Roy Harrison OBE is Queen Elizabeth II Birmingham Centenary Professor of Environmental Health at the University of Birmingham. In 2004 he was appointed OBE for services to environmental science. Professor Harrison’s research interests lie in the field of environment and human health. His main specialism is in air pollution, from emissions through atmospheric chemical and physical transformations to exposure and effects on human health. Much of this work is designed to inform the development of policy.
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R E Hester & R M Harrison: Biodiversity Under Threat
There is much public concern about threats to global biodiversity. Industrial pollution, changes in agricultural practices and climate change, are all having a direct impact on biodiversity. In this …
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Peter Dennis: Handwriting Analysis: An Adventure in Self-Discovery, Third Edition
Have you ever thought about how helpful it would be if you could get an accurate profile of someone’s personality? How many ways could you use this information? This book, which has sold over 10, 000 …
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Peter Dennis: Hypnosis, Channeling and Raising Consciousness
Peter Dennis is a hypnotist and has done many past life regressions with his clients. A few years ago, some of Peter’s clients, while visiting past lives, started reporting lives on other planets. Th …
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Simon MacDowall: Catalaunian Fields AD 451
A description of Attila the Hun’s invasion of Gaul in AD 451, the Roman response and the eventual battle of Chalons.The battle of the Catalaunian Fields saw two massive, powerful empires square up in …
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John F. Winkler: Tippecanoe 1811
An in-depth exploration of the battle of Tippecanoe, precursor to the War of 1812, where US forces under William Henry Harrison defeated the Native American forces near Prophetstown.’The prophet’s ba …
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Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Empires in Flames
Far from the battlefields of Europe and North Africa, Allied forces fought a very different war against another foe, from the jungles of Burma to the islands of the Pacific and the shores of Australi …
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Leroy Thompson: US Combat Shotguns
When a soldier must face multiple opponents at close quarters, few weapons can match the effectiveness of the shotgun. From World War I to the War on Terror, the shotgun has been a devastating weapon …
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Stephen Turnbull: Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (1)
ALSO AVAILABLE TO BUY AS AN E-BOOK. Throughout their stormy history the Teutonic Knights of Germany have always been the most controversial brotherhood ever to call themselves ‘Knights of Christ’.The …
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Gordon L. Rottman: World War II US Cavalry Groups
The cavalry regiments of the US Army were in the process of being transformed into a mechanized force when the USA entered World War II. While those cavalry regiments deployed to the Pacific to fight …
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Stephen Bull: British Infantryman vs German Infantryman
The mighty struggle for the Somme sector of the Western Front in the second half of 1916 has come to be remembered for the dreadful toll of casualties inflicted on Britain’s ‘New Armies’ by the Germa …
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Stephen Bull: British Infantryman vs German Infantryman
The mighty struggle for the Somme sector of the Western Front in the second half of 1916 has come to be remembered for the dreadful toll of casualties inflicted on Britain’s ‘New Armies’ by the Germa …
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Steven J. Zaloga: Battle of the Bulge 1944 (2)
The Ardennes offensive in December 1944, known to history as the ‘Battle of the Bulge’, was the decisive campaign of the war in North-West Europe.When the attack in the north by 6th Panzer Army faile …
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Steven J. Zaloga: Anzio 1944
Anzio 1944 covers the amphibious landing which has become one of the most controversial campaigns of World War II. In January 1944, the Allies decided to land at Anzio in order to overcome the stalem …
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Steven J. Zaloga: Remagen 1945
The gripping tale of the Battle of Remagen, where the Allies’ dramatic capture of the last standing bridge over the Rhine in 1945 changed the course of World War II-illustrated with vivid artwork tha …
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Joseph A. McCullough: Dragonslayers
With its fiery breath, scaly armour, and baleful, malevolent stare, the dragon became the ultimate symbol of evil and corruption in European folklore and mythology. Often serving as a stand-in for Sa …
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Angus Konstam: Scapa Flow
A strategically important natural harbor in the Orkney Islands, Scapa Flow served as Britain’s main fleet anchorage during World Wars I and II. In 1914 and again in 1939, the British began building a …
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Gordon L. Rottman: World War II Allied Sabotage Devices and Booby Traps
Following Churchill’s directive to ‘set occupied Europe ablaze, ‘ the SOE and later its American sister organization, the OSS, were deployed across the continent. Outnumbered, surrounded and in great …
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Angus Konstam: Strongholds of the Picts
When the Romans withdrew from Britain, the north of the country was ruled by the most mysterious of the ancient British races, the Picts. Much of what is known about these painted warriors, comes fro …
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Simon Dunstan: Six Day War 1967
A concise explanation of the campaigns in which Israel took over the West Bank and the Golan Heights.Following the lightening destruction of the Egyptian forces at the outbreak of the Six Day War, Is …
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Douglas C. Dildy: Fall Gelb 1940 (2)
A highly illustrated account of the daring German assault by Heersgruppe A through Holland and Belgium in May 1940.The great blitzkrieg campaign of May/June 1940 saw German forces pour through Hollan …
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Nick Lipscombe: Bayonne and Toulouse 1813 14
Bayonne and Toulouse 1813 14 describes Wellington’s invasion of France culminating in the battle of Toulouse in 1814.The news of Wellington’s momentous victory at Vitoria on 21 June 1813 reached Lond …
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Ron Field: Petersburg 1864 65
The Petersburg Campaign was the last great campaign fought in the eastern theater of the US Civil War and the last to see U.S Grant take on Robert E Lee.In 1864 General Ulysses S. Grant decided to st …
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Ren Chartrand: Montcalm s Crushing Blow
The year 1755 saw the rivalry between Britain and France in North America escalate into open warfare as both sides sought to overcome the other’s forts and trading posts. Lord Loudoun and the Marquis …
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Joseph A. McCullough: Story of Santa Claus
The perfect Christmas gift, this beautiful book explains how the bearded, red clad, big bellied, reindeer driving jovial gent came to be the face of Christmas, and reveals the historical origins of S …
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Gordon L. Rottman: Vietnam Infantry Tactics
This book reveals the evolving US, Viet Cong and NVA tactics at battalion level and below throughout the Vietnam War. Beginning with a description of the terrain, climate and the unique nature of ope …
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John F. Winkler: Point Pleasant 1774
A detailed exploration of a significant victory for Virginia militia forces over the Shawnee and Mingo tribes in Kentucky.The only major conflict of Lord Dunmore’s War, the battle of Point Pleasant w …
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Paddy Griffith: Fortifications of the Western Front 1914 18
Following the early battles of 1914 along the Marne and in the Ypres salient, World War I rapidly changed from a war of movement into one of attrition, with the opposing sides entrenching themselves …
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Ron Field: American Civil War Fortifications (2)
The American Civil War saw a massive development in the use of field fortifications, the result of the practical application of antebellum West-Point teaching, and the deadly impact of rifled infantr …
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Ian Knight: British Infantryman vs Zulu Warrior
The short but savage Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 pitched well-equipped but complacent British soldiers into combat with the Zulu, one of history’s finest fighting forces.The clashes between these two diff …
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Jon Diamond: Chindit vs Japanese Infantryman
Featuring specially commissioned artwork, gripping first-hand accounts and expert analysis, this engaging reassessment offers a glimpse of what it was like for Britain’s Chindits to fight in the jung …
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Mark Stille: Guadalcanal 1942 43
Using black and white contemporary photographs, illuminative maps and stunning battle scene illustrations, this comprehensive, detailed account completes the story of the Guadalcanal campaign — possi …
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Raffaele D Amato: Byzantine Naval Forces 1261 1461
After the recapture of Constantinople, Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos was determined to bring glory back to the Byzantine Empire. To achieve this, he established an Imperial Fleet and raised new re …
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Ron Field: Confederate Cavalryman vs Union Cavalryman
A gripping account of the fighting between cavalry of the Union and Confederate armies at small-unit level. This book presents new insights on the role of cavalry in the age of massed infantry gunfir …
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Gavin Mortimer: Stirling s Desert Triumph
Specially commissioned artwork, archive photographs and expert analysis combine to tell the absorbing story of the SAS’s legendary raid on Sidi Haneish at the height of World War II.The night of July …
