Casemate Spring 2015 Catalog

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Welcome!

We are pleased to bring to you our Spring 2015 list, introducing a

wealth of titles covering various subjects of military history. All

titles featured in the catalog are published either by Casemate or

our many distribution partners.

This year we have had the pleasure of welcoming two new

publishers to the Casemate team, Aviaeology and PelikaanPers.

The former, a line of books produced by the Canadian-based

SkyGrid Studio, offers intricate historical accounts of different

types of Canadian and Russian aviation. PelikaanPers is based out

of Oosterbeek, Holland, and creates beautiful graphic novels on

different historical subjects. Both are a welcome addition to our

company.

In this catalog you will find a new series, originally published in

digital format, from Savas Beatie titled The Washingtons. Theseries takes us through a comprehensive history of generations of

Washingtons offering detailed accounts of the presidential

lineage. Also featured in this catalog are seven of the newest titles

from MMPs Scale Plans series. Each title in the series offers an

authentic example of a famous plane. And do not forget to visit

the Fonthill Media section of this catalog for their many

forthcoming military memoirs on World War I and World War II.

From Casemate, the long-anticipated title War Bonds is due out in

February 2015, and will follow young couples through the distress

caused by distance, uncertainty and the horrors of world war. Thecases of both men on the frontline and women on the home front

intertwine in this engaging must-read.

With each issue of this seasonal catalog our own line as well as

the number of titles from our distribution partners grows. We

continue to welcome more and more great reads with the hopes

of satisfying you, the customer.

As always, we appreciate your comments and questions, so please

feel free to contact us for more information regarding forthcoming

titles, our backlist, and eBook selection. You can email Casemate

at [email protected] or visit our website atwww.casematepublishers.com. Thank you very much for your

continued support and interest.

Best regards,

The Casemate Sales & Marketing Team

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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 Hrissey / Fighting High Publishing 23

Fonthill Media 24

Frontline Books 30

Grub Street Publishing 34Heimdal 35

Helion & Company 37

Histoire & Collections 45

Kagero 46

Legenda / Lorimer 48

MMP Books 49

Lutterworth Press / Oxbow / Oxford Archaeology 51

Pritzker Military / RN Publishing / Tattered Flag 52

Pen & Sword 54

Pen and Sword Digital 73

Savas Beatie 74

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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 had

the chance to pit them in combat. But once the Cold War between the superpowers waned, Iraqs

Saddam 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. The

Iraqi Army, after its long war with Iran, had more combat experience than the U.S. Army. Who knew if

Americas untested forces could be shipped across the world and thence contest the battle-hardened

Iraqis on their homeground? The Kuwaitis had collapsed easily enough, but then the invasion drew

fierce condemnation from the UN, which demanded Saddams withdrawal. Undeterred by the rhetori

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 as

Operation Desert Storm a violent air and ground campaign to eject the Iraqis from Kuwait. Leading

this charge into Iraq were the men of Eagle Troop in the US Armys 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment.

Commanded by then-Captain HR McMaster, Eagle Troop was the lead element of the US VII Corpsadvance into Iraq. On February 26, 1991, Eagle Troop encountered the Tawakalna Brigade of Iraqs elit

Republican Guard. By any calculation, the 12 American tanks didnt stand a chance. Yet within a mer

23 minutes, the M1A1 tanks of Eagle Troop destroyed more than 50 enemy vehicles and plowed a hole

through the Iraqi front. History would call it the Battle of 73 Easting.

$32.95 240 pages 6 x 9 16pp photos

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Pattons Third Army at WarGeorge Forty

This is the story of General George S. Patton's magnificent Third Army as it advanced across Nazi-occupie

Europe and into Hitler's redoubt in the last year of World War II. As Americas answer to Blitzkrieg, Third

Armys actions from the Normandy coast across France and Germany to Austria gave a new dimension to

the term "fluid warfare." They only needed one general orderto seek out the enemy, trap, and destroy

them. This they did, relentlessly overcoming every obstacle thrown in their way.

Third Armys story is one of the teamwork of armor, infantry, and aircraft working together with a

perfection that even amazed the Germans, who had always considered themselves the masters of the

mobile offensive. Though Third Army is often remembered for its tank spearheads, these pages also give

credit to the brave infantry divisions which butted their heads against fortresses such as Metz with

ultimate success. It is also the story of a triumph of logistics as thousands of trucks carried forward the

supplies 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 Pattons Thir

Army that turned on its heel and immediately drove in the Bulge, ending Hitlers last great hope for

success in the west. Afterward nothing could stop Third Army as it crossed the Rhine and overran the

Reich. Much of the armys greatness, its driving force, its will to win, was owed to one manGeneral

George Smith Patton, Jr. and in consequence a significant section of this book has been devoted to

him alone.

Full of eyewitness accounts and a host of photographs and maps, it relates the full story of how America

most dynamic fighting formation led the Allied effort against the Nazis seemingly invincible European

empire.

$32.95 224 pages 7.25 x 9.5 oversized

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Panzer OperationsGermanys 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 a

wealth of both experiences and analysis of Operation Barbarossa, perhaps the most important military

campaign of the 20th century.Hermann Hoth led Germanys 3rd Panzer Group in Army Group Centerin tandem with Guderians

2nd Groupduring the invasion of the Soviet Union, and together those two daring panzer

commanders 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-headed

post-war reflection from one of Nazi Germanys top panzer commanders is rare enough. But then Hoth

dives into his exact command decisions during Barbarossa to reveal new insights into how Germany

could, and in his view should, have succeeded in the campaign.

Hoth critically analyses the origin, development, and objective of the plan against Russia, and presents

the situations confronted, the decisions taken, and the mistakes made by the armys leadership, as the

new form of mobile warfare startled not only the Soviets on the receiving end but the German

leadership itself, which failed to provide support for their panzer arms breakthroughs.

Hoth sheds light on the ever-escalating struggle between Hitler and his military advisers on the

question whether, after the Dnieper and the Dvina had been reached, to adhere to the original idea of

capturing Moscow. Hitlers momentous decision to divert forces to Kiev and the south only came in late

August 1941. He then finally considers in detail whether the Germans, after obliterating the remaining

Russian armies facing Army Group Center in Operation Typhoon, could still hope for the occupation of

the Russian capital that fall.


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24 Hours at WaterlooRobert Kershaw

The epic and brutal battle of Waterloo was a pivotal moment in historywhen the events of a single day

defined 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 my

face 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, Sacr nom de Dieu!

In March 1815, the Allies declared war on Napoleon in response to his escape from exile and his

renewed threat to imperial European rule. Three months later, on 18 June 1815, having suffered

considerable 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. This

would become the Allies' final stand, the infamous battle of Waterloo.

In this intimate, hour-by-hour account, acclaimed military historian Robert Kershaw resurrects the

human stories at the center of the fighting, creating an authoritative single-volume biography of this

landmark battle. Drawing on his profound insight and field knowledge of military strategy, Kershaw

takes 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 lettersmany

never before seen or publishedthis gripping portrayal of Waterloo offers unparalleled authenticity.

