Casemate Publishers Fall 2015 Catalog by Casemate Publishers Ltd

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Fall 2015

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We are pleased to bring to you our Fall 2015 catalog featuring an abundance of new military history titles from Casemate Publishers as well as our distribution partners from around the world. With so many excellent titles arriving this season it is hard for us at Casemate HQ to choose our favorites so we encourage you to dig into the catalog to see all the riches on offer.

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This season we welcome three new publishers to the Casemate team: The Pool of London Press, Chipotle Publishing, and Sabrestorm Publishing. The Pool of London Press is a start-up publisher inspired by the rich history and resonance of the River Thames from London Bridge downriver to Greenwich. The press is dedicated to the specialist fields of naval, maritime, military, and exploration history in its many forms, and is a division of the Casemate Group. Chipotle Publishing, based out of Henderson, NV, produces books which focus on firearms, and Sabrestorm Publishing, a UK-based publishing house, concentrates on British history, fashion, and design with a particular emphasis on the British Home Front and World War II military history. Some of the highlights in this catalog include Seaforth Publishing’s ShipCraft series; the series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types, allowing ship modelers the chance to turn their kits into something special. The Life of a Union Army Sharpshooter, coming from Fonthill Media in October, paints a detailed portrait of the lives of ordinary soldiers in the Union Army and provides unique insight into the most tumultuous period in American history. With Hitler in the West, from Pen & Sword Books, is an English edition of Heinrich Hoffman’s finest work, Mit Hitler im Westen. They say a picture paints a thousand words, and the photographs in this work present a stunning and poignant record of the events of spring 1940. From Casemate’s own publishing list there is already a buzz around Nanjing 1937: Battle for a Doomed City, the follow-up to the best-selling Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze. In this compelling read, Peter Harmsen chronicles in great detail the story of the month-long campaign before the notorious Rape of Nanjing. Harmsen’s characteristic gripping prose and exhaustive research make this an important contribution to 20th century Asian history.

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Andrea Press/Pritzker Military Museum & Library/Riebel-Roque 12 30 Degrees South

Amber Books

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Chipotle Publishing

British Museum Press/Fighting High Publishing

Fonthill Media

Frontline Books

Grub Street Publishing

Garnet Publishing/George F. Thompson/Harpia

Heimdal

Helion & Company

Kagero

Histoire & Collections/Liberties/Libro

Libro/Lorimer

MMP Books

Model Centrum Progres/PeKo Publishing

Pen & Sword

Pen & Sword Digital

Penguin Random House South Africa

Protea Boekhuis

This is the largest issue of our catalog yet as the number of titles from our distribution partners continues to grow. We are proud to present these books to you and look forward to bringing you more excellent titles in the future.

Sabrestorm Publishing

Savas Beatie

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Casemate Nanjing 1937 Battle for a Doomed City Peter Harmsen The infamous Rape of Nanjing looms like a dark shadow over the history of Asia in the 20th century, and is among the most widely recognized chapters of World War II in China. By contrast, the story of the month-long campaign before this notorious massacre has never been told in its entirety. Nanjing 1937 by Peter Harmsen fills this gap. This is the follow-up to Harmsen’s best-selling Shanghai 1937: Stalingrad on the Yangtze, and begins where that book left oﬀ. In stirring prose, it describes how the Japanese Army, having invaded the mainland and emerging victorious from the Battle of Shanghai, pushed on toward the capital Nanjing in a crushing advance that confirmed its reputation for bravery and savagery in equal measure. While much of the struggle over Shanghai had carried echoes of the grueling war in the trenches two decades earlier, the Nanjing campaign was a fast-paced mobile operation in which armor and air power played mayor roles. It was blitzkrieg two years before Hitler's invasion of Poland. Facing the full might of modern, mechanized warfare, China's resistance was heroic, but ultimately futile. As in Shanghai, the battle for Nanjing was more than a clash between Chinese and Japanese. Soldiers and citizens of a variety of nations witnessed or took part in the hostilities. German advisors, American journalists and British diplomats all played important parts in this vast drama. This epic tale is told with verve and attention to detail by Harmsen, a veteran East Asia correspondent who consolidates his status as the foremost chronicler of World War II in China with this path-breaking work of narrative history.

$32.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photos • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61200-2842 • eISBN 978-1-61200-2859

Paris ’44 Occupation and Liberation: The City of Light Redeemed William Mortimer Moore During the fall of 1944, once the Western Allies had gained military advantage over the Nazis, the crown jewel of Allied strategy became the liberation of Paris—the capital of France so long held in captivity. This event, however, was steeped in more complexity when the Allies returned than in 1940 when Hitler’s legions first marched in. In 1944 the city was beset by cross-currents about who was to reclaim it. Was it to be the French Resistance, largely ephemeral throughout the war and largely Communist? Or was it to be the long-suﬀering Parisians themselves, many of them meantime collaborators? Or the Anglo-American armies which had indeed won the victory? Then there were the Free French forces led by Charles de Gaulle, and his second, General Leclerc, who now led a full (albeit American-supplied) armored division? The Germans, too, still retained a hand, with the option to either destroy the city, per Hitler’s wishes, or honorably cede it. This book punctures the myth parlayed by Is Paris Burning? and other works that describe the city's liberation as mostly the result of the insurrection by the Resistance in the capital. In fact, de Gaulle gave Leclerc his orders for the liberation of the city as early as December 1943, and the General’s great march down the Champs Élysées the day after the liberation was the culmination of a carefully laid plan to re-establish the French state.

$34.95 • 486 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photos • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-612003436 • eISBN 978-1-61200-3443

Amidst the swirling streams of self-interest and intrigue that beset the capital on the eve of its liberation, this book makes clear that Leclerc and his 2nd Armoured Division were the real heroes of the liberation and that marching on their capital city was their raison d'etre.

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Casemate Eisenhower’s Thorn on the Rhine The Battles for the Colmar Pocket, 1944–45 Nathan N. Prefer By the fall of 1944 the Western Allies appeared to be having it all their own way. The summer’s Normandy invasion had finally succeeded and the Germans had been driven out of northern France and most of the Low Countries. In September the invasion of France’s southern coast had met less opposition and Allied divisions had begun lining up along the Rhine. But while the Americans were about to meet a nasty surprise in the Ardennes, the Germans never did let go of the province of Alsace, and in a hard pocket around the city of Colmar continued to resist. On New Year’s Eve they launched a counteroﬀensive, Operation Northwind, that nearly put Allied forces back on their heels. While the Allies were eventually able to take care of their Ardennes problem the Colmar one still remained. On January 12, 1945, Eisenhower could only tell George Marshall, “It is a very bad thorn in our side today."

$32.95 • 336 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photos • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61200-3221 • eISBN 978-1-61200-3238

This is the story of the Sixth Army Group (7th US & 1st French Armies) which fought on the southern flank of the SHAEF front. The French had multiple problems during this campaign so that increasing number of US divisions needed to take part. In the process the 3rd and 28th Infantry Divisions, and 10th and 14th Armored, among others were able to cover themselves with heroism, though hardly less than the threadbare German 19th Army, which bravely resisted against enormous odds until finally the west bank of the Rhine was cleared. This book informs us fully of the tremendous and costly struggle waged on that often-neglected sector of the front.

Blocking Kampfgruppe Peiper The 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the Battle of the Bulge Frank van Lunteren In December 1944 an enormous German army group crashed through the thin American line in the Ardennes forest. Caught by surprise, the Allies were initially only able to throw two divisions of paratroopers to buttress the collapse—the 82nd Airborne, which was rushed to the area of St. Vith, and the 101st, which was trucked to Bastogne. After their successful campaign in Holland, Colonel Reuben Tucker’s elite 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment was resting and refitting in France when news came of the German breakthrough. Most dangerous to the Allies was the German spearhead of the 1st SS Panzer Division led by Jochen Peiper, which aimed to sever the Allied front. The 504th was committed to block the SS advance, and within 48 hours of their arrival Colonel Tucker’s paratroopers were attacking the SSPanzergrenadiers of Peiper’s battlegroup, eventually forcing them to withdraw.

$32.95 • 336 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photos • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-612003139 • eISBN 978-1-61200-3146

More ferocious fighting ensued as follow-up German units forced a U.S. retreat from St. Vith. In adverse weather conditions against the German 9th SS Panzer and 3rd Fallschirmjäger Divisions, the 504th lived up to it’s regimental motto--Strike and Hold. Although some rifle companies were whittled down to less than 50 paratroopers, the Americans doggedly fought on until victory was achieved. In this work Van Lunteren provides a fascinating, close-in view of the 504th P.I.R. during the Battle of the Bulge as well as its gallant sacrifice. Using never before published diaries, letters, battle reports and interviews with over 100 veterans, a comprehensive account is painted of a triumphant U.S. regiment in one of the fiercest fought campaigns in the history of the U.S. Army.

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Casemate The Battle of Britain An Epic Conflict Revisited Christer Bergström 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 color section closely depicting the aircraft, this work lays out the battle as seldom seen before. The battle was a turning in point in military history, and arguably in the fate of the world. By late summer 1940 Nazi Germany had conquered all its opponents on the continent, including the British Army itself, which was forced to scramble back aboard small boats to its shores. With a Non-Aggression Pact with the Soviet Union in hand, Hitler had only one remaining object that season—the British Isles themselves. However, before he could invade, his Luftwaﬀe needed to wipe the Royal Air Force from the skies. Thus took place history’s first strategic military campaign conducted in the air alone. This book contains a large number of dramatic eyewitness accounts, even as it reveals new facts that will alter perception of the battle in the public’s eyes. For example, the twin-engined Messerschmitt Bf 110 was actually a good day fighter, and it performed at least as well in this role as the Bf 109 during the battle. The Luftwaﬀe’s commander, Hermann Göring, performed far better than has previously been his image. The British night bombers played a more decisive role than previously thought; meantime this book disproves that the German 109 pilots were in any way superior to their Hurricane or Spitfire counterparts.

$49.95 • 336 pages • 9 x 12 • photos throughout • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61200-3474

“True for the Cause of Liberty” The Second Spartans Regiment in the American Revolution Oscar E. Gilbert & Catherine R. Gilbert Following their defeat at Saratoga in upstate New York in 1777, the British decided to implement a Southern Strategy against the American insurgents, a plan to “roll up” the rebellious colonies from Georgia through the Carolinas to Virginia. Instead, they triggered a savage partisan war of raids, ambushes, assassinations, and large pitched battles that rivaled any fought in the northern colonies. Untrained Patriot militiamen—occasionally stiﬀened by contingents of the Continental Line— were pitted against Britain’s Cherokee and Creek allies, and Loyalist militia and British regulars led by General Cornwallis and his two ablest subordinates, Patrick Ferguson and the ruthless Banastre “Bloody Ban” Tarleton. In October 1780 the Loyalist militia was virtually destroyed at King’s Mountain, the battle that Lord Clinton, the British commander in chief, said was “the first link in a chain of events that followed each other in regular succession until they at last ended in the total loss of America.” Other defeats at Blackstock’s Farm and Cowpens, and a Pyhrric victory at Guilford Courthouse, gutted the British Southern Army and drove Cornwallis north to encirclement and surrender at Yorktown. This study uses battlefield terrain analysis and the words of the oﬃcers and common soldiers, from pension records and little-known interviews, to bring to life the crucial role of one militia regiment—the Second Spartans of South Carolina—that fought in virtually every action of the vicious back-country war that decided the fate of America. Or as one private in the Second Spartans said, expressing admiration for his colonel: “...a few Brave Men stood true for the cause of liberty.”

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$32.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photos • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61200-3276 • eISBN 978-1-61200-3283

Casemate Saving MacArthur The Story of America’s Most Daring Naval Rescue, and of the Men It Left Behind Rudy Tomedi A photo in the New York Times on June 10, 1942 depicted a young naval officer, John Duncan Bulkeley, and his wife in the back of an open touring car as they were being treated to a New York ticker tape parade. Hundreds of thousands of people were cheering him in a hero’s welcome not seen since Charles Lindbergh returned from his solo flight across the Atlantic. The 26-year-old Bulkeley was just back from the Philippines, where he had pulled off one of the most spectacular rescues in U.S. naval history by taking General Douglas MacArthur out of the besieged islands aboard a PT boat. MacArthur’s escape from the Philippine death trap was front-page news not only in the U.S. but all over the world. America’s most illustrious soldier had been a hairbreadth away from being killed or captured by the Japanese. Both MacArthur and Bulkeley were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and commentators nationwide joined in the adulation. But no mention was ever made of the nearly 80 officers and men of Bulkeley’s squadron who were left behind, a tragic sacrifice that no one at the time, or even later, would admit was totally unnecessary.

$32.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photos • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61200-3177 • eISBN 978-1-61200-3184

Saving MacArthur is the story of the fateful friendship of two otherwise very diﬀerent men who shared an unquenchable thirst for fame and a willingness to turn history into myth, a story that is as much about the nature of human beings as it is about a glorious moment in our past. But above all it is the story of the men history has forgotten—the crews of the PT boats whose extraordinary courage gave us that glorious moment, and whose only reward was to be abandoned and left at the mercy of the Japanese.

Bacteria and Bayonets The Influence of Disease in American Military History David Petriello For hundreds of years men have fought and died to expand and protect the United States relying on martial skill and patriotism. Various powerful enemies, from the British to the Nazis, and legendary individuals including Tecumseh and Robert E. Lee have all fallen before the arms of the American soldier. Yet the deadliest enemy faced by the nation, 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. Illness has been more than just a historical cause of casualties for the American military, in numerous wars it has helped to decide battles, drive campaigns, and determine strategy. In fact the Patriots owed pestilence as much for their victory in the Revolution as they did their own force of arms. Likewise disease helped to prevent the conquest of Canada in 1812, drove strategy in the Mexican War, handicapped Lee’s 1862 advance, and helped lead to World War II. Disease also provided an edge in the wars against Native Americans, yet just as soon turned on the US when unacclimated US troops were dispatched to the southern Pacific. $32.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photos • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-612003412 • eISBN 978-1-61200-3429

This book not only traces the path of disease in American military history but also recounts numerous small episodes and interesting anecdotes related to the history of illness. Overall it presents a compelling story, one that has been overlooked and underappreciated. Yellow fever, malaria, tuberculosis, glanders, bubonic plague, smallpox, and numerous other bacteria and viruses all conspired to defeat America, and are enemies that need to be recognized.

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Casemate Lincoln’s Bold Lion The Life and Times of Brigadier General Martin Davis Hardin James Huffstout This is the first biography devoted to the life of a remarkable young man who, in the words of Civil War historian Ezra Warner, “embarked upon a combat career which has few parallels in the annals of the army for gallantry, wounds sustained, and the obscurity into which he had lapsed a generation before his death.” But the story of General Martin Hardin provides more than a combat record—in fact comprises a walking tour through 1800s America, with its most costly war only a centerpiece. From his childhood in Illinois, where a slave girl implanted in him a fear of ghosts, to his attendance at West Point, along with other future luminaries, to his service on the frontier (where he took particular note of the bearing of the Cheyenne), Hardin’s life reveals the progress of a century. Abraham Lincoln was a close friend and political ally of Martin’s father, who died a hero in the Mexican War. The family were also relatives of Mary Todd. Made Brigadier General at age 27, Hardin fought with distinction at Malvern Hill, Second Manassas, Gettysburg, Grant’s Overland Campaign, and the July 1864 Rebel raid on Washington. In these pages we also learn the prominent role of General Hardin’s mother, who acted as her son’s lobbyist in the heady social world of wartime Washington. Over four years, she skillfully played upon her friendship with the President and the First Lady to advance her son‘s career. Although, as we see in these pages, his gallantry and leadership in combat suﬃced enough to earn him renown, and in this book the under-sung exploits of a true 19th-century hero are finally revealed.

$32.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photos • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61200-3399 • eISBN 978-1-61200-3405

The Typhoon Truce, 1970 Three Days in Vietnam when Nature Intervened in the War Robert F. Curtis It wasn’t rockets or artillery that came through the skies one week during the war. It was the horrific force of nature that suddenly put both sides in awe. As an unofficial truce began, questions and emotions battled inside every air crewman’s mind as they faced masses of Vietnamese civilians outside their protective base perimeters for the first time. Could we trust them not to shoot? Could they trust us not to drop them off in a detention camp? Truces never last, but life changes a bit for all the people involved while they are happening. Sometimes wars are suspended and fighting stops for a while. A holiday that both sides recognize might do it, as happened in the Christmas truce during World War I. Weather might do it, too, as it did in Vietnam in October 1970. The “typhoon truce” was just as real, and the war stopped for three days in northern I Corps--that area bordering the demilitarized zone separating South Vietnam from the North. The unofficial “typhoon truce” came because first, Super Typhoon Joan arrived, devastating all the coastal lowlands in I Corps and further up into North Vietnam. Then, less than a week later came Super Typhoon Kate. Kate hit the same area with renewed fury, leaving the entire countryside under water and the people there faced with both war and natural disaster at the same time. In this book we see how for a brief period during an otherwise vicious war, saving life took precedence over bloody conflict. No one but the Americans, the foreign warriors fighting throughout the country, had the resources to help the people who lived in the lowlands, and so they did. In this book we see how for a brief period during an otherwise vicious war, saving life took precedence over bloody conflict.

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$32.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photos • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61200-3290 • eISBN 978-1-61200-3306

Casemate A Handful of Hard Men The SAS and the Battle for Rhodesia Hannes Wessels During the West’s great transition into the post-Colonial age, the country of Rhodesia refused to succumb quietly, and throughout the 1980s fought back almost alone against Communistsupported elements that it did not believe would deliver proper governance. During this long war many heroes emerged, but none more skillful and courageous than Captain Darrell Watt of the Rhodesian SAS, who placed himself at the tip of the spear in the deadly battle to resist the forces of Robert Mugabe and Joshua Nkomo.

$32.95 • 304 pages • 6 x 9 • 32pp photos • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61200-345-0 • eISBN 978-1-61200-3467

It is diﬃcult to find another soldier’s story to equal Watt’s in terms of time spent on the field of battle and challenges faced. Even by the lofty standards of the SAS and Special Forces, one has to look far to find anyone who can match his record of resilience and valor in the face of such daunting odds and with resources so paltry. In the fight he showed himself to be a military maestro. A bush-lore genius, blessed with uncanny instincts and an unbridled determination to close with the enemy, he had no peers as a combat-tracker (and there was plenty of competition). But the Rhodesian theatre was a fluid and volatile one in which he performed in almost every imaginable fighting role; as an airborne shock-trooper leading camp attacks, long range reconnaissance operator, covert urban operator, sniper, saboteur, seek-and-strike expert, and in the final stages as a key figure in mobilizing an allied army in neighboring Mozambique.

Wellington’s Hidden Heroes The Dutch and the Belgians at Waterloo Veronica Baker-Smith The Duke of Wellington described the Battle of Waterloo as “the most desperate business I ever was in...I was never so near being beat.” The courage of British troops that day has been rightly praised ever since, but the fact that one-third of the forces which gave him his narrow victory were subjects, not of George III but of the King of the Netherlands has been almost completely ignored. This book seeks to correct a grave injustice through the study of Dutch sources, the majority of which have never been used by English-speaking historians. The Dutch-Belgians have been variously described as inexperienced, incompetent and cowardly, a rogue element in the otherwise disciplined Allied Army. It is only now being tentatively acknowledged that they alone saved Wellington from disaster at Quatre Bras. He had committed a strategic error in that, as Napoleon advanced, his own troops were scattered over a hundred kilometers of southern Belgium. Outnumbered three to one, the Netherlanders gave him time to concentrate his forces and save Brussels from French occupation. At Waterloo itself, on at least three occasions when the fate of the battle “hung upon the cusp,” their engagement with the enemy aided British recovery. $32.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photos • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61200-332-0 • eISBN 978-1-61200-333-7

This book reveals a new dimension of the famous campaign, and includes many unseen illustrations. For the first time, a full assessment is made of the challenge which Willem I faced as king of a country hastily cobbled together by the Congress of Vienna, and of his achievement in assembling, equipping and training 30,000 men from scratch in 18 months.

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Casemate “The Most Dangerous Moment of the War” Japan’s Attack on the Indian Ocean, 1942 John Clancy In early April 1942, a little-known episode of World War II took place, said by Sir Winston Churchill to be “the most dangerous moment of the war,” when the Japanese made their only major oﬀensive westwards into the Indian Ocean. Historian Sir Arthur Bryant said, “A Japanese naval victory in April 1942 would have given Japan total control of the Indian Ocean, isolated the Middle East and brought down the Churchill government.” War in the Far East had erupted with the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, followed in succession by Japanese drives on the Philippines, Indochina, the Java Sea and Singapore. Seemingly unstoppable, the Japanese now had a vast new empire, and having crippled the American fleet at Pearl Harbor, turned their sights on the British Eastern Fleet based at Ceylon. Occupation of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) would not only provide the Japanese a springboard into India but control of the essential convoy routes to Europe and the Western Desert. And aside from the British Eastern Fleet, the Indian Ocean lay undefended. In the ferocious battles that followed, the British lost a carrier, two heavy cruisers and many other ships; however, the Japanese eventually turned back, never to sail against India again. John Clancy, whose father survived the sinking of HMS Cornwall during the battle, tells the story of this dramatic but little known campaign in which a major Allied catastrophe was only narrowly averted.

$32.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp photos • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61200334-4 • eISBN 978-1-61200-335-1

Ghost Patrol A History of the Long Range Desert Group, 1940–1945 John Sadler The origins of most of the West’s Special Forces can be traced back to the Long Range Desert Group, which operated across the limitless expanses of the Libyan Desert, an area the size of India, during the whole of the Desert War from 1940 to 1943. After the defeat of the Axis in North Africa they adapted to serve in the Mediterranean, the Greek islands, Albania, Yugoslavia and Greece. In the process they became the stuﬀ of legend. The LRDG was the brainchild of Ralph Bagnold, a pre-war desert explorer (featured in fictional terms in The English Patient) who put all of his expertise into the creation of a new and, by the standards of the day, highly unorthodox unit. Conventional tactical thinking shunned the deep heart of the vast desert as it was thought to be a harsh, inhospitable wilderness where British forces could not possibly survive even less operate eﬀectively. Instead, Bagnold and his colleagues created a whole new type of warfare. Using specially adapted vehicles and recruiting only men of the right temperament and high levels of fitness and endurance, the first patrols set out bristling with automatic weapons. The LRDG, in a dark hour, was the force which took the fight to the enemy, roving over the deep desert—a raider’s paradise—attacking enemy convoys and outposts, destroying aircraft and supplies, forcing the Axis to expend more and more resources to protect their vulnerable lines.

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$32.95 • 232 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pp photos • December 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61200336-8 • eISBN 978-1-61200-337-5

Casemate The Eagle’s Last Triumph Napoleon's Victory at Ligny, June 1815 Andrew Uffindel Napoleon won his final victory on 16th June 1815 at Ligny, shortly before suﬀering a crushing defeat at Waterloo. Facing two enemy armies – under Wellington and Blucher – he aimed his main attack against Blucher’s Prussians at Ligny and diverted Wellington’s attention by engaging his forward elements at Quatre Bras. The Eagle’s Last Triumph provides a detailed examination of these neglected early campaigns, with a riveting description of the fighting and eyewitness testimony. The author shows just how close Napoleon came to winning a crushing victory at the start of the campaign. He also shows Blucher was unhorsed and nearly captured in the evening of Ligny – and how this could have had a decisive impact on subsequent events. A vivid military epic, providing a cogent explanation of why Napoleon, victorious at Ligny, met with defeat two days later.

$24.95 • 272 pages • 6 x 9 • 8 pages of plates, 20 maps • May 2015 • paperback • 978-161200-3207

The Armored Campaign in Normandy, June–August 1944 Stephen Napier A critical narrative using original documents of the Allies’ victorious armored campaign in Normandy despite defective inferior tanks and poor leadership. Beginning with the D-day landings, this is a frank appraisal of the planned use and actual results of the deployment of armor by both German and Allied commanders in the major tank battles of the campaign including Operations Epsom, Goodwood, Cobra and Totalize. Using new evidence about tanks on D-day and tank losses in the campating, this book is a critique of how Montgomery’s plans to seize territory and break out failed in the face of German resistance. It details the poor planning by British generals who made many mistakes and how the German convoluted chain of command contributed to their own defeat. Oﬃcial reports, war diaries, After Action reports, letters, regimental histories, memoirs of generals and troopers, and Allied and German perspectives from tank crews are used to tell the inside story of the campaign from an armor point of view to give a diﬀerent but detailed perspective. $32.95 • 384 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 b/w illustrations, 10 maps • May 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61200-3245 • eISBN 978-1-61200-3252

For the first time the book gives real numbers of tanks lost in the battle of the campaign from research at archives around the world.

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Casemate The Map Makers’ World

The Last Big Gun

A Cultural History of the European World Map

At War & At Sea with HMS Belfast

Marjo Nurminen & Juha Nurminen The Map Makers’ World illuminates the fascinating cultural history of European world maps: what do historical world maps tell of us, of our perception of the world, and of places and peoples that are foreign to us? Who were the makers of these early world maps? How were the maps created and for whom were they drawn and printed? For what purposes were they used? What kind of information did they pass on? The answers to these questions open up a fascinating narrative of discovery and cartography relating not only to ideology and political power but also the histories of art and science.

Brian Lavery As she lay in dry dock, devastatingly damaged by one of Hitler’s newly deployed magnetic mines after barely two months in service, few could have predicted the illustrious career that lay ahead for the cruiser HMS Belfast. After three years of repairs to her broken keel, engine- and boiler-rooms, and extensive refitting, she would go on to play a critical role in the protection of the Arctic Convoys, would fire one of the opening shots at D-Day and continue supporting the Operation Overlord landings for five weeks.

This book some 300 maps from the world’s finest museums, libraries and private collections. It gives us a revealing and captivating perspective on the development of European world maps from the Early Middle Ages up until the modern period, i.e. from the 8th century until the end of the 18th century.

Lavery, the foremost historian of the Royal Navy, employs his trademark wide-ranging narrative style and uses the microcosm of the ship to tell the wider story of the naval war at sea and vividly portray the realities for all of life aboard a Second World War battleship. The book is lavishly illustrated with photographs and illustrations and will appeal to all those with an interest in military history and life in the wartime Royal Navy.

$75.00 • 360 pages • 10 x 13.6 • 300 color & b/w maps • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910860-00-7 • Pool of London Press

$36.95 • 440 pages • 5.7 x 9.2 • 300 color & b/w maps • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910860-01-4 • Pool of London Press

The Cold War Pocket Manual 1945–1968

I Was a Spy!

The official field-manuals for spycraft, espionage and counter-intelligence Phillip Parker Some twenty-five years after its conclusion, yet with its echoes resonating once more in contemporary East-West relations, the rigors and detail of many aspects of the Cold War are becoming increasingly of interest. Furthermore, at the very same time many of the records of the period are beginning to become accessible for the first time. At the forefront of this unique conflict, that divided the world into two opposing camps for over four decades, were the security services and the agents of these secretive organizations. This book presents a meticulously compiled selection of recently unclassified documents, field-manuals, briefing directives and intelligence primers that uncover the training and techniques required to function as a spy in the darkest periods of modern history. Material has been researched from the CIA, MI5 and MI6, the KGB, the STASI as well as from the Middle East security services and on into China and the East. As insightful as any drama these documents detail, amongst many other things, the directives that informed nuclear espionage, assassinations, interrogations and the ‘turning’ of agents and impacted upon the Suez Crisis, the Hungarian Uprising, the ‘Cambridge Five’ and the most tellingly the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.

The Classic Account of Behind-theLines Espionage in the First World War Marthe McKenna & Introduction by Winston Churchill This is McKenna’s vivid narrative of these breath-taking adventures as she, aided by a gallant band of loyal locals, goes undercover to sabotage enemy phone lines, report suspicious activity or train movements, and even instigate an aerial attack on a planned visit by the Kaiser. This thrilling account goes on to explain how, in 1916, the young nurse was caught by the Germans placing dynamite in a disused sewer tunnel underneath an ammunition dump. She was sentenced to the firing squad and only survived due to the Iron Cross honour received as a result of her earlier medical service. $19.95 • 288 pages • 4.7 x 7 • 15 photographs • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910860-03-8 • Pool of London Press

$12.99 • 128 pages • 4.7 x 7 • 20 b/w artworks & diagrams • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910860-02-1 • Pool of London Press

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Andrea Press / Pritzker / Riebel-Roque F.A.Q

US Elite Forces

Frequently Asked Questions for Constructing & Painting Dioramas

Uniforms, equipment & personal items – Vietnam 1965–1975

Mario Milla & Rafael Milla

Marti Demiquels

This is possibly the most complete guide on how to make dioramas ever published, carefully elaborated to help you bring your dreamed dioramas to life alongside of two great artists and gentlemen.

Mr. Marti Demiquels, the author of this book and a dedicated collector himself, has put together not only most of the pieces contained in the following pages, but a complete museum on the Vietnam War as well, amassed throughout an entire lifetime of passionate study and collecting.

312 pages • 8.5 x 11 • 1400 photos • August 2015 • paperbak • 9788496658530 • Andrea Press • NCR

$60.00 • 250 pages • 8.5 x 11 • August 2015 • hardback • 9788496658547 • Andrea Press • NCR

Dignity of Duty

The Axis

The Journals of Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath, 1861–1898

Hitler’s Allies Richard E. Osborne

Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath Published 117 years after his death, the journals of the American soldier Erasmus Corwin Gilbreath provide a compelling vantage point by which to view contemporary American history. They tell, first and foremost, a tale of war in which there is no glory—only carnage and death. Through Gilbreath’s firsthand accounts we get a sense of what life was like during the Civil War, the Indian Wars, and the War with Spain from an accomplished field officer, rather than from high command. Gilbreath illuminates the true horrors of war in the 19th Century for soldiers—boredom, fatigue, death, and crude medical care for the wounded—and their families, as Gilbreath’s wife and children followed him wherever his orders would lead, enduring the primitive conditions they found along the way. From his instrumental role in raising a company that would become part of the 20th Indiana Volunteer Infantry, to his death while serving with the 11th U.S. Infantry in Puerto Rico at the tail end of the Spanish–American War, Gilbreath’s life exemplifies the dignity of his service and the importance he placed on duty to his nation. In his journals, Gilbreath paints a vivid picture of the turmoil and change that was 19th Century America. Passages such as the lyric firsthand account of the Battle of the Ironclads or his reconnecting with a fellow Gettysburg veteran in Chicago 21 years after the battle are beautifully written, and carry a personal and emotional gravity that are found in the best literary works. Gilbreath is one of America’s sons, a proud citizen soldier who helped to forge the United States, and we are truly fortunate that his legacy lives on in these pages.

Here are the bad guys of World War II. Fifteen nations comprised the Axis Alliance & 14 of them declared war on the US. All of them declared war on the British Empire. This book, written from the Axis perspective, records their often stormy and sometime treacherous relationships. Here is a mountain of detailed information on the Axis Alliance found in no other book on this subject. By war's end, six of these nations had changed sides and were fighting for the Allies and some of their leaders are hailed today as national heroes. READ THIS BOOK AND KNOW THE ENEMY – THE ENTIRE ENEMY $19.95 • 364 pages • illustrations • August 2015 • paperback • 978-09814898-3-4 • Riebel-Roque

$29.95 • 352 pages • 5.5 x 8.25 • 30 images, 7 maps • June 2015 • hardback • 978-0-9897928-5-1 • Pritzker Military Museum & Library

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30 Degrees South Battles of the Anglo-Boer War series Battles of the Anglo-Boer War series provides an accessible guide to some of the major campaigns, battles and battlefields of this historic conflict in KwaZulu-Natal.

The Battle of Talana

The Battle of Elandslaagte The Battle of Colenso

20 October 1899

21 October 1899

15 December 1899

Pam McFadden

S.B Bourquin & Gilbert Torlage

The Battle of Talana was the first major engagement of the Anglo-Boer War. Although it ended with no conclusive result, it provided an opportunity for both Boer and British forces to appreciate the strength of their opponents.

An attack on Elandslaagte station by the Boers prompted Major-General John French and Colonel Ian Hamilton to employ innovative tactics at Elandslaagte. The strength of this attack had a major impact on the morale of the Boer forces that faced it.

Faulty and inadequate reconnaissance of the area by Buller’s men was no match for the meticulous planning of the young Boer general, Louis Botha. The outcome of this battle – Buller’s first and failed attempt to relieve Ladysmith – was a serious reverse for British arms.

$6.95 • 40 pages • 5.75 x 8.25 • 25 b/w photos, maps • 2015 • paperback • 978-1-928211-40-2

$6.95 • 40 pages • 5.75 x 8.25 • 25 b/w photos, maps • 2015 • paperback • 978-1-928211-41-9

The Battle of Spioenkop

The Battle of Vaalkrans

The Siege of Ladysmith

23–24 January 1900

5–7 February 1900

2 November 1899–28 February 1900

Gilbert Torlage

Steve Watt

Confusion and carnage among the British troops on the summit of Spioenkop followed what began as a successful surprise on the Boers. Under constant, heavy fire the British were forced to withdraw, once again failing to relieve Ladysmith.

With Ladysmith weakening daily, Buller made a third attempt to relieve the beleaguered town. Inspired by his optimism, the British soldiers made an unusually feint attack on the weakly held Boer position. Although achieving partial success, Buller failed to capitalize on it and ultimately abandoned Vaalkrans.

The Siege of Ladysmith drew the world’s attention to this dusty, hot town in Natal. Although constantly under bombardment by the Boers, disease due to privations and poor sanitation, rather than military action caused the greatest number of casualties to the besieged.

$6.95 • 40 pages • 5.75 x 8.25 • 25 b/w photos, maps • 2015 • paperback • 978-1-928211-43-3

$6.95 • 44 pages • 5.75 x 8.25 • 25 b/w photos, maps • 2015 • paperback • 978-1-928211-44-0

$6.95 • 40 pages • 5.75 x 8.25 • 25 b/w photos, maps • 2015 • paperback • 978-1-928211-39-6

$6.95 • 48 pages • 5.75 x 8.25 • 25 b/w photos, maps • 2015 • paperback • 978-1-928211-42-6

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30 Degrees South

BATTLES OF THE ANGLO -BOER WAR

The Relief of Ladysmith

The Battle of Modder Spruit and Tchrengula

A Guide to the AngloBoer War Sites of KwaZulu-Natal

Breakthrough at Thukela Heights, 13–28 February 1900 Ken Gillings After almost two weeks of continuous fighting in the Colenso region, General Buller finally broke through, in the rugged Thukela Heights area, to relieve Ladysmith. The Boers fought back heroically but they were eventually overwhelmed by the numerical superiority of the British forces. $6.95 • 64 pages • 5.75 x 8.25 • 25 b/w photos, maps • 2015 • paperback • 978-1-928211-45-7

The Road to Ulundi Revisited The Zulu War Sketches of an Artist on the March: John North Crealock

The Fight for Ladysmith, 30 October 1899 Steve Watt

Gilbert Torlage & Steve Watt

The Battle of Modder Spruit and Tchrengula was the last before the commencement of the Siege of Ladysmith. Due to military blunders the battle resulted in the defeat of British arms. A day later Lord Wolseley, the British Commanderin-Chief, commented, “for the last half century we had no such disaster as that of yesterday.”

At the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Boer War on 11 October 1899, approximately 25,000 Boers invaded the British colony of Natal from the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek and the Orange Free State. The colony was the scene of some of the most important battles of the war. This guide provides a brief insight into the most significant battles and events in the area.

$6.95 • 30 pages • 5.75 x 8.25 • 25 b/w photos, maps • 2015 • paperback • 978-1-928211-48-8

$6.95 • 74 pages • 5.75 x 8.25 • 60 b/w photos, maps • 2015 • paperback • 978-1-928211-46-4

Mzee Ali

Return to Morogoro

The Biography of an African Slave-Raider turned Askari and Scout 2ND EDITION

With the South African Horse through East Africa to France and Flanders, 1914–1918

Ken Gillings

Bror MacDonell & Kerrin Cocks

In 1964, a selection of the water colours was copied by the University of Natal Press and published in a book entitled The Road to Ulundi. South African historian Ken Gillings spent three years identifying and photographing the sites depicted in the book and was impressed by their accuracy. The result is a truly unique item of militaria, which is likely to become a sought-after item of Africana.

‘Mzee’ is the Swahili word for an ‘old timer’, a respected elder. Mzee Ali Kalikilima was born near the present-day town of Tabora in western Tanzania, probably in the 1870s—there is mention of ‘The Doctor’, Dr David Livingstone—to black Muslim parents of noble birth. This riveting biography details his time in combat.

