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Greetings Military History Enthusiast!

Welcome to the Spring 2017 issue of The Warrior! In addition to our most recent releases and related titles, this issue has several special features that we are excited to share with you.

April 6, 2017 marks the centennial of the United States’ entry into World War I. To commemorate this crucial event, we’ve included a selection of titles, beginning on page 42, all about the Great War. Check out E.R. Hooton’s Prelude to the First World War (page 43) to read all about how the spark of the war was lit in the first place. Follow up with Stefanie Linden’s intense and insightful They Called It Shell Shock (page 45). Linden describes the psychological trauma soldiers suffered in gripping, vital detail, making it required reading for any war buff of any age or experience.

In this edition of The Warrior, we’re honoring the brave, forgotten women who served their countries throughout history. In Menus, Munitions and Keeping the Peace (page 40),Avalon Weston relates the story Gabrielle West, a World War I nurse who went from volunteer cook to policewoman, but who was never recognized for her contributions. Women in Uniform (page 42) is the perfect reference guide for historians, reenactors, and people who are simply fascinated with women’s involvement in World War II. It is a 130 page, full color tour of the various uniforms patriotic women wore to serve their country.

If you’re longing to trace your ancestor’s history in war, this is The Warrior for you! We’ve included a variety of helpful guides, such as Tracing Your Service Women Ancestors (page 42), Tracing Your Naval Ancestors (page 21), Tracing Your Air Force Ancestors (page 21), and even Tracing Your Boer War Ancestors (page 20). These are just a few of the thorough and easy-to-use guides Casemate provides to help you complete your family tree.

As always, thank you for continued support of The Warrior. We welcome your comments and suggestions so we can make sure The Warrior always best serves you!

Best Wishes, The Casemate Sales & Marketing Team

Forthcoming from Casemate Pearl Daniel Allen Butler The events of December 7, 1941 shocked the world and catapulted the United States into war. This new history of Pearl Harbor explores the strategy, politics, diplomacy and espionage leading to the raid, and the experiences of the men and women caught up in the raid.

A tense and fast-paced account of the development of the conflict between the US and Japan, ultimately resulting in the devastating bombing of Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 which caused large-scale destruction of American forces and led the USA into World War II. Pearl seeks to uncover the real reasons why the leaders of the US failed to pick up the huge threat to their security until it was too late, and why the Japanese felt the compulsion to launch an attack in the first place. Was Roosevelt’s confidence in the safety of America misplaced? Did arrogance on both sides make the war inevitable?

Pearl is an excellent exploration of where the culpability lies, as the reader is placed at the heart of the action of the attack on Pearl Harbor that left 2,337 American citizens dead.

9781612004426, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 384p.

Blitzkrieg Niklas Zetterling The successes of the German Blitzkrieg in 1939–41 were as surprising as they were swift. Allied decision-makers wanted to discover the secret to German success quickly, even though only partial, incomplete information was available to them. The false conclusions drawn have lingered for decades.

This book focuses on the experience of the men in the Blitzkrieg operations in Poland, Norway, Western Europe and Russia. Using accounts previously unpublished in English, military historian Niklas Zetterling explores how they operated, how a company commander led his tanks, how a crew worked together inside a tank, and the role of the repair services.

9781612004600, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 288p.

The front cover image is from White Water Red Hot Lead by Dan Daly, Casemate Publishers, 2017

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•NEW FROM CASEMATE• Special Forces Berlin James Stejskal It is a little-known fact that during the Cold War, two U.S. Army Special Forces detachments were stationed far behind the Iron Curtain in West Berlin. The existence and missions of the two detachments were highly classified secrets. The massive armies of the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies posed a huge threat to the nations of Western Europe. US military planners decided they needed a plan to slow the juggernaut they expected when and if a war began. The plan was Special Forces Berlin. The first 40 men who came to Berlin in mid-1956 were soon reinforced by 60 more and these 100 soldiers (and their successors) would stand ready to go to war at only two hours’ notice, in a hostile area occupied by nearly one million Warsaw Pact forces, until 1990. Their mission should hostilities commence was to wreak havoc behind enemy lines, and buy time for vastly outnumbered NATO forces to conduct a breakout from the city. In reality it was an ambitious and extremely dangerous mission, even suicidal. Highly trained and fluent in German, each man was allocated a specific area. They were skilled in clandestine operations, sabotage, intelligence tradecraft and able to act if necessary as independent operators, blending into the local population and working unseen in a city awash with spies looking for information on their every move. Special Forces Berlin was a one of a kind unit that had no parallel. It left a legacy of a new type of soldier expert in unconventional warfare, one that was sought after for other deployments including the attempted rescue of American hostages from Tehran in 1979.

With the U.S. government officially acknowledging their existence in 2014, their incredible story can now be told.

9781612004440, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 336p.

Courage in Combat Richard J. Rinaldo & Joseph L. Galloway Published in conjunction with the Legion of Valor of the United States of America, this book tells stories about our military heroes from the Civil War onward. They relate personal accounts and reflections on combat and war from members of the Legion of Valor of the Unites States of America, Inc. and their friends. Courage in Combat explores the concept of courage through aspects of the lives, thoughts, and actions of this elite group. They are recipients of the Medal of Honor, the Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, and the Air Force Cross.

Among them are sergeants and generals as well as corpsmen, civilians, engineers, “grunts,” and paratroopers. There are men and women, a mess attendant, aviators, spies and POWs, a cavalry scout, candidates for sainthood, and a President of the United States.

Courage in Combat discusses the nature of courage, explores the different ways in which courage is shown, and celebrates the courage shown by these recipients, most of whom would say, “I was just doing my job.”

9781612004563, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 456p.

On the Frontlines of the Television War Yasutsune “Tony” Hirashiki & Terry Irving On The Frontlines of the Television War is the story of Yasutsune “Tony” Hirashiki's ten years in Vietnam—beginning when he arrived in 1966 as a young freelancer with a 16mm camera but without a job or the slightest grasp of English and ending in the hectic fall of Saigon in 1975 when he was literally thrown on one of the last flights out.

His memoir has all the exciting tales of peril, hardship, and close calls as the best of battle memoirs but it is primarily a story of very real and yet remarkable people: the soldiers who fought, bled, and died, and the reporters and photographers who went right to the frontlines to record their stories and memorialize their sacrifice. The great books about Vietnam journalism have been about print reporters, still photographers, and television correspondents but if this was truly the first “television war,” then it is time to hear the story of the cameramen who shot the pictures and the reporters who wrote the stories that the average American witnessed daily in their living rooms.

An award-winning sensation when it was released in Japan in 2008, this book been completely re-created for an international audience. It won the 2009 Oya Soichi Nonfiction Award-a prize usually reserved for much younger writers— and Kodansha almost doubled their initial print run to meet the demand. A Kodansha paperback was published in 2010 with an initial printing of 17,000 copies and continues to sell at a respectable pace.

9781612004723, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 304p.

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•NEW FROM CASEMATE• Three in Thirteen Roger Dunsford & Geoff Coughlin Joe Singleton was an unlikely hero. A junior manager at a paints and varnish company at the outbreak of war, he was surprised to discover he had a hidden talent for flying. Despite RAF Fighter Squadrons crying out for replacements after the carnage of the Battle of Britain, Joe was posted to the rapidly developing world of night fighting. He flew first Defiants then Beaufighters as the technological race to field effective night fighters led to the first tentative attempts to put radar inside an aircraft. He found himself in the thick of the very earliest stages of ground controlled interception and airborne radar engagements. His skills finally began to bear fruit when he took place in several successful missions piloting a Mosquito. But the pinnacle came on the night of 19th March 1944: scrambled to intercept a big German raid on Hull he located and shot down a Junkers 188, then went on to shoot down two more, all in the space of thirteen dramatic minutes. He and his navigator survived the crash-landing that ensued, and he went on to be feted as a national hero. Three in Thirteen is a unique sortie-by-sortie account of his journey from bewildered recruit to celebrated expert, illustrated with extracts from Joe’s RAF logbook, and unpublished photographs and illustrations. Roger Dunsford’s extensive experience as an RAF pilot brings a vivid immediacy to Joe’s experiences combined with astute analysis of the planes, the tactics and the events of that fateful night.

9781612004402, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 192p.

Bailout Over Normandy Ted Fahrenwald A daredevil pilot in the famed 352nd Fighter Squadron, the author of this remarkable memoir bailed out of his burning Mustang on D-Day+2 and was launched on a thrilling adventure on the ground in Occupied France.

After months living and fighting with the French Resistance, Ted was captured by the Wehrmacht, interrogated as a spy, and interned in a POW camp – and made a daring escape just before his deportation to Germany. Nothing diminished this pilot’s talent for spotting the ironic humor in even the most aggravating or dangerous situations, nor his penchant for extracting his own improvised and sometimes hilarious version of justice. A suspenseful WWII page-turner and an outrageously witty tale of daring and friendship, this book brings to vivid life the daily bravery, mischief, and intrigues of fighter pilots, Resistance fighters, and other Allies in the air and on the ground. The author recorded his swashbuckling adventures at age 24, after his discharge and return to the States. Afterward he went into business and never again put pen to paper. But his immediate reminiscence of his wartime experience—recently found—reveal a literary talent that is rare.

9781612004747, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 288p.

White Water Red Hot Lead Dan Daly During the Vietnam war 3500 officers and men served in the Swift Boat program in a fleet of 130 boats with no armor plating. The boats patrolled the coast and rivers of South Vietnam, with the average age of the crew being twenty-four. Their days consisted of deadly combat, intense lightning firefights, storms and many hidden dangers. This action-packed story of combat written by Dan Daly, a Vietnam combat veteran who was the Officer in Charge of PCF 76 makes you part of the Swift Boat crew. The six man crew of PCF 76 were volunteers from all over the United States, eager to serve their country in a unique type of duty not seen since the PT boats of WWII. This inexperienced and disparate group of men would meld into a combat team - a team that formed an unbreakable, lifelong bond. After training they were plunged into a 12-month tour of duty. Combat took place in the closest confines imaginable, where the enemy were hidden behind a passing sand dune, or a single sniper could be concealed in an onshore bunker. Dan Daly received his naval commission after graduation from Harvard College. After 18 months on a Navy destroyer, he volunteered for Swift Boat duty. After training, he and his crew served 12 months in Vietnam, 1967–68. He later founded several consulting firms and lives on Cape Cod with his family.

9781612004785, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 360p.

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•AMERICAN HISTORY•

AMERICAN HISTORY New Civil War Handbook

Mark Hughes The New Civil War Handbook: Facts and Photos from America’s Greatest Conflict is a complete up-to-date guide for American Civil War enthusiasts of all ages.

Author Mark Hughes uses clear and concise writing, tables, charts, and more than 100 photographs to trace the history of the war from the beginning of the conflict through Reconstruction. Coverage includes battles and campaigns, the common soldier, technology, weapons, minorities at war, hospitals, prisons and much more. Hughes includes a fascinating section about the Civil War online, including popular blog sites and other Internet resources. Reference material includes alternate names for battles and other valuable information. Civil War buffs and novices will find The New Civil War Handbook to be an invaluable quick reference guide.

9781932714623, $14.95, $9.99, paperback, 144p.

Maps of Gettysburg Bradley M. Gottfried The Maps of Gettysburg breaks down the entire operation into thirty map sets or “actionsections” enriched with 144 detailed, full-page color maps comprising the entire campaign.

These cartographic originals bore down to the regimental and battery level and include the march to and from the battlefield and virtually every significant event in between. At least two—and as many as twenty— maps accompany each map set. Keyed to each piece of cartography is a full facing page of detailed text describing the units, personalities, movements, and combat (including quotes from eyewitnesses) depicted on the accompanying map, all of which makes the Gettysburg story come alive.

9781932714821, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 384p.

Double Canister at Ten Yards David L. Shultz Double Canister at Ten Yards will leave you wondering yet again why an officer as experienced as General Lee ordered Pickett’s Charge in the first place. Author David Shultz uses official reports and other accounts to explain how Brig. Gen. Henry J. Hunt and his men organized a lethal package of destruction to greet Lee’s vaunted infantry in an effort that would be hailed as “The High Water Mark of the Confederacy.”

9781611212723, $13.95, $9.50, paperback, 120p.

No Such Army Since the Days of Julius Caesar Mark A. Smith & Wade Sokolosky General William T. Sherman’s 1865 Carolinas Campaign was overshadowed by the Army of Northern Virginia’s final battles against the Army of the Potomac, but career military officers Mark A. Smith and Wade Sokolosky rectify this oversight with a careful examination of Sherman’s army and its many accomplishments. The authors begin with the capture of Fayetteville, and chronicle the two-day Battle of Averasboro, where Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee’s Confederates executed a defense that held Sherman’s juggernaut in check for two days. This completely revised and updated edition is based upon extensive archival and firsthand research. It includes new original maps, orders of battle, abundant illustrations, and a detailed driving and walking tour for dedicated battlefield enthusiasts.

9781611212860, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 240p.

Much Embarrassed George Donne Before the first shots were fired at Gettysburg, a private battle had been raging for weeks. As the Confederate Army marched into Union territory, the Federal Forces desperately sought to hunt them down before they struck any of the great cities of the North. When the two armies finally met on the morning of 1 July 1863, their understanding of the prevailing situation could not have been more different. For three brutal days, the Rebel Army smashed at the Union troops without success. Confederate General Robert E. Lee would lose a third of his army and the tide of the rebellion would begin its retreat. Much Embarrassed investigates how the Confederate and Union military intelligence systems had been sculpted by the preceding events of the war, and how this led to the final outcome of the Gettysburg Campaign.

9781910777862, $49.95, $32.50, hardback, 204p.

Confederate Waterloo Michael J. McCarthy The aftermath of the Battle of Five Forks spawned one of the most bitter and divisive controversies in the postwar army when Sheridan relieved Fifth Corps commander Gouverneur K. Warren for perceived failures connected to the battle. The order generated a life-long effort by Warren and his allies to restore his reputation by demonstrating that Sheridan’s action was both unfair and dishonorable. The struggle climaxed with a Court of Inquiry that generated a more extensive record of testimony and exhibits than any other U.S. military judicial case in the 19th Century.

9781611213096, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 336p.

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•AMERICAN HISTORY• Determined to Stand and Fight Ryan T. Quint In another fascinating title from the award-winning Emerging Civil War Series, Ryan T. Quint tells the story Monocay, a pivotal day and an even more pivotal campaign that went right to the gates of Washington, D.C. In just over a month, Lt. Gen. Jubal Early’s Confederates had invaded the north for the third time in the war. After a day of Union and Confederate soldiers filling the fields just south of Frederick, Maryland, with the dead and wounded, Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace’s men had slowed Jubal Early.

The fighting at Monocacy soon became known as the “Battle that Saved Washington.” Readers can enjoy the narrative and then easily follow along on a nine-stop driving tour around the battlefield and into the streets of historic Frederick.

9781611213461, $14.95, $9.99, paperback, 192p.

1781 Robert L.Tonsetic 1781 was one of those rare years in American history when the future of the nation hung by a thread, and only the fortitude, determination, and sacrifice of its leaders and citizenry ensured its survival. After shattering the American army under Horatio Gates at Camden, South Carolina, the British army under Lord Cornwallis appeared unstoppable, and was poised to regain the Carolinas, Georgia, and Virginia for the Crown. However, when General Nathaniel Greene arrived to take command of Patriot forces in the south, he was able to gradually turn the tables. In this book, Robert Tonsetic provides a detailed analysis of the key battles and campaigns of 1781, supported by numerous eyewitness accounts from privates to generals in the American, French, and British armies.

9781612001548, $18.95, $12.50, paperback, 284p.

With Musket and Tomahawk. Volume I Michael O. Logusz This is a vivid account of the American and British struggles in the sprawling wilderness region of the northeast during the Revolutionary War. Combining strategic, tactical, and personal detail, this book describes how the patriots of the recently organized Northern Army defeated England’s massive onslaught of 1777, thereby all but ensuring America’s independence. Underneath the umbrella of Saratoga, countless battles and skirmishes were waged from the borders of Canada southward to Ticonderoga, Bennington, and West Point. Heroes on both sides were created by the score, though only one side proved victorious, amid a tapestry of madness, cruelty, and hardship in what can rightfully be called “the terrible Wilderness War of 1777.”

9781612002248, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 432p.

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With Musket and Tomahawk. Volume II Michael O. Logusz En route to relieve Fort Stanwix from General Barry St. Leger’s forces, Nicholas Herkimer’s column was ambushed, most of his men killed or wounded, and Herkimer himself was mortally wounded. In the end, Fort Stanwix was relieved only when Benedict Arnold—soon to excel at Saratoga, just as he had done at Valcour Island and elsewhere throughout the Revolution—marched his troops through and forced the British to give up their western onslaught. This is the second volume of Michael Logusz’s epic work on the Wilderness War of 1777, in which Logusz captures the terrain, tactics and terror of this brutal, multifaceted wilderness war as few writers have done before 9781612002255, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 264p.

Thunder in the Harbor Richard W. Hatcher, III On Friday, April 12, 1861, Confederate batteries opened fire at Fort Sumter. It was otherwise a bloodless first battle to the bloodiest four years in American history. But those fateful first shots of the Civil War marked only the first of many chapters for Sumter. Over the next four years, the fort and the harbor it protected weathered bombardments and blockades; the launch and loss of the Confederate submarine Hunley; the assault on Battery Wagner, on adjacent Morris Island, by the famed 54th Massachusetts Infantry; and Sherman’s march to the sea.

Supplemented with more than a hundred historical photos and illustrations, captivating contemporary photography, and detailed maps, Thunder in the Harbor gives readers a behindthe-scenes look inside one of America’s most iconic places.

9781611211856, $12.95, $8.50, paperback, 168p.

Let Us Die Like Men William Lee White In the fall of 1864, John Bell Hood had harassed Federal forces in north Georgia so badly that the Union commander, William T. Sherman, decided to abandon his position. During his subsequent “March to the Sea,” Sherman’s men lived off the land and made Georgia howl. On November 30, in a small town called Franklin, Hood caught part of George Thomas’s army outside of its stronghold of Nashville. But what began as a promising opportunity for the outnumbered Confederate army soon turned grim. But Hood was determined to root the Federals out. Historian William Lee White now pens the penultimate chapter in the army’s storied history in Let Us Die Like Men: The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864.

9781611212969, $12.95, $8.50, paperback, 168p.

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•AMERICAN HISTORY • ANCIENT WARFARE• Attack at Daylight and Whip Them Gregory A. Mertz In 1862, an unsuspecting Union Army of the Tennessee, commanded by Major General Ulysses S. Grant, had gathered on the banks of its namesake river, ready to strike deep into the heart of Tennessee Confederates, commanded by General Albert Sidney Johnston.

Johnston’s troops were reeling from setbacks earlier in the year and had decided to reverse their fortunes by taking the fight to the Federals. Grant did not sit and wait for that assault, though. The bloodshed that resulted from the two-day battle exceeded anything America had ever known in its history.

9781611213133, $14.95, $9.99, paperback, 192p.

Brandywine Michael C. Harris On September 11, 1777, General Sir William Howe, obscured by darkness and a heavy morning fog, pushed against the American center at Chadds Ford and marched on Philadelphia. Warned of Howe’s flanking attack at the last moment, American generals turned their divisions to face the threat, proving that Continental foot soldiers could stand toe-to-toe with their foe. Told largely through the words of those who fought that day, Michael C. Harris’s Brandywine is the first complete study to merge the strategic, political, and tactical history of this important set-piece battle into a single compelling account.

Brandywine will take its place as one of the most important military studies of the American Revolution ever written.

9781611213225, $22.95, $14.99, paperback, 528p.

The Guns of Independence Jerome A. Greene In early 1781, after his victories in the Southern Colonies, Lord Cornwallis marched his army north into Virginia. He believed the Americans could be decisively defeated in Virginia and the war brought to an end. George Washington believed Cornwallis’s move was a strategic blunder, and he moved vigorously to exploit it.

With the assistance of Rochambeau’s infantry and a key French naval victory at the Battle of the Capes in September, Washington trapped Cornwallis on the tip of a narrow Virginia peninsula at a place called Yorktown. And so it began.

Penned by historian Jerome A. Greene, this fresh and invigorating study will satisfy everyone interested in American Revolutionary history, artillery, siege tactics, and brilliant leadership.

9781932714685, $22.95, $14.99, paperback, 528p.

Guide to the Battles of the American Revolution Theodore P. Savas & J. David Dameron Unlike existing accounts, A Guide to the Battles of the American Revolution by authors Theodore P. Savas and J. David Dameron presents each engagement in the revolution in a unique way. Every entry begins with introductory details including the date of the battle, its location, commanders, opposing forces, terrain, weather, and time of day.The detailed body of each entry offers both a Colonial and British perspective of the unfolding military situation, a detailed and unbiased account of what actually transpired, a discussion of numbers and losses, an assessment of the consequences of the battle, and suggestions for further reading.

9781932714944, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 432p.

ANCIENT WARFARE In the Name of Lykourgos Miltiadis Michalopoulos In the middle of the 3rd century B.C., city-states were compromising with the new political forces of their time.

Sparta resisted stubbornly, though, and in her fight even defied one of the most formidable powers of the time: Macedonia. Even after the painful Spartan defeat at the Battle of Sellasia in 222BC, Sparta still refused to compromise. She managed to recover and became once more a player on the international stage, not hesitating this time to challenge the most powerful state of the ancient world: Rome.

9781783030231, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 272p.

Early Ships and Seafaring: European Water Transport Seán McGrail Early Ships and Seafaring: Water Transport Within Europe builds on Professor Seán McGrail’s 2006 volume Ancient Boats and Ships by delving deeper into the construction and use of boats and ships between the stone age and AD 1500 in order to provide up to date information. Regions covered will include the Mediterranean and Atlantic Europe.

This interesting volume is easily accessible to those with little or no knowledge of the building and uses of boats, whether ancient or modern. Seán McGrail introduces the reader to this relatively new discipline through the theory and techniques used in the study of early boats as well as the many different types of evidence available to us, including archaeological, documentary, iconographic, experimental and ethnographic, and the natural, physical laws.

9781781593929, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 192p.

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•ANCIENT WARFARE• Pyrrhus of Epirus Jeff Champion Born into the royal house of Epirus but forced to flee into exile with his mother as a mere infant, Pyrrhus prospered and rose from a refugee to a king.

He was deeply involved in the cut-and-thrust campaigning, coups and subterfuges of the Successor kingdoms, and at various times was king of Epirus, Macedon and Sicily, as well as overlord of much of southern Italy. In 281 BC he was invited by the southern Italian states to defend them against Rome.

His early victories at Heraclea and Asculum were so hardfought that a ‘Pyrrhic victory’ still means one gained at crippling cost.

9781473886643, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 176p.

Britain’s Gurkha War John Pemble The British love affair with the Gurkhas began during the early nineteenth century clash of the expanding English East India Company and Nepalese hillmen.

The remarkable fighting abilities of the Nepalese contrasted against the most incredible British ineptitudes. But on both sides, the war was harder fought than either the Afghan War or even the struggle with the Sikhs. In the end, the British wrested key hill tracts from the Gurkhas. John Pemble’s account is a comprehensive history of the conflict, detailing the origins of the war, the consequences of strategic errors, and the enduring impact of the final victory. Even before the campaign had finished, the nucleus of the Gurkha Brigade had joined the East India Company’s forces.

9781848325203, $39.99, $25.99, hardback, 400p.

War in the East Quintin Barry When Russia declared war on the Ottoman Empire in April 1877, it was the fifth time during the nineteenth century that hostilities had broken out between the two empires. By January 1878 the Russians were over the Balkans in force, and the last viable Turkish army was surrounded and captured at Shenovo. This book traces the course of the campaigns, examining the many occasions on which the outcome of a battle might have gone the other way, and the performance of the combatants, both leaders and led. The author’s detailed text is accompanied by an extensive number of black and white illustrations, an impressive color plate section containing reproductions of paintings by artists such as Vereshchagin, plus black and white and color battle maps.

9781911096696, $69.95, $45.50, paperback, 576p.

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Cataphracts Erich B Anderson Originating among the wealthiest nobles of various central Asian steppe tribes and adopted by several major empires, Cataphracts were the most heavily armored form of cavalry in the ancient world, with riders and mounts both clad in heavy armor. Usually armed with long lances, they harnessed the mobility and mass of the horse to the durability and solid fighting power of the spear-armed phalanx. Although very expensive to equip and maintain, they were potential battle winners and remained in use for many centuries. Erich B Anderson assesses the development, equipment, tactics and combat record of cataphracts, showing also how enemies sought to counter them. This is a valuable study of one of the most interesting weapon systems of the ancient world.

9781473837980, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 208p.

The Mongol Art of War Timothy May The Mongol armies that established the largest land empire in history, stretching across Asia and into Eastern Europe, are imperfectly understood. Often they are viewed as screaming throngs of horsemen who swept over opponents by sheer force of numbers rather than as disciplined regiments that carried out planned and practiced maneuvers. In this pioneering book, Timothy May demonstrates that the Mongol military developed from a tribal levy into a complex military organization. He describes the make-up of the Mongol army from its inception to the demise of the Mongol empire, and he shows how it was the strength, quality and versatility of Mongol military organization that made them the pre-eminent warriors of their time.

9781473892682, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 240p.

Julius Caesar’s Disease Francesco Maria Galassi & Hutan Ashrafian It is generally accepted as a historical fact that Julius Caesar suffered from epilepsy, an illness which in classical times was sometimes associated with divinely bestowed genius. But does the evidence really fit with the diagnosis of epilepsy? And if it was not epilepsy that afflicted Caesar, then what was it? These are the questions that doctors Galassi and Ashrafian seek to answer by applying modern medical knowledge to the symptoms and circumstances described by contemporary historians and commentators of Caesar’s life—which include the great man himself. The result is a fascinating piece of historical-pathological detective work that challenges received wisdom about one of the most famous men of all time.

9781473870789, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 192p.

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•ANCIENT WARFARE • ASIAN HISTORY • The Knights Hospitaller John Carr The Knights of St John evolved during the Crusades from a monastic order providing hostels for Christian pilgrims visiting the Holy Land into a Military one. Their fervor and discipline made them an elite component of most Crusader armies, and Hospitaller Knights took part in most of the major engagements, including Hattin, Acre and Arsuf. The Hospitallers became one of the major naval powers in the Mediterranean, defending Christian shipping from the Barbary Pirates and increasingly turning to piracy themselves. They provided a crucial bulwark against Islamic expansion in the Mediterranean, obstinately resisting a massive siege of Malta by the Ottoman Turks in 1565. The Order remained a significant power in the Mediterranean until their defeat by Napoleon in 1798.

9781473858886, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 240p.

ASIAN HISTORY Conscript in Korea Neville Williams Neville Williams served as a National Serviceman at the Welch Brigade Training Centre from 1951 to 1953. In these two years, he spent 12 months with the 1st Battle Welch Regiment in Korea, battling temperatures that could drop to -45° and monsoons that brought humidity and mosquitos.

As a lance corporal infantry signaler, Williams was involved at all levels of operational and company activity, and he gives the reader a real insight into the events and circumstances of war and the thoughts of a young man caught up in a desperate and dangerous conflict.

9781848841314, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 208p.

Armoured Warfare in the Korean War Anthony Tucker-Jones After the Second World War, military analysts thought that the only place significant armored forces were ever likely to confront each other again was in central Europe, where the Nato alliance would fend off the Soviet Red Army. Then, during the Korean War, both sides deployed large numbers of armored fighting vehicles. This neglected aspect of the conflict is the subject of Anthony Tucker-Jones’s photographic history. For this fascinating book, over 180 contemporary photographs have been selected to show Soviet-built T-34/85s and Su-76s, American M4 Shermans, M26 Pershings and M46 Pattons, and British Cromwells and Centurions in action in one of the defining conflicts of the Cold War. 9781848845800, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 160p.

Flashpoint China Andreas Rupprecht & Tom Cooper From the South China Sea to the mountains of Nepal, the continued economic rise of the People’s Republic of China has led to a dramatic shift in the balance of power in the region.

As a result, the relationship between China and its neighbors, as well as with the United States and its allies, has become increasingly important for the future of the region – and for the rest of the world. This uniquely compact yet comprehensive directory serves as a richly illustrated, in-depth analysis and overview of the most important conflicts in which China is currently involved – and those that it is likely to be involved with in the future – with a particular focus on People’s Liberation Army air power.

