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This new catalogue from Casemate UK showcases the best new military history books. From first-hand accounts to war fiction and from aviation to armoured vehicles, we hope there is something here that takes your interest. As well as the latest books published by Casemate we are delighted to include a selection from The Ampersand Group, Big Sky Publishing, Fighting High Publishing, Harpia Publishing, Helion & Company, Histoire et Collections, Merrion Press, Model Centrum Progress, Potomac Books, and Savas Beatie. We are offering you a special 20% discount on these books when ordering through Casemate UK for a limited time only – to find out how to order any of the books featured turn to the back page of this catalogue.
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Pre-20th Century ..................................... p. 1 American Civil War .................................. p. 3 World War I ............................................... p. 4 World War II ................................................ p. 9 Modern Warfare .....................................p. 16 Aviation .......................................................p. 17 Naval & Maritime History ................. p. 22 Military Vehicles ..................................... p. 23 Wargaming ............................................... p. 24 Disease & Military Medicine ........... p. 24 Irish Military History ............................ p. 25 Africa ........................................................... p. 26 Regimental ............................................... p. 27 Military Science ..................................... p. 28 Coming Soon! ......................................... p. 29 Ordering Information .......................... p. 33
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By Jim Storr We speak English today, because the Anglo-Saxons took over most of postRoman Britain. How did that happen? And what is so special about Essex? Why is Buckinghamshire an odd shape? Why is the legend of King Arthur so special to us? This book brings an entirely new approach to the subject.
£25.00
£20.00
Helion & Company • 9781910777817 Hardback • 328 pages • 96 figs, maps, 16pp colour ills
PRE-20TH CENTURY
KING ARTHUR’S WARS
TO SETTLE THE CROWN
Waging Civil War in Shropshire, 1642–1648
By Jonathan Worton While the First English Civil War of 1642–6 was largely contested at regional and county level, in often hard-fought and long-lasting local campaigns, historians continue to dwell on well-known major battles and prominent national leaders. To redress this imbalance, To Settle the Crown provides the most detailed bipartisan study to date of how the war was organised and conducted at county level. £25.00
£20.00
Helion & Company • 9781910777985 Hardback • 208 pages
WELLINGTON’S HIDDEN HEROES
The Dutch and the Belgians at Waterloo
By Veronica Baker-Smith The Dutch-Belgians have been variously described as inexperienced, incompetent and cowardly, a rogue element in the otherwise disciplined Allied Army. It is now only being tentatively acknowledged that they alone saved Wellington from disaster at Quatre Bras. This is a timely reassessment of the Battle of Waterloo. £19.99
£15.99
Casemate UK • 9781612003320 Hardback • 208 pages • illus., maps and colour plates throughout
NAPOLEON IN ITALY 1805–1815
By Juan Carlos Camignani and Gilles Boué The links between Napoleon and Italy are too often reduced to its dazzling campaigns of 1796 and 1800. This love story, consisting of moments of happiness, but also resentment, continued well beyond the Battle of Marengo.
£34.95
£27.96
Histoire et Collections • 9782352503231 Hardback • 192 pages • 300 photographs
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PRE-20TH CENTURY
WILLIAM SIMPSON’S AFGHANISTAN
Travels of a Special Artist and Antiquarian during the Second Afghan War, 1878–1879
Edited by Peter Harrington “Left London, on a journey with Kabool as my objective via Brindisi and Bombay’”. With these words written on Tuesday October 15, 1878, the Scottish artist William Simpson (1823–1899), commenced a daily journal which he later entitled Diary of a Journey to Afghanistan during the Campaign of 1878–79. £35.00
£28.00
Helion & Company • 9781909982802 Hardback • 312 pages • c 16 colour & c 85 b/w illus.
DISCIPLINE, SYSTEM AND STYLE
The Sixteenth Lancers and British Soldiering in India 1822–1846
Edited by John H. Rumsby The Sixteenth Lancers already had a long and distinguished history when they sailed for India in 1822. Over the next twenty four years they fought in four wars, most famously in the Sutlej campaign, against the Sikhs. The Battle of Aliwal, in January 1846, is still celebrated by the successor regiment of the British Army. £35.00
£28.00
Helion & Company • 9781909982918 Hardback • 390 pages • 26 b/w illus., maps
THREE WEEKS IN NOVEMBER
A Military History of the Swiss Civil War of 1847
By Ralph Weaver The political phenomenon known as the ‘Springtime of the Nations’ swept through Europe in 1848, toppling thrones, forcing regimes to grant constitutions to the people and bringing street fighting and large scale campaigns to cities across the continent. What is less well-known is that a precursor to these events had already taken place in the independent Alpine states known collectively as Switzerland. £19.95
£15.96
Helion & Company • 9781911096153 Paperback • 120 pages
THE SOMME 1870–71
The Winter Campaign In Picardy
By Quintin Barry After the battle of Sedan on September 1 1870, the collapse of the Second Empire, and the investment of Paris, the Government of National Defence set about raising fresh armies. This book draws on a wide range of rare contemporary sources to describe the Campaign, which was fought in appalling weather conditions. The book is copiously illustrated, and also includes extensive orders of battle. £25.00
£20.00
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Helion & Company • 9781911096160 Paperback • 296 pages
CASEMATE NEW MILITARY BOOKS ◆ AUTUMN 2016
The Lincoln Foreign Policy, 1861–1865
By David Perry An in-depth account of the “secret war” between Confederate and Union diplomats on the one side, and the statesmen of Great Britain and Europe on the other, in order to decide the future fate of America.
£19.99
£15.99
Casemate • 9781612003627 Hardback • 336 pages
JOHN BELL HOOD
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
BLUFF, BLUSTER, LIES AND SPIES
The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of a Confederate General
By Stephen Hood John Bell Hood was one of the Confederacy’s most enigmatic generals. He died at 48 in 1879, leaving behind the first draft of his memoirs. Published posthumously, they immediately became as controversial as their author. A careful and balanced examination of these “controversies,” however, coupled with the recent discovery of Hood’s personal papers (long considered lost) finally sets the record straight. £13.00
£10.40
Savas Beatie • 9781611213300 Paperback • 384 pages • 7 images, 3 maps
SONS OF THE WHITE EAGLE IN THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR Divided Poles in a Divided Nation
By Mark F. Bielski A chronicle of battle and bravery in the Civil War, as Polish officers who had lost their own country remained determined to fight for their new one, and for the ideals they had always upheld, whether freedom or independence, or whether North or South. £19.99
£15.99
Casemate • 9781612003580 Hardback • 312 pages • 16pp photos
IN THE SHADOWS OF VICTORY
America’s Forgotten Military Leaders, 1776–1876
By Thomas Phillips A fascinating survey through America’s first century of warfare, focusing not on the famous names who ultimately claimed success, but on the down-anddirty fighters – sometimes killed in action – who made such triumphs happen.
£19.99
£15.99
Casemate • 9781612003603 Hardback • 288 pages • 16pp photos
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The CASEMATE CLASSIC WAR FICTION series publishes new editions of forgotten classics that perfectly capture their era, starting with the conflict that gave birth to gritty realism in fiction, WWI.
THE SOMME
Also including The Coward A.D. Gristwood with introduction by H. G. Wells Unflinching descriptions of life in the trenches and the horrors of battle in WWI characterise these two dark novellas, written under the tutelage of H. G Wells. £8.99
9781612003801 ■ £8.99 Paperback ■ 208 pages
£7.19
PATROL Philip MacDonald A lost British army patrol in WWI Mesopotamia is gradually picked off one by one in this suspenseful thriller that was a best-seller in the 1920s before being made into a film directed by John Ford as The Lost Patrol in 1934.