The past is brought to life in this historical epic about a South African family whose lives collided with the biggest event in history: the First World War. Five members of one family with deep roots in all four corners of the country, served in three different theaters of war. The central theme is the largely forgotten East Africa campaign, but by definition a world war has a wide reach.

$24.95 • 240 pages • 5.75 x 8.25 • 2 x b/w photos, 2 x maps • April 2015 • paperback • 9781-928211-63-1

$29.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 80 b/w photos, 5 maps • June 2015 • paperback • 978-1-92821174-7

$125.00 • 128 pages • 12 x 8.75 • 70 watercolor illustrations, 65 photos, map • May 2015 • hardback • 978-1-928211-28-0

James Bourhill

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Amber Books

Celts

Gladiator

The Viking Warrior

The History and Legacy of One of the Oldest Cultures in Europe

Fighting for Life, Glory and Freedom

The Norse Raiders who Terrorized Medieval Europe

Ben Hubbard

From Spartacus’s slave revolt to the real Emperor Commodius who liked to play at being a gladiator, from female gladiators to the great combats involving hundreds of expensively acquired exotic animals, Gladiator is a colorful, accessible study of the ancient world’s famous warrior entertainers.

The Viking Warrior examines the Norsemen through their origins, society, raiding culture, weapons and war tactics, exploration, trade, settlements and kingdoms. Illustrated with more than 200 images this is an account of a people who have long captured the popular imagination.

Martin J. Dougherty The book examines the different tribes, the Hallstatt and La Tène periods, as well as Celtic survival in western Europe, the Gallic Wars, military life, spiritual life, slavery, sexuality and Celtic art. $29.95 • 224 pages • 7.5 x 9.75 • 180 color and b/w photographs and artworks • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78274-166-4 • NCR

$34.95 • 224 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 August 2015 • hardback • 978-178274-252-4 • NCR

Weapons and Fighting SS: Roll of Infamy Tactics of the Waffen-SS A Biographical Guide to Stephen Hart & Russell Hart

Leading Members of the SS Christopher Ailsby

This book examines in detail the military equipment used by Hitler’s elite. Included are all the most important types of small arms, anti-tank weapons, armored personnel carriers and tanks employed by the ‘death’s head’ soldiers between 1939 and 1945.

This is a complete alphabetical list of the leading members of the Third Reich’s Schutzstaffel (Protection Squad), from the early days of National Socialism in the 1920s to the fall of Berlin in May 1945.

$29.95 • 192 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 70 b/w photos and 50 b/w artworks • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78274-312-5 • NCR

$29.95 • 192 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 150 b/w photos • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78274-313-2 • NCR

$34.95 • 224 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 200 color and b/w photographs and artworks • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78274-291-3 • NCR

SS: Hell on the Western Front The Waffen-SS in Western Europe 1940–45 Chris Bishop This book features the actions of such famous Waffen-SS divisions as the Leibstandarte Adolf Hitler, Das Reich, Hitlerjugend and Totenkopf, and provides an insight into how these ideologically motivated units consistently outfought the Allies, even when seriously disadvantaged due to lack of fuel or air support. $29.95 • 192 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 110 b/w photos, 12 b/w maps • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78274-314-9 • NCR

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Ships of the Civil War 1861–1865 An Illustrated Guide to the Fighting Vessels of the Union and the Confederacy Kevin J. Dougherty Filled with colorful artworks, written background, and specifications of more than 120 fighting ships of the era, Ships of the Civil War is a handy guide to an often ignored aspect of the great struggle between North and South. $34.95 • 224 pages more than 110 color illustrations and photographs • September 2013 • hardback • 978-1-909160-67-5 • NCR

The Gestapo A History of Hitler's Secret Police, 1933–45 Rupert Butler The successes of 1940 are examined, as the SS troopers swept all opposition before them, as is the darker side of the organization, with the first atrocities committed against Allied prisoners. $29.95 • 192 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 110 b/w photos • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78274-315-6 • NCR

Amber Books Rommel

Stalin’s Secret Police

In His Own Words John Pimlott In this compelling book, Erwin Rommel – one of the most successful commanders of World War II, and certainly the most well-known – writes about his views on the philosophy of warfare, battles, leaders, and the progress of both world wars. $29.95 • 192 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 110 b/w photos • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78274316-3 • NCR

Drones An Illustrated Guide to the Unmanned Aircraft that are Filling Our Skies

A History of the CHEKA, OGPU, NKVD, SMERSH and KGB: 1917–1991

Martin J. Dougherty

Rupert Butler Illustrated with 120 photographs, Stalin’s Secret Police is a lively and accessible history of secret police oppression in the Soviet Union from 1917 to the early 1990s. $29.95 • 192 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 120 b/w photos • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78274317-0 • NCR

Drones explores the history behind unmanned aircraft, it explains how they work and features the most well-known military and civilian drones in action today. $34.95 • 224 pages • 8.25 x 10.5 • 100 illustrations and 60 color artworks • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78274-255-5 • NCR

THE WORLD'S GREATEST

COLLEC TOR'S GUIDE

The World's Greatest Military Aircraft

The World's Greatest Small Arms

Colt

Glock

An American Classic

The World's Handgun

Michael E. Haskew

Chris McNab

An Illustrated History

Thomas Newdick

Chris McNab

This book features 52 of the most important military aircraft of the last hundred years. It includes all the main types, from biplane fighters and carrier aircraft to tactical bombers, transport aircraft, multi role fighters, strategic strike aircraft and stealth bombers.

The book includes the best-known weapons from throughout the modern era, from the Gatling gun, SMLE rifle and Luger pistol, to the Uzi, FN MAG and the M110 sniper rifle.

Illustrated with more than 200 artworks and photographs and accompanied by exhaustive technical specifications, this is an expertly written account of the firearms produced by one of the world’s best-known and easily recognized gun manufacturers.

This book follows the evolution of the Glock handgun from concept to market leader, and explains each of the many variants and calibres, starting with the original Glock 17 and working through to the latest fourth-generation models.

$34.95 • 224 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 200 color and b/w photographs and artworks • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78274-257-9 • NCR

$34.95 • 224 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 200 color and b/w photographs and artworks • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78274-256-2 • NCR

$34.95 • 224 pages • 9 x 11.75 • 200 color and b/w photographs and artworks • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78274-263-0 • NCR

$34.95 • 224 pages • 9 x 11.75 • 200 color and b/w photographs and artworks • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78274-262-3 • NCR

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Amberley

AN ILLUSTRATED INTRODUC TION TO

Ancient Rome

The Battle of Waterloo

Iain Ferris

Mark Simner

The history of ancient Rome is the history of a city, of its people, and of its empire which at its height encompassed all the lands around the Mediterranean sea and which stretched from Britain in the west to Syria in the east. Roman culture and civilization was reliant on the wealth created by war and conquest and dependent on slavery. While much of its history can be understood through examining the biographies of its emperors, more still about Rome can be gleaned from looking at the lives of its ordinary citizens and from the archaeological exploration of the very fabric of the city, its civic spaces and monuments, its streets, temples, bars, and houses.

On 18 June 1815 some 200,000 men fought in what would be the most important land battle Europe had ever seen, the Battle of Waterloo. It was not the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, nor would it actually be the last, but it ultimately brought to an end almost a quarter of a century of virtually uninterrupted conflict. The result of the battle, which the Duke of Wellington would later describe as a ‘near-run thing’, changed the course of history, and Europe – indeed much of the world – would never be the same again.

In this wonderfully illustrated, accessible introduction to Ancient Rome we will examine the myths and historical truths about the founding of Rome and the city's early years and explore the bloody transition of Rome from Republic to Empire. We will look at the lives of its most famous emperors and examine the tumultuous events which led to the end of the Roman Empire. However, we will also see the daily lives, culture, and beliefs of the ordinary people of Rome, its citizens and slaves, and of the various peoples of the Roman Empire.

An Illustrated Introduction to Waterloo tells the dramatic story of the battle, from Napoleon’s escape from exile on Elba to the final desperate attempt of the Imperial Guard to turn the tide against the Allies. A truly fascinating battle, in an equally fascinating period of history, is explored in full color. $16.00 • 96 pages • 6.5 x 9.25 • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4666-4 • NCR

The Napoleonic Wars in 100 Facts Jem Duducu Sparked by the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars became one of the largest European conflicts in history as Napoleon fought to expand his French empire. The wars were instrumental in the formation of Europe as we know it today, and confirmed Britain’s dominance as a seafaring nation. It was a period infamous for strategic warfare and cunning battle tactics. From this background emerged Nelson as national hero and politician. The Napoleonic Wars in 100 Facts covers the twenty-five years of war from the 1790s to the final victory in 1815 at the Battle of Waterloo. Jem Duducu guides us through some of the key figures and their stories, for example Wellington, Napoleon and Nelson, as well some of the key battles and cunning tactics in this era of epic conflict that took British troops to Egypt, Argentina, America and of course a little town in Belgium called Waterloo. $13.00 • 192 pages • 4.75 x 7.75 • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4663-3 • NCR

$16.00 • 96 pages • 6.5 x 9.25 • January 2016 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4565-0 • NCR

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Amberley The Middle Ages Unlocked A Guide to Life in Medieval England, 1050–1300

The Wars of the Roses The Key Players in the Struggle for Supremacy Mr Matthew Lewis

Agincourt The Story of a Battle R Hawley Jarman The story of the battle of Agincourt. The distinguished historical novelist Rosemary Hawley Jarman here recreates the whole of the brief, foolhardy expedition mounted by a 28-year-old English king determined to regain the realm across the Channel he believed was his by right. The siege of Harfleur, the ravages of disease, the gradual encirclement, the decision to break out and march through hostile territory to Calais, all lead up to the rainy dawn of 25 October 1415 St Crispin's Day.

To our modern minds, the Middle Ages seem to mix the well-known and familiar with wildly alien concepts and circumstances. This book provides an introduction to this complex and dynamic period in England. Exploring a wide range of topics from law, religion and education to landscape, art and magic, between the eleventh and early fourteenth century, the structures, institutions and circumstances that form the basis for daily life and society are made accessible.

In the second half of the fifteenth century, for over thirty years, civil war tore England apart, but its roots were deeper and its thorns felt longer than this time frame suggests. In this book, Matthew Lewis examines the people behind these events, exploring the personalities of the main players, their motives, their successes and their failures. This book will uncover some of the lesserknown tales lost within the broad sweep of the Wars of Roses, the molehills that made up the mountain, in a very personal look at a period of complex loyalties and shifting fortunes.

$34.95 • 400 pages • 6 x 9.25 • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4456-4583-4 • NCR

$34.95 • 304 pages • 6 x 9.25 • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4456-4635-0 • NCR

Agincourt Henry V, the Man at Arms & the Archer

The Wars of the Roses

W.B. Barlett

John Ashdown-Hill

Henry V, King of England and claimant to the throne of France looked out across the field of Agincourt, the site of a remarkable victory, but there were few scenes of glory that met his eyes. This is the story of one remarkable day that was unparalleled in English history through the eyes of the king, a remarkable archer and the squire.

The Wars of the Roses call to mind bloody battles, treachery and deceit, and a cast of characters known to us through fact and fiction: Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville, Richard III, Warwick the Kingmaker, the Princes in the Tower, Henry Tudor. John Ashdown-Hill gets right to the heart of a ‘thorny’ subject, dispelling the myths and bringing clarity to a topic often shrouded in confusion.

Emily Brewer

$34.95 • 336 pages • 6 x 9.25 • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4456-4524-7 • NCR

$14.50 • 224 pages • 4.75 x 7.75 • November 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4988-7 • NCR

Mrs Elizabeth Chadwick & Dr Katrin Kania, BA, PhD

$34.95 • 336 pages • 6 x 9.25 • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4456-3949-9 • NCR

$16.00 • 192 pages • 4.75 x 7.75 • November 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-1975-0 • NCR

Soldier Slang of the First World War An amazing number of the words we use today were invented in World War I. They provide a unique insight into the experience of the war and the inventiveness and humor of ordinary soldiers. This wonderful array of trench lingo brings to life the spirit and resilience of ordinary men from different nations caught up in the war.

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Amberley Children’s Voices of the Second World War Christina Rex Throughout the six years of the conflict which began on 3 September 1939, military maneuvers, bombs and calls for dedication to the war effort became everyday for children. From Dunkirk to D-Day, through Doodlebugs to Victory, there was hardly a dull moment and remarkably little fear for children as they learned, collected and played under these bizarre circumstances. $14.50 • 272 pages • 4.75 x 7.75 • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4720-3 • NCR

Tomorrow is D-Day The Remarkable War Story of Supermarine’s First Draughtswoman Stella Rutter In these pages, Stella Rutter recounts her war story. After leaving art college, she obtained a post in the Drawing Office of HMS Excellent, Portsmouth. A year later she was commandeered to work for the Technical Publications section of Supermarine, the designers of the Spitfire. Then in June 1944 she was recommended as the right person to create an atmosphere of normality to relax the assembled officers on the eve of the invasion of Normandy. $14.50 • 192 pages • 4.75 x 7.75 • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4722-7 • NCR

Agent Fifi and the Wartime Honeytrap Spies Bernard O'Connor Kept secret for seventyfive years, Special Agent Fifi's existence long treated as a myth, her files were declassified in 2014 and her identity revealed as Marie Chilver, a half-Latvian, half-British escapee from occupied Europe. Marie’s extraordinary story reveals the inner workings of Britain's secret services and the lengths SOE would go to in equipping their agents for the highly dangerous espionage work in Nazi-dominated Europe.

Living on the Home Front Megan Westley Megan Westley enhances her account with her own experiences of ‘living on the Home Front’. Over the course of a year, she threw herself into wartime cooking and rationing, espoused the mottos ‘Dig for Victory’ and ‘make do and mend’, sacrificed television, and even recreated an air raid. This is a readable, intimate picture of day-to-day life during the era as well as a book full of authentic wartime recipes for the reader to try. $16.00 • 320 pages • 4.75 x 7.75 • October 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4527-8 • NCR

$26.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9.25 • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4456-4650-3 • NCR

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The Women Who Spied for Britain Robyn Walker Espionage is one of the world’s oldest professions, and it played an integral role in Allied successes and failures during the Second World War. The female undercover operatives of the Second World War deserve to have their incredible stories told. This book traces the fascinating and sometimes tragic stories of eight women who put their lives on the line and made invaluable contributions to the British war effort. $16.00 • 238 pages • 4.75 x 7.75 • August 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4584-1 • NCR

Brothers in Arms Canadian Firefighters in England in the Second World War John Leete & Brian Berringer Their story is uniquely enhanced by the arrival in England of over 400 volunteer firemen from Canada, who, having braved a journey across the U-boat infested Atlantic Ocean, faced an equally uncertain future on the streets of warravaged cities including London, Bristol and Plymouth. Their relatively unknown contribution was nonetheless significant and every member of the Corps played his part in winning the war on the home front. $24.50 • 128 pages • 9.75 x 6.75 • November 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4825-5 • NCR

Amberley Merseyside’s War Mike BenboughJackson

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As the ‘second city of empire’, Liverpool and the surrounding region played a pivotal role in the First World War. Even before the conflict, almost a third of all the goods that came into the country and the products that were shipped overseas passed through the port. This account helps us fully understand the way the war shaped the perceptions and experiences of the people who lived in England’s third largest city and its hinterland.

Fighter Pilot

Jet Age

The Life of Battle of Britain Ace Bob Doe

How a British Invention Shaped the Mordern World

Dr Helen Doe

Andrew Porter

In June 1940, at the age of twenty, Bob Doe believed himself to be the worst pilot in his squadron. Just three months later he was a highly decorated hero of the Battle of Britain. This is the story of the pilot who, in his own estimation, was not promising material for a fighter pilot.

Since the Second World War, the world has shrunk and travel has been revolutionized. Plans can reach over double the speed of sound, and aviation represents one of the biggest driving forces in the global economy. Jet Age charts the invention and influence of the jet engine and jet planes, civil and military – and the enormous effect they have had on our lives.

$42.00 • 288 pages • 6.75 x 9.75 • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4456-4611-4 • NCR

$22.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9.25 • January 2016 • paperback • 978-1-4456-3922-2 • NCR

The Final Few The Last Surviving Pilots of the Battle of Britain Tell Their Stories Dilip Sarkar Veteran aviation historian Dilip Sarkar, however, has spent a lifetime recording the stories of casualties and recording the memories of survivors. In this important book commemorating the Battle of Britain’s seventy-fifth anniversary, the author brings us more original work, new interviews with ‘The Final Few’. This is likely to be the last such work produced, as sadly but inevitably Churchill’s Few fade from living memory. $26.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9.25 • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4456-4236-9 • NCR

One of Our TSR2s in Missing Andrew Porter

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$34.95 • 336 pages • 6 x 9.25 • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4456-4266-6 • NCR

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Nearly fifty years have passed but outrage, anger and disbelief still continue to pour out in volume on UK aviation forums to this day over the controversial scrapping of the TSR2. Using the journalistic methods from his Transatlantic Betrayal, author Andrew Porter will investigate the TSR2 program and the fates of the individual aircraft in an attempt to solve the mystery surrounding TSR2 XR221. $28.50 • 160 pages • 6.75 x 9.75 • February 2016 • paperback • 978-1-4456-2286-6 • NCR

The Dramatic Story of a Young Fighter Pilot’s Experiences during the Battle of Britain & Siege of Malta Tom Neil This is a fighter pilot's memoir of four tumultuous years, 1938–1942, when he was first trained, then fought and survived in not one but two of the biggest aerial campaigns of the war, the Battle of Britain and the equally epic, but lesser known Siege of Malta. Now 94, he is one of only twenty-five Battle of Britain veterans still alive and this vivid memoir is his last word on his fighter pilot experiences. $42.00 • 640 pages • 6 x 9.25 • 100 illustrations • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-44564951-1 • NCR

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Amberley With All For All

Dunkirk Little Ships

The Life of Simon de Montfort

Nigel Sharp

Darren Baker Like his crusading father before him, Simon de Montfort’s combination of charisma, determination and fearlessness, reinforced by a wife with similar qualities, made him one of the greatest men of his age. This biography follows his life from his birth and upbringing in France until his defeat and death at the hands of the future Edward I. $34.95 • 336 pages • 6 x 9.25 • April 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4456-4574-2 • NCR

In May 1940, following the rapid advance of German troops through Holland, Belgium and France, the British Expeditionary Force and French army retreated to Dunkirk. Operation Dynamo was instigated in an attempt to rescue as many of them as possible. The Admiralty managed to round up around 700 small craft which were able to rescue an astonishing 338,226 troops over nine days. This is their story. $22.95 • 96 pages • 6.5 x 9.25 • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4750-0 • NCR

SS Nieuw Amsterdam The Darling of the Dutch William H. Miller Entering service in 1938, the Nieuw Amsterdam was the Holland America Line flagship until the construction of the Rotterdam in the late 1950s. Her pre-war life was short and she was used as a troopship during the Second World War, carrying many thousands of Allied troops to all corners of the world. Of 36,000 tons, she was the largest vessel built in Rotterdam and was launched by Queen Wilhelmina in April 1937. $34.95 • 128 pages • 6.75 x 9.75 • 190 illustrations • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-5048-7 • NCR

10 Greatest Ships of the Royal Navy John Ballard

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Royal Navy Search and Rescue

In this readable and informative book, John Ballard tells the story of ten of the most significant ships in the Royal Navy, from HMS Victory, Nelson's flagship at Trafalgar, to HMS Invincible, the key ship of the Falklands War. In between there are the stories of a variety of ships that encompass the era of the Royal Navy’s global preeminence and Pax Britannica, two world wars, the Cold War and the complex post-Cold War era.

The first time that man set out to locate and bring back to safety a lost friend, animal or precious object, the concept of search and rescue was born. In this book, David Morris, Curator of Aircraft and Large Objects at the Fleet Air Arm, takes a look at a century of Royal Navy search and rescue, from the first mission to rescue a downed pilot in the Balkans in November 1915 to the present day.

$24.50 • 160 pages • 6.5 x 9.25 • October 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4652-7 • NCR

$28.50 • 128 pages • 6.75 x 9.75 • November 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-3463-0 • NCR

David Morris & Eric Brown

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HMS Li Wo The Most Decorated Small Ship in the Navy A. V. Sellwood Li Wo had been built in 1938 for running a passenger service on the River Yangtse. In 1940, she was requisitioned and commissioned into the Royal Navy at Singapore as HMS Li Wo. In this book, A V Sellwood has pieced together the almost unbelievable story of the most decorated small ship in the Royal Navy, a story which might otherwise have remained lost in the Admiralty archives. $13.00 • 160 pages • 4.75 x 7.75 • August 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4456-4794-4 • NCR

Chipotle Publishing AK-47: The Grim Reaper

The MacMan

2nd Edition

Gordon B. Ingram and his Submachine Guns

Frank Iannamico

Frank Iannamico & Donald G. Thomas

It’s back...but this time with more pages, more information and more photographs. The most definitive study on Kalashnikov pattern rifles to date boasts over 1,100 printed pages covering the AK rifle, as well as its variants manufactured in over 19 countries. $69.95 • 1086 pages • 9 x 11.5 • 2015 • hardback • 978-0-9823918-5-3

The full story on Gordon Ingram and his machine guns... Read the details about Ingram’s revolutionary designs: from the Model 6, M10, M11, MAC, RPB, and SWD... it’s all here. The travels, the designs, the silencers, Sionics, the international intrigue, the characters, the deals. $39.95 • 520 pages • 9 x 11.5 • 776 illustrations • 2015 • hardback • 9780-9823918-1-5

Blitzkrieg The MP40 Machinenpistole of WWII Frank Iannamico

United States Submachine Guns

MP38-MP40

Frank Iannamico

An English translation of the RARE German Luftwaffe manual using the original graphics and format. The original was dated August 1940 in Berlin, by Dr. M. Matthiesen & company. German text was translated by Bill Berg. Includes general information, disassembly, assembly, troubleshooting and more.

This book includes the history and development of the German machine pistol from the MP18,I to the MP40. This is the extremely revised and updated second printing by Frank Iannamico; it is now in our popular 8.5”x11” format and has almost 100 more pages than the original printing!

This profusely illustrated new book covers the research and development of the submachine gun in the U.S. from World War I to present....plus, learn how many foreign submachine guns fared when tested against the U.S. designs at the Aberdeen Proving Ground from 1939 to 1943.

$29.95 • 8.5 x 11.5 • 2015 • paperback • 9780970195494

$29.95 • 486 pages • 8.5 x 11 • 2015 • paperback • 978-0974272405

Machine Pistol Operators Manual

$6.95 • 10 pages • 6 x 8.5 • paperback

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Chipotle Publishing The U.S. M3-3AI

The Last Steel Warrior

Frank Iannamico

U.S. M14 Rifle Frank Iannamico

Another great book by Frank Iannamico on the .45 caliber Grease Gun. Subjects include history, production, maintenance, ammunition, silenced versions, accessories and much more.

Frank Iannamico’s latest book details the development of the influential M14 rifle. Includes coverage of 7.62 NATO ammunition, M14 accessories and accouterments, commercial M14 rifles, development and research, experimental models, lubrication and maintenance, manuals, production, magazine contractors, full-auto M1 Garand rifles, the springfield Armory M1A, the M14 enhanced battle rifle, the M14 match rifle, the T44 series prototype rifles, many previously unpublished vintage photographs and much much more!

$9.95 • 166 pages • 6 x 8.5 • 2015 • paperback • 978-0970195449

$29.95 • 424 pages • 8.5 x 11 • 2015 • paperback • 978-0974272429

The Browning Machine Gun Vol. 5

Browning Machinegun Shop Manual

The Reising Submachine Gun Story

Dolfs Notebook

Frank Iannamico

The original BSD manuals (Base Shop Data) for the Browning caliber .30, caliber .50 machine guns and .30 caliber BAR were originally compiled by the United State’s Ordnance Department for the purpose of training U.S. Ordnance armorers how to disassemble, overhaul and reassemble these weapons. The World War II BSD’s were well illustrated with clear line drawings and written description. These rare BSDs have been digitally restored and reformatted for presentation in this manual. Today’s enthusiast will find this manual invaluable for maintaining or repairing Browning firearms.

Frank Iannamico covers the Reising SMG models including the 50, 55, 60, & 65. 213 pages on the development, history, manufacturing and much more.

Dolf L. Goldsmith This is the fifth and final volume of Dolf Goldsmith’s Browning Machine Gun series. Volume V: Dolf’s Notebook ties it all togerther with hints and tips for working on Bronwing machine guns, all culled from Dolf’s 70 years of experience and experimentation with the weapons in question. And with over 300 pages and nearly 500 illustrations, many customers suggest buying two copies; one for your reading shelf... and one to get dirty with in the workshop. Included are 307 pages and nearly 500 illustrations. $59.95 • 306 pages • 9 x 11.25 • 2015 • hardback • 978-0-9823918-4-6

$9.95 • 211 pages • 6 x 8.5 • 2015 • paperback

$29.95 • 307 pages • 8.5 x 11 • 2015 • paperback • 978-0974272436

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Chipotle Publishing Machine Gun Inventors Coloring Book

Machine Guns of WWI Coloring Book

Robert Segel

Fun, educational, and historically entertaining, this new series of coloring books is a must for your children. They provide a better understanding of the geniuses and inventors who used their ingenuity and knowledge to create weapons for their armies to use.

This coloring book focuses on the machine guns used by the various armies involved in World War I. $4.95 • 16 pages • 8.5 x 11 • 2015 • paperback • 978-0-9823918-3-9

$4.95 • 16 pages • 8.5 x 11 • 2015 • paperback • 978-0-9823918-2-2

Why Daddy Serves His Country Coloring Book

The British Sten Manual For Shooters & Collectors

Weapon Mounts for Secondary Armament

Robert Segel

Frank Iannamico

This coloring book will help today’s youth understand the sacrifice of the U.S. Military Family.

$4.95 • 16 pages • 8.5 x 11 • 2015 • paperback • 978-0-9823918-6-0

$14.95 • 2015 • paperback

$69.95 • 2015 • hardback • 978-0974272443

G.O. Noville

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British Museum / Fighting High Bonaparte and the British

Under The Maple Leaf

prints and propaganda in the age of Napoleon

The Remarkable Story of Four Canadian Volunteers who Flew with Bomber Command During the Second World War

Tim Clayton & Sheila O'Connell Not only was Waterloo one of the most decisive battles ever fought, was also a crucial event in European political and social history, ending over 20 years of conflict and bringing to his knees one of Europe’s most extraordinary and challenging figures – Napoleon Bonaparte. This intriguing book shows through contemporary prints how Bonaparte was seen from across the English Channel where hostile propaganda was tempered by admiration for his military and administrative talents. Featuring works from the British Museum’s world-renowned collection of political satires the authors examine in detail these fascinating and humorous prints.

The Canadian contribution to the Second World War Allied bombing campaign, from the first days of the war to the last, proved instrumental in securing the defeat of Nazi Germany. Author and historian Ken Cothliff has pieced together the extraordinary stories of four Canadian volunteers who chose to fly 'Under the Maple Leaf'. There was no mandatory conscription in Canada. They chose to serve their country and the British Commonwealth in it’s time of greatest need, and the choice was theirs and theirs alone.

$40.00 • 224 pages • 9.5 x 10.5 • 200 color illustrations • January 2015 • paperback • 978-0-7141-2693-7 • British Museum Press • NCR

$34.95 • 256 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 32 pages of b/w photos • September 2015 • hardback • 978-0-9932129-1-8 • Fighting High Publishing

Zemke’s Wolfpack A Photographic Odyssey of the 56th Fighter Group During the Second World War Nigel Julian & Peter Randall

Ken Cothliff

V-Weapons Bomber Command Failed to Return Steve Bond & Steve Darlow

The only US 8th Army Air Force fighter group to retain the mighty P-47 Thunderbolt throughout its combat tour in the European Theater of Operations, the 56th Fighter Group justified its nickname of 'Zemke’s Wolfpack' by the aggressive attitude and tactics instilled by its original wartime commander Hub Zemke. Looking beyond the Thunderbolt flight line, the authors have delved deep into their own extensive collections, along with the 56th Fighter Group museum archives and the many private photograph albums in order to produce the most in-depth photographic record of the Wolfpack and its associated service units published to date.

In the Summer of 1944 Nazi Germany launched its terrifying Vergeltungswaffen (reprisal weapon) attack against the population of southeast England. Under direct attack the Allies responded. This account tells the story of some of those airmen who were prepared to risk their lives countering the German VWeapon offensive in direct defense of the civilian population. They had responded to what British Prime Minister Winston Churchill described as the attempt to ‘blast the viper in his nest’. Their story deserves to be told. ‘We Will Remember Them’.

$49.95 • 208 pages • 8.25 x 10.75 • color and b/w photos throughout • July 2015 • hardback • 978-0-9926207-8-3 • Fighting High Publishing

$34.95 • 128 pages • 8.25 x 10.75 • color and b/w photos throughout • August 2015 • hardback • 978-0-9926207-9-0 • Fighting High Publishing

The Flying Hours The Compelling Memoir of Squadron Leader Andrew Millar DSO, DFC, and the Second World War Battle Against Japan Andrew Millar Squadron Leader Andrew Patrick Millar’s Distinguished Service Order citation attests to his ‘superb leadership’, and ‘excellent example and personal achievements’ that were ‘largely responsible for the high standard and efficiency’ of his squadron. The Flying Hours is Squadron Leader Millar’s candid and retrospective personal account of his experiences while serving as a pilot with the Royal Air Force and commanding No. 20 Squadron in the Far East during the Second World War battle against the Japanese. Andrew Millar’s gripping prose describes the trials and tribulations of mounting combat operations against the Japanese while based in India and Burma, firstly in Westland Lysanders and then piloting Hawker Hurricanes. $34.95 • 256 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 16 pages of b/w photos • August 2015 • hardback • 978-09932129-0-1 • Fighting High Publishing

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Fonthill Media The Life of a Union Army Sharpshooter The Diaries and Letters of John T. Farnham

Edward IV From Contemporary Chronicles, Letters and Records Keith Dockray

John T. Farnham, a sharpshooter in the Union Army, wrote a substantial diary entry nearly every day during his three-year enlistment, sent over 50 long articles to his hometown newspaper, and mailed some 600 letters home. He described training, battles, skirmishes, encampments, furloughs, marches, hospital life, and clerkships at the Iron Brigade headquarters and the War Department.

Edward IV (king from 1461-83), so often overshadowed by his younger brother and eventual successor Richard III is a controversial figure in his own right. Was he a lazy and licentious lightweight who much preferred his mistresses to his ministers and had little taste for the arduous day-to-day business of government? Or was he, rather, a wise and successful monarch who laid the foundations for over a century of Tudor rule?

$39.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-62545-077-7

$26.99 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 27 b/w • Now Available • paperback • 978-1-78155-416-6

Napoleon In Defeat and Captivity

Waterloo

William G. Andrews

1815–1821

The Struggle for Hougoumont John Franklin

The book tells the fascinating, compelling and tragic tale of Napoleon Bonaparte from his defeat at Waterloo, through the period of his abdication in Paris to his capture by the British and, beyond, as he went, reluctantly, into exile. It focuses on the Emperor's time on the Bellerophon and Northumberland, the ships that carried him from France to England and St Helena.

This highly detailed new book provides a comprehensive account of the fighting at the Château of Hougoumont on Sunday 18th June 1815, by utilizing the accounts of the oﬃcers and men who fought in the Battle of Waterloo. Drawn predominantly from contemporary manuscript sources, it contains a wealth of previously unpublished material, including significant new information from the French and German archives.

$39.95 • 384 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 80 b/w photographs • October 2015 • hardback • 9781-78155-470-8

$34.95 • 224 pages • 6.75 x 9.75 • 60 color illustrations • August 2015 • hardback • 978-178155-478-4

Phil Carradice

With Napoleon at St Helena John Stokoe Nearing the end of his career as a ship surgeon, he agreed in 1817 to take a three year posting to St Helena. Stokoe set out for St Helena on HMS Conqueror in 1817. At St Helena there was discord following the Governor, Lieutenant-General Sir Hudson Lowe's controversial decision to dismiss Napoleon's doctor, Barry O'Mara. $28.95 • 192 pages • 6.50 x 9.25 • October 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78155-460-9

Texans at Gettysburg Blood and Glory with Hood's Texas Brigade Joseph L. Owen & Randy S. Drais

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The Texans from Hood's Texas Brigade and other regiments who fought at Gettysburg on 1-3 July 1863 described their experiences of the battle in personal diaries, interviews, newspaper articles, letters and speeches. Their reminiscences provide a fascinating and harrowing account of the battle as they fought the Army of the Potomac. $28.95 • 240 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 22 b/w photographs • November 2015 • paperback • 978-1-62545-060-9

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Fonthill Media Mount of Aces

Dear Raymond

KEK’s and Fokkerstaffels

The Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a

The Story of Spirituality and the First World War

The early German fighter units in 1915–1916

Sophie Jackson

Johan Ryheul

Raymond Lodge's death from shell shrapnel in 1915 was unremarkable in a war where many young men would die, but his father's response to his untimely death was. Sir Oliver Lodge, physicist, scientist, part inventor of the wireless telegraph and the spark plug, could not let go of Raymond and went on a controversial and bizarre journey into the realm of life after death.

This is the first time that the history of the German Kampfeinsitzer Kommandos, better known as KEKs and the Fokkerstaffels, have been gathered in a book. The KEKs were the predecessors of the famous Jagdstaffeln or Jastas which would wreck havoc on Allied aircraft over the trenches during the First World War. This book presents the history of these units and their aces and acts as a battlefield guide.

Paul R. Hare The Sopwith Camel may be the most celebrated British fighter plane of the First World War, but it was the Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a that almost all the highest scoring aces, including McCudden and Mannock, preferred. Today homebuilders are producing reproductions of the S.E.5a for sport and leisure flying; it is a fitting tribute to a design now nearly a century old. $29.95 • 160 pages • 6 x 9 • March 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-115-8

$29.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • March 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-219-3

Churchill, Kitchener & Lloyd George

The Last Great Cavalry Charge

First World Warlords

The Story of Lighter-than-air Craft

Steve Cliffe Would it have been possible for the First World War to be avoided? Steve Cliffe, author of Churchill, Kitchener and Lloyd George: First World Warlords, believes so as did David Lloyd George, Britain's wartime prime minister. In a bloody act of annihilation that killed up to a million young British men, Lloyd George was one of three powerful personalities who indelibly stamped their authority and influence on the conduct and final outcome of 'the war to end all wars'. $24.95 • 144 pages • 6 x 9 • March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78155-272-8

Joe Robinson & Francis Hendriks The entire right wing of the Imperial German Army included only nine cavalry brigades in the well-known Schlieffen Plan, and two of those brigades were decimated in this one battle. The battle has not been explored in detail in the English language, as it took place before the British Expeditionary Force landed in the channel ports and well before any American involvement. $32.95 • 144 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 65 b/w photographs • July 2015 • hardback • 978-178155-183-7

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$40.00 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • March 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-223-0

The British Shell Shortage of the First World War Phillip Harding This book looks at shell manufacture and views the military and political battles of 1915, a time when decisions made by a government whose ideology was not compatible to war, had to answer for their decisions and management since war was declared. It details the battles of Neuve Chapelle and Aubers Ridge from the perspective of The Rifle Brigade. $34.95 • 192 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 30 b/w photographs • July 2015 • hardback • 978-178155-453-1

Fonthill Media The North Eastern Railway in The First World War Rob Langham The North Eastern Railway underwent extreme change after the outbreak of war in August 1914. Overseas, men of the NER that joined the forces served with honor, but many were not to come home. This is the story of one railway's war, of how it continued to operate and adapt, and the men and women who served with the company or left to fight for the country's freedom. $25.95 • 208 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 30 b/w illustrations • August 2015 • paperback • 9781-78155-455-5

Letters from a Flying Officer Rothesay Stuart Wortley This classic text was originally intended, when it first appeared in 1928, as propaganda for air-minded youth, these letters and diaries in fact tell the story of the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force from August 1914 to the Armistice four years later. The book is a beautifully written-equal to the classic narratives of the first war in the air. $29.95 • 208 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 60 b/w photographs • October 2015 • paperback • 9780781554975

Bloody Paralyser

Prussian Princesses

Rob Langham

The Sisters of Kaiser Wilhelm II

This book tells the story of the largest British bomber aircraft of the First World War and the men who flew them. In 1915, the biggest plane ever seen in Britain took flight for the first time, a twin engine monster with a 100-foot wingspan. The men that flew in the 'Bloody Paralysers' were the forerunners of the crews of Bomber Command in the Second World War and now their story is told in their own words. $34.95 • 224 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 100 b/w photographs • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-080-9

Prisoners of the British

John van der Kiste Kaiser Friedrich III and his consort Victoria, Princess Royal of Great Britain, had six children who lived to maturity, the eldest being Kaiser Wilhelm II. The three younger sisters, Victoria, Sophie and Margaret, were particularly supportive of their mother during her widowhood and remained close throughout their lives. Using previously unpublished sources, this is the first biography to tell the lives of all three princesses. $34.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 40 b/w photographs • March 2015 • hardback • 978-178155-435-7

Irish Aces of the RFC and RAF in the First World War

Internees and Prisoners of War During the First World War This book examines the truth of these views while also looking at the number of camps set up in the country and the public and press perception of the men held here. $34.95 • 192 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 40 b/w illustrations • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155479-1

Hauptmann Hermann

The First World War had an enormous impact on Ireland. This book seeks to restore all those who were written out of Irish history, while also providing for their achievements to be considered in the overall context of the first air war.