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Bret Werner: Storming Monte La Difensa
In December 1943 Monte La Difensa was part of the formidable German defences overlooking the Allies’ planned route to Rome via Monte Cassino. In the First Special Service Force’s first combat in the …
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Angus Konstam: U-47 in Scapa Flow
At the outset of World War II, Scapa Flow was supposed to be the safe home base of the British Navy nothing could penetrate the defences of this bastion. So how, in the dead of night, was Gunther Pri …
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Pier Paolo Battistelli & Piero Crociani: World War II Partisan Warfare in Italy
When Italy surrendered in 1943, it sparked a resistance movement of anti-German, anti-fascist partisans. This book explores the tactics, organizational structure and equipment of the brave Italian re …
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Angus Konstam: Taranto 1940
The Royal Navy’s attack on Taranto in 1940 heralded a new age of warfare.It was the decisive moment in a struggle for dominance of the Mediterranean that had gone on for months, as the British and It …
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Gordon L. Rottman: Victory 1945
Even when Western Allied troops gained a foothold in Normandy, World War II in Europe was far from over. The route to Germany’s interior and the Nazis final surrender was long, arduous and blood-stai …
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Neil Grant: Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961 80
The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, was one of the most innovative and successful counter-insurgency units in modern history. Formed as a commando battalion in 1964 after the dissolution …
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Neil Grant: SA80 Assault Rifles
Now the standard weapon for British soldiers across the globe, the SA80’s early years were surrounded in controversy after a series of dismal performances. It was prone to jamming in desert condition …
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Richard Macrory Hon KC: First Afghan War 1839 42
A highly illustrated study of the First Afghan War, a bitter setback for British forces in the Great Game played out in the 19th century.In 1839 forces of the British East India Company crossed the I …
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Leigh Neville: SAS 1983 2014
A Special Forces expert reveals the illustrated story of the SAS since the Falklands War, including their operations in the Gulf War and the War on Terror.Highly trained and immensely skilled, the SA …
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David Greentree: British Submarine vs Italian Torpedo Boat
As the war in North Africa escalated, Axis war efforts became increasingly dependent on supply lines across the Mediterranean. To try to cut off these lines of supply the British deployed submarines …
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John F. Winkler: Thames 1813
With detailed profiles of the commanders and accounts of the battles, this highly illustrated title charts Native American commander Tecumseh’s fall as the American forces secured control of the Nort …
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Warlord Games: Bolt Action: World War II Wargames Rules
With more than 23, 000 copies sold of the first edition, this second edition of the best-selling Bolt Action World War II wargaming ruleset from Osprey and Warlord Games presents streamlined and refi …
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Gordon L. Rottman: World War II Infantry Fire Support Tactics
As infantry units advanced across Europe the only support they could rely on from day to day was that provided by the heavy weapons of their own units. While thundering tanks struck fear into the hea …
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M.C. Bishop: Gladius
One of the most feared weapons in the ancient world, the gladius was lethal both on the battlefield and in the arena. Literary sources tell of the terror it inspired, while archaeological evidence of …
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M.C. Bishop: Pilum
A heavy javelin, normally used as a shock weapon immediately before contact, the pilum was designed with a particular speciality: it could penetrate a shield and carry on into the individual behind i …
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Bill Harriman: Arisaka Rifle
Entering service in 1897, the Arisaka family of bolt-action rifles armed Japanese troops and others through two world wars and many other conflicts, including the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 05. Issue …
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Jonathan Ferguson: Broomhandle Mauser
At a time when most handguns were limited to six rounds, the ten-shot Mauser caught the attention of the world for its unprecedented firepower and formidable high-velocity 7.63 25mm cartridge. This s …
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Alan Larsen & Henry Yallop: Cavalry Lance
The development of cavalry firearms and the widespread disappearance of armour from the European battlefield saw a decline in the use of the cavalry lance in early modern warfare. However, by 1800 th …
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David Campbell: Longbowman vs Crossbowman
For centuries, the crossbow had played a key role on the battlefields of continental Europe, with mercenaries from Genoa and Brabant in particular filling the ranks of the French army, yet on the out …
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Lindsay Powell: Bar Kokhba War AD 132 136
A highly illustrated account of the final Jewish rebellion against Roman rule, appealing for any enthusiast of Roman or Jewish history.In AD 132, Shim’on Ben Koseba, a rebel leader who assumed the me …
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Gareth Williams: Viking Warrior vs Anglo-Saxon Warrior
In the two centuries before the Norman invasion of England, Anglo-Saxon and Viking forces clashed repeatedly in bloody battles across the country. Repeated Viking victories in the 9th century led to …
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Howard Whitehouse & Roderick Robertson: Mad Dogs With Guns
In 1919, the US Government declared the production, distribution, and sale of alcohol illegal. America officially became a ‘dry’ land. That didn’t stop people from drinking, however, and the rise of …
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Gordon L. Rottman: D-Day Beach Assault Troops
In the early hours of June 6, 1944, the first of over 150, 000 Allied soldiers stormed five beaches in Normandy against fierce German resistance. They were specially trained and task-organized in a r …
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Hemant Singh Katoch: Imphal 1944
A highly illustrated account of the decisive battle of Imphal during World War II, where the attempted Japanese invasion of India was turned back in its largest land defeat of the war so far.In March …
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Si Sheppard: Tenochtitlan 1519 21
A highly illustrated history of the Spanish conquest of Mexico from 1519 to 1521, an epic clash of civilisations that saw the destruction of the Aztec Empire.In 1519, the Conquistador Hern n Cort s l …
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Alistair McCluskey: Hindenburg Line 1918
A highly illustrated study of the pivotal campaign that saw the Allied armies led by Field Marshal Haig break through the German Hindenburg Line in 1918, published in its centenary year.From 26 Septe …
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Mike Loades: Composite Bow
An ancient design, emerging from Central Asia in the second millennium BC, the composite bow was adopted by a staggering variety of cultures, from nomadic tribal peoples such as the Huns, Turks and M …
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Raffaele D Amato: Roman Standards & Standard-Bearers (1)
Roman unit standards played a important role, both ceremonially and on the battlefield. With the armies of the late Roman Republic and early Empire continually engaged on the frontiers, the soldiers …
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Leigh Neville: Technicals
Over the last 30 years, the ‘technical’ or armed pick-up truck has become arguably the most ubiquitous military land vehicle of modern warfare. Harking back to the armed Jeeps and Chevrolet trucks of …
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Mark Stille: Solomons 1943 44
A highly illustrated study of the Solomons campaign in 1943 44 from Guadalcanal, as the US forces advanced through the island chain, to the vital Japanese base at Rabaul.Victory at Guadalcanal for th …
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Mike Loades: Crossbow
Technologically sophisticated and powerful, the crossbow has long enjoyed a popular reputation for villainous superiority because it could be used with little training as a weapon of assassination. T …
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David Greentree: British Airborne Soldier vs Waffen-SS Soldier
Operation Market Garden was an Allied plan to try and end the war before the end of 1944, and relied on landing airborne troops to secure bridges over the Rhine bridges in the Netherlands. Critical t …
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Gordon L. Rottman: World War II US Marine Infantry Regiments
The United States Marine Corps came into its own in the Pacific Islands campaign against Japan in World War II. From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, US Marines formed the tip of the spear as Allied forces so …
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David Greentree: Heroes of Telemark
In May 1941, the Norwegian Section of SOE received a dossier warning of the dangers of a hydroelectric fertiliser plant in Norway. Vemork produced heavy water, an essential part of making plutonium f …
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David Campbell: Israeli Paratroopers 1954 2016
From the creation of the first volunteer paratroop unit shortly after the birth of Israel and of the Israeli Defense Force, this arm of service has been recognized as elite. They have also been the f …
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Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: Market Garden
Market Garden was a bold plan, designed to capture the Rhine crossings along the Dutch German border and establish a foothold for an advance into Germany. A massive combined arms operation involving …