£9.99
9781612003788 ■ £9.99 Paperback ■ 246 pages
£7.99
UNDER FIRE Henri Barbusse
Under Fire, first published in French as Le Feu, was one of the first novels about WWI, appearing in December 1916, before the outcome of the war was clear. An acknowledged war classic, the book follows the fortunes of a squad of French volunteers in WWI. .
£9.99
9781612003825 ■ £9.99 Paperback ■ 320 pages
£7.99
BRETHERTON Khaki or Field-Grey? W. F. Morris Mystery thriller set in WWI. Who was G. B. Bretherton? How did a British officer come to be dressed in a German general’s uniform, lying dead in a ruined chateau?
£9.99
£7.99
9781612003764 ■ £9.99 Paperback ■ 304 pages
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CASEMATE NEW MILITARY BOOKS ◆ AUTUMN 2016
An Illustrated Interpretation of the Great War
By Steven N. Patricia
£15.99
£12.79
This beautiful book gives an illustrated overview of the First World War. With original drawings in full colour, Steven Patricia uses 30 years’ experience as a historical illustrator to give an insightful account of the war, portraying the human faces of the participants and capturing moments in time with a vividness and immediacy that brings home the emotional impact and tragedy of war. The illustrations are accompanied by soldier’s diary extracts and other contemporary literature.
WORLD WAR I
AND THE WORLD WENT DARK
Casemate UK ■ 9781612003481 Hardback ■ 96 pages ■ Colour illus. throughout
SILENT LANDSCAPE
The Battlefields of the Western Front One Hundred Years On
Text by Simon Doughty, Photography by James Kerr “Kerr’s photographs superbly evoke the haunted landscape of the Western Front. Simon Doughty’s supporting text strikes just the right note. A terrific book.” – Sebastian Faulks.
£29.95
£23.93
Captures the Western Front as it is now, using present-day photography and focussing on the physical sweep of a place irrevocably changed by events 100 years’ ago.
Helion & Company ■ 9781911096030 Hardback ■ 208 pages ■ 170 colour photos, maps
THEY DIDN’T WANT TO DIE VIRGINS
Sex and Morale in the British Army on the Western Front 1914–1918
By Bruce Cherry There has been a collective amnesia when it comes to recalling the sexual activities of the British soldier on the Western Front between 1914 and 1918. Perhaps there has even been a conspiracy of silence with some inclined to let sleeping dogs lie. This meticulously researched study examines the soldiers’ sex life in detail, exploring its impact on morale and placing it in the context of both pre-war civilian morality and the army’s historic policy on sex. £25.00
£20.00
Helion & Company ■ 9781910777701 Hardback ■ 256 pages
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WORLD WAR I
FROM STRAY DOG TO WORLD WAR I HERO The Paris Terrier Who Joined the First Division
By Grant Hayter-Menzies The biography of Rags, a stray dog rescued from the streets of Paris to become an American war hero and mascot to the First Division of the American Expeditionary Force during WWI.
£17.99
£14.39
Potomac Books, Inc. ■ 9781612347219 Hardback ■ 224 pages ■ 21 illus.
GARDENER TO FUSILIER
The story of James Sadler M.M., 9th Royal Fusiliers (Service) Battalion, 1914–18
By James Sadler 4 August 1914 saw the British declaration of War on Germany and, in his ‘digs’ in Hampton, Middlesex, nurseryman James Sadler resolved to enlist and play his part in what was to become known as the Great War. By the end of the war, he had seen action on a number of the major battlefields on the Western Front. £25.00
£20.00
Helion & Company ■ 9781910777220 Hardback ■ 330 pages ■ c. 40 b/w photos, maps
GREAT SACRIFICE
The Old Boys of Barnsley Holgate Grammar School in the First World War
By Jane Ainsworth Tells the stories of the 76 Old Boys of Barnsley Holgate Grammar School who died as a result of their involvement in the First World War. It also includes a history of the grammar school, its headmaster and extracts from “Alumnus” magazine. The aim is for these young men to be remembered as individuals, who could have achieved so much more if they had survived the sacrifice of their valuable lives for their country. £25.00
£20.00
Helion & Company ■ 9781911096085 Paperback ■ 720 pages
FRUITS OF VICTORY
The Woman’s Land Army of America in the Great War
By Elaine F Weiss From 1917 to 1920 the Woman’s Land Army (WLA) brought thousands of city workers, society women, artists, business professionals, and college students into rural America to take over the farm work after men were called to wartime service. £12.99
£10.39
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Potomac Books, Inc. ■ 9781612347196 Paperback ■ 352 pages ■ 36 photos, 16 illus.
CASEMATE NEW MILITARY BOOKS ◆ AUTUMN 2016
By Roger Lee The Battle of Fromelles – until recently largely forgotten in the accounts of Australia’s experiences in World War One – remains the single bloodiest day in terms of numbers of soldiers killed, wounded or missing, in Australia’s military history.
£9.99
£7.99
WORLD WAR I
BATTLE OF FROMELLES 1916
Big Sky Publishing ■ 9780980658293 Paperback ■ 210 pages
THE SERBIAN ARMY IN THE GREAT WAR, 1914–1918 By Dusan Babac The Serbian Army in the Great War, 1914–1918 offers readers a very thorough analysis of the Serbian Army of the period, including its organisation, participation in military operations, weapons, equipment, uniforms, and system of orders and medals.
£35.00
£28.00
Helion & Company ■ 9781910777299 Hardback ■ 272 pages ■ 500 illus., photos, incl. c. 36 colour plates
ATTACK ON THE SOMME
1st Anzac Corps and the Battle of Pozières Ridge, 1916
By Meleah Hampton The Battle of Pozières Ridge lasted precisely six weeks. In that time the 1st Anzac Corps, in whose sector most of the fighting took place, advanced the British line just over a mile and a half in a north-westerly direction. This study of the battle reveals that more often than not, this was an unnecessary waste of lives and resources for the most negligible of gains, if any gains were made at all. £25.00
£20.00
Helion & Company ■ 9781910777657 Hardback ■ 232 pages
FROM GERMAN CAVALRY OFFICER TO RECONNAISSANCE PILOT The World War I History, Memories, and Photographs of Leonhard Rempe, 1914–1921
Edited by Paul Rempe This book adds substantially to the growing literature of the First World War, and paints a unique and compelling portrait of a young German caught up in the deadly jaws of mass industrialized war. £18.00
£14.40
Savas Beatie ■ 9781611213218 Hardback ■ 144 pages ■ 79 images, 3 maps, coated stock
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WORLD WAR I
CROSSING NO MAN’S LAND Experience and Learning with the Northumberland Fusiliers in the Great War
By Tony Ball Addresses the potentially deadly challenge of getting across No Man’s Land in good shape to fight at the other side. It explores the development of the British Army’s infantry battle tactics during the Great War using the largest infantry regiment, the Northumberland Fusiliers, as a case study. It demonstrates the transformation of the British Army from an essentially Victorian army to a recognisably modern army. £29.95
£23.96
Helion & Company ■ 9781910777732 Hardback ■ 336 pages
SHADOWS OF ANZAC
An Intimate History of Gallipoli
By David Cameron On 25 April 1915, with the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC) below the slopes of Sari Bair on the Gallipoli peninsula, the ANZAC legend was born.