9780985455484, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 80p.

China and Japan at War 1937–1945 Philip S. Jowett The 1937–1945 war between China and Japan was one of the bitterest conflicts of the twentieth century. This book is one of the first photographic histories of this devastating confrontation. Using almost 200 historic photographs, it traces the course of the entire war – from the Japanese invasion and the retreat of the Chinese armies and their refusal to surrender, to the involvement of the Americans and the eventual Japanese defeat in 1945. This graphic account is an absorbing introduction this often-neglected theater of the Second World War. The images show the armies on all sides and the weaponry and equipment they used, and they record the experience of the troops, Chinese and Japanese, and of the Chinese civilians who suffered terribly through eight years of war.

9781473827523, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 160p.

Fight, Dig and Live George Cooper Among the over 100,000 United Nations casualties in the Korean War, the United Kingdom casualties sacrificed some 300 Officers and 4,000 Other Ranks.

It was a vicious war whose intensity never slackened and in the last two months alone the Communist artillery fired over 700,000 rounds against 4.7 million fired back by the United Nations. The Royal Engineers, also known as Sappers, were involved at all levels, from patrols and minefields, to defense works and, providing support to all manner of operations such as transportation, bridging and the important provision of postal services, so vital for morale. Involved in fierce fighting, the Sappers suffered grievous casualties, but their gallantry was rewarded by numerous awards.

9781473886636, $32.95, $21.50, paperback, 256p.

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American Airline’s Secret War in China Leland Shanle In late 1941, President Roosevelt agonized over the rapid advances of the Japanese forces in Asia. One of Roosevelts few options was to form a defensive line on the eastern side of the Patkai and Himalayan Ranges. It was the only defense to a Japanese invasion of India. Hence the inception of Operation Seven Alpha, a plan to enlist the aircraft - DC-3s - and the pilots - veterans of World War One - of American Airlines.

The book is based on firsthand experiences of those who were involved, and it serves as a fitting tribute to the bravery and inventiveness of a band of men who answered their country’s desperate call at the outset of the war against Japan in Asia.

9781473887718, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 256p.

The Other Ninth Air Force Ken Wakefield The Other Ninth Air Force takes a detailed look at how the Artillery Air Section of a US Army Headquarters functioned during the Second World War in Europe. In this instance, the HQ was that of Ninth US Army and the officer concerned was the late Lt-Col. Robert M. Leich. As Artillery Air Officer, Leich maintained a daily journal and this is the principal source on which this book is based. The result is a book of a different kind, covering both operational and administrative matters.

Also revealed is the close cooperation that existed between Ninth Army and the two USAAF ‘air’ units attached to it, namely the 125th Liaison Squadron and the 50th Mobile Reclamation and Repair Squadron.

9781781553022, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 192p.

Whirlwind Niall Corduroy Faster and better armed than the Spitfire, the Whirlwind was the RAF’s response to a new generation of armoured German bombers which it expected to meet over England in 1940. The Whirlwind squadrons flew with outstanding courage and determination, regarding themselves, justifiably, as a privileged elite within Fighter Command. .Just 114 were built, but they went on to have a distinguished three-year career. Based on original research from military and corporate archives, this groundbreaking study exposes for the first time the political and corporate wrangling that surrounded the Whirlwind program. In its thorough research and captivating style, Whirlwind: 9781781554302, $32.00, $20.99, paperback, 240p.

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I Chose the Sky Leonard Rochford In these exciting memoirs, ‘Tich’ Rochford writes about his two action-filled years as a World War I fighter pilot with the famous No. 3 (Naval) Squadron when he flew planes such as the Sopwith Pup and the Sopwith Camel. While flying many hundreds of hours in operations he was credited with many single-handed victories or driven out of control, and he vividly recalls these engagements in the air and the exploits of the pilots with whom he flew, names that include other fighter aces like Raymond Collishaw, who has written a foreword to this book, T. F. Havell, R. H. Mulock and L. S. Breadner. This book has been out of print for more than thirty years, but it is back on the shelves, with black and white photographs throughout.

9781909808324, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 224p.

Zeppelins Over the Midlands Mick Powis On 31st January 1916, nine Zeppelin airships of the Imperial German Navy bombed the Midlands, opening a strategic bombing campaign designed to cripple British war production. It ended in total failure. A lot is known about the military aspects of the raids but much less is known about what happened on the ground. While the press produced many human interest stories and atrocity propaganda, wartime censorship prohibited publication of any information that could be useful to the Germans, including the towns hit and names of the victims. Through intensive research the author has been able to identify many of the victims and give the full story of these events for the first time.

9781473834194, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 224p.

War Birds Elliott White Springs & Lieutenant Horace Fulford Following the declaration of war by the United States, more than 200 American men volunteered to join the Royal Flying Corps in the summer of 1917. Amongst these men was John MacGavock Grider and Elliott White Springs.

Before his death, Grider had made a pact with Elliott White Springs that, in the event of one of them dying, the other would complete their writings.

Springs went on to write this book, an amalgamation of his own recollections and Grider’s diary and correspondence.

This unique edition of War Birds has been produced from a copy owned by another officer from 85 Squadron, Lieutenant Horace Fulford. In his copy, Fulford made numerous handwritten annotations and stuck in a number of previously unpublished photographs – all of which have been faithfully reproduced.

9781473879591, $44.95, $29.50, hardback, 320p.

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•AVIATION• Sea and Air Fighting David Bilton Mrs Peel describes what an air raid was like from a civilian’s point of view. Pilots describe the humdrumness of their work and how it could suddenly change in to a fight for their life, in which luck often played a part in their survival. At sea, servicemen reveal the boredom, suspense and danger involved in laying a trap. The Battle of Jutland is described from an officer’s active view of events. The sinking of the Audacious is described by someone who was aboard and sworn to silence about the events. Unpublished for nearly 80 years, thirteen authors tell their stories about luck, tenacity, courage, extreme danger, excitement and bravery.

9781473867055, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 184p.

Japanese Naval Air Force Fighter Units And Their Aces, 1932–1945 Christopher Shores & Ikuhiko Hata Japanese Naval Air Force Fighter Units And Their Aces, 1932–1945 commences with a comprehensive account of the operations of navy fighter units throughout the period under review. This is followed by individual sections detailing the history and achievements of each unit involved, be it land-based or aircraft carrier-based.

A major section then provides biographical details regarding all pilots claiming eight or more aerial victories. Prolific appendices provide detailed listings of all pilots known to have claimed five or more victories; listings of the graduation from training of all Japanese Navy fighter pilots, and of fighter pilot casualties. The book is profusely illustrated with photographs, maps and artist’s side-view drawings and paintings of aircraft relevant to each of the units described.

9781906502843, $59.95, $38.99, hardback, 416p.

U.S. Military Aircraft in the Royal Swedish Air Force Mikael Forslund Described in unparalleled detail by well-known Swedish author Mikael Forslund, this book covers U.S. military aircraft used

by Royal Swedish Air Force.

9788365281043, $59.00, $38.50, paperback, 160p.

The Stockholm Run Nils Mathisrud & Nils Mathisrud Though the German assault on Denmark and Norway in 1940 effectively cut off all surface communications between neutral Sweden and the Western Allies, diplomats and VIPs still needed to travel, and highly valuable exports needed to be maintained. Keen to keep up exports and allowing Swedish nationals the freedom to travel, Swedish airline AB Aerotransport established their own service to Britain in 1942 with DC-3s, and later B-17s converted to carry passengers and cargo. This book covers the history of the flights and the aircraft used.

9788365281159, $69.00, $44.99, hardback, 344p.

Ten Squadrons of Hurricanes Adrian Stewart For many years, the importance and contribution of the Hawker Hurricane was eclipsed by the Spitfire. Thanks to Tommy Sopwith’s initiative, though, the Hurricane was ready at the outbreak of the Second World War and in service throughout.

As this superbly researched book reveals by examining the roles, actions and personalities of ten Hurricane squadrons, this iconic aircraft was not only exceptionally robust but astonishingly versatile. We track its performance from the Battle of France and Britain through the Middle East, Italy and on to Burma. It excelled as day and night interceptor, intruder and importantly as a rocket firing tank buster.

9781473848429, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 248p.

RAF and the SOE John Grehan The Special Operations Executive developed a vast network of agents across Occupied Europe, playing a vital role in developing and sustaining Resistance movements that persistently sought to subvert German control of their territories. None of this would have been possible had it not been for the Royal Air Force.

Not only did the RAF supply the SOE, it also delivered and retrieved agents from under the very noses of the enemy.

Compiled at the end of the war by the Air Historical Branch of the RAF, this extremely detailed and comprehensive account of the RAF’s support for the SOE is reproduced in its entirety.

9781473894136, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 336p.

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•AVIATION• Aces, Airmen and The Biggin Hill Wing Jon E C Tan During the Second World War, RAF Biggin Hill was one of Fighter Command’s premier stations. Throughout the Battle of Britain and beyond, it became a hotbed of talent and expertise, home to many of the Command’s most notable and successful squadrons. The author’s late grandfather, David Raymond Davies, was assigned to a specialist armorers’ team at Biggin Hill and his grandson’s narrative serves as a tribute to a particularly fascinating RAF career. It establishes a collective memoir, taking in accounts by notable pilots who had close associations with Davies in his capacity as a specialist armorer.

This tells the story of one twenty-one year old thrown into the howling gale of the Second World War. 9781473881693, $44.95, $29.50, hardback, 288p.

Goldfish Caterpillars and Guinea Pigs Colin Pateman The RAF and Commonwealth air crews were bound by regulations and discipline during WWII. Survival was by no means a certainty. The evolution of non-established clubs was recognized and regarded as an important area within RAF history that boosted moral. This book allows the reader to experience a number of individual stories and understand the relevance of being a ‘Goldfish’ ‘Caterpillar’ and ‘Guinea Pig.’ In many instances, the accounts are recalled in great detail from the official records of medals and awards. True heroism and gallant deeds supported by original photographs create an easy to read book, revealing areas of interest not previously visited in this format 9781781550786, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 320p.

The Zeppelin Michael Belafi & Cordula Werchkun Named after the German Count Ferdinand Von Zeppelin, the Zeppelin was first flown commercially by Deutsch Luftschiffahrts. When war hit, it was employed to military advantage, wreaking carnage upon Britain’s towns and cities.

German defeat in 1918 temporarily halted the airship business, but it bounced back with the construction of the Graf Zeppelin in the ‘30s. Following the Hindenburg disaster of 1937, and in the midst of a host of political and economic issues, the Zeppelin was soon to be consigned to the history books as one of the great aviation relics of the 20th Century. This new publication explores each facet of its history, and concludes by assessing the legacy of rigid airship development, still felt to this day.

9781473827851, $50.00, $32.50, hardback, 240p.

Zemke’s Wolfpack Nigel Julian & Peter Randall The 56th Fighter Group justified its nickname of ‘Zemke’s Wolfpack’ by the aggressive attitude and tactics instilled by its original wartime commander Hub Zemke. Fighting High Publishing brings together historians Nigel Julian and Peter Randall to tell the story of the ‘Wolfpack,’ complimented by a foreword from the Group’s wartime leader’s son Hub Zemke Jr. More than 400 photographs show views from behind the scenes alongside newly discovered aircraft noseart, social events, maintenance and repairs that, together with detailed captions, make this a visual and information feast.

9780992620783, $49.95, $32.50, hardback, 208p.

Rare Birds The Ultimate Flying Wings of the Luftwaffe Justo Miranda When the Allies crossed the Rhine, Hitler decreed to go down fighting to the last man.

A strange triangular bomber launched the ‘Nicht löschbares Feuer’ over London, destroying the city. Later, a black boomerang dropped two tons of anthrax over Washington and New York, making the cities inhabitable for fifty years. The inextinguishable firebomb was a figment of H. G. Wells’ imagination, but the construction of the secret flying wings had commenced at the start of 1945. If these radical fighters had been pressed into service, they may well have changed the outcome of the Second World War. Profusely illustrated with technical drawings and fascinating data and information on the Luftwaffe’s most radical fighter and bomber projects, The Ultimate Flying Wings of the Luftwaffe chronicles these revolutionary designs.

9781781553725, $45.00, $29.50, hardback, 232p.

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Charles R. G. Bain The Second World War saw the apex of piston-engine aircraft design, and ushered the world into the jet age. Anybody who studies aviation will know the names: Spitfire, Mustang, Zero, Messerschmitt, Shturmovik. But there were many more aircraft to take to the skies before and during the war, and frequently their stories remain unknown.

This book seeks to tell those stories, to bring to the fore the forgotten warbirds. From the valiant Poles fighting the might of the Luftwaffe in their obsolescent craft, to the varied and excellent craft of the French Armée De l’Air, to the graceful craft of Italy’s Regia Aeronautica.

9781781555248, $45.00, $29.50, hardback, 240p.

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•AVIATION• Battle of Britain Richard Hough & Denis Richards High above the warm, summer fields Churchill’s ‘few’ fought with courage and skill against overwhelming odds - and won.

Richard Hough recounts a vivid account of the ‘few’s’ air battles as well as an explanation of how the campaign developed. Fresh insights into the controversies with the aid of original material as well as recollections of many of the surviving air crew & ground staff.

9781844156573, $32.95, $21.50, paperback, 420p.

Liberators in England in World War II Peter W. Bodle FRAeS The Consolidated B24 Liberator was built in greater numbers than any other American aircraft in history, and in more versions than any other aircraft up to that time. It had an unusual layout - dictated by the slender Davis wing placed above its tall bomb bays. It had turbocharged engines, increased fuel capacity and improved armament, as well as many detail changes. The B-24D enabled RAF Coastal Command and US forces to close the ‘mid-Atlantic gap’ - in which U-boats had been able to operate with devastating effect beyond range of previous Allied antisubmarine aircraft. This book contains rarely seen photographs of USAAF aircraft, crews and other behind-the-scenes operations of the Squadrons flying the B24 from English bases.

9781844158218, $25.99, $16.99, paperback, 144p.

The Ultimate Piston Fighters of the Luftwaffe Justo Miranda The development of aviation engines in Germany was revolutionary during closing stages of the War. There were prototypes that could generate 3,000 hp and BMW/ Argus projects that could reach 4,000 hp. Despite new designs, the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe chose to mass-manufacture the iconic and revolutionary Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter. After years of research, this lost generation of projects has been recovered and presented in this book. Profusely illustrated with technical drawings and fascinating data and information on the Luftwaffe’s most radical fighter projects, Justo Miranda chronicles the designs that might have changed the course of the war. A fascinating book for military historian, modelers and those interested in aviation, this shows how advanced German scientists were towards the end of the Second World War. 9781781552490, $34.95, $22.99, hardback, 224p.

Mitsubishi Zero Peter C. Smith Symbolic of the might of Imperial Japan, the Mitsubishi Zero represented a peak of developmental prowess in the field of aviation during the early years of the Second World War. The dogfights she engaged in are the stuff of aviation legend.

Despite a whole series of eyewitness reports from China, where she had swept the skies clean of all opposition, western minds were closed, and remained so until the brutal facts imposed themselves. The Zero had faults as well as strengths, though, two of which finally doomed her. Even so, she remained a potent threat until the end of the war, not least in her final role, that of a Kamikaze aircraft, in which she created as much havoc on the sea as she had done earlier in the air.

9781781593196, $34.95, $22.99, hardback, 240p.

From St Vith to Victory Stephen C. Smith No.218 Squadron was formed a few months before the Armistice which brought the Great War to a close. Disbandment soon followed, but the squadron was reformed in 1936 and spent the remaining peace time years honing its skills—skills that would be tested from the very first day of the bomber offensive against Germany to the very last.

Compiled from a variety of sources and firsthand accounts, this book is an authoritative record of the part played by No.218 Gold Coast Squadron during the bomber offensives of World War II. The squadron’s activities are described in detail, offering a unique insight into the lives of those involved and saluting the important role that No.3 Group and No.218 Squadron played in Bomber Command’s ultimate victory.

9781473835054, $49.95, $32.50, hardback, 336p.

Their Finest Hour Nick Thomas Their Finest Hour tells the fascinating stories of six of Churchill’s ‘Few’, each of whom played an important part in the Battle of Britain but have since faded into obscurity. Their achievements and the fortunes of their comrades-in-arms, many of whom died during the Battle, are told here in detail, some for the first time. Featured stories include that of Flying Officer Reginald Peacock DFC, the only Blenheim pilot of the Second World War to become a fighter ace, and Squadron Leader Robert Reid, who had a hand in the destruction of three Bf 109s. Recorded here, the stories of the ‘Few’ serve as poignant reminders of the contributions that they made to the Allied effort during the Second World War. 9781781593158, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 256p.

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•AVIATION• Luftwaffe in World War II Francis Crosby World War Two Luftwaffe aircraft and their pilots have been a source of fascination and respect for aviation buffs since 1945. This book looks at all aspects of its operation in many World War II theaters. A great majority of photographs are unlikely to have been seen by the general public and they have been superbly reproduced directly from original negatives held by the Imperial War Museum. Lengthy captions describe the action portrayed in each photo and an introduction puts the Luftwaffe into its historical perspective.

9781844150861, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 272p.

The Eastern Front Air War 1941–1945 Anthony Tucker-Jones This selection of over 150 photographs provides a visual guide to the desperate air war fought over the Eastern Front between 1941 and 1945. Most of these black-and-white wartime photographs have never been published before. They show Stalin’s Red Air Force and Hitler’s Luftwaffe, their equipment and the role they played in supporting the war on the ground. Although it was a major aspect of the struggle on the Eastern Front, aerial combat has long been neglected, and this photographic history is a vivid introduction to it. The photographs and text give a fascinating insight into this aspect of the war. They also record the principal Soviet and German aircraft that featured in the aerial fighting and the pilots who flew them.

9781473861626, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 144p.

Britain’s Cold War Bombers Tim McLelland Britain’s Cold War Bombers explores the creation and development of the jet bomber, tracing the emergence of the first jet designs to the firstgeneration jets that entered service with the RAF and Fleet Air Arm, through to the latest generation of Typhoon aircraft.

From Valiant, to Vulcan, Canberra, Sperrin,Victor, Scimitar, Buccaneer, Nimrod, Phantom, Sea Harrier, Jaguar, Tornado GR1/4 and Typhoon, a careful examination of each aircraft from initial design to operational status reveals a linear progression in appearance and technology. Brilliantly illustrated with over 250 pictures (66 color), this is the definitive guide to the bombers that have shaped British air power.

9781781555347, $32.95, $21.50, paperback, 368p.

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A Detailed History of RAF Manston 1941–1945 Joe Bamford & John Williams Having been badly damaged during the Battle of Britain and the only airfield to have been put out of action, RAF Manston rose from the ashes to become a base for numerous fighter units that attacked Hitler’s ‘Fortress Europe’. From 1941 onwards, Manston was used by damaged aircraft returning from operations, especially those from Bomber Command. In 1944, 501 Squadron was formed with the Hawker Tempest to destroy enemy armor, aircraft and the feared V1; Squadron Leader Joe Berry was credited to destroying sixty-one V1s. After the war, Manston became a base for a number of civil airlines, but continued in its role as a major diversion airfield and an emergency landing ground.

9781781550960, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 192p.

The RAF Air-Sea Rescue Service in the Second World War Norman Franks When the Second World War began in 1939, it was thought that it would be fought along the same lines as the First World War. With the fall of Britain’s Northern European Allies in May 1940, all that changed. From then onwards, RAF aircraft operating over enemy and enemy-held territory necessitated flights across both the North Sea and the English Channel. Several Flights of the Supermarine Walrus, an amphibian airplane that could land on both sea and land, were set up around the coast of Britain, concentrated mainly around the south and southeast of England. It took a special type of airman to undertake the rescues these aircrafts braved – and another kind of courage.

9781473861305, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 144p.

Surviving the Japanese Onslaught William Tate Penned by his son and framed within the factual history of his service career in the Royal Air Force, these are the firsthand memoirs of the late William Albert Tate. This gripping narrative relays William’s firsthand recollections of his time spent as a Japanese Prisoner of War, when he was incarcerated for two years in Rangoon Gaol. Tales of the harsh brutalities inflicted by his captors and the unsanitary conditions in which he and his fellow captives were held offer a real sense of the everyday realities experienced by Japanese Prisoners of War at this time. William and his son meditate on the legacies of enduring such trials as these in an engaging account of survival against the odds.

9781473880733, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 200p.

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•AVIATION• Dropping Britain’s First H-Bomb Group Captain Kenneth Hubbard DFC, AFC & Michael Simmons On 15 May 1957,Vickers Valiant V-Bomber X.D.818 dropped Britain’s first live thermonuclear bomb. The success of Operation Grapple broadcasted to the world that the UK had the resolve and the capability to protect herself. It was a major breakthrough that ensured her place in the most senior influential positions of the United Nations and other corridors of world power, and in the ensuing years provided Britain’s deterrent throughout the Cold War. This book explains how the R.A.F. selected and trained the crews who would be responsible for the precision dropping of the several weapons that would detonate during Grapple. It also provides a complete background to the parts played by all other services during this unique period in British history.

9781844157471, $45.00, $29.50, hardback, 160p.

Air Combat over the Eastern Front and Korea Sergei Kramarenko As a Soviet fighter pilot ace, Sergei Kramarenko fought in two wars. This is his story. On the Eastern Front in the bitter conflict with the Germans, he dueled with Messerschmitt 109s and Focke-Wulf 190s. Then, in Korea, flying a MiG-15, he came up against the Americans, British, and Australians. His accounts of combat against the F-86 Sabres, F-84 Thunderjets and Gloster Meteors are among the most vivid and remarkable of his long career. In over ten years of as a front-line fighter pilot he took part in a revolution in the development of combat flying. His candid, intensely personal and unflinching account gives a rare inside view of life in the Red Air Force.

9781844157358, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 176p.

Swift to Battle.

Volume 3: 1947–1963, Cold War Operations Tom Docherty This third of three volumes traces the history of 72 Fighter Squadron, one of the premier squadrons in the Royal Air Force. The aircraft flown, operational personnel and missions flown are fully described with first-hand accounts from pilots and both air and ground crew. Having seen active service in the war years this volume covers the period 1947 to 1961 when the squadron was disbanded. During this period the squadron moved into the jet age at first flying de Havilland Vampires and then the Gloster Meteor F8s in 1952 and finally the Gloster Javalin in 1959 until the squadron was disbanded at Leconfield in June 1961.

9781848841864, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 240p.

Mosquito Attack!

Tor Idar Larsen & Finn Eriksrud In 1943, Norwegians formed No. 333 Squadron. One of the chosen few to fly ‘The Wooden Wonder’, the revolutionary and deadly de Havilland Mosquito, was 21-yearold Finn Eriksrud. Eriksrud had traveled all the way across the world to fly the Mosquito over his native country on extremely dangerous low-level reconnaissance and patrol missions from May 1943 onwards.

By December 1943, all of the original Mosquito pilots were either killed in accidents or shot down over Norway.That same month was Eriksrud’s final mission with No. 333 Squadron. He was forced to ditch his Mosquito off the coast of Norway where he was taken prisoner alongside his navigator Erling Victor Johanssen. He did not go down without a fight.

9781781553114, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 192p.

An Alien Sky Andy Wiseman & Sean Feast This book tells the inspiring story of Andrew Wiseman. Andy fled with his family to Poland just as Adolf Hitler was coming to power, and then from Poland to England alone. He enlisted in the RAF to train as a pilot and then as an air bomber in South Africa. After his first operation with an all-Australian Squadron, he fell victim to one of the Luftwaffe’s top night fighter pilots and was captured as a POW for 12 long months. He was one of those forced into the ‘Long March’ by the Germans attempting to escape the Russian advance, but still he played a key role in avoiding the potential bloodshed that threatened when the Russians refused to allow the British and Norwegian prisoners to return home.

9781909808256, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 192p.

From Journey’s End to The Dam Busters Roland Wales Playwright R.C. Sherriff came to fame with his First World War drama Journey’s End, which was based on his own experiences as a young officer on the Western Front. Its success made him a household name and opened the door to a career as a novelist, playwright and screenwriter in Hollywood and in Britain. Many of his movies – The Invisible Man, Goodbye Mr Chips, The Four Feathers Odd Man Out, Quartet, and, of course, The Dam Busters – are still well known, but the man behind them much less so. This book rediscovers Sherriff using his own words to shed light on a man who ironically gained his greatest success from the trench warfare he found so difficult to bear.

9781473860698, $44.95, $29.50, Hardback, 400p.

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•AVIATION• Tornado F3 David Gledhill Unloved by its crews and procured as a political imperative, the Tornado F2 was blighted by failures. Modified rapidly before it could be sent to war, the Tornado F3 eventually matured into a capable weapons system, but despite datalinks and new air-toair weapons, its poor reputation sealed its fate. The author, a former Tornado F3 navigator, tells the story from an insider’s perspective from the early days as one of the first instructors on the Operational Conversion Unit, from its development to its demise. Although many books have already described the Tornado F3, the author’s involvement in its development will provide a unique insight into this complex and misunderstood aircraft program and dispel some of the myths.

9781781553077, $45.00, $29.50, hardback, 288p.

Handley Page Handley Page Handley Page began manufacturing airplanes in a small factory in Barking, Essex in 1909.

During the First World War, Handley Page produced a series of heavy bombers for the Royal Navy to bomb the German Zeppelin yards, with the ultimate intent of bombing Berlin in revenge for the Zeppelin attacks on London. Handley Page had been asked by the Admiralty to produce a ‘bloody paralyzer of an airplane’. In all, over 6,000 were manufactured, providing more than 40 per cent of Britain’s total heavy-bomber power.

In the bombing operations alone, approximately 76,000 sorties were flown and nearly a quarter of a million tons of bombs were dropped onto enemy targets. Bomber Command had no fewer than seventy-six Halifax squadrons in action at the time of its peak strength.

9781781550076, $21.95, $14.50, paperback, 128p.

Howard’s Whirlybirds Donald J. Porter Hughes Helicopters was one of America’s pioneering aviation companies, but few have heard of it. It mass produced the first turbine-powered light observation helicopter, popularized the light helicopter trainer, tested a gigantic ‘tip-jet’ powered flying crane, and developed the world’s most advanced attack helicopter, the iconic Apache. It also came under extremely close scrutiny by the US Congress. Howard’s Whirlybirds tells how many of the world’s most innovative helicopters were developed - the setbacks, the breakthroughs, the brilliance of the company’s engineers and the test-flying bravado of fearless pilots - under the leadership of one of the most fascinating characters of the twentieth century. It aims to put Hughes Helicopters in its rightful place, at the forefront of America’s aeronautical history.

9781781550892, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 240p.

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Soviet Cold War Fighters Alexander Mladenov Soviet Cold War Fighters looks at the main periods of the development of the Soviet fighter designs, generation by generation, covering all the important features and developments of each generation and the most emblematic combat employments of the members of the generation. In separate boxes, pilot/designer/maintainer comments are inserted as well as other interesting facts and figures about the aircraft, their weapons and the instances of combat employment. Soviet Cold War Fighters explains the Cold War background of the technological developments behind the front-line fighter types in the Soviet Union, detailing where, when and how these aircraft were deployed and what was their impact on the Cold War developments.

9781781554968, $70.00, $45.50, hardback, 304p.

Pioneers, Showmen and the RFC Guy Warner This is a brand new, fully illustrated account of early aviation in Ireland. It describes and examines the key events in the field of aviation during the years between Harry Ferguson’s first flight and the outbreak of the Great War. It studies the people, the aircraft and the places involved, and makes much use of contemporary sources to reveal the story through the eyes of those who witnessed these exciting times. All the main personalities are covered, as well as new research on several more obscure pioneers.

9781780731063, $26.95, $17.99, paperback, 160p.

Shot Down Alex Kerr Alex Kerr’s Wellington was shot down over Germany in 1941. At first hospitalized with hopes of repatriation, he unexpectedly found himself a prisoner in a German POW camp.

Throughout those trying four years he was held captive, Alex kept a secret diary. He describes being part of the infamous ‘Long March’ during which he and his comrades were strafed by Allied aircraft; 60 POWs were killed and 100 wounded. Alex escaped the march with a mate, passing through the front lines between the British and German forces to commandeer a German mayor’s car and drive back to Brussels to take the next aircraft to freedom.