This remarkable, but little-known book, first published in 1943, argues how pure incompetence in planning and strategy left the Luftwaﬀe hopelessly stretched and exposed. This prescient book shows how German eﬃciency was fatally paralyzed by the dead-hand of the corrupt Nazi Party.

$40.00 • 272 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 November 2015 • hardback • 9781-78155-486-9

$21.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78155006-9

Joe Gleeson

Michael Foley

The Rise and Fall of the Luftwaffe

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Fonthill Media Thunderbolt to War

A Spitfire Pilot's Story

Merchantmen in Action

An American Fighter Pilot in England

Wine, Women and Song

John Anderson & Clint Sperry

Hamish Brown

Evacuations and Landings by Merchant Ships in World War II

Thunderbolt to War gives a remarkable insight into the structure and operations of a leading USAAF Fighter Squadron in England during the Second World War, together with personal thoughts and feelings of skilled fighter pilot, Clint Sperry. The 353rd Fighter Group was a rarely celebrated 'workhorse' of Eighth Fighter Command, but names of some of its charismatic leaders still resonate today.

This frank account of New Zealand Spitfire pilot Doug Brown traces his training and action experienced in the RAF, and social activities during the war. After 'signing up' with the Air Force, basic training took place at Levin, followed by initial training on Tiger Moths at Whenuapai.

In spring 1941, when the Allied Merchant Navy was losing on average 130 ships a month, the unbreakable resolve of these civilian seafarers was all that held Britain back from inglorious defeat. This book aims to honor the seamen of the Merchant Navy for their colossal sacrifice.

$39.95 • 368 pages • 7 x 10 • March 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-035-9

$29.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • March 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-045-8

Roy V. Martin

$34.95 • 272 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 118 b/w photographs • August 2015 • hardback • 978-178155-456-2

The Polar Bears

Joseph Goebbels

Naval Frogmen

Monty's Left Flank From Normandy to the Relief of Holland with the 49th Division

The Nazi Leadership at Rest and Play

Wartime Underwater Operators

Patrick Delaforce Following the successful formula adopted for his other divisional histories, Patrick Delaforce draws on contributions from the soldiers who fought with the Polar Bears • privates, NCOs and oﬃcers alike. $21.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78155072-4

Curt Riess Riess' biography was first published in 1949, and benefitted greatly from the discovery of Goebbels' diaries in 1946. It explores the many fascinating and pertinent aspects of Goebbels' character: the insecurities brought on by his diminutive stature; his rejection by his family; his consuming jealousy of his rivals; and his obsession with sex. $29.95 • 448 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 96 b/w photographs • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78155-323-7 • hardback edition • $29.95 • 978-178155-122-6

T. J. Waldron & James Gleeson The first modern frogmen were the Italian commando frogmen, of Decima Flottiglia MAS which was first in action in 1940. This book details their training, their various attacks, and the use of frogmen to clear the D-Day beaches of underwater obstacles, and the clearance of mines, booby traps and wrecks in harbors. $21.95 • 160 pages • 6 x 9 • March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78155172-1

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The Invasion of Hitler's Third Reich Patrick Delaforce Early in 1945 the British Liberation Army (BLA), who had battled their way from the Normandy beaches to the borders of Germany, embarked on Operation Eclipse. This was the 'end-game' of the Second World War, the unique military campaign to invade and conquer Hitler's Third Reich and liberate 20 million enslaved nationals. $29.95 • 272 pages • 6 x 9 • March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78155325-1

Fonthill Media Soldiers with Spanners

Haunted Second World War Airfields

Peter Bodle There are many very excellent books written on the exploits of the USAAF aircrew during the Second World War. Quite rightly the heroics and valor of these men, has been plentifully documented by year, by raid, by Bomb Group and by aircraft type. However the story of the men behind these planes and their crews has received very little attention, even though many were away from home for the entire duration of the conflict. Their story was equally as important to the final victory and this book has been written to go some way to redress that balance. These unique photographs give a close insight to their war. $24.95 • 144 pages • 7 x 10 • March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78155337-4

Voume Two: East Anglia to Wales Christopher Huff For 15 years, the author has been studying R.A.F. airfields and the paranormal phenomena that have been reported from them, and to date has accounts from over 250 haunted RAF airfields in the UK. These begin with ghostly reports at Montrose and Scopwick during World War 1 and continue to be witnessed to the present day. Why are so many airfields haunted? A variety of reasons but one that seems to be a common thread is that the airmen felt that the airfield was home, where their friends were and that is where the dead want to be. Volume Two in this three-book series of haunted World War 2 airfields of the UK covers the middle of England stretching across from East Anglia to the Welsh borders • and Wales itself. $29.95 • 356 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 80 b/w maps, 17 b/w photographs • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78155-098-4

Wartime Bombing Decoys in Wales Northern England, Northern Ireland and Scotland Ivor Jones Ivor Jones' new book vividly describes the cunning nighttime decoys which saved Cardiﬀ, and indeed Wales itself, from German bombings during the Second World War. Superbly illustrated with photographs and maps, this is a fascinating insight into a previously overlooked aspect of the Second World War. Ivor Jones' new book vividly describes the cunning nighttime decoys which saved Cardiﬀ, and indeed Wales itself, from German bombings during the Second World War.

Hans Sturm Gordon Williamson There are many biographies of former soldiers of the Wehrmacht, many of whom had fascinating and exciting stories to tell, and several of whom were highly decorated. However, few can match Hans Sturm in his astonishing rise from a mere private in an infantry regiment, thrown into the bloody maelstrom of the Eastern Front, to a highly decorated war hero. $39.95 • 320 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 80 b/w phootographs • July 2015 • hardback • 978-178155-393-0

Onslaught on Hitler’s Rhine The Giant Handley Page Bombers of World War 1 Patrick Delaforce Operation Plunder was Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's swan song. It is rarely mentioned in the Second World War history books, and when it is, both American and British military historians dismiss it as being ultra-cautious. The book is part of a Fonthill trilogy by Delaforce: Monty's Rhine Adventure (Market Garden); and Invasion of the Third Reich (the campaign after Plunder). $34.95 • 240 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 194 b/w illustrations • July 2015 • hardback • 978-178155-441-8

$34.95 • 224 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 270 b/w photographs • July 2015 • paperback • 978-178155-233-9

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Fonthill Media The War Diaries of Count Galeazzo Ciano 1939–1943 Galeazzo Ciano Count Galeazzo Ciano was foreign minister in Fascist Italy from 1936 until 1943. This fascinating diary gives a day to day account of this passage through the war, his meetings with the Duce and other key figures of the conflict including Hitler and Von Ribbentrop. $34.95 • 496 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 64 b/w photographs • July 2015 • paperback • 978-178155-448-7

Haunted Second World War Airfields Volume Three Christopher Huff For 15 years, the author has been studying R.A.F. airfields and the paranormal phenomena that have been reported from them. Volume Three in this three-book series of haunted World War 2 airfields of the UK covers the far North East of England, Northern Ireland and Scotland. $32.95 • 356 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 80 maps, 17 b/w photographs • August 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78155-099-1

Luftwaffe Aerial Reconnaissance Photographs of England, Scotland and Wales Nigel Clarke A secret aerial reconnaissance of the United Kingdom had been undertaken by the Luftwaﬀe several years prior to the outbreak of war, and these images were used in the detailed planning for the invasion of the United Kingdom. It is from this source that Nigel Clarke slowly amassed a collection of over 1,000 surveillance pictures of the UK. $25.95 • 224 pages • 6.75 x 9.75 • 209 b/w photographs • August 2015 • paperback • 9781-78155-119-6

Munich Playground

The USAAF in Suffolk

Ernest R. Pope

Roy Brazier & Peter Bodle

As senior correspondent for Reuters in Munich from 1936–1941, American Ernest Pope saw the cruel and outrageous behavior of Nazis in their native habitat. Fluent in Bavarian German dialect, Pope made many friends in Munich with citizens and oﬃcials alike.

The East of England, particularly Suﬀolk, became a new home for thousands of American airmen during the Second World War. This book examines the meeting of two cultures, while stories are related of the aircraft victories and losses, plus accidents which sometimes shook the countryside.

$32.95 • 192 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 32 b/w illustrations • August 2015 • hardback • 978-178155-454-8

Adolf’s British Holiday Snaps

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Britain’s Imperial Air Routes 1918–1939 Architecture, Landscape and the Arts Robin Higham This remarkable book pictures the growth of British civil air transport from its inception in 1910 through to the formation of Imperial Airways in 1934 and then the beginnings of British Overseas Airways Corporation. $45.00 • 384 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 70 b/w illustrations • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-370-1

Fonthill Media Total Espionage

The Observer Corps and the Battle of Britain

Curt Riess Total Espionage was first published shortly before Pearl Harbor and is fresh in its style, retaining immediacy unpolluted by the knowledge of subsequent events. It tells how the whole apparatus of the Nazi state was geared towards war by its systematic gathering of information and dissemination of disinformation. The author, a Berlin journalist, went into exile in 1933 and eventually settled in Manhattan in where he wrote for the Saturday Evening Post. He maintained a network of contacts throughout Europe and from inside the regime to garner his facts. $28.95 • 256 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 75 b/w illustrations • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-451-7

Richard O'Neill Throughout the Battle of Britain, the Observer Corps constituted Britain's only means of aircraft detection over land, providing crucial intelligence to the early warning system enabling Britain to survive the summer of 1940. The largely volunteer organization had its origins in the Zeppelin and Gotha bombing raids of the First World War and continued to expand through the inter-war period alongside the RAF. The Corps, coupled with radar, formed the system upon which the successful functioning of the RAF depended. Overshadowed by Fighter Command and radar, the observers held an integral position in Britain's defensive system. $32.95 • 192 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 40 b/w illustrations • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-457-9

RAF 100 Group 1942–1943

British Bombing Policy

The Birth of Electronic Warfare

During the Second World War

Janine Harrington

Hubert R. Allen

Air battles over Germany were becoming intense and complex by the Autumn/Winter of 1942. Something drastic was called for, and this came in the concept of establishing a specialist RAF unit to become responsible for the operational development, application and coordination of all RCM (Radar Countermeasure) programs, from the air and from the ground.

This book is unusual inasmuch as the author is not worried about being controversial. He wrote this work in a frank manner using his personal experience. The book focuses on the policy and its wisdom. What he does is point out what might have been achieved if British targeting policies had been thought through with greater intelligence.

$39.95 • 288 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 50 b/w photographs • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-458-6

$32.95 • 208 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 32 b/w illustrations • October 2015 • paperback • 9781-78155-471-5

Short Stirling The First of the RAF Heavy Bombers Pino Lombardi This book is dedicated to the RAF's first four-engine heavy bomber and is the culmination of an incredible 30 years' comprehensive research. Illustrated with largely unpublished wartime photographs, it describes the design, construction and factories where Stirlings were produced. The men and women who built them relate their stories and the aircrews give their personal accounts of operating the Stirling. $85.00 • 400 pages • 6.75 x 9.75 • 400 b/w photographs • October 2015 • hardback • 9781-78155-473-9

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Fonthill Media My Target Was Leningrad

Trunk Monkeys

Tornado in Pictures

Philip Goodall

The Life of a Contract Soldier in Iraq

David Gledhill & Darren Willmin

On 6 August and 8 August 1945, the world changed forever with the release of two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. This is unique in that it is a human story, not just a list of technical facts and bomber data. This is the chilling story of what really happened and how close the world came to World War III and a nuclear apocalypse.

This is the true story of operators from a private military company working in Iraq shortly after the first Gulf War. Lewis Steiner left one of the finest regiments in the British Army to join the gold rush into what was to become the living hell of war-torn Iraq. This fascinating and extremely violent account encompasses the highs and lows of operating throughout Iraq.

Lewis Steiner

$34.95 • 256 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 200 b/w photographs • August 2015 • hardback • 978-178155-181-3

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Shemya

Soviet Cold War Fighters

America’s Cold War Sentinel Gerald Butler The isolated Aleutian Islands became stepping stones to the United States for the Japanese military during World War II. Their thrust was terminated by bitter battles in 1943, but in the late 1950s, another threat emerged-the Cold War. Once again, the Aleutian islands became a battlefield for the most sophisticated monitoring and highly secretive electronic gathering equipment then in existence. $28.95 • 176 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 50 b/w photographs • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-62545-038-8

Alexander Mladenov

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Beautifully illustrated with many rare and unpublished photographs, Soviet Cold War Fighters looks at the main development periods of Soviet fighter designs and covers all the important features and developments for each that witnessed the most iconic and powerful fighters. $70.00 • 352 pages • 6.75 x 9.75 • 204 b/w photographs, 55 color photographs • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155496-8

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The Panavia Tornado was designed as a multi-role combat aircraft to meet the needs of Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. This unique collection including some of David Gledhill's own air-to-air pictures of the Tornado F2 and F3 will appeal to everyone with an interest in this iconic aircraft. $25.95 • 96 pages • 6.50 x 9.25 • 180 color photographs • August 2015 • paperback • 9781-78155-463-0

Thor Ballistic Missile John Boyes In the mid-1950s faced with worrying advances in Soviet missile technology, the United States sought to develop an IRBM to act as a stop-gap until the Atlas ICBM became operational. Intense inter-service rivalry followed before the US Air Force gained the upper hand in deploying the missile. Covering activities on both sides of the Atlantic, the book features a number of previously unpublished photographs and includes plans and diagrams of the missile sites and equipment. $40.00 • 224 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 70 illustrations • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-481-4

Fonthill Media The History of the Biggin Hill International Air Fair Paul Fiddian For almost half a century, Biggin Hill was the scene of one of the world's best loved and longest-running air shows. This book details each show, its text accompanied by a host of high quality and nostalgic images, a considerable number of them previously unpublished. $32.95 • 192 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 80 color and b/w images • October 2015 • paperback • 9781-78155-491-3

A Flying Life An Enthusiast's Photographic Record of British Aviation in the 1930s Richard Riding Since his childhood, E. J. Riding was fascinated by aviation. After spending much of his youth recording aircraft seen over Manchester, and touring the country's aerodromes with close friend J. G. Ellison, Riding was apprenticed to A. V. Roe & Company and employed as an aircraft engineer. With over 350 photographs, this is a remarkable record of British aviation in the 1930s, providing a unique perspective into many aircraft at all stages of their service life. $29.95 • 256 pages • 7 x 10 • July 2013 • hardback • 978-1-78155-087-8

Handley Page The First Forty Years Handley Page Handley Page began manufacturing airplanes in a small factory in Barking, Essex in 1909. The company was founded by Frederick Handley Page as the United Kingdom's first publicly traded aircraft manufacturing company. During the First World War Handley Page produced a series of heavy bombers for the Royal Navy to bomb the German Zeppelin yards, with the ultimate intent of bombing Berlin in revenge for the Zeppelin attacks on London. $21.95 • 128 pages • 6.5 x 9.25 • October 2012 • paperback • 978-1-78155-007-6

The Phantom in Focus A Navigator’s Eye on Britain’s Cold War Warrior David Gledhill The Phantom is the original multi-role combat jet and one of the world's most iconic aircraft. This is the inside story, told by a veteran RAF navigator, of what it was actually like to fly in the cockpit of a Phantom at the height of the Cold War, when it stood as NATO's first line of defense with a record of 280 MiG kills. $39.95 • 336 pages • 7 x 10 • March 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-048-9

Howard’s Whirlybirds

de Havilland Mosquito

Howard Hughes's Amazing Pioneering Helicopter Exploits

The Original Multirole Combat Aircraft

Donald J. Porter

Philip J. Birtles

Howard Hughes, movie mogul, aviation pioneer and political hound dog, has always fascinated the public, yet his legacy involving the aviation industry is often under appreciated. Hughes Helicopters was one of America's pioneering aviation companies, but few have heard of it. From the Second World War to the mid- 1980s, this book tells how many of the world's most innovative helicopters were developed.

This book covers the creation, design and development of the beloved Mosquito that was built in Britain, Canada and Australia, followed by service during the Second World War in Britain, Europe and Asia. It contains many original contemporary and previously unpublished photographs covering service with RAF squadrons and overseas air forces in its many varied roles.

$29.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • March 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-089-2

$52.00 • 272 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 207 b/w photographs • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-494-4

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Fonthill Media The Avro Vulcan

From War to Peace

Zeppelin

A History

A Photographer's View of British Aviation During the 1940s This is a photographic record of the aviation scene in Britain between the years 1940-1949. The photographs were taken by E. J. Riding (1916-1950) who spent his entire working life in the aviation industry, but was tragically killed in a flying accident.

The author of this book, Ernst A. Lehmann, was close to the Zeppelin story from its early days and had great faith in the ever increasing success of the Zeppelin on international routes. It is sadly ironic that this talented man and strong advocate of the Zeppelin should die in Hindenburg disaster shortly after he had produced the draft for this book.

$35.00 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 200 black and whte photographs • April 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-331-2

$34.95 • 352 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 161 b/w photographs • August 2015 • hardback • 978-178155-012-0

Westland fixed wing aircraft 1915–1953

China’s Aviation Industry

Derek N. James & David Gibbings This comprehensive book provides a detailed history of Westland from its earliest days. The text was first published in 1991 and revised and updated in 1995. The author was fortunate in acquiring the collaboration of Harald Penrose who for so many years was the Westland test pilot.

To set up a strong world class aviation industry has been a long cherished wish of the Chinese people, and today in the new millennium it is very close to achieving this goal, certainly in the civil field as a subcontractor to many of the world's leading airframe and aero-engine manufacturer's. This book reviews the industry since its inception.

$50.00 • 352 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 400 b/w photographs • August 2015 • hardback • 978-178155-369-5

$39.95 • 224 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 70 b/w illustrations • August 2015 • hardback • 978-178155-465-4

Peter G. Dancey The delta-wing design of the subsonic bomber Avro Vulcan was years ahead of its time in terms of design when the Ministry accepted the proposal in 1947. This book provides a complete history of the design and development of Britain’s iconic and much loved bomber. $25.95 • 176 pages • 7 x 10 • March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78155-232-2

SBAC Farnborough A History Peter G. Dancey SBAC Farnborough's origins reach back to the first small show held in 1933 at RAF Hendon north London. This book is a complete history of this world famous show detailing all the major types and events through the years until present day. $29.95 • 192 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 223 b/w illustrations • August 2015 • paperback • 9781-78155-238-4

Richard Riding

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Ernst A. Lehmann

Peter G. Dancey

Fonthill Media The Avro Manchester Robert Kirby This is the definitive account of the Avro Manchester based upon detailed research by Dr Robert Kirby. This new and greatly expanded edition follows on from Dr Kirby's original edition of 1995, containing 30 per cent of additional text and is richly illustrated with more than 200 black and white photographs. $85.00 • 512 pages • 6.75 x 9.75 • 191 b/w • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155285-8

Soviet Aircraft Industry

The Apache in European Service

The United States and the United Kingdom in partnership

Darren Willmin

Peter G. Dancey This author has been fortunate to have obtained much original and previously unpublished information from the former Soviet Union for this unique volume on the history of the Soviet Aircraft Industry Since 1909. The book is as much a history of the USSR as it is its, aerospace industry, culminating as it does with President Putin's Russian Federation. $60.00 • 360 pages • 6.75 x 9.75 • 64 color photographs • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-289-6

The Apache helicopter is a revolutionary development in the history of war, designed to hunt, take out and destroy its targets, to inflict damage on its enemy and potentially destroy up to 256 targets in less than 5 minutes. In this book Darren Willmin explores the immense flying capabilities and the weaponry systems of the Apache from the British, Royal Netherlands and Greeks Army. $25.95 • 96 pages • 6.50 x 9.25 • 150 color photographs • October 2015 • paperback • 9781-78155-444-9

Hermann Göring

USS Cassin Young

Belfast ’69

Beer Hall Putsch to Nazi Blood Purge 1923–34 A Study in Conflict

Fletcher Class Destroyer DD 793

August 1969, Belfast. A campaign for civil rights in Northern Ireland that had begun less than two years previously degenerates into inter-communal violence. The three days of 13, 14 and 15 August changed the course of Northern Irish history by radicalizing a whole generation of Catholic youths. In Belfast '69, Andrew Walsh uncovers the truth by interviewing many from both sides • the young men who joined the numerous 'armies' that sprung up in the wake of that fateful August.

Blaine Taylor Göring joined the Nazi Party, as commander of the early SA Stormtroopers. In the celebrated Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, Göering was severely wounded, and fled. Taking over Prussia's police force-and during the upheaval of the Reichstag fire and trial-Goering ruthlessly smashed all non-Nazi parties. $40.00 • 224 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 300 b/w photographs • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-62545-033-3

William J Craig Captain Cassin Young served with distinction in the US Navy until his death in the battle of Guadalcanal in January 1942. Using a host of first-hand sources and previously unpublished interviews, this book illustrates vividly what it was like for the young crew and oﬃcers to serve aboard the Cassin Young, a 'tin can' destroyer, in some of the most intense naval battles of the Second World War. $19.95 • 128 pages • 6.5 x 9.25 • 47 b/w 32 color • March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-62545008-1

Andrew Walsh

$34.95 • 192 pages • 6.25 x 9.25 • 40 b/w • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78155-395-4

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Frontline Books

Gallipoli Sniper The Remarkable Life of Billy Sing John Hamilton Billy Sing was a small, dark man – and a deadly killer. When, as a member of the Australian Imperial Force 5th Light Horse, he was thrust onto the narrow strip of land held by the Australians on Gallipoli, he witnessed the terrible eﬀects of the Turkish snipers and decided to fight fire with fire. Using a simple Lee Enfield .303 rifle, Sing began to pick oﬀ unwary Turks who exposed themselves. Assisted by a ‘spotter’ who would single out targets for him, Sing acquired an unrivaled reputation as he killed increasing numbers of enemy soldiers. He became known as the ‘Anzac Angel of Death’ and the ‘Assassin of Gallipoli’ and was considered to be the most successful sniper and most feared man in Gallipoli. The Turks, aware of his reputation decided to target Sing with their own marksman. In a deadly duel, Sing fired first and killed ‘Abdul the Terrible’. This is a vivid account of the merciless nature of the fighting in the Gallipoli Campaign from an award-winning journalist and best-selling author.

Red Star Against the Swastika The Story of a Soviet Pilot over the Eastern Front

Blood and Steel 2 The Wehrmacht Archive: Retreat to the Reich, September to December 1944

Vasily B. Emelianenko

Donald E. Graves

This is the extraordinary story of Vasily B. Emelianenko, the veteran pilot of one of the Soviet Union’s most contradictory planes of the Second World War – the I1-2. This heavily armored aircraft was practically unrivaled in terms of fire power, but it was slow to maneuver and an easy target for fighters. I1–2 had to attack enemy flak columns at extremely low altitudes, which led to enormous tolls both in equipment and personnel.

Overwhelmed by the strength of the Allied air and ground forces, following the D-Day landings and subsequent bitter fighting in Normandy, the Germans were compelled to abandon their efforts to hold France and much of the Low Countries and retreat to the Rhine.

It is no wonder then that, having flown eighty combat sorties against the Germans, Emelianenko was awarded the highest decoration – the Hero of the Soviet Union. He went on to complete a total of ninety-two sorties. His plane was shot down three times, and on each occasion he managed to pilot the damaged aircraft home, demonstrating remarkable resilience and bravery in the face of terrifying odds.

The Wehrmacht Archive helps reveal the experience of German soldiers and armed forces personnel as they withdrew through a remarkable collection of translated original orders, diaries, letters, after-action reports and other documentation. The reader will learn from official documents about the Germans' efforts to cope with Allied air and artillery superiority, create new tactical methods for all arms and maintain discipline in the face of superior numbers. $39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 60 illustrations • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832851-8

$22.95 • 272 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • September 2015 • paperback • 978-184832-803-7 • eISBN 978-1-78438-026-7

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Frontline Books Hitler's Paratroopers in Normandy The German II Parachute Corps in the Battle for France, 1944 Gilberto Vilahermosa In June 1944, Allied forces fighting desperately to establish a foothold in Normandy and then breakout of the confining bocage found themselves opposed by a bewildering array of formations of the German Wehrmacht. Among them were the newly formed German II Parachute Corps. This gripping new account examines the exploits of Germany’s II Parachute Corps and its commander, Eugen Meindl from the Allied invasion on 6 June to the end of August 1944. Meindl was the epitome of the senior German airborne commander in World War II. Tough, experienced, and aggressive, he cared deeply for his troops. His Parachute Corps fought stubbornly for three weeks, before being forced to fall back. Trapped along with the bulk of the German Seventh Army in the Falaise pocket, Meindl and his paratroopers maintained their discipline and were selected by the Commander in Chief of OB West to lead the German breakout to the east. That they managed to do so, despite suﬀering grievous losses, while so many around them died or surrendered, is a testament to their dedication and fighting ability. Theirs is a story that deserves to be told. $34.95 • 288 pages • 9 x 6 • 16 pages of b/w plates • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832-771-9

Fighting the Breakout The German Army in Normandy from COBRA to the Falaise Gap Freiherr von Luttwitz & Freiherr von Beyerlein This gripping volume charts the progress of the Allied breakout of Normandy through German eyes. Beginning with Operation COBRA and ending with the offensive which led to the liberation of Paris, this critical phase of the war in the west is examined and described by five senior German officers. From staff officers at OKW to divisional generals on the ground, these officers critique their performance, examine Allied superiority, and evaluate their own efforts to contain Allied forces in Normandy. They look at such key events as the counterattack at Mortain, the American offensive, British and Canadian efforts and the sequence of events that led to the fighting around the Falaise gap. The officers originally submitted the reports presented here to Allied intelligence during postwar debriefing sessions. This volume brings together a selection of these reports to provide a broad overview of German hopes balanced with the realization that they could not hope to contain the Allied efforts for long. With supplementary material by David C. Isby, this is a fascinating glimpse into how a defeated army sought hard to turn the tide of defeat. $24.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • October 2015 • paperback • 978-1-84832840-2

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Frontline Books Secret Days

Lost Honour, Betrayed Loyalty

Codebreaking in Bletchley Park

Training Dad’s Army

Lord Briggs has long been regarded as one of Britain’s most important historians. However, until the publication of this remarkable book, he had never written about his time at Bletchley Park. In this meticulously researched account he finally reveals the details of his life in Hut Six working as a code breaker alongside Alan Turing and Gordon Welchman.

Herbert Maeger

The Remarkable Story of the Men Who Prepared the Home Guard for War

This is an unrivaled account of one man’s service in the elite Waffen-SS Liebstandarte division, principally on the Eastern Front. The author, an 18-year old Belgian, was blackmailed into volunteering for the Waffen-SS in 1941 to save his mother from a concentration camp.

This is a story from Britain’s hour of greatest peril in 1940, drawn from original research using hitherto little-seen documents in the UK National Archives including recently declassified MI5 Files. It is about the million and a half men of the Home Guard, ‘Dad's Army’.

$24.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w and 8 pages of color plates • October 2015 • paperback • 978-1-84832-662-0

$32.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • October 2015 • hardback • 978-184832-748-1

$39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • October 2015 • hardback • 978-184832-853-2

ASA Briggs

The Memoir of a Waffen-SS Soldier

Up Close and Personal

Waterloo: The Defeat of The Reality of Close-Quarter Napoleon’s Imperial Fighting in World War Guard David Lee In this gripping book, David Lee brings together the remarkable stories of soldiers involved in close-quarter fighting during the Second World War. These firstperson accounts take the reader directly to the heart of the battle and bring home the brutal reality of war, plain and simply, with no heightened color or exaggerated emotion. $19.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • November 2015 • paperback • 978-1-84832837-2

Andrew Brockman

Fatal Charge at Gallipoli Gallipoli Victoria Cross Hero The Story of One of the

Henry Clinton, the 2nd Division and the End of a 200-year-old Controversy

Bravest and Most Futile Actions of the Dardanelles Campaign – The Light Horse at The Nek – August 1915

Gareth Glover

John Hamilton

This is the most detailed account of the 2nd Division at Waterloo ever published. It is based on the papers of its commander Sir Henry Clinton and it reveals for the first time the previously unrecognized vital role this division made in the defeat of Napoleon. It explains how the division was placed ahead of the main allied squares thus impeding the charges of the French cavalry, and how the 2nd Division supported the defense of Hougoumont.

Using the letters and diaries of those who died in action, author John Hamilton takes the reader on a journey from the rush to recruit in August 1914 when war was declared, through the training camps to the unforgiving terrain of Gallipoli and the unbending Turkish defenders, and finally to that fateful morning and that fatal charge.

$39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832-744-3

$39.95 • 304 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832-902-7 • eISBN 978-1-4738-4764-4

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The Price of Valour – The Triumph and Tragedy of Hugo Throssell John Hamilton The son of a former Premier of Western Australia, Hugo Throssell, volunteered to join the Imperial Australian Force which was shipped to Gallipoli in 1915. Meticulously researched, and beautifully written, this is a moving tale of heroism and patriotism which ended in sad and disturbing circumstances. $39.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832-903-4 • eISBN 978-1-4738-4757-6

Frontline Books Eyewitness In the Crimea

With Wellington's Outposts

T. E. Lawrence in War and Peace

The Crimean War Letters of Lieutenant Colonel George Frederick Dallas

The Peninsular and Waterloo Letters of John Vandeleur

The Military Writings of Lawrence of Arabia – An Anthology

Edited by Michael Hargreave Mawson

John Vandeleur

George Frederick 'Fred' Dallas wrote 137 letters to his family and friends while on active service in the Crimea. A company commander in the 46th Foot, his first letters reflect a soldier's enthusiasm for the ‘brilliant affair’ that awaits the British Army overseas. Through these letters we relive the terrible perils of combat and siege warfare: the author’s almost miraculous escape from serious injury, whilst continually witnessing his comrades’ slaughter; the monotony of being entrenched in Sebastopol; the ‘utter confusion’ surrounding instructions to attack; the mistakes at Inkermann and the Redan; the wearying cold.

John Vandeleur’s letters home to his parents are a lively and engaging account of active service during the Napoleonic Wars, recounting everything from day-to-day life on campaign to the experience of pitched battle at Vitoria and Waterloo. The conditions that he endured, and the camaraderie that sustained him, are vividly recounted in this fascinating collection – previously only available in an extremely rare private publication over a century ago. Enhanced with contemporary documents, this is an outstanding contribution to our understanding of the Peninsular War and the Waterloo campaign.

$24.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • December 2015 • paperback • 978-184832-838-9

$39.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832774-0 • eISBN 978-1-4738-5449-9

THE NAPOLEONIC LIBRARY

Waterloo Lectures

1815: The Return of Napoleon

Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars

Paul Britten Austin

Field Artillery, 1792–1815

A Study of the Campaign of 1815 Colonel Charles Chesney Charles Chesney's Waterloo Lectures is one of the most outstanding of the many works written on the great battles of 1815. Colonel Chesney brilliantly realized his aim of presenting and analyzing all the available facts in an impartial and accurate way, at a time when other historians were more concerned with painting the picture most flattering to national pride. Colonel Chesney's standards for judging the evidence were so scrupulous, and his arguments so clear and precise, that Waterloo Lectures remains one of the great classics on the subject. $39.95 • 272 pages • 6 x 9 • Illustrated • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832-833-4

Edited and Introduced by Malcolm Brown Despite being written more than seventy years ago, the thoughts of Lawrence of Arabia remain remarkably pertinent. This collection includes Lawrence’s wartime reports from the desert, along with later writings in which Lawrence attempts to cope with the consequences of war in the circumstances of peace. Many of the pieces have previously only been issued in limited editions. T. E. Lawrence in War and Peace is an invaluable companion volume to the classic Seven Pillars of Wisdom offering a remarkable self-portrait of its author long before he became an international celebrity. $24.95 • 304 pages • 6 x 9 July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-84832-802-0

This unique and atmospheric volume presents the dramatic story of Napoleon's escape from Elba and his march on Paris in the words of eyewitnesses and participants. Drawing on hundreds of firsthand accounts by Napoleon's supporters and opponents, Paul Britten Austin recreates the drama of those tumultuous days of the spring of 1815: Napoleon's dramatic landing at Antibes in the south of France, the first heady days of his arrival after almost a year of exile, his almost miraculous march across France, his arrival in Paris, and the coup which led to the fall of the Bourbons.

In this detailed study Kevin Kiley looks at artillery in use throughout the Napoleonic period. He examines Napoleon's own artillery as well as that employed by his enemies, and he evaluates the gunners' contribution to warfare in the period. By looking at particular battles in detail, Kevin Kiley shows just how the effective employment of artillery could tip the scales of victory. This book reveals much of the technical aspects of gunnery during the period – how guns were placed, their range, what caliber's were preferred, how artillery operate.

$39.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832834-1

$39.95 • 304 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates, maps and illustrations throughout • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832-843-3

Kevin F. Kiley

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Frontline Books VOICES FROM THE PAST

VOICES FROM THE PAST

Channel Islands Invaded

The Battle of Waterloo

The German Attack on the British Isles in 1940 told through Eyewitness Accounts, Newspaper Reports, Parliamentary Debates, Memoirs and Diaries Simon Hamon In the summer of 1940 the British Isles stood isolated and alone facing the might of a seemingly unstoppable German war machine. This is the story of the muddled evacuation, of homes, animals and families left behind, of the German bombing of the islands, the fear of those left behind, and of those first days of German Occupation. $39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • September 2015 • hardback • 978-14738-5159-7

History’s most famous battle told through eyewitness accounts, newspaper reports, parliamentary debates, memoirs and diaries John Grehan Composed of more than 300 eyewitness accounts, official documents, parliamentary debates and newspaper reports, Voices From the Past tells the story of Napoleon’s last battles as they were experienced and reported by the men and women involved. Heroic cavalry charges, devastating artillery bombardments, terrible injuries, heartbreaking encounters, and amusing anecdotes fill the pages of this ambitious publication. Many of these reports have not been reproduced for almost 200 years.

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Memoirs of Baron von Müffling A Prussian Officer in the Napoleonic Wars Carl von Müffling Müffling's memoirs provide an exceptional firsthand account of the Napoleonic Wars by one of Prussia's finest general staff officers. Müffling is best known in the English-speaking world as General Blücher's liaison officer in Wellington's headquarters during the Waterloo campaign, and as such he was one of the architects of the final victory over Napoleon. Peter Hofschröer's introduction to this edition gives comprehensive biographical details for Müffling and examines the accuracy of certain parts of the memoirs. $49.95 • 560 pages • 6 x 9 • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832-827-3

$39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • August 2015 • hardback • 978-178383-199-9 • eISBN 978-1-84832-915-7

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On the Fields of Glory

From Corunna to Waterloo

Waterloo Letters

The Letters and Journals of Two Napoleonic Hussars, 1801–1816

This collection of letters from survivors of the Waterloo Campaign was gathered in the 1830s and 1840s when Captain William Siborne was trying to verify the chronological events of the day of the battle, to ensure the accuracy of his model diorama of Waterloo. Hundreds of replies from the people who had fought in the battle were sent to his circular letter requesting information, covering all aspects of the campaign.