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War BondsLove Stories from the Greatest GenerationCindy Hval

Americas World War II is most often told through the stories of its great battles, when an entire

generation of our young men was suddenly thrust across the oceans to represent the New World in

deadly 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 every

individual, even civilization itself.

But while often forgotten, Americas women were there too. On the home front they were more than

willing to share in the hardships of wartime, and in countless cases they fairly lived and breathed with

support for our troops overseas. Whether working in factories or taking care of families, rationing or

volunteering, 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 conflagration

brought a unique set of challenges. The uncertainty of the time led to an abundance of couples

marrying 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 cam

through. 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 couples

who met or married during or shortly after WWII.

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Field MarshalThe Life and Death of Erwin Rommel

Daniel Allen ButlerErwin Rommel was a complex man: a born leader, brilliant soldier, a devoted husband and proud

father; 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, he

proved himself a master of armored warfare, running rings around a succession of Allied generals who

never 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 the

same time that he despised the Nazis, dazzled by a Fhrer whose successes blinded him to the true

nature of the Third Reich. Above all, he was the quintessential German patriot, who ultimately would

refuse to abandon his moral compass, so that on one pivotal day in June 1944 he came to understand

that he had mistakenly served an evil man and evil cause. He would still fight for Germany even as he

abandoned his oath of allegiance to the Fhrer, 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 by

his own hand, not because, as some would claim, he had dabbled in a tyrannicidal conspiracy, but

because he had committed a far greater crime he dared to tell Adolf Hitler the truth.

In Field Marshalhistorian Daniel Allen Butler not only describes the swirling, innovative campaigns in

which Rommel won his military reputation, but assesses the temper of the man who finally fought

only for his country, and no dark depths beyond.

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Wars NomadsA Mobile Radar Unit in Pursuit of Rommel during the Western Desert Campaign,19423Frederick Grice/Gillian Clarke (Ed)/Colin Clarke (Ed)

Wars Nomads is an evocative account of one mans experience of life in a mobile radar unit after the

battle of El Alamein as Rommels 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 small

radar 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 ear

for language, which he assiduously employed after he was called up in 1941, keeping two journals of

his experiences. The first, On Draft deals with waiting to embark after initial training, with the journey

to the battle zone, and the privations of a low-ranking AC. Daily life on board ship is vividly brought to

life with details of routine, the cramped conditions, the banter and pastimes used to pass the time by

the troops, and the by contrast luxurious existence of the officers. The second, Erk in the Desert gives a

detailed account of the activities of Unit 606, a radar crew that follows just behind the battlefront. 606

provides radio-detection for the advanced landing grounds being used by RAF fighter-bomber

squadrons, because these landing strips, in turn, are the target of the German Luftwaffe and the ItalianAir Force attacks.

Wars Nomads sheds light on a key but little known aspect of the Eighth Armys Western Desert

Campaign, 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 and

landscapes.

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61200-289-7

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Gold RunThe Rescue of Norways Gold Bullion from the Nazis, 1940

Robert PearsonGold Run is the true story of arguably one of the greatest gold snatches in history. It is a tale of

immense bravery, endurance and great leadership of loyal Norwegians, plus a little good fortune and

help from the British against intrigue and overwhelming odds.

The German invasion of Norway on the night of April 8th/9th 1940 almost took Norway completely

unawares; 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 desperate

haste the Royal Family fled Oslo by rail, dodging bombs and strafing, eventually reaching the port of

Molde which was subsequently devastated by fire bombing. The gold with extraordinary ingenuity

was moved by road, rail and fishing boat, hotly pursued by the Germans. Its weight and the need for

total secrecy created unique transportation problems. After several instances of near disaster, the

Norwegians 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 off

in three Royal Navy Cruisers, HMS Enterprise, Galatea and Glasgow, from different locations. The ships

were attacked in port, then constantly harassed and bombed by the Luftwaffe as they made their way

back to the UK.

The loss of the bullion was a blow to the Germans. They had gained a country, but lost a King, a

government and huge amount of bullion that would have financed their war machine. That loss is

directly attributed to a visionary bank chief, a Colonel, a hastily assembled body of Norwegians and the

ships and men of the Royal Navy, ever resourceful, brave and loyal to their respective countries. This is

their story.



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Check Six!A Thunderbolt Pilots War Across the Pacific

Jim Curran/Terrence Popravak, JrThere were no mission limits for a pilot in the Pacific during World War II; unlike in Europe, you flew

until it was time to go home. So it was for James Jug Curran, all the way from New Guinea to the

Philippines 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 an

Army fighter pilot. He got his wish to fly the P-47 in the Pacific, going into combat in August 1943, in

New Guinea, and later helping start the Black Rams fighter squadron. The heavy U.S. Thunderbolts

were at first curious to encounter the nimble, battle-hardened Japanese in aerial combat, but soon th

American pilots gained skill of their own and their planes proved superior. Bombers on both sides

could 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 ou

aviators in the Pacific, aided by pertinent excerpts from the official histories of units that Jug Curran

flew with.

It is a tale of perseverance, as Jug Curran flew over 200 combat missions, and with the men of the

348th Fighter Group proved the Thunderbolts great capability as they battled their way against a

stubborn and deadly foe. This work increases the body of knowledge on the critical role of aviation in

the Pacific War, as U.S. fighter pilots took the lead in our counteroffensive against the short-lived islan

Empire.


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The Fighting 30th DivisionThey Called Them Roosevelts SSMartin King/Michael Collins/David Hilborn

In World War I the 30th Infantry Division earned more Medals of Honor than any other American

division. 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 intrinsi

zeal 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 came

to call them Roosevelts SS.

This book is a combat chronicle of this illustrious division that takes the reader right to the heart of the

fighting through the eyes of those who were actually there. It goes from the hedgerows of Normandy

to the 30ths gallant stand against panzers at Mortain, to the brutal slugs around Aachen and the

Westwall, and then to the Battle of the Bulge. Each chapter is meticulously researched and assembled

with accurate timelines and after-action reports. The last remaining veterans of the 30th Division and

attached units who saw the action firsthand relate their remarkable experiences here for the first, and

probably the last time. This is precisely what military historians mean when they write about fighting

spirit.

This work follows their story from Normandy to the final victory in Germany, packed with previously

untold accounts from the survivors. These are the men whose incredible stories epitomize what it was

to be a GI in one of the toughest divisions in WWII.


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Cushings CoupThe true story of how Lt. Col. James M. Cushing and his Filipino Guerrillas capturedJapans Plan Zand 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 than

the capture of Japans Plan Zthe Empires fully detailed strategy for prosecuting the last stages of

the Pacific War. Its a story of happenstance, mayhem, and intrigue, and resulted directly in the

spectacular U.S. victory in the Philippine Sea and MacArthurs early return to Manila, doubtless

shortening WWII by months.