9781473878020, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 208p.

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•AVIATION• Immelmann the Eagle of Lille Frantz Immelmann When World War I started, Max Immelmann was recalled to active service and sent for pilot training. On June 3, 1915, he was shot down by a French pilot, but managed to land safely behind German lines. Later in 1915, he became one of the first German fighter pilots, quickly building an impressive score of victories as he became known as The Eagle of Lille. He will forever be associated with the Fokker Eindecker, Germany’s first fighter aircraft to be armed with a machine gun synchronized to fire forward. Originally published in 1930 by John Hamilton in London, this book has been reprinted and reproduced from the original 1930’s version.

9781932033984, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 256p.

Flying Fury Major James T. B. McCudden James McCudden was an outstanding British fighter ace of World War I, whose daring exploits earned him a tremendous reputation and an untimely end. During his time in France with the Royal Flying Corps, McCudden rose from mechanic to flight commander.

Following his first kill in September 1916, McCudden shot down a total of fifty-seven enemy planes, including a remarkable three in a single minute in January 1918. A dashing patrol leader, he stalked enemy pilots with patience and tenacity.

Written with modesty and frankness, this unique and gripping firsthand account is both a valuable insight into the world of early aviation and a powerful account of courage and survival above the mud and trenches of Flanders.

9781935149101, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 288p.

Political Wings Alun Wyburn-Powell This is the first biography of Rt. Hon. William Wedgwood Benn DSO, DFC, first Viscount Stansgate, cabinet minister under MacDonald and Attlee, Air Commodore with active service in World Wars, defector and father. Benn served in the army and RAF during the First World War, and in the Second World War he reached the rank of acting Air Commodore. His eldest son, heir to the viscountcy, died on active service with the RAF, leaving his second son to inherit the title and a seat in the House of Lords. Alun Wyburn-Powell has managed to construct a biographical study of real force, weaving together snippets from Benn’s own private papers with insights from his family and colleagues to create an authentic impression of Benn and the times in which he lived.

9781473848146, $49.95, $32.50, hardback, 248p.

Nothing is Impossible Victor Miller This remarkable story, jotted down shortly after each operation when the events were still vivid in the Victor Miller’s mind, is an astonishing record of skill, bravery, comradeship and resourcefulness, which represents a fitting tribute to many fallen friends and colleagues. Miller joined the Queen’s Royal Regiment upon the outbreak of the Second World War. He volunteered for the elite Glider Pilot Regiment upon its formation and passed, with above average marks, the RAF pilot training program. He was to take part in three of the most iconic airborne operations of the entire conflict: the invasion of Sicily, Arnhem, and the assault crossing of the Rhine, into Germany proper, with ‘only’ 30% losses. This posthumous edition comes with brand new supplementary content, drawn together by the Miller’s sons and family.

9781473843660, $49.95, $32.50, hardback, 408p.

Hawker Hunters At War Tom Cooper & Patricia Salti Designed by Sydney Cam and manufactured by Hawker for the Royal Air Force, the Hunter set numerous aviation records and saw widespread service with a large number of RAF units in Europe and abroad. Illustrated with well over 100 photographs and 15 color profiles and almost entirely based on interviews with retired commanding officers and pilots of the former Royal Iraqi Air Force and Royal Jordanian Air Force, Hawker Hunters at War is the ultimate profile of Hunter’s colorful service in Iraq and Jordan, covering every aspect of Hunter’s service, from in-depth coverage of negotiations related to their export to Iraq and Jordan, to details of their operational service during 1958–67.

9781911096252, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 72p.

Launch Pad UK Jim Wilson For most of Britain, the weekend of October, 1962 could so very easily have been their last weekend on earth. Thor nucleartipped ballistic missiles stood on a round-the-clock wartime state of alert ready to be fired, which made Britain, in effect, America’s launch pad. During the height of the crisis both RAF Bomber Command and the US Strategic Air Command were poised at the highest states of readiness. Both were ordered to a level of war readiness unparalleled throughout the whole of the forty years of Cold War, and there is evidence to suggest that, had the US needed to launch an air strike against Cuba, President Kennedy might have been willing to absorb a Soviet nuclear assault on a NATO ally without retaliation.

9781473886650, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 208p.

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•AVIATION • CARTOONS & COMICS • King of Airfighters Ira Jones Ira Jones’ biography of Britain’s top scoring ace of World War I has become the subject of some controversy over the last few years, but is nevertheless an important account. The biography delves into the mind of Mannock, portraying the singular nature of his character and the true stress that these pioneer air fighters experienced in the last few months of the war. Originally published in 1934 by Ivor Nicholson and Watson in London, the book has been reprinted and reproduced from the original 1930’s version of the book. Not a word has been changed, but the original page layout have been reworked to give a beautiful new treatment to this classic of aviation literature.

9781932033991, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 256p.

CARTOONS & COMICS

Illingworth’s War in Cartoons Mark Bryant Though Leslie Illingworth’s career spanned more than 50 years – longer than either of his great contemporaries Sir David Low and Vicky – very little has been published about his life.

This book collects together for the first time 100 of his greatest cartoons to mark the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. This unique collection is divided into chapters covering the war year-by-year and the book draws extensively on archive material held at the National Library of Wales and only recently catalogued in association with the British Cartoon Archive at the University of Kent. It also contains the first biography of Illingworth based on unique access to hitherto unavailable family records.

9781906502546, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 128p.

WWI in Cartoons Mark Bryant Using images from a wide variety of international wartime magazines, newspapers, books, postcards, posters and prints Mark Bryant tells the history of World War I from both sides of the conflict in an immediate and refreshing manner that brings history alive. The book contains more than 300 cartoons and caricatures, in color and black and white, many of which are published here in book form for the first time. Artists featured include such famous names as Bruce Bairnsfather, H.M.Bateman, F.H.Townshend, Alfred Leete, E.J. Sullivan, Lucien Metivet and Louis Raemaekers, with drawings from the Bystander, London Opinion, Daily Graphic, Punch, Le Rire, Simplicissimus and Kladderadatsch amongst many others.

9781909808096, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 160p.

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WWII in Cartoons Mark Bryant The cartoon has a special place in the history of World War II, and the power of its message was felt by all sides of the conflict. Acclaimed cartoon historian Dr Mark Bryant has amassed a marvelous collection of images in color and black and white, some famous, others not so – from, amongst others, British, French, American, Italian, German, Soviet and Japanese sources – which now appear in paperback form for the first time.

9781909808119, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 160p.

World War I John M. Burns Read the thrilling story of “The Great War”, known now as the First World War. Classics Illustrated traces the history of this devastating conflict from the catalytic political assassination that started it to its end - with victory for some, shame for others and whole nations left in ruin!

9781906814786, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 100p.

World War II John M. Burns Classics Illustrated World War II tells the astonishing and horrifying story of the Second World War in comic-strip format. Classics Illustrated traces the chronology of the most costly war in human history from its outbreak to its conclusion, with over 60 million dead, trials for crimes against humanity and a new, terrifying threat over the world: the atomic bomb! All major events in the war are covered, including the coming to power of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party, the Dunkirk evacuation, the Battle of Britain, the Siege of Stalingrad and many more. The book also has biographies of several major war leaders, from Winston Churchill to Erwin Rommel, Dwight D. Eisenhower to Hideki Tojo.

9781906814793, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 100p.

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•CARTOONS & COMICS • GENERAL MILITARY HISTORY• The Battle of Arnhem, September 1944: Part 1 Hennie Vaessen & Graeme Cunningham Have they been sent on a risky mission or is it plain suicide? No other WW2 battle catches the imagination more than the valiant effort of the British forces dropped at Arnhem.

Montgomery’s brilliant and daring plan leads the Airbornes to a nine day struggle against Hitler’s elite forces. This classic tale of epic proportions is now told in the form of a graphic novel mixing drama and true events into one compelling story.

9789490000042, $19.95, $12.99, hardback, 48p.

The Battle of Arnhem, September 1944: Part 2 Hennie Vaessen & Graeme Cunningham Without food or water and with little ammunition left, the situation has become gravely desperate for General Urquhart’s airborne troops. With the first tanks rolling into the village streets of Oosterbeek near Arnhem, the battle against Hitler’s elite forces is about to reach its deadly climax. Will they still manage to cross the river Rhine and escape with their lives? Brought to you in the form of an outstanding Graphic Novel, this story of human sacrifice is worthy of being told over and over again.

9789490000097, $19.95, $12.99, hardback, 48p.

The Battle of Arnhem, September 1944: Part 3 Hennie Vaessen & Graeme Cunningham In this final volume the story of those who fought at Arnhem reaches its conclusion. During the night of the 25th to 26th of September 1944, resistance is abandoned and, due to the efforts of the Polish regiment under the command of General Sosabowski, many British manage to escape the hellhole north of the Rhine. Those left behind are either taken to hospital or into captivity. For the allied troops the Battle of Arnhem has turned into a tragedy. The question is: who takes the blame?

9789490000134, $19.95, $12.99, hardback, 48p.

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GENERAL MILITARY HISTORY The Arte Militaire

Warwick Louth The use of Military manuals has historically been negated.Taking the works of such writers and artists as Bariffe, de Gheyn and Ward,Warwick Louth attempts to actively break down how individual and group drill will leave material remains and the archaeological means these might be taken down, but equally, this work also attempts to investigate and breach the subject of whether such manuals can also be used to dictate the survivability of 17th century fortifications.

Theoretical in its nature and utilizing and combining elements of research not previously collaborated,The Arte Militaire is unique in not merely showing how military manuals were used, but rather how they can still be seen within the historical landscape.

9781911096221, $39.95, $25.99, paperback, 148p.

The Battle Of Montgomery, 1644 Jonathan Worton Fought on 18 September 1644 in mid-Wales, Montgomery was the largest engagement in the Principality during the First English Civil War. Notwithstanding its importance, historians have largely overlooked Montgomery.The Battle of Montgomery, 1644 makes extensive use of contemporary sources - many of which are referenced here for the first time.

While the battle is the main subject,The Battle of Montgomery, 1644 also considers the wider war in Northerly Wales and the North-West and West Midlands of England - a region that remains underrepresented in Civil War historiography. Extensively illustrated, The Battle of Montgomery, 1644 will be welcomed by historians, war gamers and model makers, and by those curious about the history of Wales and the English borderlands.

9781911096238, $39.95, $25.99, paperback, 120p.

No Armour But Courage Serena Jones Few army officers of King Charles I shone as bright as George Lisle during the English Civil Wars— yet he’s drawn so little attention from historians. Lisle fought at Edgehill, Chalgrove and the First Battle of Newbury in 1643. He took charge of a veteran regiment in 1644, lead the principal assault in Leicester in 1645, and was labeled as a ‘Royalist martyr’ after his execution in 1648. In this first ever biography of Lisle, Serena Jones has painstakingly pieced together his personal background and reexamined every known detail of his career.

9781911096474, $69.95, $45.50, hardback, 512p.

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•GENERAL MILITARY HISTORY• Tracing Your First World War Ancestors Simon Fowler Anyone who is eager to piece together the wartime career and likely experiences of an ancestor who was involved in any aspect the conflict, at home or overseas, will find his book to be an indispensable source of information and advice. It is an accessible, up-to-date and expert introduction to get you on your way and to answer those questions that might crop up during your research. In a straightforward, easy-to-follow style, Simon Fowler introduces readers to the multitude of sources they can use to explore the history of the war for themselves.

9781781590379, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 224p.

Tracing your Second World War Ancestors (Countryside) Simon Fowler This book is a comprehensive guide for those researching their ancestors in the Army, the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. Also covered are Merchant Marines, Refugees, Conscientious Objectors, Commonwealth and Empire Forces, European and American Allies.

9781853069369, $23.95, $15.99, paperback, 176p.

Rorke’s Drift Neil Thornton The battle of Rorke’s Drift is established in history as one of Britain’s most incredible actions.

The battle led to a display of incredible fortitude, courage and tenacity resulting in mutual respect between British red coat and Zulu warrior. Using a vast array of primary accounts and previously unpublished examples, the author describes the battle in vivid detail. The actions of each of the 11 Victoria Cross recipients are looked at in detail, together with the men who were awarded the DCM. Illustrated with previously unpublished artwork, ‘Rorke’s Drift—A New Perspective’ is a gripping account, which questions what is commonly believed to be the true interpretation of the hospital fighting.

9781781555538, $34.95, $22.99, hardback, 208p.

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Real War Horses Anthony Dawson There are detailed studies of campaigns and battles and general accounts of the experiences of the soldiers who fought for the British army in between the Battle of Waterloo and the First World War, but Anthony Dawson is the first historian to concentrate on the experiences of the British cavalry during a century of warfare. He describes the organization, routines, training and social life of the cavalry, as well as the fear and exhilaration of cavalry actions. The most memorable passages record the drama and excitement of cavalry charges and the brutal, confused and often lethal experience of close-quarter combat. Few books give such a direct inside view of what it was like to serve in the British cavalry during the nineteenth century.

9781473847071, $44.95, $29.50, Hardback, 256p.

The Battle of Copenhagen 1801 Ole Feldbaek Written by the leading Danish authority on the period, this splendid work brings to life Nelson’s historic victory immortalized by his so famously turning a blind eye to his superiors order to halt operations. As well as describing the brilliance of the British tactics, the work fascinatingly reveals the desperate action and great bravery displayed by the Danish defenders who suffered appallingly in the fighting.

Professor Feldbaek’s account has been highly successful in Danish and its publication in English is eagerly awaited.

9781473886612, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 288p.

Tracing Your Boer War Ancestors Jane Marchese Robinson The Boer War took place just 15 years before the start of the First World War. This book acts as an informative research guide for those seeking to discover and uncover the stories of the men who fought and the families they left behind. It looks in particular at the kind of support the men received if they were war injured and that was offered to the families of the bereaved. The book explores a variety of research materials such as contemporary national and local newspapers; military records via websites and directly through regimental archives; census, electoral, marriage and death records; records at the National Archives including the Book of Wounds from the Boer War, the Transvaal Widows’ Fund and others.

9781473822429, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 224p.

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•GENERAL MILITARY HISTORY• Tracing Your Naval Ancestors Simon Fowler This concise guide to naval history and naval records is essential reading and reference for anyone researching the fascinating story of Britain’s navy and the men and women who served in it. Simon Fowler shows you how to trace an officer, petty officer or rating from the seventeenth century up to the 1960s using records at the National Archives and elsewhere. The book also covers the specialist and auxiliary services associated with the navy – among them the Royal Marines, the Fleet Air Arm, the naval dockyards, the WRNS and the Fleet Auxiliary. In each section, he explains what records survived, where they can be found and how they can be used for research.

9781848846258, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 208p.

Tracing Your Army Ancestors Simon Fowler Whether you are interested in the career of an individual officer, researching medals awarded to a soldier, or just want to know more about a particular battle or campaign, this book will point you in the right direction. Assuming the reader has no prior knowledge of the British Army, its history or organization, Simon Fowler explains what records survive, where they are to be found and how they can help you in your research. He shows how to make the best use of the increasing number of related resources to be found online, and he pays particular attention to explaining the records and the reasons behind their creation, as this information can be very important in understanding how these documents can help your research.

9781781590867, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 192p.

Tracing Your Air Force Ancestors Phil Tomaselli Whether you are interested in the career of an individual airman or woman, researching medals awarded to a pilot or crew member or just want to know more about a particular squadron or operation, Phil Tomaselli’s handbook will point you in the right direction. Each era in air force history is described, from the pioneering days of early aviation and the formation of the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War to the creation of the Royal Air Force. Tomaselli provides pointers and examples which should help researchers find the records of units and bases that individuals served in, the kind of work they did, the airplanes they worked with and the men and women they worked alongside.

9781783030576, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 224p.

Mobility Conquers Willem Steenkamp & Helmoed-Römer Heitman More than two years in the writing, this book is the wartsand-all story of the birth, career and death of the South African Defense Force’s 61 Mechanised Battalion Group. Written in an easy-to-read narrative style by two veteran military authors, this book includes many personal accounts by officers and men of ‘61 Mech’. Among other things, it explains how and why the SADF became involved in the struggle against the South West African People’s Organization. It is also salted with short snippets of information which helps to make it an entertaining read for people from anywhere in the world. For anyone needing a single blueprint on how to fight a successful conventional war in Africa, this is the book to read.

9781911096528, $99.95, $64.99, hardback, 1072p.

Volunteers and Pressed Men Roger Broad The great heroic myth of 20th century British history is that after the fall of France, Britain ‘stood alone’. This does a great disservice to the millions of men and women from around the world who rallied to the British cause. In the First World War, Britain initially depended on volunteers to form Kitchener’s ‘New Army’, but from 1916 it had to resort to conscription.

The imperial forces were mainly raised voluntarily although, as in Britain, various forms of social and economic pressure were applied to get men into uniform. This book draws on official documents, diaries, memoirs and other sources to describe how, alongside Britain’s own forces, men and women drawn from the Americas to the Pacific served, fought, and suffered injury and death in Britain’s cause.

9781781553961, $34.95, $22.99, hardback, 224p.

Illustrated Manual of Sniper Skills Mark Spicer This heavily illustrated manual provides a timely, in-depth review of the art of sniping in war and antiterrorist environments. Drawing on a vast, firsthand knowledge of sniper skills, former British Army sniper and sniper instructor Mark Spicer describes the role of the sniper in peace and in war, in reconnaissance and counter-surveillance, in cities, in vehicles, at night and by day. He presents crucial information about training and equipment, judgment and positioning, details of great relevance to professional marksmen, both military and law enforcement. This comprehensive manual will also be of interest to hunters, weapons enthusiasts, competition shooters, and paintball participants. The book is complimented by 280 full color illustrations, diagrams, and related information.

9781473884526, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 256p.

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•GENERAL MILITARY HISTORY • MODELING• The History of the Green Howards Geoffrey Powell & John S W Powell Regimental histories abound, but few can be as stirring as this story of the fortunes of the famous Yorkshire-based Green Howards. Raised in 1688 in response to a call for loyal troops, the Green Howards have maintained their tradition of loyalty over the past 300 years winning many superb battle honors. Their history reflects that of the British Army as there is hardly a major campaign that this Regiment has not been involved in; the French Wars of 1697-1793, the American War of Independence, Crimean War, First and Second World Wars, service in Suez, Malaya, Northern Ireland, peacekeeping operations in Bosnia and the war in the Gulf. This fine book brings the story of one of Britain’s finest regiments right up to date.

9781473857971, $32.95, $21.50, paperback, 320p.

Armed Forces of the United Kingdom 2001–2002 (Old Ed) Charles Heyman The British Army continues to be one of the world’s most frequently deployed forces, resulting in an almost continuous process of reorganization and re-equipment.

This handy guide covers the chain of command and organizational charts for all types and all levels of British units.

9780850528046, $10.95, $7.50, paperback, 192p.

Railway Guns John Goodwin In the nineteenth century, the War Office preferred to equip its warships with the biggest guns instead of upgrading land weaponry, but the development of longer-range guns, weighing up to 250 tons, to smash through the massive armies and trench systems on the Western Front in 1916, led to a rethink.

The only way to move these monsters about quickly in countryside thick with mud was to mount them on specially built railway trucks towed by locomotives. This book concentrates on the realities of the time, the type of gun, the locomotives, artillery targets, locations, and what it was like when firing took place. It is fully illustrated with pictures, maps and plans covering different aspects of railway guns their locomotives and equipment.

9781473854116, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 128p.

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MODELING Polikarpov Po-2 Dariusz Karnas Scale plans in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 of Po-2 (U-2) variants.

Includes Polish CSS-13 versions.

All versions are shown.

9788363678760, $11.99, $7.99, paperback, 12p.

Lockheed P-38 F-H Lightning Dariusz Karnas Scale plans in 1/72 and 1/48 of P-38 early variants. P-38 F-H versions are shown.

9788363678876, $11.99, $7.99, paperback, 12p.

Republic P-47B-D Razorback: Scale Plans Dariusz Karnas Scale plans in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 of P-47 Razorback variants.

Versions P-47B, C and D are shown.

9788363678753, $11.99, $7.99, paperback, 12p.

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• MODELING• Ilyushin Il-28

Hawker Hurricane Mk I

Dariusz Karnas Scale plans in 1/72, 1/48 of Il-28 bomber variants. All bomber versions are shown.

9788363678777, $11.99, $7.99, paperback, 12p.

Marek Rys Scale plans in 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 of Hurricane Mk I variants.

All Mk I subversions are shown.

9788363678869, $11.99, $7.99, paperback, 12p.

Henschel HS 126

North American P-51D Mustang

Robert P czkowski The Henschel Hs126 was the Luftwaffe equivalent of the Lysander, a classic high-wing STOL army cooperation aircraft.

Like the Lysander, it proved too vulnerable in wartime operations, and was quickly relegated to training and glider tug roles. It had a renaissance later in the war as a night attack bomber on the Eastern Front.

The Hs126 also saw service in Spain, Latvia, Soviet Union and Greece. This book describes the development and operations of the Hs126, and is illustrated with many photos and color profiles, plus scale plans. Over 350 previously unpublished wartime photos are included 9788389450401, $40.00, $26.50, paperback, 208p.

Mikoyan Gurevitch MiG-17 Dariusz Karnas 12 pages of 1/72, 1/48 and 1/32 scale plans for all variants of the MiG-17, including the Polishbuilt versions in the Polish Air Force. The MiG-17 was a subsonic fighter aircraft produced in the USSR from 1952 and operated by numerous air forces in many variants.

9788363678838, $11.99, $7.99, paperback, 12p

Robert P czkowski & Zbigniew Kolacha This detailed monograph covers the design and development of the P-51D Mustang family, the main wartime production variant of this classic fighter. This book contains comprehensive technical details, specially selected NAA technical photographs, a wide range of color profiles, rare color photographs from W.W.II, detailed photographs featuring modern highly accurate restorations, and full plans in 1/72 scale. Profusely illustrated with photos, including a comprehensive walk-around section showing all aspects of the airframe, and diagrams from official manuals, this book provides all the core technical details of the P-51D family in one compact, economical volume.

9788365281234, $39.00, $25.50, hardback, 160p.

The Fairey Barracuda Matthew Willis Despite its bad reputation, the Royal Navy’s Fairey Barracuda proved highly successful in service, carrying out raids against the Tirpitz and against Japanese forces in the East Indies. It also undertook a variety of less well known roles, and remained in Fleet Air Arm service into the 1950s. This new book by naval aviation historian Matthew Willis contains an extensive history and technical description of the Barracuda, drawing from a wide range of archive materials and accounts from the men who flew and operated the aircraft in service, together with over 100 photographs, scale plans and color profiles, many never before published.

9788365281241, $39.00, $25.50, paperback, 140p.

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•MODELING• English Electric Lightning Neil Robinson & Martin Derry Developed to intercept increasingly capable Soviet bombers, the English Electric/BAC Lightning is a favorite of both aviation enthusiasts and aircraft modelers alike. This book offers a concise design and development history covering the six main single-seat fighter and two twin-seat trainer Marks and coverage of the only other two air forces to operate the type, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, as well as a 16-page full color illustration section featuring detailed profiles and 2-views of the color schemes and markings carried by the type in RAF, Royal Saudi and Kuwait Air Force service and detailed lists of the plastic model kits, accessories and decal sheets produced of the EE/BAC Lightning, with photos of finished models.

9781473890558, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 96p.

Gloster Grebe and Gamecock Tim Kershaw The Grebe and Gamecock were progressive developments of the line of fighters designed by Henry Folland. They served in turn with the RAF throughout the 1920s, and export versions were still in service at the start of WW2. Classic fighter biplanes, they were true pilot’s airplanes and delighted the crowds at many pre-war air displays. In the colorful markings of fighter squadrons of the time, they were flown by many later RAF aces and senior officers. Profusely illustrated with many rare photos, this is the most comprehensive study of these designs yet published. The book includes scale plans, full-color profiles, and detail photos, including many of the Gamecock replica lovingly recreated by enthusiasts at Brockworth.

9788361421177, $39.00, $25.50, paperback, 160p.

Blackburn Skua and Roc Matthew Willis The development and operational history of the Skua and its turret-fighter derivative, the Roc, is told in this book.

Designed as a dive-bomber, a role it excelled in, the Skua was also used (with much less success) as a fighter, and later as a target tug. The Roc, naval equivalent of the Defiant, was even less successful than its RAF counterpart.

This essential reading contains superb color illustrations of camouflage and markings, rare black and white archive photographs, and firsthand accounts of Skua operations.

9788389450449, $35.00, $22.99, paperback, 160p.

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German Aircraft Instrument Panels Dariusz Karnas This book from the INSIDE series shows detailed drawings of German aircraft instrument panels in great detail.

9788363678807, $29.00, $18.99, hardback, 41p.

Japanese Battleships Robert Brown This ‘shipcraft’ installment provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of two related classes of Japanese 14in-gunned battleships, originally built during the First World War but subsequently totally reconstructed. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeler through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sisterships and changes in their appearance over their careers. The modeling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit. The book concludes with a section on research references like books, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites.

9781473883376, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 64p.

Japanese Aircraft of World War II Thomas Newdick This book includes every type of aircraft deployed by the Japanese military, from fighters to seaplanes, bombers, reconnaissance aircraft, torpedo bombers and carrier aircraft. All the best-known types are featured, such as the Mitsubishi G4M ‘Betty’, Nakajima B6N2 Tenzan, Aichi B7A2 Ryusei torpedo bomber and the world- famous Mitsubishi A6M ‘Zero’ fighter. The guide is illustrated with profile artworks, three-views, and special cutaway artworks of the more famous aircraft in service, such as the Aichi D3A1 ‘Val’, Mitsubishi A6M2 Reisen, and Nakajima Ki.27 ‘Nate’.

Illustrated with more than 120 artworks, Japanese Aircraft of World War II is an essential reference guide for modelers and enthusiasts with an interest in military aircraft of World War II. 9781782744740, $24.98, $16.50, hardback, 128p.

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•MODELING• Russian Tanks of World War II Stephen Hart Organized chronologically by type, this book offers a comprehensive survey of Soviet AFVs, from the prewar T-18 light tank and BT fast tank series to the heavy Joseph Stalin tanks and self-propelled guns of the final months of the war. All the major and many minor tanks are featured, including every significant variation of the T-26 light tank, KV series and T-34.

There are also chapters on the many types of self-propelled guns developed by Soviet industry, as well as Allied LendLease AFVs tanks. Packed with 120 newly commissioned, full-color artworks with exhaustive specifications, Russian Tanks of World War II is a key reference guide for military modelers and World War II enthusiasts.

9781782744757, $24.98, $16.50, hardback, 128p.

Red Army Tanks of World War II Tim Bean & Will Fowler Red Army Tanks of World War II is an authoritative history of Soviet armored forces before 1945, detailing their development, tactics and equipment from the early days of the tank arm in the 1920s, through the purges of the late 1930s and the German invasion in 1941, to the epic tank battle of Kursk, and eventual victory in the streets of Berlin. The growth and development of Stalin’s armored might is illustrated with 170 rare black-and-white photographs, some of which have never been previously published.

A must for any enthusiast, Red Army Tanks of World War II is the definitive study of the equipment and tactics of the Soviet armored forces that defeated the might of Hitler’s Wehrmacht.

9781782744924, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 176p.

Tiger I and Tiger II: Tanks of the German Army and Waffen-SS Dennis Oliver Being only the first book in its series, this book uses archive photos and extensively researched color illustrations to examine the tanks and units of the German Army and WaffenSS heavy panzer battalions that attempted to hold back the Red Army during 1944. Technical details as well as modifications are examined, providing everything needed to recreate an accurate representation of the tanks that fought.

9781473885349, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 64p.

SU-76 on the Battlefield Neil Stokes The SU-76 and SU-76M were the most widely produced Soviet self-propelled artillery pieces of the Second World War, second only to the T-34 tank in terms of production numbers. The SU-76M saw action in all campaigns in the latter years of the war and continued to serve with the Soviet Army and other states long after the war. This book provides a concise yet comprehensive description of the development, production and service of this important series, followed by extensive photographic coverage of the SU-76 and SU-76M in service.

9786155583001, $41.95, $27.50, hardback, 112p.

Vehicle Art of World War Two John Norris The ‘nose art’ that decorated WW2 aircraft has received considerable attention, but the images and slogans that decorated land vehicles have been less widely appreciated.