The Battlefields of the 1815 Campaign Andrew Uffindell & Michael Corum This spirited history of the 1815 campaign provides a stimulating account of the epic confrontation at Waterloo and, in addition, acts as a reliable guide to the battlefield and all related sites. The authors have divided the battlefield of Waterloo into three distinct sectors: one for each of the three armies involved which allows the reader to gain an objective understanding of the dramatic course of the battle. $44.95 • 344 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • August 2015 • hardback • 978-184832-820-4 • eISBN 978-1-78438-040-3

Edited by Gareth Glover This is the story of two young Welsh cavalry officers who served for much of the Napoleonic Wars with the 15th (King’s) Hussars. It is a thoroughly researched and engaging history of the 15th Hussars throughout the wars, crammed full of interesting asides regarding the life and loves of a cavalryman in the Napoleonic age. $44.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832-844-0

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H. T. Siborne

$50.00 • 448 pages • 6 x 9 • Illustrated • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832-846-4

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Life In Napoleon’s Army

Decline and Fall of Napoleon’s Empire

Charge!

The Memoirs of Captain Eleazar Blaze Elzear Blaze Blaze's memoirs are one of the most fascinating recollections of the Napoleonic Wars ever to be published. Written by an officer of wide experience and colorful style, the memoirs present an outstanding picture of the First Empire, providing an officer's perspective of the character, customs and mode of operation of the French army. $39.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/plates • September 2015 • hardback • 978-184832-822-8

How the Emperor Self-Destructed Digby Smith In this wide-ranging study of the Napoleonic regime, Digby Smith tracks Napoleon’s rise to power, his stewardship of France from 1804–15, and his exile. He highlights his military mistakes, such as his unwillingness to appoint an effective overall supremo in the Iberian Peninsula, and the decision to invade Russia while the Spanish situation was spiraling out of control. $39.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • September 2015 • hardback • 978-184832-818-1

Great Cavalry Charges of the Napoleonic Wars Digby Smith Cavalry was the queen of the Napoleonic battlefield. Surging squadrons of dragoons, dashing hussars or the awesome might of heavy cuirassiers often snatched victory from the jaws of defeat and decided the fate of kingdoms. In this dramatic and spirited history of cavalry in the Napoleonic period, Digby Smith examines how battles could be decided by the skillful use of cavalry. $44.95 • 304 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • October 2015 • hardback • 978-184832-819-8 • eISBN 978-1-78438-000-7

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X-Planes

On the Road With Wellington

The Jena Campaign

German Luftwaffe Prototypes 1930–1945

F. N. Maude

Manfred Griehl

Diary of a War Commissary in the Peninsular Campaign

This famous study of Napoleon's total defeat of the Prussian Army at the battle of Jena is a monumental panorama of one of history's greatest campaigns and a renowned analysis of the strategy and tactics of the era. Maude gives a key insight into the strengths and weaknesses of the two opposing armies as well as relating and analyzing every move of the campaign.

In this superb illustrated guide, renowned German aviation specialist Manfred Griehl has collected a unique and valuable selection of photographs of Luftwaffe projects that never made it into battle. They remained on the drawing board or at prototype stage either because they were deemed unsuitable or the developers simply ran out of time and the projects never went into production.

A. L. F. Schaumann This remarkable memoir captures the life and adventures of a junior officer as he endures the drama and agonies of the fierce struggle in Spain, Portugal, and southern France between 1808 and 1814. This edition is introduced by Bernard Cornwell, author of the Sharpe series of novels and TV films. $44.95 • 448 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • November 2015 • hardback • 978-184832-839-6

$39.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • December 2015 • hardback • 978-184832-836-5

$29.95 • 288 pages • 8 x 10 • Illustrated throughout • November 2015 • paperback • 978-1-84832-849-5

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Frontline Books Men of the Battle of Britain A Fighter Command Station at War A Photographic Record of RAF Westhampnett from the Battle of Britain to D-Day and Beyond Mark Hillier Situated close to the South Coast, on flat land to the north of Chichester in West Sussex, lies Goodwood Aerodrome. Packed with the largest collection of photographs of this airfield ever compiled, this illustrated publication provides a detailed history of the fighting as seen through the eyes of many of the pilots and ground crew.

A Major New Tribute to The Few Kenneth G. Wynn Since it was first published in 1989, Men of the Battle of Britain has become a standard reference book for academics and researchers interested in the Battle of Britain. Copies are also owned by many with purely an armchair interest in the events of 1940. The book records the service details of the airmen who took part in the Battle of Britain in considerable detail. $79.95 • 584 pages • 9.5 x 11 • 1,200 illustrations • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-4767-5

Dog Fight Aerial Tactics of the Aces of the First World War Norman Franks

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The history of aviation during the First World War is a rich and varied story marked by the evolution of aircraft from slowmoving, fragile, and unreliable powered kites, into quick, agile, sturdy fighter craft. Dog Fight traces this rapid technological development alongside the strategy and planning of commanders and front-line airmen as they adapted to the changing events around them. $19.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • photos and diagrams throughout • December 2015 • paperback • 978-1-84832-832-7

$49.95 • 192 pages • 9.5 x 7.5 • 100 illustrations • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-4468-1

U-188 A German Submariner’s Account of the War at Sea 1941–1945 Klaus Willmann & Anton Staller Anton Staller was a U-boat lookout, rising no higher than Leading Seaman and his account of the war from the lower ranks is unique. His journal demonstrates how political thinking rarely entered the minds of the Uboat men, even though many of them, such as Lüdden, did not choose to serve in submarines. $39.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • November 2015 • hardback • 978-184832-760-3

Bearskins, Bayonets & Body Armour Welsh Guards, 1915–2015 Trevor Royle The Welsh Guards have been at the forefront of British military history over the past hundred years. As well as the Regiment’s operational history, this book also offers a unique insight into its high-profile role in ceremonial events in London such as the Changing of the Guard and Trooping the color, which have made the Guards one of the best-known symbols of Great Britain. $60.00 • 352 pages • 8.5 x 10.75 • color images integrated throughout • June 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832-735-1

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By the Emperor’s Hand Military Dress and Court Regalia in the Later RomanoByzantine Empire Timothy Dawson & Graham Sumner By the sixth century of the common era the Roman Empire already had many hundreds of years of accumulated ceremonial embedded in its government, and practical science embodied in its army. Detailed literary and artistic sources, archaeology and insights derived from reconstruction and practical experience has gone into creating an incredibly lavish picture of the clothing of the longestenduring political entity in history. $60.00 • 304 pages • 8.5 x 11 • 16 color paintings, illustrated throughout • December 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832-589-0

Grub Street Publishing I Chose the Sky Leonard Rochford The newest addition to the Grub Street Classics range is this fascinating, insightful and, at times, nail-biting account by the World War One veteran, Leonard H. Rochford. This book has been out of print for more than thirty years and we are delighted to be putting it back on the shelves, with black and white photographs throughout. In these exciting memoirs, ‘Tich’ Rochford writes about his two action-filled years as a World War I fighter pilot with the famous No. 3 (Naval) Squadron.

Grub Street WWI Classics Into the Blue Norman Macmillan

Open Cockpit Arthur Gould Lee

Into the Blue is widely regarded as a literary classic. Originally published in 1929, and 44 years since its latest publication, Grub Street reintroduces you to Norman Macmillan’s insightful and gripping book about his experiences as a pilot during the First World War. Norman Macmillan was decorated with the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in 1918 and was also later awarded the prestigious Air Force Cross.

Thanks to a broken leg during flight school, Arthur Stanley Gould Lee gained valuable additional time flying trainers before he was posted to France during World War I. In November 1917 during low level bombing and strafing attacks, he was shot down three times by ground fire. At turns humorous and dramatic, this thoughtful, enlightening, true account is a classic to be ranked with Winged Victory by W. V. Yeates, also published by Grub Street.

$29.95 • 5 x 8.5 • illustrated throughout • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1-909808-32-4 • NCR

$29.95 • 256 pages • 5 x 8.5 • illustrations throughout • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1910690-01-7 • NCR

$24.95 • 224 pages • 8.25 x 5.25 • photos included • Now Available • hardback • 978-1908117-25-0 • eISBN 978-1-909808-83-6 • NCR

No Parachute

Wind in the Wires

Winged Victory

A Classic Account of War in the Air in WWI

Duncan GrinnellMilne

V.M. Yeates

Arthur Gould Lee From the young airmen who took their frail machines high above the trenches of World War I and fought their foes in single combat there emerged a renowned company of brilliant aces whose legendary feats have echoed down half a century. Here is the story of one of these unknown flyers – a story based on letters written on the day, hot on the event, which tells of a young pilot’s progress from fledgling to seasoned fighter. $26.95 • 256 pages • 8.25 x 5.25 • photos included • Now Available • hardback • 978-1909166-04-2 • eISBN 978-1-9098086-76-8 • NCR

A classic memoir of WWI flying, Wind in the Wires paints a vivid picture of early war training and combat, especially with the Maurice Farman Shorthorn and the Bristol BE2. After having been forced down and captured, GrinnellMilne returns to the front to fly late in the war with the famed 56 Squadron, flying the SE5a. The author’s eye for detail, sense of humor, and his truly hair-raising experiences make this a charming and riveting read.

There is no bitter snarl nor self-pity in this classic novel about the air war of 19141918, based very largely on the author's experiences. Combat, loneliness, fatigue, fear, comradeship, women, excitement • all are built into a vigorous and authentic structure by one of the most valiant pilots of the then Royal Flying Corps. $18.95 • 456 pages • 5.5 x 8.5 • Now Available • paperback • 978-1-90401065-4 • NCR

$29.95 • 256 pages • 5 x 8 • Now Available • hardback • 978-1-909808-01-0 • NCR

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Grub Street Publishing Fifty Years of Flying Fun From the Hunter to the Spitfire and back again Fifty Years of Flying Fun covers, in a roughly chronological order, over fifty continuous years of flying. This ranges from joining the RAF in 1962, through his intriguing first operational tour on Hunters in Aden, the early days of the Jaguar in Germany and, finally in the RAF, an almost outrageous two years flying the Jaguar and Hunter with the Sultan of Oman’s Air Force. $39.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • illustrated throughout • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1909808-27-0 • NCR

Book Three

Sopwith Pup Reborn

From the Cold War through the Falklands, 1969-1990

Andy Saunders & Roy Palmer

Robert Marston

Rod Dean

Daily Telegraph Book of Military Obituaries

Harrier Boys Volume 1

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David Twiston Davies David Twiston Davies’s latest and highly entertaining collection of 100 Daily Telegraph military obituaries from the last fifteen years, include those celebrated for their great heroism and involvement in major operations. Others have extraordinary stories barely remembered by their families. $39.95 • 416 pages • 5 x 8.5 • 16 photo pages • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-909808-31-7 • NCR

In Harrier Boys, Volume One: Cold War Through the Falklands, 1969-1990, Robert Marston, who flew Harriers for many years, draws together accounts from others who worked with this unique jet through its history. The excitement, camaraderie and pride of Harrier operators shine through in the personal stories of those whose lives were changed by their experience of this iconic aircraft, both on land and at sea.

This book follows the remarkable history of Sopwith Pup N6161, an allied World War One aircraft which was shot down in 1917, then flown by the Germans and is now being recreated to fly again. The author, Andy Saunders, takes the reader through the life span of the aircraft, from the development and naming of the Sopwith ‘Pup’ to its eventual restoration and journey back into the air. $39.95 • 192 pages • 7 x 9.5 • fully illustrated throughout in b/w and color • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-909808-30-0 • NCR

$39.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • illustrated throughout • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1909808-29-4 • NCR

Napoleonic Wars in Cartoons

Hawker Hurricane Survivors

Mark Bryant

Gordon Riley

Napoleon Bonaparte was the most caricatured figure of his time, with almost 1,000 satirical drawings about his exploits being produced by British artists alone. This book is divided into chapters each prefaced with a concise introduction that provides an historical framework for the drawings of that period. Altogether more than 300 cartoons and caricatures from both sides of the conflicts have been skillfully blended to produce a unique visual history.

With 2015 being the 75th anniversary of the Battle of Britain – arguably the Hawker Hurricane’s ‘finest hour’ – it is appropriate to tell the story of the surviving Hurricanes from around the world. Building on research originally started thirty years ago, the author has delved into the archives to amass new information – and in the process managed to identify positively one particular Hurricane which had proved elusive for more than forty years.

$29.95 • 160 pages • 9 x 12 • August 2015 • paperback • 978-1-910690-02-4 • NCR

$49.95 • 224 pages • 7 x 9.5 • illustrated throughout in color • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-909808-34-8 • NCR

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Garnet Publishing / George F Thompson Publishing / Harpia Publishing

Madmen at the Helm

Honoring the Doughboys

Pathology and Politics in the Arab Spring

Following My Grandfather’s World War I Diary

Muriel Mirak-Weissbach The Arab Spring was a watershed in Arab history, which gave young protesters the impetus to challenge established and entrenched dictatorial regimes for the first time, and to demand democracy. In this unique book, Muriel Mirak-Weissbach reviews specialist literature and provides a profile of the personality disorder of narcissism displayed by five leaders (Mubarak, Qaddafi, Ben Ali, Saleh and Assad), together with the related syndromes of paranoia, hysteria, and sociopathy. She argues that the responses of these leaders to the challenges they faced indicate that they were psychologically incapable of facing reality, and indeed displayed pathological symptoms in clinging fanatically to power in the face of revolt. Mirak-Weissbach considers each of the five leaders in turn, examining their behavior during the upheavals as expressed in their public statements, speeches, interviews and courses of action. Thus she identifies patterns and similarities of behavior that serve to prove that the five ‘stony-faced old men in power’ displayed specific pathological personality types in their responses to the political and cultural circumstances in which they were operating.

Jeffrey A. Lowdermilk & Helen Patton Jeff Lowdermilk's passion for World War I and of military history began as a lad when he listened to his grandfather, George A. Carlson, tell his life's stories about serving as a 'doughboy' in Europe during the Great War. When his grandfather passed away in 1982, his mother gave to Jeff her father's amazing diary, which included not only lengthy descriptions of the landscapes, towns, and battles he experienced, but also heartfelt observations and insights about what life as a soldier on the road and in battle and in the trenches meant to all of Mr. Carlson's buddies. This is an unforgettable tribute to all the doughboys, the foot soldiers, who served during World War I. Integrating passages from his grandfather's diary with his own anecdotes and photographic survey of the places his grandfather traveled and fought over, Lowdermilk has composed an enduring compilation of how the reality of battle and of war can be reconciled through commemoration and memorialization and even a pilgrimage such as his, in which he walked and drove thousands of kilometers during many decades retracing his grandfather's journey.

$14.95 • Now Available • paperback • 978-1-85964-335-8 • Garnet Publishing

$45.00 • August 2014 • hardback • 978-1-938086-18-2 • George F Thompson Publishing

Russia’s Warplanes

Arab MiGs Volume 6

Russia-made Military Aircraft and Helicopters Today: Volume 1

October 1973 War: Part 2 Tom Cooper & David Nicolle

Piotr Butowski Russia’s Warplanes is set to become the standard reference work on the subject. Written by an acknowledged expert in the field, this will serve as an exhaustive directory of the latest products of Russia’s military aviation industry. As well as outlining aircraft that currently equip the various Russian air arms, the first of two volumes also takes into account aircraft developed for and fielded by foreign states in the post-Soviet era. Piotr Butowski provides authoritative technical descriptions for each military aircraft – and every significant sub-variant – currently available from Russia’s aerospace industry, or otherwise in large-scale service. With the level of accuracy and insight familiar to Harpia’s regular readers, each aircraft profile also includes specifications, and details of operators, upgrades, avionics and weapons. The first of two volumes on the subject presents in-depth coverage of tactical combat aircraft, trainers, Army Aviation helicopters, reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft, airborne command posts and relay aircraft.

Arab MiGs Volume 6 continues Harpia Publishing’s renowned coverage of air actions by Arab air forces during the October 1973 Arab-Israeli War. After researching in the Middle East for more than 40 years, interviewing and discussing the fighting in detail with pilots, participants and eyewitnesses from almost every unit involved, the authors provide the first ever coherent narrative of this air war. While it has often been argued that air power did not play a dominant role in the conflicts, it eventually proved critical to its outcome. Moreover, thousands of combat experiences that were learned during this war — and paid for in blood by both sides — proved extremely influential for the development of new aircraft types and new weapons systems. Descriptions based on the reminiscences of veteran aircrews provide an unprecedented insider’s view of key aircraft and operations, illustrating how developments in technology and information warfare added a new dimension to the history of air warfare.

$64.95 • 256 pages • 8.27 x 11.02 • Illustrations, color photos • November 2015 • paperback • 978-0-9854554-5-3 • Harpia Publishing • NCR

$64.95 • 256 pages • 8.27 x 11.02 • Illustrations, color and b/w photos • November 2015 • paperback • 978-0-9854554-6-0 • Harpia Publishing • NCR

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Heimdal Gladiateurs

La cornemuse du D-day

Silvano Mattesini

Bill Millin

This wonderful book combines archaeological documents, paintings and reconstituted photos. There is a complete documentation of the wooden amphitheater at the Coliseum showing all categories of gladiators with their special equipment to their fighting methods and ways to to die.

June 6, 1944, shortly before H-hour, on board Allied ships en route to Normandy, every soldier who has to tread its beaches becomes prey to seasickness, anxiety, fear, haunted by the image of a loved one left behind. Suddenly the shrill sound of a bagpipe and the galvanizing gushes flooded bridges and air tanks. It was the famous Scottish song, “The Road to the Isles.”

$68.00 • 236 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • September 2015 • hardback • 978-284048-419-6 • NCR

In this book, Bill Millin tells the story of his landing and the Battle of Normandy. All of which he got through unscathed with his legendary bagpipe whose sound galvanized Major Howard and his men who took and held the Pegasus Bridge on the night of June 5 to 6, 1944. This is a fantastic testimony that takes us through mysterious Scottish moors to the beaches of Normandy. $29.00 • 224 pages • 6 x 8.25 • May 2015 • paperback • 978-2-84048424-0 • French text • NCR

Le Casque Allemand

L’enfer du Pacifique

Du M35 au M42

De Peleliu à Okinawa avec E. Sledge

Carole Suppo-Diefenthal & Frédérik SuppoDiefenthal

Matthieu Longue

The German helmet has become a myth over time. Its silhouette has always been a prominent object commonly used on vintage posters or by modern filmmakers. The helmet symbolizes the greatness but also the madness of men. This book delivers most of the secrets of the German helmet known only to a few insiders. Its secrets and details will be described here in the pages revealed in the same manner of an autopsy. The shape of the rivets insignia, through manufacturers and models. It will cover both the jugular as paints or strapping. This book will provide you with the keys to a good buy and you will avoid the pitfalls of counterfeiters or other hackers who do not hesitate to make false paintings and markings on all models of M35 M42.

In this book, Matthew Long offers us a unique evocation and complete journey of Eugene B. Sledge. Describing the battles of the Marines at Peleliu and Okinawa, the author relates, step by step, each tragic moment marking the journey of the character warrior central narrative. The book also includes a rich set of chart descriptions informing us of the composition of the units and accurate information on weapons and the equipment in use among the troops of the US Marine Corps at that time. $69.00 • 140 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • December 2015 • hardback • 978-284048-417-2 • French text • NCR

$69.00 • 208 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • May 2015 • hardback • 978-2-84048420-2 • French text • NCR

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Heimdal L’incroyable raid de Granville

Les panzers de la HitlerJugend

8-Mar-45

Normandie 44

Jean-Charles Stasi

Norbert Szàmvéber

Two months to the day before the surrender of Third Reich, the Germans launched a night raid from Jersey on Granville. One hundred and fifty and a dozen boats participated in this operation having three main objectives: making the port unusable, grabbing one or more vessels for refueling and to destroy all buildings lying in the harbor. The raid, that one historian has called "naval hold-up", made history by the audacity of its design and effectiveness of its participants. The story deserves to be told, seventy years later, in an illustrated book including many period photographs, maps, plans and computer graphics.

This is the war diary of one of the " Hitler Youth " found by the author. Here we can follow, day by day, engagement of the panzer division in the heavy fighting of the Battle of Normandy. Included is the number of engaged tanks, losses and successes with important notes and apparatus comments. This book is a valuable document for those seeking true information on this battle. It is accompanied by a rich iconography of forty previously unpublished photos. It is an essential contribution to better understanding World War Two.

$35.00 • 80 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • July 2015 • hardback • 978-2-84048416-5 • French text • NCR

$69.00 • 220 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • July 2015 • hardback • 978-2-84048418-9 • French text • NCR

Portés disparus

Waffen-SS

"Philippe Béraud, Claude RaoulDuval Destins croisés 1940-1943"

1939-1945 Vol. 1 Hervé Bertin

Patrick Collet April 1943. The war in Europe is at its turning point. Everyday above northern France air combat succeeds, fierce and deadly. Just engaged, the fighter group "Alsace" loses its first two pilots. Shot down at the same time, in the same battle, by the same man. The first, Claude Raoul-Duval, miraculously survived and spent six months in the Resistance, where he lived an incredible adventure before reappearing in London and taking control of a Spitfire. He became one of the last eighteen Companions of the Liberation. The second, Philippe Beraud, disappeared. His family found him after a long five years, buried anonymously in Le Havre. Through his letters it was discovered how extraordinary his life was, first serving in the Royal Air Force, and then within a squadron, Hunting Free France. This is the poignant story of two destinies. Tribute and testimony. $65.00 • 224 pages • 6.5 x 9.5 • Now Available • hardback • 978-284048-415-8 • French text • NCR

This book traces the history, organization, uniforms and equipment between 1939 and 1945 of the Waffen SS. This elite group estimated at nearly a million volunteers from all European countries. With the full support of the Nazi regime, the Waffen SS fought on all fronts in Europe between 1939 and 1945. The variety of uniforms presented show how the German stewardship reserved, especially from 1941, the most modern equipment for "the darling of the regime." Caps, helmets, helmet covers, jackets, camouflage uniforms, belts buckles, equipment, weapons etc. are examples of the special equipment received by the Waffen SS. Accompanied by original photographs, most unpublished and from private archives, this book covers a gap in the field in which no truly comprehensive study has been done to date. $99.00 • 256 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • November 2015 • hardback • 978-284048-423-3 • French text • NCR

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Helion & Company CENTURY OF THE SOLDIER

Reconstructing the New Model Army Volume 1 Regimental Lists April 1645 to May 1649 Malcolm Wanklyn This book provides a full listing of the troop and company commanders who served in the New Model Army during the first four years of its existence. A second volume covering the final years of the army’s existence is currently very close to completion. It will be published during 2016.

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This is the first time that the oﬃcer corps of the New Model Army has been pieced together on such a scale and with such an extensive range of source materials. Unsurprisingly it corrects numerous errors to be found in more general histories of the army. The book is therefore an essential tool for studying the oﬃcer corps of the first English army in which social status was not the prime prerequisite for attaining a senior military rank. $39.95 • 176 pages • 7 x 9.75 • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-910777-10-7

Fight for a Throne The Jacobite '45 Reconsidered Christopher Duffy The bid of Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Jacobites for the throne of Britain has never lost its grip on the popular imagination. In July 1745 he and a tiny group of companions arrived in Scotland. They came unannounced and unsupported, and yet within less than five months Charles was able to lead an army to within marching distance of London and make King George II fear for this throne. Afterwards the Highland Army continued to out-fight the redcoats in every encounter, except its very last. These were not the achievements of a backward-looking cause, and this groundbreaking study is the first to explain exactly why. Almost to the very end the Jacobites had the literal and metaphorical ‘edge’ over their enemies, thanks to the terror-inspiring highland charge, and also, as this book as this book is the first to reveal, to the highly advanced organization of their forces in ‘divisions’ – miniature armies that allowed them to out maneuver their enemies on the strategic plane. At the same time Prince Charles made a credible bid for the political and ideological high ground, an appeal based on religious toleration, and a monarchy working in cooperation with an empowered and accountable Parliament. The Prince therefore not only drew on traditional loyalties, but attracted the support of heavyweights of the new ‘Enlightenment’. As an impartial historian Christopher Duﬀy deals comprehensively with the reasons for ultimate triumph of the Hanoverian cause in 1746. These assertions rest on the recent advances by other historians in ‘Jacobite studies’, and the author’s continuing researches in to unexploited primary sources. $69.95 • 544 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • approx. 120 color and b/w photos, maps • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910777-05-3

Decision on the Mincio The Battle of Solferino 1859 Bruno Dotto Solferino was the largest battle fought on Italian soil before the First World War, and the culmination of the 1859 campaign in northern Italy. Chiefly remembered today as the catalyst for Henri Dunant establishing the Red Cross, an upto-date military account of the campaign is badly needed. In this tremendously detailed study the author, a lifelong student of the battle, reassesses the evidence based on an enormous amount of original archival research. Rather than relying on oﬃcial reports and histories, which were often politically-driven, the author has gone back to the archives, and uncovered, for instance, the role played by cavalry and artillery during the campaign. Decision on the Mincio is supported by an array of illustrations, highly detailed maps and orders of battle. $79.95 • 392 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • approx. 60 illustrations, 15 maps • December 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910777-07-7

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Helion & Company Putty From Tel-elKebir to Cambrai: The Life and Letters of Lieutenant General Sir William Pulteney 1861–1941 Anthony Leask Once described by a subordinate as "the most completely ignorant general I served during the war", there was much more to Lieutenant General Sir William Pulteney than this dismissive remark would have us believe. Commissioned into the Scots Guards his long military career, much of it on active service, took him to Egypt, Uganda, Congo, South Africa, France and Japan. The longest-serving British corps commander during the First World War, he led III Corps from the Retreat from Mons through the Marne, Aisne, Messines, Armentières, Neuve Chapelle, Loos, the Somme and the celebrated Battle of Cambrai where tanks were used en masse for the first time. In this meticulously compiled volume, Anthony Leask has gathered for the first time a rich treasure trove of previously unpublished letters, diaries and documents which, having been painstakingly researched and considered in historical context, provide new insight into a man who has hitherto remained unknown. From a privileged yet controversial background, he was an athlete, sportsman, practical field soldier, and a man who enjoyed the company of women. This is a soldier's story, one of many battles, of increased responsibility, and the rapid evolution of military technology. Some say Pulteney went too far and for too long; others that he at all times did his duty to the best of his ability. Generals make mistakes and those that involve life and death are unforgiving. Judgement can only be rendered on the available evidence which is comprehensively presented in this groundbreaking biography for the reader's due consideration and verdict. The author will donate all his royalties from this book to support widows of Scots Guardsmen killed in action and those who have been wounded. $79.95 • 672 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • approx. 75 b/w photos, 11 maps • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910294-95-6

A Touch of Paradise in Hell

WOLVERHAMPTON MILITARY STUDIES

Talbot House, Poperinge – Every-Man's Sanctuary from the Trenches

The British Army on the Western Front 1915

Jan Louagie Away from the turmoil of battle in the Ypres Salient, the town of Poperinge developed into the nerve center of the British sector. In the heart of this bustling town, the Army Chaplains Philip (‘Tubby’) Clayton and Neville Talbot opened an ‘Every-Man’s Club’. It was an alternative place of wholesome recreation where all soldiers, regardless of their rank, were welcome. The inspired way in which Tubby ran this ‘home from home’, turned Talbot House, or ‘Toc H’, into the best-known soldiers’ club of the British Army – a sanctuary for half a million men on their way to or from the Front. This book is supplemented with extracts from his diaries and other wartime writings, as well as letters and accounts from dozens of other eyewitnesses. Together they provide an intimate, vivid and complete picture of what life at the House was like. They give us a fascinating insight into the lives that Tubby and his guests were living, the kind of thoughts they were thinking, and the visions, hopes and ideals that gripped their minds. Indeed, they tell the authentic history of Talbot House.

Courage Without Glory

Spencer Jones The year 1915 was one of unprecedented challenges for the British Army. Short of manpower, firepower and experience, the army needed time to adapt before it could hope to overcome the formidable German defenses of the Western Front. Yet the insistent demands of coalition warfare required immediate and repeated action. The result was a year of disappointments, setbacks and costly fighting. The very difficulties of 1915 make it especially worthy of study. This book offers a fresh and insightful evaluation of the experience of the British Army through a series of thematic essays examining the strategic, operational, tactical and logistical problems that shaped the fighting. Within these pages are assessments of broad topics such as the performance of British high command, the ‘Shell Scandal’ and the development of the Royal Flying Corps, as well as a thorough selection of battle studies which cast new light on engagements such as Neuve Chapelle, Second Ypres, Festubert and Loos. Special attention is placed on the composite nature of the British Army, with chapters examining Canadian, Indian, Regular and Territorial unit experience.

A Touch of Paradise in Hell can not only be enjoyed by the reader at home but also can be used as a guidebook during a visit to Talbot House and serve as a ‘Talbot House guide’ to the Ieper Salient and the Somme, as it links people and stories to locations. The annotations contain a wealth of interesting background information.

Taken as a whole these essays offer an important reassessment of a forgotten year of the war, and illustrate the tremendous difficulties faced by the British Army as it endured a bloody learning curve in difficult conditions. This book will be of great interest to anyone who studies the First World War, and of particular value to those who seek a greater understanding of the British Army of the era.

$59.95 • 336 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • 203 b/w and 68 color photos, illustrations • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910777-12-1

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A Complete History of the Luftwaffe 1918–1945 Volume 2 – The Phoenix Matures 1935–1937

Operation Market Garden

Richard Meredith Based on forty years of detailed research this is a unique history of the wartime German Luftwaffe. Going far beyond a simple description of famous air battles and operations, the overall work draws extensively on original documents, secondary sources and contemporary accounts to place the Luftwaffe within its proper historical context, gather together its many disparate components and provide a hitherto unpublished balance to its diverse activities. In addition to the lead role of the combat air forces, the history provides a proper emphasis to the largely unsung work of the Anti-Aircraft Artillery, Luftwaffe ground forces, Signals Service and the Medical Services. It also examines in detail the vital work of the huge training organization, and the organization and role of a continent-wide ground organization. All theatres are covered, thus placing a much needed emphasis on the Luftwaffe’s momentous struggle in the East, a theater of operations that was always more urgent and more vital to the Wehrmacht. Throughout this work Luftwaffe activities are set within the wider role of overall military operations and Luftwaffe activity is therefore placed back within its proper context in the overall European conflict. $69.95 • 496 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • approx. 114 b/w photos, 7 maps, 10 charts • Now Available • hardback • 978-1-910777-27-5

The Campaign for the Low Countries, Autumn 1944: Seventy Years On John Buckley & Peter Preston-Hough In September 1944 the Western Allies mounted an audacious attempt to seize a crossing over the Rhine into Germany in a bid to end the Second World War quickly. Yet despite the deployment of thousands of American, British and Polish airborne troops, in conjunction with the efforts of ground forces to link up with them, ultimately at Arnhem in the Netherlands, the plan failed spectacularly and the war continued well into 1945. Famously depicted in the blockbuster film A Bridge Too Far (1977) the operation, code named Market Garden, has attained iconic status and is the subject of countless books, documentaries and articles, and is subjected to more speculation than almost any other Allied operation of the war. After 70 years it is time to reevaluate 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. The contributors are drawn from a body of historians, military professionals and researchers who met to reevaluate these questions after the passage of 70 years. It highlights many new areas of interest and forces us to rethink our understanding of this pivotal period of the Second World War.

Hitler’s Fremde Heere Ost German Military Intelligence on the Eastern Front 1942–45 Magnus Pahl The General Staff Division of Fremde Heere Ost (Military Intelligence Service, Eastern Section) which from 1942 was led by Reinhard Gehlen, was the nerve center of Hitler's military reconnaissance on the Eastern Front. This department worked professionally and was operationally and tactically reliable. However, at a strategic level there were clear deficits: the industrial capacity of the Soviet arms industry, the politico-military intentions and the details of the Red Army's plans for their offensive remained for the most part hidden from the department. When the Second World War ended, Gehlen put the documents and personnel of Fremde Heere Ost at the disposal of the Americans. With their support he was able to build a new foreign secret service which later evolved into the Federal Intelligence Service. In this book, military historian Magnus Pahl presents a complete overview of the structure, personnel and working methods of Fremde Heere Ost based on a tremendous array of archival sources. This work includes an extensive case study of the East Pomeranian Operation 1945. Pahl's study is a significant contribution to our understanding of German strategic, operational and tactical thinking on the Eastern Front 1941-45. $69.95 • 368 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • 29 photos, 2 figures, 4 maps • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910777-08-4

$59.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910777-15-2

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Totenkopf

The Noise of Battle

Panzergrenadiers to the Front!

The Structure, Development and Personalities of the 3.SS-PanzerDivision Volume 1

The British Army and the last breakthrough battle west of the Rhine, February–March 1945

The Combat History of Panzergrenadier Division 'Brandenburg' on the Eastern Front 1944–45

Mark C. Yerger & Ignacio Arrondo

Tony Colvin

A.S. Hamilton

The first of two volumes on one of the most famous Waffen-SS divisions, this work by two longtime SS research colleagues is their largest and most detailed unit study to date.

Half of the book is a detailed description, mainly told in the words of participants, of three battles fought over four days in the Rhineland south of Goch between 27 February and March 2 1945. The battles were between 3rd Division supported by 6 Guards Armored Brigade, and 8. Fallschirmjäger Division. For the first time the combined actions of over 50,000 men during 96 hours have been analyzed from the ground up in an unprecedented attempt to provide understanding of a significant military event. 3 Scots Guards said of Winnekendonk, "It is suggested that this will surely rank as one of the finest small scale tank/infantry battles ever executed and well worthy of more close study." The fighting was bloody and heroic, and some controversial aspects are explained for the first time.

Panzergrenadiers to the Front! is the first in-depth look at the enigmatic Panzergrenadier-Division ‘Brandenburg’ formation and its five-month combat career along the Eastern Front at the end of the Second World War. This book draws on the previously unpublished personal accounts by more than a dozen division veterans, and is supplemented by extensive use of new primary documents and relevant secondary German, Polish, and Soviet source material. While this book represents the most thorough and accurate treatment of Panzergrenadier-Division ‘Brandenburg’ published to-date, it also provides extensive coverage of Heeresgruppe Mitte and 4. Panzer-Armee operations.

Following an illustrated Introduction a lengthy chapter examines the parameters of researched topics in this work, the ten categories of personnel it includes, and how the data is presented as well as why. The Waffen-SS awards system is detailed by individual decoration including new data on Abteilung P5 Ordensangelegenheiten. Divisional firsts are noted along with comparisons to the other units of the WaffenSS. A chapter on the Totenkopfverbände follows, detailing these numerous prewar units from their creation in 1933 through frequent title changes and their physical development until "Totenkopf" assimilated parts of four as half its initial cadre. A separate chapter then illustrates unique surviving Totenkopfverbände artifacts. Next is an overview of the division's combat history from its beginning in reserve during the 1940 Western Campaign until the end of the war, the formation probably being most famous for its defensive capability. Primarily unpublished images enhance this volume with their extended data captions, the authors also tracking down period prints or negatives for some well-known images to allow them to be reproduced with previously unseen detail and clarity. $89.95 • 536 pages • 8.5 x 10.75 • approx. 350 b/w photos • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1910777-09-1

The other half of the book is an analysis of the units and people involved in the two divisions and their supporting armor and aviation. An answer is provided as to why only two months before the end of hostilities, 21 Army Group could manage only quite slow and costly progress. The answer comes from the analysis, and is tested through comparison with the contemporary Canadian Operation Blockbuster, and with two battles in the Hitler Line. Evidence is provided that there is no truth to recent claims that Montgomery's generalship was efficient and saved lives. $79.95 • 672 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • approx. 75 b/w photos, 16 maps • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910777-11-4

The new Panzergrenadier-Division ‘Brandenburg’ was forged in December 1944 from the nucleus of burnt-out commando regiments and the remnants of a half-dozen conventional units supplied by the Ersatzheer. PanzergrenadierDivision ‘Brandenburg’ entered the frontline a month later where it fought in some of the most dramatic and relatively unknown late war battles in Poland, Silesia, Saxony, and Czechoslovakia. The desperate fighting at places like Kutno, Raudten, Primkenau, Niesky, Bautzen, Olmütz and elsewhere is told through the words of the men who fought there. Revealed for the first time is the role of ‘Brandenburg’ in the last operational Wehrmacht victory of the war that destroyed the Soviet 7th Guards Mechanized Corps, defeated the 2nd Polish Army, and spared Dresden from immediate capture. $79.95 • 464 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • approx. 75 color maps • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1910777-13-8

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Helion & Company Prelude to Berlin The Red Army's Offensive Operations in Poland and Eastern Germany, 1945 Richard Harrison This book offers 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 defenses in Poland and East Prussia and eventually occupied all of Germany east of the Oder River. The book consists primarily of articles that appeared in various military journals during the first decade after the war. The General Staff’s directorate charged with studying the war experience published these studies, although there are other sources as well. A particular highlight of these is a personal memoir that offers a rare insight into Soviet strategic planning for the winter–spring 1945 campaign. Also featured are documents relating to the operational-strategic conduct of the various operations, which were compiled and published after the fall of the Soviet Union. The book is divided into several parts, corresponding to the operations conducted. These include the Vistula–Oder operation by the First Belorussian and First Ukrainian Fronts out of their respective Vistula bridgeheads. This gigantic operation, involving over a million men and several thousand tanks, artillery and other weapons sliced through the German defenses and, in a single leap, advanced the front to the Oder River, less than 100 kilometres from Berlin, from which they launched their final assault on the Reich in April.