One night in April 1944, Admiral Koga (successor to Yamamoto), commander-in-chief of Japanese

forces in the Pacific, took off in a seaplane to establish new headquarters. For security reasons he had

his chief-of-staff, Rear Admiral Fukudome, fly in a separate seaplane. But both aircraft ran into a

tremendous typhoon and were knocked out of the skies. Kodas plane crashed with the loss of all

hands. Fukudomes crashlanded into the sea off Cebu, the Philippines, and both the admiral and the

precious Japanese war plans floated ashore.

Lt. Col. James M. Cushing was an American mining engineer who happened to be in Cebu when war

broke 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 in

his tow. The result was a ferocious cat-and-mouse game between Cushings guerrillas and the

Japanese occupation forces. While Cushing desperately sent out messages to MacArthur to say what he

had found, the Japanese scoured the entire countryside, killing hundreds of civilians in a full-scale

attempt to retrieve their loss.

Cushing finally traded the admiral in return for a cessation of civilian deathsbut he still secretly

retained the Japanese war plans. Naturally both Tokyo and Washington tried to cover up what was

happening at the timeneither wanted the other to know what theyd lost, or what theyd found.

However, in this book we finally learn of the huge intelligence coup by Lt. Col. Cushing that helped to

shorten 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 new

Marine 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 the

company 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 Pacific

War, directly into the teeth of powerful Japanese defenses on Tarawa. In that blood-soaked invasion, a

single company of Sherman tanks, of which only two survived, played a pivotal role in turning the tide

from looming disaster to legendary victory. In this unique study Oscar Gilbert and Romain Cansiere use

official documents, memoirs, interviews with veterans, as well as personal and aerial photographs to

follow Charlie Company from its formation, and trace the movement, actionand lossof individual

tanks in this horrific four-day struggle.

The authors have used official documents and interviews with veterans to follow the company from

training through the brutal 76-hour struggle for Tarawa. Survivor accounts and air photo analysisdocument the movements and destruction of the companys individual tanks. It is a story of

escapes from drowning tanks, and even more harrowing escapes from tanks knocked out behind

Japanese lines.

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You Cant 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. Army

Officer Candidate School, where he was commissioned and sent on to the 80th Infantry Division, then

undergoing its final training cycle in the California-Arizona desert. Upon reaching the division, 2d

Lieutenant Adkins was assigned as an 81mm mortar section leader in Company H, 2d Battalion, 317th

Infantry Regiment. When the 80th Infantry Division completed its training in December 1943, it was

shipped 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 served

to 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 high

ground near Argentan during the Allied drive to seal huge German forces in the Falaise Pocket. While

scouting for mortar positions in the woods, Andy Adkins ran into a group of Germans and shot one of

them dead with his carbine. This baptism in blood taught him the answer to a question every novice

combatant 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 a

reaction other than feeling I had saved my own life." Thereafter, the 2d Battalion, 317th Infantry, took

part in a succession of bloody battles across France. Ineptly led through the tenures of several battalion

commanders, the unit suffered grievous losses even as it took hills and towns away from brave and

well-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 action

whenever he could. His extremely aggressive delivery of critical supplies to a cut-off unit in an

embattled French town earned him a Bronze Star Medal, the first such award in his battalion. You Can't

Get Much Closer Than This is at heart a young soldier's story of war. In vibrant, piercing terms, a junior

officer's coming of age in battle is the compelling focus of page after page of action sequences.

Shanghai 1937Stalingrad on the YangtzePeter Harmsen

In the voluminous literature on World War II, few books treat the Sino-Japanese War, and few of those

are accessible to non-specialists. Thankfully, seasoned East Asian correspondent Peter Harmsen has

written an engrossing study that goes far to fill the gap in the historiography of a neglected theater of

operations 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 its

height it involved nearly a million Chinese and Japanese soldiers while sucking in three million

civilians 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 led

to Pearl Harbor and to seven decades of tumultuous history in Asia. The Battle of Shanghai was a

pivotal event that helped define and shape the modern world.

Actors from a variety of nations were present in Shanghai during the three fateful autumn months

when the battle raged. The rich cast included China's ascetic Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and his

Japanese adversary, General Matsui Iwane, who wanted Asia to rise from disunity, but ultimately

pushed it toward its deadliest conflict ever. Claire Chennault, later of Flying Tiger fame, was among

the figures emerging in the course of the campaign, as was First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. In an ironic

twist, Alexander von Falkenhausen, a stern German veteran of the Great War, abandoned his role as a

mere advisor to the Chinese army and led it into battle against the Japanese invaders.


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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 eastern

boundary of the Cape Colony, he sat down to write his memoirs. It is a close-up view of four decades during a period

when 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 cultures

were constantly present and many settlers were murdered, including members of Jeremiahs family. Through all this we see a man making his way in a

world he could not have imagined while growing up in rural Buckinghamshire. He lived during an important historical time for South Africa, not only

observing and fighting the wars, but meeting and ser ving with some of the most famous names in South African history. He saw, in detail, the effects o

the 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 primary

source. It has not been widely read, because Jeremiah had no education, and although he had an extraordinary ability to describe experience and

express 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-Rmer Heitman

Mine-protected and mine-resistant, ambush-

protected (MRAP) vehicles are today standard in

the US, most major western armed forces and

many other armies as a result of the wars in Iraqand Afghanistan. The South African Army was

already routinely using mine-protected armored

personnel carriers and patrol vehicles forty years ago even if they looked primitive

and ungainly. A few years later, the South African Army had reached the stage

where it could deploy entire combat groups into battle zones equipped with only

mine-protected vehicles, including their ambulances and supply trucks. By then

the mine-protected vehicles had also become effective for use in combat, rather

than just protected transport, the Casspir being the chief example.

More to the point, they saved countless soldiers and policemen from death or

serious injury, and the basic concepts now live on in the various MRAP types in

service 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 the

global leaders in the design of MRAPs which are locally manufactured and

exported around the world. Surviving the Ride is a fascinating pictorial account

featuring more than 120 of these unique South African-developed vehicles,

spanning a forty-year period, with over 280 photographs, many of which are

previously 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 into

intake 138 Depot RhodesiaRegiment on 18 April 1974 and

endured a year of what he

deemed to be military

mayhem. In July 1976, he was drafted again with the 10th

Battalion Rhodesia Regiment to continue his wild ride into th

maniacal world of combat. The country was in a state of

national emergency and all available men were called up on

continuous service. Mampara is a no-holds-barred look at one

mans lived experience of war.

