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Casemate Spring 2021 New Books Catalog Welcome to the Casemate Publishers Spring 2021 Catalog

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When Casemate closed its offices in March 2020 I never dreamed that we’d still be working from home when launching the Spring 2021 catalog. Yet here we are, operating in separate home offices, connected virtually, and working together diligently to bring the best books to you. As we continue to navigate the “new normal” I am grateful to and inspired by the commitment and enthusiasm of the Casemate Team to present our client publishers’ titles to the US market and I am grateful to you, our customers, for your support of our titles as well.

Casemate Academic

AFV Modeller**

Air World

Avonmore Books

Banovallum

Fighting High Publishing

This Spring 2021 list is wide ranging with something for every military history enthusiast, it is hard to pick out just a few here. Civil War afficionados will enjoy Unceasing Fury from Savas Beatie (page 69), an in depth look at the role that Texans played at the battle of Chickamauga put together using a plethora of personal accounts, memoirs, postwar newspaper articles, diaries, and other primary sources. Strike from the Air from Air World (page 13), will appeal to aviation enthusiasts as it looks at the development of flight in the US military branches from its early days in the Civil War right through to the end of the First World War. With over 200 images, it will be a modeler’s delight as well. Invading Hitler’s Europe from Frontline Books (page 17) is the memoir of a US Intelligence Officer in World War II and a first-hand account of the US Army’s part in liberating Europe. These are just a few of the fantastic titles from our client publishers which we bring to you this season.

Frontline Books

Greenhill Books

Harpia Publishing**

Helion and Company

HMH Publications

Kagero

MMP Books**

Karwansaray Publishers**

Panzerwrecks**

Seaforth Publishing

We are excited to introduce more military fiction into the Casemate Publishers range. Our readers are hungry for historically accurate military fiction and these titles are a natural extension of our non-fiction publishing; our authors have the expertise and experience to tell military stories in an authentic and realistic way. Casemate’s fiction launched last season with James Stejskal’s A Question of Time and this season we have Splinter on the Tide and The Commandos both found on p5 of this catalog.

Pen and Sword Aviation

Pen and Sword Archaeology

Pen and Sword Discovery

Pen and Sword History

Pen and Sword Maritime

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Pen and Sword Military

Pen and Sword Transport

Savas Beatie

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Asian Armageddon, 1944–45 Peter Harmsen

From the Realm of a Dying Sun. Volume 3

War in the Far East, Vol. 3 • $34.95 Hardback • 240 pages • 6x9 30 b/w photographs • June 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-61200-627-7

IV. SS-Panzerkorps from Budapest to Vienna, February–May 1945

The last installment of the War in the Far East trilogy, Asian Armageddon 1944-45, continues and completes the narrative of the first two volumes, describing how a US-led coalition of nations battled Japan into submission through a series of cataclysmic encounters. Leyte Gulf, the biggest naval battle ever, was testimony to the paramount importance of controlling the ocean, as was the fact that the US Navy carried out the only successful submarine campaign in history, reducing Japan’s military and merchant navies to shadows of the former selves. Meanwhile, fighting continued in disparate geographic conditions on land, with the chaos of Imphal and the carnage of Iwo Jima forming some of the milestones on the bloody road to peace, sealed in Tokyo Bay in September 1945. The nuclear blasts at the end of the war made one observer feel as if he was ‘present at the creation.’ Indeed, the participants in the events in the Asia Pacific in the mid-1940s were present at the creation of a new and dangerous world. It was a world where the stage was set for the Cold War and for international rivalries that last to this day.

$37.95 • Hardback • 456 pages • 6x9 50 photographs, maps • February 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-61200-956-8 Douglas E. Nash Sr. lives in Virginia

In the closing months of World War II, with Budapest’s fall on 12 February 1945 and the breakout attempt by the IX SS-Gebirgskorps having failed, the only thing the IV. SS-Panzerkorps could do was fall back to a more defensible line and fortify the key city of Stuhlweissenburg. Exhausted after three relief attempts in January 1945 and outnumbered by the ever-increasing power of Marshal Tolbukhin’s Third Ukrainian Front, SS-Obergruppenführer Gille’s veterans dug in for a lengthy period of defensive warfare. However, Adolf Hitler had not forgotten about the Hungarian theater of operations nor the country’s rich oilfields and was sending help.

Alan Brooke Churchill’s RightHand Critic

Tank Combat in Spain Armored Warfare During the Spanish Civil War 1936–1939

A Reappraisal of Lord Alanbrooke

Anthony Candil

Andrew Sangster

$34.95 • Hardback • 272 pages • 6x9 Over 60 photos in 2 photo sections May 2021 • HIS027240 978-1-61200-970-4

$34.95 • Hardback • 384 pages 6x9 • 30 photographs • May 2021 BIO008000 • 978-1-61200-968-1

Although Spain had been for many years on the periphery of the great affairs of Europe, within a few months of the Civil War breaking out in 1936, three out of the four major European powers, Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union, decided to intervene. Spain turned out to be the perfect proving ground to carry out controlled, realistic experiments with live weapons and troops. This book covers the theories of the three main contributors that provided armor to the warring parties in the civil war, how those contributions shaped combat, and how the lessons learned were then applied to tank combat in World War II. The fighting in Spain did not offer any easy answers, primarily because the tanks supplied were not very worthy and had been supplied in small numbers. Tank employment in Spain did offer many lessons, but the lessons did not always lie in what was done or accomplished but precisely on what was not done and was not accomplished.

Douglas E. Nash Sr.

Voted the greatest Briton of the 20th century, Churchill has long been credited with almost single-handedly leading his country to victory in World War II. However without Brooke, a skilled tactician, at his side the outcome might well have been disastrous. Brooke more often than not served as a brake on some of Churchill’s more impetuous ideas. However, while Brooke’s diaries reveal his fury with some of Churchill’s decisions, they also reveal his respect and admiration for the wartime prime minister. In return Churchill must surely have considered Brooke one of his most difficult subordinates but later wrote that he was “fearless, formidable, articulate, and in the end convincing.” Sangster completes this new biography with a survey of the way various historians have assessed Brooke, explaining how he has lapsed into seeming obscurity since his crucial part in the Allied victory in World War II.

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Call Sign KLUSO

The Folly of Generals

Rick Tollini

How Eisenhower’s Broad Front Strategy Lengthened World War II

$34.95 • Hardback • 240 pages • 6x9 B/w and color • March 2021 • BIO034000 978-1-61200-981-0

Eagle pilot Rick “Kluso” Tollini’s life has embodied childhood dreams and the reality of what the American experience could produce. In his memoir, Call Sign KLUSO, Rick puts the fraught minutes above the Iraqi desert that made him an ace into the context of a full life; exploring how he came to be flying a F-15C in Desert Storm, and how that day became a pivotal moment in his life. Rick’s first experience of flying was fostered by his pilot father, eventually blossoming into a decision to join the Air Force as a pilot in his late twenties. Having trained to fly jets he was assigned to fly the F-15 Eagle with the “Dirty Dozen,” the 12th Tactical Fighter Squadron, at Kadena AB, Japan before returning Stateside to the 58th Tactical Fighter Squadron “The Gorillas.” Throughout training, Reagan’s fighter pilots expected to face the Soviet Union, but Rick’s first combat deployment was Desert Storm. He recounts the planning, the preparation, and the missions, the life of a fighter pilot in a combat zone and the reality of combat. Returning from the combat skies of Iraq, Rick continued a successful Air Force career until, struggling to make sense of his life, he turned to Buddhism. His practice led him to leave the Air Force, to find a new vocation, and to finally come to terms with shooting down that MiG-25 Foxbat in the desert all those years before. Most importantly, he came to a deeper understanding of the importance of our shared humanity.

Vagabonds Tourists into the Heart of Darkness

David P Colley

Nick Brokhausen Jeff Miller

$34.95 • Hardback • 288 pages • 6x9 50 photographs • March 2021 • HIS027060 978-1-61200-974-2

$34.95 • Hardback • 384 pages • 6x9 April 2021 • BIO008000 • 978-1-61200-995-7 Nick Brokhausen lives in Palm Desert, CA

Imagine how many lives would have been saved had the war in Europe finished in December 1944. David Colley analyzes critical mistakes made by the Allied supreme commander, General Dwight Eisenhower, in the last nine months of the war. He argues that had Eisenhower been more adept at taking advantage of several potential breakthroughs in the Siegfried Line in the fall of 1944 the war in the European Theater of Operations might have ended sooner. The book details the American penetration of the Siegfried Line in mid-September and their advance into Germany at Wallendorf before the troops were called back. It also examines in detail operations in the Stolberg Corridor and the actions of General Lucian Truscott. It compares the battles at Wallendorf and Stolberg with Operation Market Garden, and assesses the effectiveness of these operations and the use of the troops. Eisenhower later called off another operation in November 1944, already in progress, to cross the Rhine and destroy the German 1st Army north of Strasbourg. American and German generals believe this operation would have shortened the war. The Folly of Generals explores these potential breakthroughs—along with other strategic and tactical mistakes in the ETO and in Italy, some never before revealed—that might have shortened the war by a considerable margin.

“A lot of confusion, a lot of humor, a lot of broken dreams and broken promises, an occasional triumph.”

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Once a soldier has survived the ultimate contest between skill, luck, and happenstance, which defines combat, everything else seems easy and within reach. In his military career Nick Brokhausen had participated in some of the most dangerous and daring operations the United States had undertaken as a nation. After two decades in the Special Forces, including two deployments to MACV-SOG, he decided to leave the service and reinvent himself. Teaming up with Jeff Miller and other SF vets, Nick decided to use the skills he had acquired in his military career to make his way in the world. In his own inimitable style, Nick weaves the tale of a truly unique career path, running counter-terrorism training courses for SWAT teams, testing the security for the Los Angeles Olympics, training private bodyguards for wealthy families in Mexico, working security projects around the world, recovering kidnap victims, and advising resource developers. Things rarely go to plan, but a mere detail like that never stops the Green Berets.

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Courage Under Fire

Break in the Chain - Intelligence Ignored

The 101st Airborne’s Hidden Battle at Tam Ky LTC Ed Sherwood, US Army (Ret)

Military Intelligence in Vietnam and Why the Easter Offensive Should Have Turned Out Differently

$34.95 • Hardback • 336 pages • 6x9 March 2021 • HIS027070 978-1-61200-964-3

The battle of Hamburger Hill (Operation Apache Snow) fought by the storied 101st Airborne Division’s 3rd Brigade began on May 10, 1969. Five days later, 100 miles south, the 101st Airborne’s 1st Brigade began Operation Lamar Plain, a second, hard-fought battle near Tam Ky. On May 14, newly elected President Nixon announced the US no longer seeks a military solution in Vietnam. As Hamburger Hill’s high casualties became public, a political firestorm erupted. Still raging, the battle at Tam Ky and its high casualties were never disclosed. Now almost forgotten, this is the untold story of the unheralded, courageous, young infantry soldiers of Delta Company and others who fought it. As casualties mount and leaders are lost, they live up to their unit motto, “Never Quit!” Fighting with their battalion under harsh, battlefield conditions, they persevere to victory in an unpopular war, with battle odds and a growing number in their nation against them.

W. R. Baker $34.95 • Hardback • 288 pages • 6x9 April 2021 • HIS027070 978-1-61200-991-9

In the weeks before the Easter Offensive of 1972, vital agent reports and verbal warnings by the 571st Military Intelligence Detachment had been ignored by all the major commands; they were only heeded, and then only very reluctantly, once the Offensive began. This refusal to listen to the intelligence explains why no Army or USMC organizations were on-call to recover prisoners discovered or U.S. personnel downed behind enemy lines, as in the BAT-21 incident, as the last two Combat Recon Platoons in Vietnam had been disbanded six weeks before the offensive began. The lessons and experiences of Operation Lam Son 719 in the previous year were ignored, especially with regard to the NVA’s tactical use of tanks and artillery. In his memoir, Bob Baker, the only trained military intelligence analyst with the 571st MI Detachment in 1972, reveals these and other heroics and blunders during a key moment in the Vietnam War.

The Battle that Time Forgot

Medieval Military Combat

Cold War Counterintelligence and the Enigma of the Soviet Military Liaison Mission

Battle Tactics and Fighting Techniques of the Wars of the Roses Dr Tom Lewis OAM

Aden Magee

$34.95 • Hardback • 256 pages 6x9 • 50 illustrations • May 2021 HIS027230 • 978-1-61200-887-5

$34.95 • Hardback • 288 pages • 6x9 June 2021 • POL036000 978-1-61200-993-3

This book details the Soviet Military Liaison Mission (SMLM) in West Germany and the U.S. Military Liaison Mission (USMLM) in East Germany as microcosms of the Cold War strategic intelligence and counterintelligence landscape. Thirty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Soviet and U.S. Military Liaison Missions are all but forgotten. Their operation was established by a post-WWII Allied occupation forces’ agreement, and missions had relative freedom to travel and collect intelligence throughout East and West Germany from 1947 until 1990. This book addresses Cold War intelligence and counterintelligence in a manner that provides a broad historical perspective and then brings the reader to a never-before documented artifact of Cold War history. The book details the intelligence/counterintelligence dynamic that was among the most emblematic of the Cold War. Ultimately, the book addresses a saga that remains one of the true Cold War enigmas.

We don’t know how medieval soldiers fought. Did they just walk forward in their armor smashing each other with their maces and poleaxes, as depicted on film and in programs such as Game of Thrones? They could not have done so. It is impossible to fight in such a manner for more than several minutes as exhaustion becomes a preventative factor. So how did medieval soldiers in the War of the Roses, and in the infantry sections of battles such as Agincourt and Towton, carry out their grim work? Medieval Military Combat shows, for the first time, the techniques of such battles. It also breaks new ground in establishing medieval battle numbers as highly exaggerated, and that we need to look again at the accounts of actions such as the famous Battle of Towton, which this work uses as a basic for its overall study.

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Splinter on the Tide

Commandos

Phillip Parotti

Set Europe Ablaze

$22.95 • Paperback • 336 pages • 6x9 May 2021 • FIC014050 • 978-1-61200-958-2 Phillip Parotti lives in USA

Dick Camp

Having survived the sinking of his first ship, Ensign Ash Miller USNR is promoted and assigned to command one of the sleek new additions to “the splinter fleet,” a 110-foot wooden submarine chaser armed with only understrength guns and depth charges. His task is to bring the ship swiftly into commission, weld his untried crew into an efficient fighting unit, and take his vessel to sea in order to protect the defenseless Allied merchant vessels which are being maliciously and increasingly sunk by German U-Boats, often within sight of the coast. Ash rises to the deadly challenge he faces, brings his crew of three officers and 27 men to peak performance, and meets the threats he faces with understated courage and determination, rescuing stricken seamen, destroying Nazi mines, fighting U-Boats, and developing both the tactical sense and command authority that will be the foundation upon which America’s citizen sailors eventually win the war. During rare breaks in operations, Ash cherishes a developing relationship with the spirited Claire Morris who embodies the peaceful ideal for which he has been fighting.

$22.95 • Paperback • 288 pages • 6x9 May 2021 • FIC014050 • 978-1-63624-008-4 Dick Camp lives in Fredericksburg, VA

Summer 1942. Defeatism hangs in the air. Britain stands alone. Winston Churchill is determined to strike back and has ordered the formation of a special operations force, dubbed “Commandos,” with the mission to “set Europe ablaze.” U.S. Marine Captain Jim Cain and his Gunnery Sergeant Leland Montgomery receive orders to the British Commando training center in the Scottish Highlands. There they are put through the brutal specialized training that will hone their fighting skills and build their physical endurance. A strong sense of brotherhood develops between the British soldiers and the two Marines. Lucky to be quartered in the spacious home of the Commandos’ commanding officer, Cain has the pleasure of meeting his daughter, Loreena. Bright and stunning, Loreena is secretive about her work in London. Before Cain can learn more about her, the training course is interrupted and the commando squad is sent on a special mission to destroy a German radar station on Nazi-held Alderney, off the coast of France. While the site is defended by a squad of second-rate garrison soldiers who are no match for the highly trained and motivated commandos, a reaction force of infantry, led by a German combat veteran, joins the fight. The action is fierce and bloody and there are heavy losses on both sides. The surviving raiders withdraw to Royal Navy motor torpedo boats, but a marauding squadron of Schnellboots (E-Boats) lies in wait.

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A Question of Time James Stejskal $24.95 • Hardback • 304 pages • 6x9 Currently Available • FIC006000 978-1-61200-903-2 • James Stejskal lives in Alexandria, VA

Berlin, 1979. When the CIA’s most valuable spy is compromised, the Agency realizes it does not have the capability to bring him to safety. If he cannot evade the dreaded East German security service, the result will be chaos and a cascade of failures throughout the Agency’s worldwide operations. Master Sergeant Kim Becker lived through the hell of Vietnam as a member of the elite Studies and Operations Group. When he lost one of his best men in a pointless operation, he began to question his mission. Now, he is serving with an even more secretive Army Special Forces unit based in Berlin on the front line of the Cold War. The CIA turns to Becker’s team of unconventional warfare specialists to pull their bacon out of the fire. Becker and his men must devise a plan to get him out by whatever means possible. It’s a race against time to prepare and execute the plan while, alone in East Berlin, the agent must avoid his nemesis and play for time inside the hostile secret service headquarters he has betrayed. One question remains — is the man worth the risk?

Casemate -Arena Die Wehrmacht im Kampf Sport

Panzer Tactics

Arctic Front

General Erich Hoepner

Armor operations in the East, 1941-42

The Advance of Mountain Corps Norway on Murmansk, 1941

A Military Biography

Oskar Munzel Linden Lyons

Col Gen Wilhelm Hess Linden Lyons

Die Wehrmacht im Kampf • $45 • Hardback 192 pages • 6x9 • 21 maps • June 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-61200-989-6

Die Wehrmacht im Kampf • $45 • Hardback 216 pages • 6x9 • 20 maps • January 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-61200-972-8

This book discusses a number of raids undertaken by XXXXVII Panzer Corps near the Black Sea in 1941/2 to explore the tactics used and why they were successful, based upon the detailed combat reports prepared by the corps staff immediately after each battle.

In 1941, military operations were conducted by large formations along the northern coast of Scandinavia. The Arctic Front was the northernmost theater in the war waged by Germany against Russia. For a period of four years, German troops from all branches of the Wehrmacht fought side by side with Finnish border guard units. The high point of the war on the Arctic Front was the assembly and advance of Germany’s Mountain Corps Norway in the summer and autumn of 1941. Commanded by general of the mountain troops, Eduard Dietl, and composed of the 2nd and 3rd Mountain Divisions, the Mountain Corps advanced out of occupied North Norway, assembled in the Petsamo Corridor in North Finland, and struck into Russian territory in an attempt to seize Murmansk. It did not reach its objective. This account of the operation was written by Wilhelm Hess, quartermaster of the Mountain Corps Norway. He draws upon his personal experience of the conditions and actions on the Arctic Front in order to describe and analyze the environment, the sequence of events, and the reasons behind certain decisions. In addition to describing how operations conducted by the Mountain Corps unfolded, Hess provides insight as to how the terrain, the flow of supplies, and the war at sea impacted those operations.

Die Wehrmacht im Kampf Battles and Problems of the Second World War is a series published in Germany in the 1950s and 1960s. Written by ex-members of the German army in WWII, it provides important information not available elsewhere on the German army’s perspective of many crucial campaigns and battles. None of the volumes have previously been available in English. Each volume has a modern introduction by Professor Matthias Strohn, expert on the German army.

W. Chales de Beaulieu Linden Lyons Die Wehrmacht im Kampf • $45 • Hardback 240 pages • 6x9 • February 2021 • BIO008000 978-1-61200-976-6

Erich Hoepner was one of the most competent tank commanders of World War II, playing a significant role in Germany’s early successes. As the commander of the XVI Panzer Corps at the outbreak of war in 1939, Hoepner carried out the main thrust towards Warsaw. In 1940, commanding the same formation, Hoepner fought the French Cavalry Corps in Belgium, partook in the encirclement of Allied forces near Dunkirk, and advanced southwards over the Weygand Line deep into French territory. In 1941, Hoepner became the commander of Panzer Group 4, which was the main attack formation for the advance on Leningrad. It made rapid progress to begin with, but an increasingly wide and exposed front meant that the attack gradually ground to a halt. After one final attempt to capture the city in the middle of September failed, the panzer group was redeployed to the central sector of the Eastern Front. It was there that the panzer group was to help with the push towards Moscow. Hoepner frequently felt that he was not allowed to advance on Moscow quickly enough by his superiors, yet his decision to conduct a withdrawal in January 1942 led to his dismissal. Walter Chales de Beaulieu provides insight into Erich Hoepner’s ability as a panzer commander, painting a picture of a man who was committed to the military profession, who possessed a strong sense of responsibility, and who was confident enough to exercise his own will.

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Casemate Arena Sport Military Reconnaissance

No Moon as Witness

The Eyes and Ears of the Army

Missions of the SOE and OSS in World War II

Alexander Stilwell

James Stejskal

$29.95 • Hardback • 160 pages 6x9 • 30 black & white photos & diagrams June 2021 • HIS027060 978-1-61200-950-6

$29.95 • Hardback • 160 pages 6x9 25-30 illustrations • June 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-61200-952-0 James Stejskal lives in Alexandria, VA

Since the earliest recorded military history, scouting and reconnaissance have been key tools to obtain a picture of the tactical situation and make informed decisions. Scouts were deployed by the Spartans and had a privileged position in their order of battle. The Spartans were so aware of the advantage their scouting operations gave them that they went to great lengths to keep them secret. As military tactics, weapons and equipment developed over the centuries, methods of scouting and reconnaissance evolved and adapted but always remained true to the spirit of the scout – light on their feet, taking only what they need and returning with the information that could turn potential defeat into victory.. Military Reconnaissance provides a concise but revealing picture of the art of military scouting and reconnaissance from the highly toned Spartan warriors, the scouts employed by Julius Caesar, through the middle ages to the Napoleonic Wars to the role of the scout in modern warfare.

Winston Churchill famously instructed the head of the Special Operations Executive to “Set Europe ablaze!.” Agents of both the British Special Operations Executive and the American Office of Strategic Services underwent rigorous training before making their way, undetected, into occupied Europe to do just that. SOE’s first notable success was the destruction of a power station in France, stopping work at a vital U-boat base. OSS operatives established anti-Nazi resistance groups across Europe, and managed to smuggle operatives into Nazi Germany. All missions were incredibly dangerous – the life expectancy of an SOE wireless operator in occupied France was just six weeks. James Stejskal examines why these agencies were established, the training regimen and ingenious tools developed to enable agents to undertake their missions, their operational successes, and their legacy.

Counterinsurgency Theory and Reality

Old Testament Warriors

Dr Daniel Whittingham Dr Stuart Mitchell

The Clash of Cultures in the Ancient Near East

$29.95 • Hardback • 160 pages 6x9 • 30 black & white photos & diagrams June 2021 • HIS027180 978-1-61200-948-3

Simon Elliott

Counterinsurgency is defined as efforts to defeat and confine a rebellion against a constituted authority. This concise history discusses the development of modern counterinsurgency over the last two hundred years, beginning with the origins of modern insurgency from the concept of ‘small wars’ and colonial warfare, through the ideas of early insurgents including Clausewitz and the theories of Lawrence of Arabia, to the methods of 20th-century insurgents, including Mao and Che Guevara. It then examines a number of post-1945 insurgencies and how western armies have tried to counter them, in particular how the French tried to counter insurgencies in Indochina and Algeria, and then the US in Vietnam, and the reaction to the American experience there. This is compared with the British approach in the years after World War II, particularly in Malaya, but also in Kenya and Northern Ireland. Against that backdrop there is an examination of counterinsurgency in Afghanistan and Iraq. The book concludes with a discussion on the future of COIN.

$29.95 • Hardback • 160 pages 6x9 •25-30 illustrations • June 2021 HIS027220 • 978-1-61200-954-4

The period covered by the Old Testament – beginning in approximately 3000 BC – was one of great technological development and innovation in warfare, as competing cultures clashed in the ancient Middle East. This authoritative history gives an overview of warfare and fighting in the age of the Old Testament, from the Akkadians, Early and Middle Kingdom Egypt and their enemies, Mycenean and Minoan Greece and Crete, Assyrians and New Kingdom Egyptians, the Hittites, the Sea Peoples who gave rise to the Philistines, the Hebrew kingdom, the Babylonian kingdom, the Medes and later Persian Empires, through to early Classical Greece. Author Simon Elliott explores how archaeology can shed light on events in the Bible including the famous tumbling walls of Jericho, the career of David the boy warrior who faced the Philistines, and Gideon, who was able to defeat an army that vastly outnumbered his own.

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Nanjing 1937

Four Pacific Campaigns with the Corps: The Memoirs of an Old Breed Marine

Peter Harmsen

Battle for a Doomed City $24.95 • Paperback • 368 pages 6x9 • 32pp photos • March 2021 HIS027100 978-1-61200-980-3

George Peto Peter Margaritis $24.95 • Paperback • 368 pages 6x9 • January 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-61200-979-7 Peter Margaritis lives in Ohio

On September 15, 1944, the U.S. First Marine Division landed on a small island in the Central Pacific called Peleliu as a prelude to the liberation of the Philippines. Among the first wave of Marines that hit the beach that day was 22-year-old George Peto. George joined the Marines as an opportunity for adventure plus three square meals a day; so he and his brother joined the Corps in 1941. Following boot camp and training, he was initially assigned to various guard units, until he was shipped out to the Pacific and assigned to the 1st Marines. This is the wild and remarkable story of an “Old Breed” Marine, from his youth in the Great Depression, his training and combat in the Pacific, to his life after the war, told in his own words.

Day of the Panzer

The Fighting 30th Division

A Story of American Heroism and Sacrifice in Southern France

They Called Them Roosevelt’s SS

Jeff Danby

Martin King Michael Collins

$24.95 • Paperback • 384 pages 6x9 • 14 maps and 8 illustrations May 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-61200-997-1 Jeff Danby lives in Granville, Ohio

$24.95 • Paperback • 360 pages 6x9 • February 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-61200-978-0 Michael Collins lives in Dalton, MA

In World War I the 30th Infantry Division earned more Medals of Honor than any other American division. In World War II it spent more consecutive days in combat than almost any other outfit. They were one of the hardest-fighting units the U.S. ever fielded in Europe. What was it about these men that made them so indomitable? They were tough and resilient for a start, but this division had something else. They possessed intrinsic zeal to engage the enemy that often left their adversaries in awe. Their U.S. Army nickname was the “Old Hickory” Division. But after encountering them on the battlefield, the Germans themselves came to call them “Roosevelt’s SS.” There have been only a few books written about the 30th Division and none contained direct interviews with the veterans. This work follows their story from Normandy to the final victory in Germany, packed with previously untold accounts from the survivors. These are the men whose incredible stories epitomize what it was to be a GI in one of the toughest divisions in WWII.

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. 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.

This is a rarely detailed, “you are there” account of World War II combat, describing a brief but bloody tank/ infantry action in August 1944. Based on six years of research—drawing from interviews, primary documents, and visits to the battlefield—The Day of the Panzer transports the reader into the ranks of L Company, 15th Regiment, Third Infantry Division, and its supporting M4s of the 756th Tank Battalion as they grapple head-on with the Wehrmacht. On August 15, 1944, L Company hit the beaches in southern France, joined by the tank crews of 2nd Lt. Andrew Orient’s 3rd Platoon, all veterans of Cassino. Despite logistical problems, the Third Division forged north through the Rhône River valley, L Company and its supporting tanks leading the regimental charge—until they faced a savage counterattack by the Germans and a rampaging Panther tank... In this book, the minute-by-minute confusion, thrill, and desperation of WWII combat is placed under a microscope, as if the readers themselves were participants.

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CasemateBirlinn - Casemate Illustrated • BC Books German Tank Destroyers

German Mountain Troops 1942–45

Pierre Tiquet

Yves Beraud

Casemate Illustrated Special, Vol. CISS0006 $37.95 • Hardback 192 pages • 8x10 250 color and black-and-white photographs and illustrations July 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-61200-906-3

Casemate Illustrated, Vol. CIS0022 $24.95 • Paperback • 128 pages 7x10 • Color throughout • June 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-61200-946-9

This is a fully illustrated account of the various tank destroyers used by the Wehrmacht during World War II, from the first anti-tank artillery used in 1939, through to the Ferdinand/Elefant.

British Fighter Aircraft in WWI Design, Construction and Innovation Mark C Wilkins Casemate Illustrated Special, Vol. CISS0005 $37.95 • Hardback • 192 pages 8x10 • 250 photos, profiles, and diagrams June 2021 • HIS027090 978-1-61200-881-3 Mark C Wilkins lives in Prince Frederick, MD

World War I witnessed unprecedented growth and innovation in aircraft design, construction, and as the war progressed—mass production. Each country generated its own innovations sometimes in surprising ways—Albatros Fokker, Pfalz, and Junkers in Germany and Nieuport, Spad, Sopwith and Bristol in France and Britain. Each manufacturer and design team vied for the upper hand and deftly and quickly appropriated good ideas from other companies—be they friend or foe. Developments in tactics and deployment also influenced design—from the early reconnaissance planes, to turn fighters, finally planes that relied upon formation tactics, speed, and firepower. This book focuses on the British approach to fighter design, construction, and mass production.

When World War II began, the Wehrmacht had fifteen mountain divisions and a multitude of small units, including some Austrian units that had been incorporated into the German army after the Anschluss. These mountain units would operate in hostile environments on all fronts during World War II. Due to their training, equipment and adaptability, the Gebirgstruppen would be deployed to fight in almost every theater. In the last years of the war they would see action in North Africa, Italy, the Balkans, Norway and Finland, and in the West as the Allies pushed German forces back toward Berlin. This book, the culmination of four decades of research and the support of many veterans and collectors, describes the uniform, equipment, and operations of these specialist units during the later years of World War II. The text is complemented by period photographs taken at the front, including many color photographs, and modern photographs of uniform details.

US Aircraft Carriers 1939–45 Ingo Bauernfeind Casemate Illustrated Special, Vol. CISS0007 $37.95 • Hardback • 192 pages 8x10 • Over 200 photos, diagrams and illustrations July 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-61200-934-6

This extensively illustrated volume tells the dramatic yet successful story of US aircraft carriers in World War II by class, ranging from early pre-war designs to escort carriers built from destroyer hulls, to the gigantic fleet carriers serving as the predecessors of modern-day super carriers. Besides covering the famous great carrier battles in the Pacific, this book also tells of the equally important actions of US flat tops hunting and destroying German U-boats in the Atlantic, making an enormous contribution to the elimination of the U-boat dangers and the safe arrival of transatlantic supplies, so desperately needed for the launch of D-Day. Including profiles and explanatory text boxes, the concise text gives a clear overview of each ship’s career, its fate and its significance in American naval history. Moreover, the reader learns about the technical evolution of US carriers throughout the war, and the various aircraft launched from these magnificent vessels to engage their Japanese or German foes.