Rollback The Red Army's Winter Offensive along the Southwestern Strategic Direction, 1942–43 Richard Harrison This book covers the period from midDecember 1942 to mid-February 1943, one of the most critical periods of the war on the Eastern Front. It was here that following the encirclement of an entire German army at Stalingrad, 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 the economically vital areas of eastern Ukraine. This study is drawn from a number of wartime and postwar articles, published by the General Staff’s directorate for the study of wartime experience. Also featured are documents relating to the operational-strategic conduct of the various operations, which were compiled and published after the fall of the Soviet Union. Several articles deal with the preparation for and conduct of the Southwestern Front’s Middle Don operation of December 1942. Originally intended as an ambitious offensive to cut off the German forces in the North Caucasus by driving on to Rostov, the operation was later reoriented to meet the threat of the German effort to relieve Stalingrad. The offensive not only accomplished its objective of turning back the German attack, thus dooming the Stalingrad garrison, but also destroyed the Italian army in the East as well. $79.95 • 304 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • 8 b/w maps • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910777-17-6

$79.95 • 496 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • 7 b/w maps • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910777-16-9

We Will Not Go to Tuapse From the Donets to the Oder with the Legion Wallonie and 5th SS Volunteer Assault Brigade ‘Wallonien’ 1942-45 Fernand Kaisergruber This is a classic soldier’s chronicle, told in unvarnished candor, about the author’s experiences as a volunteer with the Wallonian Legion of the German Army and later the 5th SS Volunteer Assault Brigade Wallonien and the 28th SS Volunteer Grenadier Division Wal onien. However, it also ventures far beyond the usual soldier's story and approaches a travelogue of the Eastern Front campaign, seldom attained by the memoirs of the period. His selfpublished book in French is highly regarded by Belgian historian and expert on these volunteers Eddy de Bruyne, and Battle of Cherkassy author Douglas Nash. This book merits attention as the SS volunteer equivalent of Guy Sajer’s The Forgotten Soldier, a bestseller in the USA and Europe. By comparison, Kaisergruber’s story has the advantage of being completely verifiable by documents and serious historical narratives already published, such as Eddy de Bruyne’s For Rex and for Belgium and Kenneth Estes' European Anabasis. Until recent years, very little was known of the tens of thousands of foreign nationals from Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, France and Spain who served voluntarily in the military formations of the German Army and the German Waffen-SS. In Kaisergruber’s book, the reader discovers important issues of collaboration, the apparent contributions of the volunteers to the German war effort, their varied experiences, their motives, the attitude of the German High Command and bureaucracy, and the reaction to these in the occupied countries. $49.95 • 400 pages • 6 x 9 • approx. 70 b/w photos, maps • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910777-24-4

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Helion & Company The King’s Private Army

Konev’s Golgotha

Protecting the British Royal Family during the Second World War

Operation Typhoon Strikes the Soviet Western Front, October 1941

Andrew Stewart

Michael Filippenkov

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. Led initially by Major Jimmy Coats, a Coldstream Guards officer and celebrated winter sportsman, it was given the innocuous title of ‘The Coats Mission’, but its proposed role was perhaps the most important assigned to any unit in the British armed forces. It was intended that this group would evacuate King George VI, Queen Elizabeth and the two princesses, Margaret and her sister Elizabeth, to a place of safety away from London.

This book is a historical study of the events of October 1941 in the Viaz’ma pocket, based on documents found in the Russian Federation’s Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense, the German Bundesarchiv, and the US National Archives.

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For the next two years it trained and prepared for the role in the face of what was believed to be a very real threat, and this study, drawing on previously unseen documents, interviews and archival material, provides its history and explains how the Royal Family’s protection was viewed.

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. The author writes about these events with chronological accuracy, not on the level of army headquarters and higher, but exclusively on the level of the combat units down to the division-level, and with concrete geographical reference to the combat maps of those times. Particular attention is paid to the events that took place in the vicinity of Sychevka in Smolensk Oblast’, because what happened there has never been deeply researched or examined by anyone in Russia.

$29.95 • 112 pages • 6 x 9 • approx. 25 b/w photos • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-910777-28-2

$59.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • 47 b/w photos, 5 b/w maps, 1 table • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910777-37-4

The Armed Forces of North Korea

‘Oft in Danger’ The Life and Campaigns of General Sir Anthony Farrar-Hockley

On the Path of Songun

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Stijn Mitzer & Joost Oliemans

Jonathon Riley

North Korea’s Armed Forces: On the path of Songun seeks to bring order and coherence to the chaotic state of affairs in the intelligence community of North Korea-watchers, as well as to disprove the much-echoed stance that there is little to fear from the DPRK by providing information on a plethora of never-before described weapons systems and modernization programs.

This is the biography of the most distinguished field commander of modern times, who turned to scholarship and writing at an early stage of his career and pursued both professional military life and historical study in parallel. In later life he also took to broadcasting and commentating. Half his military life was spent abroad on operations and his career spanned the period from the Second World War, in which he served as a platoon and company commander, winning the MC in Greece and being mentioned in dispatches, and then the campaign in Palestine. Understanding Farrar-Hockley the soldier is impossible without also understanding Farrar-Hockley the scholar; the reverse is also true. He was never a stranger to controversy – Margaret Thatcher valued his candid advice because, as she said to him, ‘you tell me things I didn’t know’; and he never walked away from a fight in his life. He was a man of redoubtable character and huge achievements, an inspirational leader and commander in peace and war, at every level.

North Korea’s Armed Forces maps the most important events from the inconclusive ceasefire struck at the end of the Korean War, throughout the Cold War until modern day, and an especially heavy emphasis is placed on the current status of the Korean People's Army by examining their wealth of indigenously designed weaponry. In the course of the book not only will many of the Korean People's Army’s most secret projects and tactics be unveiled, but also new light will be shed on the deadly flare-ups between the North and the South, and novel evidence on tragic incidents such as the Cheonan sinking and Yeongpyeong bombing of 2010 is brought forth. $39.95 • 144 pages • 8 x 11 • 110 color and 15 b/w photos, approx. 46 color profiles, 4 maps, 3 tables • October 2015 • paperback • 978-1910777-14-5

$59.95 • 416 pages • 6 x 9 • approx. 129 b/w photos, 30 maps • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910777-25-1

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Forging a Special Operations Force

Chopper Down!

The Elite

A Mercenary Pilot in Africa

The Rhodesian Special Air Service

The US Army Rangers

Carl Alberts

Barbara Cole

Dominic Caraccilo

After twenty years of armed conflict in Angola and political instability in coup-ridden Sierra Leone going back to 1991, private corporate financial interests became the catalyst that spawned the creation of possibly the most successful private military corporation to date: Executive Outcomes (EO). With its initial task of securing Angolan government control in the Soyo oil-producing region, prompted by private oil interests, EO subsequently became involved in the war against UNITA throughout the country. With little more that 100 of its own combat personnel on the ground in both the wars in Angola and Sierra Leone, the outstanding success that EO achieved was in no small part due to the force-multiplying effect and support given by its helicopter and jet pilots of the Air Wing.

The Rhodesian Special Air Service, one of the most formidable fighting forces in the world, operated almost exclusively across borders during the long bitter bush war, undertaking deep-penetration missions against insurgents being harbored inside neighboring Mozambique and Zambia. There were missions into Botswana too, and at one stage, the SAS was operating without benefit of passport in all three neighboring territories at the same time. Long before the war escalated and the whole region became their battlefield, clandestine missions across the border were undertaken by SAS operators. Later, when the situation intensified, they were responsible for some of the most audacious and highly sensitive missions of the war.

Forging a Special Operations Force: The U.S. Army Rangers details the origins and development, combat philosophy, and key engagements of America's elite fighting force. Structured topically, the book gives a chronological review of the history of the Ranger from the 17th century to the present day, with special attention paid to the establishment of the 1st Ranger Battalion in the post-Vietnam era—the origins of the elite fighting force that exists today. Authored by a lifetime soldier who served in combat with the 75th Ranger Regiment, this book is replete with information garnered from dozens of interviews with the individuals who created the initial Ranger Force. By integrating the words and firsthand accounts of these founding fathers, the work offers insights unavailable elsewhere. Additionally, the author delves into the unique psyche of the soldiers who volunteer for—and are accepted into the ranks of—the ‘Rangers’. $32.95 • 196 pages • 6 x 9 • approx. 30 color and b/w photos, maps • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910777-36-7

This is the true story of the frustrations, personal sacrifices and too often the extreme risks that the aircrews took while flying in support of the ground offensives. Most of this was achieved with outdated equipment and aircraft that were seldom airworthy.

The writer takes the reader from the early days on the Western Desert to the formation of the Rhodesian SAS for service in Malaya, then back to Africa where the action spans the days of the Federation, the UDI era and finally the decolonization of Rhodesia by the British in 1980.

$39.95 • 352 pages • 6 x 9 • 50 color and 100 b/w photos, 6 maps • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-910777-00-8

$89.95 • 480 pages • 8.75 x 12 • 400 b/w illustrations, maps • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910777-04-6

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Helion & Company Wasted Years Wasted Lives Volume 1

'Sir, They're Taking the Kids Indoors'

The British Army in Northern Ireland 1975–77

The British Army in Northern Ireland 1973–74

Ken Wharton

Over the past several years, Ken Wharton, himself a former soldier, has been prolific in his coverage of the Troubles which spread their tentacles far from the streets and fields of Northern Ireland. Wharton draws on meticulous and detailed research.

This is Ken Wharton's eagerly awaited new book chronicling the Northern Ireland troubles from the British soldier's perspective. Wharton focuses exclusively on the 1973-74 period detailing accounts of the British Army and their experience.

$45.00 • 430 pages • 6 x 9 • 75 b/w photos, 3 maps • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-91077741-1

$45.00 • 362 pages • 6 x 9 • approx. 90 b/w photos, 4 maps • July 2015 • paperback • 9781-910777-42-8 • eISBN 978-1-908916-77-8

Kwete – No! The Veto of Four Per Cent of the Governed: The Ill-Fated Anglo-Rhodesian Settlement Agreement, 1969–1972 Richard Wood The adoption of the new republican constitution by the Rhodesian electorate in 1969 was intended to end the fruitless fouryear-long negotiations with the British to secure recognition of the unilateral declaration of independence by Ian Smith on 11 November 1965. $79.95 • 576 pages • 8 x 11 • 24 b/w photos, 12 maps • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-910294-97-0

The Fighting Doc The Rhodesian Bush War Diary of John Coey, KIA 19 July 1975 John Coey A Rhodesian combat medic receives an order to descend into the riverbed to attend to two critically wounded troopers. The whereabouts of the insurgents is not known. As the medic, displaying a red cross, moves in, shots ring out and he sustains a fatal head wound. That medic is 24-year-old American John Alan Coey. $29.95 • 200 pages • 6 x 9 • 50 b/w photos, 1 map • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-91029496-3

My Memoirs of the Composite The Caged Bird British South Warfare Sang No More The Conduct of Successful My Biafra Odyssey, Africa Police, Ground Forces Operations in 1966–1970 1966–1981 Africa Major General Philip Efiong …and a Colonial Upbringing in Northern Rhodesia

Eeben Barlow

John Shaw

This book is intended as a guide and textbook for African soldiers and scholars who wish to understand the development of hostilities, strategy, operational design, doctrine and tactics.

Throughout the author's life in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) his father was a member of the Northern Rhodesia Police and the author sets about recording various incidents in the life of a youngster growing up in the numerous towns and police stations at which his father served.

$49.95 • 576 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 b/w drawings and charts, 50 color and 100 b/w photos photos • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-910294-99-4

This is Philip Efiong's account of the Nigeria-Biafra Civil War (196770). He was a key player during the event and second-incommand to the Biafran leader, General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu. $39.95 • 352 pages • 6 x 9 • 50 b/w photos, 3 maps • December 2015 • paperback • 978-1-910777-01-5

$29.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 80 b/w photos, 2 maps • August 2015 • paperback • 978-1-910294-98-7

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Helion & Company Maverick Soldier

Operation Lighthouse

Armoured Hussars 2

Infantry Soldiering in Central Africa, Malaya and Vietnam, 1951–1985, and beyond

Rhodesian Internal Affairs, 1972–1980

Images of the 1st Polish Armoured Division, Normandy, August 1944

Gerry van Tonder & Dudley Wall

Digger Essex-Clark Maverick Soldier is the forthright, nuts-andbolts account of John Essex-Clark's unmatched experience as a warrior, leader and teacher. Its telling is all of a piece with the man himself: bluﬀ, astute, no-nonsense. $35.00 • 400 pages • 6 x 9 • 40 b/w illustrations, 6 maps • December 2015 • paperback • 978-1-910777-02-2

This book is a tribute to the tenacity and loyalty of all who served in Intaf, and their wives and families. The Roll of Honour in this book bears testimony to this paradox, as many poorly trained and inadequately armed members of staﬀ paid the ultimate price. $79.95 • 480 pages • 8 x 11 • 615 b/w photos, 50 color photos, 20 maps and charts • November 2015 • paperback • 978-1-91077703-9

A Stretcher Bearer from El Alamein to Greece

Man of Steel and Honour: General Stanislaw Maczek

The Diary of George Hopper, King's Royal Rifle Corps, 1940-45

Soldier of Poland, Commander of the 1st Polish Armoured Division in North-West Europe 1944-45

Jim 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. $35.00 • 128 pages • 6 x 9 • approx. 20 b/w illustrations • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-910777-30-5

Evan McGilvray This is a biography of one of the most undervalued commanders of the Second World War, General Stanislaw Maczek, a soldier overlooked by most military historians in the West both because he was Polish and above politics.

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Jan Jarzembowski & David Bradley Armoured Hussars 2 provides a highlyillustrated account of the 1st Polish Armored Division’s baptism of fire in Normandy in August 1944, from Operations Totalise and Tractable to the victory at Falaise, culminating at the climactic battle on Mont Ormel – the site of this triumph was justly named ‘A Polish Battlefield’ by the Canadians. $39.95 • 148 pages • 8 x 11 • approx. 250 photos, 8 pages color profiles and illustrations. • October 2015 • paperback • 978-1-91077723-7

Tunisian Tales

Dear Miss Walker

The 1st Parachute Brigade in North Africa 1942–43

Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine 1915–1918, Wartime Letters from Distant Fronts

Niall Cherry Whilst many books have been written on the history of the Parachute Regiment and Airborne Forces in the Second World War, none of them have concentrated solely on the story of the 1st Parachute Brigade in North Africa between 1942 and 1943. $59.95 • 368 pages • 6 x 9 • approx. 100 photos, 10 maps • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-91077739-8 • eISBN 978-1-909384-85-9

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Toddy Hoare Reginald Hoare commanded the 4th Queen’s Own Hussars from 1905 to 1909 and was a senior brigadier-general at the start of the First World War, commanding a brigade of Yeomanry regiments. $35.00 • 112 pages • 6 x 9 • 33 b/w photos, 1 b/w illustration, 8 b/w maps • October 2015 • paperback • 978-1-910777-19-0

$35.00 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • approx. 175 b/w photos, 10 maps • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1910777-38-1 • eISBN 978-1909384-79-8

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Helion & Company Gardener to Fusilier The story of James Sadler M.M., 9th Royal Fusiliers (Service) Battalion, 1914–18 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 to serve and play his part in what was to become known as the Great War 1914–18. The story of one infantryman’s experiences are intertwined with those, often brief, details given from his Battalion’s War Diary. $59.95 • 288 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • approx. 40 b/w photos, maps • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910777-22-0

Time to Remember

The Journal of COVER Lance IMAGE Sergeant NOT William Webb, AVAILABLE 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 7th Division, October 1914–January 1916 Gerry Buxton William Webb was born in Warwick, England, and joined the 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment in 1894 at the age of fourteen. William Webb’s story was graphically recorded in his recently discovered journal, covering actions from October 1914 until January 1916. $59.95 • 160 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • 20 b/w photos, 10 b/w illustrations, 24 b/w maps • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-91077734-3

The Serbian Army in the Great War, 1914–1918 Dusan Babac The Kingdom of Serbia waged war against Austria-Hungary and the other Central Powers from 28 July 1914 when the Austro-Hungarian government declared war, until the capitulation of AustriaHungary. This book offers readers a very thorough analysis of the Serbian Army of the period, including its organization, participation in military operations, weapons, equipment, uniforms, and system of orders and medals. $69.95 • 320 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • 500 illustrations, photos, including approx. 36 color plates • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1910777-29-9

The Raugh Bibliography of the Indian Mutiny, 1857–1859 Harold E. Raugh, Jr The Indian Mutiny was a series of generally unconnected military revolts of native Indian soldiers, frequently accompanied by bloody atrocities and suppressed by the British with equal savagery, against the rule and authority of the East India Company. This is an indispensable reference and veritable treasure trove for researching the causes, operations, leadership, and results of the Indian Mutiny. $69.95 • 528 pages • 6 x 9 • 1 b/w map • August 2015 • paperback • 978-1-910777-21-3

The Christian Soldier The Life of Lt. Col. Bernard William Vann, V.C., M.C. and Bar, Croix de Guerre avec palmes Charles Beresford During the Great War over 500 ordained Anglican clergymen volunteered for service in the British and Imperial Armies other than as chaplains. Five of them commanded infantry battalions, three on the Western Front, including Lt. Col. Bernard William Vann, VC, MC & Bar, Croix de Guerre avec palmes, of the Sherwood Foresters. The Christian Soldier provides an overdue assessment of this extraordinary Edwardian. $59.95 • 304 pages • 6 x 9 • approx. 50 photos and maps • November 2015 • hardback • 9781-910777-31-2

The Thinking Man’s Soldier The Life and Career of General Sir Henry Brackenbury 1837–1914 Christopher Brice Sir Henry Brackenbury is a now largely forgotten but extremely important soldier, writer, and administrator of the late Victorian era. His extremely interesting and significant military career has largely been overlooked until now. The author has been granted unprecedented access to the private archives of the Brackenbury family and has been able to produce the first detailed biography of Sir Henry Brackenbury. $49.95 • 370 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 b/w illustrations, 2 maps • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-910777-40-4

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Helion & Company WAR AND MILITARY CULTURE IN SOUTH ASIA, 1757–1947

The Other August Declaration The Origins of the Indianization of the Indian Army's Officer Corps, 1817–1917 Chandar Sundaram Rigorously and painstakingly researched from archival sources in the UK and India, and written in a direct, jargon-free and engaging narrative style, this book is a defining contribution to the history of the colonial Indian Army, and will be of interest to historians of the British Empire, Colonial South Asia, and war and society, as well as to the general reader of military history. $69.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910777-33-6

WOLVERHAMPTON MILITARY STUDIES

Forgotten Victorian Generals

'Allies are a tiresome lot'

Studies in the exercise of command and control in the British Army 1837–1901 Christopher Brice Many of the British Army’s actions during the Victorian Era are forgotten, misunderstood and misrepresented. All in all the Generals featured in this book provides us with a very interesting insight into generals of this era and the way in which they exercised command. The authors are a collection of experienced and early career historians. $69.95 • 400 pages • 6 x 9 • 40 b/w illustrations • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910777-20-6

The British Army in Italy in the First World War John Dillon This book details the steps by which Italy became a belligerent alongside Britain and France, rather than remain an ally of Germany and Austria-Hungary within the Triple Alliance. Using official documents and reports, as well as the personal letters and accounts of individual soldiers, this book draws out the demonstrable differences in the experience of those Tommies who fought on the Western and Italian fronts. $69.95 • 216 pages • 6 x 9 • approx. 15 b/w photos, 6 tables, 3 b/w maps • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910777-32-9

WOLVERHAMPTON MILITARY STUDIES

A Fool for Thy Feast

The Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment

Monty's Functional Doctrine

The Life and Times of Tubby Clayton, 1885–1972 Linda Parker The Revd P.B. Tubby Clayton may lay claim to have been one of the most charismatic and influential Anglican priests of the twentieth century. This is a modern assessment of the career of this remarkable man, using his personal papers, family papers, Toc H archives and Church Archives. $59.95 • 248 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • 30 b/w photos • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1910777-35-0

The Development of British Airborne Technology 1940–1950 Tim Jenkins The book combines the detail contained in the original policy documentation for airborne warfare and the subsequent technological investigations to determine whether sufficient strategic requirement had been demonstrated and how policy impacted upon the research program. $69.95 • 156 pages • 6 x 9 • 11 b/w photos • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-91077706-0

Combined Arms Doctrine in British 21st Army Group in Northwest Europe, 1944–45 Charles Forrester This book presents a reinterpretation of how 21st Army Group produced a successful combined arms doctrine by late 1944 and implemented this in early 1945. It makes an original contribution to the debate on Montgomery’s command style in Northwest Europe and its consequences, and integrates this with tracking down and disentangling the roots of his ideas, and his role in the creation of doctrine for the British Army’s final push against the Germans. $59.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • approx. 16 b/w photos, 3 maps • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-910777-26-8

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Kagero LEGENDS OF AVIATION 3D 2

Fokker Dr.I The Aces’ Aircraft Tomasz J. Kowalski & Marek Rys The modern 3D images impressively harmonize with the old photographs. In this second edition, Tomasz Kowalski tells us the story of pilots flying the Dreideckers and takes us to the dark and romantic period of the Great War when knights of the sky were born and killed. With the virtual Fokker Dr.I, Marek Rys inspires us to explore the history of the aircraft afresh. $39.95 • 140 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 9 anaglyphs, 182 graphics, 49 photos • April 2015 • hardback • 978-83-64596-29-2

MONOGRAPHS

Kawasaki Ki-61 Hien / Ki100

Junkers Ju 88 vol. II

Leszek A. Wiliczko The Kawasaki Ki61 Hien or Type 3 Fighter remains to this day one of the most recognizable Japanese fighters of the World War II era. What makes Hien unique is the powerplant – it was the only mass-produced Japanese fighter powered by an inline, liquid cooled engine. The Ki-61 began to arrive at the frontlines in large numbers in the summer of 1943 and took part in battles over New Guinea and later over the Philippines and Okinawa, as well as in the defense of the Japanese Home Islands.

Marek Murawki & Marek Rys $29.95 • 120 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • painting schemes, 96 archive photos • April 2015 • paperback • 978-8364596-27-8

$22.95 • 116 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 105 archive photos, 8 painting schemes, scale drawings • February 2015 • paperback • 978-83-6459615-5 MONOGRAPHS

Dornier Do 17/Do 215 Marek J. Murawksi The monograph on the WW2 German bombers Dornier Do 17 and Dornier Do 215 discusses their design, development and operational history. Each variant is specified and comprehensively described with coverage of changes made in its sub-variants, including the special modifications for the foreign recipients. A large part of the book is devoted to the combat use of the aircraft in the Spanish Civil War, Poland, the Balkans and Russia together with the Western Campaign and Battle of Britain. $29.95 • 136 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 194 photographs, 13 painting schemes, scale drawings • May 2015 • paperback • 978-8364596-33-9

MONOGRAPHS SPECIAL EDITION IN 3D

Messerschmitt Bf 109 Early Versions Marek J. Murawski & Asen Atanasov The monograph devoted to the early versions of the Messerschmitt Bf 109, the most famous WW2 German fighter, discusses its origins and development with coverage of changes made in its first prototypes, A-D variants and their subvariants. The combat use of the aircraft in the Spanish Civil War, Polish campaign and Phony War is thoroughly described with many firsthand accounts included. The book also features short chapters on Bf 109 Ds in Swiss service and camouflage and markings of early Bf 109s. $39.95 • 192 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 108 photos, 103 graphics, 18 painting schemes, 32 pages of scale drawings • May 2015 • hardback • 97883-64596-38-4

SMI LIBRARY

Curtis P-40 Warhawk (Tomahawk/ Kittyhawk) Tomasz Szlagor Curtiss P-40, known to Americans as Warhawk, and to their allies of the British Commonwealth as Tomahawk and Kittyhawk, fought on nearly all fronts of the Second World War, serving with the American, British, Australian, New Zealand, South African, Canadian, Free French, Chinese, Dutch and Soviet air forces. The American Warhawks were part of as many as nine US Army Air Forces stationed overseas. $22.95 • 88 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 115 b/w photos, 6 color photos, 18 color profiles • March 2015 • paperback • 978-83-64596-31-5

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Kagero PHOTOSNIPER

PHOTOSNIPER

AMX-30 Family

Panzerjäger 38(t) Hetzer & G-13

M.P. Robinson The AMX-30 was used as the basis for a range of armored vehicles that have seen extensive service in the French army and elsewhere. In this Photosniper, which completes the study of the AMX-30 series by M.P. Robinson, the stories of France’s specialized artillery and engineer variants are explained. The AMX-30D recovery vehicle, the GCT and Au-F1 series of self-propelled guns, the AMX-30R Roland and AMX-30SA Shahine antiaircraft missile launchers, the AMX-30 Bitube DCA antiaircraft tank, the AMX-30H Bridgelayer and the EBG armored engineers vehicle are all covered in text and photographs. France’s comprehensive rebuilding programs that resulted in the development of the Au-F1TA, of the improved EBG versions and of sophisticated mine clearing versions of the AMX-30B2 in the decades since the end of the Cold War are also described. This work is an excellent reference for the modeler with over 180 photos; these include examples chosen from GIAT’s archives, photos of vehicles in everyday service, vehicles seen on the parade ground and in the desert wastes of Iraq.

Vol. II Mariusz Motyka & Hubert Michalski $24.95 • 80 pages • 8 x 11 • 42 archive photos, 9 painting schemes • March 2015 • paperback • 978-83-64596-28-5

$24.95 • 96 pages • 8 x 11 • 263 photos, 14 painting schemes • February 2015 • paperback • 978-83-64596-24-7 PHOTOSNIPER

PHOTOSNIPER

SMI LIBRARY

Char Leclerc

Sturmpanzer IV Brummbär

Grumman F6F Hellcat Vol. I

M.P. Ribinson & Thiery Guillemain The Leclerc is the only battle tank serving in operational combat units in the French Army. Designed as a Cold War era tank killer that could take on numerically superior enemies, the Leclerc has served the armies of France and the United Arab Emirates for over twenty years. Since 1989 when the first Leclerc prototype appeared, it has been counted amongst the world’s most complex and deadly AFVs. Despite its fame, relatively little has appeared on the Leclerc in English, and much of the information about the Leclerc on the web is incorrect. Even in French, it has been ten years since the Leclerc was studied in a published work. $24.95 • 96 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 313 photographs, 10 painting schemes • May 2015 • paperback • 978-83-64959-35-3

Samir Karmieh & Krzysztof Mucha Germans had been produced many specialistic armoured vehicles. Storm tanks are among them. They were used as infantry support heavy vehicles. They destroyed buildings, fortifications, barricades etc. Sturmpanzer IV Brummbar built on Panzer IV chassis was one of them. It was armed with 150 mm StuH storm howitzer. From 1943 till 1945 Brummbar took part in fights on all fronts. The publication is illustrated with unique 3D renderings by Samir Karmieha that show a lot of detail not only the external details of the vehicle, but also its inside. The book was also enriched with excellent modeling plans Krzysztofa Muchy that satisfy even the most demanding readers. $24.95 • 112 pages • 8 X 11 • 68 color photos, 9 painting schemes, 65 graphics • April 2015 • paperback • 978-83-64596-32-2

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Tomasz Szlagor & Leszek A. Wieliczko Grumman F6F Hellcat was one of the best fighter aircraft of the World War Two era and the most eﬀective fighter of the US Navy. There is no doubt that Hellcats won complete air superiority for the Americans over the vast areas of the Pacific, largely contributing to the victory over Japan. Volume One presents this legendary fighter in its first year of operational service – from the combat debut over Marcus Island and the Solomons in August 1943 until the end of the Marianas operation in late summer 1944. By then Hellcats participated, among others, in air strikes on Rabaul, Wake, Kwajalein and Truk, and supported the invasion of Tarawa in Gilbert Islands. $22.95 • 96 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 135 b/w photos, 5 color photos, 4 color profiles • March 2015 • paperback • 978-83-64596-05-6

Kagero HARD COVER SERIES

SUPER DRAWINGS 3D

SUPER DRAWINGS IN 3D

Kaga 1920–1942

The Battleship Gneisenau

The Battleship USS North Carolina

The Japanese Aircraft Carrier Miroslaw Skwiot & Adam Jarski The career of Kaga, which started on the drawing boards of the design bureau as a battleship had capacity for swift development. The first studies on the preliminary design began in 1917 and during the calendar year several variants were developed. Individual solutions envisaged in the design were duly analyzed, and pieces of information systematically arriving from Europe, where the world war was raging, proved helpful in their verification.

Miroslaw Skwiot Gneisenau was built at the Deutsche Werke dockyard in Kiel and launched on 8 December 1936. The ship was armed with a main battery of nine 28 cm (11 in) C/34 guns in three triple turrets. Featuring 140 computer generated color images this volume covers, in full, the majesty of this great ship. $26.95 • 80 pages • 8 x 11.5 • Full color throughout • February 2013 • paperback • 9788362878284

$37.95 • 144 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 178 archive photos, 38 drawings, 4 maps • January 2015 • hardback • 978-83-64596-26-1

Stefan Draminski Launched in 1940, North Carolina was the first U.S. newly built battleship to have taken part in the war in the Pacific. During her busy combat career she demonstrated that battleships could perform very well indeed in their new role as escorts for fleet aircraft carriers and weapon platforms providing fire support for ground troops. Having earned no fewer than 15 Battle Stars during her wartime service, North Carolina was the most highly decorated US Navy battleship of World War II. After decommissioning, she escaped the chopping block and is preserved to this day as a floating museum. $26.95 • 80 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 100 graphics • May 2015 • paperback • 978-83-64596-36-0

SUPER DRAWINGS IN 3D

TOPDRAWINGS

Japanese Battleship Kongo

The VIIC Type U-Boot

The German Pocket Battleship Admiral Graf Spee

Waldemar Goralski & Grzegorz Nowak $26.95 • 56 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 104 graphics • January 2014 • paperback • 978-83-61220-15-2 SUPER DRAWINGS IN 3D

The Heavy Cruiser Admiral Hipper Waldemar Goralski & $26.95 • 80 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 136 graphics • January 2015 • paperback • 978-83-64596-14-8

Mieczysław Jastrzebski & Waldemar Goralski The type VIIC was a slightly modified version of the successful VIIB. They had basically the same engine layout and power, but were slightly larger and heavier which made them not quite as fast as the VIIB. 5 torpedo tubes (4 at the bow and one at the stern) were installed in all but the following boats; only two bow tubes (U-72, U-78, U-80, U-554 and U-555) and no stern tube (U-203, U-331, U-351, U-401, U-431 and U-651). Perhaps the most famous VIIC boat was the U96 which is featured in the movie Das Boot, other noticeable boats were the U-flak boats. Many of these boats were fitted with the Schnorkel in 1944-1945. This design saw one more improvement in the type VIIC/41 boat.

Stefan Draminski The Deutschland-class ships were the first heavy vessels of the German Navy after the First World War. In Germany they were classified as “Panzerschiﬀe”, but in other countries the term “pocket battleships” was very popular. The third and last vessel of this class was Admiral Graf Spee. She was laid down on 1 October 1932, launched on 30 June 1934 and commissioned on 6 January 1936. $19.95 • 24 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 23 drawing sheets, color profiles • March 2015 • paperback • 978-83-64596-30-8

$26.95 • 70 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 91 graphics, 42 photos • March 2011 • paperback • 978-8361220-77-0

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Histoire & Collections / Liberties / Libro OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS

Whistleblower, Soldier, Spy

French Dragoons Volume 2: 1750–1762

A Journey into the Dark Heart of the Global War on Terror

Ludovic Letrun & Veronique Letrun In this second half of the 18th century, military tactics changed, going from static siege tactics to rapid maneuvers, giving the cavalry a predominant role again on the field of battle. The changes in uniform, organization and tactics of the Dragoon regiments evolved over three periods. The main corps gradually joined with the cavalry, becoming a key element in the new strategy of movement. $29.99 • 90 pages • 8 x 9.5 • 66 plates • Now Available • paperback • 978-2-35250-423-8 • Histoire & Collections • NCR

Tom Clonan From Dublin to Beirut, Guantanamo Bay to Iraq — and all the way back — Tom Clonan takes the reader on a very personal journey through the Global War on Terror. The book deals with a variety of themes including death, mayhem and murder, loss of loved ones, fear of flying and the hazards of having four children and a dog! These experiences give the reader a unique insight into the Global War on Terror. $19.95 • Now Available • paperback • 978-1-907593-96-3 • Liberties Press

Blood, Sweat and Tears

Gallipoli

Te Hokowhitu a Tu

An Irish Soldier’s Story of Love and Loss

The New Zealand Story

The Maori Pioneer Battalion in the First World War

Tom Clonan The Irish Army has been on active duty in Lebanon on an almost continuous basis since the mid-1970s. Over forty years, 40,000 soldiers have served tours of duty in Lebanon. Forty-seven Irish soldiers died there and many hundreds more have suffered serious physical — and psychological — injuries in Lebanon. Blood, Sweat and Tears tells the true story of the Irish at war. $23.95 • Now Available • paperback • 978-1907593-55-0 • Liberties Press

Christopher Pugsley This is the definitive account of New Zealand’s role in the disastrous 1915 Gallipoli campaign, when a British-led expeditionary force met the Turkish army in an attempt to wrest control of the Dardanelles, comes alive in an updated edition, liberally illustrated and brilliantly analyzed by the doyen of Kiwi military historians. $40.00 • 400 pages • 6.7 x 7.9 • b/w with extensive photos, maps and line drawings • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78189240-6 • Libro International

Christopher Pugsley Drawing on rare archival material and previously unpublished diaries and letters, Te Hokowhitu a Tu is the authoritative account of Maori and Pacific Islanders in the First World War, and balances the wider story of the Pioneer Battalion’s exploits with a portrait of daily life for soldiers who labored not only against the enemy but also racism behind their own lines. It includes numerous photographs and a full list of those who fought with the Battalion. $30.00 • 148 pages • 8.25 x 11.75 • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-877514-77-7 • Libro International

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Libro / Lorimer The New Zealand Wars

The Musket Wars

A Brief History

A History of Inter-Iwi Conflict 1806–1845

Matthew Wright From 1845 to 1875, New Zealand experienced a succession of conflicts that stretched from the Bay of Islands to Wellington. What they meant has been debated ever since. To some they were land wars, to others, the Māori wars; lately we are calling them the New Zealand wars. Why were they fought? Who really won them? In reality these wars were fought over both land and sovereignty. In the process, the British, settlers and allied Maori ended up fighting other Māori, and by the late 1860s the wars had really become a civil war. And the fighting was tough for all who fought in them. Matthew Wright outlines what happened and why. $20.00 • Now Available • paperback • 978-1-877514-68-5 • Libro International

R.D. (Ron) Crosby First published by Reed in 1999, with an introduction by Michael King, The Musket Wars established Ron Crosby’s reputation as a daring, original chronicler of New Zealand history. This best-selling history provides the first comprehensive account of the wars that ravaged the country in the early 1800s, when iwi with newly acquired muskets unleashed terrible utu (revenge) on foes, helped by other introductions like potatoes that fuelled long-range taua (war parties). Ron Crosby weaves the strands of this conflict into an immensely readable narrative, guiding the reader through its complexities with lists of protagonists, a chronology, indexes and above all, superb maps and illustrations. This volume reproduces the revised 2001 edition. $53.95 • Now Available • paperback • 978-1-877514-44-9 • Libro International

To the Gateways of Florence

The Myth of the Good War

New Zealand forces in Tuscany, 1944

America in the Second World War Jacques R. Pauwels

Stefano Fusi & Jill Gabriel From 21 July to 4 August 1944, New Zealand soldiers were at the front line as Allied forces pushed forward across the heartland of Tuscany to wrest Florence from German hands. First published in Italy in 2009, To the Gateways of Florence preserves the core of the Italian book, with the addition of new material and photographs. It balances expert accounts by military historians — on topics from tank warfare in Chianti to the contribution of Maori soldiers — with personal testimonies of New Zealand soldiers and Italian civilians. A rich selection of photographs and memorabilia from archives in New Zealand and Italy illustrates the work. $30.00 • Now Available • paperback • 978-1-877514-23-4 • Libro International

In Pauwels’ account, the actions of the United States during the war years were heavily influenced by American corporations — IBM, GM, Ford, ITT, and Standard Oil of New Jersey (now called Exxon) — who were having a very profitable war selling oil, armaments, and equipment to both sides, with money gushing everywhere. Rather than analyzing Pearl Harbor as an unprovoked attack, Pauwels notes that US generals boasted of their success in goading Japan into a war the Americans badly wanted. One chilling account describes why President Truman insisted on using nuclear bombs against Japan when there was no military need to do so. $24.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-45940872-2 • Lorimer • NCR

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MMP Books GREEN SERIES

INSIDE SERIES

T-34/85

German Aircraft Instrument Panels vol. 2

Camouflage and Markings 1944–1945 Przemysław Skulski T-34 served in huge numbers with the Soviet Army and its allies, and was also used by their enemies! This book describes the colors and markings applied to the T34-85 in service with all major users, including unit and tactical markings, individual names and insignia, and air recognition features.

