NorthCarolina, Maj. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick's veteranFederal cavalry division fanned out in front,screening the advance. When Kilpatrick learnedthat Confederate cavalry under Lt. Gen. WadeHampton was hot on his trail, he decided to seta trap for the Southern horsemen near a placecalled Monroe's Crossroads. Hampton, however,learned of the plan and decided to dosomething Kilpatrick was not expecting: attack.

$22.95 • 360 pages • 6 x 9 • 42 images, 29maps • February 2015 • paperback • 978-1-61121-249-5 • eISBN 978-1-61121-015-6

Triumph &DefeatThe VicksburgCampaign,Volume 2Terrence J.Winschel

The study of theCivil War in theWestern Theater is more popular now thanever before, and the center of that interest isthe months-long Vicksburg Campaign.Following up on the popular success of hisearlier book of the same name, Winschel offersten new chapters of insights into what hasbeen declared by many to have been the mostdecisive campaign of the Civil War.

Smoothly written and deeply researched, thesefresh chapters offer balanced andcomprehensive analysis written with theauthority that only someone who has servedas Vicksburg’s Chief Historian since 1978 canproduce.

$19.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 27 images, 7 maps• February 2015 • paperback • 978-1-61121-248-8 • eISBN 978-1-61121-018-7


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“To Prepare forSherman’s Coming”The Battle of Wise’s Forks, March1865Mark A. Smith/Wade Sokolosky

The Battle of Wise’s (Wyse) Forks, March 7-11,1865, has long been thought of as nothingmore than an insignificant skirmish duringthe final days of the Civil War and relegatedto a passing reference in a footnote if it is mentioned at all. Mark A.Smith and Wade Sokolosky erase this misconception and elevate thiscombat and its related operations to the historical status it deserves.

This book is the result of years of careful research in a wide variety ofarchival sources, and relies upon official reports, diaries, newspapers,and letter collections, all tied to a keen understanding of the terrain.Sokolosky and Smith, both career army officers, have used theirexpertise in military affairs to produce what is not only a valuable bookon Wise’s Forks, but what surely must be the definitive study of one ofthe Civil War’s overlooked yet significant battles.

$27.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 55 images, 8 maps • March 2015 • hardback• 978-1-61121-266-2 • eISBN 978-1-61121-267-9

Books on the AmericanCivil War EraA Critical BibliographyWalter Westcote

Tens of thousands of books have beenpublished on the Civil War. In an effort to listsome of most important titles, in 1997 theUniversity of Illinois Press published The CivilWar in Books: An Analytical Bibliography, byDavid J. Eicher. This well-received reference work includes bookspublished through mid-1995. As anyone who has studied this eraknows, a vast number of significant books have been published sincethat time—hence the need for this updated bibliography.

This bibliography includes nearly 3,000 books, most of which have beenpublished since the appearance of Eicher’s groundbreaking 1997 study.Topics are wide-ranging and organized into easy-to-use categories, soreaders can find exactly what they are seeking. Each account lists theauthor or editor, title, date of original publication (and reprint, if any),publisher, page count, and a short summary of its contents.

$35.00 • 306 pages • 7 x 10 • 8 images • January 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61121-270-9 • eISBN 978-1-61121-271-6

ConfederateArtilleryOrganizationsAn AlphabeticalListing of theOfficers andBatteries of theConfederacy,1861–1865F. Ray Sibley, Jr.

This is a remarkable, immensely useful, andexceedingly rare book containing the names ofthe officers and every Confederate artilleryunit. It is so rare that most scholars in the fielddon’t even know of its existence. This newupdated and easy-to-use reference work lists,in alphabetical order, individual batteries toartillery regiments, the names and alternatenames for the batteries and the names of themen who led them.

$49.95 • 390 pages • 7 x 10 • 4 images •January 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61121-230-3• eISBN 978-1-940669-44-1

Fightingfor GeneralLeeConfederateGeneral RufusBarringer andthe NorthCarolinaCavalry BrigadeSheridan R. Barringer

Rufus Barringer fought on horseback throughmost of the Civil War with General Lee’s Armyof Northern Virginia, and rose to lead the NorthCarolina Cavalry Brigade in some of the war’smost difficult combats. This book details hisentire history for the first time.

Barringer raised a company early in the warand fought with the 1st North Carolina Cavalryfrom the Virginia peninsula through SecondManassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, andChancellorsville.