£14.99
£11.99
Big Sky Publishing ■ 9781922132185 Paperback ■ 352 pages
GRAND DECEPTION
Churchill and the Dardanelles
By Tom Curran The century that has elapsed since the 1915 Dardanelles campaign has done little to quell the debate that rages over its inglorious end. The origins of the campaign are likewise the subject of ongoing scrutiny, particularly the role of the First Sea Lord Winston Churchill, with whom the ill-fated campaign has been closely identified. £14.99
£11.99
Big Sky Publishing ■ 9781925275001 Hardback ■ 416 pages
EXPLORING GALLIPOLI
Australian Army’s Battlefield Guide to Gallipoli
By Glenn Wahlert This detailed guide to the First World War Anzac battlefields includes information on the key sites at Gallipoli, including maps, recommended routes, and optional walks and drives, as well as information on accommodation, transport and other practical sightseeing suggestions. £9.99
£7.99
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Big Sky Publishing ■ 9780980814064 Paperback ■ 173 pages
CASEMATE NEW MILITARY BOOKS ◆ AUTUMN 2016
The True Story of One Family’s Fight to Survive in World War II Occupied Asia
By Brian Devereux A gripping true story of survival set in Hong Kong and Burma, as one family struggles against overwhelming odds in WW2. Divided by war, in order to see each other again they must overcome terrible danger. £19.99
£15.99
WORLD WAR II
ESCAPE TO PAGAN
Casemate UK ■ 9781612003733 Hardback ■ 320 pages ■ 6pp b&w photos
WAR CRIMES IN JAPAN-OCCUPIED INDONESIA A Case of Murder by Medicine
By Sangkot Marzuki and J. Kevin Baird Immediately following Pearl Harbor, Japan wrenched the meagrely defended Netherlands East Indies, now known as Indonesia, from the hands of its Dutch colonialists. Suddenly, one of the world’s largest nations was at the service of the Japanese Imperial Army. £25.99
£20.79
Potomac Books, Inc. ■ 9781612346441 Hardback ■ 336 pages ■ 40 photographs
SEARCH FOR THE JAPANESE FLEET USS Nautilus and the Battle of Midway
By David W. Jourdan In The Search for the Japanese Fleet, David W. Jourdan, one of the world’s experts in undersea exploration, has reconstructed the critical part subs played in the action that many chroniclers of World War II consider to be the turning point of the war in the Pacific. £19.99
£15.99
Potomac Books, Inc. ■ 9781612347165 Hardback ■ 368 pages
ARMOURED HUSSARS 2
Images of the 1st Polish Armoured Division, Normandy, August 1944
By David Bradley and Janusz Jarzembowski The album features many dramatic photographs and documents, numbering over 250, from the renowned Polish Institute and Sikorski Museum (PISM) as well as from the author’s collection.
£25.00
£20.00
Helion & Company ■ 9781910777237 Paperback ■ 184 pages ■ c. 250 photos, 8pp colour profiles & illus.
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WORLD WAR II
OPERATION BARBAROSSA 1941 Hitler against Stalin
By Christer Bergström A major new benchmark study of Operation Barbarossa by Christer Bergström, renowned WWII historian and author of the critically acclaimed The Ardennes 1944–1945: Hitler’s Winter Offensive and The Battle of Britain: An Epic Conflict Revisited. £35.00
£28.00
Casemate UK ■ 9781612004013 Hardback ■ 300 pages ■ 300 illus.
TOTENKOPF – VOLUME II
The Structure, Development and Personalities of the 3.SS-PanzerDivision Volume 2
By Mark C. Yerger and Ignacio Arrondo Lavishly illustrated with primarily unpublished photographs in larger size, other images that have been seen were traced to original prints and negatives for previously unseen reproductive clarity. £59.95
£47.96
Helion & Company ■ 9781910777992 Hardback ■ 360 pages ■ 200 b/w photos
THE SPY IN HITLER’S INNER CIRCLE
Hans-Thilo Schmidt and the Intelligence Network that Decoded Enigma
By Paul Paillole, translated by Curtis Key and Hannah McAdams The full story of Hans-Thilo Schmidt, a French spy at the very heart of the Third Reich. The story of Hans-Thilo Schmidt, and how the intelligence he provided helped to decode the Enigma machine. Paillole sheds further light on the interaction of secret agents working inside the German government, bringing attention to the cooperation between the French, English and Polish agencies surrounding the challenges of decoding the Enigma machine. We learn the innermost details of the roles that men such as Gustave Bertrand, Rudolphe Lemoine, and Richard Sorge played in this dramatic history and ultimately the pivotal role that Bletchley’s Alan Turing was able to perform as a result. £25.00
£20.00 Casemate UK ■ 9781612003719 Hardback ■ 304 pages
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Paillole brings renewed focus onto one of the most important espionage affairs of the war, revealing new aspects of the participation of Enigma during the decisive phases of the Second World War: the Battle of France, the Battle of Britain, the Battle of the Atlantic, the Battle of Libya and the Battle of Normandy.
CASEMATE NEW MILITARY BOOKS ◆ AUTUMN 2016
The Aftermath of the Second World War
By David Rogers Undoubtedly, the Second World War was one of the darkest periods of history. With untold losses and countless with physical and mental scars, there was little to celebrate except the relief of closure. Yet what happened once the noise of the shelling subsided and the smoke dissipated? Certainly, late 1940s peacetime Britain was far from easy. £19.95
£15.96
WORLD WAR II
REBUILDING BRITAIN
Helion & Company ■ 9781910294451 Paperback ■ 270pages ■ 35 b/w illus.
SHADOW FACTORIES
Britain’s Production Facilities and the Second World War
By David Rogers Wartime is costly. Whilst the human cost is a burden which remains part of our every waking thoughts for many years after the end of the conflict, the physical cost, at least in some cases, is easier to deal with.
£19.95
£15.96
Helion & Company ■ 9781910294468 Paperback ■ 240pages ■ 40 b/w illus.
THE NOISE OF BATTLE
The British Army and the last breakthrough battle west of the Rhine, February–March 1945
By Tony Colvin Half of the book is a detailed description of three battles fought in the Rhineland south of Goch between February and March 1945. The other half of the book is an analysis of the units involved. This book’s meticulously researched conclusions provide a new and controversial interpretation of 21 Army Group. £35.00
£28.00
Helion & Company ■ 9781910777114 Hardback ■ 824 pages ■ c 135 photos, 41 maps
OPERATION MARKET GARDEN
The Campaign for the Low Countries, Autumn 1944: Seventy Years On
Edited by John Buckley and Peter Preston-Hough After 70 years it is time to re-evaluate the importance, impact and outcome of Market Garden, alongside a wider reappraisal of the fighting in the Low Countries in the autumn of 1944. This book is the result of a major international conference held at the University of Wolverhampton in September 2014. £29.95
£23.96
Helion & Company ■ 9781910777152 Hardback ■ 312pages ■ 3 b/w photos, 8pp colour maps
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WORLD WAR II
PRELUDE TO BERLIN
The Red Army’s Offensive Operations in Poland and Eastern Germany, 1945
Edited and translated by Richard Harrison A panoramic view of the Soviet strategic offensives north of the Carpathians in the winter of 1945. During the course of this offensive the Red Army broke through the German defences in Poland and East Prussia and eventually occupied all of Germany east of the Oder River. £55.00
£44.00
Helion & Company ■ 9781910777169 Hardback ■ 636 pages ■ 7 b/w maps
ROLLBACK
The Red Army’s Winter Offensive along the Southwestern Strategic Direction, 1942–43
Edited and translated by Richard Harrison Covers the period from mid-December 1942 to mid-February 1943, one of the most critical periods of the war on the Eastern Front. Here, the Soviets sought to take advantage of the ruptured Axis front in southern Russia to finish off the Germans’ Italian and Hungarian allies and liberate economically vital areas of eastern Ukraine. £49.95
£39.96
Helion & Company ■ 9781910777176 Hardback ■ 412 pages ■ 8 b/w maps
THE KING’S PRIVATE ARMY
Protecting the British Royal Family during the Second World War
By Andrew Stewart Following the surrender of France in June 1940 Britain prepared to defend itself against a potential German invasion. In great secrecy a decision was taken to establish an elite bodyguard to protect the British Royal Family.