This book from the series Inside shows detailed drawings of the German aircraft instrument panels in great detail. Also every single instrument is shown in the separate big drawing. This book includes a poster with Bf 109E panel in 1:1 (original) size!

$45.00 • 120 pages • 8.5 x 11 • 120 illustrations • April 2015 • paperback • 978-83-63678-66-1 • NCR

$29.00 • 41 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 100+ color drawings • June 2015 • hardback • 978-83-63678-80-7 • NCR

Dariusz Karnas

SPOTLIGHT ON SPOTLIGHT ON

Spitfire V P-51D Mustang American Supermarine Robert Grudzień Aces More than 44 color profiles of famous Artur Juszczak &

More than 40 color profiles of the North American P-51D Mustang fighter flown by American WWII aces including the most famous like Maj. George E. Preddy Jr.; Capt. John J. Voll; Lt. Col. John C. Meyer; Maj. Leonard K. Carson; Maj. Glenn T. Eagleston; Maj. John B. England and less know. Extra. Includes one big profile 76 cm (30 inch) long.

Supermarine Spitfire V. Many versions and users are shown including camouflage patterns from different theaters of WWII. Includes one big profile 30 inch long. $35.00 • 45 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 44 color profiles • September 2015 • hardback • 978-8363678-81-4 • NCR

SPOTLIGHT ON

Panzer Colours of the III Reich Thierry Vallet This is a fascinating study of the evolution of German panzer colors and camouflage from prewar through to the end of the Second World War. This book will focus on colorful panzer profiles. $35.00 • 48 pages • 8.5 x 11 • 60 illustrations • April 2015 • hardback • 978-83-63678-73-9 • NCR

$35.00 • 45 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • 44 color profiles • July 2015 • hardback • 978-83-6367879-1 • NCR

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MMP Books SC ALE PLANS

SC ALE PLANS

Scale Plans No. 26 Hawker Hurricane Mk I

Scale Plans No. 21 Polikarpov Po-2

Marek Ryś

Dariusz Karnas

Scale plans in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 of Hurricane Mk I variants. A3 size pages in A4 pb. All Mk I subversions are shown.

Scale plans in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 of Po-2 (U2) variants. All versions are shown.

$11.99 • 12 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • scale plans • June 2015 • paperback • 978-83-63678-86-9 • NCR

$11.99 • 12 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • scale plans • April 2015 • paperback • 978-83-63678-76-0 • NCR SC ALE PLANS

Scale Plans No. 20 Republic Scale Plans No. 25 Lockheed P-38 P-47B-D Razorback F-H Lightning Dariusz Karnas SC ALE PLANS

Dariusz Karnas Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 of P-38 early variants. A3 size pages in A4 pb. P-38 F-H versions are shown. $11.99 • 12 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • scale plans • June 2015 • paperback • 978-83-63678-87-6 • NCR SC ALE PLANS

Scale Plan No. 24 Messerschmitt Bf 109E Dariusz Karnas Scale Plans of Messerschmitt Bf 109E. All variants in scales: 1/72, 1/48 & 1/32. $11.99 • 12 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • scale plans • April 2015 • paperback • 978-83-63678-85-2 • NCR SC ALE PLANS

Scale Plans No. 23 Mikoyan Gurevitch MiG-17 Dariusz Karnas Scale Plans of MiG-17 and Polish versions. All variants in scales: 1/72, 1/48 & 1/32. $11.99 • 12 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • scale plans • May 2015 • paperback • 978-83-63678-83-8 • NCR SC ALE PLANS

Scale plans in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 of P-47 Razorback variants. Versions P-47B, C and D are shown. $11.99 • 12 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • scale plans • April 2015 • paperback • 978-83-63678-75-3 • NCR SC ALE PLANS

Scale Plans No. 19 Boulton Paul Defiant Dariusz Karnas Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 of Boulton Paul Defiant. $11.99 • 12 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • scale plans • March 2015 • paperback • 978-83-63678-74-6 • NCR SC ALE PLANS

Scale Plans No. 18 Lockheed F-104 Starfighter Dariusz Karnas Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 of Lockheed F-104 Starfighter. $11.99 • 12 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • scale plans • February 2015 • paperback • 978-83-6367872-2 • NCR SC ALE PLANS

Scale Plans No. 17 Avia S-199

Scale Plans No. 22 Ilyushin Il-28

Dariusz Karnas

Scale plans in 1/72 1/48 and 1/32 Avia S-199 and CS-199 fighter. Also Israeli version is shown.

Scale plans in 1/72, 1/48 of Il-28 bomber variants. All bomber versions are shown. $11.99 • 12 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • scale plans • April 2015 • paperback • 978-83-63678-77-7 • NCR

$11.99 • 12 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • scale plans • February 2015 • paperback • 978-83-6367871-5 • NCR

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MMP Books YELLOW SERIES (BIG)

YELLOW SERIES (BIG)

Republic P-47B-D Thunderbolt Razorback

Hawker Hurricane

Robert Pęczkowski

The Hurricane was the RAF's first monoplane fighter, and was the most numerous RAF fighter during the Battle of Britain. In 1940, more than half the German planes shot down were destroyed by Hurricanes. This book tells the story of its development and technical evolution, profusely illustrated with period b+w photographs and detailed colour photographs of surviving airframes, plus extracts from official manuals and 1/72nd scale plans of all versions, from the Mk.1 of 1936 to the Mk. IV of 1943. This work includes superb colour artwork illustrates the many camouflage schemes and markings found on operational Hurricanes; it features walk-around colour photographs and rare b+w archive photographs and documents. It is essential reading for aviation enthusiasts and scale aero-modellers.

This is the story of American famous heavy fighter aircraft. The book covers early Razorback versions from P-47B to P-47D-22. It contains: Scale plans, photos and drawings from Technical Manuals. Superb color illustrations of camouflage and markings, walk-around color photographs and b+w archive photographs are included. This is an essential reading for aviation enthusiasts & scale air modelers. 1/72 scale plans. 30+ color profiles. $39.00 • 148 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 100+ b/w photos, 100+ color photos, 30+ color profiles, scale plans • November 2015 • hardback • 978-8363678-84-5 • NCR WHITE SERIES (RAINBOW )

Polish Fighter Colours 1939–1947 vol. 1 Bartłomiej Belcarz & Robert Gretzyngier This book describes in detail the camouflage and markings of the day fighters used by the Polish Air Force in 1939-47. Aircraft of Polish, French, British, American, Soviet and German origin are shown. Written by a well-known quartet of distinguished Polish aviation historians: Kopanski, Belcarz, Gretzyngier and Matusiak. Many historical photos and color profiles. $69.00 • 240 pages • 8.5 x 11 • 300 illustrations • August 2015 • hardback • 978-83-63678-62-3 • NCR WHITE SERIES (RAINBOW )

French Bombers of WWII José Fernandez & Patrick Loureaut Whilst French fighter aircraft of the early war period are well known and the subject of many books, the bomber aircraft used by the French Air Force in this period are not well documented in English. This book describes and illustrates all such aircraft in use in WWII, from the obsolescent to the elegant and up-to-date modern bombers. Fully illustrated with many wartime photos, and scale plans of the major types. Full color profiles of many representative aircraft. $69.00 • 240 pages • 8.5 x 11 • 300 illustrations • August 2015 • hardback • 978-83-63678-59-3 • NCR

Marek Ryś

$45.00 • 164 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • scale plans in 1/48, b/w period photos, color photos, 40+ color profiles • October 2015 • hardback • 978-8363678-88-3 • NCR YELLOW SERIES

Boulton Paul Defiant Mark Ansell The Boulton Paul Defiant is one Britain's most famous night fighter aircraft. First used as a day, then night during the Battle of Britain; and thus saw service as an auxiliary aircraft. Details are provided of a wide selection of historic machines and fascinating color schemes, as well as full technical details. The book is very well illustrated with many period black and white photos as well as a number of walk-around color photos, taken at the RAF Museum Hendon, of the only surviving Defiant. Also included in the book are a number of excellent 1/72nd scale plans and multiple view drawings of all the significant variants as well a numerous color profiles for both RAF and USAAF operated aircraft. It contains 53 black and white wartime photos, 18 black and white line drawings of various marks in 1/72nd scale, 136 color photos that are walk-around shots of the last existing example of a Defiant in the Hendon Museum, UK, several information charts, 16 illustrations out maintenance manuals and 35 full color side profile paintings (a couple of which are three-views). This book will have great appeal to model builders, aircraft enthusiasts, and aviation historians. $35.00 • 104 pages • 6.5 x 9.5 • b/w wartime photos, color photos • March 2015 • paperback • 978-83-89450-19-7 • NCR

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MMP Books The Golden Age 1955–1982 Didier Palix From 1955 to 1982 Airfix produced the largest and the most popular aircraft model range in the toy history. Over decades, the prestigious British brand manufactured millions of bags and boxes asn sold them worldwide. This book helps to find or discover the whole of that superb collection through all the original box illustrations that came with the kits. This book is comprehensive guide for collectors and modelers. It shows the integrality of all aircrafts published by AIRFIX from the beginning to 1982. It is a reference document for all collectors and plastic modelers, but also a piece of nostalgia for anybody who built an Airfix kit during his childhood. Included are about 400 photos of the Airfix box arts. $60.00 • 240 pages • 8.5 x 11 • 400 illustrations • April 2015 • paperback • 978-2-954207-80-3 • NCR

French Wings No. 4 LeO 45 Patrick Laureau & Jose Fernandez This is the fourth title in the French Wings series, describing the history of the LeO 45 from initial specifications to retirement after WWII. The Leo 45 was a modern (by 1940 standards) bomber in the Armée de l’Air (French Air Force), probably the best known of such aircraft. Used during the Phoney War but more importantly employed to try to stop the German onslaught during the Bataille de France. After French armistice, the Vichy Air Force built some planes, most of them captured during invasion of ‘Free Zone’ in November 1942. The Germans used this plane in the transport role, as well as French troops in North Africa when they fought alongside the Allies after Operation Torch. Specifications, construction and operations of these aircraft are described in detail, illustrated with many previously unpublished photos. Color schemes and markings are described and illustrated (Armée de l’Air, Vichy Air Force, Luftwaffe, Armée de l’Air after Torch). $25.00 • 80 pages • 8.25 x 11.75 • b/w photos, color profiles • May 2015 • paperback • 978-2-919231-09-6 • NCR

263 Squadron Gladiators Over the Fjords Alex Crawford This work tells the story of 263 Squadron, who took its Gladiators to Norway, not once but twice. In order to provide the ground troops with air cover the Squadron was sent to operate from a frozen lake in the south of Norway. Ill-equipped and hastily put together the Squadron suffered right from the start with a lack of equipment and the severe winter weather. After two days of heavy fighting the Gladiators had been destroyed and the Squadron was evacuated back to the UK. Re-equipped with more Gladiators the Squadron returned to Norway, this time operating from an airfield further north. Here with better organization the Squadron performed better. After almost three weeks of fighting the Squadron was once again evacuated from Norway. The remaining ten Gladiators were flown on board HMS Glorious, which set sail for the UK on 7th June. The next day the carrier was intercepted by German naval units and sank with a heavy loss of life, including all the 263 Squadron pilots. Using official documents and firsthand accounts the story of 263 Squadron’s adventure in Norway can now be told in full detail. During their time in Norway the Squadron claimed at least 32 enemy aircraft shot down with many others damaged, although the cost was high. Along with the 10 pilots who lost their lives on HMS Glorious, two more were lost in action and another pilot was lost in an accident, while several more were wounded. $35.00 • 104 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 50+ b/w photos and 10 color profiles • August 2015 • paperback • 978-83-6367882-1 • NCR

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Model Centrum Progres / PeKo Publishing ARMOR PHOTO HISTORY

ARMOR PHOTOGALLERY 2

British Cruiser Tank A13 Mk. I & Mk. II

German Railway Gun 28 cm K5(E) Leopold

Peter Brown

Jan Wijnstok

The A13 Mk. I was the first British Cruiser tank to use the Christie suspension system and set the style for all other Cruisers built in World War II. This book covers its development, production and service, filling a long-neglected gap in the history of British armored vehicles. It includes over 140 period black and white photos from archives and private collections, many never before published, 7pp 1/35th scale plans, 3 pp technical drawings and sketches, and 27 profusely researched full-color plates. $46.95 • 88 pages • 8 x 11.5 • 142 b/w photos, 27 full-color plates, 38 line drawings • April 2015 • paperback • 978-83-60672-23-5 • Model Centrum Progres

Technical/historical background by the Dutch expert, illustrated with 31 b/w period photos and a selection of 224 detailed walk-around photographs highlighting in color all exterior and interior details of the World's only two preserved K5(E) railway guns: Ausf. C from the US Ordnance Museum, Aberdeen, USA and Ausf. D from the Musee du Mur de l'Atlantique, Audinghen, France. Includes the bonus giant (990 x 680 mm size) fold out sheet of superdetailed 1/72nd and 1/35th scale drawings of K5(E) Ausf. C & D in both firing and transport mode, and 1/10th scale drawings of K5's charges and projectiles.

History of the Totenkopf's PantherAbteilung Ian Michael Wood This book is the culmination of 15 years of research dealing with I/SS-Panzer Regiment 3, from its inception in 1942, when it was equipped with Panzer III's and IV's, until its conversion to the Panther tank during late 1943. The book covers the history of I/SSPanzer Regiment 3 when it was equipped with Panther tanks. From the summer of 1944, Abteilung fought in Siedlce and later in the defensive battles east and north east of Warsaw. $31.95 • 6 x 9 • July 2015 • hardback • 978615-80072-7-6 • PeKo Publishing

$42.95 • 56 pages • 8 x 11.5 • 224 color photos, 31 b/w photos, fold-out sheet of scale drawings • April 2015 • paperback • 978-8360672-24-2 • Model Centrum Progres

SU-85 and SU-100 on the Battlefield

Panzer IV on the Battlefield

Illustrated History of the SturmgeschützAbteilung 202

Craig Ellis

Norbert Számvéber

Neil Stokes

Often referred to as a workhorse the PzKpfw IV is certainly not a glamorous beast but from North Africa to the Eastern front it was a ubiquitous fixture on the various battlefields of WWII. Using archive and original photographs to lay down a visual time line for this Panzer's development, the book takes a historical overview of this strategically important tank.

The SturmgeschützAbteilung 202 was one of the most successful German assault gun units in the Second World War. It had been deployed exclusively on the Eastern Front against the Red Army between 1941 and 1945. The StuGs of this unit were very effective AFVs on the battlefield in the role of heavy weapons for infantry fire support and also as mobile antitank firepower. The book includes a significant number of rare photographs and several maps.

The SU-85 and SU-100 self-propelled guns were based on the proven chassis of the T-34 Medium Tank, and were used primarily in the antitank role. From mid-1943 onward, the SU85 gave the Soviet forces a useful tank destroyer with a significant firepower advantage over the T-34's 76.2mm gun. This book provides a pictorial history of the development and combat deployment of the SU-85, SU-85M and SU-100, illustrated with around 100 photographs.

$41.95 • 112 pages • 8.5 x 12 • October 2015 • hardback • 978-615-80072-1-4 • PeKo Publishing

$41.95 • 112 pages • 8.5 x 12 • August 2015 • hardback • 978-615-80072-0-7 • PeKo Publishing

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$59.95 • 6 x 9 • November 2015 • hardback • 978-615-80072-6-9 • PeKo Publishing

Pen & Sword

Medieval Maritime Warfare Charles D Stanton Following the fall of Rome, the sea is increasingly the stage upon which the human struggle of western civilization is played out. In a world of few roads and great disorder, the sea is the medium on which power is projected and wealth sought. Yet this confused period in the history of maritime warfare has rarely been studied – it is little known and even less understood. Charles Stanton uses an innovative and involving approach to describe this fascinating but neglected facet of European medieval history. He depicts the development of maritime warfare from the end of the Roman Empire to the dawn of the Renaissance, detailing the wars waged in the Mediterranean by the Byzantines, Muslims, Normans, Crusaders, the Italian maritime republics, Angevins and Aragonese as well as those fought in northern waters by the Vikings, English, French and the Hanseatic League. This pioneering study will be compelling reading for everyone interested in medieval warfare and maritime history. $39.95 • 368 pages • 6 x 9 • 50 illustrations, color and b/w • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78159-251-9 • eISBN 978-1-909808-676

ROMAN CONQUESTS

The Danube Frontier Michael Schmitz The Roman conquests of Macedonia in the 2nd century BC led directly to the extension of their authority over the troublesome tribes of Thrace to the south of the Danube. But their new neighbor on the other side of the mighty river, the kingdom of the Dacians, was to pose an increasing threat to the Roman empire. Inevitably this eventually provoked Roman attempts at invasion and conquest. It is a measure of Dacian prowess and resilience that several tough campaigns were required over more than a century before their kingdom was added to the Roman Empire. Dr Michael Schmitz traces Roman involvement in the Danube region from first contact with the Thracians after the Third Macedonian War in the 2nd century BC to the ultimate conquest of Dacia by Trajan in the early years of the 2nd Century AD. Like the other volumes in this series, this book gives a clear narrative of the course of these wars, explaining how the Roman war machine coped with formidable new foes and the challenges of unfamiliar terrain and climate. $39.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 8pp color • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84884-824-5

Rome Seizes the Trident The Defeat of Carthaginian Seapower and the Forging of the Roman Empire Marc C De Santis Seapower played a greater part in ancient empire building than is often appreciated. The Punic Wars, especially the first, were characterized by massive naval battles. The Romans did not even possess a navy of their own when war broke out between them and the Carthaginians in Sicily in 264 B.C. Prior to that, the Romans had relied upon several South Italian Greek cities to provide ships in the same way as its other allies provided soldiers to serve with the legions. The Romans were nevertheless determined to acquire a navy that could challenge that of Carthage. They used a captured galley as a model, reverse engineered it, and constructed hundreds of copies. The Romans used this new navy to wrench maritime superiority from the Carthaginians, most notably at the Battle of Ecnomus where they prevailed through the use of novel tactics. Although not decisive on its own, Rome’s new found naval power was, as Marc De Santis shows, a vital component in their ultimate victory in each of the three Punic Wars. $32.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 6 diagrams, 6 maps • December 2015 • hardback • 978-1-47382698-4

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Pen & Sword Fighting the Kaiser’s War

Caporetto and the Isonzo Campaign

The Saxons in Flanders 1914–1918

The Italian Front 1915–1918

Andrew Lucas & Jürgen Schmieschek

John Macdonald & Željko Cimprić

This highly original book vividly describes the wartime lives and ultimate fates of ten Saxon soldiers facing the British in Flanders, revealed through their intimate diaries and correspondence. This groundbreaking work is illustrated with over 300 mostly unseen wartime photographs and other images, recording the German experience of the war in human detail and giving a rounded picture of how the Saxons lived and died in Flanders. $39.95 • 256 pages • 7.4 x 9.5 • 330 b/w illustrations • July 2015 • hardback • 978-178346-300-8 • eISBN 978-1-4738-4778-1

$19.95 • 128 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 illustrations • October 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-3784-3

The German Army 1914–1918

$19.95 • 128 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 illustrations • December 2015 • paperback • 978-1-47383790-4

Bob Carruthers

$19.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • 130 illustrations • August 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-4572-5 • eISBN 978-1-78159-930-3

Tanks in the Great War

This powerful collection, depicting the advent of the tank and the lead up to the battle for Cambrai, showcases the work of the contemporary combat artists and illustrators from the Great War era. Included here are the works of serious artists, propagandists, illustrators and humorists. The result is a stunning and vivid graphic record of life and death in the first battles of armored warfare.

Contemporary Combat Images from the Great War

From May 1915 to October 1917 the armies of Italy and the Austro-Hungarian empire were locked into a series of twelve battles along the River Isonzo, a sixty-mile front from the Alps to the Adriatic. The author's description of the Isonzo battles, of the battlefields and of the atrocious conditions in which the soldiers lived and fought is supported by a graphic selection of original photographs that record the terrible reality of the conflict.

THE ILLUSTRATED WAR REPORTS

Bob Carruthers

Trench Warfare

This powerful collection, depicting the grim events of trench warfare, showcases the work of the contemporary combat artists and illustrators from the Great War era. Included here are the works of serious artists, propagandists, illustrators and humorists. The result is a stunning and vivid graphic record of life and death in the trenches during the Great War, as reported to contemporary audiences at a time when the events of the Great War were still unfolding.

THE ILLUSTRATED WAR REPORTS

Contemporary Combat Images from the Great War

THE ILLUSTRATED WAR REPORTS

Contemporary Combat Images from the Great War Bob Carruthers During the Great War artists and illustrators produced a highly accurate visual record of the fleeting moments the bulky cameras couldn’t reproduce. These works form a body of war reportage that are as valid as the written word. Today, the work of the combat illustrators and the official war artists from the Great War era is overlooked by historians in favor of photographs, but these illustrations are nonetheless important. $19.95 • 128 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 illustrations • December 2015 • paperback • 978-1-47383791-1

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First World War Trials and Executions Britain’s Traitors, Spies and Killers 1914 –1918 Simon Webb Between the beginning of the First World War in the summer of 1914 and the armistice in 1918, 51 men were executed in Britain. This book tells the story of the most interesting and noteworthy of these executions and the crimes which led up to them. Most books about true crime focus upon the crimes themselves and the trials which followed them. $39.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 8 page plate section • December 2015 • hardback • 978-14738-3397-5

Pen & Sword Auschwitz

With Hitler in the West

The Nazi Solution

Heinrich Hoffmann

Andrew Rawson The camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau were an important part of the Nazis’ final solution to the Jewish question. Over one million people were murdered in its gas chambers and tens of thousands of prisoners were worked to death in the nearby sub-camps. Others were held in the quarantine area before they were deported to work in the Third Reich.

In May 1940, the German Army swept over Europe, unleashing a campaign of battles of annihilation on a hitherto unheralded scale. France was quickly overcome and Holland, along with Belgium, fell in a matter of days. At the head of this vast operation was the Fuhrer with his Supreme Command, and on hand to document the highlights of their inimitable campaign was Heinrich Hoffmann, Hitler’s close friend and official photographer.

This is the story of the development of Auschwitz from a Polish prison camp into a concentration camp, and a thorough account of the building of Birkenau and the gas chambers, which grew into industrial killing machines. Rawson relates what life was like for prisoners, revealing where the unsuspecting new arrivals came from and how they were greeted at the camp with the humiliating selection process; how many were tricked into entering the gas chambers, while others were stripped of their identity and put to work.

This is an invaluable photographic record of the events of Spring 1940, originally published as Mit Hitler im Westen, which was regarded as Heinrich Hoffman’s finest work. The striking images displayed within provide both an intimate view inside the life of the Führer, and present a chilling glimpse into one of history’s most vicious campaigns, and darkest hours. An important historic work, With Hitler in the West provides a fascinating insight into the events of 1940, that shook the world.

$16.99 • 136 pages • 6 x 9 • 30 illustrations • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2798-1 • eISBN 978-1-4738-5529-8

$19.95 • 144 pages • 6.5 x 9.5 • over 200 b/w Images • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-3352-4 • eISBN 978-1-4738-5479-6

The Last Tigers

With Paulus at Stalingrad

Bob Carruthers & Sinclair McLay

Wilhelm Adam & Otto Rühle

The Last Tigers is a powerful novel set during the closing days of World War Two. It forms the concluding episode in the continuing saga of Hans von Schroif and the crew of his Tiger tank. This best-selling series of novels is based on the true stories of Tiger tank commanders who served on the Eastern Front from 1941-45.

Colonel Wilhelm Adam, senior ADC to General Paulus, commander of the German 6th Army at Stalingrad, wrote a compelling and controversial memoir describing the German defeat, his time as a prisoner of war with Paulus, and his conversion to communism. Now, for the first time, his German text has been translated into English.

This is the third in the series, which began with the highly acclaimed Tiger Command, published in 2011, which contains the sprawling epic story of the duel between von Schroif and the infamous White Fox of Russia. This episode introduced the main protagonist to the world and it was soon followed by a prequel, published in 2012, Into the Gates of Hell. Both of the previous volumes were critically acclaimed and commercially successful and both have been translated into numerous languages including Finnish and Norwegian. $14.95 • 320 pages • 5.0 x 7.5 • August 2015 • paperback • 978-1-47384555-8

His account gives an intimate insight into events at the 6th Army headquarters during the advance to Stalingrad and the protracted and devastating battle for possession of the city. In vivid detail he recalls the sharp personality clashes among the senior commanders and their intense disputes about tactics and strategy, but he also records the ordeal of the German troops trapped in the encirclement and his own role in the fighting. The extraordinary story he tells, fluently translated by Tony Le Tissier, offers a genuinely fresh perspective on the battle, and it reveals much about the prevailing attitudes and tense personal relationships of the commanders at Stalingrad and at Hitler’s headquarters. $39.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 20 illustrations • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-3386-9

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Pen & Sword Fighting Nazi Occupation British Resistance 1939 • 1945 Malcolm Atkin When Winston Churchill made his ‘we shall never surrender’ speech in 1940 he was speaking in the knowledge that Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service was planning a civilian British resistance movement to mobilize after the country had been occupied. Here, the author's conclusions will cause controversy among military historians and will change our understanding of the preparations made in Britain to resist Nazi occupation in the Second World War.

MODERN WARFARE

Soviet Cold War Weaponry Tanks and Armoured Vehicles Anthony TuckerJones In this companion volume to his photographic history of Soviet tanks and armored vehicles, Anthony Tucker-Jones provides a visual guide to the vast array of aircraft, warships and missiles the Soviet armed forces deployed at the height of the Cold War. Although the superpowers never came to blows, the socalled ‘Cold War’ was far from cold, with numerous ‘hot’ proxy wars being fought in Africa and the Middle East.

Hitler’s Violent Youth How Trench Warfare and Street Fighting Shaped Hitler Bob Carruthers This is he fascinating story of how the events which befell Hitler between 1889 and 1924 influenced his political outlook and heralded the formation of the Sturm Abteilung – the notorious SA. Drawing extensively on Hitler’s own biographical account in Mein Kampf, the author illustrates how a series of violent events transformed Hitler’s view of the world and led directly to the Beer Hall Putsch of 1924. $39.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of mono plates • September 2015 • paperback • 978-14738-3351-7

$34.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 60 Illustrations • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-47383377-7

$24.95 • 160 pages • 7.4 x 9.5 • 160 illustrations, color and b/w • August 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78303-296-9

LUFT WAFFE AT WAR

America’s Commandos

Schindler’s Krakow

The Lightning War from Poland to Dunkirk, 1939–1940

U.S. Special Operations Forces of World War II and Korea

The City Under The Nazis

Peter C Smith

Leroy Thompson

This superb illustrated series books charts the rise and fall of the German Air Force from 1939 to 1945. Each volume makes use of over a hundred rare and valuable photographs, many of them taken by Luftwaffe personnel, to bring history to life and record both the men and the aircraft they flew. With more than 100 photographs and detailed commentary Stuka Spearhead profiles the various models and infamous tactics of these deadly dive-bomber.

America deployed a diverse group of special operations forces (SOF) throughout World War II and in Korea. These elite units quickly earned a redoubtable reputation and proved themselves adept at hit-and-run raids, gathering intelligence in long-range patrols, rescuing PoWs and living and fighting in hostile environments. This valuable, fully illustrated guide includes more than 100 rare and unusual photographs of the men, uniforms, special equipment and insignia of these elite troops.

Stuka Spearhead

$24.95 • 72 pages • 7.5 x 10 • integrated b/w photos, 8 pages of color • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832-799-3 • eISBN 978-178438-034-2

Andrew Rawson Nazi Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939 and five days later Krakow fell. Hans Frank’s General Government then subjected the Polish and Jews to four and a half years of terror. The story begins with the plundering of the city’s treasures, the relocation of the people and the first arrests and executions. $14.95 • 144 pages • 6 x 9 • 30 illustrations • December 2015 • paperback • 978-1-47382797-4

$24.95 • 72 pages • 7.5 x 10 • integrated b/w photos, 8 pages of color • December 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832-805-1

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Pen & Sword Battlefields in Miniature

The Wargaming Compendium

Making Realistic and Effective Terrain for Wargames

Henry Hyde

Paul Davies Like a good general, a good wargamer should have an eye for the ground. Just as the nature of the battlefield plays a central role in real warfare, so miniature wargames are greatly enhanced by realistic terrain. Besides, when you've spent hundreds of hours collecting and painting your miniature armies, they surely deserve ground worth fighting for. Master terrain modeler Paul Davies takes the reader through the process of creating a visually appealing yet practical terrain system. First the techniques of making the basic landscape are explained, then a series of projects show how this can be adapted to suit different periods or geographic locations (eg European farmland or Sudanese desert). There are then detailed chapters on adding vegetation, buildings, roadways, trench systems etc. The clear, step-by-step instructions are clearly illustrated by numerous specially-taken photographs of the work in progress and Paul's inspirational finished pieces. $50.00 • 256 pages • 6.75 x 9.5 • 300+ color photos • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78159-274-8 • eISBN 978-1-4738-5451-2

This book gives a complete overview of the hobby of wargaming with miniatures, especially suitable for the newcomer but also containing sufficient depth and breadth of information to attract the more experienced gamer. Packed with color photographs, maps and diagrams the book is a visual treat, but one built on the solid foundations of a highly literate and engaging text that does not ‘dumb down’ the hobby. Every aspect is explained clearly and in a way that both informs and entertains, with plenty of personality, gentle humor and a lightness of touch. The contents will include a brief history of the development of wargaming and advice on such subjects as: choosing a period, from ancients to sci-fi; the question of scale (not only of miniatures, but the size of game from the smallest skirmishes to epic battles), terrain, buying and painting miniatures, creating scenarios for wargames, running a campaign, solo wargaming and so on. $34.95 • 528 pages • 6.7 x 9.5 • b/w and color photos throughout • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2377-8

Images of War series IMAGES OF WAR

IMAGES OF WAR

Hitler’s Propaganda Pilgrimage

The Waffen SS in Combat

Bob Carruthers

A Photographic History

The famous image of Hitler in Paris has become one of the most iconic images of the Second World War. However, Hitler only spent a few hours in Paris before heading to Flanders to revisit the sites of the battlefields where he had served during the Great War. He was on a propaganda mission to publicize his own war service and a full photographic record of Hitler’s visits to France and Flanders was produced by Heinrich Hoffman, Hitler’s personal photographer. Those photographs from 1940 have now been collected together for the first time and are reproduced here along with all of the most important surviving images of Hitler in the Great War.

Bob Carruthers These rare images span the combat history of the Waffen-SS from the optimism of the opening phases of the war in the west through the challenges of Barbarossa and the long and bloody retreat against a numerically far superior enemy in both the east and the west. This powerful photographic record is essential reading for anyone with an interest in the course of the war from the German perspective and clearly demonstrates the scale of the task undertaken by the Waffen-SS on all fronts. $24.95 • 160 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • Integrated pictures throughout • October 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-3353-1 • eISBN 978-1-4738-5758-2

$24.95 • 144 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • Integrated images throughout • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-3350-0 • eISBN 978-1-47385755-1

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American Eagles

Aircraft Carriers of the United States Navy

Battleships

US Fighter Pilots in the RAF 1939 – 1945 Tony Holmes American Eagles provides a photographic snapshot of the lives of the American fighter pilots who volunteered their services during World War II, as well as the Spitfires and Hurricanes they flew. Each image has a detailed caption, chronicling the wartime exploits of the elite ‘band of brothers’ known as the American Eagles. $19.95 • 144 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 100 illustrations • October 2015 • paperback • 9781-4738-3566-5

Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives Michael Green In 1922 the US Navy commissioned its first small experimental aircraft carrier. This was followed into service by two much larger and capable carriers in 1927 with five more being built prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor including three large Yorktown class. This book contains superb images of all the different types of classes of carriers employed by the US Navy since 1922.

WWII Evolution of the Big Guns Philip Kaplan Beginning with a pictorial essay on battleship construction in the 1930s and 1940s, this new book looks at the various design facets of the last great capital ships of the world's navies. Kaplan offers us a glimpse into those massive American and German navy yards and construction facilities that were put to use during this time. $24.95 • 144 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • Integrated b/w images • September 2015 • paperback • 978-178346-307-7

$24.95 • 200 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 250 color and b/w images • July 2015 • paperback • 978-178337-610-0 • eISBN 978-1-4738-5444-4 IMAGES OF WAR

IMAGES OF WAR

United States Naval Aviation 1911–2014

The Red Baron

Merchant Sailors at War 1943–1945

Barry Pickthall

From humble beginnings in 1911 with float planes, by the 1930s, the US Navy possessed dirigibles and were introducing fighter planes. By the start of WW2, monoplane fighters were replacing biplanes and a major aircraft carrier build was underway. All these and more are described in expert detail and illustrated in this fine book. Future projects are also covered.

Beginning his wartime career on the Western Front in August 1916, Manfred von Richthofen, or the Red Baron as he became known, had shot down an impressive total of fifteen aircraft by January 1917, as well as being appointed commander of his own unit. Found by chance at a car boot sale by the author, an esteemed journalist and keen amateur aviator, this collection has sat, mostly unused, for almost a century.

$24.95 • 184 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 250 color and b/w images • October 2015 • paperback • 9781-4738-2225-2 • eISBN 978-1-4738-5838-1

$19.95 • 144 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 80 illustrations • November 2015 • paperback • 978-1-47383358-6

Michael Green

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Beating the U-boat Philip Kaplan Featured in this new volume from Philip Kaplan are images of some of the most iconic and important merchant ships of the latter years of the Second World War, along with intriguing shots of the men who sailed and worked on them. The indomitable HMS Sackville, the only surviving corvette of the Second World War, is afforded particularly prominent coverage, alongside a host of lesser-known but equally formidable ships. $24.95 • 176 pages • 7.4 x 9.5 • 150 b/w images approx • August 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78346-305-3

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IMAGES OF WAR

The British at Ypres 1914–1915

The British at Passchendaele 1916–18

The Germans at Ypres 1914–1915

Sir Philip Gibbs

Otto Schwink

This new volume in the long-running Images of War series features the actions of the British Army at Passchendaele. The book is comprised of rare photographs illustrating the years of fighting on the northern sector of the Ypres salient, which finally culminated in the capture of the ridge at Passchendaele, accompanied by a powerful text written by Official War Correspondent Philip Gibbs, who was an eyewitness to the events.

This new volume in the longrunning Images of War series features the actions of the Imperial German Army at Ypres from 1914-15. This volume also features a chapter on Adolf Hitler’s service during the Great War, which both began and ended in the Ypres salient, and includes a selection of rare photographs illustrating Hitler’s experience in the ranks of the Bavarian Army in Flanders.

Bob Carruthers This book incorporates a wide range of photographic images encompassing the actions of the cavalry, infantry and artillery. Also featured are images, which depict the myriad activity behind the lines, dealing with German prisoners of war, the endless supply columns of the commissariat and the extraordinary efforts to provide proper medical care for the wounded. $24.95 • 128 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 200 illustrations • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-3607-5

$24.95 • 128 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 200 illustrations • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-3779-9

$24.95 • 128 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 250 illustrations • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-3780-5

IMAGES OF WAR

The British on the Somme 1916

The German Army on Campaign 1914–1918

The Fall of Malaya and Singapore

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Images of War

Sir Philip Gibbs

Bob Carruthers

Jon Diamond

This new volume in the long-running Images of War series features the actions of the British Army on the Somme. Not only is the book comprised of rare photographs illustrating the actions of the British army fighting on the Somme, but it is accompanied by a powerful text written by Official War Correspondent Philip Gibbs, who was an eyewitness to the events.