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Casemate •Arden Casemate Academic Fighting for Time

How the Army Made Britain a Global Power

Rhodesia’s Military and Zimbabwe’s Independence

1688–1815

Charles D. Melson

Jeremy Black

$65 • Hardback • 336 pages • 6x9 February 2021 • HIS001040 978-1-952715-06-8 Charles D. Melson lives in Stevensville, MD Casemate Academic (academic discount structure)

$65 • Hardback • 240 pages • 6x9 July 2021 • HIS015050 978-1-952715-08-2 Casemate Academic (academic discount structure)

This work, drawing on a wealth of primary sources, examines the transition of the Rhodesian armed services from a general-purpose force to a special operations force conducting intelligence-driven operations, and identifies the lessons that can be learned from the study of this low-intensity conflict at the level of ‘’tactics, techniques, and procedures.” Charles Melson offers a detailed examination of the military response to the emerging revolutionary threat, and the evolution of general and special-purpose units. He addresses the critical use of airpower as a force multiplier supporting civil, police, and army efforts ranging from internal security and border control to internal and external combat operations; the requirement for innovative units and full-time joint command structures; and the escalation of cross-border attacks and unconventional responses as the conflict evolved.

Strick Tank Hero of Arras Tim Strickland Major-General, Sir Laurence New CB, CBE, CCMI $34.95 • Hardback • 384 pages • 6x9 June 2021 • BIO008000 • 978-1-61200-985-8 Casemate

Major-General Eugene Vincent Michael “Strick” Strickland rose from penniless hardship to great military distinction. His is the extraordinary tale of a man who enlisted as a private soldier in the Royal Tank Corps. and eventually served in seven regiments and had four regimental commands. This fine story of adventure and achievement is brought alive by Strick’s remarkable correspondence – he wrote home to his family every second or third day throughout the war – supplemented by the recollections of his comrades and years of archival research. More than a portrait of a gifted and morally courageous man, this biography also offers an insight into the arts of command and tactical control, and the difficulties of a family life fragmented by war.

Between 1760 and 1815, British troops campaigned from Manila to Montreal, Cape Town to Copenhagen, Washington to Waterloo. The naval dimension of Britain’s expansion has been superbly covered by a number of excellent studies, but there has not been a single volume that does the same for the army and, in particular, looks at how and why it became a world-operating force, one capable of beating the Marathas as well as the French. This book will both offer a new perspective, one that concentrates on the global role of the army and its central part in imperial expansion and preservation, and as such will be a major book for military history and world history. There will be a focus on what the army brought to power equations and how this made it a world-level force.

First In Last Out The Post-war Organisation, Employment and Training of Royal Marines Commandos Paul Winter

After the Wall Came Down The British Army and its Soldiers after the Cold War Andrew Richards

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$34.95 • Hardback • 256 pages • 6x9 May 2021 • HIS015000 • 978-1-61200-830-1 Andrew Richards lives in Canton, NY Casemate

The official document Amphibious Warfare Handbook No. 10a: The Organisation, Employment and Training of Commandos is a unique piece of postwar Royal Marines Commando doctrine, never before published, or quoted at length. Prepared in 1951 at the height of the Korean War by the Chief of Amphibious Warfare and the Commandant General Royal Marines, this seventy-page aide memoir is, in essence, the distillation of major lessons learned by the British wartime Combined Operations Headquarters regarding amphibious warfare, sabotage, intelligence-gathering, specialized infantry work, guerrilla warfare and Commando tactics.

For those in the military, the two decades following the end of the Cold War would not be a time of peace. Government spending and the size of the military was reduced but the Army’s commitments increased exponentially. Those serving not only faced continuous deployment in overseas operations, they would also be involved in immense upheavals that took place within the army. The Army of the second decade of the twentieth-first century is unrecognizable from the one they joined in the late 1980s. This is the story of the soldiers who served in the British Army in those tumultuous decades.

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AFV Modeller • Air World Arden M3 Lee Grant

Superking

The Design, Production and service of the M3 Medium Tank, the Foundation of America’s Tank Industry

Building Trumpeter’s 1:16th Scale King Tiger David Parker $74 • Paperback • 452 pages 11.69x8.26 • 1500+ color & b&w illustrations Currently Available • CRA020000 978-09555413-6-0 AFV Modeller

David Doyle $79.95 • Hardback • 470 pages 8.2x11.6 • 870 Currently Available • CRA020000 978-0-9935646-8-0 David Doyle lives in Memphis, TN AFV Modeller

Superking is the step-by-step story of David Parker’s remarkable award-winning 1/16 scale replica. This freshly reprinted book from AFV Modeller combines the 3 1/2 year coverage from AFV Modeller Magazine with additional unpublished material and combines archive photographs with walk-around photography of the real vehicle in 452 landscape pages to create what must be considered the ultimate guide to modeling the Tiger II.

This volume is the most detailed study yet presented of the M3 Lee/Grant tanks, illustrating and describing the development, production, and use of these iconic vehicles by US, Commonwealth, and Russian forces during WWII. The tanks, their power plants, and production techniques used by each manufacturer are shown from assembly line to front line through this profusely illustrated book, including numerous never before published vintage photos.

Don’t believe us? The completed model went on to win Gold medals at Euro Militaire, Scale Model Challenge and the IPMS UK National Competition.

CrossChannel Aviation Pioneers Blanchard and Bleriot, Vikings and Viscounts Bruce Hales-Dutton $49.95 • Hardback • 240 pages • 6x9.25 16 images in central plate section January 2021 • HIS027140 • 978-1-52-677559-7 Air World

In this book, the author explores the many and varied milestones in cross-channel flight, beginning in July 1785 when John-Pierre Blanchard and John Jeffries made the first crossing by balloon. Other flyers quickly followed - Pierre Prier made the first non-stop London-Paris flight in April 1911 and Harriet Quimby became the first woman to fly the Channel a year later. The book will chart other significant events in cross-Channel aviation such as the first mid-air collision between airliners flying between the UK and France, which led to a rudimentary system of air traffic control.

RAF’s Centenary Flypast

RAF WWII Operational and Flying Accident Casualty Files

The Story Behind the Event that Marked 100 Years of the Royal Air Force Kevin Lee Gatland $49.95 • Hardback • 232 pages • 6.5x9.5 150 color illustrations & diagrams • May 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-52-678840-5 Air World

On 10 July 2018, exactly 100 years and 100 days after the formation of the world’s first independent air force, 103 aircraft of twenty-four types from twenty-five squadrons flew over London in the largest formation of military aircraft seen over the capital of the UK in nearly thirty years. Beautifully illustrated with glorious color in-flight photographs of the magnificent aircraft of the current RAF as well as the briefing and planning session, this book demonstrates the enormous range of factors that had to be taken into consideration to produce the amazing spectacle.

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Exploring their Contents Mary Hudson $25 • Hardback • 256 pages • 6x9.25 16 color & 84 black and white illustrations Currently Available • HIS027140 978-1-52-678352-3 • Air World

This huge collection of casualty files contains a wealth of contemporary documentation from a variety of sources including captured German records. In this groundbreaking book Mary Hudson has used her expert knowledge to provide an invaluable guide to the understanding of these records for use by researchers and family members alike.

AirzWorld Hitler’s Strategic Bombing Offensive on the Eastern Front

Sink the Tirpitz

Blitz Over the Volga, 1943

Geoffrey W Raebel

Convoy PQ 18, Soviet-Based RAF Bombers and the Battle Against Hitler’s Last Great Warship

Dmitry Degtev Dmitry Zubov

$42.95 • Hardback • 256 pages 6x9.25 • 150 black and white illustrations • Currently Available HIS027100 • 978-1-52-678437-7

$42.95 • Hardback • 248 pages 6x9.25 • 80 black and white illustrations May 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-52-678989-1

Germany was never able to match the power of the Allied air forces with their great four-engine bombers, the Lancasters, Liberators and Flying Fortresses. Indeed, many have ascribed the defeat of Germany in the Second World to its lack of a strategic bombing force. There were, though, two occasions when the Luftwaffe’s twin-engine bombers undertook strategic objectives on a large scale. The first of these was the ‘Blitz’ of 1940-1941, in which the Luftwaffe attempted to wreck Britain’s industrial and military capacity. The second was on the eve of Operation Zitadelle, a major offensive against Soviet forces in the Kursk salient. The descriptions of the dangerous missions carried out by Luftwaffe as part of this operation are presented in great detail and all these exclusive facts are complemented by a large number of unique photos and documents.

The Red Baron

Beaufighter and Mosquito Operations in WWII

A Photographic Album of the First World War’s Greatest Ace, Manfred von Richthofen

The Memoirs of a Radar Operator

Terry C Treadwell

Zbyšek Nečas-Pemberton

$42.95 • Hardback • 256 pages • 6x9.25 200+ black and white illustrations May 2021 • BIO008000 978-1-52-678132-1

$42.95 • Hardback • 296 pages • 6x9.25 100 black and white integrated illustrations • May 2021 BIO008000 • 978-1-52-678957-0

Zbyšek Nečas was just 18, and still a high school student, when he escaped from the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and make his way to Britain. Nečas enlisted in the RAF in 1940, initially being posted as an interpreter at the Czech Depot. Some of his early duties involved the interrogation of captured German aircrew. He was, however, determined to fly. That wish came not as a pilot, but as a radar operator. In this moving memoir, he details just what it was like to serve as part of an RAF night fighter crew during the second half of the Second World War. From the organization of squadron and operations, to the directing of night fighters in the bomber stream, problems of maintaining contact with the target, the duration of patrols to interception tactics, all, and more, is revealed in this book.

With its eight 15-inch guns, Tirpitz posed an ever-present threat to shipping in the northern waters, and when it was believed that the battleship was about to attack Convoy PQ 17, the convoy was ordered to scatter. This was a disastrous decision that led to the loss of twenty-four merchant ships. It was, therefore, of paramount importance that the next convoy reached Russia, and so the assembly of forty merchantmen was escorted by a veritable fleet of warships, including an ant-aircraft cruiser, destroyers, antiaircraft ships, submarines and an aircraft carrier. Air cover was provided by Handley Page Hampdens of RAF Coastal Command. On receiving the news that Tirpitz had left the protection of the fjord, the Hampdens took to the air. Though no contact was made with the battleship, the presence of the twenty-three bombers deterred the Germans from risking their prestigious warship. PQ 18 safely reached Archangel on 21 September 1942.

If one aircraft was to represent the First World War, it could be the distinctive red Fokker Triplane of Manfred von Richthofen. With an astonishing eighty aerial victories, the Red Baron became a legend in his own, short, lifetime. Regarded as one of the most widely known fighter pilots of all time, von Richthofen is also considered to be the First World War’s ‘ace-of-aces’. While much is known about this German aristocrat, what this book accomplishes is a pictorial portrait of von Richthofen as has never been seen before. Through a unique collection of photographs, the life of this famous airman is laid bare. From early family photographs through to the First World War, and his initial service as a cavalry reconnaissance officer on both the Eastern and Western fronts, his flying career, and the aircraft he flew, this extensive collection provides an unrivaled window into the life of history’s most celebrated fighter pilot.

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Special Duties Pilot The Man who Flew the Real ‘Inglorious Bastards’ Behind Enemy Lines John M Billings $29.95 • Hardback • 248 pages • 6x9.25 43 black and white illustrations • April 2021 BIO008000 • 978-1-52-678626-5

If there was ever a man who was born to fly, it is John M. Billings. After training he was assigned to fly Consolidated B-24 Liberator long-range bombers and was selected for assignment to the 885th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy) (Special). The 885th specialized in flying top secret, low-altitude missions at night in support of the clandestine operations of the OSS and the SOE. The unit’s covert missions included parachuting OSS and SOE agents and supplies deep inside German territory. The most eventful and dangerous of Billings’ thirty-nine secret missions with the 885th was his assignment in February 1945 to clandestinely insert a three-man OSS team, code-named Greenup, into Austria. This insertion of this OSS team was the inspiration for the feature film Inglorious Bastards. However, Brad Pitt’s vengeful character was far removed from the leader of the Greenup team, Fred Mayer, who achieved success by infiltrating enemy ranks to gain vital intelligence. After the war, John Billings flew with Trans World Airlines and Eastern Airlines. He also flew more than 300 ‘Angel Flight’ airlift missions which involve the specialized aerial transportation of critically ill medical patients. This is one man’s story of a remarkable lifetime of flying, both in peace and in war.

The Kassel Raid, 27 September 1944

The Dangers of Automation in Airliners

The Largest Loss by USAAF Group on any Mission in WWII

Jack J Hersch

Eric Ratcliffe $34.95 • Hardback • 200 pages • 6x9.25 55 black and white illustrations Currently Available • HIS027100 978-1-52-677462-0

On Wednesday, 27 September 1944, a force of 283 Consolidated B-24 Liberator bombers headed out across the North Sea. The bombers’ target was the industrial city of Kassel in northern Germany. Their specific target that day was the engineering works of Henschel & Sohn which built Tiger and Panther tanks. Due to a navigational error, the bombers lost their escorting Mustangs and on the return flight they were pounced on by 150 enemy fighters – and massacred. Within just six minutes, the 445th experienced the greatest single-day losses suffered by any group from one airfield in the history of aviation warfare. Just four of the original thirty-five B-24s landed safely back at Tibenham. The human cost was equally high. In the course of just a few minutes, 117 airmen lost their lives, including eleven who were murdered after parachuting safely to the ground. In this highly moving account of the Kassel raid, the author, who lives close to the Tibenham airfield, uncovers the painful details of those terrible moments in September 1944 through the stories of those who survived one of the Second World War’s most disastrous operations in the USAAF’s battle against the Luftwaffe.

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Accidents Waiting to Happen $32.95 • Hardback • 288 pages • 6x9.25 16 black and white illustrations Currently Available • TRA002040 978-1-52-677314-2 Jack J Hersch lives in New York, NY

Aviation automation has been pushed to its limits, with pilots increasingly replying on it. Autopilot, autothrottle, autoland, flight management systems, air data systems, inertial guidance systems. All these systems are only as good as their inputs which, incredibly, can go rogue. Even the automation itself is subject to unpredictable failure. Can automation account for every possible eventuality? And what of the pilots? Are their skills eroding? Is their training sufficient to meet the demands of today’s planes? The Dangers of Automation in Airliners delves deeply into these questions. You’ll be in the cockpits of the two doomed Boeing 737 MAXs, the Airbus A330 lost over the South Atlantic, and the Bombardier Q400 that stalled over Buffalo. You’ll discover exactly why a Boeing 777 smacked into a seawall, missing the runway. And you’ll watch pilots battling – sometimes winning and sometimes not – against automation run amok. This book also investigates the human factors at work. You’ll learn why pilots might overlook warnings or ignore cockpit alarms. You’ll observe automation failing to alert aircrews of what they crucially need to know while fighting to save their planes and their passengers. The future of safe air travel depends on automation. This book tells its story.

AirzWorld RAF at the Crossroads

Bomber Command’s War Against Germany

The Second Front and Strategic Bombing Debate, 1942–1943

Planning the RAF’s Bombing Offensive in WWII and its Contribution to the Allied Victory

Greg Baughen $49.95 • Hardback • 264 pages 6x9.25 • 32 black and white illustrations May 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-52-679534-2

An Official History

For more than two decades the theory that long-range bombing could win wars had dominated British defense policy. During 1941 evidence began to mount that British policy was wrong. It had become clear the RAF’s bomber offensive against Germany had, until that point, achieved very little. Meanwhile, the wars raging in Europe, Africa and Asia were being decided not by heavy bombers, but by armies and their supporting tactical air forces. For the first time since 1918 Britain began thinking seriously about a different way of fighting wars. Was it too late to change? Was a strategic bombing campaign the only option open to Britain? Could the United Kingdom help its Soviet ally more by invading France as Stalin so vehemently demanded? Could this be done in 1942? The answers to these questions, which are all explored here by aviation historian Greg Baughen, would help shape the development of British air power for decades to come.

$49.95 • Hardback • 256 pages 6x9.25 • 16 black and white illustrations Currently Available • HIS027100 978-1-52-679087-3

The all-too frequently cited mantra that ‘the bomber will always get through’ had dominated Britain’s strategic air policy in the decades preceding the Second World War. However, the experiences of the Battle of Britain and the Blitz indicated that aerial bombardments were not as effective at disabling a country’s ability to fight as had been believed. In compiling this official analysis of the effectiveness of the RAF’s strategic bombing campaign, the author was granted unrestricted access to Air Ministry, Cabinet and other relevant departmental documents that were maintained for internal government use, enabling him to gain a complete and unbiased assessment of the contribution made by Bomber Command to the defeat of Germany.

Johnnie Johnson’s 1942 Diary

Luftwaffe Aces in the Battle of Britain

The War Diary of the Spitfire Ace of Aces

Chris Goss $42.95 • Hardback • 320 pages 6x9.25 • Approximately 300 black and white illustrations Currently Available • BIO034000 978-1-52-675421-9

Dilip Sarkar MBE $42.95 • Hardback • 248 pages 6x9.25 • 20 black and white illustrations January 2021 • BIO034000 978-1-52-679170-2

As a ‘lowly Pilot Officer’, Johnnie Johnson learned his fighter pilot’s craft as a protégé of the legless Tangmere Wing Leader, Douglas Bader. After Bader was brought down over France and captured on 9 August 1941, Johnnie remained a member of 616 (South Yorkshire) Squadron. In this diary, published here for the first time, we get a glimpse of the real Johnnie, and what it was really like to live and breathe air-fighting during one of the European air war’s most interesting years: 1942. Presented on a day-by-day basis, each of Johnnie’s entries is supported by an informative narrative written by the renowned aviation historian Dilip Sarkar, drawing upon official documents and his interviews and correspondence with the great man. As would be expected, Johnnie’s diary also includes numerous personal references. This diary, therefore, is a unique insight into how fighter pilots lived, loved – and died.

The term ‘fighter ace’ grew in prominence with the introduction and development of aerial combat in the First World War. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an ‘ace’ has varied but is usually considered to be five or more. For the Luftwaffe, a number of its fighter pilots, many of whom had fought with the Legion Condor in Spain, had already gained their Experte, or ace, status in the Battle of France. However, many more would achieve that status in the hectic dogfights over southern England and the Channel during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940. In this book, the story of each of the Luftwaffe’s 204 Messerschmitt Bf 109 ‘aces’ from the summer of 1940 is examined, with all of the individual biographies, detailing individual fates during the war, being highly illustrated throughout. Original German records from the summer of 1940, have been examined, providing a definitive list of each pilot’s individual claims. It also covers, to a lesser extent, those forgotten fifty-three Messerschmitt Bf 110 pilots who also achieved ace status by day and also by night between 10 July and 31 October 1940.

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Birlinn Air World • Fighting High Publishing Douglas DC-3 The Airliner that Revolutionised Air Transport Robert Jackson Flight Craft, Vol. 21 • $28.95 Paperback • 88 pages • 8.25x11.5 200 color & black & white illustrations Currently Available • TRA002010 978-1-52-675998-6 • Air World

No airliner in the history of commercial aviation has had a more profound effect than the Douglas DC-3. It was reliable, easy to maintain and carried passengers in greater comfort than ever before. Its origins stem from a design by the Douglas Aircraft Company of Santa Monica, California. Known as the Douglas Commercial One, or DC-1, this new aircraft was revolutionary in concept. It was quickly developed into the DC-2, an airliner that lead to Douglas’ domination of the domestic air routes of the United States, and of half the world. Experience with the DC-2 led to the development of an improved version, the Douglas Sleeper Transport (DST), first flown on 17 December 1935. This in turn evolved into a 21-seat variant, the DC-3, featuring many improvements. The full remarkable story of the DC-3, and its ancestor, the DC-2, is told in these pages, providing a wealth of information for the modeler and the enthusiast alike.

Lockheed Constellation A History Graham M Simons $42.95 • Hardback • 256 pages 6.5x9.5 • 175 color illustrations March 2021 • TRA002010 978-1-52-675886-6 • Air World

Clarence ‘Kelly’ Johnson’s design for the Lockheed Constellation, known affectionately as the ‘Connie’, produced one of the world’s most iconic airliners. Lockheed had been working on the L-044 Excalibur, a four-engine, pressurized airliner, since 1937. In 1939, Trans World Airlines, at the instigation of major stockholder Howard Hughes, requested a 40-passenger transcontinental aircraft with a range of 3,500 miles, well beyond the capabilities of the Excalibur design. TWA’s requirements led to the L-049 Constellation, designed by Lockheed engineers including Kelly Johnson and Hall Hibbard. In this revealing insight into the Lockheed Constellation, the renowned aviation historian Graham M. Simons examines its design, development and service, both military and civil. In doing so, he reveals the story of a design which, as the first pressurized airliner in widespread use, helped to usher in affordable and comfortable air travel around the world.

Mitsubishi A6M Zero Robert Jackson Flight Craft, Vol. 22 • $28.95 Paperback • 96 pages • 8.25x11.5 200 color & black & white illustrations January 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-52-675994-8 • Air World

The quality of Japanese aircraft came as an unpleasant surprise to the Allies at the outbreak of the Pacific War, and it was personified in one type, the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. One of the finest aircraft of all time, the Mitsubishi A6M Reisen (Zero fighter) first flew on 1 April 1939. It soon showed itself to be clearly superior to any fighter the Allies could put into the air in the early stages of the Pacific campaign. Armed with two 20mm cannon and two 7.7mm machine-guns, it was highly maneuverable and structurally very strong, despite being lightweight. This book provides a perfect introduction to the design and combat career of a fighter that made history. Why was the Zero conceived? What was it like to fly in combat? How did it compare with Allied types? Who were the engineers and designers who brought it to fruition and the pilots who became aces while flying it? Here is a feast for the modeler, with a wealth of technical information, photographs and color profiles.

High Flight The Life and Poetry of Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee Roger Cole $22.95 • Paperback • 224 pages 6.25x9.25 • 32 black and white photographs • Currently Available BIO034000 • 978-1-83-806870-7 Fighting High Publishing

When Second World War Spitfire pilot John Gillespie Magee penned his poem ‘High Flight’, little did he know that his words would inspire legions of aspiring aviators who had a similar wish to fly their ‘eager craft through footless halls of air’. Born of an English mother and American father in China, Magee grew up and was educated in different parts of the world. Through his experiences, he developed principles that made him determined to defend the rights of those he loved and respected. The outbreak of war in Europe violated his beliefs, and, determined to fight for freedom, John left America and joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, qualifying as a pilot and traveling to England to fight Nazism. Tragically, John would lose his life, aged 19 years, in an accident, so he never knew how his words would serve posterity. Roger Cole’s High Flight traces the path of John Magee’s achievement, revealing an incredible story of human endeavor, vision, determination and self-sacrifice.

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Avonmore z • z Books Pacific Profiles Volume Two

Pacific Profiles Volume Three

Japanese Army Bombers, Transports & Miscellaneous, New Guinea & the Solomons 1942-1944

Allied Medium Bombers: Douglas A-20 Havoc Series, Southwest Pacific 1942-1944 Michael Claringbould

Michael Claringbould

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$38.95 • Paperback • 100 pages 6.93x9.84 • fully illustrated, color January 2021 • HIS027100 978-0-6486659-9-1

The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII aircraft profiles to date of Japanese & Allied aircraft in the Pacific theater. Volume Two illustrates, by unit, Japanese Army Air Force (JAAF) bomber and other supporting aircraft types operating in New Guinea and the Solomons from December 1942 to April 1944. In this distant theater many different aircraft types and their variants were assigned to a variety of bomber, reconnaissance, command and transport units which together formed the 4th Air Army. Unit insignia, camouflage and command markings varied considerably from unit to unit, giving a wide variety of color, heraldry and markings. The profiles, based on photos, Japanese documents, Allied intelligence reports and post-war wreck investigations, are accompanied by brief histories of each relevant unit.

Eagles over Darwin

South Pacific Air War Volume 4

American Airmen Defending Northern Australia in 1942

Buna & Milne Bay, September 1942

Dr Tom Lewis OAM

Michael Claringbould Peter Ingman

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Volume Four chronicles aerial warfare in the South Pacific in the critical period between 19 June and 8 September 1942. It can be read alone or as a continuation of the first three volumes that spanned the first six months of the Pacific War, culminating in the Battle of the Coral Sea. Unlike the previous three volumes, no aircraft carriers appeared in New Guinea waters. Instead, the air war was fought solely by land-based air units. This was in the face of an increasingly complex strategic situation that saw the Japanese land at both Buna and Milne Bay. For the first time, airpower in the theater was tasked to support the land forces of both sides which became engaged in a bloody struggle in the mountains of Papua and then the narrow muddy quagmire of Milne Bay. Never before has this campaign been chronicled in such detail, with Allied accounts matched against Japanese records for a truly factual account of the conflict.

The Pacific Profiles series presents the most accurate WWII aircraft profiles to date of Japanese & Allied aircraft in the Pacific theater. Volume Three illustrates, by squadron, USAAF Fifth Air Force A-20 series medium bombers operating in New Guinea from July 1942 to the end of 1944. In this distant theater, a dozen USAAF A-20 squadrons from the 3rd, 312th and 417th Bombardment Groups, joined by No. 22 Squadron, RAAF, used many variants of the A-20, mainly as strafers. Squadron insignia, camouflage, heraldry, nose-art and command markings varied significantly between squadrons, giving a wide variety of color schemes. The profiles, based on photos, diaries and other wide-ranging documents, are accompanied by brief histories of each squadron, the development of respective heraldry and information on each aircraft profiled.

In 1942, the air defense of the northern Australian frontier town Darwin was operated by airmen from the United States. That year was very nearly the end of Australia as a country. To those men the present nation owes a debt. A massive Japanese attack on Darwin on 19 February had left the town and its air base in ruins. An understrength squadron of USAAC P-40E Warhawks fought a gallant defense but was all but wiped out. However, help was on the way. The 49th Fighter Group was the first such group formed in the US to be sent overseas after the start of the Pacific War. Its destination was Darwin. The 49th FG entered combat with its feared Japanese adversaries. Over several months the 49th FG pilots fought a brave and innovative campaign against a stronger enemy that did much to safeguard Australia in its darkest hour. Today lonely and long forgotten airfields still bear the name of American pilots who made the ultimate sacrifice.

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The Commandant of Auschwitz

US Airborne Tanks, 1939–1945

Rudolf Höss

Charles C Roberts, Jr

Volker Koop

$34.95 • Hardback • 208 pages • 6x9.25 Approximately 100 black and white illustrations May 2021 • HIS027100 • 978-1-52-678502-2 Charles C Roberts, Jr lives in Illinois

$42.95 • Hardback • 216 pages • 6x9.25 16 black & white illustrations in centre plates May 2021 • BIO008000 978-1-47-388688-9

Described as one of the greatest mass-murderers in history, Rudolf Höss, was born in Baden-Baden on 11 December 1901. As a child, his aim was to join the priesthood, but in his early youth he became disillusioned with religion and turned instead to the Army. In the midst of the political upheavals in post-war Germany, Höss was drawn to the hard-line philosophies of Adolf Hitler, joining the Nazi Party in 1922. His ruthless commitment to the Nazi cause saw him convicted of participating in at least one political assassination, for which he spent six years in prison. Höss became a Block Leader at Dachau concentration camp, which led to him becoming the adjutant to the camp commandant at Sachsenhausen. Then, in May 1940, Höss was given command of Auschwitz. In June 1941, Höss was told that Auschwitz had been selected as the site for the Final Solution. Höss set about his task with relish, and a determination to kill as many Jews as quickly and efficiently as possible. By his own estimation, he was responsible for the deaths of at least 3,000,000 individuals. Justice caught up with Höss when he was arrested in1946, after a year posing as a gardener under a false name. He was found guilty of war crimes and was hanged on 16 April 1947.

From their first introduction at the Battle of the Somme in the First World War, tanks proved to be one of the most important military developments in the history of warfare. Such was their influence on the battlefield, both as infantry support and as an armored spearhead, their presence could determine the outcome of any battle. Another significant development during the 1930s was that of airborne forces, with a number of countries experimenting with air-dropped troops. Such a concept offered the possibility of inserting soldiers behind the front lines to sow fear and confusion in the enemy’s rear. However, such troops, parachuting from aircraft, could only be lightly armed, thus limiting their effectiveness. It is understandable, therefore, that much thought was given to the practicalities of airlifting tanks that could be dropped, or deposited, alongside paratroopers. Tanks, though, are heavy, cumbersome vehicles and before there could be any thought of carrying them by air, much lighter models would have to be produced. Charles Roberts’ fascinating book opens with an investigation into the efforts in the 1930s by Britain, the Soviet Union and the USA into the development of, or adaptation of, light tanks for airborne operations. This detailed and comprehensive study deals with every aspect of design and deployment of American airborne tanks from the earliest concepts to their actual use.

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Invading Hitler’s Europe From Salerno to the Capture of Göring - The Memoir of a US Intelligence Officer Roswell K Doughty $32.95 • Hardback • 328 pages • 6x9.25 2x8 b&w plate sections • Currently Available BIO008000 • 978-1-52-677322-7

On the day that Roswell K. Doughty graduated from Boston University he also received a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army of the United States of America. That, though, was in 1931 and it was not until 1942 that he was called to active duty – to face some of the toughest fighting of the Second World War. Doughty was involved in the grueling battles against the formidable German defenses of the Gustav Line, particularly in the tragic failed attempt to cross the Gari river and the struggle to conquer Monte Cassino. In March 1945, his unit breached the Siegfried Line and crossed into the Germany itself. Promoted to captain and later to major, Doughty led an Intelligence and Reconnaissance unit, the role of which was to learn what it could of enemy strengths, minefields, useable roads and so on, which involved going behind enemy lines to observe enemy movements firsthand. As an Intelligence Officer, it was also part of Doughty’s duties to interrogate enemy prisoners, which led him to being involved in the capture and detention of Reichsmarschall Göring and in negotiating the surrender of the still-armed and hostile German First Army in May 1945. This is the fascinating and diverse account of one officer’s part in the liberation of Europe in the Second World War.

Frontline z • z Books Book of Colditz Castle Obituaries Prisoner of War Camp Oflag IV-C Telegraph

The Daily

The Telegraph Book of Obituaries • $49.95 Hardback • 248 pages • 6x9.25 16 black and white illustrations • April 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-52-679506-9

During the First World War Schloss Colditz became a hospital and when the Nazis came to power in the 1930s it became a political prison Offizierslager, or Oflag IV-C. By the time that Oflag IV-C was liberated in 1945, some thirty prisoners had escaped back to Allied or neutral territory. There were also countless failed attempts. This unique collection of obituaries from the pages of The Telegraph presents a fascinating insight into some of those held captive in Schloss Colditz.

The Battle of Bellicourt Tunnel Tommies, Diggers and Doughboys on the Hindenburg Line, 1918 Dale Blair $24.95 • Paperback • 208 pages • 6x9.25 11 black and white maps • May 2021 HIS027090 • 978-1-52-679696-7

The Bellicourt Tunnel attack in September 1918, was very much an inter-Allied affair and marked a unique moment in the Allied armies’ endeavors. It was the first time that such a large cohort of Americans had fought in a British formation. Blair forensically details the fighting and the largely forgotten desperate German defenxe. Although celebrated as a marvelous feat of breaking the Hindenburg Line, the American attack generally failed to achieve its set objectives and it took the Australians three days of bitter fighting to reach theirs.

Book of SAS Obituaries The Special Air Service The Daily Telegraph The Telegraph Book of Obituaries • $49.95 Hardback • 248 pages • 6x9.25 16 black and white illustrations Currently Available • HIS027100 978-1-52-679498-7

From its inauspicious early days in North Africa, the Special Air Service went on to become one of the most respected and elite military formations in the world. Its activities during the Second World War, and after, have become the stuff of legend and numerous books have been dedicated to the astonishing exploits of the men in its ranks. The individual members of the SAS have generally kept a low profile, which makes their obituaries so interesting – revealing much about the men whose actions are as relevant in the dangerous world of today as they have been throughout the decades since the Second World War.