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Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: Battle of France
The Battle of France saw German forces sweep across the Low Countries and towards Paris, crushing Allied resistance in just six weeks. From Fall Gelb and the British withdrawal from Dunkirk to the de …
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Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: Fortress Budapest
As the Soviet Red Army marches westward, the city of Budapest stands in their way. Encircled and severely outnumbered, the German and Hungarian forces attempt to resist the Soviet juggernaut and defe …
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Nic Fields: Julius Caesar
One of the greatest military commanders in history, Julius Caesar’s most famous victory the conquest of Gaul was to him little more than a stepping stone to power. An audacious and decisive general, …
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William Shepherd: Plataea 479 BC
A highly illustrated account of the closing battle of the Greek and Persian War.Plataea was one of the biggest and most important land battles of pre-20th century history. Close to 100, 000 hoplite a …
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Ren Chartrand: Tomahawk and Musket
In 1758, at the height of the French and Indian War, British Brigadier General John Forbes led his army on a methodical advance against Fort Duquesene, French headquarters in the Ohio valley. As his …
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Alejandro de Quesada: Hunt for Pancho Villa
On March 9, 1916, troops under the command of Pancho Villa attacked Columbus, New Mexico and its local detachment of the US 13th Cavalry Regiment, killing 18 people and burning the town. Six days lat …
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Gordon L. Rottman: World War II River Assault Tactics
On the major European and Russian fronts throughout World War II, the challenge of crossing rivers under fire was absolutely central to any advance. The Panzers that crossed the Meuse at Sedan in May …
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Mark Lardas: British Frigate vs French Frigate
In the Age of Fighting Sail (1650 1820), ambitious officers of the navies of many nations sought command of a frigate. Speedy, nimble and formidably armed, frigates often operated independently, unli …
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Gordon L. Rottman: World War II Axis Booby Traps and Sabotage Tactics
Booby traps laid by troops in war zones in World War II are largely neglected in histories and memoirs, and rarely examined in detail. Yet for a soldier, the threat of booby traps had to be at the fo …
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Angus Konstam: Great Expedition
In 1585, the English launched a pre-emptive strike against Spain, by attacking her New World colonies. Led by Sir Francis Drake, in command of 21 ships and 1, 800 soldiers, the expedition struck firs …
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David Nicolle: Saladin
A close look at the early life, military experiences and key battlefield exploits of Al-Malik al-Nasir Yusuf Ibn Najm al-Din Ayyub Ibn Shahdi Abu’l-Muzaffar Salah al-Din, broadly regarded as the grea …
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Neil Short: Kill Hitler
Although far from a typical raid, the 20 July Plot Operation Valkyrie was still a daring and audacious attack undertaken by a small, very brave, group of individuals, determined to kill Hitler. Hitle …
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Chris McNab: Fall of Eben Emael
In early May 1940, the fortress of Eben Emael was a potent sentinel over the Belgian Dutch borderlands. The fortress covered 75 hectares on the surface, had 5km of tunnels underground and was studded …
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Mark Lardas: African American Soldier in the Civil War
Approximately 200, 000 African Americans fought for the Union during the Civil War. Initially, many white soldiers doubted their bravery and skill; they were soon proved wrong. The United States Colo …
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Martin Pegler: Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun
The world’s first self-powered machine gun, the Maxim gun became a potent symbol of Victorian colonialism in the closing years of the 19th century. It was the brainchild of Sir Hiram Maxim, the Ameri …
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Pier Paolo Battistelli: Erwin Rommel
Nicknamed ‘The Desert Fox’ for his cunning command of the Afrika Korps, Erwin Rommel remains one of the most popular and studied of Germany’s World War II commanders.He got his first taste of combat …
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Ron Field: Garibaldi
An examination of the life, military experiences and key battlefield exploits of Giuseppe Garibaldi.Born on 4 July 1807 in the city of Nice, the turning point in his life occurred in April 1833 when …
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David Nicolle: Great Chevauch e
In 1373, John of Gaunt set off from Calais on a great raid to strike at the heart of France. Driven by the high ideals of chivalry, the raiders left with epic pageantry. However, the reality soon ove …
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Konstantin Nossov: War Elephants
Elephants have been deployed as weapons for centuries, particularly in South and South-East Asia, where war elephants constituted the bulk of most armies in the region from antiquity right up to the …
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Jon Diamond: Archibald Wavell
Archibald Wavell remains one of the great Allied commanders of the early phases of World War II. In fact, between June 1940 and June 1941, he was the only British theatre commander actively engaging …
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Philip Haythornthwaite: Borodino 1812
A highly illustrated account of the battle of Borodino, the most crucial action in Napoleon’s 1812 campaign in Russia.The battle of Borodino was one of the greatest encounters in European history, an …
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Robert Maze: Webley Service Revolver
The Webley .455in service revolver is among the most powerful top-break revolvers ever produced. First adopted in 1887, in various marques it was the standard-issue service pistol for British and Com …
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Marcus Cowper: Cathar Castles
During the early 13th century the north of what is now France went to war with the south in a bloody crusade aimed at destroying the heretical sect known as the Cathars. The conflict was characterize …
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Konstantin Nossov: Russian Fortresses 1480 1682
In 1462 the throne of the Principality of Moscow passed to Ivan III (1462 1505), who succeeded in throwing off the Tatar yoke. For the next 200 years this new state struggled to maintain her borders …
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Konstantin S Nossov: Medieval Russian Fortresses AD 862 1480
According to Russian legend, in the year AD 862 the Slav tribes of what is now European Russia invited a number of Scandinavian princes to rule over them. However, on the death of these princes, Prin …
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Gordon L. Rottman: US World War II Amphibious Tactics
The US armed forces pioneered amphibious warfare in the Pacific and by the time of the D-day landings they had perfected the special equipment and tactics necessary for this extraordinarily difficult …
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Neil Grant: Bren Gun
Adopted in 1938 and remaining in British service until 1991, the popular and reliable Bren was an iconic light machine gun, and arguably the most recognizable Commonwealth weapon of World War ll. Gas …
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Mike Loades: Longbow
An iconic medieval missile weapon, the deadly longbow made possible the English victories at Crecy and Poitiers at the height of the Hundred Years’ War. The longbow was the weapon at the heart of the …
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Gregory Fremont-Barnes: Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte is renowned as one of the great military commanders in history, and the central figure in so many of the events of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.Throughout the first …
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Peter Harrison: Fortress Monasteries of the Himalayas
The spread of Buddism and Tibetan secular power throughout the Himalayas led to a distinctive style of fortifications not found anywhere else. This book looks at Himalayan fortifications, from their …
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Paddy Griffith: French Napoleonic Infantry Tactics 1792 1815
Bonaparte’s Grande Arm e, one of the most renowned battle-winning machines in history, evolved from a merging of the professional army of the Ancien R gime and the volunteers and conscripts of the Re …
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Stephen Turnbull: Walls of Constantinople AD 324 1453
The walls of Constantinople are the greatest surviving example of European medieval military architecture in the world. They withstood numerous sieges until being finally overcome by the artillery of …
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Simon Dunstan: Six Day War 1967
A fully illustrated account of Israel’s campaign against Egypt that began the Six Day War.In May 1967, Egypt expelled the United Nations peacekeeping forces stationed in the Sinai desert and deployed …
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David Greentree: Q Ship vs U-Boat
Q ships came in all shapes and sizes coastal steamer, trawler, barque, yacht or schooner but all had to look harmless in order to lure their opponents to the surface and encourage them to attack. Arm …
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Michael McNally: Coronel and Falklands 1914
A highly illustrated account of the naval battles of Coronel and the Falklands in 1914, which saw the destruction of both British and German squadrons.Upon the outbreak of war, the British Royal Navy …
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Jon Diamond: Orde Wingate
A detailed study of one of the most influential commanders of World War II, one who is often regarded as a ‘flawed genius’.Orde Wingate rose to fame by creating the Chindits in Burma in 1943. He is a …