£12.95
£10.36
Helion & Company ■ 9781910777282 Paperback ■ 136 pages ■ c. 25 b/w photos
KONEV’S GOLGOTHA
Operation Typhoon Strikes the Soviet Western Front, October 1941
By Michael Filippenkov Mikhail Filippenkov describes the events that took place through the simultaneous, comparative analysis of Soviet and German combat reports according to time, and in the manner of reporting from the places of those events as they happened. £25.00
£20.00
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Helion & Company ■ 9781910777374 Hardback ■ 176 pages ■ c. 8pp b/w photos, 8pp colour maps
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By Soviet General Staff, edited and translated by Richard W. Harrison Tells the story of the Red Army’s penultimate offensive operation in the war in Europe. The study is divided into three parts. The first contains a brief strategic overview of the situation, as it existed by the spring of 1945. Part two deals with the Red Army’s breakthrough of the Germans’ Oder defensive position up to the encirclement of the Berlin garrison, and part three covers the intense fighting to reduce the city’s defenders from late April until the garrison’s surrender on 2 May. £45.00
£36.00
WORLD WAR II
THE BERLIN OPERATION, 1945
Helion & Company ■ 9781910777664 Hardback ■ 472 pages
SUSPENDED DISBELIEF
Reflections on the Holocaust
By Julian Harrison The Holocaust. The darkest chapter in the history of humankind. This all new work by acclaimed historian Julian Harrison doesn’t presume to have anything new to say, but rather it reflects and assesses upon what has gone before, presented through a personal journey of discovery, anguish and dare it be said, some hope. Suspended Disbelief relates the author’s own perspective and reflective thinking. £21.95
£17.56
Helion & Company ■ 9781911096016 Paperback ■ 432 pages
BARBAROSSA DERAILED: THE BATTLE FOR SMOLENSK 10 JULY–10 SEPTEMBER 1941
Volume 1: The German Advance, The Encirclement Battle And The First And Second Soviet Counteroffensives, 10 July–24 August 1941
By David M. Glantz This study exploits a wealth of Soviet and German archival materials. Within the context of a fresh appreciation of Hitler’s Plan Barbarossa, this volume reviews the first two weeks of Operation Barbarossa and describes it in unprecedented detail. £29.95
£23.96
Helion & Company ■ 9781911096092 Paperback ■ 656 pages
BARBAROSSA DERAILED: THE BATTLE FOR SMOLENSK 10 JULY–10 SEPTEMBER 1941
Volume 2: The German Offensives On The Flanks And The Third Soviet Counteroffensive, 25 August–10 September 1941
By David M. Glantz Within the context of Guderian’s southward march toward the Kiev region, volume 2 describes in unprecedented detail the Red Army’s attempts to thwart German offensive plans by defeating Army Group Center in the Smolensk region. £29.95
£23.96
Helion & Company ■ 9781911096108 Paperback ■ 624 pages
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WORLD WAR II
SACRIFICE ON THE STEPPE
The Italian Alpine Corps in the Stalingrad Campaign, 1942–1943
By Hope Hamilton When Germany’s Sixth Army advanced to Stalingrad in 1942, its long-extended flanks were mainly held by allied armies. But as history tells us, these flanks quickly caved in before the massive Soviet counter-offensive which commenced that November, dooming the Germans to their first catastrophe of the war. However, one allied unit held out to the very end – the Italian Alpine Corps. £12.50
£10.00
Casemate ■ 9781612003924 New in Paperback ■ 368 pages ■ 16pp photos
THE VIAZ’MA CATASTROPHE, 1941
The Red Army’s Disastrous Stand Against Operation Typhoon
By Lev Lopukhovsky, translated by Stuart Britton The miscalculations made by the Stavka of the Soviet Supreme High Command and the Front commands led in October 1941 to the deaths and imprisonment of hundreds of thousands of their own people. This volume lays out in detail for the first time the combat operations that led to one of the worst tragedies of the war, using previously unknown or little-used documents. £35.00
£28.00
Helion & Company ■ 9781911096139 Paperback ■ 576 pages
THE RZHEV SLAUGHTERHOUSE
The Red Army’s Forgotten 15-Month Campaign Against Army Group Center, 1942–1943
By Svetlana Gerasimova, translated by Stuart Britton Historians consider the Battle of Rzhev “one of the bloodiest in the history of the Great Patriotic War”. This book, which has been recognised in Russia as one of the best domestic studies of the Rzhev battle, answers many previously unanswered questions. £25.00
£20.00
Helion & Company ■ 9781911096146 Paperback ■ 280 pages
FALLEN SENTINEL
Australian Tanks in World War II
By Peter Beale Against the backdrop of the sweeping conquest of Western Europe by Hitler’s mighty Panzer Divisions in WWII, Australia produced 66 cruiser tanks – the Sentinel tank – but none ever took the field of battle.
£14.99
£11.99
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Big Sky Publishing ■ 9781921941023 Hardback ■ 320 pages
CASEMATE NEW MILITARY BOOKS ◆ AUTUMN 2016
An Epic Conflict Revisited
By Christer Bergstr�m In time for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain, we now have – thanks to Swedish historian Bergström – perhaps the most thorough, expert examination of the topic ever written. Illustrated throughout with maps and rare photos, plus a colour section closely depicting the aircraft, this work lays out the battle as seldom seen before. £35.00
£28.00
WORLD WAR II
BATTLE OF BRITAIN
Casemate UK ■ 9781612003474 Hardback ■ 336 pages ■ illus. throughout
THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE – VOLUME 2 The Failure of the Final Blitzkrieg
By Philippe Guillemot This second book presents the reader with the Northern attack on part of the 6th Panzer army whose commitment in the Battle of Ardennes represented the “baptism of fire.” By studying the thousands of archives on the American and German forces, the author revisits this division that must have been the main way through which Hitler hoped to reverse in his favour the outcome of the war. £34.95
£27.96
Histoire et Collections ■ 9782352504009 Hardback ■ 192 pages
THE SWORD BEHIND THE SHIELD
A Combat History of the German Efforts to Relieve Budapest 1945 – Operation ‘Konrad’ I, III, III
By Norbert Számvéber The history of the Hungarian theatre of war from late August 1944 to the end of March 1945 is a special chapter of the history of the Eastern Front during World War II. Nonetheless, this was the first phase of a period of intense combat, as Adolf Hitler and the German High Command planned the relief of the Hungarian capital. £59.95
£47.96
Helion & Company ■ 9781909982192 Hardback ■ 408 pages ■ 50 b/w photos, 24 pp colour maps & many tables
A STRETCHER BEARER FROM EL ALAMEIN TO GREECE The Diary of George Hopper, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, 1940–45
By Bob Hopper Masterfully written and illustrated, this is an epic story of one man thrown into the battlefields of Egypt, Italy and Greece. From the Battle of Britain to El Alamein, to the invasion of Italy and the Greek Civil War, this is a historic account, both gripping and compassionate, of a world at war. £16.95
£13.56
Helion & Company ■ 9781910777305 Paperback ■ 166pages ■ Profusely illustrated in colour
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MODERN WARFARE
A SHAU VALOR
American Combat Operations in the Valley of Death, 1963–1971
By Thomas R. Yarborough In this work a decorated combat veteran, plus bestselling author, turns his sights on the true focal point of the Vietnam War. He unveils a chronicle of unsung U.S. courage in battle, while also acknowledging that the second the U.S. decided to give up on its fight for the A Shau Valley it was clear that the war had been lost. £19.99
£15.99
Casemate ■ 9781612003542 Hardback ■ 336 pages ■ 16pp photos
SYRIAN CONFLAGRATION
The Syrian Civil War, 2011–2013
By Tom Cooper It started as unrest within the Syrian population and a series of mass demonstrations within the context of wider protest movements in the Middle East and North Africa in 2011, known as the Arab Spring. Since then, the Syrian Civil War, (the colloquial name of the ongoing conflict in Syria), has experienced an entirely unexpected transformation during its first two years. £16.95
£13.56
Helion & Company ■ 9781910294109 Paperback ■ 80 pages ■ c. 150 colour & b/w photos, maps
US FORCES IN VIETNAM 1968 – 1975 By Guillaume Rousseaux This publication covers the chronological evolution of uniforms, equipment and weaponry issued to the American soldier during the first years of the conflict, from 1968 to 1975 . All of the uniforms and equipment shown are period, however some of the weapons are replicas.