Britain’s Airborne Forces of WWII Uniforms and Equipment Mark Magreehan $49.95 • Hardback • 224 pages • 6.5x9.5 290 b&w & color illustrations • January 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-52-677946-5

The Second World War saw huge advancements in military tactics and technology occurring at an unprecedented pace. One such development was the employment of forces able to deploy at short notice by parachute across the globe, utilizing the opportunities created by the advancements in aeronautical technology. This book provides a comprehensive pictorial display of Britain’s airborne forces which will prove to be a ‘must have’ tool for military history enthusiasts, airborne collectors, re-enactors and modelers, as well as current serving soldiers linked by service to this truly special military formation.

Book of Bletchley Park Obituaries The Second World War Codebreakers The Daily Telegraph The Telegraph Book of Obituaries • $49.95 Hardback • 232 pages • 6x9.25 16 black and white illustrations • January 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-52-679502-1

The accomplishments of the codebreakers of British Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park have become justly famous and individuals such as Alan Turin and Gordon Welchman have become household names. The operation at Bletchley Park was a huge and complex affair and a total of almost 10,000 people were involved during the course of the Second World War. Such men and women from all levels and from a wide range of skills and backgrounds are represented here is this fascinating compilation of obituaries.

Elizabeth’s Sea Dogs and Their War Against Spain Brian Best $34.95 • Hardback • 176 pages • 6x9.25 16 black and white illustrations • April 2021 HIS057000 • 978-1-52-678285-4

The Sea Dogs were seafaring merchants who originally traded with Holland and France. During Queen Elizabeth’s reign, however, they began sailing further afield exploring and plundering. The main source of wealth quickly became the Caribbean, which, until then, had been the domain of wealthy Catholic Spain. The main thorn in the Spanish side was Francis Drake. Despite efforts to kill or capture him, he continued to plunder, bringing back Spanish riches to England. It was thanks in main to the privateering exploits of the Sea Dogs that England became so wealthy, paving the way for the Renaissance that followed.

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Ninja

The Lost Samurai

Unmasking the Myth

Japanese Mercenaries in South East Asia, 1593–1688

Stephen Turnbull $22.95 • Paperback • 240 pages • 6x9.25 32 color illustrations • January 2021 HIS021000 • 978-1-52-679648-6

The ninja is a well-known phenomenon in Japanese military culture, a fighter who is widely regarded as the world’s greatest exponent of secret warfare. He infiltrates castles, gathers vital intelligence and wields a deadly knife in the dark. His easily recognizable image is that of a secret agent or assassin who dresses all in black, possesses almost magical martial powers, and is capable of extraordinary feats of daring. He sells his skills on a mercenary basis and when in action his unique abilities include confusing his enemies by making mystical hand gestures or by sending sharp iron stars spinning towards them. That is the popular view, but it is much exaggerated, as this exciting new book explains. Ninja: Unmasking The Myth is a revealing, fascinating and authoritative study of Japan’s famous secret warriors. Many well-known features of the ninja tradition such as the black clothes and the iron stars are shown to be complete inventions. One important feature of the book is the use of original Japanese sources, many of which have never been translated before. As well as unknown accounts of castle attacks, assassinations and espionage they include the last great ninja manual, which reveals the spiritual and religious ideals that were believed to lie behind the ninja’s arts. The book concludes with a detailed investigation of the ninja in popular culture up to the present-day including movies, cartoons and theme parks.

Stephen Turnbull $42.95 • Hardback • 320 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations • May 2021 HIS021000 • 978-1-52-675898-9

The Lost Samurai reveals the greatest untold story of Japan’s legendary warrior class, which is that for almost a hundred years Japanese samurai were employed as mercenaries in the service of the kings of Siam, Cambodia, Burma, Spain and Portugal, as well as by the directors of the Dutch East India Company. Whilst the Southeast Asian kings tended to employ samurai on a long-term basis as palace guards, their European employers usually hired them on a temporary basis for specific campaigns. Also, whereas the Southeast Asian monarchs tended to trust their well-established units of Japanese mercenaries, the Europeans, whilst admiring them, also feared them. In every European example a progressive shift in attitude may be discerned from initial enthusiasm to great suspicion that the Japanese might one day turn against them, as illustrated by the long-standing Spanish fear of an invasion of the Philippines by Japan accompanied by a local uprising. It also suggested that if, during the 1630s, Japan had chosen engagement with Southeast Asia rather than isolation from it, the established presence of Japanese communities overseas may have had a profound influence on the subsequent development of international relations within the area, perhaps even seeing the early creation of an overseas Japanese empire that would have provided a rival to Great Britain.

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The Art of Longsword Fighting Teaching the Foundations of Sigmund Ringeck’s Style Benjamin J Smith $49.95 • Hardback • 248 pages • 6.5x9.5 250 color illustrations • May 2021 • HIS027080 978-1-52-676898-8 Benjamin J Smith lives in Idaho

The teaching of Historical European Martial Arts has widespread appeal. However, comparatively few people have qualifications that would make them an instructor in traditional martial arts organizations. In The Art of Longsword Fighting, Benjamin J. Smith offers the broader information necessary for teachers of historical swordsmanship to deliver courses based on original, authentic techniques. This includes the various cutting methods, , the mechanics of the interpretive process, and insights into how to use a wide range of activities to enhance students’ experience. All of this is achieved through a panoply of photographs showing each move along with explanatory diagrams as well as detailing how and when to introduce each next step in a manner that is faithful to Ringeck’s style. There is no current literature available which demonstrates how each move should be undertaken and, most importantly, why each step should be taken in the sequences described. There is no doubt that a book of this nature has been long awaited and will be welcomed by instructors and students alike as well as those general readers interested in fencing and the longsword of the Renaissance period.

Frontline z Books Britain’s Rise to Global Superpower in the Age of Napoleon

Napoleon and the Art of Leadership How a Flawed Genius Changed the History of Europe and the World

William Nester $42.95 • Hardback • 320 pages 6x9.25 Central eight-page mono plate section • Currently Available HIS015000 • 978-1-52-677543-6 William Nester lives in New York

William Nester

This is the first book of its kind. Of the hundreds of books on the era, none before has explored all of Britain’s land and sea campaigns from the first in 1793 to the last in 1815. In this vividly written and meticulously researched book, readers will experience each level of war from the debates over grand strategy in London to the horrors of combat engulfing soldiers and sailors in distant lands and seas. Haunting voices of participants echo from two centuries ago, culled from speeches, diaries, and letters. Britain’s Rise to Global Superpower in the Age of Napoleon reveals how decisively or disastrously the British army and navy wielded the art of military power during the Age of Revolution and Napoleon.

Wellington’s Light Division in the Peninsular War The Formation, Campaigns & Battles of Wellington’s Famous Fighting Force, 1810 Robert Burnham $52.95 • Hardback • 248 pages • 6x9.25 1x8 color, 1x8 b&w • January 2021 • HIS027200 978-1-52-675890-3 Robert Burnham lives in Hawaii

In February 1810, Wellington formed what became the most famous unit in the Peninsular War: the Light Division. Formed around the 43rd and 52nd Light Infantry and the 95th Rifles, the exploits of these three regiments is legendary. Over the next 50 months, the division would fight and win glory in almost every battle and siege of the Peninsular War.

$49.95 • Hardback • 552 pages 6x9.25 • 8 page plate section March 2021 • BIO008000 978-1-52-678277-9 William Nester lives in New York

This is Napoleon as has never been seen before. No previous book has explored deeper or broader into his seething labyrinth of a mind and revealed more of its complex, fascinating, provocative, and paradoxical dimensions. Napoleon has never before spoken so thoroughly about his life and times through the pages of a book, nor has an author so deftly examined the veracity or mendacity of his words. Within are dimensions of Napoleon that may charm, appall, or perplex, many buried for two centuries and brought to light for the first time. Napoleon and the Art of Leadership is a psychologically penetrating study of the man who had such a profound effect on the world around him that the entire era still bears his name.

Napoleon’s Peninsular War The French Experience of the War in Spain from Vimeiro to Corunna, 1808–1809 Paul L Dawson $49.95 • Hardback • 328 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations Currently Available • HIS027200 978-1-52-675409-7

Memoirs of British soldiers who fought in the Peninsular War are commonplace and histories of the momentous campaigns and battles of Sir John Moore and Sir Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington, can be numbered by the score. Yet surprisingly little has been published in English on their opponents, the French. In this much-needed study of the Peninsular War from the French perspective, Paul Dawson has produced an unprecedented, yet vital addition to our understanding of the war in Iberia.

The Great Waterloo Controversy The Story of the 52nd Foot at History’s Greatest Battle Gareth Glover $42.95 • Hardback • 232 pages • 6x9.25 16 black and white illustrations Currently Available • HIS027200 978-1-52-678885-6

The credit for defeating the Imperial Guard at Waterloo went to the 1st Foot Guards, which was honored for its actions. However, the 52nd Foot also contributed yet received no recognition. The controversy of which corps deserved the credit for defeating the Imperial Guard has continued down the decades. But now, thanks to the uncovering of the previously unpublished journal of Charles Holman of the 52nd Foot, Gareth Glover is able to piece together the exact sequence of events in those final, fatal moments of the great battle.

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Frontline z •Books z Hitler Strikes North The Nazi Invasion of Norway & Denmark, 9 April 1940 Jack Greene Alessandro Massignani $29.95 • Paperback • 352 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white photographs & 18 black and white maps Currently Available • HIS027100 978-1-52-678184-0

In the early hours of 9 April 1940, Adolf Hitler’s forces made their next move of the Second World War, and, striking north, launched their invasion of Denmark and Norway. Ostensibly undertaken as a preventive maneuver against a planned, and openly discussed Franco-British plan to occupy Norway, Operation Weserübung has, more than any other campaign of the Second World War, been shrouded in mystery. Strategic political and legal issues were unclear and military issues were dominated by risk. The combined arms assault was the first three dimensional strategic invasion in history. In Hitler Strikes North, Jack Greene and Alessandro Massignani detail the course of this groundbreaking invasion, at the same time providing valuable historical and modern lessons about the role of combined arms planning, the strategic demand for resources, and the use of military force.

Behind Enemy Lines with the SOE Major Ernest Barker BEM Michael Kelly $49.95 • Hardback • 256 pages 6x9.25 • 16 pages of color plates May 2021 • BIO008000 978-1-52-677974-8

With his special forces training completed, Sergeant Roland Barker was allocated to Operation Arundel as its radio operator. Led by Major Bill Smallwood, he was parachuted into the Dolomites in 1944. The team’s brief was to cause havoc in the area around the Italian border and to infiltrate into Austria. During the mission, Major Smallwood was injured in a fall and was unable to move rapidly. Despite their best efforts, both Smallwood and Barker were subsequently captured by pursuing German troops who they were unable to outpace. Barker provides a vivid account of being ‘interrogated’ by the SS and Gestapo and despite the threats and the terrible conditions, the true nature of their mission was never revealed to the enemy. Having survived these experiences, he was incarcerated in Stalag Luft XVIII in Southern Austria. Ever defiant, Barker escaped by having himself admitted to the camp hospital and made his way into Hungary, from where, as this account of his wartime service reveals, he was eventually repatriated to the UK.

Winston Churchill’s Illnesses, 1886–1965 Allister Vale John Scadding $52.95 • Hardback • 528 pages 6x9.25 • 40 black and white illustrations • Currently Available BIO011000 • 978-1-52-678949-5

Allister Vale and John Scadding have written the definitive account of Churchill’s illnesses and document all Churchill’s major illnesses, from an episode of childhood pneumonia in 1886 until his death in 1965. They have adopted a thorough approach in gaining access to numerous sources of medical information and have cited extensively from the clinical records of the numerous distinguished physicians and surgeons invited to consult on Churchill during his many episodes of illness. These include not only objective clinical data, but also personal reflections by Churchill’s family, friends and political colleagues.

Codenamed Dorset The Wartime Exploits of Major Colin Ogden-Smith Commando and SOE Peter Jacobs $24.95 • Paperback • 224 pages 6x9.25 • 32 black and white illustrations • March 2021 BIO008000 • 978-1-52-679652-3

This gripping history details the remarkable exploits of a Commando and SOE operative during WWII. Colin Ogden-Smith was among the first to volunteer for the newly created Commandos. In 1942 he transferred to the SOE and joined the elite Small Scale Raiding Force to carry out raids across the Channel. He participated in Operation Branford, a raid to the island of Burhou, and then Operation Basalt, a Commando attack on Sark. Ogden-Smith volunteered for a new, clandestine group known as the Jedburghs – which represented the first real cooperation in Europe between SOE and the Special Operations branch of OSS. In July 1944, under the cover of his code-name Dorset, Major Colin Ogden-Smith parachuted deep behind enemy lines as the leader of Team Francis. Three weeks later he was dead, killed in action fighting German troops alongside his French comrades so that others could make their escape. Seventy years on, the French community still remembers the gallant Major Anglais.

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Greenhill z • z Books U-Boat Ace

I Flew for the Führer

The Story of Wolfgang Lüth Jordan Vause

The Memoirs of a Luftwaffe Fighter Pilot

$18.95 • Paperback • 256 pages • 6x9 Currently Available • HIS027100 978-1-78-438274-2

Heinz Knoke

Wolfgang Lüth was one of only seven men to win Germany’s highest combat decoration. He operated in almost every theater of the undersea war and was the second most successful German U-boat ace in World War II. Luth is credited with sinking 47 Allied ships and a submarine. In 1944 he was named the youngest Commandant of the German Naval Academy at age 30. Until the publication of this comprehensive study his accomplishments were overshadowed by other aces, to correct the neglect, Jordan Vause provides an entertaining, authoritative biography. Vause portrays Lüth as a man of contradictions: an agent Nazi ideologue who could bend the rules for a slack sailor, a U-boat ace who could treat survivors of his attacks with clemency but then impetuously gun down other victims in cold blood. Even his best friend admitted that Luth had no remorse for the misery he inflicted on the crews of sunken ships. On the night of May 13th 1945 he was accidentally shot and killed by a German sentry. On May 16th 1945 he was given the Third Reich’s last state funeral.

$22.95 • Paperback • 208 pages 6x9.25 • 32 black and white illustrations January 2021 • BIO034000 978-1-78-438602-3

Heinz Knoke joined the Luftwaffe on the outbreak of war, and eventually became commanding officer of a fighter wing. An outstandingly brave and skillful fighter, he logged over two thousand flights and shot down fifty-two enemy aircraft. He had flown over four hundred operational missions before being wounded in an astonishing ‘last stand’ towards the end of the war. He was awarded the Knight’s Cross for his achievements. In a text that reveals his intense patriotism and discipline, he describes being brought up in the strict Prussian tradition, the rise of the Nazi regime and his own wartime career set against a fascinating study of everyday life in the Luftwaffe. He also reveals the high morale of the force until its disintegration. His memoirs are both a valuable contribution to aviation literature and a moving human story.

Rorke’s Drift and Isandlwana

Bletchley’s Secret Source

22nd January 1879: Minute by Minute

The Wrens and the Y-Service in World War II

Chris Peers

Peter Hore

$34.95 • Hardback • 256 pages 6x9.25 • 32 black & white illustrations and 8 maps • March 2021 • HIS001040 978-1-78-438534-7

$34.95 • Hardback • 240 pages 6x9.25 • 32 black and white illustrations • May 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-78-438581-1

The battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 was one of the most dramatic episodes in military history. In the morning, 20,000 Zulus overwhelmed the British invading force in one of the greatest disasters ever to befall a British army. Later the same day, a Zulu force of around 3,000 warriors turned their attention to a small outpost at Rorke’s Drift defended by around 150 British and Imperial troops. The British victory that ensued – against remarkable odds – would go down as one of the most heroic actions of all time. In this thrilling blow-by-blow account, Chris Peers draws on firsthand testimonies from both sides to piece together the course of the battles as they unfolded. Along the way, he exposes many of the Victorian myths to reveal great acts of bravery as well as cases of cowardice and incompetence. A brief analysis of the aftermath of the battle and notes on the later careers of the key participants completes this gripping exposé of this legendary encounter.

This is the extraordinary untold story of the Y-Service, a secret even more closely guarded than Bletchley Park. The Y-Service was the code for the chain of wireless intercept stations around Britain and all over the world. Hundreds of wireless operators, many of them who were civilians, listened to German, Italian and Japanese radio networks and meticulously logged everything they heard. Some messages were then used tactically but most were sent on to Station X – Bletchley Park – where they were deciphered, translated and consolidated to build a comprehensive overview of the enemy’s movements and intentions. Peter Hore delves into the fascinating history of the Y-service, with particular reference to the girls of the Women’s Royal Naval Service: Wrens who escaped from Singapore to Colombo as the war raged, only to be torpedoed in the Atlantic on their way back to Britain. These incredible stories build a picture of World War II as it has never been viewed before.

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I Somehow Survived Eyewitness Accounts from World War II Klaus G Förg $32.95 • Hardback • 192 pages • 6x9.25 Currently Available • BIO008000 978-1-78-438545-3

The first in a series of books, I Somehow Survived is an extraordinary collection of true stories giving testimony to those who survived World War II. Based on interviews with numerous veterans from across the spectrum of wartime experience, the book documents and reflects upon one of the most gruesome times in history. From anti-partisan warfare in the French mountains and atrocities in East Prussia to the experience of a Norwegian concentration camp, the accounts include rarely heard stories from a range of people caught up in the war. With the distance of time, these survivors have been able to offer new perspectives on their experiences and expose truths they would not have dared admit several decades ago. German Army officers reveal their role in the Vercors and Kiev massacres. A Luftwaffe officer-applicant who never flew describes service on the ground. And a Norwegian woman writes of marrying a German Kriegsmarine while her mother was in a Norwegian concentration camp for political activity and her father was in hiding from the Gestapo. “I have no objection to your marrying him,” her father told her, “I just want them to give us our country back.”

How the RAF and USAAF Beat the Luftwaffe Ken Delve $34.95 • Hardback • 256 pages • 6x9.25 16 pages of b/w illustrations • May 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-78-438382-4

How did the RAF beat the Luftwaffe during the Second World War? Was it actually the fact that they did not lose which later enabled them to claim victory – a victory that would have been impossible without the participation of the Americans from early 1943? This groundbreaking study looks at the main campaigns in which the RAF – and later the Allies – faced the Luftwaffe. Critically acclaimed writer Ken Delve argues that by the latter part of 1942 the Luftwaffe was no longer a decisive strategic or even tactical weapon. The Luftwaffe was remarkably resilient, but it was on a continual slide to ultimate destruction. Its demise is deconstructed according to defective strategic planning from the inception of the Luftwaffe; its failure to provide decisive results over Britain in 1940 and over the Mediterranean and Desert in 1941–1942; and its failure to defend the Reich and the occupied countries against the RAF and, later, combined Allied bomber offensive.

T-34 An Illustrated History of Stalin’s Greatest Tank Wolfgang Fleischer Anthony Tucker-Jones $34.95 • Hardback • 240 pages • 6x9.25 16 pages of color plates, b/w illustrations throughout • Currently Available • HIS027100 978-1-78-438495-1

The T-34 was one of the most remarkable tanks of the Second World War. Although the Red Army suffered continual heavy tank losses, the rugged and reliable T-34 was an immense success story and was ultimately instrumental in turning the tide of the war. This photographic history follows the story of this exceptional armored vehicle from its disastrous first action during Operation Barbarossa to its miraculous defense of Moscow, its envelopment of the Axis forces at Stalingrad and victory at Kursk, and finally, the advance to the gates of Warsaw then on to Berlin. Packed with a wealth of images, including rare archive photographs and photographs of surviving examples, this is an extraordinary record of both the tank and its personnel. The accompanying text features an in-depth technical evaluation outlining the differences in the myriad of models, including detailed plans of each type, alongside a gripping breakdown of the tank’s entire operational history.

Delve studies numerous aspects to these failures, from equipment (aircraft and weapons) to tactics, leadership (political and military), logistics, morale and others.

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Harpia Publishing z • z• HMH Publications Modern Taiwanese Air Power

Russian Air Power Almanac 2021

The Republic of China Air Force Today

Piotr Butowski Strategic Handbook Series, Vol. No. 1 • $84.99 • Hardback 144 pages • 8.27x11.02 Fully Illustrated • June 2021 HIS027140 • 978-1-95-039404-3 Harpia Publishing

Roy Choo Peter Ho $29.95 • Paperback • 96 pages 8.27x11.02 • Fully Illustrated June 2021 • HIS027140 978-1-95-039403-6 Harpia Publishing

The sovereign status of Taiwan – or the Republic of China – has been a source of instability in the Asia-Pacific region for much of the last 70 years. While Taiwan aspires to be an independent and democratic nation, the communist-led People’s Republic of China sees it as a breakaway province. With Beijing flexing its muscles in recent years amid rising tensions between China and the US, the potential for a military flashpoint along the narrow Taiwan Strait cannot be overstated. This book provides a comprehensive study of Taiwan’s air force with in-depth analysis backed by high-quality images. It examines the Republic of China Air Force (ROCAF) combat capabilities today, its aircraft fleet, and what the future holds for the air arm.

Douglas A-4 M/N/ AR/AF-1 Skyhawk Detail

Aircraft in

Robert Pied Nicolas Deboeck Duke Hawkins, Vol. DH-014 • $32 • Paperback 116 pages • 9.45x9.45 • 300+ images Currently Available • HIS027140 978-2-931083-04-8 • HMH Publications

A close up at the A-4 Skyhawk, in service with the Air Forces and Navies and as a Aggressor flying with Top Aces. Includes details of M, N, AR and AF-1 versions. Includes photos of Skyhawks of Israel, USMC, Argentina and Brazil.

Nicolas Deboeck

All aircraft and helicopter types operated today by Russia’s military aviation are presented in a comprehensive roundup. The latest and most important developments are presented in separate expanded sections. Russia’s military leadership and armed forces structure is described, followed by up-to-date charts and maps showing all military aircraft units in Russia. Appendices present Russia’s military budget, as well as orders and purchases of aircraft under the state armament acquisition programs. The public information space has been littered with misleading information in recent years; Russian aviation is no exception. The author has made every possible effort to ensure the information provided is verified and reliable. The Russian Air Power Almanac 2021 is planned as the first in a series of Russian military aviation chronicles to be published every two to three years.

F-4 E/F/ EJ/QF-4E Phantom II

SIAIMarchetti SF-260

Aircraft in Detail

Robert Pied

Duke Hawkins, Vol. DH-015 • $41 • Paperback • 196 pages 9.45x9.45 • 500+ images • February 2021 HIS027140 • 978-2-931083-05-5 HMH Publications

A close-up of one of the most famous jets ever made: the Phantom II, with photos of Phantoms of the USAF, Greece, Germany, Turkey, Spain, Japan, Israel, S. Korea, Iran and Target drones.

Robert Pied Nicolas Deboeck Duke Hawkins, Vol. DH-016 • $30 • Paperback 84 pages 9.45x9.45 • 200+ images February 2021 HIS027140 978-2-931083-06-2 0 • HMH Publications

A close-up of the SF-260 Marchetti, a widely used trainer in use with over 30 air forces.

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Decades of Rebellion

Into the Iron Triangle

Mexican Military Aviation in Action, 1920s-1940s

Operation Attleboro and Battles North of Saigon, 1966

Santiago Flores M Reyna Garza

Arrigo Velicogna

Latin America@War • $29.95 • Paperback 80 pages • 8.3x11.7 • 130 photos, 8 maps, 18 color profiles January 2021 • HIS027100 • 978-1-91-333638-7

Aviation was introduced to military service in Mexico during the Revolutionary Period of 1910-1920, culminating in the bloody showdown between the subsequent president Don Venustiano Carranza and General Victoriano Huerta in 1913. Based on this experience, a strong military service was understood to be an important element for maintaining internal security, and was therefore deployed at almost every opportunity. Mexican military aviation helped defeat several armed uprisings – often by little more than the strong psychological impact upon the insurgents and the civilian population. Rather unsurprisingly, in at least one instance, an armed rebellion sought to obtain aircraft and recruit mercenary pilots to counter the federal air service. Three decades of small yet intensive combat operations not only proved to be a baptism of fire for many early Mexican aviators, but also played a crucial role in forming nearly all of the commanders that went on to lead the Mexican Air Force during the Second World War. Richly illustrated with more than 150 exclusive photographs and color profiles, Decades of Rebellion is the first authoritative account of air operations over Mexico in the period 1910-1939, and as such is an indispensable source of reference for enthusiasts and professionals alike.

Asia@War • $29.95 • Paperback • 72 pages 8.3x11.7 • 90 photos, 4 maps, 15 color profiles January 2021 • HIS027070 • 978-1-91-333626-4

In early October 1966, the fresh and inexperienced 196th Light Infantry Brigade of the US Army was conducting a series of routine patrols in War Zone C. A lucky discovery of a rice cache led to the uncovering of a planned base area being established by the Viet Cong insurgents of South Vietnam (NLF) southeast of Tay Ninh City. What followed was named Operation Attleboro. Unbeknownst to the US and ARVN forces the NLF 9th Division was preparing to attack the brigade in its base and two ARVN positions near Tay Ninh. American moves spoiled the planned attack and initiated a prolonged battle that at its height would pit four regiments of the NLF and People’s Army of Vietnam (PAVN) against 18 American and three ARVN battalions. The battle would also draw in the 1st Infantry Division, the famed ‘Big Red One’ and the 25th Infantry Division. Both sides would claim victory but the 9th Division limped towards Cambodia. Attleboro was the largest American operation in the Vietnam War to date, the culmination of one year of bloody battles between the 9th Division and II Field Force Vietnam. It would be a test for the campaign that US General William Westmoreland had planned for 1967. It would be also a test of different tactical approaches to be used in Vietnam: an ‘infantry-heavy’ approach favored by the commander of the 196th, and for firepower-intensive approach championed by the Commanding General of the 1st Infantry Division, General William DePuy.

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Run Through the Jungle Military Assistance Command, Vietnam - Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG), 19641972, Volume 1 Shawn Fisher Asia@War • $29.95 • Paperback • 72 pages 8.3x11.7 • 110 photos, 6 maps, 15 color profiles February 2021 • HIS027070 • 978-1-91-333627-1

The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam – Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG) – was a highly classified, joint-service special operations unit of the United States armed forces, which ran covert and unconventional warfare operations during the Second Indochina War, in the period 1964-1972. SOG, as it came to be known, was the Vietnam War’s version of the OSS, the Second World War American spy service, using special equipment, weapons, and highly trained clandestine operatives. Made up of Army Special Forces, Navy SEALS, USAF forward observers and aircrew, South Vietnamese airmen and soldiers, SOG also included a motley assortment of CIA operatives and well-paid mercenaries from the Vietnamese highlands, Saigon’s slums, the jungles of Cambodia, and even Norway. Answering only to the Joint Chiefs and the White House, the men of SOG wreaked havoc on the North Vietnamese from the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos to the North Vietnamese coastline beyond the 17th parallel. SOG scouted enemy supply lines, tapped communication lines, raided POW camps, spread propaganda and fear with psychological operations, and relentlessly attacked enemy units deep inside its sanctuaries in Laos and Cambodia.

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Dropping the Big Ones Live Testing of Soviet Nuclear Bombs, 1949-1962 Krzysztof Dabrowski Europe@War • $24.95 • Paperback • 72 pages 8.3x11.7 • 80 photos, 4 maps, 21 color profiles February 2021 • HIS027080 978-1-91-333631-8

On 30 October 1961, the USSR conducted a live test of the most powerful nuclear weapon ever created. The Tsar Bomba unleashed about 58 megatons of TNT, creating a 5-mile-wide fireball and then a mushroom that peaked at an altitude of 59 miles. The shockwave eradicated a village 34 miles from ground zero, caused widespread damage to nature, and created a heat wave felt as far as 170 miles distant. And still, this was just one of 45 tests of nuclear weapons conducted in the USSR in October 1961 alone. Between 1949 and 1962, the Soviets set off 214 nuclear bombs in the open air. Dozens of these were released from aircraft operated by specialized test units. Equipped with the full range of bombers – from the Tupolev Tu-4, Tupolev Tu-16, to the gigantic Tu-95 – the units in question were staffed by men colloquially known as the ‘deaf-and-dumb’: people sworn to utmost secrecy, living and serving in isolation from the rest of the world. Frequently operating at the edge of the envelope of their specially modified machines while test-releasing weapons with unimaginable destructive potential, several of them only narrowly avoided catastrophe. Richly illustrated with authentic photographs and custom-drawn color profiles, Dropping the Big Ones is the story of the aircrews involved and their aircraft, all of which were carefully hidden not only by the Iron Curtain, but by a thick veil of secrecy for more than half a century.

Operation Deliberate Force NATO’s Intervention in Bosnia, 1995 Aleksandar Radic Europe@War • $24.95 • Paperback • 72 pages 8.3x11.7 • 88 photos, 8 maps, 1 diag, 6 tables, 15 color profiles January 2021 • HIS027000 • 978-1-91-333630-1

During the early 1990s, a series of savage wars was fought in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Jugoslavia (SFRJ). The third of the conflicts in question, the war in Bosnia, was in its third year as of 1995. The war in Bosnia was fought between Bosnian Serbs, supported by Belgrade; Bosnian Croats, supported by Zagreb; and Bosnian Muslims. It was characterized by widespread atrocities against civilians, which prompted hundreds of thousands to flee. The United Nations’ attempts at finding a negotiated settlement proved fruitless, and they requested the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to intervene. NATO initiated Operation Deliberate Force on 30 August 1995.The damage caused by this assault forced the Serbs to lift the siege of the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, remove heavy weapons from the UN-declared exclusion zone around the city, and safeguard other UN safe areas. Based on the author’s unique approach to local archives and those in the USA and the European-part of NATO, and illustrated by over 120 photographs and color profiles, Operation Deliberate Force is the first ever authoritative, inclusive and richly illustrated account of the combat operations run by all of the involved parties during the four dramatic weeks in Bosnia in August and September 1995.

MiGs in the Middle East Volume 1: The First 10 Years, 1955-1967 Davis Nicolle Tom Cooper Middle East@War • $29.95 • Paperback 72 pages • 8.3x11.7 • 100 photos, 6 maps, 18 color profiles February 2021 • HIS027140 • 978-1-91-333636-3

Egypt and Czechoslovakia signed the so-called ‘Czechoslovak Arms Deal’, thus initiating a unique era of close cooperation between major Arab military powers, the USSR, and its allies. During the first decade of this period, the air forces of Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Morocco, and Algeria, were all equipped with Soviet-made fighters designed by the Mikoyan I Gurevich Design Bureau – the same swept-wing jets that took the Western powers by surprise during the Korean War. While the first generation of MiG jet fighter – the MiG-15 – saw only a relatively brief service in Egypt, its more efficient and upgraded successor, the MiG-17F, entered service in bigger numbers, and then formed the backbone of additional air forces around the Middle East. The MiG-17PF became the first radar-equipped combat aircraft while the MiG-19 became the first supersonic fighter flown by the air forces of Egypt and Iraq, in the period 1958-1963. In Morocco and Algeria, the MiG-17 was the first and the only jet fighter in service during the first half of the 1960s. Based on original documentation and extensive interviews with veterans, and richly illustrated, MiGs in the Middle East, Volume 1 is a unique source of reference on the operational history of MiG-15, MiG-17, and MiG-19 fighter jets in Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, and Syria from 1955 until 1956. This is the first volume in a mini-series.