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Nicholas Sekunda: Macedonian Armies after Alexander 323 168 BC
The death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC threw the Macedonians into confusion; there was no capable heir, and no clear successor among the senior figures in Alexander’s circle. Initial attempts to …
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David Bonk: Ch teau Thierry & Belleau Wood 1918
A detailed, yet concise, exploration of the US Army’s entrance into the Great War.In May and June 1918 the newly arrived American Expeditionary Force fought two actions that helped defeat the last Ge …
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Robert Kirchubel: Operation Barbarossa 1941 (2)
This book focuses on Von Leeb’s Army Group North, tasked with seizing the Baltic States and Leningrad. Of the German Army Groups that attacked Soviet Russia, Von Leeb’s Army Group North was the small …
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Gordon L. Rottman: US World War II Amphibious Tactics
The US armed forces were responsible for many tactical innovations during the years 1941 45, but in no field was US mastery more complete than amphibious warfare. In the vast, almost empty battlefiel …
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Gordon L. Rottman: Khe Sanh 1967 68
A concise, focused volume on the NVA’s fight for a strategically important military base.Khe Sanh was a small village in northwest South Vietnam that sat astride key North Vietnamese infiltration rou …
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Dale Clarke: World War I Battlefield Artillery Tactics
As the First World War bogged down across Europe resulting in the establishment of trench systems, artillery began to grow in military importance. Never before had the use of artillery been so vital, …
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James Tanner: British Army since 2000
In the past decade and a half the unique requirements of dual wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have radically altered the appearance and capabilities of the British Army’s infantry soldiers. Gone are the …
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Stephen Turnbull: Samurai Invasion of Korea 1592 98
?Stephen Turnbull, a renowned expert on the history of Japan, examines the samurai invasion of Korea, the first step in an ambitious Japanese plan to conquer China. Examining the various stages of th …
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Gordon L. Rottman: World War II Glider Assault Tactics
Military gliders came of age in World War II, when glider assault infantry were the forerunners of today’s helicopter-delivered airmobile troops. From the light pre-war sports and training machines, …
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Stephen Bull: World War II Street-Fighting Tactics
In a continuation of the tactics mini-series, this book analyzes the physical tactics of the close-quarter fighting that took place in ruined cities during World War II. Street-to-street fighting in …
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Robert Kirchubel: Operation Barbarossa 1941 (3)
The final volume in the Barbarossa trilogy, this title completes the account of the strategic intricacies of the German campaign against Russia Robert Kirchubel examines the causes behind the German …
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David Nicolle: Mamluk Askari 1250 1517
New archaeological material and research underpins this extensive, detailed and beautifully illustrated account of the famous Mamluk Askars who are credited with finally defeating and expelling the C …
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Warlord Games & Warwick Kinrade: Bolt Action: Armies of Germany
This book provides Bolt Action players with all of the information they need to field the military forces of Germany. Detailed army lists allow players to construct German armies for any theatre and …
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Massimo Torriani & Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Armies of the United States
With this latest supplement for Bolt Action, players now have all the information they need to field the varied military forces of the United States of America. Entering the war after the attack on P …
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Jake Thornton & Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Armies of Great Britain
With this latest supplement for Bolt Action, players can now build an army for Great Britain and the Commonwealth. From early campaigns in Europe to the deserts of North Africa and the jungles of the …
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Andy Chambers & Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Armies of the Soviet Union
This book provides Bolt Action players with all of the information they need to field the military forces of the Soviet Union. From the bitter urban warfare of Stalingrad, through the Winter War agai …
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Agis Neugebauer & Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Armies of Imperial Japan
Following the assault on Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese military saw action across Asia, from the capture and defence of the islands of the Pacific to the occupation of territory in China and Bu …
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Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Armies of France and the Allies
World War II was truly a ‘world’ war, and many nations joined the fight against Germany and the Axis. This latest supplement for Bolt Action covers the armies of France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Denma …
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Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Armies of Italy and the Axis
While many nations flocked to the side of the Allies, others joined forces with Germany as part of the Axis. This volume is the definitive guide to the armies of Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and …
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Alessio Cavatore & Rick Priestley: Bolt Action: World War II Wargames Rules
Written by veteran game designers Alessio Cavatore and Rick Priestley, Bolt Action provides all the rules needed to bring the great battles of World War II to your tabletop. Using miniature soldiers, …
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Martin Pegler: Sniper Rifles
A technical outline of the history of the sniper rifle, from its introduction in warfare during the Napoleonic wars, through the US Civil War to its current apogee as the most frequently used combat …
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David R. Higgins: King Tiger vs IS-2
This book examines the technology and strategy that defined the outcome of the battles between the King Tiger and the IS-2. The Soviets had been quick to develop tanks that could fight the Tiger on a …
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Robert Lyman: Bill Slim
Bill Slim was one of the greatest British generals of World War II. In a career that stretched from 1914 until 1958, his greatest triumphs came in India and Burma in the long war against the Japanese …
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John F. Winkler: Wabash 1791
A highly illustrated account of the first major battle of the new United States of America, a dramatic defeat at the hands of a confederation of Native American tribes.The battle of the Wabash, or St …
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Jim Moran: Wake Island 1941
An illustrated examination of the daring last stand by a collection of marines, sailors, and other service personnel on Wake Island in World War II — one of the legendary stories of American military …
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Neil Smith: Robin Hood
He robbed from the rich to give to the poor, or so the legend goes. But who was the outlaw known as Robin Hood? How did his legend develop, and how has it changed over the passing centuries? This new …
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Mark Lardas: Tsushima 1905
A highly illustrated study of the naval campaign of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 05, focusing on the decisive battle of Tsushima.Japan was closed to the world until 1854 and its technology then was …
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Sean McLachlan: Last Ride of the James Younger Gang
It was the beginning of the end for the James gang. In the past ten years Frank and Jesse James had gone from unknown ex-Confederate guerrillas to the most famous outlaws in the world. A string of da …
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Martin Pegler: Thompson Submachine Gun
The Thompson submachine gun, or Tommy gun developed an almost iconic status during the 20th century. It had an unusual beginning, for it was developed during the dying days of World War I as a ‘one-m …
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Leroy Thompson: Colt 1911 Pistol
First used in combat during the Punitive Expedition into Mexico and then extensively during the world wars, the Colt Government Model (1911) pistol remained the standard issue handgun in the US armed …
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Mark Lardas: CSS Alabama vs USS Kearsarge
The most successful commerce raider of the Civil War, the CSS Alabama almost single-handedly drove United States merchant shipping from the seas. Her illustrious career saw the capture of 60 merchant …
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Andy Nunez: Wilderness and Spotsylvania 1864
An illustrated account of the battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania, which saw the first meeting of Robert E Lee and Ulysses S Grant on the battlefield.In May 1864 the Union Army of the Potomac …
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Leigh Neville: British Army in Afghanistan 2006 14
Fighting an elusive and dangerous enemy far from home, the British army in Afghanistan has been involved in asymmetric warfare for the best part of a decade. The eight-year series of deployments join …
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Jon Diamond: Burma Road 1943 44
Vinegar Joe Stilwell’s assault on the Japanese position at Myitkyina, the key to northern Burma.Myitkyina was a vital objective in the Allied re-conquest of Burma in 1943 44. Following the disastrous …
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Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Germany Strikes!