This visually stunning book displays many fine examples of the art that adorned the military vehicles of both Allied and Axis forces. Both official unit markings, such as divisional badges and unit emblems, as well as decidedly less official renderings of pin-up girls and cartoon characters are included. John Norris’s concise but well researched text and extended captions set the artwork in context and explain the development of vehicle art through the course of the war and in the various armies. The result is a visual treat for the casual reader and a valuable reference for reenactors, vehicle restorers, war gamers and modelers.

9781473834187, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 192p.

Sherman Tanks of the British Army and Royal Marines Dennis Oliver With production in excess of 55,000, the Sherman tank was the mainstay of Britain’s armored battalions. In his second book in the TankCraft series, Dennis Oliver uses wartime photos and extensively researched, exquisitely presented color illustrations to cover the Sherman tanks used by the units of the Royal Armoured Corps and the Royal Marines during the fighting in northern France. A large part of this work showcases 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 explained as is the complex system of markings employed by British armored regiments.

9781473885301, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 64p.

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•MODERN WAR•

MODERN WAR

Shemya: America’s Cold War Sentinel Gerald Butler During the Cold War the Aleutian Islands became an electronic battlefield for the most sophisticated monitoring and highly secretive electronic gathering equipment then in existence. Because of intense Arctic cold and extreme winds the unique and massive monitoring equipment had to be strong and function during snow, sleet and winds over 120 mph, while personnel who manned and maintained them were also subject to identical conditions. Aircraft for secret reconnaissance missions had to launch and land under inconceivable conditions and on occasion, some did not return or crashed. The highly restricted devices have never been photographed or discussed other than by authorized operating personnel prior to the release of this book.

Permission for its release has been authorized by the United States National Security Administration.

9781625450388, $28.95, $18.99, paperback, 176p.

Thor Geoff Goodchild Thor: Anatomy of a Weapon System examines, in plain English, the technical aspects of the Thor IRBM.The missile and its ground support equipment are covered in detail.The guidance system is conveniently spread across two chapters and includes a sub section to help understanding of the gyroscopes.The ground based guidance components, including the mysterious theodolites, are described with accompanying drawings.The launch countdown process is comprehensively covered in a series of easy to follow flow diagrams, accompanied by detailed drawings and descriptions of the launch control consoles and equipment.The launch site itself is examined with details of surveys, locations and layout.

9781781555682, $34.95, $22.99, hardback, 208p.

Red Zone Baghdad Marcus Fielding When Colonel Marcus Fielding returned home from his tour of duty in Baghdad, a taxi driver asked him what it was like being a soldier there. Marcus, an experienced veteran, found himself speechless - how could he properly explain to a civilian the nature of his work and his life during his tour? He mouthed a few platitudes, but felt frustrated: he had not done justice to his experience or to his fellow soldiers still in Iraq. This book is the result of that frustration, and it provides fascinating insights into the conditions on the ground in a theatre of war that more than 20,000 Australian men and women have served.

9781921941177, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 228p.

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Playa Girón Santiago Rivas In 1961 - two years after a revolution in Cuba overran the government of Fulgencio Batista, a group of Cuban exiles — backed by the CIA— landed on the beaches of the Bay of Pigs in an attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro. After three days of intense fighting on the beaches and swamps around the area, the invaders were defeated by Castro’s forces and most of them surrendered, while a few managed to escape to the ships. After more than 50 years, much was written about the invasion, but only ever showing one side of the coin. Using information from some of the few veterans still alive and never published sources, this book attempts to show the full picture from an objective point of view.

9781911096023, $39.95, $25.99, paperback, 88p.

The Royal Armoured Corps in the Cold War 1946–1990 M.P. Robinson & Robert Griffin The Royal Armored Corps’ composition may have changed dramatically during the four and a half decades of The Cold War but its role in the nation’s defense has been predominant.

This highly informative book focuses on the deployment of the British Army’s armored regiments from the end of the Second World War, their vehicles and equipment, the creation of the British Army of the Rhine, NATO commitments and other peripheral missions. The characteristics and variants of the Centurion, the powerful but short lived Conqueror, the Chieftain and Challenger are covered in expert text and by numerous images. The RAC in the Cold War is a tribute to the men who served in these famous regiment and their stories make fascinating reading.

9781473843752, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 208p.

Portuguese Commandos John P. Cann During the 13-year insurgency in Portuguese Africa between 1961 and 1974, more than 800,000 men and women served in the Portuguese armed forces. It is well established that these warriors were responsible for the elimination of more insurgents and capturing more of their weapons than any other force during the war. The commandos became a breed apart - and their reputation was such that when insurgents discovered a unit deployed into their area, they would generally withdraw until the killers left. This is the story of the Portuguese commandos: their beginnings, their unique operations and their legacy and influence in subsequent sister units such as the Buffalo Battalion of South Africa.

9781911096320, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 64p.

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•MODERN WAR• The Iran-Iraq War. Volume 1 E.R. Hooton & Tom Cooper The Iran-Iraq War accidentally created the current nightmare of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism. There have been many books on the conflict, but this is the first detailed military history using materials from both sides, as well as materials obtained from US intelligence circles and British governmental archives. It provides a unique insight into a war which began through miscalculation and rapidly escalated into the longest conventional conflict in the post-Second World War era. The first volume looks at the background and why the Iraqi Army decided to restrict its greatest success to a narrow strip of territory in Iran’s southern province of Khuzestan.

9781911096566, $35.00, $22.99, paperback, 80p.

The Paras John P. Cann Portuguese paratroopers, or “paras,” began as a stepchild of the army and found a home in the Portuguese Air Force in 1955. Initially, the post-World War Two Portuguese Army had mixed emotions about the need for elite, special-purpose forces, but the Air Force soon saw an urgent need for troops who could fight an unconventional war. These were specialized warfighters who in one minute were physically destroying an insidious enemy and in the next administering aid and support and protecting a vulnerable population. This book tells the paras’ story as researched from Portuguese sources. It details how they were formed and trained and how they developed their imaginative, effective, and feared tactics and applied them in operations to protect the population from insurgent predations and destroy a vicious enemy.

9781911512486, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 72p.

Exocet Falklands Ewen Southby-Tailyour This is a revelatory account of three untabulated Special Forces operations that failed to destroy Argentina’s Exocet missiles during the 1982 Falkland’s campaign. In that context, alone this book is of international military importance. Using previously unknown material and through interviewing key players, Ewen Southby-Tailyour has finally established the truth. The RAF pilots tasked with “crash-landing” two Hercules onto Rio Grande during Operation Mikado have spoken of the extraordinary procedures they developed. The Super Etendard pilots who sank the HMS Sheffield and MV Atlantic Conveyor and then “attacked” HMS Invincible, plus a key member of the Argentine special forces and the brigadier defending Rio Grande, add credence, depth and gravitas to the saga.

9781473872103, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 344p.

Wars of the Bushes Stephen Tanner Military historian Stephen Tanner describes the four major military conflicts launched by the presidents Bush. Both were characterized by decisive, overwhelming force, matching military capability to geopolitical goals with decisive results.

Tanner criticizes the American war in Afghanistan as a timid failure, in which Bush the younger claimed a hollow victory while allowing the leadership of the Taliban, and most importantly, Al Qaeda, to escape. As the American armed forces currently fight their longest, bloodiest war since Vietnam—unwisely, as then, attempting to subdue an older, foreign culture—this book provides a valuable perspective by comparing the presidencies of two men related by blood but not by experience and character, or in a shared view of America’s unique qualities.

9781932033328, $27.95, $18.50, hardback, 312p.

Secrets of the Cold War Leland C. McCaslin A French officer drives into a Soviet tank column and escapes undiscovered by cunning methods. In West Germany, terrorist attacks and spies are rampant. Communists shoot a rocket-propelled grenade into a General’s occupied limo and terrorists kidnap another General. An American soldier is nearly recruited in a downtown bar to be a spy. In an unusual train incident, one male Soviet Officer places a love note in a young US female Train Commander’s pocket. The note is in the book. Containing a host of first-person accounts that lift the lid on previously untold clandestine activities, Secrets of the Cold War is a major contribution to Cold War history, and an exciting reading for all those who have an interest in the real-life world of military intelligence.

9781908916914, $25.00, $16.50, paperback, 200p.

Belfast to Benghazi Rupert Wieloch Having served as an officer during the Troubles in Northern Ireland, leading a squadron in the Iraq War in 1990, and then executing the largest defensive battle fought by the British Army for 20 years in Bosnia, Colonel Rupert Wieloch has seen more than his share of frontline military action. After Bosnia, Wieloch’s role moved to planning and strategy, at the highest level. He played a key role in Operation Veritas, the UK’s response to 9/11, leading a team which developed the foundation for the UK’s campaign against international terrorism.

9781861515667, $18.90, $12.50, paperback, 320p.

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•MODERN WAR • NAPOLEONIC WAR• The Iran-Iraq War. Volume 2 E.R. Hooton & Tom Cooper The Iran-Iraq War was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the 20th century and accidentally created the current nightmare of Islamic fundamentalist terrorism. There have been many books on the conflict, but this is the first detailed military history using materials from both sides, as well as materials obtained from US intelligence circles and British governmental archives. It provides a unique insight into a war which began through miscalculation and rapidly escalated into the longest conventional conflict in the postSecond World War era.Volume 2 takes up the account after Iraq withdrew from Khuzestan and is based upon material from both sides: US intelligence data, British Government documents and secret Iraqi files.

9781911096573, $35.00, $22.99, paperback, 112p.

With the SAS and Other Animals Andrew Higgins In 1970 at the height of the Cold War, the young Sandhursttrained Sultan Qaboes of Oman, with secret British military backing, took on the communist rebels in a fierce but little known war. Along with regular British Army and ‘contract’ officers, the SAS played a key role in this bitterly fought but ultimately successful campaign.

Attached to D Squadron, 22 SAS, Andrew Higgins learnt how to respond to the Jebali people’s love and concern for the animals which provided their livelihood – goats, camels, sheep, horses, cattle, even bears, hunting birds and pedigree hunting dogs.

9781848844865, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 256p.

NAPOLEONIC WAR

Green Leader Ian Pringle On 3 September 1978, a Russian-supplied heat-seeking missile shot down an Air Rhodesia Viscount civilian airline.

Miraculously, 18 people survived the crash, only for most of them to be gunned down in cold blood shortly after by terrorists loyal to Joshua Nkomo the leader of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union. In this fascinating two-part account, Ian Pringle describes the Viscount tragedy and the military response.

He uses exclusive interviews with two survivors of the massacre, as well as accounts from other key witnesses, to recreate the tragic event. He describes the aftermath, another tragedy and a reprisal attack in Angola, which brought southern Africa to the very brink of a full-scale regional war.

9781911096726, $35.00, $22.99, paperback, 242p.

War on Two Fronts Col. Christopher Hughes Shortly after the launch of Operation Iraqi Freedom, the war in Iraq became the most confusing in U.S. history, the high command not knowing who to fight, who was attacking Coalition troops, and who among the different Iraqi groups were fighting each other. Yet there were a few astute officers like Lt. Col. Christopher Hughes, commanding the 2d Battalion of the 327th Inf. Regiment, 101st Airborne, who sensed the complexity of the task from the beginning. Written with candor and no shortage of humor, intermixed with brutal scenes of combat and frank analysis, this book is a must-read for all those who seek insight into our current war in the Mideast.

9781612004310, $22.50, $14.99, paperback, 320p.

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The Jena Campaign F. N. Maude This famous study of Napoleon’s total defeat of the Prussian Army at the battle of Jena is a monumental panorama of one of history’s greatest campaigns and a renowned analysis of the tactics of the era. In a gripping narrative of the military events, Maude gives a key insight into the strengths and weaknesses of the two opposing armies as well as relating and analyzing every move of the campaign. With diagrams illustrating the combat tactics of the opposing forces as well as excellent maps, which allow the twists and turns of a campaign that was fought across the breadth of Germany to be followed with ease, The Jena Campaign, 1806 is a classic of its kind and a vital addition to any Napoleonic library.

9781848328365, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 208p.

The Note-Books of Captain Coignet Jean-Roche Coignet Captain Jean-Roch Coignet was born a month after the American Declaration of Independence. He lived through three French Revolutions, two Republics, one Empire, and four Kingships. He writes truthfully of himself and his times in these fascinating memoirs. In the pages of his note-book, Coignet relates the ordinary soldier’s views of great campaigns and battles such as Montebello and Marengo in 1800; the campaigns of Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau and Friedland in 1805-7; a brief dash into Spain in 1808, the campaign of Aspern and Wagram in 1809, the Russian invasion of 1812, and finally the dramatic conclusion at Waterloo.

9781473882850, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 312p.

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•NAPOLEONIC WAR• Wellington Invades France Ian Robertson When, in the late summer of 1813, Wellington’s troops approached the Pyrenees to enter France, the Peninsular War was far from won. For Wellington, as well as his men, the campaign in France was a test of stamina and endurance in hostile territory. Wellington’s troops fought hard to win their crown of victories and bring the war to a successful conclusion. Drawing on eyewitness accounts and official dispatches, Ian Robertson outlines the nature of the war as well as tracing the complicated maneuvering and operations of the British and French armies. He describes in detail such hard-fought actions as at Sorauren, the Nivelle and the last great battle of the war at Toulouse, as well as some less-well-known clashes in the unforgiving terrain of the Pyrenees.

9781473883017, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 304p.

A Soldier for Napoleon Franz Joseph Hausmann The letters and diaries of Lieutenant Franz Joseph Hausmann are here placed in the context of the military events of the period by renowned historian John Gill.

They stem from Hausmann’s first campaign in 1805 in the war against Austria, followed by the 1806 and 1807 campaigns in Prussia and Poland. He was only twenty-three when he embarked on the ill-fated 1812 invasion of Russia and served as part of the Bavarian corps that was shattered in this cataclysmic campaign. He survived to describe the 1813 campaign and the 1814 campaign in France when the Bavarians switched sides and fought against Napoleon. With commentary on the Bavarian Army and its campaigns and battles, this book is an important addition to the works on the Napoleonic Wars.

9781473882690, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 272p.

In the Words of Napoleon Edited by R.M. Johnston Derived from Napoleon’s extensive correspondence and his other writings and recorded speeches, this valuable compilation encompasses the whole of the emperor’s life. The diary reveals Napoleon’s thoughts and actions as his great life unfolded and throws light on his attitudes to war, politics and the many varied personalities who surrounded – or opposed – him. As entries appear on an almost daily basis, the reader has the opportunity to trace the surging course of events as they happened, and to witness the emperor’s response to the rise and fall of his fortunes.

9781473882775, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 416p.

British Battles of the Napoleonic Wars 1793–1806 Martin Mace & John Grehan The Napoleonic Wars was truly a worldwide conflict, and Britain found itself engaged in battles, sieges and amphibious operations around the globe.

Presented here together for the first time are those original dispatches from some forty generals, captains and admirals detailing more than eighty battles that took place in India, Africa, Europe and the Americas. The reports included in this book are from some of Britain’s most famous battles, the likes of Trafalgar and Waterloo, as well as less wellknown but just as important engagements which resulted in the capture of the islands and territories which helped form the greatest empire the world has ever known.

9781781593325, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 224p.

Sir John Moore Janet Macdonald Sir John Moore is perhaps the second most famous British soldier of the Napoleonic Wars, yet death in battle at Corunna overshadows the wide range of his earlier campaigns and his achievements as an innovative soldier. Admired by his peers but distrusted by his political masters, Moore was a controversial figure. He is best known for saving the British army in Spain by leading the retreat to Corunna, but he is also credited with developing the training system that enabled Wellington’s army to beat the French in Spain and at Waterloo. Janet Macdonald’s account will rekindle interest in a leading actor in the struggle against the French revolutionary and Napoleonic armies.

9781473833944, $44.95, $29.50, hardback, 304p.

The American Sharpe Gareth Glover Rather than joining his father’s merchant business James Penman Gairdner decided to become a soldier, receiving a commission in the famous 95th Rifles. Throughout his service he kept a journal, which he managed to maintain on almost a daily basis. This journal, along with a number of letters that he wrote to his family, have been edited by renowned historian Gareth Glover and are presented here to the public for the first time. Readers will not find dramatic stories of great battles or adventurous escapades. Instead, Gairdner, details the everyday life of one of Wellington’s soldiers; one of marches and billets, of the weather, the places and the people of the Iberian Peninsula and of Paris and Occupied France – the real nature of soldering.

9781848327771, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 272p.

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•NAPOLEONIC WAR • Wellington’s Eastern Front Nick Lipscombe At last, in this absorbing and authoritative study, the story of the epic struggle on Spain’s eastern front during the Peninsular War has been told.

Often overlooked as not integral to the Duke of Wellington’s main army and their campaigns in Portugal and western Spain, they were, in point of fact, intrinsically linked. Nick Lipscombe, a leading historian of the Napoleonic Wars and an expert on the fighting in the Iberian Peninsula, describes in graphic detail the battles fought by the French army of General Suchet against the Spanish regulars and guerrillas and subsequently the AngloSicilian force sent by the British government to stabilize the region.

9781473850712, $44.95, $29.50, hardback, 256p.

Napoleon, France and Waterloo Charles J. Esdaile So great is the weight of reading on the subject of the Waterloo campaign that it might be thought there is nothing left to say about it, and from the military viewpoint, this is very much the case. But one critical aspect of the story has gone all but untold – the French home front. Drawing on the vivid, revealing writings of soldiers who fought in France in 1814 and 1815 and in the memoirs of civilians who witnessed the fall of Napoleon or the Hundred Days, Charles Esdaile gives us a fascinating new insight into the military and domestic context of the Waterloo campaign, the Napoleonic legend and the wider situation across Europe.

9781473870826, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 288p.

Fighting Napoleon Gareth Glover Even when Napoleon considered himself the master of Europe, he was unable to control the Mediterranean.

Lieutenant John Hildebrand arrived in the Mediterranean as part of the garrison of Malta in 1810. He was involved in the defense of the island of Sicily; the campaign to capture the Ionian Islands; the siege of Ragusa, and the Occupation of Corfu. With the war ending in 1814, John and his regiment returned home, only to be sent to Belgium when Napoleon escaped from Elba in 1815.

He then marched to Paris with the army. These lively and entertaining memoirs, edited and annotated by renowned historian Gareth Glover, are certain to find a wide readership amongst Napoleonic enthusiasts, providing an intriguing counterpoint to Wellington’s operations in the Iberian Peninsula.

9781473886841, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 256p.

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Napoleonic Anecdotes Louis Cohen Amusing, macabre, strange and tragic, Napoleonic Anecdotes delves deep into the incidents that colored Napoleon’s remarkable life, from the petty to the momentous, the formative to the sequent. This collection of stories forms a unique and compelling portrait of a man who, from generation to generation, continues to demand the scrutiny and admiration of scholars and public alike.

9781781550335, $21.95, $14.50, paperback, 224p.

Artillery of the Napoleonic Wars Vol II Kevin F. Kiley Napoleonic artillery can usually be divided into two types: field, or light artillery. Naval guns were generally of two types, guns and carronades and ranged in caliber from relatively small 9-pounders to 32-pounders for guns and even larger calibers for the short-ranged and deadly carronades. This volume chronicles the story of the guns and men during the twenty-three years of almost continuous warfare from 1792-1815 from the battlefields of continental Europe to the almost primitive terrain of North America and of the seas, lakes and rivers that connected them.

9781848326378, $50.00, $32.50, hardback, 320p.

British Battles of the Napoleonic Wars 1807–1815 John Grehan & Martin Mace The Napoleonic Wars was truly a worldwide conflict, and Britain found itself engaged in battles, sieges and amphibious operations around the globe.

Presented here together for the first time are the original dispatches from some forty generals, captains and admirals, detailing more than eighty battles that took place in India, Africa, Europe and the Americas.

9781781593349, $39.95, $25.99, paperback, 208p.

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•NAVAL HISTORY•

NAVAL HISTORY

Zeebrugge and Ostend Raids 1918 Deborah Lake The Zeebrugge Raid is one of the most exciting small actions in British history. The purpose was to counter the U-boat menace, though submarine attacks on Allied shipping caused great difficulty. Admiral Keyes proposed blocking the ports to curtail the attacks. At Zeebrugge, a diversionary landing on the Mole - an enormous breakwater - would divert attention from the block ships as they entered the harbor. The defenses were extremely strong. Surprise and daring were essential. Despite over 600 casualties, the attacks were a great boost to civilian morale in Britain. Eleven Victoria Crosses were awarded, eight of them for the Zeebrugge raid alone. Some recipients were chosen by the survivors, one of the very few times this has been done.

9780850528701, $36.95, $24.50, hardback, 224p.

Blunders and Disasters at Sea David Blackmore As any sailor knows, life at sea is hazardous under even normal circumstances. In times of war with an enemy intent on killing and sinking you it is infinitely more so. David Blackmore has researched 100 extreme cases over the span of history and written graphic descriptions covering the background, the events and the tragic consequences. Many were the result of enemy action, others (too many) straight human error and the remainder were caused by act of God, not least the weather. Examples include the Syracuse Harbour disaster (BC413), the rout at Aboutir Bay (1798), and the Prince of Wales/Repulse sinking due to lack of air cover (1941). All make for fascinating and informative reading.

9781844151172, $39.99, $25.99, hardback, 256p.

The War In The North Sea Quintin Barry For years before the outbreak of the First World War, it was the expectation of most officers of the Royal Navy and the Imperial German Navy that very shortly thereafter a decisive fleet action would be fought. The history of the war in the North Sea is a record of the attempts to break the deadlock - and it is also the history of the men who led the British and German navies.

This book reviews the entire course of the war in the North Sea, from the first contacts between the fleets in the early days, to the ambitious (but abortive) mission planned at the end of the war for the High Seas Fleet - and, as a dramatic epilogue, its scuttling in Scapa Flow.

9781911096382, $59.95, $38.99, hardback, 608p.

Seven Seas, Nine Lives Richard Pike Captain Alan William Frank Sutton’s enthralling biography starts when, as a young midshipman he was in command of a small rowing cutter returning a potentially mutinous crew to the battle-cruiser HMS Repulse, which he served.

Amazingly, it ends in the open cockpit of a Fairy Swordfish torpedo bomber during the legendry night attack which destroyed the Italian fleet at Taranto. This biography has been written with the full cooperation of Captain Sutton, who has given the author every detail of his lengthy naval ship and airborne career during World War II. 9781844153534, $39.99, $25.99, hardback, 256p.

Admiral of the Blue Iain Gordon Admiral John Child Purvis did his job well. His ability as a fighting commander was proved in a bloody duel between his sloop-of-war and a French corvette during the War of American Independence. As a battleship Captain, he was the first British officer to confront Napoleon Bonaparte, muzzle to muzzle, during the Siege of Toulon. Commanding the Princess Royal and then the London, he was involved in much action in the Mediterranean and served under the legendary Sir John Jervis. Later, as a Flag Officer, he rejoined the Mediterranean Fleet first as second-in-command and then as Commanderin-Chief. The culmination of his long and distinguished career at sea was saving the Spanish fleet in Cadiz from capture by the French and preparing the city for siege.

9781844152940, $45.00, $29.50, hardback, 256p.

British Admirals of the Fleet 1734 –1995 T.A. Heathcote A companion volume to The British Field Marshals 17361997, this book outlines the lives of the officers who held the rank of Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy from 1734 to 1995. Each entry details the birth and death of its subjects, their careers ashore and afloat, their family backgrounds, and the ships, campaigns and combats in which they served. The actions recorded include major fleet battles under sail or steam, single-ship duels, encounters with pirates on the Spanish Main and up the rivers of Borneo, the suppression of the Slave Trade (for which the Navy receives little gratitude), landing parties to deal with local dictators and revolutionaries, and the services of naval brigades in China, Egypt and South Africa.

9780850528350, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 320p.

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•NAVAL HISTORY• Royal Navy Submarines Maurice Cocker Being a complete directory of RN submarines from the outset to the present day, this is a must-buy for Royal Navy and Submarine enthusiasts.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.

9781844157334, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 144p.

Royal Navy’s Reserves in War and Peace 1903–2003 Stephen Howarth This volume marks the centenary of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve from its formation in 1903 through its unification with the mercantile Royal Reserve in 1958, and on to its present, complete integration with the Royal Navy as ‘the part-time element of a single naval service’. It charts the difficulties, setbacks and delights of the reservists’ peacetime years of service and chronicles their vital contributions during wartime. This detailed and vivid history which and profusely illustrated is by a distinguished writer of naval history who served in the modern RNR both as a rating and an officer for over eleven years.

9781844150168, $36.95, $24.50, hardback, 208p.

Fourth Force Geoff Puddefoot Set up in August 1905, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary was originally a logistic support organization. Just over a century later, the RFA itself has developed into an essential arm of all three Services. It is truly the ‘Fourth Force’ – as it is known to its own personnel – and without it, the current worldwide deployment of British service men and women would be simply impossible. This book charts the veritable revolution that has overtaken the RFA since the end of the Second World War. Woven together from a combination of technical data, official correspondence and personal recollections, it is predominantly an insight into the underreported history of a service whose initials unofficially translate as, “Ready for anything.”

9781848320468, $50.00, $32.50, hardback, 272p.

First to Die Bryan Elson This is the story of four young Canadian seamen and the early days of the Canadian Navy, which celebrated its Centennial in 2010. The four were among the 21 young men who made up the first class of the Royal Navy College of Canada, set up in 1911 shortly after the Canadian Navy itself was established in 1910. All four sailors were from Canada’s Maritime Provinces. After their training at the College, they were posted to the British Navy for further experience at sea. Within six weeks, they were the Canadian Navy’s first casualties. First to Die depicts the early history of Canada’s navy and the reality of war at sea, experienced through the eyes of the four young midshipmen eager for adventure.

9780887809132, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 96p.

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Business in Great Waters John Terraine Twice within 25 years, Britain was threatened with starvation by the menace of the U-Boat. In this study of submarine warfare, the author explains why Winston Churchill wrote, “The only thing that ever frightened me during the war was the U-Boat peril.” Until it had been overcome, the Anglo-American entry into Europe in 1944 would have been impossible.

John Terraine concentrates on the combatants themselves, both German and Allied, but does not overlook the three main factors in the equation: the political, the military and the technological, as well as the intelligence, the weapons and the devices both sides employed in order to outwit each other. He also focuses on the fighting men on either side, seeing the action from “where it was at.”

9781848841352, $50.00, $32.50, paperback, 864p.

Sea Dog Bamse Angus Whitson & Andrew Orr Many WWII ships had pets on board, but Bamse the St. Bernard was the largest dog in the allied naval forces. After Norway fell to the Germans in 1940, the Thorodd operated from Dundee and Montrose, where Bamse became a wellknown and much-loved figure, shepherding the Thorodd’s crew-members back to the boat at pub closing time, traveling on the local buses, breaking up fights and even taking part in football matches. Mourned both by locals and Norwegians when he died in 1944, Bamse’s memory has been kept alive both in Norway and in Montrose, where he is regarded as a hero. Written from extensive source material and eyewitness accounts, Sea Dog Bamse is a fitting tribute to the extraordinary life of an extraordinary dog.

9781841588490, $11.99, $7.99, paperback, 224p.

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•NAVAL HISTORY• Quiet Heroes Bernard Edwards The men of Britain’s Merchant Navy, although unarmed civilians going about their lawful business, were the first to be involved with the enemy in the Second World War. For almost six years they faced, without flinching, their own private hell of torpedoes, bombs, shells and mines, all the while fending off the sea. Their spirit was indomitable, their professionalism unchallenged. The price they paid for their bravery and dedication was horrendous: 2,246 ships lost, 29,180 men killed, and countless hundreds maimed and wounded. This book tells the story of just a few of these quiet heroes.

9781848842908, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 192p.

U-Boats of the Second World War Jak P. Mallmann Showell The legendary German U-boats wrought havoc throughout the oceangoing world during the Second World War. They plundered supply routes, enforced blockades, and were also very effective in combat against Allied warships. That they did this against massive odds, under close scrutiny from the air forces and navies of the various Allied powers, is well known. This story is far more than that, however. It concentrates on how the U-boats existed, each carrying up to 60 crew members in cramped conditions. It looks at how the crews survived, how they lived and died, and how they were able to carry out their missions in such difficult circumstances. From initial success to eventual failure, this is a remarkable story of endurance, courage, and comradeship.