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Eagles over the Alps

For Europe Revisited

Suvorov in Italy and Switzerland, 1799

The French volunteers of the Waffen-SS 1943-1945

Christopher Duffy

Robert Forbes

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1799 - Russia’s greatest soldier was at war in Italy and Switzerland. Led by Suvorov, believed by many to be the equal of Napoleon, the Russian and Austrian troops claimed one victory after another against the French. Much more than strategy and tactics, this a story of adventure as a Russian army fights desperate rearguard actions, and tries to escape through cruel mountain passes in the night. Suvorov’s memory is still treasured in the Russian armed forces today. The last and greatest campaign of this legendary soldier has found a fitting narrator in Christopher Duffy. Suvorov’s marches and battles can be traced on the many maps, photographs, and original artwork recreates the appearance of the troops.

This is the third edition of this title; the first was self published in 2000 which was greatly supported by Helion, followed by an updated edition for Helion in 2006. The book covers: The formation of the French Sturmbrigade of the Waffen-SS and its engagement in Galicia. The formation of the French Division of the Waffen-SS called ‘Charlemagne’, including histories of its main components, namely the LVF and the Milice française; the bitter fighting of ‘Charlemagne’ in Pomerania, 1945. The reformation of ‘Charlemagne’ as a Regiment. Blow by blow account of the French Sturmbataillon in the final battle for Berlin. The French Waffen-SS in NW Europe in 1945. The story of a French nurse of the Waffen-SS. Material on the French volunteers who served with the NSKK and the SK-OT. The trials and post war years of the French volunteers. A brief history of the French volunteers of the Waffen-SS who fought in Indo-China in the ranks of the BILOM.

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King of Fighters — Nikolay Polikarpov and his Aircraft Designs Volume 2 The Monoplane Era Mikhail Maslov $49.95 • Paperback • 288 pages • 8.3x11.7 500 b/w photos, 10 scale drawings, 50 color profiles • January 2021 • BIO034000 978-1-91-333619-6

In the century-long history of the conquest of the sky there have been a number of outstanding personalities. Among them is designer Nikolay Polikarpov, who is inseparably associated with the best achievements of the Russian and Soviet aviation. His practical activity in the aircraft industry began upon graduation from the Petersburg Polytechnic Institute in 1916. Aged 25, Polikarpov was sent to the Russo-Baltic Wagon Factory, where the four-engined Ilya Muromets bombers designed by Igor Sikorsky were being built. Later he worked in Moscow at the Dux aircraft factory. For several years, he was engaged in improving products and upgrading production aircraft to accommodate the available engines, equipment and materials. From 1922, Polikarpov focused his attention on fighter aircraft, creation of which was a priority for him. The first of them was the IL-400 monoplane, designated I-1 by the Air Force. The monoplane was followed by biplanes including the 2I-N1 (1925), the I-3 (1927), the D-2 (1928), and the I-6 (1929). It was specialization in fighter aircraft which, from then on, became his mission in life. At the peak of his career as a designer, Polikarpov was informally styled ‘the King of Fighters’, which was quite in line with the level of his merits and achievements.

Helion and z Company Every Bullet has its Billet

Waking the Bear A Guide to Wargaming the Great Northern and Turkish Wars 1700-1721

A Guide to Wargaming the Late 17th Century

Mark Shearwood

Barry Hilton

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Helion Wargames • $37.50 • Paperback 144 pages • 7.1x9.8 100+ photos & artwork • February 2021 GAM010000 • 978-1-91-333662-2

From the Restoration of England’s monarchy until the end of the War of the League of Augsburg, is one of military history’s most colorful and exciting eras which saw the birth of regular armies and navies for most major European powers. Massive battles were fought on land and at sea from the frozen winters of Scandinavia to the searing summer heat of North Africa. Alliances were agreed, broken and remade and thrones changed hands in the name of religion and the pursuit of power. This guide provides the kind of information wargamers require to take the step into a new period or, begin collecting a new army. It overviews the main conflicts and outlines major, minor and unusual battles. How to create and paint your troops, information on uniforms and flags, which regiments fought where, the evolution of tactics and battlefield doctrines together with information on the legendary commanders who created them is all included. The book is designed to act as a reference source and is not aligned with any particular rule set.

The Great Northern War (GNW) has seen a resurgence in recent years within the wargames community, however, there has not been a general (non-rules specific) guide to the conflict until know. The book looks at naval landings, siege warfare as well as the more traditional battles, with this focus on lesser known battles instead of the more traditional battles of Narva and Poltava. Battle reports primarily are focused on small evening games utilizing a small number of units and therefore achievable by the majority of wargamers. Options are included to turn a number of these into larger multiplayer games. While the majority of the GNW occurred in and around the Baltic states, the book also covers events on Russia’s southern borders with the Ottoman Empire and there are gaming suggestions for the continuation of the conflict on Russia’s eastern border with China.

More Than Victims of Horace

An Unappreciated Field of Endeavour

Public Schoolboys 1914-1918

Logistics and the British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front 1914-1918

Timothy Halstead Wolverhampton Military Studies • $35 Paperback • 224 pages • 6.1x9.2 8 b/w photos, 2 color photos January 2021 • HIS027090 978-1-91-333621-9

Clem Maginniss

The involvement of public school boys in the Great War has often been seen in terms of ‘a race of innocents dedicated to romantic ideals’. It has been argued that an education based on the teaching of the classics (based on the deeds of military heroes) and the playing of games underpinned this. In A School in Arms: Uppingham and the Great War Timothy Halstead demonstrated that in the case of Uppingham this involvement was more nuanced than previously suggested. More than Victims of Horace argues that this was the case for all public schools. This book examines how public schools with their varying approaches were able to support this expansion and prepare their boys for war as well as the common elements to the military training they provided. As part of a nation in arms the schools also contributed to the effort on the home front. Drawing on the archives of the Headmasters’ Conference and several schools, the book provides the first scholarly analysis of the public schools in the Great War.

$49.95 • Paperback • 402 pages • 6x9 42 b/w photos, 10 color maps, 4 b/w ills, 37 tables • Currently Available HIS027090 • 978-1-91-311829-7

An Unappreciated Field of Endeavour explains how prewar strategic, economic, political and defense dynamics constrained military logistic resilience but influenced the plans to rely upon commercial assets to support military and naval operations, before examining the role of the commercial railways and mercantile marine in the planning, preparation and execution of Defense mobilization and movement in the United Kingdom during Transition To War in 1914. The role of British railways in playing a defining part in a critical moment of European history is explored in depth as are the technical processes and managerial interfaces that enabled them. The contribution of British commercial and business leaders and managers to enhancing the combat capability of the BEF is examined through the lens of the increasing industrialization of logistic support to operations. In particular, the influence of commercial practice in improving military logistic efficiency and effectiveness.

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Helion and Company z Armies of the Italian States during the War of the Spanish Succession

The Armies and Wars of the Sun King 1643-1715 Volume 4

Ciro Paoletti

The War of the Spanish Succession, Artillery, Engineers and Militias

Century of the Soldier • $49.95 Paperback • 442 pages • 7.1x9.8 295 ills & maps, 8 color plates January 2021 • HIS027000 978-1-91-333649-3

The War of Spanish Succession is well known in English concerning Flanders and Germany, not that much concerning Spain, not at all about Italy. The Italian front was so important that the French considered it as important as the German one, and committed there their best generals. William III considered it to be far more important than Spain, and, in spite of having no British army there, after King William’s death London committed to it 1/10 of her war expense. It was considered so important in Vienna that the Emperor sent there his best general. Last, it was the front where all the French hopes to submit Europe died in Turin in 1706 after the first dramatic wound they suffered in Blenheim in 1704.

For God and King A History of the Damas Legion (1793–1798): A Case Study of the Military Emigration during the French Revolution Hughes de Bazouges Alistair Nichols From Reason to Revolution • $49.95 Paperback • 400 pages • 6.1x9.2 10 b/w ills, 10 maps, 16pp color plates January 2021 • HIS027200 978-1-91-333660-8

The émigrés who left, or were driven from, Revolutionary France included a large part of the officer corps of the former royal army. Joined by others who wished to fight for the restitution of the monarchy in their homeland, these officers soon served this cause in the pay of countries facing the common enemy. With its origins at the 1793 Siege of Maastricht, one unit of such men, and one woman, was raised by Etienne de Damas-Crux for the service of the United Provinces and was to comprise of both infantry and cavalry. After the United Provinces were defeated and invaded in 1795, the unit transferred to the service of Britain. This is a comprehensive and detailed history of the Légion de Damas which provides a case study of the French military emigration and thus an alternative view point of the Revolution that caused it and the wars that followed.

René Chartrand Century of the Soldier • $59.95 Paperback • 328 pages • 7.1x9.8 • 300 b/w ills, 42 colur ills, 5 color plates January 2021 • HIS027000 • 978-1-91-333644-8

This fourth and final part of our study concentrates on the early 18th century War of Spanish Succession. It was the largest and most difficult conflict in Europe since the Thirty Years War and unsurpassed until the Napoleonic Wars. It started because of Bourbon France and Habsburg Austria’s conflicting candidates to the Spanish that soon involved other nations such as Great Britain and the Netherlands. It was mostly fought on three fronts: Flanders, northern Italy and Spain. Due to various factors, it proved to be a very difficult period for the Sun King.

The Tudor Arte of Warre 1485-1558 The conduct of war from Henry VII to Mary I Jonathan Davies Retinue to Regiment • $37.50 Paperback • 320 pages • 7.1x9.8 30 maps, diagrams & photos January 2021 • HIS015030 978-1-91-333641-7

If you peruse a bookshop’s shelves, Tudor history seems to concern itself with Monarchy, religion, and cookery. Tudor warfare has either been dismissed as unimportant or criticized for its ‘backwardness’. There have, however, been recent attempts to reevaluate the achievements of the Tudors at war, especially the part played by Henry VIII in the ‘modernization’ of the army. This book provides a broad and comprehensive survey of the Tudor army, explaining its campaigns and battles in the context of its monarchs and their diplomatic and foreign policy priorities. It also provides a thematic study of key issues, such as recruitment, fortification, equipment, tactics and supply. The conclusion drawn is that for all the ‘failings’ identified by historians, it was a system that was not only ‘fit for purpose’ but it could on occasion achieve extraordinary feats, whether those be the Device forts of Henry VIII or the stunning victories at Flodden and Pinkie.

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Kagero z- Top • z Drawings Messerschmitt Bf 109 T

Sturmgeschütz III

Mariusz Lukasik

Maciej Noszczak

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Messerschmitt Bf 109T was supposed to operate from German aircraft carrier “Graf Zeppelin”. The plane was equipped with an arresting hook and had enlarged wing span up to 11.08 m. It did not have folding wings because “Graf Zeppelin’s” elevators were supposed to be enough big to fit planes with fixed wings. The wings could be detached for transport. There were versions T-1 and T-2 developed. Fighters served in JG 77 and JG 11 units.

First prototypes of German tank destroyer Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) were built in 1937 and based on the PzKpfw III Ausf. B tank. Vehicles were armed with short barreled 75mm guns. From spring 1942, StuG IIIs were equipped with StuK 40 75mm guns. Self propelled guns StuG III served in separated assault artillery units, and later in self propelled guns brigades. They were also used in support units of armored divisions.

M4 Sherman

Pz.Kpfw. VI

M4, M4A1, M4A4 Firefly

Ausf. B Tiger II (Sd.Kfz.182)

Stanislaw Krzysztof Mokwa

Mariusz Suliga

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The M4 Sherman was the most popular American tank of World War II. Between February, 1942, and June, 1945, a total of 49.000 units of all versions were produced.

Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger II was the heaviest and largest tank used during World War II. The vehicle’s weight was almost 70 tons. The tank was heavily armored, the thickness of the frontal armor plate was 150 mm, and in the case of the turret was 180 mm. The biggest advantage of the Tiger II, however, was its cannon, which was the development version of the 88 mm gun used in Tiger I tanks.

A, B, F, F L43, F/8, G

Dozens of variants of M4 tanks were created. They differed in the method of hull production (welded, riveted, cast) as well as turret, main armament and additional equipment. Several special versions were also made (especially for the needs of the Normandy landing in 1944): the floating Sherman DD (Duplex Drive), Sherman Crab (with anti-mine trawl), Sherman Dozer (with bulldozer at the front – for demining and engineering tasks), and the Sherman Zippo (Sherman with a flamethrower mounted instead of the main gun).

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KageroBanovallum - Top Drawings Junkers Ju 88 G

Nakajima B5N Kate

Maciej Noszczak

B5N1,B5N2

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Anirudh Rao

Junkers Ju 88 was an extremely versatile and universal bomber. Among its many variants, there were night versions. Initially, all Ju 88 night fighter versions were based on Ju 88 A frames, in which various specialized equipment was assembled. The situation changed after the introduction of the Ju 88 G, which from the very beginning was designed as a night fighter. The fuselage of the aircraft was deprived of the lower gondola under the nose, which reduced the weight of the aircraft and improved its aerodynamics. Another visual change was the use of a square-shaped vertical stabilizer and a rudder, which was taken from Ju 188.

Fiat C.R. 42 Alessandro Cordasco Camillo Cordasco TopDrawings, Vol. 7102 $24.95 • Paperback 24 pages • 8.3x11.7 drawing sheets, color profiles Currently Available • CRA020000 978-83-66148-37-6

The Fiat CR 42 designed by Ing. Celestino Rosatelli has the undoubted characteristic of being the last single-seat fighter biplane to be manufactured during the Second World War. It represents the final evolution of the aircraft series. Despite that it was technically overtaken and outclassed by the opposing aircraft, it honored its duties thanks to the skill and sacrifices of the Regia Aeronautica pilots who used it in almost all fronts. It was also successfully exported and used in Belgium, Hungary, Germany and Sweden. Surviving aircraft were deployed in the post-war era by the Scuola Caccia Aeronautica Militare Italiana Lecce-Galatina airfield and for secondary services in Milano-Linate airfield during the 1950s.

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The Nakajima B5N prototype, designated B5N1 (in Allied reported name: Kate), was flown in January 1937. The first serial aircraft carried the designation Model 98 Model 11. The machines were tested in combat in China. In December 1939, another serial version entered production marked as the B5N2 Model 12. The aircraft was equipped with a Nakajima Sakae engine with a smaller frontal diameter and increased power which improved the plane’s performance. Initially, a hydraulic wing tip folding mechanism was used, but after a short time it was replaced with a more reliable manual one.

The fighter/ bomber Horten Ho 229

Dewoitine D.520 D.520C-1, D.520DC Marek Rys

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Horten Ho 229 is the first ever “flying wing” jet. The machine was built at the very end of World War II in the German Gotha factory. Today, the best-known structure of this type is the American strategic bomber Northrop B-2 Spirit, but the two planes are separated by a difference of 44 years of technological development. It was a very unusual structure, not only due to the shape of the airframe, but also the materials it was made of – it was largely plywood and wood, not only duralumin and steel. The plane was powered by two Junkers Jumo 004B jet engines.

In 1936, the D-513 fighter designed by Emil Dewoitine made its first flight. It was supposed to be the successor of the slightly outdated D-500 and D-510, built according to modern trends with a closed cabin and a retractable undercarriage. Unfortunately, the tests turned out to be very disappointing. At the same time, as part of the nationalization of the aviation industry, Dewoitine was incorporated into the SNCAM concern. The designer himself, however, did not give up the further development of the fighter and on his own, in cooperation with his engineers, developed a new design – designated D-520.

Marek Rys

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zKagero •z Lublin R-XIII Army Cooperation Plane

Mitsubishi A6M Reisen Zeke, Vol. 1

Andrzej Glass

Dariusz Paduch

Monographs, Vol. 3071 • $27.95 Paperback • 132 pages • 8.3x11.7 215 archival photos, 10 color profiles Currently Available • HIS027140 978-83-66148-31-4

Monographs, Vol. 3072 • $28.95 Paperback • 130 pages • 8.3x11.7 200 archival photos, color profiles January 2021 • HIS027140 978-83-66673-01-4

The Lublin R-XIII was the Polish army cooperation plane, designed in the early-1930s in the Plage i La?kiewicz factory in Lublin. The factory’s first own product was a reconnaissance bomber Lublin R-VIII built in 1928. Its airliner variant, the R-IX, was constructed in a short while. In 1930, they produced a pilot series of 5 Lublin R-VIIIs, 3 of which were converted to seaplanes in 1932. At the beginning of 1929, they performed a test flight of a liaison aircraft prototype designated R-X; a pilot series composed of 5 examples was built in 1931. Prototypes of the Lublin R-IX airliner (1929) and Lublin R-XI airliner (1930) as well as its improved variant, the R-XVI, failed to meet the requirements of LOT Polish Airlines so the production was not started. However, 5 examples of an air ambulance variant R-XVI were built in 1933-1934. In 1931, they created the R-XII sport aircraft that was not put to use.

The result of years of experimentation by the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Mitsubishi A6M Reisen is perhaps the best known Japanese World War II fighter type. The Zero, or “Zeke,” in official Allied reporting, saw action in practically all battles waged by the Imperial Japanese Navy, from the attack on Pearl Harbor all the way through the defense of the Home Islands against the B-29s. During the first months of the war in the Pacific the Zero emerged as a world-class fighter, unrivaled in the air by anything the enemy could muster. However, with no worthy successor in sight, by 1943 the Zero was all but obsolete. Despite that, Japanese factories continued to build and deliver the type until the end of the war.

The Russian Missile Destroyer of Project 61 (Kashin Class) 1962

The Fletcher-class Destroyer USS Stevens (DD-479)

Oleg Pomoshnikov

Super Drawings in 3D, Vol. 16078 $37.95 • Paperback • 94 pages 8.3x11.7 • 150 profiles, B2 drawing sheets • January 2021 • HIS027100 978-83-66148-99-4

Waldemar Góralski

Super Drawings in 3D, Vol. 16077 $37.95 • Paperback • 96 pages 8.3x11.7 • 162 profiles, B2 drawing sheets • Currently Available CRA020000 • 978-83-66148-67-3

“Singing frigates,”“Greyhounds of the Oceans” – each of these names contains a little bit of truth about large antisubmarine warfare ships Project 61. Since their emergence until now they are very popular with both maritime specialists and ship lovers. It could not be otherwise, because they are exceptionally good looking vessels.

The USS Stevens (DD-479) was one of the 175 Fletcher-class destroyers, which were considered one of the finest World War II warships of that type. What set her apart from most of the standard Fletcher-class destroyers was her aircraft-carrying capability. In May 1940 six of the Fletcher-class destroyers were selected for conversion into aircraft-carrying ships. The upgrades included installation of Mk VI pneumatic aircraft catapult for embarked OS2U Kingfisher float planes.

They were the first Soviet units of the new generation, projected and built separate from foregoing schemes. Their uniqueness was not only based on beautiful architecture, but also on some other assets. For instance, they were the first ships in the world propelled only by the power of gas turbines.

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Kagero z Grumman F6F Hellcat

North American P-51 Mustang

Robert Skalbania Robert Wasik

Robert Wasik Kamil Gmerek

Kit Build, Vol. 41003 • $24.95 Paperback • 56 pages 8.25x11.69 • 120 photos, 6 color profiles, masking foil Currently Available CRA020000 978-83-66148-94-9

Kit Build, Vol. 41004 • $24.95 Paperback • 56 pages 8.25x11.69 • 135 photos, 4 color profiles, masking foil Currently Available CRA020000 978-83-66148-65-9

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.

The North American P-51 Mustang powered by the British-designed Rolls-Royce Merlin/Packard engine was, quite simply, the best long-range escort fighter of the World War Two era. Entering service in November 1943, it curtailed prohibitive losses suffered by the heavy bombers of the US Eighth Army Air Force which carried out the strategic daylight bombing campaign against the Third Reich.

German Medium Tank Panzerkampfwagen III from Ausf. H to Ausf. N Michal Kuchciak In Combat, Vol. 88001 • $24.95 • Paperback 80 pages • 8.3x11.7 • Drawing sheets, color profiles, archival photos, masking foils Currently Available • HIS027080 978-83-66148-90-1

Thanks to Hitler’s drive to modernize his armed forces, German design teams were busy working on prototypes of vehicles that would soon become the tools of the future war – light, Pz.Kpfw. I and II; heavy, Pz.Kpfw. IV; and medium Pz.Kpfw. III armed with a 37 mm gun. In the early stages of fighting in France it became clear that the vehicle didn’t carry enough punch and in later marks of the tank the 37 mm main gun was superseded by a 50 mm weapon. The ultimate version of the Pz.Kpfw. III was armed with a short barrel 75 mm gun, the largest that the tank’s turret could accommodate.

History of the Turán Medium and Heavy Tanks in World War II

Yakolev Yak-3 Dariusz Paduch In Combat, Vol. 88002 $24.95 Paperback 72 pages • 8.3x11.7 Drawing sheets, color profiles, archival photos, masking foils Currently Available HIS027140 • 978-83-66148-91-8

The Yakovlev Yak-3 is considered one of the best World War 2 fighters, invariably praised by those who flew it in combat for its remarkable performance. The Germans also treated it with respect, which is perhaps best illustrated by Generalleutnant Walter Schwabedissen’s remark: The Yak-3 was a tough nut to crack for our pilots. It outperformed our machines in speed, maneuverability and rate of climb.

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Peter Mujzer In Combat, Vol. 88003 • $24.95 • Paperback 80 pages • 8.3x11.7 Drawing sheets, color profiles, archival photos, masking foils Currently Available • HIS027100 978-83-66148-95-6

The Hungarian Army made serious efforts to build up an independent, national war industry, which was able to supply the Army with modern armaments and equipment during the war. Among the modern weaponry, the armored vehicles were the top priority beside the aircraft for the Hungarian chief of staff. The current war proved that the air force and the mechanized/ armored troops are the decisive tools of winning the war.

Karwansaray Publishers • MMP Books z Dacia The Roman Wars Volume I Sarmizegetusa Radu Oltean $29.99 • Paperback 152 pages • 8.27x11.69 • Illustrated • April 2021 HIS002020 • 978-9-49-025811-5 Karwansaray Publishers

This book offers a fresh view on the Dacian-Roman wars, eliminating as much as possible from the ideological nationalist ballast that came to burden the Romanian view of history. Radu Oltean gathered and adapted most archaeological findings and historical studies, old and new, for a wider public of history lovers. On occasion, Oltean ventured possible scenarios for the rare instances when historical or archaeological sources were more generous. Some readers may be surprised to discover that events or their interpretation are not at all as learned in school or seen in dramatized movies, in old books and magazines or even in certain museums.

Battle of Britain Defenders Andrzej Olejniczak Spotlight On, Vol. 24 $29 • Hardback 44 pages • 8.2x11.8 • 40 color profiles Currently Available • CRA020000 978-8-36-654914-2 •MMP Books

40 color profiles of the Hawker Hurricane I and Supermarine Spitfire I. Specially commissioned profiles with a high levels of detail.

Fighting Ships of the U.S. Navy 1883-2019, Volume One Part Two Aircraft Carriers. Escort Carriers Venner F. Milewski Jr $52 • Hardback • 240 pages • 8.2x11.8 B&W photos, color photos • February 2021 HIS027150 • 978-8-36-654929-6 MMP Books

This series of books provides details of all USN warships from 1893 to the present day. Every class and individual ship has an entry providing details of its procurement, dimensions, and characteristics, and a summary of each ship’s history and development. Profusely illustrated with photos. An essential manual for all US Navy enthusiasts and historians.

NAA P-51D/K Mustang Rediscovered Artur Juszczak

Robert Pęczkowski

Yellow Series, Vol. 6146 • $35 • Paperback 160 pages • 8.2x11.8 • B&W photos, color photos, scale plans, color profiles Currently Available • HIS027140 978-8-36-654908-1 • MMP Books

The development of the most the most famous American WWII fighter is described and illustrated. This book includes redrawn color profiles and scale drawings of the all P-51D/K and F-6D/K subversions including Swedish, Dutch and Australian reconnaissance versions. American special versions like VLR and Navy are also included. For the first time, all differences between P-51D variants are shown. Also, information about every foreign user is included with photos and color profiles. Apart from scale plans and color profiles, there are many period photos and drawings from technical manuals.

Supermarine Spitfire V Vol. 1

Supermarine Spitfire V Vol. 2

Wojtek Matusiak Robert Grudzień

Polish Wings, Vol.29 $29 • Paperback • 96 pages • 8.2x11.8 B&W photos, color photos, scale Plans, color profiles January 2021 • HIS027140 978-8-36-654912-8 • MMP Books

Polish Wings, Vol. 30 $25 • Paperback • 80 pages • 8.2x11.8 Scale plans, color profiles, B&W photos, color photos February 2021 • HIS027140 978-8-36-654930-2 • MMP Books

The two volumes describe Spitfire Vs used by Polish pilots in Britain during 1941-1945. Vol. 1 covers Polish 302-308 Squadrons. The books include listings of losses and of officially credited victories. Each volume has about 200 photographs (many of which have not been published before) and 36 color profiles (plus top and bottom views of representative aircraft).

The two volumes describe Spitfire Vs used by Polish pilots in Britain during 1941-1945. Vol. 2 covers 315-318 Squadrons plus allied units. The books include listings of losses and of officially credited victories. Each volume has about 200 photographs (many of which have not been published before) and 36 color profiles (plus top and bottom views of representative aircraft).

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Arden MMP Books -Single NAA P-51B-1-NA Mustang Dariusz Karnas Single, Vol. 23 • $11.99 Paperback • 24 pages 8.2x11.8 Scale plans, color profiles, B&W photos, color photos Currently Available • CRA020000 978-8-36-654915-9

Henschel Hs 126 B-1

Lockheed F-104G Starfighter

Robert Panek Single, Vol. 24 • $11.99 Paperback • 24 pages 8.2x11.8 Scale plans, color profiles, B&W photos Currently Available • CRA020000 978-8-36-654916-6

Dariusz Karnas Single, Vol. 25 • $11.99 Paperback • 24 pages 8.2x11.8 Scale plans, color profiles, B&W photos, color photos Currently Available • HIS027140 978-8-36-654928-9

Messerschmitt Bf 108B-2

J 8A Gloster Gladiator

Avia S-199

Dariusz Karnas

Single, Vol. 26 • $11.99 Paperback • 24 pages 8.2x11.8 Scale plans, color profiles, B&W photos, color

Single, Vol. 27 • $11.99 Paperback • 24 pages 8.2x11.8 Scale plans, color profiles, B&W photos, color

Single, Vol. 28 • $11.99 Paperback • 24 pages 8.2x11.8 Scale plans, color profiles, B&W photos, color photos January 2021 • HIS027140

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Dariusz Karnas

978-8-36-654922-7

Yakovlev Yak-23

Yakovlev Yak-9P

Saab J 21A

Dariusz Karnas

Single, Vol. 31 • $11.99 Paperback • 24 pages 8.2x11.8 • Scale plans, color profiles, B&W photos, color photos March 2021 • HIS027140 978-8-36-654925-8

Single, Vol. 29 • $11.99 Paperback • 24 pages 8.2x11.8 Scale plans, color profiles, B&W photos, color

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Saab J 21R Dariusz Karnas Single, Vol. 32 • $11.99 Paperback • 24 pages 8.2x11.8 • Scale plans, color profiles, B&W photos, color photos March 2021 • HIS027140 978-8-36-654926-5

Single, Vol. 30 • $11.99 Paperback • 24 pages 8.2x11.8 Scale plans, color profiles, B&W photos, color photos • February 2021 • HIS027140 • 978-836-654924-1

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 Dariusz Karnas Single, Vol. 33 • $11.99 Paperback • 24 pages 8.2x11.8 • Scale plans, color profiles, B&W photos, color photos April 2021 • HIS027140 • 978-8-36-654927-2

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Dariusz Karnas

Saab J 29B Thierry Vallet Single, Vol. 34 • $11.99 Paperback • 24 pages 8.2x11.8 • Scale plans, color profiles, B&W photos, color photos May 2021 • HIS027140 978-8-36-654931-9

z Books MMP 2 cm Flak 28 & 30

Schwerer Gelandegargiger Personenkfraftwagen and Successors

Alan Ranger

978-8-36-654909-8

Camera ON, Vol. 27 $25 • Paperback 80 pages • 8.2x11.8 B&W photos • January 2021 • HIS027100 • 978-8-36-654910-4

Camera ON, Vol. 28 $25 • Paperback 80 pages • 8.2x11.8 B&W photos March 2021 HIS027100

This new photo album includes both the Schwerer Geländegängiger Personenkraftwagen and its successors, the Horch 108 type 1 and its licensed build Ford type EG equivalents, as well as the heavy cars built on light truck chassis such as the Styer 1500 and Mercedes 1500A & S types.

This new photo album is the first to cover in such photographic detail the German usage of both the 2 cm Flak 28 and the Flak 30. Both of these weapons saw extensive action on all battle fronts of the Second World War wherever the German armed forces saw service.

This book contains 140+ photographs of German heavy passenger cars photographed in operation in the conditions they had to work in. This volume illustrates these vehicles as the soldiers themselves viewed them in both their working environment and, indeed in many cases, the home they had to live in, not the highly polished and sanitized views of the official photographers. This book is an invaluable reference for military historians and modelers alike.

This book contains 140+ photographs taken by the average German soldier of both the 2 cm Flak 28 and 30 as well as their crews while in service and many of the environments they had to operate within. This volume illustrates these weapons as the soldiers themselves viewed them in both their fighting environment and, in many cases, just as a tool they lived with and had to look after on a daily basis, not the highly polished and sanitized views of the official photographers.

Mil Mi24D/V

Republic F-105

Thunderchief 1/72 Scale Dariusz Karnas Scale Plans, Vol. 66 • $11.99 • Paperback 24 pages • 8.2x11.8 • Scale plans in 1/72 scale Currently Available • CRA020000 978-8-36-654917-3

Scale plans in 1/72 scale of the Republic F-105 Thunderchief versions. A3 size pages in A4 pb. 12 A3 size scale plans.

978-8-36-654918-0

Alan Ranger Camera ON, Vol. 29 $25 • Paperback 80 pages • 8.2x11.8 • B&W photos • May 2021 HIS027100 • 978-8-36-654911-1

This new photo album is the first to cover in such photographic detail the German usage of the 2 cm Flak 38 and its quadruple mounting the Flakvierling 38. These weapons saw extensive action on all battlefronts of the Second World War wherever the German armed forces saw service. While the 2 cm Flak 38 was an excellent weapon when first developed, by the time it entered service even the German army knew that it was in need of a replacement weapon system. This book contains 140+ photographs taken by the average German soldier of both the 2 cm Flak 38 and the Flakvierling 38 as well as their crews in many of the areas they operated within.

Republic F-105

Dariusz Karnas

Thunderchief

Scale Plans, Vol. 67 $11.99 • Paperback 24 pages • 8.2x11.8 Scale plans in 1/48 scale Currently Available CRA020000

1/48 Scale

Scale plans in 1/48 scale of the Mil Mi-24D/V. A3 size pages in A4 pb. 12 A3 size scale plans.

2 cm Flak 38 and Flakvierling 38

Dariusz Karnas Scale Plans, Vol. 67 • $11.99 • Paperback 18 pages • 8.2x11.8 • Scale plans in 1/48 scale January 2021 • CRA020000 978-8-36-654919-7

Scale plans in 1/48 scale of the Republic F-105 Thunderchief versions. 24.6 x 11.7 in size pages in an A4 paperback.