$32.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 43 images, 9 maps• June 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61121-262-4 •eISBN 978-1-61121-263-1

ResistingShermanA ConfederateSurgeon’sJournal and theCivil War in theCarolinas, 1865Thomas HeardRobertson, Jr.

Despite its fascinating cast of characters, hostof combats large and small, and its impact onthe course of the Civil War, surprisingly littleink has been spilled on the conflict’s finalmonths in the Carolinas.

Editor and descendant Thomas Robertsonfollowed in his ancestor’s footsteps, conductingexhaustive research to identify the people,route, and places mentioned in the journal.

$26.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 39 images, 11maps • March 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61121-260-0 • eISBN 978-1-61121-261-7


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The Maps of theWildernessAn Atlas of the WildernessCampaign, May 2-7, 1864Bradley M. Gottfried

This book continues Bradley M. Gottfried’sefforts to study and illustrate the majorcampaigns of the Civil War’s Eastern Theater.This is his fifth book in the ongoing SavasBeatie Military Atlas Series. The previousfour were The Maps of Gettysburg (2007), The Maps of First Bull Run(2009), The Maps of Antietam (2012), and The Maps of the BristoeStation and Mine Run Campaigns (2013).

This latest magisterial work breaks down the entire campaign into 24map sets or “action-sections” enriched with 120 original full-page colormaps. These spectacular cartographic creations bore down to theregimental and battery level. This book includes an assessment of thewinter of 1863-1864, the planning for the campaign, the crossing of theRapidan River, and two days of bloody combat and the day of watchfulstalemate thereafter.

$39.95 • 360 pages • 7 x 10 • 120 full color maps • April 2015 • hardback• 978-1-61121-258-7 • eISBN 978-1-61121-259-4

The GettysburgCycloramaThe Turning Point of the Civil War onCanvasChris Brenneman/Sue Boardman/BillDowlaing

Thousands of books and articles have beenwritten about the Battle of Gettysburg.Almost every topic has been thoroughlyscrutinized except one: Paul Philippoteaux’smassive cyclorama painting The Battle of Gettysburg, which depictsPickett’s Charge, the final attack at Gettysburg. The GettysburgCyclorama: The Turning Point of the Civil War on Canvas is the firstcomprehensive study of this art masterpiece and historic artifact.

This in-depth study of the history of the cyclorama discusses everyaspect of this treasure, which was first displayed in 1884 and underwenta massive restoration in 2008. Coverage includes the changes it hasundergone and where and how it was moved. Coverage includes notonly how it was created and what it depicts, but the changes it hasundergone and where and how it was moved.

$34.95 • 192 pages • 7 x 10 • 300 images • May 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61121-264-8 • eISBN 978-1-61121-265-5

Tears of aWarriorA Family’s Storyof Combat andLiving withPTSDE. AnthonySeahorn/Janet J.Seahorn

This is a patrioticbook written about soldiers who are called toduty in service of their country. It is a story ofcourage, valor, and life-long sacrifice. Longafter the cries of battle have ended, manywarriors return home to face a multitude ofphysical and mental challenges. Tears of aWarrior was written to educate families andveterans about the symptoms of PTSD and tooffer strategies for living with the disorder.

$19.99 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 92 images, 1 map •February 2015 • paperback • 978-1-61121-273-0 • eISBN 978-1-61121-274-7

The North Carolina CivilWar AtlasThe Old North State at WarMark Anderson Moore/Jessica A.Bandel/Michael Hill

The North Carolina Civil War Atlas is acomprehensive full-color study of the impactof the war on the Tar Heel State, incorporating97 original maps. The only state-level atlas ofits kind, the book is a sesquicentennial projectof the North Carolina Office of Archives andHistory.

$34.95 • 192 pages • 11 x 17 • 97 full colormaps, 30 tables and charts, and 98 images •March 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61121-268-6 •eISBN 978-1-61121-269-3

“DoubleCanisterat TenYards”The FederalArtillery andthe Repulse ofPickett’sCharge, July 3,1863David L. Shultz

Gettysburg is one of the most famous andstudied battles of history, and Pickett’s Charge,its climax on the third day, continues tofascinate a new generation of readers. Here theauthor focuses his examination on how andwhy the Union long-arm beat back theConfederate foot soldiers.