9781781551028, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 240p.

Battleships of the World John Fidler Steel, steam and shells ushered in a revolution in naval architecture. However, the advocates of air power were looking to the future, and when in 1940 biplane Swordfish torpedo bombers of the Fleet Air Arm sank three Italian battleships at their moorings in Taranto, the Japanese sensed their opportunity. Their attack on the American Pacific fleet base at Pearl Harbor sank eight battleships – but the American carriers were at sea, and escaped destruction.

Soon after the war ended, most were sent for scrap, and a naval tradition had come to an end.

9781473871465, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 160p.

Storming St. Nazaire James Dorrian The St. Nazaire raid has not been covered in the detail, warranted by its role in the evolution of special warfare tactics. James Dorrian has drawn on interviews with over 100 survivors, both British and German, to present this remarkable account. All aspects of the engagement are covered, including the final ironic incident that resulted in more German casualties than the main battle itself.

9780850528077, $27.95, $18.50, paperback, 304p.

Grey Ghost Lee W. Merideth This book chronicles the complete history of the eight vessels named Hornet, of which the most famous was her seventh incarnation, the aircraft carrier that carried Doolittle’s Raiders to Japan. That Hornet was sunk a few months later. The eighth Hornet served during the final 15 months of world War Two, and is the most decorated warship in the American Navy. Merideth’s book doubles as a walking tour of the portions of the ship open to the public.

9780962623752, $18.95, $12.50, paperback, 245p.

Beyond Endurance Nick Barker The outbreak of the Falklands War found the Antarctic patrol vessel HMS Endurance alone, lightly armed, and stuck with a highly visible red and white peacetime paint scheme. Tense days followed as Endurance dodged from island to island, evading Argentine patrols and waiting for the arrival of British reinforcements. Endurance eventually aided in numerous operations against the Argentine forces, and a major Argentine surrender eventually took place aboard the vessel.

9780850528794, $22.95, $14.99, paperback, 256p.

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•NAVAL HISTORY • UNIFORMS & EQUIPMENT• Capital Navy John M. Coski Dr. Coski’s study explores virtually every aspect of the Confederate naval presence, from the early war construction of the ironclad behemoths and every engagement and action in between. Coski’s research is grounded in primary sources, including diaries, letters, journals, log books, and official records.

His deep research allows him to paint a lively portrait of the men and ships that plied the twisting, muddy coils of the James River. His descriptions of the many fascinating personalities involved in this drama are richly drawn and deeply crafted, as are his renditions of the naval engagements. It is impossible to fully understand how and why the war unfolded as it did in Virginia (and indeed, the Eastern Theater) without reading this book.

9781932714159, $18.95, $12.50, paperback, 366p.

UNIFORMS & EQUIPMENT The American Arsenal Ian V. Hogg During WWII, various U.S. military agencies produced catalogues of equipment to fill the gaps left by the official War Department manuals, which led to inconsistent data appearing in different sources. In order to standardize information and properly catalogue all the equipment, the U.S. Ordnance Department put together a master guide, published here as The American Arsenal. No other single source provides so much accurate and authentic detail on U.S. weapons, ammunition, vehicles and other combat equipment, with an authoritative explanation of their development and introduction processes. Profusely illustrated with over 900 photographs and drawings, the facts and figures are set in context in the introduction by weapons expert Ian V. Hogg. This is an invaluable reference work for those interested in the military equipment of WWII. 9781848327269, $49.95, $32.50, hardback, 384p.

Sherman Tank Gavin Birch This book is a brilliant and prolific collection of rare photographs celebrating the war-winning qualities of arguably the most important tank of the Second World War. Many of the marvelous images have never been seen before but, thanks to the author, who has special access to the IWM archive, they are now available with full authoritative captions. The Images of War series uses collectors’ graphic and rare contemporary images, supported by authoritative captions and lively text.

9781844151875, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 192p.

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World War One Soldiers Laurent Mirouze Never before have actual battle uniforms, individual equipment and weapons of the infantrymen of the Great War been illustrated in such authentic detail. Original surviving items, painstakingly assembled from rare private and public collections, are illustrated in full color on live models, just as they were worn in the battlefield. Each of these 31 soldiers— British, Belgian, French, German, Russian, Austrian, Italian, America— is photographed from both front and back, with key diagrams, and accompanied by a detailed commentary.

9782352502685, $26.95, $17.99, paperback, 84p.

Tigers In Combat Wolfgang Schneider Tigers in Combat Vol 3 closes the gap between the unit histories of volumes 1 and 2 and the technical descriptions in the Jentz and Spielberger books. For the first time, efforts are described in detail of what was taken to create units and what was required to keep the Tiger tank in action. Other chapters deal with crew training and specific tactical aspects to employ such a heavy tank under all fighting conditions. Further aspects are covered, such as the protection level of the Tiger and reasons for losses, as well as propaganda work with this famous beast. More than 1,200 photos and drawings, so even complex crew tasks and procedures are illustrated in a way that non-Tiger crewmen will be able to comprehend.

9781910777978, $99.95, $64.99, hardback, 520p.

Distant Thunder: The U.S. Artillery from the Spanish American War to the end of the 20th century Alejandro M de Quesada The twentieth century was a time of near total transformation of artillery. The U.S. Army was at the forefront of these developments.

American troops fighting the Spanish in Cuba during the Spanish-American War were equipped with the 1885-model field gun; nearly a century later American troops fielded an array of accurate, advanced and precise weapons systems during the Gulf War. This unique pictorial history examines the weapons and equipment utilized by American troops along with the uniforms and insignia of U.S. artillerymen. It looks at field artillery, coastal artillery, anti-aircraft and a diverse array of modern missile types and systems. This is a useful guide to a crucial part of America’s twentieth-century armed forces and offers valuable insights into the evolving world of modern artillery.

9781848328082, $19.99, $12.99, paperback, 72p.

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•UNIFORMS & EQUIPMENT • VIETNAM WAR• Armoured Warfare in the First World War Anthony Tucker-Jones A hundred years ago, on the Western Front during the Battle of the Somme, the tank made its debut on the battlefield. The first tanks were crude, unreliable, vulnerable weapons, but they changed the character of land warfare forever, and Anthony Tucker-Jones’s photographic history of these pioneering armored vehicles is the ideal introduction to them. In a selection of over 150 archive photographs, Jones offers a fascinating insight into the difficult early days of this innovative new weapon, describing its technical history and its performance in combat. His book shows that the development of the tank was fraught with technical obstacles and battlefield setbacks. Finding the right balance between power and weight and working out the best tactics for tanks on the battlefield was a tricky, often deadly business.

9781473872981, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 160p.

British Army Uniforms of the American Revolution 1751 to 1783 Carl Franklin Based on contemporary records and paintings, this book identifies each cavalry and infantry regiment, and illustrates changes in uniforms, their facing colors and the nature and shape of lace worn by officers, NCOs and private soldiers from 1751 to 1783. Regiments that served in the American War of Independence are noted, and the book includes more than 200 full-color plates of uniforms and distinctions. Divided into four sections, it not only details the cavalry and infantry uniforms of the period but also the tartans of the Highland regiments, some of which were short-lived, and the distinction of the Guards’ regiments.

9781473886667, $39.95, $25.99, paperback, 384p.

Les Coiffures Militaires Les Coiffures Militaires Françaises Frédéric Coune Illustrating the great variety of headgear worn by French soldiers, this new edifying book will help us to understand the evolution of this headgear from 1870 to the present day.This panorama of more than 250 headpieces concentrates mainly on the Képi, the emblematic hat worn by the army, but also illustrates the variety of shakos, bi-corns, caps, chechias and berets, as well as airmen’s and sailors’ caps, not to forget the Gendarmerie.This guide is indispensable for all amateurs of French uniforms, collectors, figurine makers and amateurs of military history. For the connoisseurs, this work will also be an opportunity to discover a lot of rare headpieces, or even very rare ones from the great private and public collections. French text.

9782352502418, $27.95, $18.50, paperback, 84p.

Les Casques Militaires Francais Frédéric Coune Illustrating the great diversity of the helmets worn by the French military, this new instructional book helps to understand their evolution since the end of the 19th century until today. This panorama of almost 200 pictures focuses on the steel helmet emblematic of the army, but also illustrates the variety of special helmets for the cavalry, marine, aviation, fire and also the gendarmerie. This guide will be essential to all lovers of French uniforms, to the collectors and military history enthusiasts. For connoisseurs, it will also be the opportunity to discover rare helmets, originals or even unique, from private and public collections. French text.

9782352504269, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 84p.

Les paras allemands.

Volume 1 Karl Veltzé Just one book in a trilogy, this work describes, in depth, the ‘green Devils’ operations, the attack on Norway in the last days of the Third Reich. With the help of collectors and museums around the world, the author and the German Publisher have undertaken an unprecedented collaboration. In total, the three volumes boast more than 1,000 pages in color, with thousands of photos of objects from collections of the Fallschirmjäger, including pieces never revealed and investigated. This exceptional triptych is enriched with many photos of the time including many never before published.

French text.

9782840484486, $143.00, $92.99, hardback, 368p.

VIETNAM WAR Prodigals Richard Taylor During his first tour in Vietnam, Dick Taylor was assigned to advise a hard-bitten ARVN infantry battalion working in the mud and streams of IV Corps. He became savvy in a hurry and found that he was both brave and resourceful.

Taylor earned a Ranger tab, served on a division staff, and schooled on. He met his wife, and married her days before he returned to Vietnam. Taylor’s second tour was altogether different. He immediately assumed command and excelled as a commander and a leader. He was aggressive in the field and confident in his command. He fought a good war, but the war was winding down. Taylor’s spirits flagged, but not his fidelity. This well-written combat memoir is heartfelt, earnest, honest and just a little melancholy.

9781935149866, $18.95, $12.50, paperback, 336p.

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•VIETNAM WAR• Australian Military Operations in Vietnam Albert Palazzo From 1962 to 1972, Australia joined the United States in fighting a communist-inspired insurgency war in the jungles of South Vietnam against infiltrators who sought to overthrow the local government.

Over 50,000 Australians served in Vietnam, 519 lost their lives, and the conflict ended ignominiously in the insurgents’ victory. Although now in the past, the Vietnam War resonates with lessons for the Australian Army as it strives to defeat not Communism but terrorism. Australian Military Operations in Vietnam highlights some of the successes and failures of an earlier generation of officers for the benefit of today’s leaders.

9780980475388, $16.95, $11.50, paperback, 192p.

Fire Support Bases Vietnam Bruce Picken This is a meticulous documentation of the construction, location and role of fire support bases during the Vietnam War, compiled

by Vietnam veteran Bruce Picken.

Often makeshift bases hacked out of primary jungle, these artillery gun areas provided essential support to infantry field units during operations in South Vietnam. In its simplest sense, a fire support base was an often hastily constructed fortified artillery base position, usually sited forward close to the center of the area of operations in support of task force, battalion or company operations.This is an essential reference book for those with a serious interest in the Vietnam War, and adds valuable detail to the study of a campaign that occupies a unique place in the Australian psyche.

9781921941542, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 500p.

Grunt Antonio Arques Fifty years after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing US forces to defend South Vietnam, this incredible book arrives with a one-stop visual tour of every item of gear employed by American infantrymen in the long years of battle that followed. With over 2,000 photos accompanied by insightful text, this work digs into every nook and cranny of the infantry’s experience “in-country.” This unique book provides a visceral tour down memory lane for every soldier who served in Vietnam. It is also a revealing guide to those in the general public who may have wondered exactly what our troops felt, handled and experienced during that tumultuous American war in remote Southeast Asia.

9788496658493, $99.00, $64.50, hardback, 456p.

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The Typhoon Truce, 1970 Robert F. Curtis It wasn’t rockets or artillery that came through the skies one week during the war: it was the horrific force of nature that suddenly put both sides in awe.

As an unofficial truce began, questions and emotions battled inside every air crewman’s mind as they faced masses of Vietnamese civilians outside their protective base perimeters for the first time. Two Super Typhoons hit less than a week apart. No one but the Americans, the foreign warriors fighting throughout the country, had the resources to help the people who lived in the lowlands, and so they did. In this book we see how for a brief period during an otherwise vicious war, saving life took precedence over bloody conflict.

9781612003290, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 264p.

My Vietnam War Dave Morgan My Vietnam War is Dave Morgan’s story. A typical 20 year old, he was forced into extraordinary circumstances in Vietnam. The Vietnam War would expose Dave to an omnipresent danger and sheer terror that would impact him forever. Dave’s story focuses on his time as a soldier and his return psychologically exhausted to a divided nation.

9781922132772, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 296p.

The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War Andrew Wiest & Dr. Chris McNab The struggle for Vietnam in the 1960s, in which the United States attempted to bolster the South against Viet Cong guerrillas backed by the Communist regime in the north, shocked the world and divided a nation. In the defense of a theory – that if the South fell the whole region would fall to Communism – the United States spent $145,000 million at 1974 prices, her aircraft dropped eight million tons of bombs, and her armed forces suffered 46,370 fatalities. The Illustrated History of the Vietnam War is a timely account of the 6,000-day conflict in Southeast Asia. Illustrated throughout with both color and black and white photographs that bring the conflict to life.

9781782742883, $34.95, $22.99, hardback, 256p.

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•VIETNAM WAR• Training the Bodes Terry Smith By the end of 1971, the hastily raised, poorly trained Cambodian army had suffered a string of defeats and heavy casualties. A small group of Australians, which never numbered more than 30 officers, warrant officers and noncommissioned officers of the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam, helped train 27 light infantry battalions of the Cambodian army in South Vietnam during 1972. The story of these few men is told against the background of the war in South Vietnam, and in particular Phuoc Tuy province, as both sides fought to secure villages and hamlets during 1972, before the Peace Accords being negotiated in Paris to end the war were signed. It is an interesting and valuable book that tells a moving story.

9781921941016, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 224p.

Long Tan Harry Smith On the afternoon of 18 August 1966, a group of Viet Cong soldiers walked into the right flank of Delta Company, 6 RAR. Under a blanket of mist and heavy monsoon rain, amid the mud and shattered rubber trees, a dispersed Company of 108 men held its ground with courage and grim determination against a three-sided attack from a force of 2,500 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army troops. This is more than just an account of a historic battle.

Harry Smith takes his readers on an extraordinary journey one that ultimately reveals a remarkable cover-up at the highest military and political echelons. It portrays the wrenching, visceral experience of a man who has fought lifelong battles, in a story that he is only now able to tell.

9781922132321, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 352p.

Nam Sense Arthur Wiknik Jr. An honest tour of the Vietnam War from the soldier’s eye view, Nam Sense is the brilliantly written story of a combat squad leader in the 101st Airborne Division. Arthur Wiknik was a 19-year-old kid from New England when he was drafted into the U.S. Army in 1968.

Wiknik’s account of life and death in Vietnam includes everything from heavy combat, to faking insanity to get some R & R. Nam Sense offers a perfect blend of candor, sarcasm, and humor - and it spares nothing and no one in its attempt to accurately convey what really transpired during the Vietnam War. Wiknik has produced a gripping and complete record of life and death in Vietnam, and he has done so with a style and flair few others will ever achieve.

9781935149095, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 288p.

Days of Valor Robert L.Tonsetic The 199th Light Infantry Brigade was created from three U.S. infantry battalions of long lineage as a fast reaction force to place in Vietnam. Days of Valor covers the height of the Vietnam War, from the nervous period just before Tet to the highly underwritten yet equally bloody NVA counteroffensive launched in May 1968. It ends with a brief note about the 199th LIB being deactivated in spring 1970, furling its colors after suffering 753 dead and some 5,000 wounded. The brigade had only been a temporary creation, intended for one purpose, and though its heroism is now a matter of history, it should remain a source of pride for all Americans.

9781935149385, $22.95, $14.99, paperback, 320p.

Valor in Vietnam LBJ’s Hired Gun John J. Gebhart Many Vietnam memoirs have appeared in recent years, but not a single one has the humor, pathos, poignancy, and often sheer hilarity of John J. Gebhart’s riveting LBJ’s Hired Gun. This is not just another book about Vietnam written by an officer; LBJ’s Hired Gun is the story of an enlisted man who lived on a dead-end street in West Philadelphia, intent on lifting your spirits and putting a smile on your face as you journey with him across the world and meet the people, explore the places, and relive the events that shaped Marine Corps history in Vietnam from September 1965 to September 1967. There are many outstanding Vietnam memoirs. LBJ’s Hired Gun stands heads and shoulders above them all.

9781932033656, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 384p.

Allen B. Clark Every war continues to dwell in the lives it touched, in the lives of those living through that time, and in those absorbed by its historical significance. The Vietnam War lives on famously and infamously, dependent on political points of view, but those who have “been there, done that” have a highly personalized window on that history. Valor in Vietnam focuses on nineteen stories of Vietnam, stories of celebrated characters in the veteran community, compelling war narratives, vignettes of battles, and the emotional impact on the combatants. This is an anecdotal history of America’s war in Vietnam composed of firsthand narratives

by Vietnam War veterans presented in chronological order.

They are intense, emotional, and highly personal stories.

9781612000954, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 288p.

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•VIETNAM WAR• Taking Fire Kevin O’Rourke & Joe Peters It was June 1972, and Capt. Lynn Aikman is returning from a bombing mission over North Vietnam when his F-4 Phantom is jumped by an enemy MiG and shot down. He and his backseater, Tom Hanton, eject from their crippled aircraft. On the ground and drifting in and out of consciousness, Captain Aikman looks up and suddenly sees his guardian angel in the form of USAF Pararescue Jumper Chuck McGrath. Taking Fire is an exciting, highly dramatic story of life and death over North Vietnam. Much more than a chronicle the events of 27 June 1972, the book gives the reader an up-close look at the little known world of the U.S. Air Force’s elite aerial rescue force.

9781612001265, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 216p.

BAC SI Jerry Krizan & Robert Dumont During the Vietnam War, U.S. Army Special Forces A-Teams were deployed to isolated outposts in the remote areas of South Vietnam. Their job was to recruit, train, and house members of the indigenous population, while molding them into combat-ready fighting units.

A-Teams consisted of up to 12 Green Beret soldiers who were experts in both combat and their individual military specialties. The role of the indigenous units was to provide security, counter the Viet Cong insurgency, provide intelligence on enemy activities, and when necessary engage elements of the invading North Vietnamese Army. BAC SI is the story of Sgt. Jerry Krizan who was assigned to Special Forces Camp A-331 in the III Corps tactical zone, only 10 miles from the Cambodian border.

9781612002460, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 224p.

Forsaken Warriors Robert L.Tonsetic During 1970–71, the US was beginning to draw down its combat forces, and the new watchword was Vietnamization.

Robert L. Tonsetic served as a US Army advisor to South Vietnamese Ranger and Airborne units during this critical period.

With little support from higher headquarters, these teams accompanied the Vietnamese units on highly dangerous combat operations, over which they had no command or control authority. When US advisors were restricted from accompanying South Vietnamese forces on cross-border operations in Cambodia and especially Laos, the South Vietnamese forces were badly mauled, raising concerns about their readiness and training, and their ability to operate without their US advisors.

Tonsetic—the acclaimed author of Days of Valor—offers criticisms and an awareness of why the South Vietnamese armed forces were ultimately defeated.

9781935149033, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 256p.

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U.S. Forces in Vietnam: 1962–1967 Guillaume Rousseaux This publication covers the chronological evolution of uniforms, equipment and weaponry issued to the American soldier during 1962 to 1967. All of the uniforms and equipment shown are period, however some of the weapons are replicas. In the aim of depicting characteristic servicemen at given periods, a great deal of research was undertaken in order to guarantee coherence between the units, dates and geographical situations. Differing from other publications, the author has deliberately chosen to illustrate all types of service personnel rather than solely combatants in order to give an exact presentation of the American military during this period. Indeed, it should be remembered that 85% of service personnel in Vietnam were support troops and advisors.

9782352502524, $22.95, $14.99, paperback, 68p.

The Vietnam War Anthony Tucker-Jones On 30 January 1968, the North Vietnamese communists launched a coordinated surprise attack – the Tet Offensive – across South Vietnam against the South Vietnamese and American armies. Superior firepower eventually crushed the offensive, but it proved to be a major psychological victory for the communists – a turning point in the Vietnam War. Anthony Tucker-Jones uses over 180 contemporary images to show all sides of the conflict and to reassess a defining moment in the protracted and bitter campaign against communism in South-East Asia. The images record in vivid detail the conditions and the nature of the fighting, and they illustrate why the US public was so shocked by the capability of the communists to launch such an all-encompassing assault that many lost faith in America’s commitment to the South.

9781783463626, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 160p.

U.S. Forces in Vietnam: 1968+1975 Guillaume Rousseaux This b ook chronologically presents the evolution of uniforms, equipment and weapons of the American soldier during the Vietnam War, during the period 1968 to 1975.

This second volume in the series deals with the 1968 Tet offensive, the maximum commitment of U.S. forces in 1969, incursions into Cambodia in 1970, the gradual withdrawal of US troops (1970–72), and finally the tragic outcome of this conflict with the evacuation of the American Embassy, which marks the end of the war in Vietnam in 1975.

9782352502876, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 84p.

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•VIETNAM WAR • WOMEN IN WAR• Angel’s Wing Joseph R. Finch Elephant’s Ear. Dog’s Head.

Angel’s Wing. These names evoke the image of children identifying objects in the clouds.

But for Joe Finch and his fellow helicopter pilots of 25th Aviation Battalion, they were the shapes created by map coordinates that defined their location within the “area of operation.” Angel’s Wing is Joe Finch’s account of the year he spent with A Company, the “Little Bears” during the Vietnam War. His story is raw and authentic, unflinching in its honesty. Whether he writes of a preposterous moment or of brutality and death, his personal account is powerful. If you weren’t there, at times his experiences in Vietnam are hard to imagine: the blood, the noise, the smells. At other times, you will open your eyes in wonder at the dedication that the young men fighting there demonstrated.

9780910155458, $16.95, $11.50, hardback, 160p.

The Easter Offensive, Vietnam 1972. Volume 1 Albert Grandolini On 30 March 1972, the South Vietnamese positions along the Demilitarized Zone that separated the North from South Vietnam were suddenly shelled by hundreds of heavy guns and multiple rocket launchers.

Caught in a series of outposts, the shocked defenders had just enough time to emerge from their bunkers at the end of the barrage before they were attacked by regular North Vietnamese Army divisions. Thus began one of the fiercest campaigns of the Vietnam War but also one of the less well documented because by then most of the American ground forces had been withdrawn.

9781910294079, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 72p.

The Easter Offensive, Vietnam 1972. Volume 2 Albert Grandolini On 30 March 1972, while peace negotiations had been dragging on for four years in Paris, the North Vietnamese launched a wide scale offensive in order to break the stalemate. At that date, practically no American ground forces remained in South Vietnam, where a limited offensive was expected in the Central Highlands area. But nobody imagined the magnitude of the multidivisional, armor led onslaught. The blow fell first across the Demilitarized Zone separating the North from South Vietnam. Following from the initial attack, in a surprise move, three communist divisions with T-54 tanks attacked from their sanctuaries in Cambodia just north of Saigon.

9781910294086, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 72p.

Marines in Vietnam Christopher Anderson This illustrated series presents the uniforms and equipment of the United States Army from the nineteenth century to the present day. This book is a must for anyone interested in American military uniforms and the history of the United States Army. This illustrated guide brings together more than 100 rare and unusual photographs to demonstrate the uniforms, insignia and equipment of the U.S.M.C., including the M14 rifle (later replaced by the M16); grenades, mines and flamethrowers; body armor flak jackets, helmets, camouflage and jungle boots; and transports such as the LVTP-5, Sea Knight and Chinook. With detailed captions by an expert on American uniform history, this is an essential reference for historians, collectors and modelbuilders 9781848328105, $19.99, $12.99, paperback, 72p.

Armoured Warfare in the Vietnam War Michael Green In this fascinating and graphically illustrated book, historian and collector Michael Green shows that the two wars that engulfed Indochina and North and South Vietnam over 30 years were far more armored in nature than typically thought of. This fine book brings details and images of all these diverse weaponry to the reader in one volume.

9781781593813, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 192p.

WOMEN IN WAR

Roman Women Paul Chrystal Using historical sources as well as numismatic and sculptural evidence, Roman Women details the lives of Rome’s most influential women to examine, uniquely, what effect they had on contemporary politics, and or how far they and their reputations and actions reflected and affected women generally in Roman society.

Existing titles look at the bad women - notably the wives and mothers of emperors. Roman Women does that and more, examining the good icons and the role models as well.

No existing book provides biographies of these extraordinary women and then examines the contemporary and later socio-political effects they had.

9781781552872, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 224p.

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•WOMEN IN WAR• Backwards, in High Heels Thomas J. Carty, Ph.D. Raised in western New York State by highly motivated IrishAmerican parents of limited means, Faith Whittlesey worked to reach an eminent position as Ronald Reagan’s Ambassador to Switzerland (twice), and to serve as the highest-ranking woman on Reagan’s White House staff from 1983–1985. There she occupied the West Wing office soon to be Hillary Clinton’s, and as a widow (since 1974) with three children provided a female influence of her own to a presidential culture well before it was fashionable. This book provides a fascinating look into how one woman, despite daunting obstacles, was able to achieve exceptional influence, thence use her position for the furtherance of common good.

9781612001593, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 368p.

Changing Course: The Wartime Experiences of a Member of Women’s Royal Naval Service 1939 –1945 Roxane Houston In June 1940 following the Dunkirk evacuations, Britain stood alone. After witnessing the demoralized survivors first hand, Roxane Houston was determined to “do her bit.” She volunteered to join the WRNS. Starting in 1940 at the Royal Naval Air Station at St Merryn in south west England, under seemingly constant attack from the Luftwaffe, she did not return home until early 1946. She met many varied characters, made some lifelong friends, experienced much excitement and great danger, and received more than one proposal of marriage. Now, in her twilight years, she revisits those momentous days which tested her and her contemporaries to the full.

9781904943785, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 288p.

Soviet Women Snipers Youri Obratztsov The commitment of Soviet women in World War II, by their number and their role, is an unprecedented event in the history of the world. More than 100,000 of them engaged in the regular army or joined the partisans. Of all the trades that women could do in the war, one of the toughest, most unlikely, is the sniper. Here is the incredible destiny of those who before the war were teachers or students, and the will to defend their country and avenge their family will become snipers.

9782352503880, $35.95, $23.50, paperback, 114p.

Menus, Munitions and Keeping the Peace Avalon Weston Soon after the outbreak of the First World War, Gabrielle West worked as a volunteer cook in two army convalescent hospitals.

She secured paid positions in the canteens of the Farnborough Royal Aircraft Factory and then the Woolwich Arsenal, where she watched Zeppelin raids over London during her night shifts.

She was among the first women enrolled in the police, and spent the rest of the war looking after the girls in various munitions factories. But at the end of the war, she was simply sent home. These days, the reader might feel MI5 should worry about those detailed line drawings of the processes in the factories being sent by Royal Mail across the world … but a hundred years ago?

9781473870864, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 256p.

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Women in the Second World War Collette Drifte They were all ordinary British women, and tell here in their own words their experiences on active service. Women in the Second World War explores the experiences of women who served in the armed forces, or complimentary services. Using interviews, anecdotes, memoirs and/or accounts from the women (or, where appropriate, their children), the book tells the women’s personal accounts of what their lives were like and what particular experiences they had while serving. Their accounts cover the whole spectrum, from famous battles, such as Monte Cassino, to being shipwrecked by a tornado, to simple acts of kindness, which in themselves seem nothing, but are fondly remembered, even sixty years afterwards.

9781844680962, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 224p.

The Real Tenko Mark Felton This book details the treatment of Allied service-women, female civilians and local women by the Japanese occupation forces.

While a number of memoirs have been published, there has been no dedicated volume. This book chronicles the massacres of nurses (such as that at Alexandra Hospital, Singapore), disturbing atrocities on both European and Asians, and accounts of imprisonment. It reveals how many ended up in Japanese hands when they should have been evacuated. Also covered are the hardships of long marches and the sexual enslavement of white and native women (so called ‘Comfort Women’). The book is a testimony both to the callous and cruel behavior of the Japanese and to the courage and fortitude of those who suffered at their hands.