This book incorporates a wide range of images that encompass the actions of the German infantry and their supporting artillery. Also featured are images, which depict the almost incomprehensible condition of the battlefield and the trenches after more than one million shells had been poured into the German lines. Portraits of the German troops are contrasted with surviving images of captured British prisoners of war.

In just 10 weeks from 8 December 1941 to mid February 1942, British and Imperial forces were utterly defeated by the numerically inferior Japanese under General Yamashita. Once the Allied troops withdrew to Singapore it was only a matter of time before surrender became inevitable. The whole catastrophe is brilliantly described in this highly illustrated book.

$19.95 • 128 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 250 illustrations • October 2015 • paperback • 9781-4738-3781-2

$19.95 • 128 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 • 250 illustrations • October 2015 • paperback • 9781-4738-3782-9

$24.95 • 208 pages • 7.4 x 9.5 • 250 b/w illustrations • August 2015 • paperback • 9781-4738-4558-9 • eISBN 978-1-4738-5447-5

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Brutus: Caesar’s Assassin

The Emperor Commodus The Roman Barbarian Wars God and Gladiator

Dr Kirsty Corrigan

John S McHugh

This biography considers Brutus in his historical context, gathering details from ancient evidence and piecing together, as far as possible, his whole life.

John McHugh reviews the ancient evidence to present the first fulllength biography of Commodus in English.

$32.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 8pp plates • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84884-776-7

Dawn of the Horse Warriors Chariot and Cavalry Warfare, 3000-600BC Duncan Noble Duncan Noble draws on all his vast experience as a horseman and experimental archaeologist to discuss the development of horsemanship, horse management and training and the significant developments in horse harness and saddles.

$39.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 8 or 16 b/w plates • June 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2755-4

The Era of Roman Conquest

The Military History of the Byzantines 959–1025

Ludwig Dyck

Julian Romane

Ludwig Dyck begins with the foundation of the city of Rome and follows her growth into a martial empire, complete with its pageantry and glory, its genius, its brutality and its arrogance.

Julian Romane’s careful research, drawing particularly on the evidence of Byzantine military manuals, allows him to produce a gripping narrative underpinned by a detailed understanding of the Byzantine tactics, organization, training and doctrine.

$34.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 8pp plate section • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2388-4

Fields of Battle Retracing Ancient Battlefields Richard Evans Richard Evans revisits the sites of a selection of Greek and Roman battles and sieges to seek new insights.

Byzantium Triumphant

$32.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • 20 illustrations • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-4570-1

Fighting Emperors of Byzantium

The Hammer of the Scots

John Carr

Edward I and the Scottish Wars of Independence

$39.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 8pp plates • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78383-116-6 • eISBN 9781-4738-5626-4 •

$49.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 37 b/w photos, 19 maps • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84884796-5

David Santiuste This book offers a fresh interpretation of Edward’s military career, within the context of his Scottish wars. $44.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 20 illustrations • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78159-012-6 • eISBN 9781-4738-5765-0

$34.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 8pp b/w photos, 2 or 3 maps • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78346275-9

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The Norman Commanders

Two Deaths at Amphipolis

Masters of Warfare 911–1135

Cleon vs Brasidas in the Peloponnesian War

Paul Hill

Mike Roberts

The author traces the course of conquests, focusing on the leaders as individual commanders and on their achievements on the battlefield.

By focusing on the fatal duel between Brasidas and Cleon, and drawing on all available sources to supplement Thucydides’ seminal account, Mike Roberts offers a valuable new perspective on the Peloponnesian War.

$39.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 60 color and b/w illustrations • September 2015 • hardback • 9781-78346-228-5

Wellington’s Engineers Military Engineering in the Peninsular War 1808-1814 Mark S. Thompson The role of the Royal Engineers in the Peninsular War has long been neglected and often misunderstood, and Mark Thompson’s history is the first full account of their work and of the contribution they made throughout the conflict. $49.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 60 illustrations • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78346-363-3 • eISBN 978-1-4738-5842-8

Death Before Glory

$49.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 18 photos (8pp plate section), 4 maps (re-used) and 6 tactical diagrams • October 2015 • hardback • 978-178346-378-7

Napoleon 1814

The British Soldier in the The Defence of France West Indies in the French Andrew Uffindell Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1793–1815 This account records the swift Martin R Howard This is a highly readable, thoroughly researched and comprehensive study of the British army’s campaigns in the West Indies during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic period. $49.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 30 illustrations • December 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78159-341-7

succession of clashes in graphic detail, leading up to the final battle outside Paris, the biggest and bloodiest of the entire campaign, and then the extraordinary drama of Napoleon’s abdication. $29.95 • 336 pages • 6 x 9 • 30 Illustrations • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-4256-4

Wellington’s Men Remembered

A Handful of Heroes, Rorke’s Drift

G.I. THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE AMERIC AN SOLDIER, HIS UNIFORM AND HIS EQUIPMENT

A Register of Memorials to Soldiers who Fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo – Vol II: M to Z

Facts, Myths and Legends

Billy Yank

Katie Stossel

The Uniform of the Union Army, 1861–1865

Janet Bromley & David Bromley This is a reference work that contains over 3,000 memorials to soldiers who fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo between 1808 and 1815. $100.00 • 688 pages • 7.5 x 9.5 September 2015 • hardback • 9781-84884-750-7 • eISBN 978-14738-5768-1

Thanks to newly discovered letters and documents, A Handful of Heroes updates the history of the defense of Rorke’s Drift, which will forever be one of the most celebrated British feats of arms. $39.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-47382822-3

Michael J McAfee & John P Langellier This handy guide delves a little deeper and sets out to discover exactly what the typical ‘Billy Yank’ looked like and how they lived. $24.95 • 72 pages • 7.5 x 10 • integrated b/w photos, 8 pages of color • December 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832-806-8 • eISBN 9781-78438-023-6

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Air Raids on South West Essex in the Great War Looking for Zeppelins at Leyton

THE ILLUSTRATED WAR REPORTS

Cavalry Charges Contemporary Combat Images from the Great War

Alan David Simpson

Bob Carruthers

Focusing in particular on Leyton and Ilford, this is the first book to ever examine what happened before and after the raiders reached and bombarded the capital.

This powerful collection, depicting cavalry engagements on all fronts, showcases the work of contemporary combat artists and illustrators from the Great War era.

$39.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 32 illustrations • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-3412-5

Final Wicket

$19.95 • 128 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 illustrations • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-3783-6

Defiance! Withstanding the Kaiserschlacht G.H.F. Nichols George Nichols has written a powerful account of the Kaiser’s last great offensive battle from inside the eye of the storm. $34.95 • 272 pages • 6 x 9 November 2015 • hardback • 9781-4738-3356-2

Despatch Rider on the Western Front 1915–18 The Diary of Sergeant Albert Simpkin MM Edited by David Venner As a result of Sergeant Albert Simpkin MM’s diary entries, and some longer descriptions of the main actions of the Division, provided here is a graphic record of the war on the Western Front. $39.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2740-0 • eISBN 978-1-4738-5967-8

In My Father’s Footsteps Irishmen in the Great War With the 53rd Welsh

Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War

Division from Normandy to Hamburg

Irish Newspaper Stories 1916

Nigel McCrery

Gwilym Davies

Tom Burnell

The author has researched the lives and deaths of over 200 top class cricketers who made the ultimate sacrifice. The wholesale loss of life during The Great War is well demonstrated by these moving biographies.

During the course of the war, Capt. Davies liberated a camera from a fallen SS officer and, after the war, had the film developed. The film contained graphic images of the war from the German side of the line.

In a quest to to discover the forgotten Irishmen in twentyseven Irish newspapers, many of which are now obsolete, the author uncovered unbelievable and forgotten newspaper articles, cast aside since the 1920s – until now.

$49.95 • 400 pages • 6 x 9 • 250 illustrations • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2714-1

$24.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 November 2015 • paperback • 9781-4738-3354-8

$49.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 8 page plate section • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2346-4

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Leeds Pals Laurie Milner This is the story of one battalion, the Leeds Pals, which by the war’s end in 1918, was described as having been ‘four times wiped out but fighting to the end’. $49.95 • 426 pages • 6 x 9 • Illustrated • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-4181-9

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Liverpool Pals

Martin Leake

17th, 18th, 19th, 20th Double VC (Service) Battalions The Ann Clayton King's (Liverpool Regiment). Graham Maddocks Liverpool Pals is a record of duty, courage and endeavor of a group of men who, before war broke out in 1914, were the backbone of Liverpool’s commerce. $32.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • Illustrated • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-4512-1

Nursing Through Shot and Shell A Great War Nurse’s Story Christine Smyth & Vivien Newman This recently discovered memoir gives an intimate glimpse into the Great War service of Beatrice Hopkinson, a Territorial Forces Nursing Service Sister, who remained steadfastly and true to her profession as she nursed through shot and shell. $39.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • 8 page plate section • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2759-2

Surprisingly, this is the first biography of this most remarkable man, now printed in paperback format, for which Ann Clayton has been given access to all the family papers. $24.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages b/w plates • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-4182-6

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Passchendaele Contemporary Combat Images from the Great War Bob Carruthers This powerful collection, depicting the grim realities of the battle for Passchendeale, showcases the work of the contemporary combat artists and illustrators from the Great War era. $19.95 • 128 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 illustrations • November 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-3789-8

Missing But Not Forgotten

Nine Divisions in Champagne

Men of the Thiepval Memorial – Somme

The Second Battle of Marne

Ken Linge & Pam Linge

Patrick Takle

This book features over 200 fascinating stories of the men who fought and died and whose final resting places have not been identified.

The book explains how the Allies, after a series of swinging defeats, sank their differences and came together to turn the tide against the German Army in the Summer of 1918.

$49.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 300 illustrations • December 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2358-7

$39.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp of b/w plates • December 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-3422-4

Recollections of the Great War

Soldier from the Wars Returning

Three Years on Campaign in France and Flanders with the Northumberland Fusiliers

Charles Carrington

Francis Buckley This rare primary source account is the story of the hard fighting battalion of the 7th Northumberland Fusiliers, which saw action on the Somme, Passchendaele and in the Battle of Arras.

Soldier from the Wars Returning is one of the truest, most profound and readable personal accounts of the Great War. $29.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • Illustrated • November 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-4184-0

$29.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 December 2015 • hardback • 9781-4738-3355-5

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The Battles of French Flanders Neuve Chapelle, Aubers Ridge, Festubert, Loos and Fromelles

THE ILLUSTRATED WAR REPORTS

The British on the Somme Contemporary Combat Images from the Great War

The Nivelle Offensive and the Battle of the Aisne 1917 A Battlefield Guide to the Chemin des Dames

Jon Cooksey & Jerry Murland

Bob Carruthers

Expert guides Jon Cooksey and Jerry Murland take visitors over a series of routes that can be walked, biked or driven, explaining the fighting that occurred at each place in vivid detail.

This powerful collection, depicting the grim realities of the Battle of the Somme, showcases the work of the contemporary combat artists and illustrators from the Great War era.

Five tours supplemented by fortysix stops at individual places of interest provide an exceptional insight into the struggle for the Chemin des Dames.

$29.95 • 240 pages • 5.4 x 8.5 • 150 illustrations • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-2403-4 • eISBN 978-1-4738-5627-1

$19.95 • 128 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 illustrations • November 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-3787-4

$29.95 • 224 pages • 5.4 x 8.5 • 100 color and b/w illustrations • October 2015 • paperback • 978-178303-034-7

The Raid on Zeebrugge

The Zeebrugge & Ostend Raids 1918

23 April 1918, As Seen Through the Eyes of Captain Alfred Carpenter, VC Carl Decaluwé & Tomas Termote This book is the fruit of the chance discovery of a series of photographic plates belonging to Alfred Carpenter, who commanded the lead ship, HMS Vindictive, during the raid. $50.00 • 144 pages • 10 x 9.5 • color illustrations • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-5431-4

Andrew Uffindell

The North Irish Horse in the Great War Phillip Tardif Sent to France in August 1914 the North Irish Horse were the first British reservist regiment to see action before fighting as rearguard on the long retreat to the outskirts of Paris. The book focuses on the oﬃcers and men; their background, motivation and courageous deeds and sacrifices. $49.95 • 360 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp of b/w plates • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-3375-3 • eISBN 978-1-4738-5952-4

VISITING THE FALLEN

THE ILLUSTRATED WAR REPORTS

Arras South

War at Sea 1914–1915

Deborah Lake

Peter Hughes

The Zeebrugge Raid is one of the most exciting small actions, not just of the First World War but in British history.

The area around Arras is as rich in Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries as anywhere else on the Western Front, including the Somme and Ypres. This book is the story of the men who fell and who are now buried in those cemeteries.

Contemporary Combat Images from the Great War

$24.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-3796-6

$49.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 8 page plate section • December 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2558-1

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Bob Carruthers This is a stunning and vivid graphic record of life and death on the high-seas from 1914-18, as reported to contemporary audiences at a time when the events of the Great War were still unfolding. $19.95 • 128 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 illustrations • November 2015 • 978-1-4738-3786-7

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THE ILLUSTRATED WAR REPORTS

War in the Air 1914–1916

Ypres

Contemporary Combat Images from the Great War Bob Carruthers These works form a body of war reportage that are as valid as the written word. $19.95 • 128 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 illustrations • October 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-3785-0

Contemporary Combat Images from the Great War Bob Carruthers This powerful collection, depicting the grim realities of the four-year struggle for the Ypres salient, showcases the work of the contemporary combat artists and illustrators from the Great War era. $19.95 • 128 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 illustrations • November 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-3788-1

C AMPAIGN CHRONICLES

Daring Raids of Battle of the River Plate World War Two A Grand Delusion Richard Woodman The Battle of the River Plate was the first major naval confrontation of the Second World War, and it is one of the most famous. $22.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • 40 illustrations • October 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-4573-2

Armoured Horseman

A Classic of Escape

With the Bays and Eighth Army in North Africa and Italy

Major M.C.C. Harrison & Captain H.A. Cartwright s tells the remarkable story of two British officers and their war effort, capture by the Germans, imprisonment and eventual escape to Holland. $49.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 10 b/w pics and illustrations and 1 map • July 2015 • hardback • 978-14738-2757-8 • eISBN 978-1-47385183-2

Peter Willett Peter Willett, a professional journalist and much published author, is superbly qualified to describe his war and the experiences of his fellow cavalrymen. He tells a moving story with characteristic lightness of touch and modesty. $39.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp of b/w plates • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-3421-7 • eISBN 978-1-4738-5743-8

Fighting Hitler from Dunkirk to D-Day

Monte Cassino

Heroic Land, Sea and Air Attacks

The Story of Die Hard Jeff Haward

Rudolf Bohmler

Peter Jacobs

Neil Barber & Jeff Haward

The Second World War saw a host of heroic raids enacted across the various theaters, all delivered valiantly in a variety of ways by British combatants; on land, by sea and from the air.

Fighting Hitler From Dunkirk to DDay is the compelling story of a man belonging to a group of which there are now very few survivors.

$44.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 30 b/w images • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78346-333-6

Within Four Walls

$39.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • 25 illustrations • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2699-1 • eISBN 9781-4738-5527-4

A German View As a German battalion commander Rudolf Bohmler fought in the front line during the fierce battles fought at Monte Cassino. After the war he wrote one of the first fulllength accounts of this famous and controversial episode. $39.95 • 320 pages • 6 x 9 • 30 b/w Images • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2846-9

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Mortars in World War II

Nothing is Impossible

Operation EPSOM

John Norris

A Glider Pilot’s Story of Sicily, Arnhem and the Rhine Crossing

Over the Battlefield

Reporting the Second World War

Ian Daglish

Brian Best

The author of this book joined the Queen's Royal Regiment upon the outbreak of the Second World War. This story is an astonishing record of skill, bravery, comradeship and resourcefulness.

This entirely new study brings together previously unseen evidence to present an important Normandy battle in very great detail. The unfolding action is illustrated using aerial photography of the battlefield and period Army maps.

This is an in-depth account of the war, as seen through the newspapers of the day. It illustrates the momentous efforts of the correspondents.

$49.95 • 408 pages • 6 x 9 • 100 illustrations • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-4366-0

$29.95 • 272 pages • 6 x 9 • 120 photos • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-4559-6

John Norris give a brief history of the origins of the weapon and its use in the Great War before moving on to look in detail at the many types developed and used in the Second World War. $44.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 50 illustrations • color and b/w • December 2015 • hardback • 9781-78346-376-3

Victor Miller

SAS –Men in the Making Setting France Ablaze An Original’s Account of Operations in Sicily and Italy Peter Davis MC & Edited by Paul Davis Peter Davis was the youngest officer in the SAS during World War II. In his autobiographical account, he reveals the naïve enthusiasm he felt when he joined the Unit. $49.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-47384560-2

The SOE in France During WWII Peter Jacobs Peter Jacobs describes the extraordinary contribution to the Allied war effort made by the S.O.E. in France and tells the gripping story of the men and women who so bravely operated behind enemy lines. $39.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 50 b/w images • December 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78346-336-7

T E Lawrence and the Red Sea Patrol The Royal Navy’s Role in Creating The Legend John Johnson Allen Although many books have been written about T E Lawrence and the Arab Revolt, none before has fully explored the pivotal role of the Royal Navy in the Red Sea at the time. $39.95 • 160 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 illustrations • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-3800-0 • eISBN 978-1-4738-5961-6

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$34.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • 32 illustrations • December 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-3420-0

The Men Behind Monty Richard Mead The Men Behind Monty examines the role played by the personal staff in the victorious campaigns of Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery, Britain’s most successful field commander since the Duke of Wellington. $49.95 • 304 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages b/w plates • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2716-5 • eISBN 9781473857520

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The Shelburne Escape Line

VE Day A Day to Remember

Secret Rescues of Allied Craig Cabell & Allan Richard Aviators by the French The authors have compiled a Underground, the British collection of memories and Royal Navy and London’s MI-9

VOICES IN FLIGHT

VOICES IN FLIGH

Daylight Bombing Operations 1939–1942

RAF Night Operations

Martin Bowman

anecdotes from celebrities and members of the public covering their experiences of the Second World War and the day that Victory over the Nazis was declared. We hear from not only those in the Armed Forces but civilians.

The vivid honesty of the stories on display here brings into sharp focus the personal fears as well as the sheer exhilaration of flying sorties by day as the squadrons of Blenheims, Mosquitoes, Mitchells and Venturas swept across the Continent towards their targets.

Wartime speeches alone cannot begin to describe the misery and fortitude, desperation and terror endured by the civilian population during the ‘Blitz Nights’ in Coventry, the London docklands and the East End as night after night bombs and incendiaries rained down on them.

$39.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • Integrated illustrations throughout • July 2015 • hardback • 978-14738-3778-2

$24.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp b/w • July 2015 • paperback • 9781-4738-4557-2

$44.95 • 232 pages • 6 x 9 • 32pp plates • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78383-177-7

$49.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 2 x 16 pages of b/w plates • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78383-194-4

We Fought at Kohima

With Recce at Arnhem The Recollections of Trooper Des Evans – a 1st Airborne Division Veteran

Omar Al-Bashir and Africa’s Longest War

The End of Empire

A Veteran’s Account

Paul Moorcraft

Martin Bell

President Omar al-Bashir is Africa’s and arguably Arabia’s most controversial leader. The author draws on in-depth one-on-one interviews with Bashir himself and his family and close political, military and intelligence colleagues.

Martin Bell, the former BBC war reporter and Independent MP, served as a soldier in the Suffolk Regiment during the Cyprus emergency between 1957 and 1959. This is an absorbing account of the experience of army life from the perspective of a private soldier.

$39.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w illustrations • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1-47382823-0 • eISBN 978-1-4738-5496-3

$39.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 20 b/w photographs • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-4818-4 • eISBN 978-1-4738-4819-1

Réanne Hemingway-Douglass & Don Douglass Six decades after the end of World War II, new stories about the conflict continue to emerge. One of these is the subject of this book.

Raymond Street & Robert Street Raymond was a member of the 4th Battalion The Queen’s West Kent and as a company runner he was uniquely placed to witness the dreadful and dramatic events as they unfolded. $39.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp of b/w plates • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-4367-7

Mike Gallagher This book covers Des Evans' wartime service in North Africa, Italy and at Arnhem. $29.95 • 160 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp of b/w plates • December 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-4363-9

Cyprus: A Soldier's Story

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The Rigger Operating with the SAS Jack Williams This is the gripping insider story of the tension, fear and comradeship of these specialists, who needed more than just a head for heights. $24.95 • 208 pages • 6 x 9 • 8 pages of plates • August 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-3130-8 • eISBN 978-1-7833-7940-8

With the SAS and Other Animals A Vet’s Experiences during the Dhofar War 1974 Andrew Higgins Higgins' firsthand experiences and anecdotes of life dealing with every level of Omani society from rulers to black slaves and their varied livestock make for wonderfully atmospheric and often amusing reading. $24.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp of b/w and 8pp of color plates • November 2015 • paperback • 9781-4738-4362-2

Air Men Behind the Medals Graham Pitchfork Here, Graham Pitchfork describes the outstanding bravery of twenty-one air men who served in the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm during the Second World War. $39.95 • 248 pages • 6 x 9 • integrated throughout • September 2015 • hardback • 9781-4738-2815-5

Airwar Normandy Richard Townshend Bickers In this absorbing book, Richard Bickers describes how the vital necessity of air/land cooperation was brought home to the senior officers in North Africa and emphasizes how valuable this lesson was to prove later in the war. $24.95 • 176 pages • 6 x 9 • Illustrated • August 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-3795-9

A Goldstar Century

A Passion for Flying

31 Squadron RAF 1915–2015

8,000 hours of RAF Flying

Ian Hall This lively and informative narrative is interspersed with firsthand accounts taken from interviews conducted with the men who made/make up the 31 Squadron RAF. $44.95 • 304 pages • 6 x 9 • 80 b/w integrated, 20 color images in plates • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78340-058-4

Group Captain Tom Eeles Group Captain Tom Eeles served in the RAF for 44 years and totaled over 8000 hours of flying in twenty-eight different aircraft types. $24.95 • 160 pages • 6 x 9 • 60 b/w photos • August 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-4564-0 • eISBN 9781-84468-856-2

Australia’s Few and the Battle of Britain

Combat Biplanes of World War II

Kristen Alexander

Peter C. Smith

During the summer and autumn of 1940, the Germans launched their Luftwaffe campaign to gain superiority over the RAF, especially Fighter Command. They were not successful, and this defeat marked a turning point in the Allies’ favor.

The era of the combat biplane is usually thought to have been between 1914 and 1938. This book describes a selection of these gallant old warriors of all nations.

$49.95 • 424 pages • 6 x 9 • Mono illustrations throughout, plus 1x16pp mono plate section • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1-47383379-1 • eISBN 978-1-4738-5943-2

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$34.95 • 304 pages • 6 x 9 • 16pp mono plates • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78340-054-6

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Dogfight

Dowding’s Eagles

FLIGHT CRAFT 5

FLIGHT CRAFT 6

The Supermarine Spitfire and the Messerschmitt Bf109

Accounts of Twenty-five Battle of Britain Veterans

Sukhoi Su-15

Il’yushin/Beriyev A-50

The ‘Boeing Killer’

The ‘Soviet Sentry’

Norman Franks

Yefim Gordon

The Battle of Britain fought by The Few, as Churchill famously called them, will remain a legendary feat of arms for centuries to come. Together with photographs of the men and their aircraft, this is an inspiring book.

This book describes the developmental and service history of the Sukhoi-Su-15, containing a comprehensive survey of all model-making kits currently available on the market.

This book describes the A-50’s thrilling developmental history, taking in its many variants and gives an extensive overview of the various scale model kits covering the subject currently available on the market.

David Owen Innumerable books have been published on the two most famous fighter aircraft of all time, the Supermarine Spitfire and the Messerschmitt Bf109. But books setting out to tell the story of both aircraft are very much rarer. $44.95 • 368 pages • 6 x 9 • 150 illustrations • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2806-3

FLIGHT CRAFT 7

V Bombers Vulcan, Valiant and Victor Martin W Bowman & Dave Windle

$49.95 • 272 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of b/w plates • December 2015 • hardback • 978-1-47384420-9

Freedom in the Air A Czech Flyer and his Aircrew Dog Hamish Ross

This enhanced and revised edition comes complete with modelmaking content as well as a host of brand new design features, making for a lively new addition to our esteemed Flight Craft series.

This biography tells of the life of a Czech airman who escapes from the Nazi invasion, fights with the French and finally arrives in Britain to fly as an air-gunner with the RAF during WWII.

$29.95 • 64 pages • 8 x 11.5 • Illustrated • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-3424-8

$24.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 44 illustrations plate section • August 2015 • paperback • 978-1-47383436-1

$29.95 • 96 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • July 2015 • paperback • 978-14738-2390-7 • eISBN 978-1-47385357-7

From Sapper to Spitfire Spy

$29.95 • 96 pages • 8.25 x 11.5 • July 2015 • paperback • 978-14738-2391-4 • eISBN 978-1-47385358-4

From St Vith to Victory

The WWII Biography of David Greville-Heygate DFC

218 (Gold Coast) Squadron and the Campaign Against Nazi Germany

Sally-Anne Greville Heygate

Stephen C Smith

Although there have been many stories about the Battle of Britain there has been less published about the life of a photo reconnaissance pilot during this time.

Compiled from a variety of sources and firsthand accounts, this book is an authoritative record of the part played by No.218 (Gold Coast) Squadron during the bomber offensives of World War II.

$39.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • Illustrated • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-4388-2

$49.95 • 336 pages • 6 x 9 • 76 integrated illustrations • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-3505-4 • eISBN 978-1-4738-5528-1

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LUFT WAFFE AT WAR

Mosquito

Political Wings

RAF In Camera: 1960s

The Original Multi-Role Combat Aircraft

William Wedgwood Benn, first Viscount Stansgate

Keith Wilson

Graham M. Simons

Alun Wyburn-Powell

Here, Graham Simons describes in detail how the de Havilland Mosquito was built, utilizing many rare photographs from the design studio and production lines.

This is the first biography of Rt. Hon. William Wedgwood Benn DSO, DFC. Before his death, Tony Benn gave extensive interviews for this book.

$22.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • Approx 480 mono within text • October 2015 • paperback • 978-1-78340071-3

$49.95 • 248 pages • 6 x 9 • 40 b/w illustrations • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-4814-6 • eISBN 9781-4738-4815-3

Secret Wings of WWII

Sisters in Arms

Nazi Technology and the Allied Arms Race

The Women Who Flew in World War II

The Dambuster Raid: A German View

The Fallen Few of the Battle of Britain

Helmuth Euler

Nigel McCrery & Norman Franks

Lance Cole

Helena Page Schrader

There have been other books about advanced German wartime aeronautics, yet few authors have fully examined the detail of the designs and their relevance to the fighter and bomber legends of the 1950s and '60s.

The women who participated in the ATA and WASP have been allowed to speak for themselves. The story these women have to tell is exciting and intriguing.

In this image-heavy publication, Helmuth Euler explores all facets of the operation in fascinating detail, offering a host of illuminating insights into this much-studied event of twentieth century history.

This emotional yet factual book describes the three and a half months battle day-by-day and covers the essential details of every one of the 540 young pilots who died in this critical campaign that saved Britain from invasion by the Nazis.

Luftwaffe Over Finland Stenman & Keshinen This superb illustrated series books charts the rise and fall of the German Air Force from 1939 to 1945. $24.95 • 72 pages • 7.5 x 10 • integrated b/w photos, 8 pages of color • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-84832-798-6

$34.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 September 2015 • hardback • 9781-4738-2344-0

$19.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 60 mono in plates • August 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-4563-3

$39.95 • 264 pages • 6.7 x 9.6 • b/w integrated images • September 2015 • hardback • 9781-4738-2802-5

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The ‘Swinging Sixties’ was a remarkable decade. For the Royal Air Force it was a most interesting period in their history, representing a period of base closures, contraction and a significant change in equipment • especially in the level of technology operated. $60.00 • 320 pages • 8.5 x 10 • 250 b/w illustrations and color illustrations • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-3776-8

$49.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 500 b/w illustrations • December 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2787-5

Pen & Sword The Kings of the Air French Aces and Airmen of the Great War Ian Sumner In comparison to their British and German counterparts, the French airmen of the Great War are not well known. That is why Ian Sumner’s vivid history of the men of the French air force during the war is of such value. $49.95 • 248 pages • 6 x 9 • 20 illustrations • July 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78346-338-1 • eISBN 978-1-4738-5734-6

The Royal Naval Air Service in the First World War

Tornado Over the Tigris Recollections of a Fast Jet Pilot Michael John W Napier

Aircraft and Events as Recorded in Official Documents Philip Jarrett This book makes five original documents relating to the work of Britain’s Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) during the First World War readily available to students and historians. $49.95 • 280 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 450 b/w illustrations • September 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-2819-3

Written from the unique perspective of a fast jet cockpit, this book captures the essence of what it was really like to fly a Tornado at the front-line of the Cold War in Germany and on operations over Iraq in the aftermath of the Gulf War. $44.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • b/w illustrations integrated throughout • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-4738-3413-2

VOICES IN FLIGHT

RAF Fighter Pilots in WW II

The Heavy Bomber The Night Air War Offensive of WWII Martin Bowman

Martin Bowman

This is a pulsating account of the young RAF fighter boys who flew Spitfires, Hurricanes and Defiants in England against the Luftwaffe and from Malta 1940-45 against the Regia Aeronautica.

This book contains fourteen stirring accounts, each conveying an authentic sense of what it was really like to fly as a member of aircrew during the various bombing operations of the Second World War.

$49.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 2 x 16 pages of b/w plates • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78383192-0

VOICES IN FLIGHT

$44.95 • 224 pages • 6 x 9 • 2 x 16 pages of b/w plates • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78383-193-7

In this detailed reenactment of the air war over Western Europe and the raids flown by the men of RAF Bomber Command, the author has pieced together official data and the words and memories of the pilots and air crew who participated in the proceedings. $49.95 • 256 pages • 6 x 9 • 2 x 16 pages of b/w plates • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-78383191-3

Voodoo Warriors The Story of the McDonnell Voodoo Fast-jets Group Captain Nigel Walpole, OBE, BA, RAF (Ret'd) The Voodoo was an elegant, mean-looking fighting machine that epitomized fast flying in the fifties and sixties. Many firsthand accounts from pilots are included and the author's own experiences with the aircraft are relayed with fascinating insight. $32.95 • 320 pages • 6.5 x 9.5 • approx 300 b/w and color photographs, 4 back 1, color profiles • October 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-3794-2

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Pen & Sword Target Corinth Canal 1940–1944 Platon Alexiades During the Second World War the Corinth Canal assumed an importance disproportionate to its size. Target Corinth Canal unearths a treasure trove of facts on the little known operations by SOE and other special force units. Heroes such as Mike Cumberlege emerge from the pages of this splendid work of military history. $44.95 • 288 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of color and b/w plates • July 2015 • hardback • 978-14738-2756-1 • eISBN 978-1-4738-5955-5

The Battle of Jutland Geoffrey Bennett At the end of May 1916, a chance encounter with Admiral Hipper's battlecruisers has enabled Beatty to lead the German Battle Fleet into the jaws of Jellicoe's greatly superior force, but darkness had allowed Admiral Scheer to extricate his ships from a potentially disastrous situation. Though inconclusive, at the Battle of Jutland the German Fleet suffered so much damage that it made no further attempt to challenge the Grand Fleet, and the British blockade remained unbroken. $19.95 • 184 pages • 6 x 9 • 16 pages of plates • September 2015 • paperback • 978-1-47384185-7

The British Army Guide 2016–2017

The Complete Victoria Cross

Charles Heyman

A Full Chronological Record of All Holders of Britain’s Highest Award for Gallantry

In 1984 the first edition of the British Army Guide was published and in September 2015 the 13th edition will be on sale. This invaluable information resource which deals with all aspects of British Army organization, recruitment and training has been extremely popular with service personnel, the defense industry, military libraries and other groups who are interested in the British Army worldwide. $19.95 • 208 pages • 5.0 x 7.5 • December 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-4547-3

Kevin Brazier All the British and Commonwealth servicemen who have been awarded the highest honor for exceptional acts of bravery and self-sacrifice are commemorated here. The first VCs awarded for the Crimean War and in the nineteenthcentury colonial wars are described, as are the VCs awarded in the world wars of the twentieth century and the most recent VCs awarded during present-day conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

How To Undertake Surveillance and Reconnaissance From a Civilian and Military Perspective Henry Prunckun How to Undertake Surveillance and Reconnaissance offers you a systemic way to learn about these fascinating subjects—what they are and what they are not. In doing so, it will teach you how to employ the unique trade craft associated with these interesting occupation in order to help you plan and carry out your own recon missions. $19.95 • 192 pages • 5.5 x 8.5 • Illustrated • August 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-3387-6 • eISBN 978-1-4738-5937-1

Churchill’s Anchor Robin Brodhurst Churchill’s Anchor aims to put Dudley Pound’s achievements into context. He held a succession of key commands from a battleship at Jutland to the Mediterranean fleet for four years, alternating with key appointments at the Admiralty. He was at the center of naval affairs from 1914 until his death in 1943. $29.95 • 336 pages • 6 x 9 • 1x16 b/w plates • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4738-4183-3

$32.95 • 416 pages • 6 x 9 • 40 illustrations • December 2015 • paperback • 978-1-47384351-6

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First Ypres 1914

Second Ypres 1915

BHTV

With the Battle of the Aisne grinding to a halt as trench warfare gradually set in, both the German and Allied commanders realized the dominance of the defensive, established by quick firing artillery and the machine-gun, meaning that casualties in frontal attacks on a dug-in enemy were enormously heavy. Consequently, the armies sought to outflank the opposition by heading north in a set of maneuvers known as the Race to the Sea. During this phase Field Marshal French insisted on redeploying the British Expeditionary Force to the Allied left, nearer the Chanel ports. They came into action, division after division, from the La Basse north towards the city of Ypres in a series of bitterly fought meeting engagements, in which both the British infantry and cavalry continued to outperform their opposite numbers, but neither side could obtain a decisive result. Finally, on 21 October 1914, with General Haig’s I Corps coming into the line north of Langemark a solid line of trenches that stretched from the North Sea to the Swiss Jura was being established.

The Second Battle of Ypres was a battle of the First World War fought from 21 April–25 May 1915 for control of the strategic Flemish town of Ypres in western Belgium, following the First Battle of Ypres the previous autumn. It marked the first mass use by Germany of poison gas on the Western Front. For the first time a former colonial force (the 1st Canadian Division) defeated a European power (the German Empire) on European soil, in the Battle of St. Julien and the Battle of Kitcheners' Wood.