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Arden Publishing Panzerwrecks • Seaforth Combat History of SturmpanzerAbteilung 217

British Sloops and Frigates of the Second World War

Timm Haasler Simon Vosters

Les Brown

$78.99 • Hardback • 284 pages 10.83x8.46 • 183 photos, 7 diptych artworks, 10 maps • Currently Available HIS027240 • 978-1-908032-20-1 • Panzerwrecks

Combat History of Sturmpanzer-Abteilung 217 tells the story of the only Sturmpanzer IV equipped unit to see action on the western front. Formed in May 1944, Stu.Pz.Abt.217 fought in Normandy, Belgium, Aachen and the Ardennes Offensive before finally perishing in Ruhr pocket in April 1945. Researched over more than twenty years using hundreds of German and American records, authors Timm Haasler and Simon Vosters have meticulously retraced the steps of the battalion to offer the reader the most comprehensive coverage to date. This 284-page book is illustrated with 183-large-format photographs, ten maps and seven specially commissioned artworks by Felipe Rodna, including interior views. QR-codes feature on a number of pages, just point your smart phone camera at them to see the scene today in Google Maps or Street View.

ShipCraft, Vol. 27 • $28.95 • Paperback 64 pages • 8.25x11.5 120 color, b/w & line • May 2021 CRA020000 • 978-1-52-679387-4 Seaforth Publishing

This volume of the ShipCraft series covers the majority of British wartime escort classes, from the inter-war ASW and minesweeping sloops that culminated in the superb Black Swan class, to the wartime designs that were originally known as ‘twin-screw corvettes’ but were eventually classed as frigates – the ‘River’ class, and their derivatives of the ‘Loch/Bay’ classes that were modified for prefabricated construction. Also included are the American-built destroyer escorts which became RN ‘Captains’ class frigates and the earlier ex-US Coast Guard cutters that were listed as sloops. With its unparalleled level of visual information – paint schemes, models, line drawings and photographs – this book is simply the best reference for any model-maker setting out to build any of these numerous escort types.

The Trafalgar Chronicle

French Battleships, 1922–1956

Dedicated to Naval History in the Nelson Era: New Series 5

John Jordan Robert Dumas

Sean Heuvel Judith Pearson $39.95 • Paperback • 192 pages 6x8.25 20 color & 100 black and white illustrations January 2021 • HIS027150 978-1-52-675962-7 • Seaforth Publishing

The Trafalgar Chronicle is a prime source of information as well as the publication of choice for new research about the Georgian Navy, sometimes also loosely referred to as ‘Nelson’s Navy’, though its scope reaches out to include all the sailing navies of the period. The central theme of the 2020 issue is ‘portrayals of the Georgian Navy though art, literature, and film’. The feature article, by Gerald Stulc, MD, analyzes film depictions and portraits of Horatio Nelson, throughout his service and after his death, comparing these images to the clinical realities of Nelson’s injuries in battle. Additional theme-related contributions include the story behind the most famous paintings of Nelson’s death; how Tobias Smollet wrote a novel revealing the unhygienic and inhumane medical care aboard Royal Navy ships of the day; the rise of the fouled anchor motif; modern-day naval historical fiction portrayals of women in the era of Nelson; and whimsical drawings of Nelson in caricature and cartoon.

$34.95 • Paperback • 224 pages color profiles and plan views Currently Available • HIS027150 978-1-52-679382-9 Seaforth Publishing

The battleships of the Dunkerque and Richelieu classes were the most radical and influential designs of the interwar period, and were coveted by the British, the Germans and the Italians following the Armistice of June 1940. After an extensive refit in the USA, Richelieu went on to serve alongside the Royal Navy during 1943-45. Using a wealth of primary-source material, some of which has only recently been made available, John Jordan and Robert Dumas have embarked on a completely new study of these important and technically interesting ships. A full account of their development is followed by a detailed analysis of their design characteristics, profusely illustrated by inboard profiles and schematic drawings. The technical chapters are interspersed with operational histories of the ships, with a particular focus on the operations in which they engaged other heavy units: Mers el-Kebir, Dakar and Casablanca. These accounts include a detailed analysis of their performance in action and the damage sustained, and are supported by specially-drawn maps and by the logs of Strasbourg and Richelieu.

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& Sword• Aviation BauhanPen Publishing Banovallum Dambusterin-Chief

Air Marshal Sir Keith Park

The Life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Ralph Cochrane

Victor of the Battle of Britain, Defender of Malta

Richard Mead

Murray Rowlands

$49.95 • Hardback • 320 pages 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations Currently Available BIO034000 978-1-52-676507-9

$39.95 • Hardback • 208 pages 6x9.25 16 black and white illustrations Currently Available • BIO034000 978-1-52-676790-5

Ralph Cochrane was born in 1895 into a distinguished naval family. After joining the Royal Navy, he volunteered in 1915 to serve with the RNAS in airships and was an early winner of the Air Force Cross. In 1918 he transferred to the fledgling RAF and learned to fly, serving in Iraq as a flight commander under ‘Bomber’ Harris. His inter-war career saw him as a squadron commander in Aden before he became the first Chief of Air Staff of the Royal New Zealand Air Force. During the Second World War he served mainly in Bomber Command and commanded 5 Group from early 1943. He formed 617 Squadron and was instrumental in planning the legendary Dambuster Raid, the most spectacular of the War, as well as the sinking of the battleship Tirpitz.

One of the Few

From Biplane to Spitfire

The Memoirs of Wing Commander Ted ‘Shippy’ Shipman AFC

The Life of Air Chief Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond KCB RCMC DSO

John Shipman $29.95 • Paperback • 248 pages 6x9.25 50 black and white illustrations Currently Available BIO034000 978-1-52-678445-2

Anne Isobel Baker

Ted Shippy Shipman was one of The Few who flew with 41 Squadron in the Battle of Britain. He left his father’s farm in 1930 and enlisted in the RAF as a driver ACII. He flew for thirteen years of his thirty years service, achieved the highest grade of flying instructor and retired as a Wing Commander. This book is based on the copious notes that Shippy wrote in the 1970s and brings a firsthand insight into the life of an RAF Spitfire pilot during the early war years and then his remaining wartime and postwar service until 1959. His career as a senior instructor included No 8 Service Flying Training School, Montrose and the Central Flying School at Upavon, the Flying Instructors School at Hullavington, and the Rhodesian Air Training Group. After the war he did tours in Germany and Cyprus. He was Commanding Officer at RAF Sopley, Hampshire and RAF Boulmer in Northumberland until his retirement in 1959.

The Battle of Britain is one of the finest moments in Britain’s history. While credit rightly goes to ‘The Few,’ victory could never have happened without the inspirational command and leadership of New Zealander Keith Park. He and Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh Dowding ensured that Fighter Command was prepared for the Nazi onslaught and famously wore down the Luftwaffe, forcing Hitler to abandon his invasion plans. Shamefully, Dowding and Park were dismissed from their commands in the aftermath of victory due to internal RAF politics. Fortunately, Park’s career was far from over and his management of the defense of Malta made significant contribution to victory in the Mediterranean.

$24.95 • Paperback 256 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations May 2021 • BIO008000 978-1-52-679691-2

Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey Salmond and his brother Jack joined the Royal Flying Corps during the Great War and both were to have a major influence on the development of the Royal Air Force in the 1920s and 1930s. After most distinguished war service, Geoffrey, the older of two, became one of the original pioneers of long range flight and rose steadily through the ranks. He was closely involved with the Schneider Trophy races of the early 1930s. Extraordinarily both Jack and Geoffrey rose to become Chiefs of the Air Staff in the mid-1930’s. Geoffrey succeeded his brother at the top of his profession only to die in post before he could see the fruits of his labor come to fruition in the Battle of Britain; without his vision the RAF might very well not had the Spitfire and the result would surely have been very different.

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Pen & Sword Aviation BC Books RAF Bomber Command at War 1939–1945

Dresden and the Heavy Bombers An RAF Navigator’s Perspective

Craig Armstrong

Frank Musgrove

$39.95 • Hardback • 184 pages 6x9.25 80 black and white illustrations April 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-52-670051-3

Suffering bloody losses and hampered by government restrictions on targets, by late 1941 Bomber Command was in crisis. As a result a new and forceful commander, Sir Arthur Harris, was appointed and new strategies allowed Bomber Command to broaden its attacks to focus on enemy held towns and cities. This Main Offensive period lasted throughout 1943-1944 and saw both victories and defeats. New technological developments allowed Bomber Command to hit V-Weapons sites and to focus more on precision bombing, but Harris remained determined to hit German towns and cities whenever possible, while the Command’s growing power allowed it to rain devastation upon its targets, culminating at Dresden.

Boeing B-17 The Fifteen Ton Flying Fortress Graham Simons Harry Friedman

Biography • $24.95 • Paperback 128 pages • 6x9.25 20 black and white illustrations & 1 black and white map Currently Available • BIO034000 978-1-52-679100-9

This is the first hand account of a young man’s entry into World War II in 1941, culminating in his role in the bombing of Dresden in February 1945 by RAF Bomber Command. This is not a gung-ho account of flying with Bomber Command, instead Musgrove takes the form of a basic narrative in his memoir, paying particular attention to fear, morale and, as the author explains, the myth of leadership felt by those involved first hand. Several raids are described in detail and illustrate the variety of experiences, problems and dangers involved in such hazardous warfare. First published nearly 60 years after his experiences, Musgrove delves in to his recollections of the bombing of factories and cities to reflect on the grave moral issues brought on by this particular raid.

Foreign Planes in the Service of the Luftwaffe Jean-Louis Roba

$26.95 • Paperback 256 pages • 6x9.25 480 black and white illustrations Currently Available • HIS027140 978-1-39-900271-4

$26.95 • Paperback 208 pages • 6x9.25 • 100 black and white illustrations • Currently Available • HIS027140 978-1-52-679644-8

The Boeing B-17 originated in 1934 when the US Air Corps was looking for a heavy bomber to reinforce their air forces in Hawaii, Panama and Alaska. For its time, the design included many advanced features and Boeing continued to develop the aircraft as experience of the demands of long distance flying at high altitude was gained. When the USA entered WWII production of the aircraft was rapidly increased and it became the backbone of the USAAF in all theaters of war. This book describes how it was built and utilizes many hitherto unpublished photographs from the design studio and production lines. It illustrates and explains the many different roles that the aircraft took as the war progressed.

No air force in the Second World War would make more use of captured planes than the Luftwaffe. The book examines the full history of foreign planes in the Luftwaffe, from its inception in the prewar years to the end of the Second World War. The book also debunks myths about how prepared the Germans were for war in 1939, and shows how important even such an unreliable source of supplies as captured planes would become to the Luftwaffe. Translated into English for the first time, Roba’s investigative work is supported by over a hundred pictures of the planes themselves, and gives a rare opportunity to see British and American planes repainted in German colors and symbols.

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Stringbag The Fairey Swordfish at War David Wragg $29.95 • Paperback 256 pages • 6x9.25 60 black and white illustrations & 3 black and white maps Currently Available • HIS027100 978-1-52-679099-6

This is a narrative account of the operations of the Fairey Swordfish throughout World War Two. The most famous of these was the attack on the Italian fleet at Taranto, crippling three battleships and damaging several other ships as well as the seaplane base and an oil storage depot. The Swordfish played a prominent part in the Battle of Matapan and in the sinking of the Bismark. Less happily, Swordfish were used in the unsuccessful and ill-prepared raid on the Germans at Petsamo and in the abortive attack on the battle cruisers Scharnhorst and Gneisenau during the Channel Dash in 1942. Throughout the book, the text is interwoven with personal accounts by naval airmen.

Pen & Sword z • z Aviation Johnnie Johnson’s Great Adventure

Eyewitness RAF The Experience of War, 1939–1945 James Goulty

The Spitfire Ace of Ace’s Last Look Back

$42.95 • Hardback • 272 pages 6x9.25 • 20 black and white illustrations • January 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-52-675237-6

Dilip Sarkar MBE $34.95 • Hardback • 288 pages 6x9.25 • 16 black and white illustrations • Currently Available BIO034000 978-1-52-679174-0

Air Vice-Marshal Johnnie Johnson was a fearless pilot and marksman and also a gifted writer. Johnson suggested to his friend, the prolific author Dilip Sarkar, that the pair should collaborate on The Great Adventure – a book that would be Johnnie’s account of the ‘Long Trek’ from Normandy into the heart of the Third Reich. Sadly, the project was unfulfilled, because Johnnie became ill and passed away in 2001. Years later, Johnnie’s eldest son, Chris, discovered the manuscript among his esteemed father’s papers. In order to keep Johnnie’s memory evergreen, Chris turned to Dilip to finally see the project through to its conclusion. Here, then, we have Johnnie Johnson’s Great Adventure – ‘Greycap Leader’s’ previously unpublished last look back.

From Coastal Command to Captivity The Memoir of a Second World War Airman W J “Jim” Hunter $24.95 • Paperback • 224 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations • May 2021 BIO034000 • 978-1-52-679692-9

These war memoirs of Jim Hunter are in two parts. First there is the account of his flying career in RAF Coastal Command, culminating in an extraordinarily brave attack by him and his Beaufighter on the German battle cruiser Scharnhorst. Shot down, he became a POW and the second half tells of his experiences in Stalag Luft 3. A skilled artist he became a camp forger, providing documents for escapees. Jim’s own escape tunnel was detected and earned him 30 days in the ‘cooler.’ He gives graphic descriptions of the forced winter marches which caused great hardship. An added bonus is the translated German report of the Scharnhorst attack.

Much has been written about the Royal Air Force during the Second World War–memoirs, biographies, histories of Fighter and Bomber commands, technical studies of the aircraft, accounts of individual operations and exploits – but few books have attempted to take the reader on a journey through basic training and active service as air or ground crew and eventual demobilization at the end of the war. That is the aim of James Goulty’s Eyewitness RAF. Using a vivid selection of testimony from men and women, he offers a direct insight into every aspect of wartime life in the service. A fascinating varied inside view of the RAF emerges which is perhaps less heroic and glamorous than the image created by some postwar accounts, but it gives readers today a much more realistic appreciation of the whole gamut of life in the RAF seventy years ago.

Howard Pixton Test Pilot & Pioneer Aviator The Biography of the first British Schneider Trophy Winner Stella Pixton $24.95 • Paperback • 240 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations • April 2021 BIO034000 • 978-1-52-679689-9

This book is a truly remarkable account that captures the atmosphere, thrills and danger of the pioneering days of aviation. in 1911Howard Pixton test flew A V Roe’s tractor biplane, the forerunner of the 504. By now acknowledged as the first professional test pilot. In 1913 he joined Tommy Sopwith and in 1914 he became the first Briton in a British plane to win an international race, the coveted Schneider Trophy. This gave Britain air supremacy and Howard was feted as the finest pilot in the World. Sopwith’s Tabloid aircraft developed into the Pup, and then into the Camel.

Malta’s Greater Siege & Adrian Warburton

The Most Valuable Pilot in the RAF Paul McDonald $29.95 • Paperback • 344 pages • 6x9.25 70 color & black and white illustrations April 2021 • BIO034000 • 978-1-52-679683-7

Adrian Warburton went missing in 1944 in a single-seat American aircraft. He had flown at least 395 operational missions mostly from Malta. He lay undiscovered for sixty years. He is the RAFs most highly decorated photo-recce pilot. This tale takes the form of a quest opening in a cemetery in Bavaria and closing in another in Malta. In between, the reader is immersed within the tension and drama surrounding Malta’s Greater Siege retracing the steps of the main characters over the forever changed face of the island following its heroic victory.

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Apache over Libya

Castle Builders

Will Laidlaw

Leading the Legendary RAF Flying Display Teams

$29.95 • Paperback 200 pages • 6x9.25 32 color illustrations April 2021 HIS027140 978-1-52-679682-0

Approaches to Castle Design and Construction in the Middle Ages

Squadron Leader Brian Mercer, AFC* $24.95 • Paperback • 160 pages • 6x9.25 40 black and white illustrations • April 2021 HIS027140 • 978-1-52-679681-3

Brian Mercer is one of the most outstanding postwar RAF fighter pilots and in this eminently readable autobiography he recaptures life as it was in the days of transition from flying piston-powered aircraft to jet power. His flying and leadership skills resulted in a long association with what was then considered as the finest aerobatic display team in the world - Treble One Squadron’s Black Arrows.

Scott of the Antarctic We Shall Die Like Gentlemen Sue Blackhall $24.95 • Paperback 176 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white

illustrations March 2021 • BIO023000 • 978-1-52-679665-3

Captain Robert Falcon Scott CVO was a Royal Navy officer and explorer who led two expeditions to the Antarctic regions. During the second venture, Scott led a party of five which reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, only to find that they had been preceded by Roald Amundsen’s Norwegian expedition. On their return journey, Scott and his four comrades all perished from a combination of exhaustion, starvation and extreme cold. Sue Blackhall reassesses his life and the disaster that ended his and his comrades’ lives, and the extent of Scott’s personal culpability. From a previously unassailable position, Scott has became a figure of controversy, with questions raised about his competence and character.

In May 2011 after a Mediterranean exercise to prove the Apaches ability to work ship-borne, HMS Ocean and her embarked Apache attack helicopters fwere about to head home. But the civil war in Libya and the NATO air campaign intervened. Apache Over Libya describes the experiences of eight Army and two Royal Navy pilots who played a significant role in the NATO-led campaign. Despite fighting the best armed enemy British aircrew have faced in generations, they defied the odds and survived. Thrilling firsthand action accounts vividly convey what it means to fly the Apache in combat at sea and over enemy-held terrain. An unforgettable and unique account which gives a rare insight into attack helicopter operations in war.

King Arthur The Mystery Unravelled Chris Barber $26.95 • Paperback 288 pages • 6x9.25 32 color illustrations March 2021 BIO014000 978-1-52-679666-0

The book brings new information to light by examining through a jigsaw of connections throughout Dark Age Britain, as King Arthur is revealed to have been a hereditary King of the ancient land of the Silures in South Wales. Chris Barber has set out to reveal the true identity of King Arthur, whose identity has been obscured by the mists of time and the imaginative embellishments of romantic writers through the ages. After sorting fact from fiction, he not only identifies the Celtic prince who gave rise to the legend of Arthur, but reveals his family background, 6th century inscribed stones bearing his name and those of his contemporaries; battle sites such as Badon Llongborth and Camlann; the identity of his enemies, the ancient Isle of Avalon and his final resting place.

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Malcolm James Baillie-Hislop $29.95 • Paperback • 272 pages • 6.5x9.5 150 color Illustrations • March 2021 ARC005030 • 978-1-52-679661-5

In Castle Builders, Malcolm Hislop looks at the hugely popular subject of castles from the unusual perspective of design and construction. In this general introduction to the subject, we discover something of the personalities behind their creation - the architects and craftsmen and, furthermore, the techniques they employed, and how style and technology was disseminated. It takes both a thematic and a chronological approach to the design and construction of castles, providing the reader with clear lines of development.

Crusaders and Revolutionaries De Montfort Darren Baker $42.95 • Hardback 272 pages • 6x9.25 30 color illustrations • January 2021 HIS015020 • 978-1-52-674549-1

One of the families that dominated the thirteenth century were the de Montforts. They arose in France, and grew to prominence under the crusading fervor of that time. The controversial stewardship of Simon de Montfort (V) is explored in depth. It is his son Simon de Montfort (VI) who is perhaps best known. The decline of the family begins with Simon’s defeat and death at Evesham in 1265. Initially they revive their fortunes under the new king of Sicily, but they scandalize Europe with a vengeful political murder. By this time it is the twilight of the crusades era and the remaining de Montforts either perish or are expelled.

Pen & SwordzAviation/History Air Transport Auxiliary at War 80th Anniversary of its Formation Stephen Wynn $29.95 • Paperback • 144 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations • March 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-52-672604-9

This book looks at the invaluable work carried out by members of the Air Transport Auxiliary during the course of the Second World War. Comprised of both men and women, it was a civilian organization tasked with the collection and delivery of military aircraft from the factories to the RAF and Royal Navy stations. Men who undertook the role had to be exempt from having to undertake war time military service due to health or age, but other than that there were very few restrictions on who who could join, which accounted for one-legged, one-armed, one-eyed and short sighted pilots being accepted.

Teachers at the Front, 1914–1919 Barry Blades

978-1-47-384885-6

$39.95 • Hardback 248 pages • 6x9.25 40 illustrations March 2021 HIS027090

August 1914. Millions of citizens throughout Britain responded to the call-to-arms. Amongst the patriots who joined the colors were thousands of schoolmasters and trainee teachers. Teachers at the Front 1914-1919 tells the story of these men. It follows these teacher-soldiers as they landed on the beaches of Gallipoli, attacked across no man’s land in Flanders, on the Somme and at Passchendaele, and finally broke through the Hindenburg Line and secured victory. Many did not survive the carnage of what became known as the Great War. For those who did, wartime officers and men who had been proud to call themselves Tommies, Anzacs, Enzeds and Canucks, returning home presented further challenges and adjustments.

The Suffragette Bombers Britain’s Forgotten Terrorists Simon Webb $24.95 • Paperback 192 pages • 6x9.25 16 black and white illustrations • March 2021 HIS015070 • 978-1-52-679667-7

In the years leading up to the First World War, the United Kingdom was subjected to a ferocious campaign of bombing and arson. Those conducting this terrorist offensive were members of the Women’s Social and Political Union; better known as the suffragettes. Simon Webb explores the way in which the suffragette bombers have been airbrushed from history. Not only were the suffragettes far more aggressive than is generally known, but there exists the very real and surprising possibility that their militant activities actually delayed, rather than hastened, the granting of the parliamentary vote to British women.

We Also Served The Forgotten Women of the First World War Vivien Newman $24.95 • Paperback 192 pages • 6x9.25 30 black and white Illustrations • March 2021 HIS027090 • 978-1-52-679663-9

We Also Served is a social history of women’s involvement in the First World War. Dr. Vivien Newman disturbs myths and preconceptions surrounding women’s war work and seeks to inform contemporary readers of countless acts of derring-do, determination, and quiet heroism by British women that went on behind the scenes. As well as becoming nurses, munitions workers, and members of the Land Army, women were also ambulance drivers and surgeons; they served with the Armed Forces; funded and managed their own hospitals within sight and sound of the guns. At least one British woman bore arms, and over a thousand women lost their lives as a direct result of their involvement with the war.

First World War Trials and Executions

Breaking Seas, Broken Ships

Britain’s Traitors, Spies & Killers, 1914–1918

People, Shipwrecks and Britain, 1854–2007

Simon Webb

Ian Friel

$24.95 • Paperback • 192 pages • 6x9.25 16 black and white illustrations • March 2021 HIS027090 • 978-1-52-679668-4

Between 1914 and 1918, 51 men were executed in Britain. Simon Webb explores in detail the fates of these condemned men, examining what happened to them after their trials and the circumstances of the executions. Trends in murder are also examined. For instance, a third of those executed for murder during the First World War had used cutthroat razors to dispose of their victims, a type of crime unheard of today. Others used pokers and axes, which are also exceedingly uncommon now. This is a book which will fascinate and horrify those with an interest in crime and the death penalty.

$49.95 • Hardback • 208 pages • 6x9.25 50 black and white illustrations, maps and line drawings - 1 x 16 pp of illustrations and integrated maps and line drawings May 2021 • HIS057000 • 978-1-52-677150-6

With Breaking Seas, Broken Ships, we follow the story of Britain’s maritime history through some of its most dramatic shipwrecks. From the country’s imperial zenith to the very different world of the early twenty-first century. With people at the heart of every chapter, it explores major environmental themes alongside the traditional concerns of maritime history, such as trade, social issues and naval warfare. Their experiences tell us the story of Britain’s maritime past, one that is remarkable, moving and at times horrifying.

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Hitler’s Lost State The Fall of Prussia and the Wilhelm Gustloff Tragedy

The Anglo-Soviet Alliance

Tim Heath Michela Cocolin

Comrades and Allies During WW2

$34.95 • Hardback • 192 pages • 6x9.25 40 black and white illustrations Currently Available • HIS027100 978-1-52-675610-7

Colin Turbett

Seen as an agricultural utopia within Hitler’s Germany, it is often the view that both East and West Prussia had remained relatively untouched during the Second World War. Yet the violence, prejudice and murder associated with the National Socialist regime that brought most of Europe to ruin were widespread throughout Prussia during its brief existence. When the MV Wilhelm Gustloff was sunk by a Russian submarine just after 9pm on 30 January 1945, 9,343 passengers - 5,000 of them children - would perish. It was the worst loss of life in maritime history, six times greater than that of the RMS Titanic. Launched by Adolf Hitler on 5 May 1937 and the KdF (Kraft durch Freude = Strength through Joy) as a recreational and propaganda tool, the MV Wilhelm Gustloff would suffer the same fate as the nation it once represented. Yet 75 years later, her tragic story is still unknown to many. Combining existing material and new findings, this book tells the story of Prussia’s rise and fall as a military power, the attempts by brave civilians as well as military personnel determined to overturn the evil regime they had made an oath to serve and the desperate evacuation of refugees to the West in one of the greatest exodus ever seen, told by those who were there.

$34.95 • Hardback • 248 pages • 6x9.25 100 black and white illustrations • April 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-52-677658-7

From the onset of the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia in 1917 until the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941, Britain enjoyed an ambiguous relationship with the USSR and its people. All inter-war governments were concerned about the communist ideals of the new state and the threat they presented to British interests at home and abroad, and this was inevitably reflected amongst the general population. However there was a well-established British Communist Party whose fortunes were tied to the Soviet Union’s successes and failures. This book, using both contemporary sources as well as post-war analyses, examines these matters alongside images that take us back to the period and help us understand its intricacies. It will start with a look at Britain’s opposition to the Bolshevik Revolution and the consolidation of the Soviet State under Lenin and then Stalin. The main body of the book goes on to give detail of the Wartime Alliance and the various forms through which it was expressed – from Government led Lend-Lease of equipment, to voluntary Aid for Russia. It ends with the War’s aftermath and the division of the world between the influences of capitalism on the one hand, and the “really existing socialism” of the Soviet Union and its satellites on the other.

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Special Forces Operator Serving with the SAS and MRF Robert W Brown $42.95 • Hardback • 216 pages • 6x9.25 40 black and white illustrations • March 2021 BIO008000 • 978-1-52-678549-7

Rob was a Special Forces operator with some of the world finest regiments and served in four national armies over a career that has spanned forty years and continues today. In 1965 he earned the converted Green Beret as a member of 2 Commando Australia. He left in 1968 to Southeast Asia. Finding work of a military nature in Laos, (in the war that never was). The end of the contract found him in England where he joined the British Parachute Regiment and completed three tours in Northern Ireland at the height of the troubles, taking part in Operation Demetrius. On his last tour, he was detached from his battalion and worked covert operations with a little-known group called the MRF (Military Reaction Force). 1974 saw Rob in Rhodesia as a member of the internationally acclaimed C Squadron SAS, where he was wounded on operations twice. This was a turning point in Rob’s life as he surrendered to Christ becoming a Christian. He was to carry on as an operator, but now with a biblical world view. Rob was recruited in 1980 by the South African Defense Force and was a member of 6 Reconnaissance Commando Special Forces and later became an operative with what was commonly called ‘the funnies’ or CSI Chief of Staff Intelligence. From 1996 to 2007 Rob was in South Sudan and Iraq, receiving a letter of commendation from the United States Army. Still active today, Rob specializes in close protection and tactical security training for civilian personnel.

Pen & Sword z • z History Women of the Third Reich

Hitler and His Women

From Camp Guards to Combatants

Phil Carradice $42.95 • Hardback 224 pages • 6x9.25 40 black and white illustrations May 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-52-677954-0

Tim Heath $26.95 • Paperback 256 pages • 6x9.25 • 30 May 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-52-676584-0

The women of the Third Reich were a vital part in a complex and vilified system. What was their role within its administration, and how did it evolve in the way it did? We hear from women who issued typewritten dictates from above through to those who operated telephones, radar systems, drove concentration camp inmates to their deaths like cattle, fired Anti-Aircraft guns at Allied aircraft and entered the militias when faced with the impending destruction of what should have been a one thousand-year Reich. Women of the Third Reich provides an intriguing, humorous, brutal, shocking and unrelenting narrative journey into the half lights of the hell of human consciousness – sometimes at its worst.

The Forgotten German Genocide

Resistance Heroines in Nazi- and RussianOccupied Austria

Revenge Cleansing in Eastern Europe, 1945–50 Peter C Brown

Anschluss and After

$42.95 • Hardback 208 pages • 6x9.25 40 black and white illustrations May 2021 • HIS010010 978-1-52-677374-6

Tim Heath Virginia Wells

The Potsdam Conference of 1945 saw the Allied leaders gathered together to decide how to demilitarize, denazify, decentralize, and administer Germany They determined that the remaining German populations in Poland, Czechoslovakia and Hungary should to be transferred to Germany, but the expulsions were carried out in a ruthless and often brutal manner. The occupants placed into camps prior to mass expulsion. Many of these were labor camps already occupied by Jews who had survived the concentration camps, where they were equally unwelcome. Further cleansing was carried out in Romania and Yugoslavia, and by 1950, an estimated 11.5 million German people had been removed from Eastern Europe with up to three million dead.

Eva Braun is a well-known figure but she was not alone in her role as the Fuhrer’s lover. Dozens of women preceded her. To them and the many more who spent time alone with him, Hitler was the ultimate romantic, someone to love and in return be loved back. Hitler was adored by the women of Germany. They flocked in their thousands to see him, to hear him speak. In their eyes he could do no wrong. This book looks at all of the women in Hitler’s life, his lovers and his passing flings. From his mother and sisters to a teenage infatuation with a girl he never actually met, from actresses like Zara Leander to English aristocrat Unity Mitford, it examines the relationships and how they affected the course of history. The findings may well astound you.

$42.95 • Hardback 216 pages • 6x9.25 40 black and white illustrations May 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-52-678787-3

Austria’s Anschluss - was no ‘Blitzkrieg,’ on the contrary, some Austrians even welcomed the ‘invaders.’ Here is the remarkable story of Herti Bryan, Milly Keller and Hilde Schubert who shared contempt for the Nazi occupiers. The three girls vividly describe their different experiences during the war, although there is a striking similarity in the even greater terror they were subjected to under the Russian ‘liberators.’ In this volume the lives of Herti, Milly and Hilde come together to reveal an astonishing picture of life in occupied Austria. Drawing on unimaginable fortitude, these girls defied domination and fought fearlessly, risking their own lives to carry out their moral obligation to humanity.

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The United States Marine Corps in the Korean War

United States Navy Destroyers

Essex Class Aircraft Carriers, 1943–1991

Michael Green

Leo Marriott

Michael Green

Images of War • $24.95 • Paperback 208 pages • 7.5x9.5 • 250 color & black and white illustrations • Currently Available HIS027150 • 978-1-52-675854-5 Michael Green lives in California

Images of War • $24.95 • Paperback 192 pages • 7.5x9.5 Over 200 black-and-white photographs Currently Available • HIS027150 978-1-52-677214-5

On June 25, 1950, the North Korean Army invaded South Korea. Among the US forces sent to South Korea was the 1st Marine Division. In September 1950, the Division audaciously landed deep behind enemy lines at Inchon port, throwing the North Korea Army into disarray.

This classic Images of War book traces the key role played by destroyers of the United States Navy since the first order for 16 in 1898. Prior to the USA’s entry into the First World War a further 63 destroyers were commissioned and, due to the U-boat threat, 267 more were authorized by Congress once hostilities were joined.