9781848845503, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 176p.

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•WOMEN IN WAR• Churchill’s Angels Bernard O’Connor Over 70 female agents were sent out by Britain’s Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. These women – as well as others from clandestine Allied organizations – were flown out and parachuted or landed into occupied Europe on vital and highly dangerous missions.

Their job was to work with resistance movements both before and after D Day. Bernard O’Connor relates the experiences of these agents by drawing on a range of sources, including many of the women’s accounts of their wartime service. There are stories of rigorous training, thrilling undercover operations, evading capture by the Gestapo in Nazi-occupied France, tragic betrayals and extraordinary courage.

9781445634319, $16.00, $10.50, paperback, 384p.

We Also Served Vivien Newman In August 1914, a mere 640 women had a clearly defined wartime role. Ignoring early War Office advice to “go home and sit still,” by 1918 hundreds of thousands of women from all corners of the world had lent their individual wills and collective strength to the Allied cause. 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. 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 from 1914–1918.

9781783462254, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 224p.

A Spitfire Girl Mary Ellis & Melody Foreman We visualize dashing and daring young men as the epitome of the pilots of the Second World War, yet amongst that elite corps was one person who flew no less than 400 Spitfires and seventy-six different types of aircraft – and that person was Mary Wilkins. In this authorized biography, the woman who says she kept in the background during her ATA years and left all the glamour of publicity to her colleagues, finally reveals the details about her action-packed career, which spans almost a century of aviation, and her love for the skies which, even in her nineties, never falters.

9781473895362, $50.00, $32.50, hardback, 256p.

Spreading My Wings Diana Barnato Walker By 1936, Diana Barnato Walker had had enough of her affluent, chaperoned existence and sought excitement in flying, soloing at Brooklands after only six hours’ training. She has followed her own instincts ever since. She lost many friends, a fiancé and a husband before 1945 but continued to fly. In 1962 she was awarded the Jean Lennox Bird Trophy for notable achievement in aviation and then - her greatest moment - in 1963 flew a Lightning through the sound barrier becoming ‘the fastest woman in the world’. She was awarded the MBE in 1965. This memoir tells the story of a very special woman who lived her life to the fullest.

9781904010319, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 224p.

Sky My Kingdom Hanna Reitsch As the war progressed, Hanna Reitsch was invited to fly many of Germany’s latest (and increasingly desperate) designs, and several larger bombers on which she tested various mechanisms for cutting barrage balloon cables. Eventually she became Adolf Hitler’s favorite pilot. She was a devoted and idealistic Nazi who adored Adolf Hitler and refused to believe the reports of concentration camps and torture. Not until much later would she say that she had been “disgusted” by what she witnessed in the Third Reich. In 1952, Reitsch, the only woman who competed, won third place in the world gliding championship in Spain.

She continued to break records including the women’s altitude record and became German champion in 1955.

9781932033977, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 272p.

Tracing Your Service Women Ancestors Mary Ingham Whether you are interested in the career of an individual service woman or just want to know more about the part played by service women in a particular war or campaign, this is the book for you. Mary Ingham explains which records survive, where they can be found and how they can help in your research. From the army schoolmistresses to the Women’s Land Army, her account outlines the history of each service, describes uniforms and gives examples of daily life and likely experiences. This is the book you need if you want to follow up on stories heard from older relatives, pictures in family photograph albums, handed-down uniforms, and badges or medals that seem to indicate that one of your women ancestors served in wartime.

9781848841734, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 224p.

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•WOMEN IN WAR • WORLD WAR I• Over Fields of Fire Anna Timofeeva-Egorova In late 1942 Anna Egorova became the first female pilot to fly the famous Sturmovik (ground attack) plane that played a major role in the ground battles of the Eastern Front.

Earning the respect of her fellow male pilots, she became not just a mature combat pilot, but a commanding officer. Over the course of two years, Egorova advanced from ordinary pilot to the executive officer of the Squadron, and then was appointed Regimental navigator, in the process flying approximately 270 combat missions over the southern sector of the Eastern Front before seeing action over White Russia and Poland. Over Fields of Fire is a very human story that is sometimes sad, sometimes angry and abundant in determination!

9781910294741, $39.95, $25.99, paperback, 208p.

Women in Uniform The involvement of women in the Second World War has never been fully acknowledged.

However, thousands of women wore their country’s uniform in the medical services but also in many clerical and technical roles.

The movement began with large numbers in Britain and the Soviet Union, but the United States soon followed suit, whereas France, Italy and Germany called up women auxiliaries in a lesser way. More than 50 of these women in uniforms are depicted here in full color on live models, as a tribute to these young women’s patriotism. This guide will appeal to military history enthusiasts, militaria collectors and modelers alike. It is also a unique opportunity to discover rare uniforms that have been preserved by dedicated women collectors.

9782352504603, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 80p.

WORLD WAR I

Wellington in the Great War Christopher W.A. Owen The Great War affected everyone. In many hospitals in Wellington, there were wounded soldiers, refugees from Belgium and later on German prisoners of war. There were food and fuel shortages and disruption to schooling. The role of women changed dramatically, and they undertook a variety of work undreamed of in peacetime. Meanwhile, men serving in the armed forces were scattered far and wide. This book is a record of the growing disillusion of the people, their tragedies and hardships and a determination to see it through. Extracts from contemporary letters reveal their heroism and give insights into what it was like under battle conditions.

9781783463541, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 160p.

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Battles of World War I Christopher Catherwood Our understanding of the twentieth century and beyond hinges upon the First World War. In this new and comprehensive book, the fascinating facts are presented in an accessible way, allowing anyone to brush up on the devastating conflict that changed the world we live in. Discover everything you need to know about the battle of Ypres, the Somme, the forgotten wars between Italy, Austria and Russia, the invention of the tank and how it changed the war, the role of the USA, the siege of Kut, the battle the Germans won, and much more.

9780749015961, $16.95, $11.50, paperback, 288p.

‘The German Corpse Factory’ Stephen Badsey In spring 1917, parts of the British press claimed that Germany was so short of essential fats and glycerin that the German Army was being forced to boil down the bodies of its own dead soldiers. British propaganda experts opposed exploiting the story but, at the time, the British government refused to deny that the “German Corpse Factory” might really exist. In 1925, the scandal re-erupted in New York, when the former head of British military intelligence was quoted as having confessed to making the whole German Corpse Factory story up, a claim that he immediately denied. This book uses the scandal of the “German Corpse Factory” as a case-study to explore the true nature of British official propaganda and its organizations in the First World War. 9781909982666, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 180p.

Airfields and Airmen : Somme Mike O’Connor Following on the success of Airfields and Airmen of Ypres, Mike O’Connor turns his attention to the most legendary sector of the British effort in World War I: the Somme. From 1916 to 1918, the British and German armies were locked in a deadly struggle here, while the Royal Flying Corps and the Imperial German Air Service flew overhead. This new volume uses the Battleground Europe format of maps and then-and-now illustrations to cover all the airfields, crash sites and areas associated with the units, battles and individual aces of the aerial conflict of World War I. Coverage also includes French actions, and a few American units that served in the region near the end of the war.

9780850528640, $16.95, $11.50, paperback, 160p.

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•WORLD WAR I• Prelude to the First World War E.R. Hooton The fuse to the First World War was lit in the Balkans, where simmering hatreds exploded into violence. Like a string of firecrackers, these hatreds had been fueled by attacks on the Turkish Ottoman Empire in the previous few years. Italy seized Libya, the Balkan states united to drive Turkey out of Europe in the First Balkans War, and then turned on each other.

Submarine and aircraft attacked ships and aircraft made reconnaissance flights and bombed troops. It also saw mirror images of the events in the First World War. These now forgotten wars were the overture to the First World War, and yet they have overtones a century later.

9781781551806, $35.00, $22.99, hardback, 240p.

Chichester in the Great War John J. Eddleston Tangmere Airfield had a prominent role in the Air War from 1916 onwards. This book looks at how the experience of war impacted the town of Chichester, from the initial enthusiasm for sorting out the German Kaiser in time for Christmas, to the gradual realization of the enormity of human sacrifice the families of Chichester were committed to as the war stretched out over the next four years.

Extracts from contemporary letters reveal their heroism and give insights into what it was like under battle conditions.

9781783463282, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 176p.

Military Aviation of the First World War Alan C.Wood & Alan Sutton This beautifully illustrated book provides details of every power that took part in Military aircraft activity during the First World War. The war was a global conflict with 57 nations involved but, with aviation being in its infancy, only eight nations had a major air arm in their fighting Services. The book covers the formation, establishment and wartime exploits of all the major air powers during the war, as well as providing thumbnail sketches of all the major aces for each country.

9781781554227, $34.95, $22.99, paperback, 356p.

Trench Warfare Bob Carruthers This powerful collection, depicting the grim events of trench warfare, showcases the work of the contemporary combat artists and illustrators from the Great War era.

Included here are the works of serious artists, propagandists, illustrators and humorists. The result is a stunning and vivid graphic record of life and death in the trenches during the Great War, as reported to contemporary audiences at a time when the events of the Great War were still unfolding. Today, the work of the combat illustrators and the official war artists from the Great War era is overlooked by historians in favor of photographs, but these illustrations are nonetheless important, as they provide a contemporary record of handto-hand fighting, trench raids, aerial dogfights, sea battles, desperate last stands, night actions and cavalry charges.

9781473837843, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 128p.

Eyes All Over the Sky James Streckfuss Aerial reconnaissance, observation and photography impacted WWI in many ways, but little has been written about it.

The story told here involves the early American Lafayette Escadrille pilots who were looking for heroic deeds and romantic adventure in aerial combat, as well as the German, British and French aces of popular imagination. But balloonists, unsung heroes of battle, were also an essential part of the observation chain, and forever altered the nature of artillery operations. Eyes All Over the Sky explores all the aspects of aerial reconnaissance, and its previously under-appreciated significance.

9781612003672, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 240p.

And the World Went Dark Steven N. Patricia This beautiful and evocative book gives an illustrated overview of the First World War on land, on sea and in the air. With original drawings in full color, Steven Patricia uses 30 years’ experience as a historical illustrator to give an informative and insightful account of the war. Accompanied by soldier’s diary extracts and other contemporary literature, there are many drawings of the hardware of war. We also get a glimpse of weary officers relaxing in an RAF mess, see panicking sailors swimming desperately away from a sinking ship, soldiers stumbling across no-man’s land, and the dramatic scene of one of last great cavalry charges of any war, in Egypt.

Designed for readers with little familiarity of the conflict, this is a unique and unmissable book in the centenary of the “war to end all wars.”

9781612003481, $25.00, $16.50, hardback, 96p.

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•WORLD WAR I• The Man Who Shot the Great War Mark Scott This is the remarkable story of Lance Corporal George Hackney of the 36th Ulster Division, an ordinary Belfast soldier who took his camera to war in 1915. The images he took have become an exceptional and rare collection that documents the First World War first hand. George’s images of soldiers training, traveling to France, and relaxing with friends and comrades contrast with his later images from the first day of the Battle of the Somme, life in the trenches and poignant reminders that, for many soldiers, they would never return home. This story also reveals how one man’s wartime experiences fueled an unlikely moral quest that was to change his life forever.

9781780730950, $16.95, $11.50, paperback, 120p.

The Western Front Stephen Miles After 100 years, the Western Front has become, once again, and an important and increasingly popular tourist destination. For the first time this book brings together the three strands of heritage, landscape and tourism to provide a fresh understanding of the multilayered nature of the Western Front. The book approaches the area as a rich dynamic landscape which can be viewed historically, materially, culturally, and perceptually. Tourism is not regarded here as a passive phenomenon, but as an active agent that can determine, dictate and inscribe this evocative landscape. The Western Front: Heritage, Landscape and Tourism is a timely addition to our increasing interest in the First World War and the places where it was fought. It will be indispensable to those who seek a deeper understanding of the conflict from previously undervalued perspectives.

9781473833760, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 208p.

Last Stand At Zandvoorde 1914 Mike McBride Being the son of the Duke of Westminster, Lord Hugh Grosvenor was destined to become a cavalry officer in the prestigious 1st Regiment of Life Guards. Using unpublished letters and contemporary accounts, Noble Sacrifice describes Lord Hugh’s embarkation for France and the early mounted encounters which halted the enemy onslaught against the “contemptible little arm”.

These found Lord Hugh and his Squadron holding out at Zandvoorde during the First Battle of Ypres 1914 and being annihilated by superior numbers of enemy forces.The bodies of Lord Hugh and his 100 soldiers were never found - it was as if they had never existed.As well as being a dramatic account of Lord Hugh Grosvenor’s last stand, Noble Sacrifice is a very personal story of courage and self-sacrifice.

9781473891579, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 256p.

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Beneath the Killing Fields Matthew Leonard Beneath the Killing Fields of the Western Front still lies a hidden landscape of industrialized conflict virtually untouched since 1918. The underground war was intrinsic to trench warfare and involved far more than simply trying to destroy the enemy’s trenches from below. It also served as a home to thousands of men, protecting them from the metallic landscapes of the surface. With the aid of cutting edge fieldwork conducted by the author in these subterranean locales, this book combines military history, archaeology and anthropology together with primary data and unique imagery of British, French, German and American underground defenses in order to explore the realities of subterranean warfare on the Western Front, and the effects on the human body and mind that living and fighting underground inevitably entailed.

9781783463060, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 192p.

Kut Ronald Millar Kut: The Death of an Army is the fascinating, yet largely forgotten, story of the BritishIndian Army, which was besieged in Mesopotamia from 1915 to 1916. It is an expert account of the tragic five-month Turkish siege, in which their enemies essentially outlasted them.

Throughout the campaign, the British were beaten back by the Turks, and starvation, heavy shelling, inadequate medical supplies and disease were all taking their toll. By the end of the campaign, approximately 30,000 British and Indian soldiers had lost their lives. This informative book will be of interest to anyone wanting a concise and accessible introduction to the conflict and will be essential reading for both students of the First World War, as well as those who have a penchant for military history in general.

9781473892002, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 336p.

T E Lawrence in War and Peace T. E. Lawrence & Malcolm Brown Despite being written more than seventy years ago, the thoughts of Lawrence of Arabia remain remarkably pertinent. This collection includes Lawrence’s wartime reports from the desert, along with later writings in which Lawrence attempts to cope with the consequences of war in the circumstances of peace. Many of the pieces have previously only been issued in limited editions. T. E. Lawrence in War and Peace is an invaluable companion volume to the classic Seven Pillars of Wisdom, offering a remarkable self-portrait of its author long before he became an international celebrity.

9781848328020, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 304p.

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•WORLD WAR I• Fatal Charge at Gallipoli John Hamilton Armed only with rifles, bayonets and raw courage, the men of the 3rd Light Horse Brigade left the shelter of their rocky trenches to storm The Nek, a narrow stretch of ridge held by the Ottoman Turks. The first wave of attackers was cut down almost as soon as they stood up. Those that followed knew they were going to die.Yet they too charged without question, stumbling over the bodies of their fallen comrades before they also fell. Using the letters and diaries of those who fought and died in this famously futile action, award-winning journalist and best-selling author John Hamilton takes the reader on a journey from the rush to recruit in August 1914, through the training camps, and finally to that fateful morning and that fatal charge.

9781848329027, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 304p.

The Nivelle Offensive and the Battle of the Aisne 1917 Andrew Uffindell The notorious plateau of the Chemin des Dames saw some of the heaviest fighting of the First World War. Situated just 100 km northeast of Paris, it was the scene in 1917 of the bitterly controversial Nivelle offensive, which is remembered today as one of the worst disasters in military history. For battlefield tourists, the Chemin des Dames is among the most fascinating sites on the entire Western Front, yet until now there has never been a detailed English guide to the actions that raged there in 1917.This new book by Andrew Uffindell fills that gap: as well as demolishing the many myths about the Nivelle offensive, it enables readers to explore the remarkable battlefield for themselves.

9781783030347, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 224p.

They Called It Shell Shock Stefanie Linden In the Great War, soldiers were incapacitated by traumatic disorders at an epidemic scale that surpassed anything known from previous armed conflicts.

Drawing upon individual histories from British and German servicemen, this book illustrates the universal suffering of soldiers involved in this conflict and its often devastating consequences for their mental health. Dr. Stefanie Linden explains how shell shock challenged the fabric of pre-war society, including its beliefs about gender, class and scientific progress. She argues that the shell shock epidemic had enduring consequences for the understanding of the human mind and the power that it can exert over the body. They called it Shell Shock is one of the first books to tackle desertion, suicide and soldiers’ mental illness.

9781911096351, $59.95, $38.99, hardback, 272p.

Daring All Things George Kendall The Rev George Kendall chose the life of a primitive Methodist minister and, initiated through First World War duty, also pursued a dual career as a military chaplain. Kendall became a confidante to British royalty, prime ministers and religious leaders throughout the first half of the 20th century. Daring All Things reveals the enormity of his experience and provides new historical information that will lead to academic revision of many of the events he lived through. The purpose of this book is to explain in the clearest of terms The Rev Kendall’s belief in divine providence in both his - and anyone’s - life who believes in it. If this most remarkable of accounts doesn’t make you a believer, nothing will.

9781911096627, $49.95, $32.50, hardback, 208p.

The Great Class War 1914–1918 Jacques R. Pauwels For European statesmen, a largescale war could give their countries new colonial territories. For the wealthy and ruling classes, war served as an antidote to social revolution. For the working classes themselves, war provided an outlet for years of systemic militarization — quite simply, they were hardwired to pick up arms, and to do so eagerly. To Pauwels, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 was a pretext seized upon by European powers to unleash the kind of war they had desired. But what Europe’s elite did not expect or predict was the social revolution and Communist Party rule in Russia, plus a wave of political and social democratic reforms in Western Europe that would have far-reaching consequences.

9781459411050, $27.95, $18.50, paperback, 560p.

Final Wicket Nigel McCrery At the beginning of the Twentieth Century, cricket was THE national game. Cricketers were the sporting icons of their age. When the call to arms was made in 1914 and the years of war that followed, it was answered in droves by young men, including Test and First Class cricketers. The machine guns and gas of the Western Front and other theaters did not discriminate, and many hundreds of these star performers perished alongside their lesser known comrades. McCrery has researched the lives and deaths of over 200 top class cricketers who made the ultimate sacrifice. He includes not just British players but those from the Empire. The enormity of the horror and wholesale loss of life during The Great War is well demonstrated by these moving biographies.

9781473827141, $49.95, $32.50, hardback, 400p.

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•WORLD WAR I• In My Father’s Footsteps Gwilym Davies In 1944–45, Capt. G.H. Davies served with the hard-fighting 53rd Welsh Division. When the opportunity arose, Capt. Davies liberated a camera from a fallen SS officer and, after the war, had the film developed. The film contained graphic images of the war from the German side of the line. Seventy years on from the events, Capt. Davies’ wartime diary and the photographs taken were the inspiration for his son to undertake an emotional return to the battlefields. The result of that pilgrimage is an important new book which builds upon the wartime diary and the photographs to produce a powerful record of one man’s war service with the guns of the 53rd Welsh Division.

9781473833548, $34.95, $22.99, hardback, 224p.

Betrayed Ally Christopher Arnander & Frances Wood In 1912, the Qing Dynasty had ended. President Yuan Shikai, who seized power in 1914, offered the British 50,000 troops to recover the German colony in Shandong, but was refused. In 1916, China sent a vast army of laborers to Europe.

In 1917, she declared war on Germany despite this effectively making the real enemy, Japan, an ally. The betrayal came when Japan was awarded the former German colony. This inspired the rise of Chinese nationalism and communism, enflamed by Russia. The scene was set for Japan’s incursions into China and thirty years of bloodshed. One hundred years on, the time is right for this accessible and authoritative account of China’s role in The Great War and assessment of its national and international significance.

9781473875012, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 224p.

Welsh Yeomanry at War Steven John Soon after the outbreak of the Great War, members of various British Yeomanry regiments were asked to volunteer for overseas service. In 1916, officered by well-known members of the landed gentry, the Pembroke Yeomanry and the Glamorgan Yeomanry were amongst the many who embarked for foreign service for the first time ever in their history. In May 1918, after two years of hard campaigning in the Palestinian deserts, the 24th Welsh embarked for France with the rest of the 74th Division, joining the Allied forces in the victorious 100-day offensive against the Germans. Welsh Yeomanry at War sheds new light on the battalion’s almost forgotten campaign in Palestine, which saw many of its troops killed and buried in the Holy Land, and also tells the enthralling story of its short but arduous period in France.

9781473867932, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 192p.

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Victoria Crosses on the Western Front – 1917 to Third Ypres Paul Oldfield Victoria Crosses on the Western Front – 1917 to Third Ypres 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. There is also a comprehensive biography for each recipient, covering every aspect of their lives, “warts and all”. A host of other information, much of it published for the first time, reveals some fascinating characters, with numerous links to many famous people and events.

9781473827073, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 576p.

Facing Armageddon Edited by Hugh Cecil & Peter Liddle Facing Armageddon is a major collection of scholarly work on the 1914–18 war that explores the real nature of the participants’ experiences.

Sixty-four scholars from all over the globe describe their research into what civilians and servicemen passed through, on the land, the sea and in the air.

Their pioneering work is as important today as it was when the book was first published, for we can see clearly now how the First World War has shaped the fundamental character of the twentieth century. The Second World War and the Cold War were among its direct, long-term consequences.

Without an awareness of its effects on the individuals and societies involved, perceptible even now, we cannot fully comprehend the modern world.

9781783461691, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 960p.

1918 The German Offensives John Sheen In March 1918, the German Army launched a series of offensives that brought them very close to winning the war.

Military photographers followed their advance and took many photographs of the operations as they progressed. This is the war seen from the German perspective, British and French soldiers lie dead on the battlefield, and Allied prisoners are escorted to the rear, as the German Artillery pound away covering the advance of the “Feldgrau”.

These photographs are seldom seen in books dealing with the allied point of view. Many scarce and rare photographs show the carnage of battle throughout March, April and May 1918. John Sheen has also included group photographs of some of the units involved, as well as memorial cards of individuals who fell or died.

9781844156610, $28.95, $18.99, paperback, 160p.

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•WORLD WAR I• Germans at Arras David Bilton During the Great War, a German publisher produced a number of photographic books that are of considerable interest to the modern-day reader. These were based on the photographs taken by the German regiments that found themselves stationed there during the War. This, the first book, covers the Battle of Arras in 1917, one of the largest in the War. In addition to historical context, there are 350 photographs of the villages and towns, trenches, troop movements, cemeteries and civilians. These photos vividly convey what the areas of Lens, Arras, Bullecourt, Havrincourt, Cambrai and Douai were like under German occupation. This book is not just a memory-rich diary for the thousands of soldiers who fought there, but also a valuable record of the period.

9781844157686, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 160p.

The French Army in the First World War Ian Sumner The French army of the First World War withstood the main force of the German onslaught on the Western Front, but often it is neglected in English histories of the conflict. Now, though, keen interest in the war in general and in the part the French played in it has prompted a fresh appreciation of their army and the men who served in it. Using a selection of over 150 rare wartime photographs, Ian Sumner provides a graphic overview of every aspect of a French soldier’s service during the struggle. But while the photographs create a fascinating all-round portrait of the French poilu at war, they also give an insight into the army as a whole, and offer a rare French perspective on the Great War. 9781473856196, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 128p.

In the Trenches Rachel Bilton Wilfrid Ewart paints a vivid picture of everyday life in the trenches during the first winter of the war. Captain Pollard, a VC winner, provides a grim vignette, breathlessly told, of an infantry charge on a German trench.

Sergeant Cooper details life in the French Foreign Legion at Gallipoli and the ‘fierce fighting such as men reckless to the point of indifference can execute’. Charles Douie describes the battlefields of the Somme when the guns are silent. All the stories in this book are written by the participants who describe exactly what happened to them while they fought in the greatest battles of the First World War. What makes them special is that their stories were written while the images were fresh in their minds.

9781473867130, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 208p.

Allied POWs in German Hands 1914 – 1918 David Bilton After making the decision to surrender, a soldier, sailor or airman was at the mercy of his captors. Not all camps were the same; some were better than others, but most were poor.

Disease was rife and there was little medical care. Barracks were usually cold and there were few blankets and little clothing. Escape was a priority for many men; thousands tried, even though they could be shot for the attempt, as some were, but most failed to make it home. In this first fully illustrated history of the Kaiser’s unwanted guests, David Bilton looks at the lives of the thousands of Allied men who became PoWs during the Great War. 9781473867017, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 208p.

Cambridgeshire Kitcheners Joanna Costin Whether farm laborers, shop assistants, bricklayers, chauffeurs, university scholars or college porters, men from all walks of life united and became the Cambridgeshire Kitcheners. Sent to the Western Front in January 1916, they took part in some of the bloodiest battles of the war, including the Battle of the Somme. 1,500 men from Cambridgeshire came forward to serve their country as a battalion in Kitchener’s New Army.

Many had never left the county before, let alone their country, and all too many would never return. Mixing personal accounts with official documents, this is the story of the Cambridgeshire Kitchener’s war.Their momentous efforts are explained throughout this book, which is a timely reminder of this heroic battalion’s dedication, skill and bravery.

9781473869004, $50.00, $32.50, hardback, 328p.

Letters from Verdun Avery Royce Wolfe & William Harvey Though the United States was late to enter the Great War, a number of idealistic young Americans wished to take part from the beginning. One of these was Avery Royce Wolf, an ambulance driver with the French Army in the Verdun sector.This treasure trove of Royce’s letters, only recently discovered, is accompanied by several albums worth of rare, high-quality photos depicting aspects of the Great War in France never previously published. Full of exciting experiences as well as interesting firsthand analyses such as comparing French and German trench works (the latter were far better), Letters from Verdun brings the reader amazingly close to the frontlines of the Great War — almost as if in person.

9781932033946, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 226p.

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•WORLD WAR I• Bishop Gwynne Neville Benyon The celebrated General Sir Herbert Plumer once referred to BEF Deputy Chaplain General Llewellyn Henry Gwynne (1863–1957) “as the man who did most to win the war.” This new study of Gwynne’s philosophy and work explores his formative years including his time at St John’s Theological College. It also sheds light on his pre-war experiences as a young priest in the industrial midlands, subsequent Sudan missionary work, and First World War service. Based on groundbreaking archival research, including original agendas and meeting minutes, this volume contributes to our understanding of the vital role of Anglican chaplains during the years 1914–18 whilst reevaluating the military career and legacy of a venerated cleric.

9781910294604, $69.95, $45.50, hardback, 176p.

Long Way Home Charles Granquist Charles Granquist was 17 when war was declared with Germany in 1939. He lied about his age, joined the infantry and was sent to Egypt. Captured by the Germans in Greece, Granquist was determined to continue carrying the war to his captors “any way I could.” He orchestrated a remarkable five escape attempts, all of which ended unsuccessfully. Charles refused to give up, determined to fulfil his duty as an Aussie Digger and make his own small contribution to the war effort. His story takes the reader on the rollercoaster of escape, recapture and 196 days of solitary confinement before his eventual return home with his Russian war bride. A Long Way Home is tribute to one veteran’s spirit and the mateship he still holds so dear today.

9780980658224, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 224p.

Menin Gate North Battle of Mont St Quentin Peronne 1918 Michele Bomford This is the story, often told in the words of the men themselves, of the capture of the “unattackable” Mont and the “invincible” fortress town of Péronne, two of the great feats of Australian forces in the First World War. This work provides a carefully articulated context, describing the ground over which the battle was fought and examining the corps and the ingredients which made it “socially and structurally homogenous”. It analyses the forces that drove the diggers forward even when they had reached the limits of their endurance. The Battle of Mont St Quentin-Péronne represents the Australian Corps at its very best, its diggers fighting for peace and satisfied that, “whatever might lie ahead, at least everything was right behind them.”

9781921941962, $16.95, $11.50, paperback, 140p.

Gallipoli: The Final Battles and Evacuation of ANZAC David W. Cameron In early August, even with the failure of the August Offensive at Gallipoli, the senior commanders still believed that victory was possible. To help prepare for a new offensive sometime in the first half on 1916, the allied forces attempted to straighten out the line connecting Suvla and Anzac at a small hillock called Hill 60.

9780980814095, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 358p.