In 1939, Germany shattered the peace of Europe with a lightning-fast strike against Poland. The next year, it captured Denmark and Norway, before launching its famous Blitzkrieg against France, Belgi …
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Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: The Road to Berlin
As the Allies advance towards Germany, they face dogged resistance from the hard-pressed German forces. Take command of the Allies in their final push to end the war in Europe, or hold fast as the Ge …
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Nic Fields: Mutina 43 BC
In the aftermath of Julius Caesar’s assassination, Octavian and the forces of the late Republic battled Mark Antony in the battles of Forum Gallorum and Mutina in 43 BC.Gaius Julius Caesar’s self-dec …
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Murray Dahm: Macedonian Phalangite vs Persian Warrior
In August 334 BC, Alexander the Great invaded the Persian Empire and systematically set about its conquest. At the core of Alexander’s army were 10, 000 members of the phalanx, the phalangites. Armed …
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Stephen Turnbull: Japanese Castles 1540 1640
The landscape of 16thand 17th-century Japan was dominated by the graceful and imposing castles constructed by the powerful ‘daimyo’ of the period. In this the most turbulent era in Japanese history, …
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Stephen Turnbull: Japanese Castles AD 250 1540
Dr Stephen Turnbull is internationally recognised for his research into and writing on Japanese military history. Here he applies his scholarship to an account of the evolution of Japanese defensive …
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Neil Grant: Mauser Military Rifles
This volume offers an insight into the iconic Mauser family of German bolt-action rifles. Drawing on first-hand accounts of the weapons in combat and primary sources regarding their mechanical perfor …
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Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Battleground Europe
Take the fight to the enemy with this new theatre book for Bolt Action. From the D-Day landings to the final battle for Berlin, this volume gives players everything they need to focus their gaming on …
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Gordon L. Rottman: World War II US Armored Infantry Tactics
Little has been published on US armored infantry units and tactics over the years. However, their contribution to the war effort was hugely important. There were a total of 57 armored infantry battal …
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Paddy Griffith: Vauban Fortifications of France
Vauban was the foremost military engineer of France, not only during his lifetime, but also throughout the 18th century when his legacy and methods remained in place almost unchanged. Indeed, his exp …
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Neil Grant: Medieval Longsword
The formidable European longsword featuring a double-edged straight blade in excess of 40in, and capable of being used with one or both hands remains one of the most impressive and distinctive edged …
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Nicholas Sekunda: Army of Pyrrhus of Epirus
Pyrrhus was one of the most tireless and famous warriors of the Hellenistic Age that followed the dispersal of Alexander the Great’s brief empire. After inheriting the throne as a boy, and a period o …
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David R. Higgins: Mark IV vs A7V
The German A7V and the British Mark IV were similar in weight, size, and speed, but differed significantly in armour, armament and maneuverability. The A7V had thicker armour, and had nearly double t …
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Stephen Turnbull: Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (2)
ALSO AVAILABLE TO BUY AS AN E-BOOK. The original forced conversion of pagan Livonia, what is now the Baltic states of Latvia and Estonia, was carried out by a military order known as the Brethren of …
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William Shepherd: Pylos and Sphacteria 425 BC
A superbly illustrated account of the battles that saw the Athenians overwhelm a Spartan force in the field for the first time.During the Peloponnesian War the Athenians occupied the promontory of Py …
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Craig Woodfield: En Garde!
En Garde! is a small-scale skirmish game based on the successful Ronin rules, in which small groups of warriors fight each other for honour or riches. Rather than just rolling a few dice, the rules a …
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Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Korea
Beginning in 1950, the Korean War was a defining moment for the UN and the entirety of the early Cold War, widening the already monumental gulf between the east and west, capitalist and communist. Th …
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John F. Winkler: Fallen Timbers 1794
The story of Mad Anthony Wayne’s victory over the Ohio Native Americans at Fallen Timbers in 1794, which secured the Northwest Territory for the US, in an illustrated volume.Following the defeat at W …
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Stephen Turnbull: Japanese Fortified Temples and Monasteries AD 710 1602
From the 10th century onwards the great Japanese monastic foundations of Nara and Mount Hiei maintained large armies of warlike monks. The tempestuous political rivalries that developed between the d …
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Gordon L. Rottman: US 10th Mountain Division in World War II
The 10th was the only US mountain division to be raised in World War II, and still has a high profile, being involved in operations from Iraq to Somalia and from Haiti to Afghanistan. It did not arri …
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Nicholas Harris: How to Build a Castle
How would you like to live in a castle? But where is the ideal location and what materials do you need to build it? This project will involve plans, a team and equipment. You need something to guide …
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Gavin Mortimer: Kill Rommel!
A detailed, illustrated analysis of the British Commandos’ audacious attempt to assassinate Rommel in 1941.In November 1941, a small party of British Commandos landed by submarine in Libya, tasked wi …
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Lindsay Powell: Roman Soldier vs Germanic Warrior
The reigns of Augustus and his successor Tiberius saw an epic struggle between the Romans and local peoples for the territory between the Rhine and Elbe rivers in what is now Germany. Following two d …
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Angus Konstam: Byzantine Warship vs Arab Warship
For four hundred years the Byzantine Empire’s naval forces vied with the warships of the Islamic world for mastery of the Mediterranean. At the heart of this confrontation were the fighting vessels o …
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Mark Stille: Malaya and Singapore 1941 42
The complete story of the Imperial Japanese Army’s stunning victory over the British forces during World War IIFor the British Empire it was a military disaster, but for Imperial Japan the conquest o …
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Mir Bahmanyar: Zama 202 BC
An illustrated account of the epic clash that marked the end of the Second Punic War and saw two of History’s greatest generals face off against each other, ideal for anyone with an interest in the m …
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Leigh Neville: Australian Army at War 1976 2016
Since the end of their involvement in the Vietnam War, the Australian Army has been modernized in every respect. After peacekeeping duties in South-East Asia, Africa and the Middle East in the 1980s …
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Neil Grant: Lewis Gun
During World War I, the British adopted the US-designed Lewis gun as an infantry weapon, realizing that its light weight and the fact that it could be fired both prone and on the move made it ideal f …
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Angus Konstam: Horatio Nelson
The most famous admiral in history, Horatio Nelson’s string of naval victories helped secure Britain’s place as the world’s dominant maritime power, a position she held for more than a century after …
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Martin Windrow: French Foreign L gionnaire 1890 1914
As France emerged from the Franco-Prussian War she embarked on a period of active colonialism, acquiring territories in South-East Asia and Africa. By the turn of the century much of north, west and …
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M.C. Bishop: Spatha
Adopted from the Celts in the 1st century BC, the spatha, a lethal and formidable chopping blade, became the primary sword of the Roman soldier in the Later Empire. Over the following centuries, the …
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Leigh Neville: US Army Green Beret in Afghanistan 2001 02
In October 2001 the most militarily advanced nation on earth came into conflict with one of the least developed nations as American forces poured into Afghanistan. The tip of the spear was drawn from …
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Phoebus Athanassiou: Armies of the Greek-Italian War 1940 41
In October 1940 an Italian army some 200, 000 strong invaded Greece across its largely undefended border with Albania. Although supported by Great Britain, at first by sea and in the air and later by …
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Clockwork Goblin & Warlord Games: Konflikt ’47: Defiance
Delving deeper into the weird world of Konflikt ’47, this supplement presents a range of new material for the game, including: — New units: Options for troops and technology that can be added to the …
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John F. Winkler: Peckuwe 1780
The last in the Campaign series covering the Ohio Native American wars, this is the story behind the largest battle in the Western theatre of the American Revolutionary War.As the Revolutionary War r …
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Gordon L. Rottman: World War II Tactical Camouflage Techniques