In November 1950, the Chinese Army invaded North Korea with eight divisions tasked with the destruction of the 1st Marine Division at the Chosin Reservoir. The Marines made a 78-mile fighting withdrawal in arctic conditions before being evacuated by the US Navy.

Between 1932 and Pearl Harbor ten new classes totaling 169 destroyers came into service. During the war years American shipyards turned out a further 334 vessels. Of the three classes, the 175 Fletcher-class were judged the most successful.

Essex-class aircraft carriers played an essential role in the victory of the United States over Japan in the Second World War, and Leo Marriott’s photographic history is a fascinating introduction to them. Without these remarkable ships, the island-hopping campaign of American forces across the Pacific towards Japan would not have been possible. They also took part in the Korean and Vietnam wars that followed.

Images of War • $24.95 • Paperback 224 pages • 7.5x9.5 • 250 black and white illustrations • April 2021 • HIS027020 978-1-52-676537-6

In February 1951, the 1st Marine Division returned to combat assisting Eighth (US) Army to repulse five Chinese Army offensives over four months. By November 1951, the large-scale back and forth offensives operations by the opposing sides had ended, replaced by a stalemate which lasted until the 27 July, 1953 armistice. The bitter three-year conflict accounted for the death of 4,267 Marines with another 23,744 wounded.

The Cold War years saw the development of seven more classes. More recently 82 of the stealth shaped Arleigh Burke class have been ordered but the futuristic Zumwalt-class program has been curtailed for cost reasons. Expert author Michael Green is to be commended for compiling this comprehensive account of the USN’s impressive destroyer program with its authoritative text and superb images.

In classic Images of War style, expert author Michael Green describes the United States Marine Corps’ outstanding contribution, organization, tactics, fighting doctrine and weaponry.

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During the Second World War they were at the center of the powerful task groups that could put up hundreds of aircraft to support forces on the ground. They were also prime targets for Japanese air attacks, in particular the kamikaze suicide missions. A total of twenty-four were eventually commissioned including several after the end of the war. The selection of rare photographs and the expert text cover the evolution of US aircraft carrier design prior to the Second World War and look at the factors which shaped the design and construction of the Essex class. Included are dramatic action shots of the new breed of naval aircraft that was launched from their flight decks, including Hellcat and Corsair fighters that took on the Japanese and the carrier-borne jets that flew over Korea and Vietnam.

Pen & Sword z Maritime Mediterranean Naval Battles That Changed the World Quentin Russell $42.95 • Hardback • 240 pages • 6x9.25 20 illustrations • March 2021 • HIS027000 978-1-52-671599-9

Focusing on seven decisive naval engagements from the Greek defeat of the Persians at Salamis in the fifth century BC to the Siege of Malta during the Second World War, this book tells the story of the Mediterranean as a theater of war at sea. Each of these fiercely fought battles was to change the balance of power and shape the course of history. Before telling the story of each battle in detail the history of the balance of naval power in the Mediterranean and the effect of the development of naval architecture and design on the outcomes is outlined.

The Eastern Fleet and the Indian Ocean, 1942–1944 The Fleet that Had to Hide Charles Stephenson $42.95 • Hardback • 336 pages • 6x9.25 30 black and white illustrations Currently Available • HIS027100 978-1-52-678361-5

The story of the British Eastern Fleet, which operated in the Indian Ocean against Japan, has rarely been told. Although it was the largest fleet deployed by the Royal Navy prior to 1945 and played a vital part in the theater it was sent to protect, it has no place in the popular consciousness of the naval history of the Second World War. Charles Stephenson’s deeply researched and absorbing narrative gives this forgotten fleet the recognition it deserves.

Command Decisions Langsdorff and the Battle of the River Plate David Miller $24.95 • Paperback

224 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations • May 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-52-679697-4

This compelling new study of the Battle of the River Plate concentrates on Kapitn zur See Hans Langsdorff, the commander of the German pocket battleship Graf Spee and is written from his point of view. The story of his mission at the start of the Second World War to prey on merchant shipping is graphically retold. Langsdorff, operating alone and thousands of miles away from home and with no prospect of support, had to grapple with the enormous burden of a lone command. He made grave mistakes, and these are ruthlessly exposed. But this fascinating reexamination of his actions and his leadership does nothing to diminish his reputation as a brave and honorable officer.

Royal Naval Submarines 1901 to 2008 Maurice Cocker $29.95 • Paperback 136 pages • 7.5x9.5 200 black and white illustrations Currently Available • HIS027150 978-1-52-679190-0

This is a must-buy for the Royal Navy and Submarine enthusiast, being a complete directory of RN submarines from the outset to the present day. There is a wealth of detail on each class. Every entry contains the specification, launch dates of individual boats, details of evolving construction and armament and other salient information in a compact form. The high quality of the drawings of the majority of classes adds to the value of this work which includes the very latest Astute submarines currently coming into service. This book is a complete directory of submarines and will be widely welcomed by all with an interest, professional or lay, in the subject.

Naval Warfare in the English Channel, 1939–1945 Peter C. Smith $28.95 • Paperback 304 pages • 6x9.25 36 black and white illustrations Currently Available • HIS027150 978-1-52-679189-4

From the year 1066 the English Channel has provided Great Britain with a natural defensive barrier, but never more than in the early days of World War Two. This book relates how the Royal Navy defended that vital seaway throughout the war. From the early days of the Dover Patrols, through the traumas of the Dunkirk evacuation, the battles of the Channel convoys; the war against the E-boats and U-boats; the tragic raids at Dieppe and St Nazaire; coastal convoys; the Normandy landings and the final liberation of the Channel Islands. Many wartime photographs, charts and tables add to this superb account of this bitterly contested narrow sea.

Churchill’s Pirates The Royal Naval Patrol Service in World War II Jonathan Sutherland Diane Canwell $29.95 • Paperback • 256 pages • 6x9.25 60 black and white illustrations & 4 black and white maps • January 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-52-679651-6

The Royal Naval Patrol Service was a unique service with its own rules and regulations. The officers and seamen were mainly ex-fishermen who had manned trawlers in Icelandic waters. The service was armed mostly with obsolete weaponry and suffered heavy casualties in the early stages of the war. Their main tasks included convoy escort duties, mine sweeping and antisubmarine work. Many awards for bravery were won including a VC. This book looks at the Service personnel, the boats, equipment and includes many firsthand accounts from crew. Lengthy Appendices include vessels names, numbers and fate.

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Themistocles The Powerbroker of Athens Jeffrey Smith $34.95 • Hardback • 288 pages • 6x9.25 16 black and white illustrations • April 2021 BIO008000 • 978-1-52-679045-3 • Jeffrey Smith lives in Long Island, NY

This is an exciting new biography of Themistocles of Athens, architect of the Greek victory over the Persian invasions of 490 BC and 480 to 479 BC. While his role in the Persian wars is naturally a major theme, Themistocles’ career before and after those conflicts is also considered in detail. Themistocles was a leading exponent of a new kind of populist politics in the young democracy of Athens, manipulating the practice of ostracism (exile) to get rid of his political rivals. Jeffrey Smith explains Themistocles’ rise to a position of virtual hegemony which allowed him to institute his far-sighted policy of preparation against the growing Persian threat. In particular he strengthened Athens’ fleet and thereby secured the support of the poor thetes, who found employment as rowers. During the first invasion, Themistocles fought, and possibly held joint command, at the decisive battle of Marathon. When the Persians struck again in 480, he commanded the fleet at Artemisium and Salamis. The latter battle he won by subterfuge and secured Athens’ liberation and survival. Ironically he was himself eventually ostracized by his fellow citizens and ultimately entered Persian service, ending his days as governor of Magnesia in Asia Minor.

Armies of Ancient Italy 753-218 BC

Mesopotamia & Arabia

From the Foundation of Rome to the Start of the Second Punic War

Roman Conquests • $34.95 • Hardback 192 pages • 6x9.25 • 8pp color illustrations; maps • January 2021 • HIS027220 978-1-47-388326-0 • Lee Fratantuono lives in Delaware, OH

Gabriele Esposito $42.95 • Hardback • 192 pages • 6.5x9.5 80 color & black and white illustrations January 2021 • HIS027220 • 978-1-52-675185-0

Before becoming the masters of the Mediterranean world, the Romans had first to conquer the Italian peninsula in a series of harsh conflicts against its other varied and warlike residents. The outcome was no foregone conclusion and it took the Romans half a millennium to secure the whole of Italy. Gabriele Esposito presents the armies that fought these wars, in which the Roman military spirit and their famous legions were forged. He not only follows the evolution of the Roman forces from the Regal Period to the outbreak of the Second Punic War but also the forces of their neighbors, rivals and enemies. The most notable of these, the Etruscans, Samnites and the Italian Greeks are given particular attention but others, such as the Celts and Ligures of the North and the warriors of Sicily and Sardinia, are also considered. Details of the organization, weapons, equipment and tactics of each army are described, while dozens of beautiful color photos of reenactors show how these warriors looked in the field.

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Lee Fratantuono

This volume explores the Roman invasions and military operations in two distinct yet related areas: Mesopotamia and Arabia. In these far-flung regions of the ancient known world, Rome achieved the greatest point of expansion in the history of her Empire. Under the reign of the Emperor Trajan, the Roman Empire reached the point of maximum expansion made famous by maps of the world circa AD 120. Under the Severans, significant efforts were expended on a Roman dream of linking the two regions into one mighty provincial bulwark against Eastern enemies. Individual chapters detail the history of the conquest of these easternmost territories of the Empire, analyzing the opposing armies involved (Roman, Parthian, Sassanian, Arab) and the reasons for success and failure. The story of how Rome won and lost her Far East offers a paradigm for the rise and fall of the greatest military empire of the ancient world.

Pen & Sword z • z Military Roman Britain’s Missing Legion

A Military Life of Constantine the Great

What Really Happened to IX Hispana?

Ian Hughes

Simon Elliott

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$39.95 • Hardback • 208 pages 6x9.25 • 28 color illustrations April 2021 • HIS002020 978-1-52-676572-7

Legio IX Hispana had a long and active history guarding the northern frontiers in Britain. But the last evidence for its existence in Britain comes from AD 108. The mystery of their disappearance has inspired debate and imagination for decades. The most popular theory is that the legion was sent to fight the Caledonians in Scotland and wiped out there. But more recent archaeology suggests a crisis, not on the border but in the heart of the province, previously thought to have been peaceful at this time. What if IX Hispana took part in a rebellion, leading to their punishment, disbandment and damnatio memoriae (official erasure from the records)? Other theories are that it was lost on the Rhine or Danube, or in the East. Simon Elliott considers the evidence for these theories, and other possibilities.

Gordian III and Philip the Arab The Roman Empire at a Crossroads Ilkka Syvänne $52.95 • Hardback • 336 pages • 6x9.25 75 color & black and white illustrations April 2021 • BIO008000 • 978-1-52-678675-3

This is a dual biography of the emperors Marcus Antonius Gordianus (‘Gordian III’, reigned 238-244) and Marcus Julius Philippus Augustus (‘Philip the Arab’, reigned 244-249). The tumultuous ‘Year of the Six Emperors’ saw Gordian raised to the purple at just thirteen years of age, becoming the youngest emperor in the Empire’s history. Gordian died on a campaign against the Persians. Philip, succeeded Gordian, made peace with Shapur I and returned to Italy. His reign encompassed the spectacular celebration of Rome’s millennium in 248 but the wars in the Balkans and East together with crippling taxation led to mutinies and rebellions.

Much of Constantine I’s claim to lasting fame rests upon his sponsorship of Christianity, and many works have been published assessing whether his apparent conversion was a real religious experience or a cynical political maneuver. However his path to sole rule of the Roman Empire depended more upon the ruthless application of military might than upon his espousal of Christianity. He fought numerous campaigns, many of them against Roman rivals for Imperial power, most famously defeating Maxentius at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. In this new study, Ian Hughes assesses whether Constantine would have deserved the title ‘the Great’ for his military achievements alone, or whether the epithet depends upon the gratitude of Christian historians.

The Field Campaigns of Alexander the Great

If Rome Hadn’t Fallen What Might Have Happened if the Western Empire Had Survived

Stephen English $22.95 • Paperback • 256 pages • 6x9.25 34 black and white maps & diagrams March 2021 • HIS027220 • 978-1-52-679660-8

Alexander the Great is one of the most famous men in history. Most of his reign as king of Macedon was spent in hard campaigning which conquered half the then-known world, during which he never lost a battle. There is a copious literature on Alexander the Great, but most are biographies, with relatively few recent works analyzing his campaigns from a purely military angle. This book combines a narrative of the course of each of Alexander’s campaigns, with clear analysis of strategy, tactics, logistics etc. Combined with Stephen English’s The Army of Alexander the Great and The Sieges of Alexander the Great, it completes a very compelling examination of one of the most successful armies and greatest conquerors ever.

Timothy Venning $22.95 • Paperback • 208 pages • 6x9.25 6 black and white maps • Currently Available FIC014000 • 978-1-52-679194-8

This is a fascinating exploration of how the history of Europe, and indeed the world, might have been different if the Western Roman Empire had survived. While necessarily speculative, all the scenarios are discussed within the framework of a deep understanding of the major driving forces, tensions and trends that shaped European history and help to shed light upon them. In so doing they help the reader to understand why things panned out as they did, as well as what might have been.

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1066

Bohemond of Taranto

A Guide to the Battles and the Campaigns

Crusader and Conqueror

Michael Livingston Kelly DeVries $24.95 • Paperback • 224 pages • 5.6x7.6 Over 130 color illustrations • January 2021 HIS015010 • 978-1-52-675197-3 Michael Livingston lives in Maryland Kelly DeVries lives in Baltimore, MD

The Battle of Hastings, fought on 14 October 1066, changed the course of English history. This most famous moment of the Norman Conquest was recorded in graphic detail in the threads of the Bayeux Tapestry, providing a priceless glimpse into a brutal conflict. In this fresh look at the battle and its surrounding campaigns, leading medieval military historians Michael Livingston and Kelly DeVries combine the imagery of the tapestry with the latest modern investigative research to reveal the story of Hastings as it has never been told and guide visitors around the battlefield today. This absorbing new account of the battle will be fascinating reading for anyone keen to find out what really happened in 1066: the journeys by which Harold Godwinson and William of Normandy came to the battlefield, and the latest reconstructions of the course of the fighting on that momentous day. It is also a practical, easy-to-use guide for visitors to the sites associated with the conquest as well as the Hastings battlefield itself.

Georgios Theotokis $34.95 • Hardback • 208 pages • 6x9.25 20 color illustrations • April 2021 • BIO008000 978-1-52-674428-9

Bohemond of Taranto, Lord of Antioch, unofficial leader of the First Crusade, was a man of boundless ambition and inexhaustible energy – he was, in the words of Romuald of Salerno, ‘always seeking the impossible’. While he failed in his quest to secure the Byzantine throne, he succeeded in founding the most enduring of all the crusader states. Yet few substantial accounts of the life of this remarkable warrior have been written and none have been published in English for over a century – and that is why this absorbing new study by Georgios Theotokis is of such value. He concentrates on Bohemond as a soldier and commander, covering his contribution to the crusades but focusing in particular on his military achievements in Italy, Sicily, the Balkans and Anatolia. Since medieval commanders generally receive little credit for their strategic understanding, he examines Bohemond’s war-plans in his many campaigns, describes how he adapted his battle-tactics when facing different opponents and considers whether his approach to waging war was typical of the Norman commanders of his time.

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The Black Prince and King Jean II of France Generalship in the Hundred Years War Peter Hoskins $34.95 • Hardback • 208 pages • 6x9.25 20 color illustrations • January 2021 HIS015020 • 978-1-52-674987-1

What were the essential qualities for a military commander during the Hundred Years War? How important were strategic vision, tactical skill and powers of leadership in medieval warfare? These are the questions that Peter Hoskins explores in this perceptive study of the careers of Edward, the Black Prince who led the English army to victory at the Battle of Poitiers and the opponent he defeated, the French King Jean II. Their contrasting characters and backgrounds are considered as is the military tradition of their time, but the primary focus of the book is a close comparison of their strengths and weaknesses as soldiers. The Black Prince was one of the most admired generals of his generation, a charismatic leader, a shrewd tactician and strategist and a decisive commander. In contrast King Jean was impulsive, driven more by pride, his sense of honor and personal objectives than strategic priorities. When he was put to the ultimate test at Poitiers he lost control of his army, while the Black Prince took the initiative personally to secure victory against the odds. Peter Hoskins analyses the leadership qualities of the prince and the king according to the principles of war enunciated by Sun Tzu and Vegetius as well as the modern principles of war of the United Kingdom armed forces.

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The Castle in the Wars of the Roses

Warfare on Scotland’s Northern Frontier in the Early Middle Ages

Dan Spencer $42.95 • Hardback • 256 pages • 6x9.25 20 illustrations • Currently Available HIS015020 • 978-1-52-671869-3

Chris Peers $42.95 • Hardback • 224 pages 6x9.25 • 40 color & black and white illustrations Currently Available • HIS037010 978-1-52-674174-5

The wars fought in Scotland’s northern and western highlands between the ninth and fourteenth centuries were a key stage in the military history of the region, yet they have rarely been studied in depth before. That is why Chris Peers’s ambitious study is of such value for he provides a coherent and vivid account of the series of campaigns and battles that shaped Scotland. The narrative is structured around a number of battles which illustrate phases of the conflict and reveal the strategies and tactics of the rival chieftains. Chris Peers explores the international background to many of these conflicts which had consequences for Scotland’s relations with England, Ireland and continental Europe.

The Wars of the Roses is one of the most dramatic and fascinating periods in medieval history. Much has been written about the leading personalities, bitter dynastic rivalries, political intrigues, and the rapid change of fortune on the battlefields of England and Wales. However, there is one aspect that has been often overlooked, the role of castles in the conflict. Dan Spencer’s original study traces their use from the outbreak of civil war in the reign of Henry VI in the 1450s to the triumph of Henry VII some thirty years later. Using a wide range of narrative, architectural, financial and administrative sources, he sheds new light on the place of castles within the conflict, demonstrating their importance as strategic and logistical centers, bases for marshaling troops, and as fortresses Dan Spencer’s book provides a fascinating contribution to the literature on the Wars of the Roses and to the study of siege warfare in the Middle Ages.

Road to Manzikert

The Sword of Scotland

Byzantine and Islamic Warfare, 527–1071

‘Our Fighting Jocks’ Anthony Leask

John Cairns Brian Todd Carey

$24.95 • Paperback 224 pages • 6x9.25 • 100 black and white illustrations May 2021 • HIS015090 978-1-52-679695-0

$22.95 • Paperback • 224 pages 6x9.25 • 100 black and white maps & battle diagrams • March 2021 HIS059000 • 978-1-52-679664-6

The skirl of the pipes and the cry of “Here come the Jocks!” have weakened the resolve of many a foe. The Jocks of every Scottish regiment conjure up an image of fierce determination and indomitable courage. To them defeat is unthinkable. The various reasons for this are key themes of this book. The geography of Scotland and its numerous wars with England have played their part. But for over 300 years Scottish regiments have fought with distinction and selfless sacrifice alongside their old foes and played a key role in preserving Britain’s freedom. The clan structure and the tremendous pride in family that this has produced over the centuries are the foundations of the regiments of Scotland and their greatest strength in adversity. Everyone with a Scottish connection will understand and be able to relate to this book, which is the story of an unrivaled military heritage.

In August 1071, the Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV Diogenese led out a powerful army in an attempt to roll back Seljuk Turkish incursions into the Anatolian heartland of the Empire. Outmaneuvered by the Turkish sultan, Alp Arslan, Romanus was forced to give battle with only half his troops near Manzikert. By the end of that fateful day much of the Byzantine army was dead, the rest scattered in flight and the Emperor himself a captive. As a result, the Anatolian heart was torn out of the Empire and it was critically weakened, while Turkish power expanded rapidly, eventually leading to Byzantine appeals for help from Western Europe, thus prompting the First Crusade. This book sets the battle in the context of the military history of the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic World (Arab and Seljuk Turkish) up to the pivotal engagement at Manzikert in 1071, with special emphasis on the origins, course and outcome of this battle.

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Pen & Sword z • Military z The French at Waterloo Eyewitness Accounts 2nd and 6th Corps, Cavalry, Artillery, Foot Guard and Medical Services Andrew W Field $34.95 • Hardback • 224 pages 6x9.25 • 20 black and white illustrations Currently Available • HIS027200 978-1-52-676850-6

This volume of French eyewitness accounts allows readers to come to their own conclusions and compare the French accounts with those of soldiers from the allied armies, in particular the British, which have largely determined our assumptions about the battle for the last 200 years. This second volume features graphic descriptions of the battle as it was remembered by men of the 2nd and 6th corps, cavalry, artillery and Imperial Guard and medical services of Napoleon’s army. Their words give us not only a telling inside view their actions during that extraordinary day, but they also record in graphic detail what they saw and show us how they reacted to Napoleon’s historic defeat.

Wellington’s Infantry British Foot Regiments 1800–1815 Gabriele Esposito $42.95 • Hardback • 176 pages 6.5x9.5 • 50 color illustrations March 2021 • HIS027200 978-1-52-678667-8

The period covered in this book is one of the most famed and glorious for the British Army and the infantry was its backbone. Gabriele Esposito examines how the foot regiments were reformed and evolved to absorb the lessons of defeat in America and setbacks elsewhere to become the efficient and dependable bedrock of victory in the Napoleonic Wars. He details the uniforms, equipment and weapons of the infantry, along with their organization and tactics. Chapters are devoted to the Guards, the line regiments of foot, the Light Infantry and Rifles as well as Highland and Lowland Scots regiments. The author considers not only those units serving with Wellington in the Peninsular War and Waterloo Campaign, but all British infantry units, including those in Canada, the West Indies, India and elsewhere, not forgetting even the home defense Fencibles. Foreign units serving with the British army, most notably the King’s German Legion, are also included. The work is lavishly illustrated with color artwork.

Companion to the Anglo-Zulu War

Forgotten Battles of the Zulu War

Ian Knight

Adrian Greaves

$22.95 • Paperback • 272 pages 6x9.25 • 32 black and white illustrations March 2021 • HIS001040 978-1-52-679662-2

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The Anglo-Zulu War was a defining episode in British imperial history, and it is still a subject of intense interest. The Zulu victory at Isandlwana, the heroic British defense of Rorke’s Drift and the eventual British triumph are among the most closely researched events of the colonial era. In this historical companion, Ian Knight, one of the foremost authorities on the war and the Zulu kingdom, provides an essential reference guide to a short, bloody campaign that had an enduring impact on the history of Britain and southern Africa. He gives succinct summaries of the issues, events, armies and individuals involved. His work is an invaluable resource for anyone who is interested in the history of the period, in the operations of the British army in southern Africa, and in the Zulu kingdom.

Adrian Greaves uses his exceptional knowledge of the Anglo-Zulu War to look beyond the two best known battles of Isandlwana and the iconic action at Rorkes Drift to other fiercely fought battles. He covers little recorded engagements and battles such as Nyezane which was fought on the same day as the slaughter of Imperial troops at Isandlwana but has been eclipsed by it. Like the battles at Hlobane and Gingindhlovu. The death of the Prince Imperial, which caused shock waves round Europe and had huge repercussions for those involved, is examined in detail. The defeat of the Zulu Army at Ulundi was the culmination of the war and the author reveals new and shocking details about this battle. There is a hint of ominous events to come in the slaughter of Colonel Austruthers Redcoat column by Boers as they marched from Ulundi to Pretoria. This was the opening salvo of the First Boer War. This hugely informative book will fascinate fans of this period of our Imperial history.

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Polish Eyewitnesses to Napoleon’s 1812 Campaign

The Battle of Shrewsbury 1403 John Barratt

Advance and Retreat in Russia

Campaign Chronicles • $24.95 Paperback • 160 pages • 6x9.25 30 black and white illustrations Currently Available • HIS027220 978-1-52-679186-3

Marek Tadeusz Lalowski Jonathan North

The opening years of the fifteenth century saw one of the most bitterly contested political and military convulsions in the history of the British Isles, a conflict that is too-often overlooked by military historians. Henry IV, who had overthrown and probably murdered his predecessor Richard II, fought a protracted and bloody campaign against the most powerful nobles in the land. This war is the subject of John Barratts gripping study. The Percy family, the Kings of the North, and their most famous leader Sir Henry Percy Hotspur,whose fiery nature and military prowess were immortalized by Shakespeare stood out against Henrys rule. And the beleaguered king also had to contend with a range of other unrelenting opponents, among them Owain Glyn Dwr, who led the Welsh revolt against English supremacy. In this graphic account of the first, deeply troubled years of Henry IVs reign, John Barratt concentrates on the warfare, in particular on the setpiece pitched battles fought at Homildon Hill, Pilleth and Shrewsbury.

$42.95 • Hardback • 224 pages 6x9.25 • 30 color illustrations January 2021 • HIS027200 978-1-52-678261-8

Napoleon’s invasion of Russia cost the lives of hundreds of thousands and changed the course of history. Europe had never seen an army quite like the one gathering in Poland in 1812 – half a million men in brilliant uniforms, plumed shakoes and shimmering helmets. Six months later, it was the ghost of an army, frozen and miserable, that limped back to their horrified homes. While the story of this epic military disaster has often been told, it has never been described before from the viewpoint of the tens of thousands of Polish soldiers who took part. Most of their accounts have not been translated into English before. Some of them were patriots who were keen to wage war on the Russians in order to regain independence for their country. Others were charmed by the glory of Napoleonic warfare or were professional soldiers who did their duty but had seen too much war to be seduced by it.

The Life of Sir John Moore

The Waterloo Armies

Not a Drum was Heard

Men, Organization and Tactics

Roger Day

Philip Haythornthwaite

$24.95 • Paperback • 224 pages 6x9.25 • 32 black and white illustrations Currently Available • BIO006000 978-1-52-679653-0

Roger Day sets the historical background of the Peninsula War with admirable clarity and shows how and why the British Army owes so much to this remarkable man who died so tragically at the age of only 48, after conducting the remarkable retreat from Corunna.

$24.95 • Paperback • 256 pages 6x9.25 100 black and white illustrations May 2021 • HIS027200 978-1-52-679694-3

Waterloo is one of the most famous battles in history and it has given rise to a vast and varied literature. The strategy and tactics of the battle and the entire Waterloo campaign have been analyzed at length. The commanders, maneuvers and critical episodes, and the intense experiences of the men who took part, have all been recorded in minute detail. But the organization, structure and fighting strength of the armies that fought in the battle have received less attention, and this is the subject of Philip Haythornthwaite’s detailed, authoritative and engaging study. Through a close description of the structure and personnel of each of the armies he builds up a fascinating picture of their makeup, their methods and their capabilities. The insight he offers into the contrasting styles and national characteristics of the forces that came together on the Waterloo battlefield gives a fresh perspective on the extraordinary clash of arms that ended the Napoleonic era.

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Pen & Swordz Military Etaples Britain’s Notorious Infantry Base Depot, 1914–1919 Stephen Wynn $29.95 • Paperback 128 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations • Currently Available • HIS027090 978-1-47-384603-6

Soldiers on their way to the battlefields of the Western Front found themselves at the Etaples camp, where they would stay an average of two weeks undergoing further training and drills. The training staff had a bad reputation for their training methods and their lack of genuine military experience. The men’s overall treatment, conditions in the camp and the poor relationship between them and members of the Military Police, was a cocktail for disaster, culminating in a number of incidents in September 1917, which have collectively become known as the Etaples Mutiny, the full story of which can be found in this book.

Nigel Cave

The Royal Marines on the Western Front

Victoria Crosses on the Western Front – Battle of Amiens

Daniel J McLean $39.95 • Hardback 144 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations • March 2021 HIS027090 • 978-1-52-676386-0

The Royal Marines fought in almost every element of the Great War on the Western Front. Today they are known worldwide as an elite commando fighting force. This book examines and explains the engagements in which they were involved, the equipment used and the organization and training undertaken in hitherto unseen detail, drawing on a wide variety of sources to give an accurate picture of their contribution to the war in France and Belgium.

8-13 August 1918 Paul Oldfield $39.95 • Paperback • 288 pages • 6x9.25 200 black and white illustrations & maps Currently Available • HIS027090 978-1-47-382709-7

Victoria Crosses on the Western Front: Battle of Amiens, is designed for the battlefield visitor as much as the armchair reader. A thorough account of each VC action is set within the wider strategic and tactical context. Detailed sketch maps show the area today, together with the battle-lines and movements of the combatants. It will allow visitors to stand upon the spot, or very close to, where each VC was won. Photographs of the battle sites richly illustrate the accounts.

Journey to the Western Front

Reported Missing in the Great War

German Prisoners of the Great War

Twenty Years After

100 Years of Searching for the Truth

Life in a Yorkshire Camp

R H Mottram

$49.95 • Hardback • 304 pages • 6x9.25 50 black and white illustrations • January 2021 HIS027090 • 978-1-52-675128-7

Ralph Mottram served on the Western Front for most of the Great War. His “Journey to the Western Front” was first published in 1936. He conducted the groundwork for the book in late 1935 and early 1936, although he had been back to the old battlefields before. A literary man, the book is replete with acute observations, whilst the descriptions are always put into the context of the fighting men whom he knew. Almost everything that Mottram describes, only a few years before the area was to be ravaged by another world war, is recognizable today.

John Broom $49.95 • Hardback • 288 pages • 6x9.25 58 integrated black and white illustrations Currently Available • HIS027090 978-1-52-674951-2

This book traces the history of the searching services that were established to assist families in eliciting definitive news of their missing loved ones. Then, using previously unpublished material, recounts the lives of eight soldiers, whose families had no known resting place to visit after the conclusion of the war. These young men, their lives full of promise, vanished from the face of the earth. The circumstances of their deaths and the painstaking efforts undertaken, both by family members and public and voluntary organizations, to piece together what information could be found are described.

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Anne Buckley $49.95 • Hardback • 256 pages • 6x9.25 30 black and white illustrations • April 2021 HIS027090 • 978-1-52-676529-1

In Munich in 1920, just after the end of the First World War, German officers who had been prisoners of war in a camp at Skipton in Yorkshire published a book they had written and smuggled back to Germany. Their work gives us a unique insight into their feelings about the war, their captors and their longing to go home. In their own words they record the conditions, the daily routines, the food, their relationship with the prison authorities, their activities and entertainment, and their thoughts of their homeland. The challenges and privations they faced are part of their story, as is the community they created within the confines of the camp.

Pen & Sword z • z Military Germany in the Great War Verdun & Somme

For the Central Powers, 1916 was a year of trial and error, of successes and failures, of innovation and of drastic changes. Tactics developed, while war aims mutated to suit the inertia of trench warfare. Advances were effectively countered with the development of new weaponry, or indeed aided by their inclusion. Across all fronts, whether at home or in Poland, citizens and soldiers alike stood fast against Entente forces. Germany in the Great War: Verdun & Somme is the third publication in a five-part series.

Amiens 1918 Victory from Disaster Gregory Blaxland $29.95 • Paperback 288 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustration • Currently Available • HIS027090 • 978-1-52-679646-2

Gregory Blaxland has written a superb account of 1918, the final year of the war when the balance of advantage between the combatants changed so dramatically in a matter of weeks that summer. The book largely concentrates on the British and Dominion troops of the BEF. The first half is taken up with the attack on Amiens (and, to a lesser extent, on Arras). In the second half of the book the author provides a cohesive account of the British response in retaking the initiative from the Germans, though not failing to give allied nations their due. Besides giving a full narrative account, he also provides a useful critical commentary of the performance of armies and generals.