The title of the book stems from the Shona word mampara

that is said to originate from the slurred bark of the maleChacma baboon. The baboon indulges in alcohol-laden

fermented fruit in an attempt to attain courage for difficult

endeavors such as courting a female. In many ways, us as

humans indulge in the same practice especially in times of

intense stress or hardships. Young men experiencing the

intense stresses of combat become, like the baboon, hungry

for 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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SS: HitlersForeignDivisionsForeignVolunteers inthe Waffen SS194145Chris Bishop

The divisions of the Waffen-SS were the elite of

Hitlers armies in World War II, but the most

fanatical of them were not even German. This

is an in-depth examination of the

approximately 350,000 foreign volunteers from

German-occupied countries. Despite their non-

Germanic background, the Norwegians, Dutch,Danes, Belgians, Swedes, Swiss, Ukrainians and

other nationalities, often motivated by an

extreme anti-Communist zeal, fought hard on

the Eastern Front for the Nazi cause, even

when their position was hopeless.

$29.95 192 pages 7.25 x 9.5 120 b/w

photos February 2015 paperback 978-1-

78274-246-3

SSHitlerjugendThe History ofthe Twelfth SSDivision194345Rupert Butler

The divisions of the Waffen-SS were the elite of

Hitlers armies in WWII. This is an in-depth

examination of the unit formed in 1943 from

veterans of the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler

Division and members of the Hitlerjugend

(Hitler Youth) organization. The majority of the

recruits were 17-years-old fanatically devoted

volunteers. The book explores the background

of the units formation, the type of young menit recruited, the key figures involved in the

division, and its organization.

$29.95 192 pages 7.25 x 9.5 110 b/w


78274-247-0

SSWikingThe History ofthe Fifth SSDivision

194145Rupert Butler

The divisions of the

Waffen-SS were the

elite of Hitlers armies in WWII. SS-Wiking is an

in-depth examination of one of the most

notorious, the Wiking division, which was

largely recruited from foreign volunteers from

German-occupied countries in Europe after

1940. It also looks at the specialist training of

the Waffen-SS, and the uniforms and insignia

that the members of the division wore.

$29.95 192 pages 7.25 x 9.5 110 b/w


78274-248-7

SSLeibstandarteThe History ofthe First SSDivision193345Rupert Butler

This book covers the history of the first Waffen-

SS unit to be formed, the SS-Leibstandarte

Adolf Hitler. It explores the background of the

units formation, including its origins as the

Fhrers bodyguard, the men it recruited, thekey figures involved in the division, its

organization, training, uniforms and insignia.

SS-Leibstandarte also provides a full combat

record of the division, which fought on both

fronts during World War II.

$29.95 192 pages 7.25 x 9.5 110 b/w


78274-249-4

SS DasReichThe History ofthe Second SSDivision193345Gregory L. Mattson

This book covers the history of the second

Waffen-SS unit to be formed, the SS-Das Reich.

The book outlines the units involvement in the

invasion of Poland, the fall of France, the

invasion of Russia, the battles of Kharkov andKursk, the defense of Normandy, the Ardennes

offensive, the fruitless attempt to relive

Budapest and its final days defending Vienna.

The divisions darker side is also revealed with

an examination of its role in the massacre of an

entire village at Oradour-sur-Glance.

$29.95 192 pages 7.25 x 9.5 110 b/w


78274-250-0

SSTotenkopfThe History ofthe Third SSDivision193345Chris Mann

This is an in-depth examination of one of the

most infamous of the Waffen-SSs divisions

the Deaths Head division. The book explores

the background of the units formation, the

men it recruited and the level of brutalizationto which they became accustomed; the key

figures involved in its history, such as Theodor

Eicke, its founding commanding officer; and

the divisions organization.

$29.95 192 pages 7.25 x 9.5 110 b/w


78274-251-7

The Waffen SS Divisional series



Amberley

German InfantryWeapons of the SecondWorld WarThe War Machines Volume 2

John Christopher

This fascinating in-depth dossier is based

on classified wartime reports issued by the

US Military Intelligence Services, and

examines the main weapon types pistols,

rifles, grenades, machine guns and mortars

as well as antitank guns and infantry

howitzers.

The equipment of the German Army in

1939 reflected the High Commands policy

of having the smallest variety of weapon

types consistent with meeting operational

requirements. Initially the emphasis was on

developing only selected types for mass

production. As the battle fronts widened

and the theaters of operations became

more varied, they were forced to increase

the variety of their weapons. Detailed

descriptions and specifications are

accompanied by diagrams and

photographs to provide an invaluable

resource on Germanys 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 44May 45

Martin BowmanFollowing the invasion of Normandy, the

daylight bomber war reached its climax as

the Eighth Air Force B-17s and B-24s

pushed back the boundaries, and huge

fleets of bombers penetrated further afield

into the diminishing Reich on raids as far

afield as Leipzig, Dresden, southern

Germany and Czechoslovakia. As the war

dragged on it became obvious that

hostilities would not be over by Christmas,

although the German offensive in theArdennes known as the Battle of the Bulge

only delayed the inevitable. Allied air

power helped stop the short-lived offensive

and by January 1945, before the Allies had

crossed the Rhine, the Third Reich was on

the brink of defeat, and victory in Europe

was assured. Although air power did not on

its own win the war, the war could not

have been won without it.

In this fourth volume, Martin Bowman tells

the story of the Eighth Air Forces campaign

over Germany and Occupied Europe in the

words of the men who flew the missions.

Some 26,000 American airmen were killed

in action and another 23,000 were shot

down and taken into captivity as prisoners

of war. This is a fitting testimony to their

memory.

$34.95 288 pages 6 x 9.25 May 2015

hardback 978-1-4456-3371-8

We Were EaglesVolume 3The Eight Air Force at War June 44to October 44

Martin BowmanThe turning of the tide came when the air war

was redirected to bombing communications

targets in Northern France in support of the

June D-Day invasion and the eventual break-

out from the beachheads. Once the Normandy

battle was won, missions were resumed

against oil stores, factories, communications

and other strategic targets. Often crews nursed

their blasted and burning bombers back with

flak holes and damage from fighter attacks,

with feathered props and dead and wounded

on board, but those that survived went out

again the next day, the day after and the day

after that, until their combat tour of thirty and

later thirty-five missions was completed. A

host of rank-and-file air crew members

many of whom became livinglegends in the

annals of air warfare describe these raids in

vivid detail and with clarity and vigour. They

are recalled here by one of the largest number

of contributors American and British ever

assembled. They tell of laughter, friendship,

death, fear, exhilaration, stupidity,superstitions, discipline and indiscipline, lust

and love, respect, disrespect and outrage.

In this third volume, Martin Bowman tells

the story of the Eighth Air Forces campaign

over Germany and Occupied Europe in the

words of the men who flew the missions.

$34.95 288 pages 6 x 9.25 February

2015 hardback 978-1-4456-3370-1



Amberley

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

Eyewitness Accounts

I 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 the

Cold War, Nobles is a harrowing and unique story.