This book explains and illustrates the actual materials and techniques adopted (both successfully and unsuccessfully) by tactical units i.e. the concealment of personnel, weapons, equipment, field po …
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Gordon L. Rottman: World War II US Cavalry Units
At the time of Pearl Harbor, the United States Army still had ten cavalry regiments.The 26th (Filipino Scouts) fought on horseback in the Philippines, while the rest were fought as infantry. Despite …
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Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Duel in the Sun
With Duel in the Sun, players can take command of the doughty Desert Rats of Montgomery’s 8th Army, the fast-moving and hard-hitting raiders of the Long Range Desert Army (LRDG), or Rommel’s mighty A …
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Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: The Western Desert
One of the most popular and enduring campaigns of World War II is that of the Western Desert, where Allied armies beat back the hard-pressed German and Italian forces under the gruelling African sun. …
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Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: D-Day: Overlord
From the scaling of Pointe-du-Hoc and the assault on Pegasus Bridge, to the landings on the Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches, this new Campaign Book for Bolt Action allows players to take c …
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Akira Takizawa & Gordon L. Rottman: World War II Japanese Tank Tactics
ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN E-BOOK. In this book, expert author and tactician Gordon L Rottman provides the first English-language study of Japanese Army and Navy tank units, their tactics and how they were …
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Robert Forczyk: Panzerj ger vs KV-1
On the Soviet side, based upon lessons from the Spanish Civil War, the Red Army decided to develop a heavy breakthrough tank to smash enemy infantry defenses. This resulted in the KV-1 and KV-2 tanks …
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Nicholas Harris: Diary of a Dinosaur Trek
A thrilling and beautifully illustrated adventure story set in a world of stupendous giants and ferocious hunters: the Age of Dinosaurs. Josh and Maisie are two adventure-loving children who discover …
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Nicholas Harris: Diary of a Roman Challenge
A thrilling adventure story set in the world of gladiators and charioteers, emperors and legionaries: ancient Rome. Josh and Maisie are two adventure-loving children who discover a mysterious, small …
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Nicholas Harris: Diary of a Castle Adventure
A thrilling and beautifully illustrated adventure story set in the world of knights, dungeons and sieges: the Age of Castles. Josh and Maisie are two adventure loving kids who discover a mysterious s …
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Nicholas Harris: Diary of a Viking Peril
A thrilling and beautifully illustrated adventure story set in the world of warriors, longships, legend, and dragons: the Age of Vikings. Josh and Maisie are two adventure loving kids who discover a …
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Stephen Manning: Martini-Henry Rifle
The breech-loading, single-shot .458in Martini-Henry rifle has become a symbol of both the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the numerous battles in Egypt and the Sudan in 1884 85, but continued to be used …
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Peter Smithurst: Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle
The Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle was the first rifled firearm issued to every soldier in the British Army, and gave the infantry a revolutionary increase in firepower. First issued in 1853, the Enfield …
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Stuart Reid: British Redcoat vs French Fusilier
Providing a unique glimpse into the experiences of regular British and French infantry during the French and Indian War, Stuart Reid reveals what it was like to fight in three battles at the height o …
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Leroy Thompson: M1 Garand
The M1 Garand gave the US infantryman a marked edge during World War II. It shot faster and further than enemy infantry rifles and hit harder. No less an authority on killing the enemy than General G …
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Ron Field: Union Infantryman vs Confederate Infantryman
The enthusiastic but largely inexperienced soldiers serving on both sides in the Civil War had to adapt quickly to the appalling realities of warfare in the industrial age. Author Ron Field, an autho …
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Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Ostfront
Take charge of Operation Barbarossa and drive towards Moscow or command the steadfast defenders of the Soviet Union. From the early battles for Leningrad and Sevastopol to the tank clash of Kursk and …
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Daniel Mersey: Men Who Would Be Kings
The Men Who Would Be Kings is a set of rules designed for fighting historical or Hollywood colonial battles in the mid to late 19th Century, from the Indian Mutiny to the Boxer Rebellion. Large scale …
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Leigh Neville: US Army Rangers 1989 2015
Written by an expert on modern Special Forces units and the operations they undertake, this book explains the evolution of the Rangers’ missions in Panama, the first Gulf War, Somalia and the post 9/ …
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Peter Lieb: Vercors 1944
A highly illustrated account of the conflict between the German Army and security forces and the French resistance in the Alps.Fighting insurgents has always been one of the greatest challenges for r …
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Robert Forczyk: Demyansk 1942 43
A highly illustrated account of the battle for the Demyansk Pocket on the Eastern Front in World War II.The fighting around the town of Demyansk was one of the longest encirclement battles on the Eas …
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Simon Dunstan: Israel s Lightning Strike
The Israeli Special Forces’ operation at Entebbe goes down in history as one of the most audacious counter-terrorist assaults ever conducted. On 27 June 1976, four terrorists two of the Popular Front …
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Gordon L. Rottman: Inch’on 1950
Inch’on was probably the most significant campaign in the Korean theater, as well as being the last major amphibious assault of division-size conducted in the history of warfare.The odds were stacked …
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Stephen Turnbull: Japanese Castles in Korea 1592 98
The Japanese invasion and occupation of Korea, which lasted from 1592 to 1598, was the only occasion in Japanese history when samurai aggression was turned against a foreign country. During the occup …
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€15.42
Bouko de Groot: Nieuwpoort 1600
A highly illustrated study of the battle of Nieuwpoort in 1600, one of the key engagements of the Eighty Years War.The Eighty Years’ War began as a limited Dutch rebellion seeking only religious tole …
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€15.46
Ken Ford: Caen 1944
One of the key objectives of British forces on D-Day was the capture of the strategically vital city of Caen.General Montgomery saw Caen as the key to Normandy and the springboard for the Allied brea …
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€17.53
Robert Forczyk: Nez Perce 1877
A history of the campaign that saw the US Army’s pursuit and final capture of the Nez Perce Indians under Chief Joseph.With the wars between the US and the Native Americans drawing to a close, one tr …
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€17.53
Ryan Miller: Fighting Sail
In the years between 1776 and 1815, grand square-rigged sailing ships dominated warfare on the high seas. Fighting Sail is a tabletop wargame of fleet battles in this age of canvas, cannon, and timbe …
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€13.40
Steven J. Zaloga: Railway Guns of World War II
World War II marked the zenith of railway gun development. Although many of the railway guns deployed at the start of the conflict were of World War I vintage, Germany’s ambitious development program …
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английский
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€13.41
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Tank War
Tank War, the new supplement for Bolt Action, gives players the option to expand their games to a whole new level armoured warfare. Recreate such great engagements as the battle of Kursk with the sce …
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€25.80
Angus Konstam: Nile River Gunboats 1882 1918
For more than 30 years the Nile river gunboat was an indispensable tool of empire, policing the great river and acting as floating symbols of British imperial power. They participated in every signif …
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€13.40
Martin Pegler: Lee-Enfield Rifle
The Lee-Enfield is one of the 20th century’s most recognisable and longest-serving military rifles. It was adopted by the British Army in 1895 and only replaced by the L1A1 SLR in 1957. It saw combat …
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€16.50
Si Sheppard: Jewish Revolt AD 66 74
A highly illustrated account of the Jewish Revolt against Roman rule in the 1st century AD.In AD 66 a local disturbance in Caesarea caused by Greeks sacrificing birds in front of a local synagogue ex …
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€17.53
Robert R. Hodges Jr.: American Civil War Railroad Tactics
The American Civil War was the world’s first full-blown ‘railroad war’. The well-developed network in the North was of great importance in serving the Union armies’ logistic needs over long distances …
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€15.46
Randy E. M Foster: Vietnam Firebases 1965-73