$11.95 • 144 pages • 6 x 9 • 12 images, 5 maps• January 2015 • paperback • 978-1-61121-272-3 • eISBN 978-1-940669-49-6


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Emerging Civil War series

Calamity inCarolinaThe Battles of Averasboroand Bentonville, March1865Daniel T. Davis/Phillip S. Greenwalt

Federal armies under Maj. Gen. WilliamTecumseh Sherman had rampaged throughGeorgia on their “March to the Sea” and nowwere cutting a swath of destruction as theymarched north from Savannah through theCarolinas. Locked in a desperate defense ofRichmond and Petersburg, there was little Leecould do to stem Sherman’s tide—so he turnedto Johnston. This book includes more than ahundred illustrations, new maps, and thought-provoking analysis to tell the story of last greatbattles of the war in the West.

$12.95 • 168 pages • 6 x 9 • 150 images, maps •February 2015 • paperback • 978-1-61121-245-7 • eISBN 978-1-61121-224-2

Dawn of VictoryBreakthrough atPetersburg, March 25 –April 2, 1865Edward S. Alexander

After the unprecedented violence of the 1864Overland Campaign, Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S.Grant turned his gaze south of Richmond toPetersburg, where the railroads that suppliedthe Confederate capital and its defenders foundtheir junction. Nine grueling months ofconstant maneuver and combat around the“Cockade City” followed. Massive fortificationsdominated the landscape, and both armiesfrequently pushed each other to the brink ofdisaster. Readers can follow the footsteps ofthe resolute Union attackers and stand in theshoes of the obstinate Confederate defendersas their actions decided the fate of the nation.

$12.95 • 168 pages • 6 x 9 • 150 images, maps •March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-61121-280-8 •eISBN 978-1-61121-246-4

To the Bitter EndAppomattox, BennettPlace, and theSurrenders of theConfederacyRobert M. Dunkerly

Across the Confederacy, determinationremained high through the winter of 1864 intothe new year. Yet ominous signs wereeverywhere. The peace conference had failed.Large areas were overrun, the armies could notstop Union advances, the economy was inshambles, and industry and infrastructure werecrumbling—the Confederacy could not make,move, or maintain anything. No one knewwhat the future held, but uncertainty. Civiliansand soldiers, generals and governors, resolvedto fight to the bitter end. Offering a fresh lookat the various surrenders that ended the warthis book brings to light little-known facts andcovers often-overlooked events.

$12.95 • 168 pages • 6 x 9 • 150 images, maps •March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-61121-252-5 •eISBN 978-1-61121-253-2

Fight Like theDevilThe First Day atGettysburg, July 1, 1863Chris Mackowski/Daniel T. Davis

Do not bring on a general engagement,Confederate General Robert E. Lee warned hiscommanders. The Army of Northern Virginia,slicing its way through south-centralPennsylvania, was too spread out, toovulnerable, for a full-scale engagement with itsold nemesis, the Army of the Potomac. Too muchwas riding on this latest Confederate invasion ofthe North. Too much was at stake. July 1, 1863remains the most overlooked phase of the battleof Gettysburg, yet it set the stage for all thefateful events that followed.

$12.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 200 images, maps• February 2015 • paperback • 978-1-61121-227-3 • eISBN 978-1-61121-228-0

Strike Them aBlowBattle along the NorthAnna River, May 21–25,1864Chris Mackowski

For sixteen days the armies had grappled—agrueling horror-show of nonstop battle, march,and maneuver that stretched through May of1864. Federal commander Ulysses S. Grant hadresolved to destroy his Confederate adversariesthrough attrition if by no other means. Hewould just keep at them until he used themup. The author follows the road south to theNorth Anna River.

$12.95 • 168 pages • 6 x 9 • 150 images, maps• February 2015 • paperback • 978-1-61121-254-9 • eISBN 978-1-61121-255-6

That FuriousStruggleChancellorsville and theHigh Tide of theConfederacy, May 1–4,1863Christopher Mackowski/Kristopher White

Authors Chris Mackowski and Kristopher D.White have worked for years to compile thisremarkable story of one of the war’s greatestbattles. It describes the series of controversialevents that define this crucial battle, includingGeneral Robert E. Lee’s radical decision to dividehis small army—a violation of basic militaryrules—sending Stonewall Jackson on hisfamous march around the Union army flank.

$12.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • b/w photos,illustrations and maps • Now Available •paperback • 978-1-61121-219-8 • eISBN 978-1-61121-220-4


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