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

4456-4373-1

Eyewitness Accounts

Diary of a Nursing SisterAnonymous

By the time of the First World War, nursing had becomevital. The quality of medical care available to British

soldiers had improved immeasurably since the days of

Florence Nightingale. This classic diary, written by an anonymous nurse, i

an 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-

Great Tales from British History

The Britons Challenge RomePatricia Southern

From first contact in 55 BC to the defeat of Boudicca,

Patricia Southern narrates in gripping detail the

struggle of the Britons against the invading Roman

forces.

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

4456-1

Great Tales from British History

The Night of the Dam BustersWB Bartlett

From the last-minute flight preparations to the final

attack at the Sorpe, this account captures the moments

at the very heart of the Dam Busters heroic attacks.

Plunging the reader into the heart of the story, this is narrative history

at its most evocative and readable.


4456-4367-0

Great Writers On The Great War

Conan Doyles WarSir Arthur Conan Doyle

When World War One broke out in 1914 Sir Arthur Conan

Doyle tried to enlist in the military, despite being 55.

While World War One still raged on Conan Doyle began

work on The British Campaign in France and Flanders, originally published

in six volumes, from which this single volume is an edited selection.


4456-4201-7


Kiplings WarRudyard Kipling

This book takes the reader, alongside Kipling, to the

training camps of Kitcheners army in the south of

England, to the lines of the French army and the villages

just behind them, to sea with submarines, minesweepers and the big

ships of Jutland, to the Alpine front between Italy and Austria-Hungary



Buchans WarJohn Buchan

Although novelist John Buchan spent the First World

War serving in a variety of official positions, he also

helped to produce a monthly magazine chronicling the

history of the war, which was later published in twenty-four volumes as

Nelsons History of the War.

$14.50 320 pages 4.75 x 7.75 2014 paperback 978-1-4456-4310-6

Great Writers on The Great War

Fighting FranceEdith Wharton

Edith Wharton, the author of classic novels including

The Age of Innocence, was an American living in Paris

when war broke out in 1914. She wrote a series of

articles documenting her travels, always driven to investigate as much

as possible, whether sordid hospitals barely removed from the fighting

or the singular experience of standing on the front line itself.



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Amberley

1918: The First World War at Sea in photographsPhil Carradice

One of the most significant naval events of 1918 was the Zeebrugge Raid on

23 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 offensive

broke 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 the

Pacific 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.

$22.95 144 pages 6.5 x 9.25 May 2015 paperback 978-1-4456-2253-8


The final year of the Second World War was very quiet in terms of naval

operations, as European leaders turned their minds towards peace with

the promise of unconditional German surrender.

$22.95 144 pages 6.5 x 9.25 May 2015 paperback 978-1-4456-2254-5

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 in

liberating 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 liberated

in 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 Pacific

theater, 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, Germanys invasion of Poland was the start of a

conflict that would erupt over every continent and see the deaths of

tens 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 Photographs

Louis Archard

1945 saw the bomber offensive against Germany reach its peak with th

controversial attack on Dresden, while US B-29 bombers carried out fire

bombing raids against Japanese cities.

$24.50 176 pages 6.5 x 9.25 May 2015 paperback 978-1-4456-

2255-2

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

L. Archard continues his story of the air war, with many rare images

covering all aspects of the battle for air supremacy that would ultimately

help 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, including

the attempted sinking of the Stier in May, the Battle of Guadalcanal in

the Pacific theater in November, and the Battle of Midway in June.


4456-2249-1


This book covers the war in Russia, where Hitler's forces were being hel

back; the battle at El Alamein; and the war in the Pacific.


4456-2211-8



Amberley

ChurchillsSchool ForSaboteursStation 17Bernard OConnor

Following the

outbreak of the

Second World War,

Guy Burgess, an

officer in Britains Secret Intelligence Service,

convinced his superiors that a special school be

opened to teach sabotage. This book

investigates the history of Brickendonbury,

tells stories about some of its personnel and

assesses the successes and failures of some of

the estimated 1,200 saboteurs sent into

occupied Europe.$16.00 224 pages 4.75 x 7.75 2014

paperback 978-1-4456-4227-7

TheBattlefieldMedicalManual

1944US MedicalDepartment

In no place is

medicine more valued than the battlefield.

Since the formation of the US Medical Corps

under the authorship of Smart, Mason, and

Tuttle, this handbook has been in use without

interruption, and has served a most valuable

training role. This material represents the

understanding, experience, and knowledge of

the several authors and as a sound training

medium has stood the test of time.

$16.00 288 pages 4.75 x 7.75 2014

paperback 978-1-4456-4312-0

The HarleyDavidsonManual1944US War Department

The Harley-

Davidson WLA is a

Harley-Davidson

motorcycle that was produced to US Army

specifications in the years during and around

World War II. It was based on an existing

civilian model, the WL, and is of the 45 solo

type, so called due to its 45-cubic-inch (740

cm3) engine displacement and single-rider

design. This manual contains technical

information required for the identification, use,

and care of the material.

$16.00 224 pages 4.75 x 7.75 2014

paperback 978-1-4456-4341-0

AgentRoseThe True SpyStory Of EileenNearne,BritainsForgottenWartimeHeroineBernard OConnor

In September 2010 the body of Eileen Nearne

was found in a flat in Torquay. With no known

friends or relatives, a council burial was

arranged. A police search of her belongingsfound wartime French currency and wartime

medals. Further investigation revealed that she

was one of 40 women sent into France by the

SOE, the Special Operations Executive,

Churchills top secret wartime spook

organization. Her story and her poignant death

as a recluse became an international media

sensation.

$16.00 256 pages 4.75 x 7.75 2014

paperback 978-1-4456-4145-4

Air RaidsWhat You Must

Do! The wartimeguide tosurviving theBlitzJohn Christopher

During the Second

World War the

British Government, through the Ministry of

Home Security, issued a number of

publications advising the civilian population on

what they needed to know and what they

must do in an air raid. This special edition

reproduces that practical information on a

range of subjects including air-raid shelters,

protection against high-explosive bombs,

incendiary devices and the ever-present risk of

a gas attack.

$16.00 96 pages 6.5 x 9.25 2014

paperback 978-1-4456-4309-0

Life as aBattle ofBritainSpitfirePilotHannah Holman

Summer 1940,

Britain is on the

brink, a mere 2000 or so RAF fighter pilots

stand between Hitler's Luftwaffe and air

supremacy over the skies of southern England -

the prerequisite for a German invasion.

What was it like to fly a Spitfire? This short

illustrated account of daily life in August and

September 1940 is the ideal introduction to

the story of the Battle of Britain.

$10.95 96 pages 4.75 x 6.5 May 2015

paperback 978-1-4456-4468-4



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Life in aRomanLegionaryFortressTim Copeland

The Roman legions

were the formidable,

highly organized and

well disciplined backbone of the Roman army,

vital to maintaining order and control of the

borders of the Empire and its subjugated

peoples. The fortresses that were the bases of

the legions reflected their values: purposeful,

hierarchical and an intimidating display of

Roman culture. Tim Copeland provides readers

with the archaeological and literary evidence

that gives us an insight into life behind thehigh walls.