Artillery fire support bases of the Freeworld forces played a critical role in the conduct of operations during the Vietnam War. They served to lay down high-volume fire on enemy firing sites, suppor …
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€15.46
Douglas C. Dildy: Fall Gelb 1940 (1)
Never in the history of warfare has the clash between such great and apparently equal forces been decided so swiftly and conclusively as the German conquest of France and the Low Countries in May and …
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€17.53
Nic Fields: Alesia 52 BC
52 BC is the key year of the Gallic Revolt, with the near-disastrous Roman defeat at Gergovia followed by the climactic victory over the Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix at Alesia.In 52, BC Caesar’s co …
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Robert Forczyk: Velikiye Luki 1942 43
A highly illustrated study of one of the most dramatic yet overlooked episodes on the Eastern Front in World War II, the siege of Velikye Luki by Soviet forces in 1942 43.Velikiye Luki had been an im …
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€16.39
Leroy Thompson: M1 Carbine
In 1938 the US Chief of Infantry requested that the Ordnance Department develop a carbine to be used by service and support troops, artillerymen, machine-gun crews, tankers, mortar crews and other tr …
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€15.46
Nicholas Harris: Diary of a Pirate Voyage
A thrilling adventure story set in the world of buccaneers and galleons, doubloons and pieces of eight: the Age of Pirates. Josh and Maisie are two adventure-loving children who discover a mysterious …
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€12.90
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: Stalingrad
One of the most infamous and decisive battles of the Second World War, Stalingrad was a turning point of the Eastern Front, showing that the German juggernaut was not invincible. This Campaign Book f …
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€25.74
Nicholas Harris: Diary of an Egyptian Quest
A thrilling adventure story set in the world of mummies and tombs, pharaohs and pyramids: ancient Egypt. Josh and Maisie are two adventure-loving children who discover a mysterious, small door at the …
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€12.83
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: D-Day: British & Canadian Sectors
After the historic D-Day landings comes the fight to liberate France and the rest of Occupied Europe. This campaign book focuses on the push inland from the Commonwealth beaches of Gold, Sword, and J …
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€25.80
Peter Dennis & Adrian Preston: Soldiers as Statesmen
‘The Duke is a soldier — a bad education for a statesmen in a free country’. Sir Walter Scott’s fear of the political soldier has long been part of Western political life. Yet although many countries …
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€37.34
Peter Dennis & Adrian Preston: Soldiers as Statesmen
‘The Duke is a soldier — a bad education for a statesmen in a free country’. Sir Walter Scott’s fear of the political soldier has long been part of Western political life. Yet although many countries …
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€37.36
Peter Dennis: Decision by Default
Britain’s vast losses of men in the first world war produced a revulsion against conscription. Originally published in 1972, Peter Dennis here describes how conscription was introduced once more in 1 …
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Peter Dennis: Decision by Default
Britain’s vast losses of men in the first world war produced a revulsion against conscription. Originally published in 1972, Peter Dennis here describes how conscription was introduced once more in 1 …
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€37.39
Peter Dennis & Adrian Preston: Swords and Covenants
Originally published in 1976, this book honours the centenary of The Royal Military College of Canada, 1876-1976. It comprises nine essays written by military historians who have been or still are in …
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€37.49
Peter Dennis & Adrian Preston: Swords and Covenants
Originally published in 1976, this book honours the centenary of The Royal Military College of Canada, 1876-1976. It comprises nine essays written by military historians who have been or still are in …
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€37.45
David Greentree: Heroes of Telemark
In May 1941, the Norwegian Section of SOE received a dossier warning of the dangers of a hydroelectric fertiliser plant in Norway. Vemork produced heavy water, an essential part of making plutonium f …
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€16.47
David Campbell: Israeli Paratroopers 1954 2016
From the creation of the first volunteer paratroop unit shortly after the birth of Israel and of the Israeli Defense Force, this arm of service has been recognized as elite. They have also been the f …
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€15.35
Steven J. Zaloga: Railway Guns of World War II
World War II marked the zenith of railway gun development. Although many of the railway guns deployed at the start of the conflict were of World War I vintage, Germany’s ambitious development program …
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€13.30
Angus Konstam: Taranto 1940
The Royal Navy’s attack on Taranto in 1940 heralded a new age of warfare.It was the decisive moment in a struggle for dominance of the Mediterranean that had gone on for months, as the British and It …
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€17.40
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: Battle of France
The Battle of France saw German forces sweep across the Low Countries and towards Paris, crushing Allied resistance in just six weeks. From Fall Gelb and the British withdrawal from Dunkirk to the de …
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€25.61
Dale Clarke: World War I Battlefield Artillery Tactics
As the First World War bogged down across Europe resulting in the establishment of trench systems, artillery began to grow in military importance. Never before had the use of artillery been so vital, …
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€15.41
Angus Konstam: Horatio Nelson
The most famous admiral in history, Horatio Nelson’s string of naval victories helped secure Britain’s place as the world’s dominant maritime power, a position she held for more than a century after …
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€15.46
Michael McNally: Coronel and Falklands 1914
A highly illustrated account of the naval battles of Coronel and the Falklands in 1914, which saw the destruction of both British and German squadrons.Upon the outbreak of war, the British Royal Navy …
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€17.48
Gordon L. Rottman: US 10th Mountain Division in World War II
The 10th was the only US mountain division to be raised in World War II, and still has a high profile, being involved in operations from Iraq to Somalia and from Haiti to Afghanistan. It did not arri …
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€13.30
Douglas C. Dildy: Fall Gelb 1940 (2)
A highly illustrated account of the daring German assault by Heersgruppe A through Holland and Belgium in May 1940.The great blitzkrieg campaign of May/June 1940 saw German forces pour through Hollan …
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€17.40
Joseph A. McCullough: Story of Santa Claus
The perfect Christmas gift, this beautiful book explains how the bearded, red clad, big bellied, reindeer driving jovial gent came to be the face of Christmas, and reveals the historical origins of S …
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€8.10
Neil Grant: Mauser Military Rifles
This volume offers an insight into the iconic Mauser family of German bolt-action rifles. Drawing on first-hand accounts of the weapons in combat and primary sources regarding their mechanical perfor …
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€15.46
Leigh Neville: British Army in Afghanistan 2006 14
Fighting an elusive and dangerous enemy far from home, the British army in Afghanistan has been involved in asymmetric warfare for the best part of a decade. The eight-year series of deployments join …
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€15.45
Angus Konstam: Byzantine Warship vs Arab Warship
For four hundred years the Byzantine Empire’s naval forces vied with the warships of the Islamic world for mastery of the Mediterranean. At the heart of this confrontation were the fighting vessels o …
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€16.47
Ryan Miller: Fighting Sail
In the years between 1776 and 1815, grand square-rigged sailing ships dominated warfare on the high seas. Fighting Sail is a tabletop wargame of fleet battles in this age of canvas, cannon, and timbe …
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€13.38
Angus Konstam: U-47 in Scapa Flow
At the outset of World War II, Scapa Flow was supposed to be the safe home base of the British Navy nothing could penetrate the defences of this bastion. So how, in the dead of night, was Gunther Pri …
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€16.46
Pier Paolo Battistelli & Piero Crociani: World War II Partisan Warfare in Italy
When Italy surrendered in 1943, it sparked a resistance movement of anti-German, anti-fascist partisans. This book explores the tactics, organizational structure and equipment of the brave Italian re …
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€15.45
Gordon L. Rottman: Victory 1945
Even when Western Allied troops gained a foothold in Normandy, World War II in Europe was far from over. The route to Germany’s interior and the Nazis final surrender was long, arduous and blood-stai …
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€15.37
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Battleground Europe
Take the fight to the enemy with this new theatre book for Bolt Action. From the D-Day landings to the final battle for Berlin, this volume gives players everything they need to focus their gaming on …
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€25.78
Craig Woodfield: En Garde!