£17.50
£14.00
Histoire et Collections ■ 9782352502876 Paperback ■ 84 pages
I AM SOLDIER OF FORTUNE Dancing with Devils
By Lt. Col. Robert Brown USAR (Ret.) with Vann Spencer Robert K. Brown, former Green Beret, after a bizarre military career that succeeded in getting him kicked out of Special Forces not once but twice, and completing the Command and General Staff College without a security clearance, while meantime being wounded in Vietnam, finally found his true calling as a publisher. £12.50
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Casemate ■ 9781612003931 New in Paperback ■ 408 pages ■ 32pp photos
CASEMATE NEW MILITARY BOOKS ◆ AUTUMN 2016
The CIA’s covert operation to overthrow Guatemalan president Jacobo Arbenz June–July 1954
By Mario Overall and Dan Hagedorn
AVIATION
PB SUCCESS
Based primarily on CIA declassified documents and Guatemalan military sources, this book explores the volatile political and military scenario in which Project PBSuccess unfolded and, for the first time, delves into a poorly documented aspect of the operation: The use of air power by both the CIA and the Guatemalan Air Force. £25.00
£20.00
Helion & Company ■ 9781910777893 Paperback ■ 96 pages
LAVI
The United States, Israel, and a Controversial Fighter Jet
By John W. Golan Traces the evolution of Israel’s Lavi fighter program, the largest weapons development initiative ever undertaken by the State of Israel, and the wider societal and international political contexts in which it played so great a part.
£25.99
£20.79
Potomac Books, Inc. ■ 9781612347226 Hardback ■ 456 pages
IRAQI AIR POWER REBORN The Iraqi Air Arms since 2004
By Arnaud Delalande Having been almost entirely decimated by coalition air strikes in 2003, and during the insurgency that followed, Baghdad has set about rebuilding its air power from scratch. This book summarises the history of the Iraqi Air Force and its various incarnations until 2003 before detailing the efforts to establish a new-look Air Force. £18.99
£15.19
Harpia Publishing ■ 9780985455477 Paperback ■ 80 pages
FLASHPOINT CHINA
Chinese Air Power and the Regional Balance
By Andreas Rupprecht This comprehensive directory serves as a richly illustrated, in-depth analysis and overview of the most important conflicts in which China is currently, with a particular focus on People’s Liberation Army air power.
£18.99
£15.19
Harpia Publishing ■ 9780985455484 Paperback ■ 80 pages
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AVIATION
LIBYAN AIR WARS PART 2: 1985–1986 Part 2: 1985–1986
By Tom Cooper, Albert Grandolini and Arnaud Delalande While the first volume in this mini-series spanned the first decade of confrontations between Libya and several of its neighbours, but foremost the USA and France, from 1973 to 1985, the second is to cover the period of less than a year – between mid-1985 and March 1986, when this confrontation reached its first climax. £16.95
£13.56
Helion & Company ■ 9781910294536 Paperback ■ 72 pages ■ c. 150 colour & b/w photos, colour profiles, maps
LIBYAN AIR WARS PART 3: 1985–1989 Part 3: 1986–1989
By Tom Cooper, Albert Grandolini and Arnaud Delalande Confrontations between Libya, and the USA and France reached their highest point in the period between April 1986 and early 1989. The volume is richly illustrated by well over 150 contemporary and exclusive photographs, colour profiles, and maps, detailing the history, training, equipment, markings and tactics of the involved air forces. £16.95
£13.56
Helion & Company ■ 9781910294543 Paperback ■ 72 pages ■ c. 150 colour & b/w photos, colour profiles, maps
DESERT WARRIORS
Iranian Army Aviation at War
By Babak Taghvaee Based on recently declassified official records, this book provides details of the Iranian Army Aviation missions and roles during 97 major operations in the war with Iraq alongside the unheard history of the force since its foundation. The detailed text is supported by previously unseen photographs and colour profiles. £29.95
£23.96
Helion & Company ■ 9781910777565 Paperback ■ 192 pages
THE LAST WAR OF THE SUPERFORTRESSES MiG-15 vs B-29 over Korea
By Leonid Krylov and Yuriy Tepsurkaev A detailed history of the confrontation between Soviet fighters and the principal strike force of the United States Far East Air Force – the B-29 ‘Superfortress’ bombers during the Korean War. Meticulously analysed military documents from the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation in Podolsk – as well as published Western sources – form the basis of this book. £25.00
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Helion & Company ■ 9781910777855 Paperback ■ 104 pages
CASEMATE NEW MILITARY BOOKS ◆ AUTUMN 2016
The Remarkable Life of Jo Lancaster DFC from Bomber Command Pilot to Test Pilot and the Martin Baker Ejection Seat
By David Gunby
AVIATION
FIRST OUT IN EARNEST
The remarkable career of Bomber Command and Test Pilot Jo Lancaster DFC, the first man to use the Martin Baker ejection seat in an emergency. This is the account of a life dedicated to flying by one of the rapidly diminishing number of survivors from the golden age in British aviation. £25.00
£20.00
Fighting High Publishing ■ 9780993212970 Hardback ■ 320 pages ■ Approx 30 illus.
MARCH BY MOONLIGHT
A Bomber Command Story of Ops and Evasion, Captivity and Friendship
By Jack Love with Barry Love Jack Love’s personal account of joining up for the RAF, training for, and then flying with RAF Bomber Command in the Second World War. He describes in graphic detail the night he was shot down, the subsequent extraordinary evasion attempt, and provides a fascinating insight into life as a prisoner-of-war. £25.00
£20.00
Fighting High Publishing ■ 9780993415210 Hardback ■ 256 pages ■ 30 illus.
YOU NEVER KNOW YOUR LUCK
Battle of Britain to the Great Escape: The Extraordinary Life of Keith ‘Skeets’ Ogilvie DFC
By Keith C. Ogilvie The story of Keith ‘Skeets’ Ogilvie who became an ‘Ace’ flying Spitfires during the Battle of Britain, was shot down, and was one of those fortunate not to have been murdered by the Gestapo having taken part in the famous ‘Great Escape’ from Stalag Luft III. £25.00
£20.00
Fighting High Publishing ■ 9780993415227 Hardback ■ 256 pages ■ 30 illus.
PATHFINDER PIONEER
The Memoir of a Lead Bomber Pilot in World War II
By Colonel Raymond E. Brim A revealing look at how ordinary citizens were plucked from the hardscrabble 1930s and hurriedly turned into flyers – young men then pitted against each other in deadly machines miles above the ground in Europe. Ray Brim led the way for thousands of his compatriots in the type of “total war” in the skies that we will never see again. £19.99
£15.99
Casemate ■ 9781612003528 Hardback ■ 312 pages
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AVIATION
EYES ALL OVER THE SKY
Aerial Reconnaissance in the First World War
By James Streckfuss A colourful history of aerial reconnaissance in the First World War, encompassing the development of early military aviation, the pilot aces, balloons, airships, observation spotters and how military tactics and communication systems evolved in tandem with aviation. £19.99
£15.99
Casemate UK ■ 9781612003672 Hardback ■ 240 pages
UNSUNG EAGLES
Stories of America’s Citizen Airmen in the Skies of World War II
By Jay A. Stout The nearly half-million American airmen who served during World War II have almost disappeared. And so have their stories. In Unsung Eagles, award-winning writer and former fighter pilot Jay Stout has saved an exciting collection of those accounts from oblivion. These are stories from the masses of largely unrecognised men who – in the aggregate – actually won it. £12.50
£10.00
Casemate ■ 9781612003948 Paperback ■ 288 pages ■ 32pp photos
PHOENIX – A COMPLETE HISTORY OF THE LUFTWAFFE 1918–1945 Volume 1 – The Phoenix is Reborn 1918–1934
By Richard Meredith Based on forty years of detailed research, the Phoenix Project is a unique history of the wartime German Luftwaffe.