$22.95 96 pages 6.5 x 9.25 2014

paperback 978-1-4456-4358-8

Women inAncientRomePaul Chrystal

The history of

women in ancient

Rome is fascinating

and exhilarating. It

gives a unique

insight into one of the worlds most dynamic,

successful superpower civilizations and, at the

same time, illuminates any number of

admirable, exciting, evil, slatternly and

dangerous women fighting to be heard and

seen against insurmountable odds in a world

run by men for men.

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

RomanWalesSarah Symons

When the Roman

army invaded Wales

in AD 74, they hadto build a

continuous chain of

fortresses

throughout the length and breadth of the

country because of the fierce opposition of the

tribal population, the Celts. The clash of

cultures that resulted gave birth to Wales as

we know it today, as the Romans established

prosperous towns and introduced their way of

life, landscaping, architecture and education t

the 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 three

centuries the

Vikings went from

being the scourge of

Christianity to good

Christian warriors. In the process they traveled

to four continents, founded Russia, were the

first Europeans to reach North America, created

England and forged a great North Sea empire.

This history takes a chronological andgeographical approach in order to trace the

Vikings as they moved from raiders to sellers to

kings.

$34.95 192 pages 6 x 9.25 June 2015

hardback 978-1-4456-1161-7

Deus VultA Concise

History of theCrusadesJem Duducu

Deus Vult or God

wills it were the

words allegedly

uttered by the

crowd of people present when Pope Urban IIs

rousing speech that caused the start of the

First Crusade. The story charts the origins of

Holy War to the fading away of one of the most

prevalent movements in European history.

Deus Vult takes you on an exotic journey where

often politics and dynastic squabbles take

precedence over the will of God.

$16.00 192 pages 4.75 x 7.75 November

2014 paperback 978-1-4456-4055-6

The FirstAnglo-SikhWarAmarpal Singh

During the

eighteenth and

early years of the

nineteenth century,

the red tide of

British expansion had covered almost the

entire Indian subcontinent, stretching to the

borders of the Punjab. Amarpal Singh writes a

warts-and-all tale of a conflict characterized b

treachery, tragedy and incredible bravery onboth sides. Fully illustrated with period

drawings, modern-day photographs and new

maps, this book gives a forgotten conflict the

meticulous attention it deserves.

$16.00 336 pages 4.75 x 7.75 2014

paperback 978-1-4456-4195-9

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SpitfireAceGordon Olive

Pitched into the

maelstrom of air

fighting in thesummer of 1940, 24

year old Gordon

Olive barely lived to

tell this extraordinary tale of courage and

endurance. As Britain fought alone for its own

survival, 'the Few' of RAF Fighter Command

took to the air grievously outnumbered many

reaching braking point, exhausted, physically

and mentally by intense combat. Gordon Olive

flew the iconic Spitfire for over 125 missions

above 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 of

Napoleon

Bonaparte, an army

marches on its

stomach. This book

gives an intriguing insight into life in the

trenches and the rations and meals that the

average Tommy subsisted upon, such as

Maconochie stew, pea soup, brown stew and

meat pie.

$16.00 224 pages 4.75 x 7.75 2014

hardback 978-1-4456-4342-7

BritainsColdWarTheDangerousDecades AnIllustrated HistoryBob Clarke

Britains Cold War covers each

decade from the 1940s to the

1990s, when the country lived in

the shadow of nuclear conflict and

the West was locked in a

worldwide struggle againstcommunist powers. The era

remains a vivid memory for many,

and the events of the period are

still echoed in conflicts around the

world 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 on

how to survive an atomic attack

including full instructions on

building your own nuclear shelter.

In 1949 the Soviet Union

detonated its first nuclear bomb,heralding the era of the Cold War

in which the prospect of a

thermonuclear attack and

Mutually Assured Destruction

(MAD) put everyone in the firing

line.

$16.00 96 pages 6.5 x 9.25

2014 paperback 978-1-4456-

3997-0

BetterbyDesignShaping theBritishAirwaysBrandPaul Jarvis

Using an incredible wealth of

material from the British Airways

archive, curator Paul Jarvis takes us

through the decades from the

1970s to the present, exploring the

evolution of advertising, interiors,on-board experience and crew

uniform fashions, and how these

have come together to shape the

way 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 small

country, is

littered with

the relics of war Iron Age forts,

Roman ruins, medieval castles and

the coastal forts of the eighteenth

and nineteenth centuries. The

biggest construction of

fortifications in Wales took place

during the reign of Edward I. They

were not only built to deter aninvader, but to control the

frequent Welsh uprisings.

$22.95 96 pages 6.5 x 9.25

November 2014 paperback 978-

1-4456-4374-8

EnglandInvadedEdward Foord

In the early

twentieth century,

Edward Foord andGordon Home set

out to create a

definitive history on

the invasions, incursions and intrusions of

those avaricious occupiers, something not

attempted. The authors attempt to throw new

light on some of the most famous conquests

and victories on British soil.

$16.00 224 pages 4.75 x 7.75 November

2014 paperback 978-1-4456-4372-4


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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 was

produced by the German forces themselves, containing the original German and an English

translation, it gives a unique insight into German defensive strategy. This volume covers the

weapons 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 was

produced by the German forces themselves, containing the original German and an English

translation, it gives a unique insight into German defensive strategy. This volume covers the

deployment 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 and

the majority of their operational missions involved flying into the fiery, smoke-filled skies of

occupied Europe. No less than 23 of their members were awarded Britains highest decoration forvalor The Victoria Cross; most of them posthumously.

Martyn Chorltons book tells the stories of each of them detailing how and why they won their

medal. 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

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Fonthill Media

The FourthReich andOperationEclipsePatrick Delaforce

In this third volume on

the progress of the Second World War after the

D-Day landings, Patrick Delaforce examines the

final weeks of World War Two, beyond the Yalta

Conference, when the question to be asked

was not who would win, but how to prevent

the war dragging on and also how to prevent

Hitler from implementing a scorched earthpolicy across the Reichland. Then there was the

race to win territory as the Russians, too,

clawed their way across Europe. Operation

Eclipse, begun in March 1945, both prevented

the Russians from occupying Denmark in

violation of the agreement at Yalta but also

occupied the Kiel naval base.

$40.00 284 pages 6 x 9 50 b/w illustrations

March 2015 hardback 978-1-78155-400-5

RAF SpecialDutiesUnique Missions ofthe Second WorldWarColin Pateman

During the Second World

War, the RAF employed Special Duties pilots and

aircrew on operations across a wide range of

extraordinary flying. In many instances, selected

and trained crews flew specific sorties, seeking

out small targets of utmost importance to the

war effort. Rare and previously unexplained

duties that incorporate 'siren raids' intoGermany and the maintaining of radio contact

with agents in occupied France provide accounts

that have rarely been evidenced. Some of these

operations were filmed by cameramen and RAF

Special Duties.