Liaison 1914

The French Hit Back

A Narrative of the Great Retreat

Christina Holstein

Joshua Bilton Germany in the Great War • $29.95 Paperback • 256 pages • 7.5x9.5 250 illustrations • April 2021 • HIS027090 978-1-47-387689-7

Verdun 1917

Battleground Books: WWI • $24.95 Paperback • 192 pages 5.5x8.5 • 75 black and white illustrations January 2021 • HIS027090 • 978-1-52-671708-5

Unlike the popular view, the French army did not cease offensive operations after the disastrous Nivelle Offensive of spring 1917, nor did the fighting at Verdun come to an end in 1916. The successful French counter offensives at the end of that year led to preliminary planning to break out of the Verdun salient and recapture the Briey coal basin. Once more Christina Holstein, the premier expert in Britain of the battlefields around Verdun, leads the reader around the various vital points of this largely unknown battle of 1917, one which was vital for the rebuilding of a French army that played such a notable part in the victorious allied campaign of 1918.

Lady Under Fire on the Western Front The Great War Letters of Lady Dorothie Feilding MM Dorothie Feilding Andrew Hallam $24.95 • Paperback • 240 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations • April 2021 HIS027090 • 978-1-52-679684-4

When Britain went to war in 1914 many people rallied to the cause. Although a daughter of an Earl, Lady Dorothie Feilding spent almost three years on the Western Front driving ambulances. She wrote home almost daily. Her letters reflect the mundane, tragedy and horror of war and also the tensions of being a woman at the front contending with shells, gossip, lice, vehicle maintenance and inconvenient marriage proposals.

Edward Spears Winston Churchill $34.95 • Paperback • 624 pages • 6x9.25 48 black and white illustrations • April 2021 BIO008000 • 978-1-52-679690-5

Edward Louis Spears was sent in mid August 1914 to liaise between Field Marshal Sir John French and the French High Command. In the weeks that followed, events moved at lightning speed and decisions were made without consulting or informing their counterparts. Clearly Spears’ efforts were appreciated; he was made a Chevalier de la Legion d’honneur and awarded the Military Cross (he was wounded four times). Churchill, who became a life long friend, wrote the Foreword to the original edition of this truly extraordinary account which anyone who wishes to understand the events of 1914 must read.

Missing But Not Forgotten Men of the Thiepval Memorial - Somme Pam Linge Ken Linge $32.95 • Paperback • 294 pages • 6x9.25 300 black and white illustrations • Currently Available • BIO008000 • 978-1-52-679188-7

The Thiepval Memorial commemorates over 72,000 men who have no known grave; all went missing in the Somme sector. The book is not a military history of the Battle of the Somme, it is about personal remembrance, and features over 200 fascinating stories of the men who fought and died and whose final resting places have not been identified. These captivating stories stand as remembrance for each man and to all the others on the memorial. They are meticulously organized so the book can be of use to visitors as they walk around the memorial; as a name is viewed, the story behind that name can be read.

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Yank and Rebel Rangers

The Great War in the Argonne Forest

Special Operations in the American Civil War

French and American Battles, 1914–1918

Robert W Black

Richard Merry

$24.95 • Paperback • 384 pages • 6x9.25 8 black and white illustrations • Currently Available • HIS036050 • 978-1-52-679200-6 Robert W Black lives in Carlisle, PA

$34.95 • Hardback • 224 pages • 6x9.25 Over 40 black-and-white illustrations January 2021 • HIS027090 978-1-52-677326-5

The American internal war of 1861-65 was not civil. Those fighting for the Union called it the “War of the Rebellion” while the Confederacy viewed it as the “War of Yankee Aggression” or the “Second War of Independence.” Armies fought great, sweeping battles over vast distances and are well recorded – Antietam, Shiloh, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg - but in the seams of the battlefield another, much less known or publicized, war raged.

The annals of the First World War record the Argonne Forest as the epicenter of the famous Meuse-Argonne offensive of 1918. The largest American operation launched against the Germans during the conflict. During 1914 and 1915 though, amidst the dense forest, French and Italian soldiers withstood the German assaults. All sides suffered horrendous casualties, as each sought to break through the lines. The epic four-year campaign is the subject of Richard Merry’s vividly written account. Richard traces the stories of some of the men – and women – who became embroiled in the epic forest struggle which culminated in the cold, gas-filled autumnal mist of 1918 when the New Yorkers of the 77th ‘Liberty’ Division fought there. One of their number, Charles Whittlesey, and his ‘Lost Battalion’ held out against insurmountable odds. Sergeant Alvin York, the Tennessee backwoodsman and pacifist, overcame his religious convictions and wrote himself into American military history.

Both the Union and the Confederacy employed small forces of bold and highly motivated soldiers for special operations behind enemy lines. Skilled in infiltration – sometimes disguising themselves as rural mail carriers - these warriors deftly scouted deep into enemy territory, captured important personnel, disrupted lines of communication and logistics, and sowed confusion and fear. Often wearing the uniform of the enemy, they faced execution as spies if captured. Despite these risks, and in part because of them, these warriors fought and died as American rangers.

Camouflage International Ground Force Patterns, 1946–2017 Eric H Larson $70 • Hardback • 400 pages • 11x8.5 600 color illustrations • April 2021 • HIS027000 978-1-52-673857-8 Eric H Larson lives in Washington

A comprehensive, accurate, and academically-supported reference of all of the major military and paramilitary camouflage patterns that have been in use around the world from the end of World War Two to today. This book will be a one-stop, generalized reference illustrating as many patterns as have been researched into the present time period. It will surpass all previous efforts. In addition to color tiles illustrating camouflage patterns it will include photographs of the designs actually being worn by military and paramilitary personnel, something few other references have done in suitable combination.

The story does not end there; the author describes the aftermath of war in the area – the lethal outbreak of Spanish flu, the reburial of the dead, the rebuilding of the villages and the replanting of the forest before the Germans invaded again in 1940.

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M113

American Multi-Purpose Support Truck

American Armoured Personnel Carrier

Ben Skipper

Land Craft • $24.95 • Paperback 64 pages • 8.25x11.5 200 color & black and white illustrations March 2021 • HIS027240 978-1-52-678981-5

Land Craft • $24.95 • Paperback 64 pages • 8.25x11.5 200 color & black and white illustrations • March 2021 • HIS027240 978-1-52-678977-8

Introduced into service in 1985, the Humvee remained pretty much unnoticed until its baptism of fire during the invasion of Panama in Operation Just Cause. It wasn’t until almost a year later, in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm that the Humvee really came into the public eye.

Earning its stripes in the jungles of Vietnam, the M1113 became the most widely armored vehicle of the campaign. Such was its prowess that the Viet Cong gave it the nickname Green Dragon on account of its ability to go virtually anywhere.

After 35 years of service the Humvee has changed from soft skinned run-about to a lightly armored force protection asset. Fitted with a larger engine, interchangeable armor, specially designed escape windows and a unique blast chimney, the Humvee’s story is indeed proof that development of military vehicles never stops. For the modeler there is nothing more important than the little things and this image-rich section of LandCrafts’ Humvee title delivers the goods. Filled with crisp images that chart the Humvee’s development, combined with informative accompanying text, forms an enviable visual guide for the enthusiast and modeler alike.

This LandCraft title looks at the M113s development where the FMC sought to utilize its chassis into as many roles as possible, from smoke generators to flamethrowers. The book also looks at how the M113 was adapted for use by numerous overseas customers and how these are upgraded to suit local conditions. Finally the title looks at the M113’s changing roles in the more sophisticated contemporary battlescape and how it’s still providing service in theatres across the world in a variety of roles, both combat and support. Filled with crisp photos that show the M113’s many details, combined with helpful accompanying text, forms an enviable visual guide for the enthusiast and modeler alike.

Stryker Interim Combat Vehicle

Land Rover Military Versions of the British 4x4

The Stryker and LAV III in US and Canadian Service, 1999–2020

Ben Skipper Land Craft • $28.95 • Paperback 64 pages • 8.25x11.5 200 color & black and white illustrations • Currently Available HIS027240 • 978-1-52-678973-0

David Grummitt Land Craft • $28.95 • Paperback 64 pages • 8.25x11.5 200 color illustrations Currently Available • HIS027240 978-1-52-677418-7

The Stryker interim combat vehicle was a stop-gap measure, designed to meet the needs of the United States to project its military force quickly by air into hotspots around the world. In 2003 it had its baptism of fire in Iraq and has since proved itself an integral part of the US’s warfighting capability and now, two decades into its service, the Stryker has been adapted to face the new threat of a resurgent Russia. This volume in the LandCraft series of modeling guides examines the Stryker and LAV III in US, Canadian and New Zealand service. In addition to describing in detail the design, development and operational history of the Stryker and LAV III, David Grummitt gives a full account of the wide range of modeling kits and accessories available and features six builds covering the most important variants. Detailed color profiles provide both reference and inspiration for modelers and military enthusiasts alike.

From the humble beings of the box like Series 1 to the formidable firepower and pace of the WOLF WMIK, the Land Rover was a constantly improved military vehicle. Through numerous trials, lessons learned and operational requirements the Land Rover was a vehicle that grew with the times. This LandCraft title removes some of the mystique that surrounds the myriad versions and how the Land Rover developed. It also includes the story of the design and development of the exclusively military Light Weight and Forward Control versions. It also charts how the Land Rover became a virtual barometer for the technological and engineering developments that have occurred over the past 70 years. It demonstrates how the Land Rover’s flexibility to change was its core strength. How the innovation of Rover and military mechanical engineers created a series of unbeatable military trucks. Filled with crisp images, that chart the Land Rovers development, combined with detailed accompanying text, forms an enviable visual guide for the enthusiast and modeller alike.

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Pen & Swordz Military Panther Medium Tank

Tiger I and Tiger II Tanks

IV. SS-Panzerkorps Eastern Front, 1944

German Army and Waffen-SS, The Last Battles in the East, 1945

Dennis Oliver Tank Craft • $24.95 • Paperback 64 pages • 8.25x11.5 • 200 color & black and white illustrations • April 2021 HIS027240 • 978-1-52-679126-9

During the summer of 1944 a series of massive Soviet offensives threatened to destroy the entire German army on the Eastern Front. One of the most important elements of the defense was the newly raised IV.SS-Panzerkorps which contained the veteran Totenkopf and Wiking divisions. Although both were well equipped their real striking power lay in the battalion of Pzkpfw V Panther tanks. In Dennis Oliver’s latest volume in the TankCraft series, he uses archive photos and extensively researched color illustrations to examine the Panther battalions of these famous units that fought to hold back the Soviet advance during the last months of 1944. A key section of his book displays available model kits and aftermarket products, complemented by a gallery of beautifully constructed and painted models in various scales.

Dennis Oliver Tank Craft • $24.95 • Paperback 64 pages • 8.25x11.5 200 color & black and white illustrations • March 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-52-679122-1

By the first weeks of 1945, the Eastern Front had been pushed back to the Carpathian mountain passes in the south and Warsaw on the Vistula River in the center, while in the north, the German army was fighting in East Prussia. Critical to the German defense were the army’s heavy Panzer battalions whose Tiger tanks, with their 8.8 cm guns, were almost invincible on the open plains of central Europe. In his latest book in the TankCraft series, Dennis Oliver uses archive photos and extensively researched color illustrations to examine the Tiger tanks and units of the German Army and Waffen-SS heavy Panzer battalions that struggled to resist the onslaught of Soviet armor during the last days of the conflict which culminated in the battle for Berlin. A key section of his book displays available model kits and aftermarket products, complemented by a gallery of beautifully constructed and painted models in various scales.

SDKFZ 251 – 251/9 and 251/22 Kanonenwagen

Citroën DS

German Army and Waffen-SS, Western and Eastern Fronts, 1944–1945

Car Craft • $28.95 • Paperback • 64 pages 8.25x11.5 • 200 color & black and white illustrations • March 2021 • TRA001010 978-1-52-678985-3

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The Sdkfz 251 halftrack was one of the most versatile armored vehicles produced by either side in WWII. Designed by the firm of Hannoversche Maschinenbau AG, it was eventually built as 23 separate variants. Drawing on official documentation and unit histories Dennis Oliver investigates the formations that operated these deservedly famous vehicles and uses archive photos and extensively researched color illustrations to examine the markings, camouflage and technical aspects of the Sdkfz 251/9 and 251/22 halftracks that served on the Western and Eastern Fronts. A key section of his book displays available model kits and aftermarket products, complemented by a gallery of beautifully constructed and painted models in various scales. Technical details as well as modifications introduced during production and in the field are also examined, providing everything the modeler needs to recreate an accurate representation of these historic tanks.

French Design Classic Lance Cole

Launched in 1955, DS was a major moment in the history of car design, one so advanced that it would take other auto manufacturers years to embrace. Yet DS in its ‘aero’ design was the precursor to today’s low drag cars of curved form. Manufactured worldwide, used by presidents, leaders, diplomats, farmers and many types of people, the DS redefined Citroën, its engineering and design language, and its brand, for decades to come. Prone to rust, not the safest car in the world, and always lacking a smoother powerplant, the DS still became an icon of car design. Reshaped with a new nose and faired-in headlamps in 1967, DS remained in production until 1975. Across its life DS spawned an estate car variant as the ‘Safari’, a range of limousines, two-door convertibles, and even coach-built coupes and rally specials. This new value-for-money book provides innovative access to the design, history, and modeling of the revolutionary DS - one of the true ‘greats’ of motoring history and, a contemporary classic car of huge popularity.

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Pen & Sword z • z Military Hitler’s Death Camps in Occupied Poland

The Ghettos of Nazi-Occupied Poland

Ian Baxter

Images of War • $26.95 • Paperback 128 pages • 7.5x9.5 250 black and white illustrations April 2021 • HIS043000 978-1-52-676541-3

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Nearly 80 years on, the concept and scale of the Nazis’ genocide program remains an indelible, nay almost unbelievable, stain on the human race. Yet it was a dreadful reality of which, as this graphic book demonstrates, all too much proof exists. Between 1941 and 1945 an estimated three and a half million Jews and an unknown number of others, including Soviet POWs and gypsies, perished in six camps built in Poland; Auschwitz-Birkenau, Belzec, Chelmno, Majdenak, Sobibor and Treblinka. Unpleasant as it may be, it does no harm for present generations to be reminded of man’s inhumanity to man, if only to ensure such atrocities will never be repeated. This book aims to do just this by tracing the history of the so called Final Solution and the building and operation of the Operation Reinhard camps built for the sole purpose of mass murder and genocide.

Following the 1940 invasion of Poland, the Nazis established ghettos in cities and towns across the country with the initial aim of segregating and isolating the Jewish community. Using contemporary images this well researched and inevitably harrowing book shows the harsh and deteriorating conditions of daily life in these restricted areas. In reality the ghettos were holding areas prior to the transportation to concentration, extermination and work camps, such as Auschwitz-Birkenau and Belzec. Aware of their imminent fate including the threat of family separation, enslavement and death, underground resistance groups sprung up and promoted numerous uprisings which were brutally and callously suppressed. The Nazis’ ultimate aim was the liquidation of the ghettos and the extermination of their inhabitants in furtherance of The Final Solution. This may seem unthinkable today but, as this book graphically reveals, they worked to achieve their objective regardless of human suffering.

Axis Forces on the Eastern Front

A Guide to Maisy Battery

Andy Singleton

Gary Sterne

Painting Wargaming Figures • $26.95 Paperback • 128 pages • 6.5x9.5 200 color illustrations • May 2021 CRA020000 • 978-1-52-676560-4

$26.95 • Paperback • 304 pages • 5.5x8.5 100 black and white illustrations • April 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-52-677670-9

Andy Singleton has been modeling and painting most of his life and has been a professional commission figure painter for some years now. Here he shares his experience and tips of the trade for painting Axis forces on WW2’s Eastern Front: Germans, Romanians, Hungarians and Italians and Finns. Each of the chapters is broken into step by step guides explaining the steps and colors required to paint the various uniforms used. The emphasis is on quickly achievable results and practical advice that is applicable to painting units or whole armies for wargaming purposes in a reasonable time frame. The techniques described are designed to easily be adaptable to figures of all sizes. Andy’s clear, step-by-step guidance is primarily designed fir those new to historical gaming, and takes the reader through the process from the initial preparation and assembly of the figure, to finishing and basing.

The US Army Rangers orders were clear - they were to attack the gun batteries at Maisy and silence them on D-Day - before nightfall. The Rangers did not get to Maisy until the morning of the 9th of June - where they found the guns still firing and the Germans ready and waiting for them. At 9am the commanders ordered their men to attack without any intelligence brief. Each company of Rangers captured a different area of the 144 acre site and some walked through marshes, uphill and through minefields - all whilst under fire - to then have a face to face battle in the trenches. Accounts of the battle come from the author’s interviews with the men who took part. Distinguished Service Cross’s, Silver Stars and Purple Hearts had been earned by the time the 5 1/2 hour battle ended. The author shares his unique experience of digging up this previously unrecognized WW2 battlefield and he walks the reader through trench after trench and bunker by bunker. He reveals what he was found in a site that one Ranger veteran described as a “town underground.” It is a battlefield where you are free to walk around miles of original trenches and only then can you understand the bravery of the men who fought for every inch of it.

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Pen & Sword z • Military z Hitler’s Panther Tank Battalions, 1943–1945 Ian Baxter Images of War • $22.95 • Paperback 128 pages • 7.5x9.5 250 black and white illustrations Currently Available • HIS027100 978-1-52-676545-1

Corregidor Siege and Liberation, 1941–1945 John Grehan Alexander Nicoll Images of War • $24.95 • Paperback 216 pages • 6.5x9.5 • 200 black and white illustrations • April 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-52-679975-3

From July 1943 to the Nazis’ final defeat in May 1945 the Panther main battle tank and its variants were the mainstay of Germany’s armored forces. This superbly engineered fighting vehicle offered a lethal combination of firepower, mobility and protection. As this classic Images of War series title reveals, the Panther saw nonstop fighting on the Eastern, Western and Italian fronts. Using rare and often unpublished contemporary photographs with full captions and authoritative text, it provides a comprehensive coverage of elite Panther battalions in action. The book traces the development of the Panther, for example into tank hunter (Panzerjäger), and also covers the other supporting vehicles that formed part of the Panther battalions’ establishment. These included armored recovery, Bergepanther, halftracks, Sd.kfz.2 Kettenrad, gun tractors and communications vehicles.

Singapore and Hong Kong had fallen to the forces of Imperial Japan, Thailand and Burma had been invaded and islands across the Pacific captured. But one place, one tiny island fortress garrisoned by a few thousand hungry and exhausted men, refused to be beaten. That island fortress was Corregidor which guarded the entrance to Manila Bay and controlled all sea-borne access to Manila Harbor. At a time when every news bulletin was one of Japanese success, Corregidor shone as the only beacon of hope in the darkness of defeat. In this unique collection of images, the full story Corregidor’s part in the Second World War is dramatically revealed. The ships, the aircraft, the guns, the fortifications and the men themselves, are shown here, portraying the harsh, almost unendurable, realities of war.

The Long Range Desert Group in Action 1940–1943

Tanks of the Second World War

Brendan O’Carroll

Thomas Anderson

Images of War • $28.95 • Paperback 224 pages • 7.5x9.5 250 integrated black and white illustrations • Currently Available HIS027100 • 978-1-52-677741-6

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The Long Range Desert Group has a strong claim to the first Special Forces unit in the British Army. This superb illustrated history follows the LRDG from its July 1940 formation as the Long Range Patrol in North Africa, tasked with intelligence gathering, mapping and reconnaissance deep behind enemy lines. Manned initially by New Zealanders, in 1940 the unit became the LRDG with members drawn from British Guards and Yeomanry regiments and Rhodesians. After victory in North Africa the LRDG relocated to Lebanon before being sent on the ill-fated mission to the Dodecanese Islands in the Aegean. Serving independently, when the Germans overwhelmed and captured the British garrisons, many LRDG personnel escaped using their well-honed skills. Many images in this, the first pictorial history of the LRDG, were taken unofficially by serving members. The result is a superb record of the LRDG’s achievements, the personalities, their weapons and vehicles which will delight laymen and specialists alike.

This book lists all the important tanks used in the Second World War, both by the Allied (England, France, Russia and the USA) and Axis Powers (Germany, Italy and Japan). Thomas Anderson, an expert on the history of the Second World War, offers an in-depth volume detailing the vehicles, their use in battle and relevant technical specifications. This comprehensive survey is full of authentic eyewitness accounts as well as being profusely illustrated with many photographs having never been published before.

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Pen & Sword z • z Military Hitler’s Munich

The German Way of War

The Capital of the Nazi Movement

A Lesson in Tactical Management

David Ian Hall

Jaap Jan Brouwer

$42.95 • Hardback • 304 pages 6x9.25 • 32 black and white illustrations January 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-52-670492-4

The immediate aftermath of the Great War and the Versailles Treaty created a perfect storm of economic, social, political and cultural factors which facilitated the rapid rise of Adolf Hitler’s political career and the birth of the National Socialist German Worker’s Party. The breeding ground for this world-changing evolution was the city of Munich and there is no better way to learn about the origins and growth of Hitler’s National Socialism than to study the city. By connecting the sites where Hitler and his accomplices built the movement we gain an understanding of the causes, background, motivation and structures of the Party. Hitler’s Munich is a cultural and political portrait of the Bavarian capital, a biography of the Fuhrer and a history of National Socialism. All three interacted and the Author is superbly qualified to unravel and explain the linkages and their significance.

$42.95 • Hardback • 240 pages 6x9.25 • 25 black and white illustrations April 2021 • HIS027000 978-1-52-679037-8

The German Army lost two consecutive wars and the conclusion is often drawn that it simply wasn’t able to cope with its opponents. Nothing was as far from the truth. The records show that the Germans consistently outfought the far more numerous Allied armies that eventually defeated them: their relative battlefield performance was at least 1.5 and in most cases 3 times as high as that of its opponents. The central question in this book is why the German Army had a so much higher relative battlefield performance than the opposition. A central element within the Prussian/German Army is Auftragstaktik, a tactical management concept that dates from the middle of the nineteenth century and is still very advanced in terms of management and organization. Using more than fifty examples, the author explains why the Prussian/ German Army was such an unprecedented powerful fighting force.

Tragedy & Betrayal in the Dutch Resistance

The Terror Raids of 1942

Samuel de Korte

Jan Gore

$34.95 • Hardback • 152 pages 6x9.25 • 55 black and white illustrations January 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-52-678498-8

$49.95 • Hardback • 240 pages 6x9.25 • 50 black and white illustrations • Currently Available HIS027100 • 978-1-52-674513-2

On the night of 31 March 1945, five men were woken and taken from their cells in the city of Zwolle, in The Netherlands and escorted by the German occupying forces to a street nearby, where all five were lined up and executed. The corpses were left behind as the Germans left the scene. This book not only reveals what the men had done and the reasons behind their execution, but also the experiences of their wives, who had tried to obtain their husbands’ release. Attention is also paid to the execution and the process leading up to it. Combining interviews with descendants, eyewitnesses, acquaintances, archival research, historical books and newspapers, family member and history student Samuel de Korte recreates an image of the executed men on that fateful morning and the families they left behind. Using a number of rare and well-known photographs, the condemned are portrayed as resistance fighters as well as fathers and husbands. The book examines not only the consequences of the men and their actions, but also the grief of the women who were left behind.

In April 1942, the Luftwaffe attacked Exeter, Bath, Norwich, York and Canterbury. Over a thousand people died. These raids were direct retaliation for RAF raids on equally historic German cities. Hitler had ordered that ‘Preference is to be given…where attacks are likely to have the greatest possible effect on civilian life’ and in this narrow aim – as Jan Gore shows in the first full history of the raids to be published for over twenty years – they certainly succeeded. She explains the Luftwaffe’s tactics, the types of bombs that were used – high explosive, parachute mines and incendiaries – and records the devastating damage they caused. Her main focus is on the effect of the bombing on the ground. In graphic detail she describes the air raid precautions, the role of the various civil defense organizations and the direct experience of the civilians. Their recollections – many of which have not been published before – as well as newspaper articles and official reports give us a vivid impression of the raids themselves and their immediate aftermath.

The Baedeker Blitz

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z • zMilitary Pen & Sword The Waffen SS Order of Battle in Normandy Volume I: 12th SS Panzer Division Hitler Jugend Jeff Dugdale Ian Michael Wood $42.95 • Hardback • 288 pages • 6x9.25 30 black and white illustrations & 36 charts and graphs May 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-52-676050-0

The 12th SS-Panzer Division Hitlerjugend was committed to the Normandy battles on the 7th June 1944 and remained on the front line until the retreat from France in late August 1944. The division, often referred to as the ‘Baby Milk Division’ by the Allies, fought with a tenacity and fanaticism rarely equaled in modern warfare, with many of its young soldiers fighting to the death rather than surrender. The aim of this series on the Waffen SS divisions in the Normandy Campaign is to detail the exact composition, strength and losses of all the SS Panzer units that saw combat in summer of 1944. The varying organizations of each of these large armored units were immensely complex, with each division having a different structure to its sister units. Each book in the series will be crammed with hitherto unpublished information, with the minutely detailed tables offering a unique insight into late war SS Panzer Divisions.

12th Hitlerjugend SS Panzer Division in Normandy Tim Saunders Richard Hone $42.95 • Hardback • 320 pages 6x9.25 • 60 black and white illustrations & maps • April 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-52-675736-4

Raised in 1943 with seventeen-year-olds from the Hitler Youth movement, and following the twin disasters of Stalingrad and ‘Tunisgrad’, the Hitlerjugend Panzer Division emerged as the most effective German division fighting in the West. The core of the division was a cadre of offices and NCOs provided by Hitler’s bodyguard division, the elite Leibstandarte, with the aim of producing a division of ‘equal value’ to fight alongside them in I SS Panzer Corps. During the fighting in Normandy, the Hitlerjugend proved to be implacable foes to both the British and the Canadians, repeatedly blunting Montgomery’s offensives, fighting with skill and a degree of determination well beyond the norm. Written with the advantage of new materials from archives in the former Eastern Bloc, this book is no whitewash of a Waffen SS division and it does not shy away from confronting unpalatable facts or controversies.

Himmler’s Hostages The Untold Story of Himmler’s Special Prisoners and the End of WWII Tom Wall $34.95 • Hardback • 272 pages 6x9.25 • None • March 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-52-678585-5

This book tells the true story of Himmler’s plan to use prominent WWII concentration camp prisoners as hostages in an attempt to engage the Western Powers in negotiations. At the center of the tale are five British survivors of the ‘Great Escape,’ two MI5 agents kidnapped by the Nazis, and Irish born POWs. Meticulously researched and revealing many previously unknown facts, it relates how the British group came to be integrated with a multinational group of VIP prisoners in Dachau concentration camp, including German family groups of men, women and children; relatives of those implicated in plot to kill Hitler. The lively narrative describes kidnapping, escape attempts, interpersonal conflict, betrayal and comradeship, as well as intrigues and love affairs among the prisoners, culminating in their dramatic attempt to free themselves from the SS.

SS Massacre on the Road to Dunkirk Wormhout and Esquelbecq 29 May 1940 Leslie Aitken Nigel Cave $32.95 • Hardback • 192 pages 6x9.25 • 32 black and white illustrations • Currently Available HIS027100 • 978-1-52-677138-4

The two most notorious massacres of British troops by the SS, at Le Paradis and at Wormhout, in northern France, took place within a day and forty kilometers of each other in May 1940. Whereas the man primarily responsible for what happened at the ill-named le Paradis was brought to justice and executed, the same could not be said for Walter Mohnke, the man many have claimed to be behind what happened at the atrocity in the old barn near Wormhout. Besides the events in northern France, he was also accused of engaging in a massacre of Canadian and American soldiers in Normandy and the Ardennes towards the end of the war. In the final days of the Third Reich, Mohnke’s loyalty was considered by Hitler to be of such depth that he was responsible for security in the Fuhrer’s bunker in Berlin until the bitter end. Researched over many years and making full use of eyewitness accounts of the men who survived, it is a worthy memorial to the men of 1940.

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z Pen & Sword Military With Stirling’s SAS in the Desert When the Grass Stops Growing Carol Mather $29.95 • Paperback • 236 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations • May 2021 BIO008000 • 978-1-52-679650-9

As an early member of Stirling’s newly formed Special Air Service, Carol Mather was involved in thrilling exploits in the Western Desert before becoming a liaison officer on Monty’s personal staff. In this role he had a front-seat view of the Battle of El Alamein. After the battle, he returned to the SAS, was captured on a daredevil raid and sent to a POW camp in Northern Italy from where he escaped, making it back hundreds of miles to Allied lines. The unique combination of behind enemy lines action and personal insights into how the war was conducted at the highest command level makes for utterly compulsive reading.

Escape to Japanese Captivity A Couple’s Tragic Ordeal in Sumatra, 1942–1945 Captain Mick Jennings Margery Jennings $39.95 • Hardback • 224 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations Currently Available • BIO008000 978-1-52-678309-7

Mick and Margery Jennings’s comfortable life in Singapore ended with the Japanese invasion in late 1941. Margery was captured in Sumatra after HMV Mata Hari, the ship taking her and other families to safety, was bombed. Mick commandeered a junk and sailed to Sumatra. After an appalling ordeal at sea he too was captured. Despite not being far apart, Mick and Margery never saw each other again, although they managed to exchange a few letters. Tragically Margery died of deprivation and exhaustion in May 1945, shortly before VJ day, while Mick miraculously survived.

Special Forces Hero Anders Lassen VC MC* Thomas Harder $60 • Hardback 384 pages • 6x9.25 • 60 black and white illustrations • March 2021 • BIO008000 978-1-52-678751-4

After taking part in a mutiny on board a Danish ship, Anders Lassen made his way to Scotland. He first joined the Special Operations Executive before serving with the Small Scale Raiding Force, Special Air Service and Special Boat Service. He took part in the daring Operation Postmaster, off West Africa, and raided the Channel Islands and the Normandy coast. He saw most action in Eastern Mediterranean, fighting in Crete, the Dodecanese, Yugoslavia, mainland Greece and finally Italy. In April 1945, now a major aged 24, he was killed at Lake Comacchio, where his gallantry earned him his posthumous VC.

Stalag 383 Bavaria

BarbedWire Blues A Blinded Musician’s Memoir of Wartime Captivity 1940–1943 Bernard Harris $39.95 • Hardback • 192 pages • 6x9.25 8pp B&W plates • January 2021 • BIO008000 978-1-52-678386-8

As the author, a young Army bandsman, lies wounded at the Battle of Corinth, he is shot between the eyes at point blank range. Miraculously he survives but is blinded. In this moving and entertaining memoir Bernard describes daily life in POW camps. He established a theatrical group and an orchestra who perform to fellow POWs and their German guards. A superb raconteur, as well as a gifted musician, the author’s anecdotes are memorably amusing. “Barbed Wire Blues” inspirational, ever optimistic tone will surely have the same effect on its readers.