£49.95
£39.96
Helion & Company ■ 9781910294505 Hardback ■ 712 pages ■ 115 b/w photos, 5 maps, 3 tables
GOTT STRAFE ENGLAND
Volume 2: The German Air Assault against Great Britain 1914–1918
By Nigel Parker Gott Strafe England Volume 2 continues the detailed analysis of the German Strategic Air Offensive against Great Britain through the years 1917 and 1918 when the use of twin-engined aeroplanes became more prevalent in the attacks against London. £35.00
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Helion & Company ■ 9781910294512 Hardback ■ 288 pages ■ c. 100 b/w photos, maps
CASEMATE NEW MILITARY BOOKS ◆ AUTUMN 2016
World War I Aerial Tactics And The Death Of Richthofen
By Leon Bennett Fighter pilot Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) lacked innate aerobatic ability. Yet he became the Great War’s single greatest scorer by total victories. How did he do it? This book is concerned with tactics, especially those used by the Red Baron and his opponents. This important book offers a groundbreaking account of WWI aerial tactics, and a thorough examination of the final combat and death of the Red Baron. £21.95
£17.56
AVIATION
FALL OF THE RED BARON
Helion & Company ■ 9781911096115 Paperback ■ 216 pages
THE LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE
A Photo History of the First American Fighter Squadron
By Steven A. Ruffin The most complete account of America’s first volunteer participants in the Great War yet written, lavishly illustrated with both period photos and colour thenand-now shots for a new generation of readers.
£25.00
£20.00
Casemate ■ 9781612003504 Hardback ■ 288 pages
FLYING TIGERS COLORS
Camouflage and Markings of the American Volunteer Group and the USAAF 23rd Fighter Group, 1941–1945
By Carl Molesworth No aircraft markings in history are more iconic than the distinctive shark’s mouths applied to the noses of P-40s and P-51s flown by the AVG and 23rd FG in the skies over Asia during World War II. This book covers both the camouflage and markings of the fighters they flew and the combat history of these legendary units. £24.95
£19.96
Model Centrum Progres ■ 9788360672266 Paperback ■ 64 pages ■ 105 b/w photos, 6 colour photos, 32 colour plates
UNDER THEIR OWN FLAG
A History of 47 Squadron 1916–1946
By Owen Clark Formed at Beverley, Yorkshire, on 1 March 1916, No. 47 Squadron went on to operate in far flung corners of the world, frequently as the sole representatives of the Royal Air Force and the United Kingdom. In it’s centenary year Under Their Own Flag details the remarkable story of No. 47 Squadron from its birth in 1916 through to the culmination of the Second World War. £29.95
£23.96
Fighting High Publishing ■ 9780993212994 Hardback ■ 160 pages ■ 108 illus.
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NAVAL & MARITIME HISTORY
USS CALIFORNIA
A Visual History of the Golden State Battleship BB-44
By David Doyle A fully illustrated reference book featuring period photos and photo of contemporary restorations, this visual history of the Golden State Battleship BB-44 is the very first in a new series of value-priced hard cover horizontal format books on U.S. capital ships in the Second World War. £25.95
£20.76
The Ampersand Group ■ 9780977378173 Hardback ■ 168 pages ■ 250+ photos, illus.
THE ROYAL NAVY OFFICER’S JUTLAND POCKET-MANUAL 1916 By W. M. James R.N., with a new introduction by Brian Lavery Published in the months leading up to the Battle of Jutland, W.M. James’ New Battleship Organisations was the ultimate guide to command and organization of every aspect of a WWI capital ship. The book provides a unique insight into life aboard ship, the mechanics of command, seamanship, the issuing of orders, and the broad expectations placed upon British naval officers. £8.99
£7.19
Pool of London Press ■ 9781910860182 Hardback ■ 160 pages ■ 10 mono illus.
OPERATION NEPTUNE
The D-Day Landings, 6 June 1944
Edited by Tim Benbow The D-Day landings of June 1944 were one of the most ambitious undertakings of all time, and their success one of the greatest military accomplishments. Operation Neptune was the initial assault stage of the broader Operation Overlord, the liberation of north-west Europe. £37.50
£30.00
Helion & Company ■ 9781909982970 Hardback ■ 376 pages ■ c. 24 colour & b/w maps
OPERATION DYNAMO
The Evacuation from Dunkirk, May–June 1940
Edited By Tim Benbow Few episodes in warfare are as famous as the evacuation of the British expeditionary force and many French troops from Dunkirk. It was a very British success, pulling something of a victory from the jaws of defeat – a triumph in the face of catastrophe. £35.00
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Helion & Company ■ 9781910294598 Hardback ■ 302 pages ■ 4 colour maps, 3 tables
CASEMATE NEW MILITARY BOOKS ◆ AUTUMN 2016
1939–1945
Edited by R. Sheppard This book presents all of the original information required to perform this most dangerous of wartime battlefield roles: that of tank commander. From training manuals and war office memorandums to combat reports and first-hand accounts, The Tank Commander Pocket Manual sits you in the turret position of commander of some of the most fearsome land vehicles. £8.99
Pool of London Press ■ 9781910860168 Hardback ■ 144 pages
£7.19
MILITARY VEHICLES
THE TANK COMMANDER POCKET MANUAL
THE FIRST TANK CREWS
The lives of the Tankmen who fought at the Battle of Flers Courcelette, 15 September 1916
By Stephen Pope This remarkable book reveals the hitherto unknown story of the soldiers who took the first tanks into action on the Somme battlefield. Stephen Pope provides a fascinating insight into the lives of the First Tank Crewmen, covering their recruitment, scant training, rapid deployment and their premature use in battle. £29.95
Helion & Company ■ 9781910777770 Hardback ■ 400 pages
£23.96
GERMAN PANZER I A Visual History of the German Army’s WWII Early Light Tank
By David Doyle Clandestinely developed during the post WWI-era during which Germany was forbidden from developing, producing or owning armoured combat vehicles, the Panzer I served as a proof of concept. Over 200 photos document all variations of this, the cornerstone upon which Germany’s famed panzer force was built. £22.95
£18.36
The Ampersand Group ■ 9781944367053 Hardback ■ 168 pages ■ 250+ photos, illus.
ALLIED-AXIS, THE PHOTO JOURNAL OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR N. 33 S35 SOMUA in French and German Service
By David Doyle A fully illustrated reference book featuring period photos and photos of contemporary restorations.
£12.50
£10.00
The Ampersand Group ■ 9781944367305 Paperback ■ 96 pages ■ 200+ photos, illus.
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WARGAMING
THE KINGDOM IS OURS
Fast play rules for wargaming the English Civil War period
By James Daniels With the Bicorne English Civil War Catalogue and Rules the reader is given a very simple and enjoyable insight into the English Civil War. A compellingly playable set of fast play rules provide entertainment and challenge for novice and veteran players alike. The book includes an introduction to the Civil War written by Linda Doyle, and a section detailing troop types and uniforms. £16.95
£13.56
Helion & Company ■ 9781910777688 Paperback ■ 88 pages ■ Colour illus. throughout
BATTLE FOR BRITAIN
Wargame The English Civil Wars 1642–1651
By Peter Dennis Renowned historical illustrator Peter Dennis breathes life into the 19th Century paper soldier. In this first title, the Horse, Foot and Dragoons of King and Parliament, along with period buildings can be made, using traditional skills with scissors and glue. Simple ‘one sheet’ rules by veteran wargamer Andy Callan enables the maker to stage battles limited only by the size of the player’s available table-space. £12.95
£10.36
DISEASE & MILITARY MEDICINE
BACTERIA AND BAYONETS
The Influence of Disease in American Military History
By David R. Petriello The deadliest enemy faced by the nation, the one which killed more soldiers than all of its foes combined, has been both unrecognized and unseen. The war waged by the United States against disease, and by disease against the United States, has impacted the country more than any other conflict and continues to present a terrible threat to this day. £19.99
£15.99
Casemate ■ 9781612003412 Hardback ■ 288 pages ■ 16pp photos
BETWEEN FLESH AND STEEL
A History of Military Medicine from the Middle Ages to the War in Afghanistan
By Richard Gabriel Between Flesh and Steel traces the development of military medicine from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century, making it the most comprehensive book on the market about the evolution of modern military medicine. £16.99
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Helion & Company ■ 9781910777909 Paperback ■ 48 pages ■ 48 pages colour illus.