$34.95 208 pages 6 x 9 111 b/w

photographs December 2014 hardback

978-1-78155-304-6

Kettenhund!The German

Military Police inthe Second WorldWarGordon Williamson

In the German armed

forces, opinions of the military police were

those of fear and distrust, so great were the

powers held by these troops. Germany created

a plethora of different branches of what were

termed Ordnungstruppe (Troops for

Maintaining Order). Many wore a distinctive

metal plate around the neck, leading to theirnickname Kettenhund or Chain Dogs. Despite

being involved in the brutal treatment of

partisans, their skills were so much appreciated

by the Allies that on Germanys surrender,

Wehrmacht military police units were allowed

to remain in post to assist in controlling the

vast number of disarmed German troops.

$50.00 336 pages 7 x 10 450 b/w

photographs, 50 color photographs January

2015 hardback 978-1-78155-332-9

SS Elite The SeniorLeaders of HitlersPraetorian GuardVolume 1. A-JMax Williams

Any scholar of history will have recognized the

similarities between Ancient Rome and the

National Socialist movement of the 20th century. Aside from the obvious

expansionist policies of empire governed by a single autocratic leader,

the Nazis adopted the Roman style extended arm salute, the verbal

greeting of hailing the leader and the eagle adorned banners and

standards. Another parallel was the introduction of the SS a modern

Praetorian Guard, easily recognizable by the unique attire and consisting

of the largest, strongest and fittest men available. Never before has an

organization engendered wide-ranging emotion as on the scale of

Hitlers SS lead by Heinrich Himmler, who found his true metier upon

his 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 the

pyramid that formed the SS. Illustrated with well over 1000

photographs, these two volumes are the authors lifes work, and present

an 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 HitlersPraetorian GuardVolume 2. K-WMax Williams

Any scholar of history will have recognized the

similarities between Ancient Rome and the

National Socialist movement of the 20th century. Aside from the obvious

expansionist policies of empire governed by a single autocratic leader,

the Nazis adopted the Roman style extended arm salute, the verbal

greeting of hailing the leader and the eagle adorned banners and

standards. Another parallel was the introduction of the SS a modern

Praetorian Guard, easily recognizable by the unique attire and consisting

of the largest, strongest and fittest men available. Never before has an

organization engendered wide-ranging emotion as on the scale of

Hitlers SS ead by Heinrich Himmler, who found his true metier upon

his 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 pyramid

that formed the SS. Illustrated with well over 1000 photographs, these

two volumes are the authors lifes work, and present an unique

perspective on this feared organization.

$75.00 448 pages 7 x 10 1050 b/w photographs May 2015

hardback 978-1-78155-434-0



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Childrens Voices of theSecond World WarHelen Finch

For those that are left, the Second World

War holds differing memories for those

that saw it as children. Some had fun andadventure; others lost loved ones and had

to grow up very quickly, sometimes taking

charge of a complete household. However,

there are those who can only now in 2014

bring themselves to recall those dark days of war and whose

experiences are as alive now as they were between 1939 and 1945.

Many people today will only read about the Second World War in history

books and it is important to bring alive the stories of those who are left

to 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 Luftwaffes last attack onLondonJohn Conen

The Little Blitz on London in the early part

of 1944 is briefly mentioned in mostaccounts of the aerial war against the UK

during the Second World War but is

seldom deemed worthy of more than a

few lines. The Little Blitz is the name

applied to the air raids on Britain which were the manifestation of the

Luftwaffes Operation Steinbock, planned in the last few months of 194

and put into effect from the middle of January 1944. This book describe

the raids to give a gripping picture of the effect that these little-known

events 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 Russian

Arctic convoys in

1942, Leonard H. Thomas kept a secret

notebook from which he later wrote his

memoirs. These contained many well-observed

details of life onboard his ship, HMS Ulster

Queen. He detailed observations of the

hardships that followed when they endured

being at action stations and locked in the

engine room, under fire from the skies above

and the sea below, and only able to guess at

what was happening from the cacophony ofsounds they could hear. Thomas tells of how

the crew suffered from an appalling lack of

food, the intense cold, and the stark conditions

endured for weeks on end berthed in

Archangel in the cold of the approaching

Russian winter.

$35.00 224 pages 6 x 9 17 b/w

illustrations, 16 color photographs April 2015

hardback 978-1-78155-440-1

47 RoyalMarineCommandoAn Inside Story19431946Marc de Bolster

47 Royal Marine

Commando: AnInside Story 1943-

1946 tells the story of 47 Royal Marine

Commando during the Second World War

based on personal accounts written by

veterans who served in this formidable unit. It

is a story of young men who were to play a key

role in freeing Europe from Nazi tyranny. From

the D-Day landings in Normandy to fierce

battles in Holland, some were taken prisoner

by the enemy and sent to camps until freed at

the end of the war in 1945. Included are

eyewitness accounts of the Normandylandings, involvement of the RAF, Royal Navy

and American forces, 10 Inter Allied

Commando and the effect on local populations

who got word of the actions in which this

Commando took a major part.

$34.95 224 pages 6 x 9 100 b/w

photographs and maps January 2015

hardback 978-1-78155-297-1

WhirlwindWestlandsEnigmaticFighterNiall Corduroy

Faster and better

armed than the

Spitfire, theWhirlwind was the

RAFs response to a

new generation of armored German bombers

which it expected to meet over England in

1940. A few months after its first flight, 1,000

Whirlwinds were ordered, but nine months

later the RAF canceled the entire program. Jus

114 were built, but they went on to have a

distinguished three-year career from the

uneasy months following the Battle of Britain

to their final sorties against Hitlers V-weapon

sites in France. Based on original research frommilitary and corporate archives, this

groundbreaking study throws new light on

why the RAF had such high hopes for the

Whirlwind, but was then prepared to cancel it

$32.00 240 pages 6 x 9 150 b/w

illustrations Now Available paperback 978

1-78155-430-2



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The Diary of aHurricane Pilotin the Battleof FranceFrancis Blackadder of

607 SquadronRobert Dixon

The RAF and their new Hurricane fighter was

first put through its paces in the ill-feted Battle

of France. Robert Dixon first came across the

diary of William Francis Blackadder when

carrying out research on 607 Squadron, the

squadron Blackadder flew with. The diary

begins in August 1939 when the squadron was

at its annual summer camp at Abbotsinch and it

takes us through the last days of peace with the

excitement of a coming war. 607 Squadron wasone of two Auxiliary Air Force squadrons to be

posted to France. The diary takes us through the

Phoney War and the worst winter on record.

$34.95 192 pages 6 x 9 85 b/w


978-1-78155-310-7

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

One of the oldest RAF squadrons, 41 Squadron

celebrates its 100th anniversary in 2016. The

unit has seen service from the First World War,

through policing duties in the Middle East in

the 1930s, throughout the Second World War,

and more recently in the first Gulf War. This

book completes the narrative of 41 Squadron's

Second World War activity, concentrating on

operations between September 1939 and July

1942. The author recounts the unit's role

within battles, operations and largerstrategies, and details experiences made by the

pilots and ground crew participating in them.