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Paul Chapman This is a comprehensive and highly emotive volume, borne of years of intensive research and many trips to the battlefields of the Great War. It seeks to humanize the Menin Gate Memorial and offers the reader a chance to engage with the personal stories of the soldiers whose names have been chiseled there in stone. Poignant stories of camaraderie and tragic twists of fate and noble sacrifice have been collated in an attempt to bring home the reality of war and the true extent of its tragic cost. It is hoped that visitors to the battlefields, whether their relatives are listed within or not, will find their experience enriched by having access to this treasure trove of stories.

9781473850910, $60.00, $39.50, hardback, 408p.

The Rose and the Lion Kevin Shannon Based on many unpublished sources, this book narrates the individual parts played by nearly 2,000 of those who served with the 4th King’s Own Regiment from the day that war was declared — and in a few cases — to long afterwards. Using contemporary combat reports, many of the major actions are described down to individual platoon level. The Rose and the Lion does not just concentrate on the major battles, but also examines everyday life in the trenches. Appendices give the most complete battalion roll to date and list those awarded medals for their bravery and also those nominated unsuccessfully for recognition.

9781781554388, $45.00, $29.50, hardback, 416p.

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•WORLD WAR I• In Good Company The Hon.William Fraser In Good Company is a graphic account by the Hon. William Fraser, Gordon Highlanders, of his service in the First World War. Several times wounded, he went to Flanders in 1914 with the 2nd Battalion and commanded successively a platoon, a company, a Territorial battalion and a Regular battalion, ending the war as a lieutenantcolonel of twenty-eight, having survived the battles of First, Second and Third Ypres, Arras, Cambrai and the final triumphs of 1918. Fraser’s letters and diaries from the front, which compose this absorbing book, were edited by his son, General Sir David Fraser. They provide a vivid, often highly critical and virtually unbroken account of those extraordinary days, seen through the eyes of a young Highland office.

9781473827332, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 368p.

The Manchester Bantams Caroline Scott In May 1916, Major Eustace Lockhart Maxwell, a former Indian cavalry officer, was given command of an infantry battalion in France. After 48 hours with his new unit, Maxwell wrote to his family: “The outstanding characteristic of those who belong to it seems to be their extraordinary selfcomplacency! Esprit de corps is a fine thing, but the satisfaction with which they regard themselves is almost indecent!’’ This was the 23rd Manchester “Bantam” Battalion, a unit entirely composed of men of a height of about 5 feet, and its esprit de corps was about to be severely tested. Using a wealth of previously unpublished sources, this book follows the Manchester men through their training to Houthulst Forest where, in October 1917, the Battalion was “practically annihilated”.

9781783463893, $50.00, $32.50, Hardback, 256p.

Johnny Get Your Gun John F.Tucker At the age of seventeen-and-ahalf, full of idealism and patriotism, John Tucker enlisted as an infantryman in the London Kensington Regiment and reached France, after training, in August 1915. Against all odds he survived three years of bitter trench warfare and returned to Blighty a few months before Armistice Day. He took part in the Battle of the Somme, the battles of Arras and Cambrai, and the Third Battle of Ypres.Yet though his patriotism remained unflinching, his idealism gave way to the grim realities of day to day survival in the trenches. These are the memoirs of one infantryman, but through his eyes a vivid canvas of the whole war gradually unfolds.

9781473827509, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 208p.

Brothers in Arms Karen Farrington Hidden away in the back of an old desk drawer were the recollections of Lieutenant Robert D’Arblay GybbonMonypenny, who had fought with the Essex Regiment in the First World War from the Battle of Neuve Chapelle in 1915, through the mud and misery of Ypres, to see victory in 1918. To add to these riches were letters home from both Robert Moneypenny and his brother and fellow officer, Phillips, who was killed just four months before the end of the war. The collection of memoirs, letters and personal photographs are woven together to produce a gripping and powerfully frank testimony – one that will come to be recognized as amongst the finest personal accounts of the First World War ever to be published.

9781473825611, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 224p.

Gallipoli Victoria Cross Hero John Hamilton Hugo Throssell volunteered to join the Imperial Australian Force, which was shipped to Gallipoli in 1915. He was a member of the 10th Australian Light Horse which fought in a dismounted role in Gallipoli. He was involved in the famous charge of the 10th Light Horse at the Battle of the Nek and the Battle of Hill 60 where his actions saw him being awarded the Victoria Cross. After the war Hugo Throssell became an outspoken opponent of war.

When he tried to pawn his Victoria Cross he was offered only 10 shillings for it – such was the price of valor. He committed suicide aged forty-nine. Meticulously researched, and beautifully written, this is a moving tale of heroism and patriotism which ended in sad and disturbing circumstances.

9781848329034, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 320p.

Artillery Scout James G. Bilder The American Doughboys of World War I are often referred to as the “Lost Generation”. In this book, however, we are able to gain an intimate look at their experiences after being thrust into the center of Europe’s “Great War”. Len Fairfield was a firsthand witness to the war’s carnage as he endured its countless hardships, all of which are revealed here in vivid detail. His story takes the reader from a hard life in Chicago, through conscription, rigorous training in America and France, and finally to St. Mihiel and the Argonne Forest. This action-filled work brings the reader straight to the center of America’s costly battles in World War I, reminding us once again how great-power status often has to be earned with blood on battlefields.

9781612002712, $34.95, $22.99, hardback, 208p.

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•WORLD WAR I• The Gallipoli Experience Reconsidered Peter Liddle The Gallipoli Campaign is generally viewed as a disastrous failure of the First World War, inadequately redeemed by the heroism of the soldiers and sailors who were involved in the fighting. But before the first landings were made, the concept of a strike at the Dardanelles seemed to offer a short cut to victory in a war without prospect of end. The venture, and what was required of the men undertaking it who were enduring heavy casualties, eminently deserve reconsideration in the centenary year of the campaign. A balanced evaluation of the Gallipoli gamble and of the political and military leadership are the challenging tasks which Peter Liddle sets himself in his new study of the campaign and the experience of the men who served in it.

9781783400393, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 304p.

Have You Forgotten Yet? John Blacker This book tells the story of John Blacker, an infantry officer on the Western Front from 1915-1918. For the majority of this time, Blacker was in the Fourth Battalion of the Coldstream Guards, which had been designated as a “pioneer” battalion keeping open the lines of communications. He was wounded in September 1918, and by the time he rejoined his battalion, the Germans were in full retreat. Blacker’s introspective reflections on the traumatic events in which he was involved, his shrewd character sketches of his fellow officers and his strange mystical experience on the banks of the River Somme make this book stand out above the rest. Above all, though, he believed that the whole war was a hideous mistake.

9781783461677, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 224p.

The Raid on Zeebrugge Carl Decaluwé & Tomas Termote Winston Churchill called the raid on Zeebrugge “the finest feat of arms of the Great War.” Approximately one thousand officers and men of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines stormed the most heavily defended U-Boat base in Occupied Europe. This brief but bloody action resulted in the highest number of Victoria Crosses ever awarded for a single action. This book is the fruit of the chance discovery of a series of photographic plates belonging to Alfred Carpenter, who commanded the lead ship, HMS Vindictive, during the raid. These pictures provide us with a unique insight into this daring naval operation. The plates were used by Captain Carpenter to illustrate a lecture tour of the United States and Canada after the war.

9781473854314, $49.95, $32.50, hardback, 144p.

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General Fox Conner Steven Rabalais John J. Pershing considered Fox Conner to have been “a brilliant solider” and “one of the finest characters our Army has ever produced.” During World War I, General Conner served as chief of operations for the American Expeditionary Force. Pershing told Conner: “I could have spared any other man in the A.E.F. better than you.” Dwight D. Eisenhower viewed Fox Conner as “the outstanding soldier of my time.” In the early 1920s, Conner transformed his protégé Eisenhower from a struggling young officer on the verge of a court martial into one of the American army’s rising stars. This book presents the first complete biography of this significant, but now forgotten, figure in American military history.

9781612003979, $34.95, $22.99, hardback, 320p.

Spy of the Century John Sadler & Silvie Fisch During a night in May 1913, three high-ranking military officials waited for hours outside a hotel in the center of Vienna. At around 2am, they hear the shot of a Browning.

One of their own has just ended his life: Colonel Alfred Redl, the former deputy head of the Evidenzbüro, the AustroHungarian General Staff’s directorate of military intelligence, and confidant of the heir to the throne. What no one had known, though, was that for almost a decade he had betrayed significant and damaging secrets to the Italians, the French and the Russians. The true story has only recently been reconstructed. A tragic story emerges – of a man who was forced to hide his homosexuality and used his wealth to please his young lover.

9781473848702, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 240p.

Thiepval Michael Stedman With its appalling carnage and waste in return for negligible tactical achievement, the Somme Offensive, which opened on 7 July 1916, is the battle that symbolizes the horrors of the Great War. Thiepval was pivotal to the campaign, and many of the units who fought there were “Pals”. Their decimation meant disproportionate losses for the communities from which the Regiments were drawn. This book not only describes the action, but has many personal accounts. It gives details of numerous walks and explains the locality’s military significance.

9781844153503, $19.99, $12.99, paperback, 192p.

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•WORLD WAR I• The Germans at Beaumont Hamel Jack Sheldon Beaumont Hamel is a name which conjures up appalling visions of the catastrophic reverse suffered when thousands of men were killed and wounded for no gains whatsoever. Ninety years on, the events of that day still exert a powerful fascination for those interested in the great trench battles. This book, which covers the Old Front Line from Redan Ridge to the Ancre, describes how the defense of the area became so strong, the reasons for German early success during the battle and explains how the British defeat of July was transformed into victory, when the fall of Beaumont Hamel marked the final flicker of success, before the battle was mired to a standstill in the mud.

9781844154432, $24.99, $16.50, paperback, 192p.

The Germans at Thiepval Jack Sheldon Ninety years after the Battle of the Somme was fought, visitors continue to flock in very large numbers to the massive Memorial to the Missing at Thiepval, site of a bitter threemonth struggle during the summer of 1916. This book explains in detail how, from the autumn of 1914 onwards, the German defenders turned this key feature into a virtually impregnable position, from which they were able for weeks on end to repulse every attempt to capture it. Drawing on original maps, photographs and personal accounts of the German defenders, the reader is taken stage by stage through the battles for the German front line between Ovillers and Saint Pierre Divion, during the two years from September 1914 to September 1916.

9781844154326, $24.99, $16.50, paperback, 192p.

Mametz Wood Michael Renshaw The Battle for Mametz Wood is normally associated with the endeavors of the 38th Welsh Division and was the first of those great battles to secure possession of the woodlands of the Somme. The author looks at events after the 1st July, but also relates the story of the 17th Northern Division who attacked the quadrangle, a defensive system guarding the western approaches to the wood. Also related is the demise of both generals commanding these divisions who were sent home.

9780850526646, $16.95, $11.50, paperback, 144p.

The British Shell Shortage of the First World War Phillip Harding The severe shortage of munitions during the First World War increased the level of casualties in the battlefields; prevented the breakthrough of the German defenses, thus continuing a war of attrition; brought about the downfall of the great Liberal Government of the early twentieth century; and placed the British public on a total war footing for the first time in history. This book details the battles of Neuve Chapelle and Aubers Ridge from the perspective of The Rifle Brigade, whose casualties in the latter battle was the catalyst for a coalition government and the creation of a Ministry of Munitions. The political and military casualties are explained, along with the innovative creation of the Munitions Ministry, which led the way for industrial conscription.

9781781554531, $34.95, $22.99, hardback, 192p.

The Lafayette Escadrille Steven A. Ruffin The Lafayette Escadrille was an all-volunteer squadron of Americans who flew for France during World War I. One hundred years later, it is still arguably the best-known fighter squadron ever to take to the skies. In this work the entire history of these gallant volunteers—who named themselves after the Marquis Lafayette, who came to America’s aid during its Revolution—is laid out in both text and pictorial form. In time for the centennial celebration, this work not only tells the fascinating story of the Lafayette Escadrille, it shows it. The result is undoubtedly the finest photographic collection of the Lafayette Escadrille to appear in print. It is a never-before-seen visual history that anyone will appreciate.

9781612003504, $37.95, $24.99, hardback, 288p.

German Raiders of the First World War Chris Sams As the world plunged into war in August 1914, two Kaiserliche Marine fleets and several detached cruisers lay beyond the North Sea. These vessels posed a serious threat to British merchant vessels and naval superiority. Beyond the British blockade there was little chance of reinforcement and resupply of ammunition—their commanders had to make some decisions as to what to do for their crews. Admiral Maximilian Von Spee had to decide what to do half a world away from Germany. With only the ammunition on board his vessels, he had to fight his way through the British lines to get his men home. The Royal Navy expended a lot of resources to try and remove these threats.

9781781554661, $34.95, $22.99, hardback, 224p.

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•WORLD WAR I • WORLD WAR II• The Battles of French Flanders Jon Cooksey & Jerry Murland The battles fought by the British army in the second year of the First World War are less well known than those those which culminated in the Battle of the Somme. But the fighting at Aubers Ridge, Festubert, Neuve Chapelle and Loos was just as severe – as was the 1916 battle at Fromelles – and the battlefields are just as interesting to explore today. Expert guides Jon Cooksey and Jerry Murland take visitors over a series of routes that can be walked, biked or driven, explaining the fighting that occurred at each place in vivid detail. They describe what happened, where it happened and why and who was involved, and point out the sights that remain for the visitor to see.

9781473824034, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 240p.

Gloucestershire Hero Peter Rostron Small in physical stature, Colonel Patsy Pagan was seen as a giant by the men of the Gloucestershire Regiment. He and his Battalion endured some of the hardest fighting and grimmest conditions on the Western Front: the battles of Loos 1915, Somme 1916 and Passchendaele 1917. Wounded three times, Pagan discharged himself from hospital to rejoin his men rather than be evacuated to Blighty. He reluctantly left his beloved Glosters when promoted to command a brigade for the closing months of the war. His brigade found itself as the last line of defense before the Channel against the Germans’ 1918 offensive. The author uncovers the contribution and character of this great soldier through personal records, trench diaries and other official papers.

9781473843745, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 224p.

Victory on the Western Front Michael Senior The scale, speed and success of the Allied Armies during the last stages of the First World War have provided historians with fertile ground for interpretation and debate. How did the British Expeditionary Force, having endured the bitter disappointments and heavy losses at Aubers Ridge, Loos, the Somme, Passchendaele, Cambrai and during the German spring offensives of 1918 turn the tide of the war and comprehensively defeat the enemy in the field? Michael Senior provides a challenging and controversial analysis of the underlying reasons for the success of the BEF. It is essential reading for anyone who is keen to learn about the extraordinary development of the British army throughout the war – and to understand why, and how, the Germans were beaten.

9781783400652, $44.95, $29.50, hardback, 240p.

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WORLD WAR II Hermann Goering

Blaine Taylor In March 1935, Goering unveiled to the world the dreaded Luftwaffe. That May he solidified Germany’s pre-1939 surprisingly good relations with neighboring Poland. In 1936, Goering was the recognized economic dictator of the Third. A State Visit to Rome in January 1937 made him a main player regarding the future Reich alliance with Fascist Italy and, that November, he hosted Europe’s largest hunting exposition of 50 years at Berlin. Overshadowing all of this, however, was the top-secret Hossbach war conference, at which Hitler announced his intention go to war by 1943 in order to seize Russian territory for an expanded German empire in the east.

In all of the above, Goering was the main player, second only to Hitler, especially regarding the economy and the air force.

9781625450197, $40.00, $26.50, hardback, 272p.

A Tank Gunner’s Story Louis G. Gruntz, Jr. After fighting in Europe in the 712th Tank Battalion in the Second World War, Gunner Louis Gruntz rarely spoke of his wartime experiences. Fifty years on, when his son had grown up and was going through a difficult period in his life, Louis decided it was time to break his silence.

He took his son on a journey along the historic battle route of the 712th Tank Battalion in Europe. This is not only an historical account of battles and operations, it is also a deeply personal and emotional story of a father choosing to share the burden of his wartime memories with his son, and of his son’s growing appreciation of the sacrifice made by America’s “Greatest Generation”.

9781625450234, $25.95, $16.99, paperback, 272p.

Hitler’s Paratrooper Gilberto Villahermosa Rudolf Witzig entered the history books as the heroic captor of Belgium’s supposedly impregnable fortress Eben Emael in May 1940. Witzig was involved in Operation Mercury, but was seriously wounded during the fighting. After his recovery, he was sent to Tunisia where he was credited with several successful defensive actions. This biography is a comprehensive history of the man and also provides important new details on the German parachute arm that he served.

9781473827622, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 288p.

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•WORLD WAR II• You Can’t Get Much Closer Than This A.Z. Adkins, Jr. & Andrew Z. Adkins, III After graduating from The Citadel in May 1943, Andrew Adkins, Jr. immediately attended the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School. Adkins was assigned as an 81mm mortar section leader in Company H, 2d Battalion, 317th Infantry Regiment. When the 80th Infantry Division completed its training in December 1943, it was shipped in stages to the United Kingdom and then on to Normandy.

There, Lieutenant Adkins and his fellow soldiers took part in light hedgerow fighting that served to shake the division down and familiarize the troops and their officers with combat. In vibrant, piercing terms,You Can?t Get Much Closer Than This tells the story of a junior officer’s coming of age.

9781612003108, $18.95, $12.50, paperback, 288p.

Armoured Horseman

SOE’s Mastermind Brian Lett For those with even a passing interest in the Second World War, the name Colin Gubbins is synonymous with the Special Operations Executive (SOE).

This is not surprising as, from its creation in late 1940 at Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s command, Gubbins was the driving force behind SOE. Remarkably, this is the first full biography of the man whose contribution to victory ranks in the premier league. Brian Lett’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. The result is a fascinating biography that reveals as much about SOE’s extraordinary activities as it does about the man who inspired and commanded them.

9781473863804, $44.95, $29.50, hardback, 288p.

Accidental Agent

Peter Willett New memoirs by combatants in the Second World War are sadly rare today. Tanks and Thoroughbreds will be warmly welcomed as Peter Willett, a professional journalist and much published author, fought through with The Bays from Alamein to Tunis and then on up Italy until VE Day. As a young tank troop commander, his chances of survival were slim and tragically many of his friends were killed. As well as satisfying the military enthusiast, Tanks and Thoroughbreds will find a ready audience in the racing fraternity. Peter describes equestrian activities in postwar Austria and goes on to summarize his career as a racing journalist, authority on breeding, membership of the Jockey Club and long association with Goodwood.

9781473834217, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 192p.

John Goldsmith In 1942, accidental circumstances saw John Goldsmith’s recruitment into Buckmaster’s F Section of the Special Operations Executive.

His faultless French and upbringing in Paris were to prove invaluable. Commissioned overnight and after intensive training he was parachuted into France for the first of his three missions. His adventures included crossing the Pyrenees, sabotage, forming his own circuits, being captured by the Gestapo and blackmarketeering. In 1944, now a Major, he was advisor to the Maquis in the Mont Ventoux area where they fought the Germans in pitched battles and won. Accidental Agent is as thrilling an account of war behind enemy lines as has ever been written.

9781473887817, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 192p.

Mon pere, Joachim von Ribbentrop

Wine, Women and Song

Rudolf von Ribbentrop Born in 1921, Joachim von Ribbentrop, former Foreign Minister of the Third Reich, found himself placed by his parents in the secrets of politics and diplomacy at the age of 12.

On October 16, 1946, he was hanged after being sentenced to death by the Nuremberg Tribunal on charges of ‘preparing a war of aggression’. Rudolf von Ribbentrop, his son, provides new insights into the general historiography. An event in terms of historical literature, it is a testimony that belies the springs of Hitlerism, as no one has done before.

French text.

9782840484325, $49.00, $31.99, paperback, 528p.

Hamish Brown This frank account of New Zealand Spitfire pilot Doug Brown traces his training and action experienced in the RAF, and social activities during the war. After “signing up” with the Air Force, basic training took place at Levin, followed by initial training on Tiger Moths at Whenuapai. Training in Canada provided in single engine Harvards enabled these young pilots to graduate with their wings. In these few years, many friendships were made and many close friends were lost. After the war, some would find security in the Air Force and make it a profession. The majority continued life post-war in what had been their training pre-war. A few ended the war worn out and exhausted and never settled back into civilian life.

9781781550359, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 368p.

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•WORLD WAR II• Silver: The Spy Who Fooled the Nazis Mihir Bose Silver was one of many codenames for a man whose real name was Bhagat Ram Talwar, a Hindu Pathan from the North West Frontier province of then British India.

He was the only quintuple spy of the Second World War, spying for the Italians, Germans, Japanese, Soviets and the British. In 1942 the Russians decided to share Silver with the British, the only time during the war that the Soviets agreed to such an arrangement. Silver deceived the Nazis on behalf of the Soviets and the British. Between 1941 and 1945 Silver made twelve trips from Peshawar to Kabul to supply false information to the Germans, always making the near-200-mile journey on foot over mountain passes and hostile tribal territory.

9781781553718, $40.00, $26.50, hardback, 336p.

Commando General Richard Mead Always marked out for high rank, Robert Laycock came into his own when selected to raise a new “crack” unit early in the Second World War. After training, Commandos were sent to the Middle East in early 1941 and became lay force under Laycock’s command. As commander of the Special Service Brigade, Laycock played an important role in the Sicily landings and at Salerno. In October 1943, he succeeded Mountbatten as Chief of Combined Operations, coordinating combined services operations and training and attending Allied conferences.

In later life, Laycock became Governor of Malta and Colonel of the SAS. In this long overdue biography, the author reveals the detail of this fine soldier’s character and superb military record.

9781473854079, $44.95, $29.50, hardback, 256p.

Anders Lassen VC, MC of the SAS Mike Langley & Edited by Nigel Cave From the day he stalked and killed a stag armed only with a knife, Lassen had been recognized as quite unique. He took part in a series of extraordinary strikes against the Axis powers in West Africa, Normandy, the Channel Islands, the Aegean and Greece, the Balkans and, finally, in Italy.

This classic biography of a remarkable warrior, which was first published in 1988, is based on interviews with Lassen’s fellow soldiers and a wealth of original research. It covers each stage of Lassen’s short, brilliant career in vivid detail and offers a penetrating insight into the exceptional courage, confidence and single-minded motivation that lay behind Lassen’s extraordinary exploits.

9781473879515, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 256p.

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Monty’s Highlanders Patrick Delaforce The 51st Highland Division was the most famous infantry division that fought with the British Army in WW2. It was the only infantry division in the armies of the British Empire that accompanied Monty from during Alamein to Berlin. Patrick Delaforce served with 11th Armoured Division during the advance through Europe. After a career in the wine trade he became a writer. In 2015 he was appointed to the rank of Chavalier in the Ordre National de la Legion d’honneur.

9781526702128, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 256p.

From Battle of Britain Airman to PoW Escapee Angela Walker This is the story of a champion cyclist turned airman. Ian Walker served as a member of Bomber Command and survived three plane crashes. The last of these saw him crash in enemy territory, where he was taken prisoner. In a POW camp, he hatched a plot to escape. It was successful, until he was captured and taken back to prison.

Ian had the fortune of being placed on a list of injured men to be exchanged with German prisoners. The little-known story of the history-making exchange that took place in Barcelona in October 1943. Angela Walker is a first-time author from New Zealand. She is also a former gymnast and Commonwealth gold medalist, and daughter of Ian Walker.

9781473890725, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 240p.

Hitler’s Berchtesgaden Geoffrey R.Walden In 1925, Hitler settled in a small house on the Obersalzberg, a district overlooking the picturesque town of Berchtesgaden in the Bavarian Alps. After Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, the Obersalzberg area was transformed into the southern seat of power for the Nazi Party.

Eventually, the locale became a complex of houses, barracks and command posts for the Nazi hierarchy, including the famous Eagle’s Nest, and the mountain was honeycombed with tunnels and air raid shelters. Hitler’s Berchtesgaden: A Guide to Third Reich Sites in the Berchtesgaden and Obersalzberg Area will help history-minded explorers find these largely forgotten sites, both on the Obersalzberg and in Berchtesgaden and the surrounding area, with detailed directions for driving and walking tours.

9781781552261, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 160p.

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•WORLD WAR II• Kamikaze - To Die for the Emperor Peter C. Smith In this brand new publication from eminent historian Peter C. Smith, we are regaled with the engaging and often incredibly disturbing history of the Kamikaze tradition in Japanese culture. These pilots were at the mercy of an overriding cultural tradition that demanded death over defeat. Despite often being under-trained and ill-prepared psychologically for the sacrifices they were about to make, they were nonetheless expected to make them. Countless attacks are analyzed and the Okinawa campaign is afforded particularly strong coverage, with the sinking of HMAS Australia explored in detail. The collective sacrifice is then summed up, with reflections from survivors on both sides appraising events in a humane historical context. A detailed appendices then follows, featuring units formed, sorties mounted, ships sunk and damages inflicted.

9781781593134, $34.95, $22.99, hardback, 224p.

My Target was Leningrad Philip Goodall The world changed forever with the release of two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. As a result of the development of nuclear power, submarines were fitted with nuclear weapons, which resulted in the deterrent role passing from the RAF to the Royal Navy. However, the Cold War provided a unique role and responsibility for the RAF. My Target was Leningrad - V Force: Preserving our Democracy is unique in that it is a human story, not just a list of technical facts and bomber data. With many previously unpublished photographs from the author’s private collection, this is the chilling story of what really happened and how close the world came to World War III and a nuclear apocalypse.

9781781551813, $34.95, $22.99, hardback, 256p.

The Men Behind Monty Richard Mead When Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery took command of Eighth Army in August 1942, most of the army’s key members stayed with him not only from El Alamein to Tunis, but also in Sicily and Italy. When he took command of 21st Army Group in January 1944, many accompanied him. The majority remained until the German surrender in May 1945. This fascinating work focuses not only on the senior officers responsible for the various staff branches, and notably on Monty’s outstanding Chief of Staff, Freddie de Guingand, but also on his personal staff, the ADCs and personal liaison officers. This book sheds light on the work of the staff generally, and on their direct contribution to Monty’s decisions, his sometimes difficult and controversial relationships with his superiors and allies.

9781473827165, $49.95, $32.50, hardback, 304p.

Kleinkrieg Charles D. Melson This work is built around the historical analysis titled Kleinkrieg, provided to the German High Command by Arthur Earhardt in 1935 which examined insurgencies from French-occupied Spain to recurrent problems in the Balkans. It also calls upon the Bandenbekampfung document provided to Germany’s OKW in 1944. Without partaking in ideological biases, this work examines the purely military problem as seen by professionals. While small wars are not new, how they should be fought by a modern industrial nation is still a question to be answered. Rediscovered and presented in English, these German thoughts on the issue are now made available to a new generation of guerilla and irregular war fighters in the West.

9781612003566, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 216p.

Himmler’s Diary 1945 Auschwitz Andrew Rawson This is the story of the development of Auschwitz from a Polish prison camp into a concentration camp and the building of Birkenau and the gas chambers, which grew into industrial killing machines.Andrew Rawson relates what life was like for prisoners, revealing facts like where the unsuspecting new arrivals came from and how they were greeted at the camp.There are instructions on how to get to nearby Krakow – an ideal base – and Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Information on how best to spend your time there is also included, making this an invaluable book that is both a vivid account of life in the concentration camps and an essential guide for visitors who want to explore the past of this notorious site.

9781473827981, $16.95, $11.50, paperback, 136p.

Stephen Tyas & Peter Witte Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler was instigator of the largest program of racial mass murder in history. January 1945 saw Himmler at his peak in Nazi Germany, controlling the entire German police force, and all SS organizations. He ordered all concentration camp inmates be shot, before rescinding the order. When his SS Generals asked for instructions, Himmler ordered them to show some backbone as their commands had few bounds.

Himmler was captured on the 21st of May and, realizing all was lost, committed suicide two days later by biting on a phial of cyanide he had concealed in his mouth. This book chronicles Himmler’s diary and his life, movements, communications and actions between 1 January and 23 May 1945.

9781781552575, $40.00, $26.50, hardback, 256p.