Potomac Books, Inc. ■ 9781612348223 Paperback ■ 312 pages
CASEMATE NEW MILITARY BOOKS ◆ AUTUMN 2016
Soldiers, Lawyers and Trials of the Long Irish Revolution
By Seán Enright The sequel to Enright’s bestselling Easter Rising 1916: The Trials, this is a fascinating study of the legal trials arising from the military conflict of the extraordinary 1916–1921 era including the high-profile trials of Roger Casement, Countess Markiewicz, Eoin MacNeill, and the Bloody Sunday participants. £14.99
£11.99
Merrion Press • 9781785370519 Paperback • 264 pages • 31 b/w photos
SOLDIERS OF THE SHORT GRASS
A History of the Curragh Camp, 1855–2016
By Dan Harvey This is the first complete history of the Curragh Camp, from its foundation in 1855 to the present day, under both British and Irish occupation. Dan Harvey, a military historian and an experienced senior officer, presents a compelling and fascinating narrative of the camp’s many evocative eras and episodes. £15.99
£12.79
Merrion Press • 9781785370618 Paperback • 276 pages • 40 b/w photos
FIGHTING IRISH
The Irish Regiments in the First World War
By Gavin Hughes Fighting Irish is a chronological account of the First World War from the perspective of the men of the Irish Regiments of the British Army, revealing the extent of the Irish military commitment from 1914–1918.
£16.99
£13.59
IRISH MILITARY HISTORY FROM MERRION PRESS
AFTER THE RISING
Merrion Press • 9781785370229 Paperback • 288 pages • 27 b/w images
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AFRICA
THE EQUUS MEN
BLACK HAWKS RISING
This all new work by accomplished military historian Alexandre Binda, former paymaster to the Grey’s Scouts, tells the remarkable story of Rhodesia’s mounted infantry, the Grey’s Scouts.
Black Hawks Rising looks at the deployment of the African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM) in 2007. Initially confined to peacekeeping within the Mogadishu enclave, it transformed into a peacemaking mission.
£55.00
£25.00
£44.00
£20.00
Helion & Company ■ 9781910294048 Hardback ■ 288 pages c. 300 colour & b/w photos, 4 maps
Helion & Company ■ 9781910777695 Hardback ■ 286 pages
THE FUZILEIROS
BIAFRA’S WAR 1967– 1970
£25.00
Almost half a century has passed since the Nigerian Civil War ended a million or more people perished in that internecine struggle, the majority women and children, who were starved to death. Biafra’s war was modern Africa’s first extended conflict.
£20.00
£16.95
£13.56
Helion & Company ■ 9781910294697 Hardback ■ 320 pages 100 b/w & colour photos, 4 maps
Helion & Company ■ 9781910777640 Paperback ■ 72 pages
THE RWANDAN PATRIOTIC FRONT 1990–1994
On 1 October 1990, hundreds of Banyarawanda militants that served with the Ugandan Army deserted their posts to form the Rwandan Patriotic Front and invade Rwanda. Thus began the Rwandan Civil War, which was to culminate in the £16.95 genocide of nearly one million £13.56 of Tutsi and moderate Hutus. Helion & Company ■ 9781910294567 Paperback ■ 72 pages c. 150 colour & b/w photos, colour profiles, maps
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Discusses the fuzileiros or Portuguese marines, a naval force that operated in the riverine littorals of Africa and that was both feared by the enemy and loved by those loyal to Portugal. The fuzileiros underwent one of the longest and most physically demanding specialist infantry training regimes in the world.
WARS AND INSURGENCIES OF UGANDA 1971–1994
£16.95
In 1971, Idi Amin Dada seized power in a military coup in Uganda. Characterised by human rights abuses, political repression, ethnic persecution, corruption and economic mismanagement, Amin’s rule drove thousands into exile.
£13.56 Helion & Company ■ 9781910294550 Paperback ■ 72 pages c. 150 colour & b/w photos, colour profiles, maps
CASEMATE NEW MILITARY BOOKS ◆ AUTUMN 2016
German Regimental & Parade Marches from Frederick the Great to the Present Day by Luftwaffe Lt Cols Joachim Toeche-Mittler and Werner Probst Volume 1 – Infantry (Part 1)
By Robert Mantle, David Murray, Ian Smart and Antony Dean This is an extremely thorough 4 volume guide to the regimental march tunes and other parade music which inspired loyalty, pride and battlefield motivation for generations of Germans over three centuries. £21.95
£17.56
REGIMENTAL
TUNES OF BLOOD & IRON – VOLUME 1
Helion & Company ■ 9781909384231 Paperback ■ 184 pages ■ c. 40 b/w ills, 8pp colour illus.
VIVID COURAGE Victoria Crosses – Antecedent and Allied Regiments of the Staffordshire Regiment
By Robert Hope In the history of the Victoria Cross, this is the first book exclusively written about the recipients of this prestigious award who were members of this famous regiment. The Staffordshire Regiment existed in excess of 300 years and are exceedingly proud of their loyal, long and distinguished service to Crown and Country. £19.95
£15.96
Helion & Company ■ 9781911096375 Paperback ■ 232 pages ■ 75 b/w photos, 1 map, 1 regimental tree, 4 registers
TILL THE TRUMPET SOUNDS AGAIN
The Scots Guards 1914–19 in their own words Volume 1: ‘Great Shadows’ August 1914–July 1916
By Randall Nicol Story of the soldiers that formed the two battalions of the Scots Guards who served in Belgium and France, with much of the material comprised from private collections. This first volume follows them from the outbreak of war to the Battle of the Somme in July 1916. £37.50
£30.00
Helion & Company ■ Volume 1: 9781911096061 Hardback ■ 648pages ■ 100 b/w photos, 16 colour maps
TILL THE TRUMPET SOUNDS AGAIN
The Scots Guards 1914–19 in their own words Volume 2: ‘Vast Tragedy’ August 1916–March 1919
By Randall Nicol The second volume of Till the Trumpet Sounds continues on from the first volume. This time, the soldiers must contend with the debilitating winter of 1916, the offensive to the Hindenburg Line in 1917, before advancing into Belgian and French territory largely unopposed in the last few weeks of the war. £37.50
£30.00
Helion & Company ■ Volume 2: 9781911096078 Hardback ■ 512pages ■ 100 b/w photos, 16 colour maps
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MILITARY SCIENCE
KLEINKRIEG
The German Experience with Guerrilla Warfare, from Clausewitz to Hitler
By Charles D. Melson A long overdue study that draws on previous German writing to analyze how the West can or should (or should not) cope with the problem of small wars in lesser countries in which we nevertheless hold a stake. £19.99
£15.99
Casemate ■ 9781612003566 Hardback ■ 216 pages
THE DRAGON’S TEETH
The Chinese People’s Liberation Army – Its History, Traditions, and Air Sea and Land Capability in the 21st Century
By Benjamin Lai An illuminating look at today’s Chinese armed forces, taking into consideration their costly history, as well as the marvel of new technological capability and training that they believe will not place them on a losing side again. £19.99
£15.99
Casemate ■ 9781612003887 Hardback ■ 320 pages
SELLING WAR
A Critical Look at the Military’s PR Machine
By Steven J Alvarez Steven J. Alvarez couples his experiences as a public affairs officer in Iraq with extensive research on communication and government relations to expose why communications failed and led to the breakdown on the ground. A revealing glimpse into the inner workings of the military’s PR machine, Selling War provides a critical review of the outdated communication strategies executed in Iraq. £23.99
£19.19
Potomac Books, Inc. ■ 9781612347721 Hardback ■ 384 pages
PIRATES, PRISONERS, AND LEPERS Lessons from Life Outside the Law
By Paul H. Robinson and Sarah M. Robinson History is rife with examples of how people perform when rules of civility collapse and here, Sarah and Paul Robinson explain that humans in such situations are neither devils nor angels. The real stories included in this book show that modern individuals naturally incline toward reasonable action, even in desperate conditions where survival is at issue. £19.99
£15.99
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Potomac Books, Inc. ■ 9781612347325 Hardback ■ 376 pages
CASEMATE NEW MILITARY BOOKS ◆ AUTUMN 2016
The Photographers who Captured History from D-Day to Berlin
By Mark Barnes Showcases the extraordinary and highly significant archive of photographs taken by The Times photographers as Europe was liberated from 1944–1945. Includes unseen images of Allied and German troops, senior generals, civilians, weaponry and the devastation of war. With a masterly text and explanatory captions by World War II historian Mark Barnes.