$50.00 992 pages 6 x 9 377 b/w

illustrations, 29 color photographs February

2015 hardback 978-1-78155-296-4

MosquitoAttack!A Norwegian RAF Pilotat WarTor Idar Larsen/Finn

Eriksrud

In 1943, Norwegians formed their third

squadron flying under RAF command: No. 333

Squadron. One of the chosen few to fly The

Wooden Wonder, the revolutionary and deadly

de Havilland Mosquito, was 21-year-old Finn

Eriksrud. Eriksrud had travelled all the way

across the world to end up in Scotland to fly

the Mosquito after a hazardous escape from

Norway. He would now fly over his native

country on extremely dangerous low-level

reconnaissance and patrol missions from May

1943 onwards. By December 1943, all of theoriginal Mosquito pilots were either killed from

flying accidents or shot down over Norway.

$32.95 192 pages 6 x 9 51 b/w

photographs January 2015 hardback 978-

1-78155-311-4

The UltimateFlying Wingsof theLuftwaffeJusto Miranda

When the Allies crossed the Rhine, Hitler

decreed to go down fighting to the last man. A

strange triangular bomber launched the 'Nicht

lschbares Feuer' over London, destroying the

city. Later, a black boomerang of sixty meters

dropped two tons of anthrax over Washington

and New York, making them inhabitable for

fifty years. Thankfully, the inextinguishablefirebomb was a figment of H. G. Wells'

imagination. However, the construction of the

secret flying wings had commenced at the

start of 1945. Indeed, one fighter took to the

skies on its only test flight.

$45.00 232 pages 7 x 10 132 b/w line

illustrations February 2015 hardback 978-

1-78155-372-5

Tornado F3A Navigators Eye on

Britains LastInterceptorDave Gledhill

The Tornado F2 had a

troubled introduction to service. Unloved by its

crews and procured as a political imperative, it

was blighted by failures and was developed to

counter a threat that disappeared. Modified

rapidly before it could be sent to war, the

Tornado F3 eventually matured into a capable

weapons system, but despite data links and

new air-to-air weapons, its poor reputationsealed its fate. The author tells the story from

an insider's perspective from the early days as

one of the first instructors on the Operational

Conversion Unit, through its development and

operational testing, to its demise.

$45.00 288 pages 6 x 9 123 b/w

photograpns, 62 color photographs April

2015 hardback 978-1-78155-307-7

Il-2 ShturmovikRed AvengerJason Nicholas Moore

The Ilyushin Il-2

Shturmovik became

the aerial

representative of the Soviet response to the

German invasion on the Eastern Front

during the Second World War. The Il-2 was

designed as a low-level close-support

aircraft capable of defeating enemy armor

and other ground targets. Hardly a fighter,

the Il-2 was exclusively engineered to take

an enormous amount of punishment andstill keep the pilot, rear gunner and critical

mechanical components unharmed. In the

end, the Il-2 would become the most

important aircraft to the Soviet Union in

the defense of the homeland against

advancing hordes of panzers.

$40.00 272 pages 6 x 9 150 b/w

illustrations, 50 color photographs January

2015 hardback 978-1-62545-042-5



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The BoultonPaul BalliolThe Last Merlin-Powered AircraftAlec Brew

The Boulton Paul Balliolwas the last British aircraft powered by the

iconic Rolls-Royce Merlin engine. Conceived in

the last days of the Second World War as a new

trainer to be powered by a revolutionary

turboprop engine, it became the first aircraft to

be powered by a single prop-jet, beating the

rival Avro Athena into the air by just two weeks.

$24.95 176 pages 6 x 9 100 b/w

photographs and maps December 2014

paperback 978-1-78155-361-9

Gloster Aircraftsince 1917Derek N. James

Although most renowned

for its series of seaplane

racers for the SchneiderTrophy Contests and for fighters like the

Gamecock and the Gladiator, the Gloster

Aircraft Company ran the gamut of design

ingenuity, even though no type was ordered

into quantity production. This updated edition

describes the companys formation and

development in the face of a diminishing need

for military aircraft.

$34.95 224 pages 6 x 9 100 b/w

photographs March 2015 paperback 978-1-

78155-417-3

The DouglasDC-3 in CivilServiceGeoff Jones

Like the P-51 Mustang and

Supermarine Spitfire, the Douglas DC-3 is an

iconic aircraft design. It has endured more than

any other with several hundred still in use

worldwide in locations as far apart as Africa,

Antarctica and the US. Many of the current

operators use turbine conversions of the DC-3

mainly using Basler, SAAF and Dodson

International the main proponents.

$39.95 288 pages 6 x 9 250 b/w


978-1-78155-103-5

Northern QThe History of Royal Air

Force, LeucharsIan Smith Watson

Leuchars began its links with

military aviation as far back as

1911 with the arrival of the Royal

Engineers who established a

balloon squadron for

reconnaissance training. Following

the outbreak of war in 1939, the

station was identified as an ideal

location to launch maritime

operations under CoastalCommand. By the end of the war,

Leuchars was under the threat of

redundancy as many airfields were

rendered surplus to requirements.

$35.00 208 pages 6 x 9 80 b/w

photographs January 2015

hardback 978-1-78155-192-9

De Havilland in

HatfieldThe Golden Years 19121935John Clifford

The de Havilland Aircraft Co

opened an aerodrome in 1930 on

farmland that it acquired outside

Hatfield. The companys School of

Flying was the first operation to

take up residence. Flying clubs

moved in and recreational facilities

were developed. Garden parties,

aerobatic displays and national air

races were hosted. Regular visitorsincluded famous flyers, royalty and

aristocracy, actors and actresses,

politicians, senior military ranks

and representatives from Britains

other great aircraft manufacturers.

$29.95 176 pages 6 x 9 175

b/w illustrations, 34 color pictures

January 2015 paperback 978-

1-78155-360-2

The Detailed

History of RAFManston 193140Arise to ProtectJoe Bamford/John Williams

Air Commodore Pink chose RAF

Manston as his final resting place

and a number of aces from the

First World War such as Squadron

Leader Bartlett served there. After

the uncertainty of the 1920s, RAF

Manston grew rapidly during the

1930s to become one of thebusiest airfields in the country. The

School of Technical Training was at

the forefront of the RAF where

thousands of airmen trained each

year and it was an integral part of

the services expansion scheme.

$32.95 176 pages 6 x 9 54 b/w

illustrations 2014 paperback

978-1-78155-095-3

British Airship

Bases of theTwentieth CenturyMalcolm Fife

Numerous books have been

written on airships, but few

concentrate on their bases and

infrastructure to support their

operations. British Airship Bases o

the Twentieth Century starts

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