The German Schlieffen Plan had failed back in August and now they concentrated as much of their force as possible to break through the ragged British and French Lines around the Belgian city of Ypres. Blow after blow fell but the line held but only just. The BHTV team of military historians and battlefield guides take us to the muddy fields of the emerging Salient. $32.95 • 5.3 x 7.5 • August 2015 • DVD • 5060247621173

German casualties from 21 April–30 May were recorded as 34,933 by the Official Historians of the Reichsarchv. British casualties recorded in the British Official History were 59,275 men and the French had c. 18,000 casualties on 22 April and another 3,973 casualties from 26–29 April. In the now established BHTV style, Battlefield guides Tim Saunders and Andrew Duff join a selection of historians on the ground to explore the actions of Second Ypres and analyze the significance of what was the first former colonial victory on European soil. The team explain the bravery shown by the troops on the ground and the horrors they faced from the advancing German gas clouds. $32.95 • 5.3 x 7.5 • August 2015 • DVD • 5060247621180

The Battle of the Bulge: Kampfgruppe Peiper BHTV & Tim Saunders Sepp Dietrich’s Sixth SS Panzer Armee was allocated the main effort in Hitler’s last throw of the dice in the West. Under cover of poor winter weather that would ground the Allied air forces they were to punch through weak American positions in the Ardennes to the River Meuse and on to Antwerp cutting of and destroying the northern Allied Armies. The German generals protested that it was too ambitious but Hitler insisted, hoping that his elite SS troops in the Leibstandarte Panzer Division would deliver a war changing victory. From the outset the King Tigers of December 1944, in poor winter weather, could not cut through the forest roads as the smaller Panzers had done in 1940 but were slowed down by determined resistance by small groups of American GIs, Obersturmbannfuhrer Jochan Peiper, commander of the elite spearhead, the Leibstandarte’s 1st Panzer Regiment advancing west on one of the Division’s three rolbhans became increasingly frustrated by enemy resistance and poor roads. Eventually anger boiled over into atrocity and the murder of US soldiers at Malmendy and elsewhere along the route. Experienced soldiers, historians and film makers analyze events on the very ground where they happened, stripping away legend and obfuscation of all kinds to present the facts for the viewer to make their own decision on. $16.99 • 80 minutes • 5.25 x 7.5 • May 2015 • DVD • 5060247620350

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Penguin Random House South Africa The Battle of Savate

Zero One

32 Battalion's Greatest Operation

Gary Boustead

Piet Nortje On 21 May 1980, under the codename Operation Tiro-Tiro, 32 Battalion attacked and routed a FAPLA brigade at Savate, a small Angolan town 75 kilometres north of the border with South West Africa. Fifteen members of 32 Battalion were killed in the action and many more wounded. It was the highest South African casualty rate in a single skirmish since the start of the Border War. Overall, however, Savate was a significant victory for 32 Battalion. The Battle of Savate is the definitive account of one of the greatest battles of the Border War, describing in detail the operation, its motivation and planning, its achievements and failures, and vividly recreating the experience of what happened on the ground. $21.00 • 288 pages • 6 x 9.5 • 24 pages of photos • August 2015 • paperback • 978-1-77022779-8

32 Battalion Piet Nortje Originally formed in order to lend support to the FNLA and UNITA in the Angolan war, 32 Battalion quickly gained the reputation of being an unconventional, secretive, yet highly effective group. Written by a man who was intimately involved with the unit and served as its Regimental Sergeant Major for two years, the book aims to explode the myths surrounding the legendary 32 and set the record straight. It records how and why 32 Battalion was formed, explores its unique identity forged by the men who fought in it, details the many operations in which they participated, and concludes with its eventual disbandment at the dawn of a new South Africa. $23.95 • 352 pages • 9 x 6 • July 2011 • paperback • 978-1-86872-914-2

In November 1981 a secret South African Air Force reconnaissance DC-4 aircraft called Zero One embarked on a mission to locate enemy missile systems in southern Angola. On board was an ad hoc crew of electronic warfare operators, interpreters, intelligence officers and pilots still drunk from the previous night’s revels. Shortly after midday, the DC-4 was attacked by a MiG-21 flown by a Cuban pilot with the call sign ‘Corazón’. The aircraft was hit and plummeted from the sky, entering a desperate dive for survival that came within seconds of killing everyone on board. Radio and communications operator Gary Boustead was one of those on board that fateful mission who lived to tell the tale. $20.00 • 272 pages • 6 x 9.25 • August 2015 • paperback • 978-1-77022829-0

The Terrible Ones The Complete History of 32 Battalion Volumes 1 and 2 Piet Nortje The soldiers of 32 Battalion were so feared by their enemies that they were called ‘the terrible ones’. This comprehensive two-volume work covers in detail the unit’s 117 documented military operations from 1976 to 1993. Nortje explains how the operations were planned and executed, what went wrong, what went right, and what the outcomes were. It also goes back to the early 1960s, covering events in Angola that would eventually result in the formation of 32 Battalion, and it ends in 2005, when the soldiers of the unit unknowingly betrayed themselves. This work builds a more complete picture than Nortje’s first book 32 Battalion, published in 2003.

Back to Angola A Journey from War to Peace Paul Morris In 1987, Paul Morris went to Angola as a reluctant conscript soldier, where he experienced the fear and filth of war. Twenty-five years later, in 2012, Paul returned to Angola, and embarked on a 1500kilometre cycle trip, solo and unsupported, across the country. His purpose was to see Angola in peacetime, to replace the war map in his mind with a more contemporary peace map, to exorcise the ghosts of war once and for all. Shifting skilfully between present and past, Back to Angola chronicles Paul’s epic journey, from Cuito Cuanavale to the remnants of his unit’s base in northern Namibia. $20.00 • Now Available • paperback • 978-177022-551-0

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Penguin Random House South Africa Angels of Mercy

Boer Boy

Foreign Women in the Anglo-Boer War

Memoirs of an Anglo-Boer War Youth Chris Schoeman

Chris Schoeman After the outbreak of the Anglo-Boer War, hundreds of women left their countries for South Africa, some in search of adventure, others with a strong desire to help the victims of war. They came from all over the world – from Britain and its colonies, and from pro-Boer countries in Europe. But, whatever their origins, they all came to live and work under harsh conditions in a world that was foreign to them. Angels of Mercy tells the story of twelve of these brave women. Hailing from England, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, some worked as nurses on the frontline, while others came to teach Boer children in the concentration camps. Based on personal diaries and letters, as well as other wartime sources, this fascinating and inspiring book tells of their trials and tribulations as they dealt with the dangers of war, the extremes of the environment, and the sad eyes of the dying men under their care.

More than a hundred years later, there is still a great interest in Boer War literature. It is an event that has captured the imagination of readers more than most other events in South African history have. While there have been many accounts by people who experienced the war as adults, this book is unique in that it narrates events from the perspective of a child, giving a fascinating view of history. Based on original documents that have not been published before Boer Boy is the touching personal narrative of a ten-year-old farm boy’s harrowing but fascinating experiences during the Anglo-Boer War of 1899–1902. Charles du Preez recounts his life on his family’s Eastern Free State farm; their harassment by the Khakis; the destruction of their farm and their desperate flight during Lord Kitchener’s ‘scorched-earth’ campaign; and the capture of his mother and siblings, who were sent to the Winburg concentration camp. $25.00 • Now Available • hardback • 978-1-77022-138-3

$27.50 • Now Available • hardback • 978-1-77022-499-5

Brothers in War and Peace

Churchill’s South Africa

Constand and Abraham Viljoen and the Birth of the New South Africa

Travels during the Anglo-Boer War

Field Guide to the Battlefields of South Africa

Chris Schoeman

Nicki von der Heyde

In October 1899, the 24-year-old Winston Churchill sailed for South Africa as war correspondent for the Morning Post to report on the Boer War. Churchill’s South Africa covers the future statesman’s travels across the Great Karoo and through the green hills of Natal, his capture by the Boers, his escape to Delagoa Bay and his triumphant return to the Natal front as an officer in the SA Light Horse. It recreates the drama of the Battle of Spioen Kop and the Relief of Ladysmith, and describes Churchill’s experiences during the British advance through the Free State and the Transvaal, before returning to England as a Boer War hero.

There are two major types of battlefield terrain in South Africa: first the open plains and savannah lands of the Highveld, a land where cavalry rules supreme. The second type is the thornbush of the Eastern Cape, a setting more suited to skirmishing rather than setpiece battles. Then, in KwaZulu-Natal, the two terrains merge to create the country’s most dramatic battlefield landscape – and one of the largest military graveyards in the world – where the fates of colonies, republics and kingdoms were decided. Detailed accounts of the engagements, based on extensive research, are provided, with special attention given to the terrain, key phases and outcomes, and the combatants involved.

Dennis Cruywagen Abraham and Constand Viljoen were identical twins who took starkly different paths in life. One was a deeply religious man, who opposed apartheid; the other was a man of war, who became head of the SADF. But together they would play a crucial role in preventing South Africa from descending into civil war. Brothers in War and Peace documents the crucial yet largely unheralded role the Viljoen brothers played in ensuring peace in South Africa. Based on interviews with the brothers and other key political figures, the book gives new insights into a time when the country’s future was on a knife-edge. $20.00 • Now Available • paperback • 978-177022-600-5

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$30.00 • Now Available • paperback • 978-14317-0100-1

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Penguin Random House South Africa Louis Botha's War

The Somme Chronicles

The Campaign in South West Africa, 1914–1915

South Africans on the Western Front, 1916

Adam Cruise

Chris Schoeman

Louis Botha was prime minister of the Union of South Africa when Britain declared war on Germany in 1914. As South Africa was a dominion of the British Empire, Botha was asked to lead his country on a campaign against the Germans across the border in South West Africa. Louis Botha’s War is the story of how a former Boer War fighting-general-turned-politician crushed a rebellion, rallied his country’s first united army to fight in harsh conditions and defeated the enemy in the Great War’s first successful Allied campaign. Botha’s actions and these events would determine the fate of South West Africa, and its relationship with its southern neighbor, for the next eighty years.

This is the story of South African soldiers during the 1916 Somme offensive, which took place between the Allied forces and the Germans along the Somme River in France and was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the First World War, resulting in over a million deaths in six months. In July 1916, the men of the 1st South African Infantry Brigade were involved in recapturing the village of Lingueval and clearing Delville Wood of enemy soldiers, but they suffered extreme casualties. After six days of fighting, of the Brigade's 3433 soldiers, only 750 were left standing. The rest were dead or wounded. This book tells the stories of the men of the Brigade via their letters, diaries, and interviews that the author conducted with survivors many years ago.

$20.00 • May 2015 • paperback • 978-1-77022-752-1

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An Unpopular War J.H. Thompson In the seventies, eighties and nineties, conscription had a profound effect on hundreds of thousands of young men, particularly those who had to serve in the Angolan war. This book is a collection of reflections and memories of that time, collected by JH Thompson, who interviewed men who did National Service in the Apartheid-era South African Defence Force. Contributors include ordinary soldiers, Special Forces members, helicopter pilots, chefs and religious objectors. The book is a fast, fascinating read that captures the spirit and atmosphere, the daily duties, the boredom, fear and other intense experiences of an SADF soldier.

Zulu Zulu Golf

Zulu Zulu Foxtrot

Two Years with Kuevoet

To Hell and Back with Koevoet

Arn Durand

The gripping account of Arn Durand’s first two years with Koevoet, South Africa’s most deadly fighting unit during the Border War. Through Durand’s eyes, the reader will experience the madness, mayhem and complexity of the war. A unit of the South African police, Koevoet was the most deadly fighting force involved in the Border War. This book is the account of Arn Durand’s first years with Koevoet, from 1982 to 1983. He describes patrols, ambushes and contacts, situations of certain death, dealings with the enemy and relationships with his Ovambo colleagues.

This is the explosive follow-up to Zulu Zulu Golf, covering Arn Durand’s next few years in Koevoet, the most deadly fighting force involved in the Border War. After moving to the unit Zulu Foxtrot, Durand went deeper into Angola than before and was involved in more contacts with the enemy, which he describes in nerve-shattering detail. Balancing the action is a dramatic human story, as Durand faces the tragic death of his commander, Frans Conradie, one of the pioneers of Koevoet, who had become a mentor to him.

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Protea Boekhuis

Eden’s Exiles

The Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902

Jan Breytenbach

GD Scholtz

Author Jan Breytenbach, a legend in military circles, and the founder of South African Special Forces • the Recces • describes how he discovered that Military Intelligence was involved in illegal wildlife trade with Jonas Savimbi.

This concise history of the Anglo-Boer War, a prize-winning work which was originally written in Afrikaans, is the ideal book for those who want an overview of the military fortunes of the two warring parties.

$23.00 • 259 pages • 5 x 8 • 32 color photos • August 2015 • paperback • 978-1-4853-0259-9

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Silence of the Guns The History of the Long Toms of the Anglo-Boer War Louis Changuion After the unsuccessful Jameson Raid of 1896 the Kruger government realized how vulnerable the South African Republic was. Four forts were therefore built around Pretoria. For each fort a 155-mm gun was bought from the firm Schneider et Cie in Le Creusot, France. Several myths and legends about these four guns had their origin during the war. $39.00 • Now Available • hardback • 978-1919825-50-2

Pretoria at War 1899–1900

Forged in Battle

Bridget Theron

Forged in Battle follows the birth and growth of 32 Battalion from former enemies and terrorists into decorated soldiers.

This book looks at how the war impacted upon a particular community – that of Pretoria, the capital of the Transvaal republic and the seat of the Boer government. $30.00 • Now Available • hardback • 978-1-919825-13-7

Breyten Breytenbach

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Portugal’s War in Angola

War Stories

W.A. van der Waals

In War Stories Al Venter features four chapters on Afghanistan, three on Somalia, several on how Lisbon fought its desperate rearguard colonial wars in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea as well as several on the Rhodesian War.

The Angolan war has been described as the bloodiest colonial insurgency in the history of Africa south of the Sahara. After a thirteen-year war of attrition in Angola, and facing increasing setbacks in two of its other war-torn territories, an enervated Portugal with its weary armed forces would deal the final blow to itself.

Al J. Venter

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Sabrestorm Publishing Dunton Green

CC41 Utility Clothing

The Past in Pictures

The Label that Transformed British Fashion

Ian Bayley Containing over one hundred and twenty photographs of Dunton Green from the last one hundred years, this book allows you to step back into the past and visit the place where villagers worked with their hands digging clay for bricks and where they later froze food for other people's tables. It invites you to sit in the sun by the Lido or to take a dip in its cold clear waters, marvel at a motorcar that ran on rails, and even discover a place so secret that it never appeared on any map! $14.95 • 64 pages • 8.5 x 8.5 • highly illustrated • paperback • 978178122001-6 • NCR

Mike Brown Mike Brown looks at the background to, and the evolution of, the clothing scheme and the symbol as it changed to include more items of clothing, from underwear to fur coats. He also addresses the often misunderstood subject of 'Super Utility', and the so-called 'Dinner plate' mark, uncovering the truth behind a subject shrouded in mystery since its introduction. From somewhat hit-and-miss early garments, through to 'the Couturier scheme', the Utility symbol grew to be a mark of quality and value, which, post-war, slowly deteriorated until many were removed from clothes as a symbol of 'cheap and cheerful', and often not even cheerful clothes. $32.95 • 128 pages • 6 x 9 • full color throughout • hardback • 978178122005-4 • NCR

D-Day June 6 1944

The New Forest at War

Following in the Footsteps of Heroes

Revised and Updated

Stuart Robertson & Dale Booth Drawing upon four decades of research and two decades of working the battlefields as the region's foremost guides, the authors use a compelling combination of background narrative and first-hand accounts provided exclusively to them by many veterans. This comprehensively illustrated book serves as an essential accompaniment to any visit to the region, includes directions of how to find the important sites, what to see during a visit to the battlefields, and how to discover the lesser known areas only familiar to those with an intimate knowledge of the area. $34.95 • 240 pages • 7 x 10 • full color throughout • paperback • 978-178122004-7 • NCR

John Leete First published in 2004 this updated edition of The New Forest at War contains additional images and anecdotes which will add both to the reading experience and to visits to the Forest. This highly acclaimed book tells the story of the area during WW2 and its heritage, underpinned now by the New Forest National Park Authority which has implemented and hosts an area wide preservation scheme. The book contains many photographs with first-hand accounts of the Forest during WW2 with reminiscences from military sources as well as civilians. It provides a fascinating snapshot of life at this critical time in the nation's history and it will be of interest to everyone who visits, lives or works in the Forest and to all those with an interest in Britain's wartime heritage.

The Pin-up in World War ll Mike Brown With the advent of the World War ll, millions of men were torn from their homes and plunged into the impersonal surroundings of the barrack room. They took with them a few personal belongings to remind them of home, and to make their 'space' a little more welcoming. These included photos of loved ones and of course, pin-ups. These might be photographs or illustrations cut from popular magazines, or some of the many postcards then on sale. Using examples from British and overseas magazines, posters, postcards and nose-art from the period, this book gives a flavor of the many delights available to the servicemen. $11.95 • 64 pages • 6 x 8 • color throughout • paperback • 978-178122002-3 • NCR

$24.95 • 184 pages • 6.5 x 9 • b/w photos and illustrations • paperback • 978-178122003-0 • NCR

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Sabrestorm Publishing Parachute Doctor

Doing Their Bit

The Memoirs of Captain David Tibbs

Home Front Lapel Badges, 19391945

David J. Tibbs Parachute Doctor is the story of Captain David Tibbs RAMC MC who as a member of 225 (Parachute) Field Ambulance and the 13th Parachute Battalion served with the 5th Parachute Brigade of the famous 6th Airborne Division. His fascinating recollections feature jumping into Normandy on D-Day and the subsequent intense battle to defend the Airborne perimeter; assisting the Americans in repulsing the Ardennes offensive, the massive Airborne drop across the Rhine and the rapid advance to the Baltic to prevent the Russians moving into Denmark. $19.95 • 160 pages • 6.5 x 9 • color throughout • paperback • 978178122000-9 • NCR

Jon Mills The Second World War, often described as a "People's War", was the first time civilians played a major part in Britain's war effort. New emergency services created before the war to help those suffering loss and damage were joined by the Home Guard as Britain faced invasion in the summer of 1940 and new organizations formed to deal with unexploded bombs and the homeless caused by nightly air raids in 1940. Extensively updated, Doing Their Bit is illustrated with over 700 wartime lapel badges and ephemera, records the wartime history of over 200 organizations which wore them and shows how Thomas Fattorini Ltd became a major manufacturer of Home Front badges. $75.00 • 288 pages • 7 x 10 • color throughout • hardback • 978095527239-4 • NCR

Digging for Victory Gardens and Gardening in Wartime Britain Twigs Way Beans as bullets', 'Vegetables for Victory' and 'Cloches against Hitler': these slogans convey just how vital gardening and growing food were to the British war effort during the Second World War. Exhorted to 'Grow More Food', then to 'Dig for Victory', Britain's 'allotment army' was soon out in force, growing as many vegetables as possible in suburban allotments, private gardens, even the grounds of stately homes. Richly illustrated with contemporary photographs and ephemera relating to the 'Dig For Victory' campaign, this expertly researched, highly engaging and informative account also includes archive images of home front gardening, garden produce and advertisements. $32.95 • 216 pages • 8 x 10.5 • color throughout • hardback • 978-095527237-0 • NCR

Air Raids and Ration Books Life on the Home Front in Wartime Britain Mike Brown Contrary to the Hollywood-style romanticism of popular novels and films, the Second World War was more than courage on the battlefield, plucky defiance and doomed love affairs. Family and civilian life had to go on. In the midst of black-outs, road-blocks and austerity, households had to feed and clothe themselves, to travel, to decorate and furnish their homes. In this meticulously researched and lavishly illustrated account, Mike Brown and Carol Harris draw on contemporary sources including government advice, periodicals and books to provide an authoritative, entertaining account of life in the time of air-raid sirens and rationing.

Allotment and Garden Guide A Monthly Guide to Better Wartime Gardening Twigs Way Produced by the Ministry of Agriculture, the "Allotment and Garden Guides" were issued monthly throughout 1945. Aimed at the amateur gardener, they were to be the final rallying call in the wartime campaign to Dig for Victory. Concentrating on the productive garden, the guides were designed to take the amateur gardener through the basic tasks of each month. Many of the subjects tackled are as relevant now as they were then. $17.95 • 160 pages • 5.5 x 8 • color throughout • hardback • 978-095527235-6 • NCR

$32.95 • 216 pages • 8 x 10 • color throughout • hardback • 978-095527236-3 • NCR

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Sabrestorm Publishing Make Do and Mend Ministry of Information Prepared for the Board of Trade by the Ministry of Information in 1943, this publication gives the hints and tips needed to make clothing last longer at a time when rationing and severe shortages meant that the average household were unable to replenish their worn out wardrobe. The 'Make Do & Mend' campaign was intended to help get the last possible ounce of wear from clothing and household items and the hints in this book were tested and approved by the Board of Trade Make Do and Mend Advisory Panel, a body of practical people, mostly women. $7.95 • 32 pages • 5.5 x 8.5 • b/w illustrations • paperback • 978095527234-9 • NCR

Utility Furniture of the Second World War The 1943 Utility Furniture Catalogue with an Explanation of Britain's Second World War Utility Furniture Scheme Jon Mills When the Luftwaffe's Blitz on Britain began in September 1940, people's homes and their contents were destroyed at an alarming rate. Thanks to the bombing, furniture shortages in Britain hit an all time high by 1942. The government responded with a range of affordable furniture • the so-called Utility Furniture Scheme • but only for those that could prove their need. Jon Mills presents a comprehensive guide to the introduction of utility Furniture, to accompany a facsimile reproduction of the first Utility catalogue that appeared in 1943. $16.95 • 35 pages • 6 x 7.5 • color throughout • hardback • 978095527232-5 • NCR

Welcome to Britain

The 1940s Look

The 1950s Look

A Guide to Great Britain for American Forces During World War Two

Recreating the Fashions, Hairstyles and Make-up of the Second World War

Recreating the Fashions of the Fifties

The 'friendly invasion' of American servicemen (and women) began in 1942 and by 1945 around three million had passed through the United Kingdom. The phrase 'Over-paid, over-sexed, and over here' being used to describe them in less than complimentary terms. This booklet was issued to American forces in an attempt to get them acquainted with the British, their country, and their ways, and avoid some of the more obvious misunderstandings that could easily occur without at least a little knowledge of the strange and wonderful British customs. $7.95 • 16 pages • 4.5 x 7.5 • paperback • 978095527230-1 • NCR

Mike Brown Continuing interest in life on the Home Front during the Second World War means that the style of the 1940s has never been more popular. People are recreating the look for plays and films, reenactments, 1940s themed events, or just because they enjoy dressing in vintage fashions. The 1940s Look tells you everything you need to know about the fashions of wartime Britain and the impact that rationing, the Utility scheme, changing tastes and the demands of everyday life had on the styles people wore. People had to 'Make Do and Mend' • with varying degrees of ingenuity and success.

Mike Brown This is a book sure to delight designers, social historians and anyone with an interest in this style-defining decade. This book takes the reader on a tour of the trends and signature styles of the era • from Audrey Hepburn chic to high school prom queen. Moving forward a decade from his successful book "The 1940s Look", Mike Brown deconstructs the key elements of iconic 50s fashions, as well as shedding light on the origins of many items of clothing now taken for granted on today's high street. $29.95 • 136 pages • 9 x 11 • color throughout • paperback • 978-095527233-2 • NCR

$29.95 • 144 pages • 9 x 11 • color throughout • paperback • 978-095527231-8 • NCR

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Savas Beatie Truth Massacred

The Campaigns and Battles of General Nathan Bedford Forrest

The Battle at Fort Pillow, Tennessee, April 12, 1864 James Amos Moshier By Civil War standards, the day-long Battle of Fort Pillow, Tennessee (April 12, 1864) was a rather small affair, and yet it is one of the most debated and polarizing events of the entire war. Its infamy rests in what history has concluded was the wholesale massacre of the United States Colored Troops (U.S.C.T.) defending the fort.The result of nearly 15 years of methodical study, Truth Massacred condenses thousands of pages of statements, reports, and Congressional record testimony to cover a wide range of material in an engaging fashion. $32.95 • 432 pages • 6 x 9 • 3 images and 3 maps • November 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61121-282-2 • eISBN 978-1-61121-283-9

Kentucky to Chickamauga, 1861–1863 John R. Scales Nathan Bedford Forrest was one of the most intriguing characters to emerge during the Civil War. This first installment of a two-book work carefully examines, in an entirely unique fashion, the campaigns and battles in which Forrest participated during the first two years of the war—the period during which he learned the role he was born to play. $32.95 • 128 pages • 6 x 9 • 2 images and 58 maps • October 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61121-284-6 • eISBN 978-1-61121-285-3

The Second Battle of Winchester

A Civil War Captain and His Lady

“No Such Army Since the Days of Julius Caesar”

The Confederate Victory That Opened the Door to Gettysburg June 13–15, 1863

A True Story of Love, Courtship, and Combat

Sherman’s Carolinas Campaign from Fayetteville to Averasboro, March 1865

Eric J. Wittenberg & Scott L. Mingus Sr. June 1863. The Gettysburg Campaign is underway. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia is pushing northward through the Shenandoah Valley toward Pennsylvania, and only one significant force stands in its way: Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy’s Union division of the Eighth Army Corps, in the vicinity of Winchester and Berryville, Virginia. What happened next is the subject of this provocative new book. $32.95 • 312 pages • 6 x 9 • 97 images and 17 maps • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61121288-4 • eISBN 978-1-61121-289-1

Gene Barr More than 150 years ago, 27-year-old Irish immigrant Josiah Moore met 19-year-old Jennie Lindsay, a member of one of Peoria, Illinois’s most prominent families. The story of Josiah, Jennie, the men of the 17th and their families tracks the toll on our nation during the war and allows us to explore the often difficult recovery after the last gun sounded in 1865. Josiah’s and Jennie’s letters shed significant light on the important role played by a soldier’s sweetheart on the home front, and a warrior’s observations from the war front. $32.95 • 336 pages • 6 x 9 • 34 images and 10 maps • October 2015 • hardback • 978-161121-290-7 • eISBN 978-1-61121-291-4

Mark A. Smith & Wade Sokolosky General William T. Sherman’s 1865 Carolinas Campaign receives scant attention from most Civil War historians, largely because it was overshadowed by the Army of Northern Virginia’s final battles against the Army of the Potomac. Career military officers Mark A. Smith and Wade Sokolosky rectify this oversight with a careful and impartial examination of Sherman’s army and its many accomplishments. $29.95 • 240 pages • 6 x 9 • 50 images and 18 maps • October 2015 • hardback • 978-161121-286-0 • eISBN 978-1-61121-287-7

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Savas Beatie Into the Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg

Like a Meteor Blazing Brightly The Short but Controversial Life of Colonel Ulric Dahlgren

The 6th Wisconsin of the Iron Brigade and its Famous Charge

Eric J. Wittenberg

Lance J. Herdegen & William J. K. Beaudot The storied Iron Brigade carved out a unique reputation during the Civil War. Its men fought on many hard fields, but they performed their most legendary exploits just outside a small Pennsylvania town called Gettysburg on the first day of July in 1863. Out of print for nearly two decades, this facsimile reprint and its new Introduction share with yet another generation of readers the story of the 6th Wisconsin’s magnificent charge.

Wittenberg’s account chronicles Ulric Dahlgren’s full life story, with a deep look at his military career and extensive connections within the nation’s capital, all of which led to the climax of his life: the notorious Dahlgren Raid. This book is based upon a plethora of source material, including previously unknown or little-used archival sources. $32.95 • 336 pages • 6 x 9 • 20 images and 7 maps • August 2015 • hardback • 978-1-61121-293-8 • eISBN 978-1-94066-959-5

$22.95 • 388 pages • 6 x 9 • 29 images and 8 maps • July 2015 • paperback • 978-1-61121-292-1 • eISBN 978-1-94066-941-0

EMERGING CIVIL WAR

Out Flew the Sabers

The Last Road North

Let Us Die Like Men

The Battle of Brandy Station, June 9, 1863—The Opening Engagement of the Gettysburg Campaign

A Guide to the Gettysburg Campaign, 1863

The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864

Dan Welch

William Lee White

Propelled by the momentum of the battle of Chancellorsville, confident in the abilities of his men, Lee decided to once more take the fight to the Yankees and launched this army on another invasion of the North Historian Dan Welch follows in the footsteps of the Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac as the two foes cat-and-mouse their way northward, ultimately clashing in the costliest battle in North American history.

Historian William Lee White, whose devotion to the Army of Tennessee has taken him from the dense forests of northwest Georgia to the gates of Atlanta and back into Tennessee, now pens the penultimate chapter in the army’s storied history.

Eric J. Wittenberg & Daniel T. Davis Fleetwood Hill at Brandy Station was the site of four major cavalry battles during the course of the Civil War, but none was more important than the one fought on June 9, 1863. This tale includes a veritable who’s-who of cavalry allstars in the East. Both sides suffered heavy losses. $12.95 • 168 pages • 6 x 9 • 150 images and 14 maps • September 2015 • paperback • 978-161121-256-3 • eISBN 978-1-61121-257-0

$12.95 • 168 pages • 6 x 9 • 150 images and maps • November 2015 • paperback • 978-161121-296-9 • eISBN 978-1-61121-297-6

$12.95 • 192 pages • 6 x 9 • 150 pages, maps • October 2015 • paperback • 978-1-61121-2433 • eISBN 978-1-61121-244-0

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Seaforth Publishing ShipCraft series The ShipCraft series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring color profiles and highly-detailed line drawings and scale plans. The modeling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing of the ships, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit. This is followed by an extensive photographic gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales, and the book concludes with a section on research references – books, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites. SHIPCRAFT SPECIAL

SHIPCRAFT SPECIAL

Allied Torpedo Boats

Flower Class Corvettes

John Lambert & Les Brown

This volume includes detailed drawings of the many different designs of British MTBs and US PT-boats, including their fittings, sensors and weapons.

This volume includes detailed drawings of Flower class corvettes used by the British, Canadian, French and US Navies.

ShipCraft 23: Rodney and Nelson Les Brown & Robert Brown The two ships covered in this volume were the only capital ships designed and built between the wars.

$39.95 • 128 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 250 b/w, color and line illustrations • Now Available • hardback • 978-1-84832-060-4 • eISBN 978-1-78346-891-1

$24.95 • 128 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 250 b/w, color and line illustrations • Now Available • paperback • 978-1-84832-064-2 • eISBN 978-178346-960-4

$24.95 • 64 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 130 b/w and color illustrations • Now Available • paperback • 978-1-84832-219-6

ShipCraft 22: German Battlecruisers

ShipCraft 21: British Destroyers

ShipCraft 20: Scharnhorst and Gneisenau

of the First World War

J-C and Battle Classes

Steve Backer

Les Brown

This volume is devoted to the famous ships of Admiral Hipper’s First Scouting Group.

This volume deals with the later classes which were the most modern British destroyers of the Second World War.

The two German ships which form the subject of this volume were among the first products of rearmament under Hitler.

$24.95 • 64 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 130 b/w, color and line illustrations • Now Available • paperback • 978-1-84832-181-6

$24.95 • 64 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 130 b/w, color and line illustrations • Now Available • paperback • 978-1-84832-180-9 • eISBN 978-14738-2668-7

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ShipCraft 19: County Class Cruisers

ShipCraft 18: Titanic

ShipCraft 17: Iowa class Battleships

Les Brown This volume covers the British 10,000-ton ‘Treaty Cruisers’, thirteen of which were built to three slightly varying designs between the wars. $24.95 • 64 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 130 b/w, color and line illustrations • Now Available • paperback • 978-1-84832-127-4 8 • eISBN 9781-4738-3168-1

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and Her Sisters Olympic and Britannic Peter Davies-Garner This is the first volume in the series not devoted to a naval vessel, but the most famous liner of all time is a suitable subject as one of the most popular of all ship modeling subjects. $24.95 • 64 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 130 b/w, color and line illustrations • Now Available • paperback • 978-1-84832-110-6 8 • eISBN 978-1-78383-073-2

Lester Abbey The Iowa class were the largest, fastest and most modern US battleships of the war, and the formal surrender of Japan was signed on the deck of one of them, USS Missouri. $24.95 • 64 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 130 b/w, color and line illustrations • Now Available • paperback • 978-1-84832-111-3 • eISBN 978-14738-1556-8

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Seaforth Publishing

SHIPCRAFT SERIES

ShipCraft 16: Admiral Hipper Class Cruisers

ShipCraft 15: Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships

Shipcraft 14: Yamato Class Battleships

ShipCraft 13: New Orleans Class Cruisers

Steve Backer

Les Brown

Steve Wiper

Lester Abbey

The subject of this volume is the largest and most sophisticated German cruiser class of WW2.

This volume covers the five ships of the highly successful Queen Elizabeth class, a design of fast battleship that set the benchmark for the last generation of dreadnoughts.

The Yamato class battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy were the largest warships of the Second World War and the largest battleships ever constructed, displacing 78,800 tons.

The subject of this volume is the seven-ship New Orleans class, probably the US Navy’s most hardfought heavy cruisers of the War.

$24.95 • 64 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 130 b/w and color illustrations • Now Available • paperback • 9781-84832-062-8 • eISBN 978-14738-3167-4

SHIPCRAFT SERIES

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SHIPCRAFT SERIES

ShipCraft 12: Essex ShipCraft 11: Class Carriers British Destroyers of the Second World War

A-I and Tribal Classes

Steve Backer

Les Brown

Built in larger numbers than any fleet carrier before or since, the Essex class can claim to be the US Navy’s most significant weapon in the defeat of Japan.

This new volume deals with the classes which represent the whole inter-war development of British destroyers, from the prototypes Amazon and Ambuscade of 1926 to the powerful and radically different ‘Tribal’ class a decade later.

$24.95 • 64 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 130 b/w and color illustrations • March 2015 • paperback • 978-184832-018-5 • eISBN 978-147383-165-0

$24.95 • 64 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 130 b/w and color illustrations • March 2015 • paperback • 978-184832-023-9 • eISBN 978-178346-921-5

$24.95 • 64 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 130 b/w and color illustrations • March 2015 • paperback • 978-184832-045-1 • eISBN 978-178383-099-2

$24.95 • 64 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 80 color, 70 b/w and line drawings • August 2009 • paperback • 978-184832-041-3 8 • eISBN 978-178383-011-4

SHIPCRAFT SERIES

ShipCraft 10: Bismarck and Tirpitz

ShipCraft 9: Kongo Class Battlecruisers

Steve Backer

The subject of this volume is the Japanese Kongo class, four ships built during the First World War as battlecruisers, but extensively modified and reconstructed between the wars as fast battleships.

This volume covers the famous German sister-ships whose fates were so very different. $24.95 • 64 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 130 b/w and color illustrations • March 2015 • paperback • 978-184832-005-5 • eISBN 978-178346-912-3

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Steve Wiper

$24.95 • 64 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 130 b/w and color illustrations • March 2015 • paperback • 978-184832-004-8 • eISBN 978-178346-989-5

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Seaforth Publishing / Viking Ship Museum SHIPCRAFT SERIES

SHIPCRAFT SERIES

ShipCraft 8: Fletcher Class Destroyers

ShipCraft 7: British Battlecruisers

ShipCraft 6: German S-Boats

Lester Abbey

of the Second World War

Steve Wiper

The subject of this volume is the Fletcher class, often considered the most successful of all American destroyers. $24.95 • 64 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 130 b/w and color Illustrations • March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-84415-697-9 • eISBN 978-1-4738-14349 • Seaforth Publishing

Steve Backer The latest in this series covers the three ships of this First World War type, Hood, Repulse and Renown, which survived to fight in the Second. $24.95 • 64 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 130 b/w and color Photos • March 2015 • paperback • 978-184415-698-6 • eISBN 978-1-4738-2670-0 • Seaforth Publishing

The subject of this volume is the Second World War German Navy’s motor torpedo boats called Schnellboote, known to the Allies as E-Boats. $24.95 • 64 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 130 b/w, color and line illustrations • January 2012 • paperback • 978-1-84832-122-9 • eISBN 978-184832-290-5 • Seaforth Publishing

SHIPCRAFT SERIES

ShipCraft 5: Japanese Heavy Cruisers

ShipCraft 4: Type VII U-Boats

Shipcraft 3: Yorktown Class Carriers

Myoko and Takao Classes

Roger Chesneau

This volume is devoted to the largest class of submarines ever built, the Type VII, which formed the backbone of the German effort in the critical Battle of the Atlantic.

The subject of this volume is the Yorktown class, the near-legendary American aircraft carriers that kept the Japanese at bay in the dark days between Pearl Harbor and the decisive battle of Midway, where Yorktown herself was lost.

Steve Backer This volume is devoted to the largest cruisers in the Imperial Japanese Navy. $24.95 • 64 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 130 b/w, color and line illustrations • March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-84832-107-6 • eISBN 978-1-47381561-2 • Seaforth Publishing

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ShipCraft 2: King George V Class Battleships

ShipCraft 1: German Pocket Battleships

Roger Chesneau

The five battleships of the class covered by this volume were the most modern British capital ships to serve in the Second World War.

For the first volume in this series, the author has chosen the German 'pocket battleships' of WW2, the best-known of which was the Graf Spee of Battle of the River Plate fame.

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$24.95 • 64 pages • 8.5 x 11.5 • 130 b/w and color illustrations • March 2015 • paperback • 978-1-84832-188-5 • eISBN 978-1-4738-26717 • Seaforth Publishing

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Large Cargo Ships in Danish Waters 1000–1250 Evidence of specialised merchant seafaring prior to the Hanseatic Period Anton Englert This volume presents the earliest archaeological evidence for specialized merchant seafaring in Danish waters. $100.00 • 378 pages • 240 illustrations • Now Available • hardback • 9788785180537 • Viking Ship Museum

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