£25.00
£20.00
Casemate UK ■ 9781612004020 ■ September 2016 Hardback ■ 336 pages ■ 400 photos
VIKINGS AT WAR
COMING SOON • PRE-ORDER
THE LIBERATION OF EUROPE 1944–1945
By Kim Hjardar and Vegard Vike A sumptuous depiction of how the Vikings waged war; their weapons, offensive and defensive warfare, military traditions and tactics, fortifications, ships and command structure. With over 380 colour illustrations including reconstruction drawings, maps, and photos of surviving artefacts. Vikings at War was awarded the Norwegian literary award, the ‘Saga Prize’ in 2012, and is currently in its fourth printing in Norwegian. This translation makes it available for the first time in English.
£29.95
£23.96
Casemate UK ■ 9781612004037 ■ October 2016 Hardback ■ 400 pages ■ 380 illus.
CAESAR’S GREATEST VICTORY The Battle of Alesia, Gaul 52 BC
By Rosie Serdiville and John Sadler The Battle for Alesia was a decisive moment in world history. It determined whether Rome would finally conquer Gaul or whether Celtic chieftain Vercingetorix would throw off the yoke and consequently whether a number of independent Celtic tribal kingdoms could resist the might of Rome. Caesar’s Greatest Victory is an exciting account of the battle, incorporating the latest research to illuminate the tactics of both Caesar and the Celts. £19.99
£15.99
Casemate UK ■ 9781612004051 ■ October 2016 Hardback ■ 320 pages ■ 27 illus.
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The CASEMATE CLASSIC WAR FICTION series publishes new editions of forgotten classics that perfectly capture their era, starting with the conflict that gave birth to gritty realism in fiction, WWI.
More Casemate Classic War Fiction titles available on page 4
ROUX THE BANDIT André Chamson
Set deep in the mountains of southern France, this charming short novel tells the story of a man from the Cèvennes Mountains called Roux, who refuses to join the army at the outbreak of war in 1914. £7.99
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Casemate UK ■ 9781612004174 ■ August 2016 Paperback ■ 208 pages
PASS GUARD AT YPRES Ronald Gurner
A platoon of inexperienced British soldiers crosses to France, in excited and nervous anticipation of what is to come; they find themselves at Ypres where the battle-weary Allied troops are dug in, and slaughter surrounds them. £8.99
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Casemate UK ■ 9781612004112 ■ August 2016 Paperback ■ 246 pages
MR BRITLING SEES IT THROUGH H. G. Wells
A profound and very human account of the early years of the war, told from the perspective of a father rather than combatants, but no less revealing. £9.99
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Casemate UK ■ 9781612004150 ■ August 2016 Paperback ■ 320 pages
BEHIND THE LINES W. F. Morris
A subaltern is forced to flee when he accidentally kills an overbearing, taunting fellow officer: appearances are all against him and he does not trust to trench justice. He then becomes a fugitive and has to join forces with other deserters. £8.99
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Casemate UK ■ 9781612004136 ■ August 2016 Paperback ■ 304 pages
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OMAHA BEACH • NORMANDY 1944
Leo Marriott & Simon Forty
Of the five Normandy beaches attacked on June 6, Omaha saw the highest Allied casualties. Instead of the second-rate infantry thought to be in this area, the 1st and 29th Infantry Divisions were opposed by a larger defending force. £9.99
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Casemate UK ■ 9781612004259 ■ October 2016 Paperback ■ 64 pages ■ 140 illus.
BASTOGNE • ARDENNES 1944
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The PAST & PRESENT series reconstructs battles and operations by juxtaposing contemporary and modern photography, linking the monuments and battlefield relics with the events they evoke.
Stephen Smith & Simon Forty
This title explores the encirclement, siege, and relief of Bastogne – scene of one of largest, bloodiest battle fought by American forces in WWII – through then and now photographs; specially commissioned aerial photos, and a wealth of detail. £9.99
£7.99
Casemate UK ■ 9781612004341 ■ October 2016 Paperback ■ 64 pages ■ 140 illus.
6TH AIRBORNE • NORMANDY 1944 Leo Marriott & Simon Forty
Airborne troops had a fundamental role in the strategic plan for Operation Overlord. This title explores the British 6th Airborne Division’s role in securing the Allied flanks and preventing enemy counterattacks from reaching the beachhead. £9.99
Casemate UK ■ 9781612004211 ■ October 2016 Paperback ■ 64 pages ■ 140 illus.
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101ST AIRBORNE • MARKET GARDEN 1944 Stephen Smith & Simon Forty
The 101st Airborne was withdrawn from Normandy on July 10, 1944 covered in glory but having suffered nearly 5,000 casualties. Just two months later, they invaded by air again, this time into the Netherlands as part of Operation Market Garden. £9.99
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Casemate UK ■ 9781612004235 ■ October 2016 Paperback ■ 64 pages ■ 140 illus.
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THE WHITE SNIPER: SIMO HÄYHÄ
Tapio Saarelainen The life, techniques and exploits of the world’s greatest sniper, Simo Häyhä, who brought death to hundreds of Russian soldiers during the Winter War of 1939–1940. During the Winter War in 1939–1940 Simo Häyhä (1905–2002) had 542 confirmed kills with iron sights, a record that still stands today. He has been a role model for snipers all over the world and paved the way for them by demonstrating their significance on the battlefield.
£19.95
The White Sniper fully explores Häyhä’s life, his exploits in the Winter War, the secrets behind his success and also includes a detailed look at his rifle itself. Appendices cover the basics of shooting, the impact of fire on the battlefield, battles on the Kollaa Front during the Winter War and a list of ranked snipers of the world.
£15.96 Casemate UK • 9781612004297 ■ Nov 2016 Hardback • 192 pages
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DAZZLE
Small Team Missions Behind Enemy Lines
Disguise and Distruption in War and Art
By Koos Stadler
By James Taylor
Gripping first-hand account of the combat operations and life of the elite South African Special Forces.
Traces the development of the famous naval dazzle aesthetic from theory and practice into art, culture and fashion. Beautifully illustrated.
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£15.99 Casemate UK ■ 9781612004044 ■ Oct 2016 Hardback ■ 384 pages ■ 65 illus.
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Pool of London Press ■ 9781910860144 ■ Sept 2016 Hardback ■ 128 pages
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