A History of the Camp, the Escapes and the Liberation

Stalag XXA Torun Enforced March from Poland

Stephen Wynn

$34.95 • Hardback 184 pages • 6x9.25 100 black and white illustrations • May 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-52-675724-1

$34.95 • Hardback 168 pages • 6x9.25 23 black and white illustrations • January 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-52-675446-2

For most of its existence, Stalag 383 comprised of some 400 huts, 30 feet long and 14 feet wide, with each typically being home to 14 men. Many of the British service men who found themselves incarcerated at the camp had been captured during the evacuations at Dunkirk, or when the Greek island of Crete fell to the Germans on 1 June 1941. This book examines life in the camp, the escapes that were undertaken from there, and includes a selection of never before published photographs of the camp and the men who lived there, many for more than five years.

Stalag XXA was a Second World War German POW camp for noncommissioned officers located in Nazi occupied Torun, in northern Poland. This book examines in detail what life was like in the camp for those held there, which over the course of the war numbered more than 60,000 men, including Polish, French, Belgians, British, Yugoslavians, Russians, Americans, Italians and Norwegians. The bulk of the book is based on a diary kept by Leonard Parker, a POW at Stalag XXA who was forced to undertake a march from the camp, commencing on 19 January 1945, taking himself and his comrades to the Russian port of Odessa.

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Building a WWII Jeep Finding, Restoring, and Rebuilding a Wartime Legend Sean Dunnage $34.95 • Hardback • 288 pages • 6.5x9.5 220 color & black and white illustrations May 2021 • HIS027100 • 978-1-52-675550-6

The Jeep as we know it from WW2 news reels, big screen movies and television shows such as M.A.S.H. or The Rat Patrol was the result of the US War Department’s requirement for a light command-reconnaissance car to meet the US Army’s needs under the threat of a looming European war. After only a few weeks of development the Jeep would end up in all of the Allied armies of the world courtesy of Bantam, Willys and Ford. Many of the Jeeps built during the war would go on to serve for over 60 years in various parts of the world in both military and civilian use. This book is a basic guide to building a WW2 Jeep using restored, rebuilt and modern reproduction parts for those who have never done it before, just as I hadn’t either. You’ll find a clear step by step process used to build a truly historical vehicle. Combined with the other books and websites that will be noted in this volume as well as some basic auto mechanical knowledge on your part you should be able to have your own piece of Jeep history rolling in no time.

Pictorial History of the US 3rd Armored Division in World War Two

The Katyn Massacre 1940

Darren Neely

$34.95 • Hardback • 296 pages • 6x9.25 70 black and white illustrations • January 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-52-677535-1

$34.95 • Hardback • 320 pages • 6.5x9.5 400 black and white illustrations • May 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-52-677551-1 Darren Neely lives in Maryland

The Third Armored Division, famously known as the “Spearhead Division,” had an illustrious combat career in WW2. One of only two “heavy armored” divisions of the war, the 3rd Armored joined the battle in the ETO in late June of 1944, was bloodied almost immediately and was at the front of the American advance through the hedgerows of Normandy and the rapid advance through France into Belgium by September 1944. The 3rd was one of the first units to breach the vaunted Siegfried Line and then fought a series of back and forth battles with the German army in the Autumn of 1944 as the weather conditions and determined tenacity of the German defenders produced an Autumn stalemate. The 3rd was rushed to the Ardennes front in December of 1944 in response to Hitler’s winter offensive and they famously fought battles at the defense of Hotton, Grandmenil and then pushed the Germans back to the border after vicious battles in places like Ottre, Lierneux, Cherain and Sterpigny. The 3rd would end the war at the tip of the American advance into Germany before the war ended.

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History of a Crime Thomas Urban

In the spring of 1940, Stalin‘s NKVD executed 22,000 Polish officers, ensigns and state officials near the Russian village of Katyn and other places. When Wehrmacht soldiers discovered some of the graves three years later, the Soviets succeeded in convincing US President Roosevelt of the German perpetration. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had no clear picture of the crime, and therefore made no public comments. Using thousands of recently released US documents, this book refutes the popular thesis that the Western Allies deliberately lied about the Katyn case in order not to endanger the alliance with Stalin. As well as consulting Polish and Russian documentation on this war crime, for the first time, the diaries of the Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels, who wrote a great deal about Katyn, have been examined. Completely new for research is the role that Hitler’s opponents in the Wehrmacht played in solving the crime: at the Nuremberg trial they convinced the US delegation that the executors were not from the SS, but from the NKVD. Nevertheless, it took until 1990 for Kremlin chief Gorbachev to admit Soviet responsibility. Today in Putin’s Russia, however, there is a tendency once more to keep quiet about the crime or even to blame the Germans.

Pen & Sword Military/Transport z Covert Radio Agents, 1939–1945

Codebreaker Girls A Secret Life at Bletchley Park Jan Slimming $42.95 • Hardback 352 pages • 6x9.25 50 black and white illustrations March 2021 • BIO008000 • 978-1-52-678411-7 Jan Slimming lives in Atlanta, GA

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The Untold Story of the Airborne Logisticians Frank Steer

$49.95 • Hardback • 320 pages • 6x9.25 180 black and white illustrations • April 2021 HIS027100 • 978-1-52-679494-9

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Clandestine radio operators had one of the most dangerous jobs of World War 2. Those in Nazi-occupied Europe for the SOE, MI6 and the OSS had a life-expectancy of just six weeks. In the Gilbert Islands the Japanese decapitated 17 New Zealand ‘Coastwatchers’. Covert Radio Agents tells the dramatic human stories of these gallant behind-the-lines radio agents. Who were they? How were they trained? How did they survive against the odds? This is both a highly informative and uplifting work about unsung heroes.

On the ground the airborne logisticians at the battle of Arnhem fought to the bitter end, indistinguishable from their paratroop comrades. Arnhem - The Fight To Sustain tells the stirring story of the men and the methods employed in sustaining 1st Airborne Division. It is the first account of forming corps of today’s Royal Logistic Corps in action together. Following extensive research the story draws heavily on contemporary documents and eyewitness accounts and is lavishly illustrated.

Beating the Nazi Invader

The Military History of the Bicycle

Hitler’s Spies, Saboteurs and Secrets in Britain 1940

The Forgotten War Machine

Britain’s Railways in the Second World War

Codebreaker Girls tells the true story of Daisy Lawrence. The author asks why, and how, Daisy was chosen to work at the Government war station, as well as the clandestine operation she experienced with others, deep in the British countryside. Now her story comes alive with descriptions, original letters, documents, newspaper cuttings and unique photographs, together with a rare and powerful account of what happened to her after the war.

Neil R Storey $49.95 • Hardback • 336 pages • 6x9.25 150-200 black and white illustrations Currently Available • POL036000 978-1-52-677294-7

Beating the Nazi Invader is a revealing and disturbing exploration of the darker history of Nazis, spies and ‘Fifth Columnist’ saboteurs in Britain, and the extensive top secret countermeasures taken before and during the real threat of invasion in 1940. The author’s research describes the Nazi Party organization in Britain and reveals the existence of the Gestapo headquarters in central London. The reader gains vivid insights into Nazi agents and terrorist cells, the Special Branch and MI5 teams who hunted them and investigated murders believed to have been committed by Third Reich agents on British soil.

Signals From Behind Enemy Lines

Arnhem The Fight To Sustain

John Norris $49.95 • Hardback 256

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First used in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71, then by both sides in the Boer War, bicycles were widely adopted throughout Europe before the First World War. In the Second World War, the Japanese used over fifty thousand bicycles in the conquest of Malaya and the German army used over three million, relying on them increasingly as petrol shortages immobilized motor transport. The Allies famously made use of folding and air-dropped bikes in Operation Market Garden and in Normandy. After WW2 bikes were used extensively in Vietnam, particularly along the Ho Chi Minh trail and some European armies maintained specialist bicycle units throughout the Cold War and into the 21st century.

Michael Foley $49.95 • Hardback 240 pages • 6x9.25 100 black and white illustrations - integrated January 2021 • TRA004010 978-1-52-677228-2

The outbreak of the Second World War had an enormous effect on the railway system in Britain. Keeping the trains running through times of conflict was not such a distant memory but in this second major war of the twentieth century, the task was to prove a very different one. The logistics of the mass evacuation of children, and transporting thousands of troops during the evacuation of Dunkirk and the preparations for D-Day, for instance, were unprecedented. At the same time, they had to cope with the new and constant threat of aerial bombing that military advances brought to the Second World War. The railway system, and the men and women who ran it, effectively served as another branch of the military during the conflict.

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Stalin’s Armour, 1941–1945

British and American Tanks at War

Soviet Tanks at War

Anthony Tucker-Jones $34.95 • Hardback • 256 pages 6x9.25 • 70 black and white illustrations January 2021 • HIS027100 978-1-52-677797-3

During the first years of the Second World War, Allied forces endured a series of terrible defeats. Their tanks were outclassed, their armored tactics were flawed. But the advent of new tank designs and variants, especially those from the United States, turned the tables. Although German armor was arguably still superior at the end of the war, the competence of Allied designs gave them a decisive advantage on the armored battlefield. Chapters cover each major phase of the conflict, from the early blitzkrieg years when Hitler’s Panzers overran Poland, France and great swathes of the Soviet Union to the Allied fight back in tank battles in North Africa, Italy and northern Europe. He also covers less-well-known aspects of the armored struggle in sections on Allied tanks in Burma, India and during the Pacific campaign. Technical and design armored are a key element in the story, but so are changes in tactics and the role of the tanks in the integrated all-arms forces that overwhelmed the Axis.

Artillery Warfare, 1939–1945 Simon Forty Jonathan Forty $42.95 • Hardback • 224 pages 6.5x9.5 • 250 black and white illustrations • Currently Available HIS027100 • 978-1-52-677678-5

It is said that artillery won the Second World War for the Allies – that Soviet guns wore down German forces on the Eastern Front, negating their superior tactics and fighting ability, and that the accuracy and intensity of the British and American artillery was a major reason for the success of Allied forces in North Africa from El Alamein, in Italy and Normandy, and played a vital role in the battles of 1944 and 1945. Yet the range of weapons used is often overlooked or taken for granted – which is why this highly illustrated history by Simon and Jonathan Forty is of such value. The selection of wartime photographs – many from east European sources – and the extensive quotations from contemporary documents give a graphic impression of how the guns were used on all sides. The photographs emphasize the wide range of pieces employed as field, antiaircraft and antitank artillery without forgetting self-propelled guns, coastal and other heavyweights and the development of rockets. The authors offer a fascinating insight into the weapons that served in the artillery over seventy years ago.

Anthony Tucker-Jones $34.95 • Hardback • 256 pages • 6x9.25 70 black and white illustrations April 2021 • HIS027240 978-1-52-677793-5

Stalin’s purge of army officers in the late 1930s and disputes about tank tactics meant that Soviet armored forces were in disarray when Hitler invaded in 1941. As a result, during Operation Barbarossa, the Wehrmacht’s 3,200 panzers ran circles round the Red Army’s tank force of almost 20,000 – thousands of Soviet tanks were disabled or destroyed. Yet within two years of this disaster the Red Army’s tank arm had regained its confidence and numbers and was in a position to help turn the tide and liberate the Soviet Union. Chapters cover each phase of the conflict, from Barbarossa, through the battles at Moscow, Stalingrad and Kursk to the massive, tank-led offensives that drove the Wehrmacht back to Berlin. Technical and design developments are covered, but so are changes in tactics and the role of the tanks in the integrated all-arms force that crushed German opposition.

Vehicles and Heavy Weapons of the Vietnam War David Doyle $36.95 • Hardback • 248 pages 6.5x9.5 • 250 color & black and white photographs • May 2021 • HIS027240 978-1-52-674364-0 David Doyle lives in Memphis, TN

The ground war in Vietnam pitted a myriad of American tanks, artillery, APC and trucks against not only the weapons of Communist North Vietnam, but also the terrain. Through archival images, the arsenal of the US Army and USMC are revisited. From the iconic M113 APC to the M48A3 tank, M551 Armored Reconnaissance/Airborne Assault Vehicle, M151 and M54 trucks, M50 Ontos, M107 and M109 artillery, and M42 Duster, the complete array of vehicles fielded is shown. This book, the first in a series on the US military’s weapons, vehicles, aircraft, and naval vessels of the Vietnam War, offers a highly illustrated reference for this wishing to delve deeper into this conflict.

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A Noble Crusade The History of the Eighth Army, 1941–1945

The Invasion of India, 1944 Robert Lyman $26.95 • Paperback 320 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations & 10 maps Currently Available • HIS027100 978-1-39-900497-8

Robert Lyman’s deep knowledge and understanding of the war in Burma are well known. In this book he uses original documents, published works and personal accounts to weave together an enthralling account of some of the bitterest fighting of WWII. Not only does he use British sources for his research but he has also included material from the Naga tribes of northeast India, on whose land these battles were fought, and from Japanese accounts, including interviews with Japanese veterans of the fighting. Thus he has been able to produce what is arguably the most balanced history of the battles that were pivotal in ending the Japanese empire.

Richard Doherty $28.95 • Paperback 368 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations Currently Available • HIS027100 978-1-52-678791-0

Eighth Army was formed in Egypt in September 1941. A year later, it defeated Rommel’s Panzerarmee Afrika at El Alamein which led to the victorious end of the North African campaign. No less than thirty-four Victoria Crosses were awarded to soldiers of Eighth Army who were drawn from every Empire and Commonwealth country, including Ireland, and Poland. Drawing on official records and personal accounts, A Noble Crusade, first published in 1999, is a superb and comprehensive history of the most famous British military formation of the Second World War and, arguably, of all time.

Orkney and Scapa Flow at War 1939–45

British Military Medals Second Edition

Craig Armstrong Towns & Cities in World War Two $29.95 • Paperback • 176 pages • 6x9.25 25 black and white illustrations Currently Available • HIS027100 978-1-47-389920-9

Orkney was a key strategic location during the Second World War. The vast anchorage of Scapa Flow was the main haven for the Royal Navy’s Home Fleet, which would be expected to both protect the sea lanes around Britain and to engage any German naval units within their area of operation. The naval base, and by extension the islands, was a prime target for the Luftwaffe and attempts to bomb the anchorage were made from the beginning of the war. Although isolated from the mainland, the people of Orkney made a very substantial contribution to the war effort and many paid the ultimate price, losing their lives in the service of their country.

SOE’s Mastermind

A Guide for the Collector and Family Historian Peter Duckers $26.95 • Paperback • 192 pages • 6x9.25 100 color illustrations • Currently Available HIS015000 • 978-1-52-679191-7

This second edition of Peter Duckers’ best-selling British Military Medals traces the history of medals and gallantry awards from Elizabethan times to the modern day. In a series of succinct and well-organized chapters he explains how medals originated, to whom they were awarded and how the practice of giving medals has developed over the centuries. His work is a guide for collectors and for local and family historians who want to learn how to use medals to discover the history of military units.

Brian Lett

An Authorized Biography of Major General Sir Colin Gubbins

$32.95 • Paperback • 288 pages • 6x9.25 32 black and white illustrations Currently Available • BIO008000 978-1-52-679649-3

For those with even a passing interest in the Second World War, the name Colin Gubbins is synonymous with the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Remarkably this is the first full biography of the man whose contribution to victory ranks in the premier league. The Author’s research and access to family archives reveal the experiences in The Great War and later in Russia, Ireland, Poland and as Head of British Resistance that made Gubbins such a pivotal and influential wartime figure.

Balkan Struggles A Century of Civil War, Invasion, Communism and Genocide Andrew Rawson $34.95 • Hardback • 256 pages • 6x9.25 12 black and white maps • March 2021 HIS027000 • 978-1-52-676144-6

The Balkans witnessed several bloody conflicts during the twentieth century. New nations emerged in 1913, only for them to go to war just weeks later. The area was rife with guerrilla activity, as monarchists, nationalists and communists fought each other as often as the occupying troops. This, in turn, led to communism sweeping across most of the region in the post-war years, while Greece was taken over by a fascist regime. Communism eventually ended, but ethnic troubles resulted in a ten-year conflict across Yugoslavia. It would be the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II.

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Mussolini’s Defeat at Hill 731, March 1941 How the Greeks Halted Italy’s Albanian Offensive John Carr $34.95 • Hardback • 240 pages • 6x9.25 20 black and white illustrations Currently Available • HIS027100 978-1-52-676503-1

Hill 731 was the scene of the most ferocious battle of the Greek-Italian War in Albania. Watched by Mussolini himself, on 9 March 1941 the Italians launched their Spring Offensive, designed to stem four months of humiliating reverses. The objective was a pair of parallel valleys dominated by the Greek-held Hill 731 that had to be taken at all costs. The Italian Eighth Corps, part of Geloso’s 11th Army, had the task of seizing the heights, spearheaded by 38 (Puglie) Division. Holding the position was the Greek 1 Division of II Corps, with 4 and 6 Division on the flanks. For 17 days, after a massive artillery barrage (which reduced the hill’s height by 6 metros), the Italians threw themselves with great courage against the Evzones on the hill, to be repeatedly smashed with appalling losses. It was an Iwo Jima-type merciless fight at close quarters, where bayonets held the place of honor but the battered Greeks held. Mussolini had wanted a spring victory to impress the Führer. Instead, the bloody debacle of Hill 731 could well have contributed to Hitler’s decision to postpone his invasion of Russia by at least four weeks, a costly delay.

Till Victory The Second World War By Those Who Were There Clément Horvath $49.95 • Hardback • 376 pages • 8.5x11 500 color illustrations • Currently Available HIS027100 • 978-1-52-678273-1

From the mountains of Italy to the beaches of Normandy, and from the deserts of North Africa to the ruined cities of Germany, experience the history of the Second World War in Western Europe from 1939-1945 in an entirely different way. Using unpublished letters and diaries, follow the journeys of some fifty Allied soldiers (American, British, French, Canadian…) as they liberate the continent from Nazi rule, sometimes at the cost of their own lives. Arranged in chronological order and placed in historical context, their stories and letters are illustrated with many personal photographs, war memorabilia and original uniforms. Having miraculously escaped wartime censorship, these new firsthand testimonies are transcribed as is, whether they come from an elite soldier, a combat medic or a USO dancer. These poignant writings, completed in the mud of the European battlefields, reveal the hopes, doubts and fears of these young people sent to hell, making Till Victory first and foremost a book about peace.

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Special Forces Interpreter An Afghan on Operations with the Coalition Eddie Idress $42.95 • Hardback • 208 pages • 6x9.25 16 black and white illustrations • May 2021 HIS027190 • 978-1-52-675850-7

Eddie Idrees, a pseudonym for security reasons, has a fascinating and inspiring story to tell. Born in Afghanistan, he spent time as a refugee in Pakistan during the civil war dreaming of serving with the military. As this unique memoir reveals, his wishes came true in spades. For eight years from 2004, Eddie worked as an interpreter with, first, American Special Forces before moving across to the Special Air Service. A veteran of over 500 operations, he describes the most notable ones including breaking into a Taliban prison to free prisoners about to be executed. He was the first Afghan interpreter to parachute in with the SAS. His aim in writing his story is to explain the interpreter’s role and contribution and the challenges and threats they faced, not just from the Taliban. For all the media attention, these have never been fully understood. Eddie concludes by describing his experiences and emotions on leaving his fractured and politically corrupt homeland and making a new life in the United Kingdom. Special Forces Interpreter demands to be read and not just for its vivid and thrilling descriptions of Special Forces’ operations.

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Limbang Rebellion

Terrorists, Poachers and Civil War C Squadron Operations: 1968–1980

Seven Days in December, 1962 Eileen Chanin

Michael Graham

$29.95 • Paperback • 272 pages 6x9.25 • 24 black and white illustrations & 2 black and white maps • May 2021 HIS037070 • 978-1-52-679698-1

$19.95 • Paperback • 208 pages 6x9.25 • 32 black and white illustrations Currently Available • HIS027180 978-1-52-676228-3

The author, who rose to be the Squadron Second-in-Command, is superbly qualified to tell the inside story of their daring and deadly operations undertaken regardless of international borders in former Southern Rhodesia, Zambia, Angola and Mozambique. These include actively supporting Renamo, who were bitterly opposed to the Marxist/Leninist Frelimo regime in Mozambique. Operation DINGO, the Squadron’s largest mission, destroyed a large ZANU training base and almost tipped the balance of power against Mugabe. We learn the story behind the shooting down of two civilian aircraft in what is now Zimbabwe and the special force follow-up to exact revenge. Also described are anti-poaching operations against breakaway groups intent on trading ivory and rhino horns. With its fast pace, colorful characters and behind-the-lines operations, SAS Action in Africa is a superb and thrilling read.

Between 8 and 12 December of 1962, world attention focused on a surprise rebel uprising that sprang up in northern Borneo, where hostages were taken and threatened with execution. The small river town of Limbang, administrative center of the Fifth Division of the British Crown colony of Sarawak, was the pivot of the confrontation. Britain and the Malayan Prime Minister aimed to create a federation of Malaysia by combining the two British colonies in Borneo and the island colony of Singapore with already independent Malaya. Opposition to this came from Brunei Malay politician Sheikh A. M. Azahari. This uprising became known as the Brunei revolt. An amphibious dawn assault at Limbang on 12 December by L Company of 42 Commando British Royal Marines liberated the hostages whom Azahari’s rebel forces were preparing to hang. The story of Limbang and what it represents has not been fully told until now. While terrifying, Limbang was also a life-affirming experience for those involved and forged lifelong bonds.

The Falklands War – There and Back Again

The Elite Leadership Course

The Story of Naval Party 8901

Garry McCarthy

Life at Sandhurst $49.95 • Hardback • 416 pages 6x9.25 • 16 black and white illustrations May 2021 • HIS027000 978-1-52-679049-1

Mike Norman Michael K. Jones $29.95 • Paperback • 256 pages 6x9.25 • 20 black and white illustrations • Currently Available HIS033000 • 978-1-52-679192-4

On 1 April 1982 Major Mike Norman, commander of Naval Party 8901, was looking forward to a peaceful yearlong tour of duty on the Falkland Islands. But events turned out differently, for the next day the Argentinians invaded and he and his small Royal Marines garrison found themselves fighting for their lives. They took up defensive positions in and around Government House and on the approaches to Stanley to protect the Governor, Rex Hunt, and delay the enemy’s advance. They were prepared to die executing these orders. After a desperate battle, Hunt ordered them to lay down their arms. Mike Norman and Michael Jones’s dramatic account draws upon Norman’s vivid recollections, the log book and action reports of the defense of Government House and Stanley, the testimony of Marines under Mike Norman’s command and recently released government archives.

A throw back to the Highland Fieldcraft Training Center, the revolutionary brain child of Lord Rowallan during the Second World War, this fascinating insight explains the extraordinary lengths Sandhurst goes to in pursuit of generating the world’s greatest military leaders. No one could have known that the intensity of their training was coincidentally little more than a prelude to a decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq where attrition rates became comparable to those reached during the Second World War. This captivating story is full of emotion brought on by physical and mental endeavor that leads to success and failure. This intimate and revealing story of camaraderie is the first of its kind. But learning how to lead subordinates during the darkest of hours, living in the most austere of environments comes at a price. Unconventional and at times controversial, this is the only authentic account of life in Rowallan Company Sandhurst at a time when the world teetered on the brink of war with insurgents and dictators armed with weapons of mass destruction.

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Their Maryland

Unceasing Fury

The Army of Northern Virginia From the Potomac Crossing to Sharpsburg in September 1862

Texans at the Battle of Chickamauga, September 18-20, 1863

Alexander B. Rossino $32.95 • Hardback • 312 pages • 6x9 10 images, 20 maps • June 2021 • HIS036050 978-1-61121-557-1

Students of the Civil War tend to think the story of Robert E. Lee’s 1862 Maryland Campaign is complete, and that any new study of the subject must by necessity rely on interpretations long-since accepted and understood. But what if this is not the case? What if the histories previously written about the first major Confederate operation north of the Potomac River missed key sources, proceeded from mistaken readings of the evidence, or were influenced by Lost Cause ideology? Alexander B. Rossino demonstrates that distortions like these continue to shape modern understanding of the campaign. Did supply problems in Virginia force Lee north to press the advantage he had won after the Battle of Second Manassas? What did Rebel troops believe about the strength of secessionist sentiment in Maryland, and why? Did the entire Army of Northern Virginia really camp at Best’s Farm near Frederick, Maryland? Did D. H. Hill lose Special Orders No. 191, or is there more to the story? Rossino makes extensive use of primary sources to explore these and other important questions, and in doing so reveals that many long-held assumptions about the Confederate experience in Maryland do not hold up under close scrutiny. The result is a well-documented reassessment that sheds new light on old subjects.

Scott L. Mingus Sr. Joseph L. Owen $32.95 • Hardback • 312 pages • 6x9 90 images, 12 maps • June 2021 • HIS036050 978-1-61121-555-7 Scott L. Mingus Sr. lives in York, PA Joseph L. Owen lives in Blanco, TX

Although it was the Civil War’s second-largest battle, few books have been written about Chickamauga, and most of the works cover the entire battle. Unceasing Fury: Texans at the Battle of Chickamauga, September 18-20, 1863, is the first full-length book to examine in detail the role of troops from the Lone Star State. Texas troops fought in almost every major sector of the sprawling Chickamauga battlefield - from the first attacks on September 18 on the bridges spanning the creek to the final attack on Snodgrass Hill on September 20, the third day of fighting. More than 4,400 Texans participated on foot and on horseback; one out of four fell there. Fortunately, many of the survivors left vivid descriptions of battle action, the anguish of losing friends, the pain and loneliness of being so far away from home, and their often-colorful opinions of their generals. The authors of this richly detailed study base their work on scores of personal accounts, memoirs, postwar newspaper articles, diaries, and other primary sources. Their meticulous work, which includes original maps, photos, and other illustrations, provides the first full exploration of the critical role Texas enlisted men and officers played in the three days of fighting near West Chickamauga Creek in September 1863.

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General Grant and the Verdict of History Memoir, Memory, and the Civil War Frank P. Varney $32.95 • Hardback • 288 pages • 6x9 12 images, 7 maps • June 2021 • BIO008000 978-1-61121-553-3 Frank P. Varney lives in Dickinson, ND

General Ulysses S. Grant is best remembered today as a war-winning general, and he certainly deserves credit for his efforts on behalf of the Union. But has he received too much credit at the expense of other men? Have others who fought the war with him suffered unfairly at his hands? Unbeknownst to most students of the war, Grant used his official reports, interviews with the press, and his memoirs to influence how future generations would remember the war and his part in it. Aided greatly by his two terms as president, by the clarity and eloquence of his memoirs, and in particular by the dramatic backdrop against which those memoirs were written, our historical memory has been influenced to a degree greater than many realize. It is beyond time to return to the original sources—the letters and journals and reports and memoirs of other witnesses and the transcripts of courts-martial—to examine Grant’s story from a fresh perspective. The results are enlightening, and more than a little disturbing.

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Passing Through the Fire

Lincoln Comes to Gettysburg

Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in the Civil War

The Creation of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

Brian F. Swartz Emerging Civil War Series • $14.95 Paperback • 192 pages • 6x9 180 images, 10 maps • March 2021 BIO008000 • 978-1-61121-561-8 Brian F. Swartz lives in Hampden, ME

Passing Through the Fire: Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain in the Civil War chronicles Chamberlain’s swift transition from college professor and family man to regimental and brigade commander. A natural leader, he honed his fighting skills at Shepherdstown and Fredericksburg. Praised by his Gettysburg peers for leading the 20th Maine Infantry’s successful defense of Little Round Top—an action that would eventually earn him Civil War immortality—Chamberlain experienced his most intense combat after arriving at Petersburg. Drawing on Chamberlain’s extensive memoirs and writings and multiple period sources, historian Brian F. Swartz follows Chamberlain across Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia while examining the determined warrior who let nothing prevent him from helping save the United States.

Bradley M. Gottfried Linda I. Gottfried Emerging Civil War Series • $14.95 Paperback • 192 pages • 6x9 180 images, 10 maps • Currently Available HIS036050 • 978-1-61121-559-5 Bradley M. Gottfried lives in Bryans Road, MD Linda I. Gottfried lives in Fayetteville, PA

Almost 8,000 dead dotted the fields of Gettysburg after the guns grew silent. Several men hatched the idea of a new cemetery to bury and honor the Union soldiers just south of town. Over 3500 bodies were placed in coffins, marked with their names and units, and transported to the new cemetery to be permanently interred at the Soldiers National Cemetery. A committee of agents from each state who had lost men in battle worked out the logistics of the dedication. The committee argued over whether President Abraham Lincoln should be invited to the ceremony and, if so, his role in the program. The committee, divided by politics, decided on a middle ground, inviting the President to provide “a few appropriate remarks.” Lincoln accepted the invitation, and headed to Gettysburg, arriving on the evening of November 18, 1863. The town was filled with thousands expecting to witness the “event of the century.” The program was unremarkable, except for Lincoln’s historic address, whose reception was split along party lines.

The Sigel Regiment A History of The 26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865 James S. Pula $29.95 • Paperback • 504 pages • 6x9 March 2021 • HIS036050 • 978-1-61121-563-2 James S. Pula lives in Westville, IN

The 26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, composed primarily of German immigrants and Americans of German descent, spanned three years and three theaters of war. The “Sigel Regiment,” named after German General Franz Sigel, was initially absorbed into the Army of the Potomac, and attached to the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, Howard’s 11th Army Corps. Its bloody battlefield debut took place at Chancellorsville on May 2, 1863, where the Wisconsin soldiers found themselves on the receiving end of one of the most successful surprise attacks in military history. Outnumbered, outflanked, and caught in a crossfire, the battling regiment and its Colonel William Jacobs refused to fall back before the onslaught until twice ordered to do so. Similar ill-luck two months later ensconced the regiment north of Gettysburg, where the Badger State troops, this time under Lt. Col. Hans Boebel, left another 250 men on the field. By the time the 26th Wisconsin shipped out that fall for service in the Western Theater, hardened combat veterans who had seen the worst war has to offer populated its ranks. Pula’s gracefully written and superbly researched The Sigel Regiment: A History of the 26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865, is a distinguished study of a fighting ethnic regiment.

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MID-ATLANTIC AND NEW ENGLAND Parson Weems Publisher Services 310 N. Front Street, Ste. 4-10 Wilmington, NC 28401 Tel: (914) 948-4259 Fax: (866) 861-0337 E-mail: office@parsonweems.com Website: www.parsonweems.com Reps: Causten Stehl, Christopher R. Kerr, Eileen Bertelli, Jason Kincade, Kevin Moran SOUTHERN BOOK TRAVELERS, LLC 104 Owens Parkway Suite J Pelham, AL 35244 Tel: (205) 682-8570 Fax: (770) 804-2013 E-mail: sbtorders@bellsouth.net Website: www.southeasternbooktravelers.com Reps: Chip Mercer, Stewart Koontz, Sal McLemore, Larry Hollern, Patrick Minor

Distribution into Canada Not all books are available for distribution into Canada. Those publishers with other distribution arrangements for Canada are marked with a double asterisk on the contents page of this catalog.

Casemate UK Ltd The Old Music Hall, 106–108 Cowley Road, Oxford, OX4 1JE, UK e-mail casemate-uk@casematepublishing.co.uk Telephone (01865) 241249, Fax (01865) 794449 Overseas customers wishing to place orders for books published by our distribution clients should contact us. Your order will be forwarded to the appropriate publisher for fulfilment. E-books are available for purchase from the following sites: Apple’s iBookstore Chapters Indigo (Canada) JSTOR Amazon EBL Kobobooks.com Barnes & Noble Ebrary Powell’s Books Blio.com EBSCO Books-A-Million Google Editions BooksOnBoard.com Ingram Catalog © 2020 Casemate Publishers and Book Distributors LLC

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