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•WORLD WAR II• Hitler’s Deserters Lars Petersson Over 20,000 deserters and war resisters paid the ultimate price at the hands of Hitler’s brutal war judges and executioners. Even for those few who miraculously escaped death and survived the war, they had to live the rest of their lives as pariahs, scorned and looked down upon as traitors to their own Fatherland by a postwar society that professed to hate the regime they had actively opposed. In sharp contrast, high-ranking Nazis were allowed to thrive in postwar Germany as honored men in prestigious and powerful positions. Hitler’s Deserters is the disturbing story of what happened to those who refused to fight for the Third Reich, and - even more horrifying - it is the story of a postwar society that turned its back on them.

9781781552698, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 176p.

Monty’s Rhine Adventure Patrick Delaforce This book begins immediately after the Normandy invasion, with the euphoria surrounding the belief that the War would soon be won. However, it was not to be as easy Monty hoped.

The centerpiece of the book is Operation Market Garden Monty’s bold plan to cut through the German defenses via the eight bridges which spanned the Dutch / German border. The book deals with the plan, its execution and aftermath in rigorous detail. Had Market Garden gone to plan, it might have led to an end of war before the end of 1944. As it was, it was the Russians that entered Berlin first in May 1945. Nonetheless, this period remains one of the boldest and most exciting of the war.

9781781553299, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 144p.

Operation Neptune Kenneth Edwards Operation Neptune’ was the codename for the naval component of ‘Operation Overlord’, the Allied invasion of France in June 1944. 195,700 Allied naval and merchant navy personnel were involved, in over 5,000 ships, with air support, naval interdiction of the English Channel and naval fire support.

The planning required for such a mammoth undertaking was made all the more difficult by the demand for absolute secrecy. Success in this respect alone was an inordinate achievement. Operation Neptune: The Normandy Landings, 1944, written by a senior British naval officer only one year after the invasion, provides a unique and gripping insight into the conception, planning and successful execution of the largest amphibious invasion in history. It is illustrated throughout with over 130 photographs from the author’s private collection.

9781781551271, $25.95, $16.99, paperback, 352p.

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The Nazis Go Underground Curt Riess As early as 1943, senior Nazi officials were making preparations for Germany’s defeat. Disillusioned by military setbacks and Hitler’s increasingly unhinged leadership, chief architects Bormann and Himmler headed a top secret program to lay the foundations for the Nazi party’s descent into the underground. The war, it seemed, was a lost cause; survival as a political entity, to fight another day, was now all that mattered. A system was concocted whereby a legitimate government would be infiltrated with dependable undercover Nazis, who would coordinate operations and policies in the party’s favor. From this position, it was decided that Nazis could recover their strength and prepare for another conflict – the Third World War. 9781781551219, $25.95, $16.99, paperback, 224p.

Kettenhund!

Gordon Williamson In almost every army in the world, the military police rank amongst those who are least liked by other soldiers despite the essential duties that they carry out. In the German armed forces, opinions of the military police were those of fear and distrust, so great were the powers held by these troops.

Germany created a plethora of different branches of what were termed ‘Ordnungstruppe’ (‘Troops for Maintaining Order’). Supplemented with previously unpublished photographs, Kettenhund! - The German Military Police in the Second World provides a detailed study of the organization of these units and the distinctive uniforms and insignia they wore.

9781781553329, $50.00, $32.50, hardback, 336p.

Onslaught on Hitler’s Rhine Patrick Delaforce Operation Plunder was Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery’s swan song. It is rarely mentioned in the Second World War history books, and when it is, both American and British military historians dismiss it as being ultra-cautious. Monty knew that Hitler regarded the Rhine as his final barrier, and his storm-troopers and paratroops had fought like demons for four weeks in February/March 1945 defending the Siegfried Line in Operations Veritable and Blockbuster. Presumably they would continue to defend their own country to the bitter end. So, in command of a British, a Canadian and an American army Monty ensured by very careful planning, including a huge airborne drop in Operation Varsity, that the great onslaught would be furious, quick, ruthless and highly successful. And so it was.

9781781554418, $34.95, $22.99, hardback, 240p.

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•WORLD WAR II• The Italian Folgore Parachute Division Paolo Morisi The North African campaign was one of the hardest fought episodes of the Second World War, yet the vital part played by the Italian Army is frequently overlooked. Illustrated with rare archival photographs, detailed maps and specially commissioned artwork, this volume offers a fascinating insight into a little-studied aspect of Axis forces. The volume draws heavily upon both Axis and Allied archival sources such as the war diaries and the post-battle reports of the military units engaged in North Africa. It thus sheds new light into one of the most important campaigns of the Second World War. By drawing from archival sources from both sides, it also furnishes a more complete and balanced perspective on a critical juncture in the war such as the Battle of El Alamein.

9781911096245, $59.95, $38.99, hardback, 192p.

The Battle For Heraklion. Crete 1941 Yannis Prekatsounakis Crete, 20 May 1941: the first campaign-sized airborne assault is launched. Many books have been written about this famous invasion, with the emphasis mainly on the battles for Maleme and Chania. The Battle for Heraklion - an epic struggle remained largely forgotten and widely unstudied.Yannis Prekatsounakis’s extensive research is vividly presented via detailed maps and photographs, both from the era of the battle and today; even battlefield archaeology plays a role in revealing what really happened on the battlefield. This fresh account of one of the Second World War’s most memorable battles is given added authority by the writer’s military background, together with his deep knowledge of the battlefield and his access to Greek accounts and sources.

9781911096337, $69.95, $45.50, hardback, 304p.

Operation Bagration, 23 June-29 August 1944 Richard W. Harrison This book covers the Red Army’s Belorussian strategic operation: the linchpin of the 10 major Soviet offensive efforts launched that year to clear the country of the invader. During the course of this operation, the German position along the western strategic direction was destroyed and the stage was set for an advance into Poland and Germany. Compiled and written by professional staff officers, this study provides a detailed look at the conduct of one of the major operations of the Second World War. This latest work, along with other studies in this series, offers another insight into the Red Army’s conduct of the war at the operational-strategic level.

9781911096597, $79.95, $51.99, hardback, 534p.

Strafvollzugslager der SS- und Polizei Stuart B.T. Emmett Preferring that this corner of the SS history remained forever in the shadows, the existence of the SS penal system had the potential to besmirch Heinrich Himmler entire organization. In an effort to disguise the true extent of criminality within the ranks of the Waffen-SS, the Reichsführer-SS temporarily expelled those SS men incarcerated in the Strafvollzugslager der SS- und Polizei, giving the appearance that Hitler’s bodyguard did not suffer the scourge of serious criminality.

In unprecedented detail, this study illuminates the reasoning behind the imprisonment of Waffen-SS and policemen in purpose-built institutions and reveals the operational history of these fascinating institutions. Criminal case histories are tendered throughout this work and describe the crimes and punishments imposed on those who had brought shame on the SS. 9781781555606, $60.00, $39.50, paperback, 576p.

Britain’s Wartime Evacuees Gillian Mawson With the declaration of war in September 1939, almost one and a half million civilians, mostly children, were evacuated from the British cities thought most likely to be the targets of aerial bombing. The fear of invasion the following year resulted in another mass evacuation from the coastal towns. The evacuations had an enormous impact upon millions of individuals, both those that were evacuated and those that had to accommodate and care for the displaced multitude. Over the course of eight years’ research, Gillian Mawson has interviewed hundreds of evacuees from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Coupled with the extensive newspaper coverage of the day and official documents, Mawson relates some of the most moving and emotive stories of the Second World War. 9781848324411, $39.95, $25.99, Hardback, 256p.

No Mercy from the Japanese John Wyatt & Cecil Lowry By the laws of statistics, John Lowry should not be here today to tell his story. Examine the odds stacked against him and his readers will understand why he hold this view. During the conflict in Malaya and Singapore, his regiment lost two thirds of its men. More than three hundred patients and staff in the Alexandra Military hospital were slaughtered by the Japanese – he was the only known survivor. More than fifty men out of around six hundred died aboard the Aaska Maru and the Hakasan Maru. Many more did not manage to survive the coldest winter in Japan since record began.

9781844158539, $39.99, $25.99, hardback, 160p.

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•WORLD WAR II• Into the Swarm Christopher Yeoman & Tor Idar Larsen Into the Swarm: Stories of RAF Fighter Pilots in the Second World War is a collaborative work by Christopher Yeoman and Tor Idar Larsen. Together, they tell the sobering and heroic stories of RAF fighters pilots in the most ferocious air battles of the war. A fine tribute to the gallant aviators who took to the air in hostile skies, this book tells of courage and sacrifice in France, to daring and determination, to gain air supremacy over the Luftwaffe in the Battle of Britain and Malta. These stories offer a broad and versatile insight into the life of fighter pilots from many countries and different cultures, but all with a common determination of fighting Nazi Germany over Europe’s aerial arenas.

9781781552469, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 240p.

With Hitler in the West Heinrich Hoffmann In May 1940, the German Army swept over Europe, unleashing a campaign of battles of annihilation on a hitherto unheralded scale. France was quickly overcome and Holland, along with Belgium, fell in a matter of days. This is an invaluable photographic record of the events of Spring 1940, originally published as Mit Hitler im Westen, which was regarded as Heinrich Hoffman’s finest work. The striking images displayed within provide an intimate view inside the life of the Führer, and present a chilling glimpse into one of history’s most vicious campaigns and darkest hours. An important historic work, With Hitler in the West provides a fascinating insight into the events of 1940 that shook the world.

9781473833524, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 144p.

Battles of World War II Christopher Catherwood The Second World War is without parallel in human history. The sheer carnage is staggering, with some estimating over 80 million people died as a result of the conflict. Christopher Catherwood brings an objective, informative voice to the vast detail on the subject of the war’s key battles, allowing you appreciate how it shaped the world we live in today.

Discover everything you need to know about the prelude to war, the Battle of Britain, the USA’s entry into the war, the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battles in Asia; Iwo Jima, Hiroshima and Nagasaki; and much more.

9780749015077, $16.95, $11.50, paperback, 320p.

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Vanished Hero Jay A. Stout Elwyn G. Righetti remains one of the most unknown and controversial commanders of World War II. Arriving late to the war, he led the 55th Fighter Group against the Nazis with a no-holds-barred aggressiveness that transformed the group from a middling organization into a headline-grabbing team.

Indeed, Righetti’s boldness paid off as he quickly achieved ace status and additionally scored more strafing victories. Ultimately, Righetti’s calculated recklessness ran full speed into the odds. His aircraft was hit while strafing an enemy airfield. Almost farcically aggressive to the end, he coaxed his crippled fighter through one more firing pass before making a crash landing. Immediately, he radioed his men that he was fine and asked that they reassure his family. Righetti was never heard from again.

9781612003955, $32.95, $21.50, hardback, 288p.

Days of Adversity Evan McGilvray This work is a re-examination of the decisions regarding the 1944 Warsaw Uprising made by the leadership of the underground Polish Army, as well as the questionable attitudes of senior Polish commanders in exile in London. Was the uprising necessary, and why was it so poorly conducted by a totally indifferent leadership? Why did the Warsaw Poles rise up when encouraged by the Soviets?

If Polish freedom came out of this, then good, otherwise the Allies were not going to be diverted from the constant aerial bombardment of Germany. This work is supplemented with Polish sources as well as interviews with five women who had been involved in the Warsaw Uprising as young women and girls in 1944. Now in their 80s these ladies kindly granted interviews with the author in Poland during 2012.

9781911096733, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 256p.

Malta: The Spitfire Year 1942 Christopher Shores & Brian Cull This book is an authoritative account of the final Allied victory over Malta.

9780948817168, $90.00, $58.50, hardback, 704p.

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•WORLD WAR II• Bloody Shambles.

Volume 2 Christopher Shores & Brian Cull This is the story of the Allied air campaign across Australia, Sumatra, Java, the Philippines, Burma and Ceylon during World War II. It documents the Allied underestimation of Japanese ability, and ends with the Japanese at the extremities of their advance.

9780948817670, $59.95, $38.99, hardback, 496p.

Unshackled Spirit Colin Pateman Unshackled Spirit was a Supermarine Spitfire purchased

by British prisoners of war whilst imprisoned in Germany.

The book title is appropriate to the content that is formulated from original YMCA personal note books issued to Allied prisoners of war in 1944.

Unshackled Spirit draws out the story of each aviator, how they became to be a prisoner of war and their story in the various camps across occupied Europe. Extensive and amazingly detailed pieces of artwork are held in the books, the balance of fact and inspired drawings makes for an impressive and visual book. The hardship of prisoner of war life is touched upon, but more importantly the aspect of how agencies helped by supplying all manner of equipment to the thousands of men.

9781781551912, $29.95, $19.50, hardback, 320p.

Battle of Crete Albert Palazzo Between 20 May and 1 June 1941, the Second World War came to the Greek island of Crete. The Commonwealth defenders consisted of Australian, New Zealand and British refugees from the doomed Greek Campaign who had not recovered from defeat.

9780980320411, $16.95, $11.50, paperback, 184p.

Air Battle for Burma Bryn Evans Using veterans’ firsthand accounts, Air Battle for Burma reveals the decisive nature of Allied air power in inflicting the first major defeat on the Japanese Army in the Second World War. Newly equipped Spitfire fighter squadrons made the crucial difference at the turning point battles of the Admin Box, Imphal and Kohima in 1944. Air superiority allowed Allied air forces to deploy and supply Allied ground troops on the front line and raids deep into enemy territory with relative impunity; revolutionary tactics never before attempted on such a scale. By covering both the strategic and tactical angles, through these previously unpublished personal accounts, this fine book is a fitting and overdue tribute to Allied air forces’ contribution to victory in Burma.

9781473858923, $44.95, $29.50, hardback, 272p.

Intelligence Images from the Eastern Front Roy M Stanley Despite the Luftwaffe being ordered to destroy millions of aerial photos in 1945, the Allies found no less than twenty tons of photos in eleven locations, including a hoard in a Bavarian barn. The captured German imagery (called GX) in this book show what the German Army knew about the Soviet Union before and during Operation Barbarossa. Examples show Eastern Front landforms, key cities such as Stalingrad, Moscow, Sevastopol, Leningrad and factories. They are accompanied by helpful comments from a skilled photo interpreter. This unique and diverse collection, some taken from 28,000 feet overhead, others taken by soldiers on the ground, reveal the war on the Eastern Front as it has never been seen before.

9781473883499, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 352p.

From Tobruk to Tunis Neal Dando This book focuses on the extent to which the physical terrain features across Egypt, Libya and Tunisia affected British operations throughout the campaign in North Africa during the Second World War. One main theme of the work analyses the terrain from the operational and tactical perspective and argues that the landscape features heavily influenced British operations and should now be considered alongside other standard military factors. A secondary theme of the work argues that British forces began to improvise certain tactical doctrines, which altered the early practice of combined arms assaults into one of the Infantry and Armored formations fighting largely separated battles until the autumn of 1942.

9781910294000, $79.95, $51.99, hardback, 216p.

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•WORLD WAR II• The Escaping Club Alfred John Evans One evening in the long hot summer of 1959, Alfred Gardner was walking home along Commercial Road. Noticing a woman who had collapsed, he ran to a phone box to call an ambulance, only to be beaten to it by an older man. Chance encounters often spark friendships, and this was to be the start of one spanning thirtyseven years. They were an unlikely duo. Gardner, in his late teens, had never journeyed far from Stepney, whereas Upson, in his early thirties, had already had an extraordinary life. Nearly twenty years later, as they wandered the streets, pubs and clubs of the East End, the lives of these two friends were enriched by a fascinating cast of characters.

9781781551233, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 160p.

Sniper of the Skies Nick Thomas When asked to conjure an impression of the ‘typical fighter pilot’, you may be inclined to think of the confident, extroverted, gregarious type, rallying his men and flying in the pursuit of victory. George Frederick ‘Screwball’ Beurling, DSO, DFC, and DFM, certainly achieved more victories than most typical fighter pilots dream of, but in temperament, personality and style, he was a oneoff. He survived the war, only to be killed three years later whilst landing a transport aircraft following a test flight. This biographical study serves as a tribute to one of the most successful and intriguing fighter pilots of the twentieth century, and should appeal broadly to fans of the genre.

9781781593141, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 232p.

Churchill’s Anchor Robin Brodhurst Dudley Pound served for longer on the Chiefs of Staff Committee in wartime than any other serviceman in either of the two World Wars. He was the professional head of the Royal Navy from July 1939 until his resignation, shortly before his death, in August 1943. He had to cope with the problems of Hitler by day and Churchill by night. He was at the center of naval affairs from 1914 until his death in 1943. He held a succession of key commands from a battleship at Jutland to the Mediterranean fleet for four years, alternating with key appointments at the Admiralty.

Churchill’s Anchor aims to put Dudley Pound’s achievements into context.

9781473841833, $29.95, $19.50, paperback, 336p.

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Western Desert Campaign 1940 – 41 Glenn Wahlert While the North African campaign has been studied in detail over the years, much of this study has been dedicated to the battles between the British 8th Army and Rommel’s Afrika Korps. There has been little serious study of Wavell’s campaign against Italian forces in 1940- 41, nor of the role played by the Australian 6th Division in the eventual Italian defeat.

Part of this can be attributed to wartime propaganda that labeled the Italian Army dilettantes and mocked their courage. The truth is much different. Today’s aspiring military commanders need look no further than the early Western Desert campaign for historical examples of brilliant leadership, detailed planning, deception, surprise, maneuver warfare and relentless pursuit, all against overwhelming odds.

9780975766927, $16.99, $11.50, paperback, 192p.

Secret Duties of a Signals Interceptor Jenny Nater For Jenny Nater, the Second World War brought opportunity.

Like many women left behind on the home front during the war, she found herself in an unforeseen scenario in which her talents could be put to an unexpected use. But her war was destined to play out almost entirely in secret. Jenny served as a bilingual wireless operator, intercepting traffic from German surface craft in the English Channel. These memoirs not only add an important layer to our understanding of allied intelligence practices conducted during this conflict, they also tell the story of one woman’s very private war and the opportunities, sacrifices and victories it encompassed.

9781473887121, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 224p.

D-Day: Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives Francis Crosby Francis Crosby works for a national museum in Britain and has had access to enormous wartime archives. He has written extensively on historic aviation and has had five books published on the subject as well as acting as a consultant for the media and publishing industry.

This is a spectacular photographic record of the D-Day invasion that captures many different aspects of the air, sea and military campaigns. A great majority of photographs are unlikely to have been seen by the general public, and they have been superbly reproduced directly from original negatives held by national archives in Britain and the USA. The book follows the invasion as it develops and contains chapters on Preparation, The Landings, Establishing the Beach-head, Moving Inland and Sustaining the Advance.

9781844150779, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 112p.

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•WORLD WAR II • Victory in Europe Andrew Rawson Sixty years ago, the World had been at war for nearly six years.

The cost in life and material terms was appalling Millions of men and women had died, families and nations destroyed and all sides were suffering grievously in human and financial terms. The Allies were closing in on Hitler’s Germany from the East, West and South. To historians today, the outcome was inevitable but for those living and fighting at the time nothing could be taken for granted. This book tells in true Images of War style the story of those final months of the Second World War. Unique photography and informed captions capture the Allied campaigns in NW Europe and Italy culminating in the celebration of victory both at home and in theater.

9781844152742, $26.95, $17.99, paperback, 120p.

The D-Day Landing Beaches Georges Bernage June 6, 1944. The Allies land in Normandy. Recalling first the build-up to D-Day, this guide goes on to describe the German defenses confronting the assault forces. Then, sector by sector, it gives a lively account of operations on each of the beaches. Each time the units and soldier involved are presented, along with the action taking them to their objectives of the day. This will enable visitors to locate and see all the major D-Day sights with the help of this accurate and lively text backed up with numerous maps and sketches, and present day photographs matched up with some of those taken by war correspondents.

9782840484011, $36.00, $23.50, paperback, 128p.

Armoured Warfare from the Riviera to the Rhine 1944 – 1945 Anthony Tucker-Jones While the Allied armies were deadlocked with the Germans in Normandy after D-Day and as they began their long advance, another campaign was being fought against the Germans in southern France. This campaign, which is often neglected in accounts of the liberation of Europe, is the subject of this photographic history. In over 150 wartime photographs it tells the story, from Operation Dragoon to the battle at Montelimar, the forcing of the Belfort gap, the destruction of German resistance in the Colmar pocket and the entry of Allied forces into southern Germany. The photographs are a valuable visual record of the tanks, guns, jeeps and trucks as they moved along the roads and through the towns and countryside of southern France.

9781473821460, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 160p.

The Battle for Kharkov 1941– 1943 Anthony Tucker-Jones The four battles fought for Kharkov during the Second World War are often overshadowed by the battles for Moscow, Leningrad, and Stalingrad, yet they were critical stages in the struggle between the Wehrmacht and the Red Army.

This volume in the Images of War series offers a visual record of the dramatic and bloody conflict that took place there, showing every grim aspect of the fighting. Kharkov became one of the most bitterly contested cities during the war on the Eastern Front, and this book presents a graphic overview of the atrocious conditions the soldiers on both sides had to endure.

The fate of Kharkov reflects the history of the wider struggle between Hitler’s Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Union.

9781473827479, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 144p.

SS Grenadiers on The Russian Front Bob Carruthers Rare photographs from both official and unofficial SS sources illustrate the role of the individual in this epic struggle.

This is a candid and comprehensive picture of warfare on the Russian Front at the sharp end. These were the men who manned the trenches, climbed mountains and marched across the endless steppe in all seasons.

9781473868366, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 160p.

Battle of the Bulge Andrew Rawson Hitler’s desperate last throw during the depths of winter 1944/45 came perilously close to being a major disaster for the Allies. Their offensive through the Ardennes fell on the Americans and caught them totally by surprise.

Unaccustomed to setbacks, the situation was for a time extremely serious and in some areas panic set in and events went out of control. It was only after the most bitter fighting and massive reinforcement that the rot was stopped. In this book the drama of those worrying weeks is captured in superb photographs.

9781844151851, $24.99, $16.50, paperback, 112p.

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•WORLD WAR II• Hitler’s Panzers Ian Baxter Hitler’s Panzers is a unique sight into the full workings of the various light tanks, main battle tanks, self-propelled assault guns and tank destroyers. It is a vivid and fully illustrated account of the development and deployment of the German tank and brings together a captivating glimpse at the cutting edge of World War Two military technology.The book analyses the development of the Panzer and shows how it became Hitler’s supreme weapon. It describes how the Germans carefully built up their assault forces utilizing all available reserves and resources and making them into effective killing machine. From the Panzerkampfwagen.1 to the most powerful tank of the Jagdtiger, this volume depicts how these machines were adapted and up-gunned to face the everincreasing enemy threat.

9781844154906, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 176p.

Doomed Before the Start: The Allied Intervention in Norway 1940.

Volume 1 Niall Cherry Books on the events of the early months of 1940 are dominated by the desperate fighting undertaken the British Expeditionary Force in Northern France and Belgium following the German invasion of May 10th. It is often overlooked that, prior to this, another British expeditionary force was involved in fierce fighting in Norway. Niall Cherry provides a detailed account of the German invasion and the Allied reaction, including such actions as the sinking of HMS Glowworm and HMS Glorious, the Gladiators on the frozen lakes and Maurice Force, the sacrifice of the Territorial Battalions at Tretten and the Independent Companies.

9781909982185, $59.95, $38.99, hardback, 336p.

21 Days in Normandy The Battle for Budapest 1944 – 1945 Anthony Tucker-Jones The desperate struggle between the Wehrmacht and the Red Army for Budapest in 1944 and 1945 was as lethal and destructive as any of the urban battles fought during the Second World War. The losses of men and equipment sustained by the Germans were so great that they hastened the collapse of Hitler’s regime.Yet what happened in Budapest is less well remembered today than other flash points in the conflict on the Eastern Front.

Anthony Tucker-Jones’s photographic history is a fascinating and graphic introduction to this neglected episode in the closing months of the war.The selection of archive photographs gives a sharp insight into every aspect of the fighting in and around Budapest and records the ravaged city the battle left behind.

9781473877320, $24.95, $16.50, paperback, 128p.

The Story of Sheffield at War Margaret Drinkall This is a unique account of the impact that the Second World War had on the city of Sheffield.

Soon after the declaration of war, the government and the people of Sheffield realized that the Germans would make the city one of their prime targets, due to the importance of the steel industry. Using contemporary diaries, letters, police accounts and other archive material, this book reveals how, despite heavy bombing, the people of Sheffield refused to be intimidated. It looks at the events that were happening in the city during the countdown to the war, such as the evacuation of the children not only to other safer districts, but to the Dominions, and the development of the Sheffield Home Guard.

9781473833616, $39.95, $25.99, hardback, 216p.

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Angelo Caravaggio The Canadian 4th armored division crossed the Channel in July 1944 to reinforce the invading forces and assist in the Allied attempts to breakout of the Normandy beachhead around. They were heavily engaged in Operation Totalize and Operation Tractable, but have been criticized for their failure to close the ‘Falaise gap’ and complete the entrapment of withdrawing German forces.

Angelo Caravaggio reexamines the division’s performance and particularly that of its leadership. Using new information, he establishes that, despite entering battle for the first time during one of the most challenging phases of Allied operations in August 1944, the 4th Armored Division, under Major General George Kitching’s leadership proved resilient and adaptive in overcoming the volatile and unpredictable nature of warfare in Normandy.

9781473870710, $34.95, $22.99, hardback, 336p.

Battle for the Escaut 1940 Jerry Murland On 10 May 1940, the British Expeditionary Force moved forward from the Franco-Belgian border and took up positions along a 20-mile sector off the River Dyle to await the arrival of the German Army Group B. Their expected stay was considerably shorter than planned, though, as the German Army Group A pushed its way through the Ardennes and crossed the Meuse at Sedan, scattering the French before them. This book takes the battlefield tourist from Oudenaarde to Hollain in a series of tours that retrace the footsteps of the BEF. With the help of local historians, the author has pinpointed crucial actions and answered some of the myriad questions associated with this important phase of the France and Flanders campaign of 1940.

9781473852617, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 176p.

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Martin King & Ken Johnson The 106th were fresh, green and right in the pathway of the 5th German Army when the Battle of the Bulge began on December 16, 1944.

From this division 6,800 men were taken prisoner, but their story didn’t end there. For the ones who miraculously escaped, there was a battle to fight, and fight it they would with every ounce of strength and courage they could muster. They would fight debilitating weather conditions more reminiscent of Stalingrad than the Belgian Ardennes. They would fight a determined enemy and superior numbers and despite all adversity they would eventually prevail. This book covers the history along with the individual stories of the incredible heroism, sacrifice and tenacity of these young Americans in the face of overwhelming odds.

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FORTHCOMING FROM CASEMATE Luftwaffe in Colour: From Glory to Defeat Christophe Cony & Jean-Louis Roba Initially the Luftwaffe ruled the skies, but thereafter fought an increasingly futile war of attrition which, when combined with vital strategic mistakes in aircraft production, was its death knell. Despite this, the Luftwaffe produced the most successful air aces of all time. In this painstakingly pieced together collection, the full detail behind the propaganda is once more revealed, this time in rare color photographs.

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The U.S. Army Cooks’ Manual

Da Nang Diary Thomas R.Yarborough The expertise of the FACs made for a unique birds-eye perspective on how the entire war in Vietnam unfolded. For Tom Yarborough, the risk was constant, intense and electrifying. In this work, the reader flies alongside Yarborough in his adrenaline-pumping chronicle of heroism, danger and wartime brotherhood. Originally published in 1990, this classic work has now been revised and updated with additional narrative and previously unpublished photos.

9781612004754, $19.95, $12.99, paperback, 356p.

The War for Africa

Fred Bridgland This manual prepares a cook for This book examines the height of any eventuality whether in the Cuban-South African fighting in garrison, at camp in the field, or on Angola in 1987–88, when 3,000 the march, with instructions on South African soldiers and about everything from butchery to 8,000 UNITA guerrilla fighters preserving meat and how to fought in alliance against the Cubans organize the serving of the food and the armed forces of the Marxist and clean utensils. With an introduction explaining MPLA government, a force of over 50,000 men. the historical background, this is a fascinating and fun Bridgland pieced together the course of the war, fought exploration of early 20th-century American army in one of the world’s most remote and wild terrains, by cooking, with a dash of inspiration for feeding your interviewing the South Africans who fought it, and ownTo army! manytelephone of their accounts woven the narrative. enter for the prize drawing, please provide your name, number,are and emailinto address below.

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