En Garde! is a small-scale skirmish game based on the successful Ronin rules, in which small groups of warriors fight each other for honour or riches. Rather than just rolling a few dice, the rules a …
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€13.31
Mark Stille: Malaya and Singapore 1941 42
The complete story of the Imperial Japanese Army’s stunning victory over the British forces during World War IIFor the British Empire it was a military disaster, but for Imperial Japan the conquest o …
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€17.52
Jon Diamond: Burma Road 1943 44
Vinegar Joe Stilwell’s assault on the Japanese position at Myitkyina, the key to northern Burma.Myitkyina was a vital objective in the Allied re-conquest of Burma in 1943 44. Following the disastrous …
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€17.48
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Ostfront
Take charge of Operation Barbarossa and drive towards Moscow or command the steadfast defenders of the Soviet Union. From the early battles for Leningrad and Sevastopol to the tank clash of Kursk and …
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€25.80
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Tank War
Tank War, the new supplement for Bolt Action, gives players the option to expand their games to a whole new level armoured warfare. Recreate such great engagements as the battle of Kursk with the sce …
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€25.73
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Empires in Flames
Far from the battlefields of Europe and North Africa, Allied forces fought a very different war against another foe, from the jungles of Burma to the islands of the Pacific and the shores of Australi …
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€25.87
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Germany Strikes!
In 1939, Germany shattered the peace of Europe with a lightning-fast strike against Poland. The next year, it captured Denmark and Norway, before launching its famous Blitzkrieg against France, Belgi …
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€25.72
Richard Macrory Hon KC: First Afghan War 1839 42
A highly illustrated study of the First Afghan War, a bitter setback for British forces in the Great Game played out in the 19th century.In 1839 forces of the British East India Company crossed the I …
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€16.49
Neville Leigh Neville: SAS 1983 2014
A Special Forces expert reveals the illustrated story of the SAS since the Falklands War, including their operations in the Gulf War and the War on Terror.Highly trained and immensely skilled, the SA …
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€15.41
Mir Bahmanyar: Zama 202 BC
An illustrated account of the epic clash that marked the end of the Second Punic War and saw two of History’s greatest generals face off against each other, ideal for anyone with an interest in the m …
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€17.51
John F. Winkler: Thames 1813
With detailed profiles of the commanders and accounts of the battles, this highly illustrated title charts Native American commander Tecumseh’s fall as the American forces secured control of the Nort …
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€17.52
Angus Konstam: Nile River Gunboats 1882 1918
For more than 30 years the Nile river gunboat was an indispensable tool of empire, policing the great river and acting as floating symbols of British imperial power. They participated in every signif …
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€13.31
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: World War II Wargames Rules
With more than 23, 000 copies sold of the first edition, this second edition of the best-selling Bolt Action World War II wargaming ruleset from Osprey and Warlord Games presents streamlined and refi …
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€31.49
Daniel Mersey: Men Who Would Be Kings
The Men Who Would Be Kings is a set of rules designed for fighting historical or Hollywood colonial battles in the mid to late 19th Century, from the Indian Mutiny to the Boxer Rebellion. Large scale …
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€13.38
Leigh Neville: US Army Rangers 1989 2015
Written by an expert on modern Special Forces units and the operations they undertake, this book explains the evolution of the Rangers’ missions in Panama, the first Gulf War, Somalia and the post 9/ …
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€15.40
Gordon L. Rottman: World War II Infantry Fire Support Tactics
As infantry units advanced across Europe the only support they could rely on from day to day was that provided by the heavy weapons of their own units. While thundering tanks struck fear into the hea …
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€15.38
M.C. Bishop: Gladius
One of the most feared weapons in the ancient world, the gladius was lethal both on the battlefield and in the arena. Literary sources tell of the terror it inspired, while archaeological evidence of …
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€16.46
Jonathan Ferguson: Broomhandle Mauser
At a time when most handguns were limited to six rounds, the ten-shot Mauser caught the attention of the world for its unprecedented firepower and formidable high-velocity 7.63 25mm cartridge. This s …
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€16.46
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: The Road to Berlin
As the Allies advance towards Germany, they face dogged resistance from the hard-pressed German forces. Take command of the Allies in their final push to end the war in Europe, or hold fast as the Ge …
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€25.52
Lindsay Powell: Bar Kokhba War AD 132 136
A highly illustrated account of the final Jewish rebellion against Roman rule, appealing for any enthusiast of Roman or Jewish history.In AD 132, Shim’on Ben Koseba, a rebel leader who assumed the me …
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€17.47
Howard Whitehouse & Roderick Robertson: Mad Dogs With Guns
In 1919, the US Government declared the production, distribution, and sale of alcohol illegal. America officially became a ‘dry’ land. That didn’t stop people from drinking, however, and the rise of …
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€13.52
Gordon L. Rottman: D-Day Beach Assault Troops
In the early hours of June 6, 1944, the first of over 150, 000 Allied soldiers stormed five beaches in Normandy against fierce German resistance. They were specially trained and task-organized in a r …
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€15.45
Hemant Singh Katoch: Imphal 1944
A highly illustrated account of the decisive battle of Imphal during World War II, where the attempted Japanese invasion of India was turned back in its largest land defeat of the war so far.In March …
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€16.47
Si Sheppard: Tenochtitlan 1519 21
A highly illustrated history of the Spanish conquest of Mexico from 1519 to 1521, an epic clash of civilisations that saw the destruction of the Aztec Empire.In 1519, the Conquistador Hern n Cort s l …
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€16.40
Alistair McCluskey: Hindenburg Line 1918
A highly illustrated study of the pivotal campaign that saw the Allied armies led by Field Marshal Haig break through the German Hindenburg Line in 1918, published in its centenary year.From 26 Septe …
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€17.42
Raffaele D Amato: Roman Standards & Standard-Bearers (1)
Roman unit standards played a important role, both ceremonially and on the battlefield. With the armies of the late Roman Republic and early Empire continually engaged on the frontiers, the soldiers …
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€15.45
Leigh Neville: Technicals
Over the last 30 years, the ‘technical’ or armed pick-up truck has become arguably the most ubiquitous military land vehicle of modern warfare. Harking back to the armed Jeeps and Chevrolet trucks of …
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€12.29
Mark Stille: Solomons 1943 44
A highly illustrated study of the Solomons campaign in 1943 44 from Guadalcanal, as the US forces advanced through the island chain, to the vital Japanese base at Rabaul.Victory at Guadalcanal for th …
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€16.37
Mike Loades: Crossbow
Technologically sophisticated and powerful, the crossbow has long enjoyed a popular reputation for villainous superiority because it could be used with little training as a weapon of assassination. T …
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€16.47
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: Market Garden
Market Garden was a bold plan, designed to capture the Rhine crossings along the Dutch German border and establish a foothold for an advance into Germany. A massive combined arms operation involving …
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€25.80
Clockwork Goblin & Warlord Games: Konflikt ’47: Defiance
Delving deeper into the weird world of Konflikt ’47, this supplement presents a range of new material for the game, including: — New units: Options for troops and technology that can be added to the …
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€25.74
John F. Winkler: Peckuwe 1780
The last in the Campaign series covering the Ohio Native American wars, this is the story behind the largest battle in the Western theatre of the American Revolutionary War.As the Revolutionary War r …
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€17.34
Robert Forczyk: Velikiye Luki 1942 43
A highly illustrated study of one of the most dramatic yet overlooked episodes on the Eastern Front in World War II, the siege of Velikye Luki by Soviet forces in 1942 43.Velikiye Luki had been an im …
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€16.46
Nic Fields: Mutina 43 BC
In the aftermath of Julius Caesar’s assassination, Octavian and the forces of the late Republic battled Mark Antony in the battles of Forum Gallorum and Mutina in 43 BC.Gaius Julius Caesar’s self-dec …
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€15.43
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: The Western Desert
One of the most popular and enduring campaigns of World War II is that of the Western Desert, where Allied armies beat back the hard-pressed German and Italian forces under the gruelling African sun. …
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€25.61
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: Fortress Budapest
As the Soviet Red Army marches westward, the city of Budapest stands in their way. Encircled and severely outnumbered, the German and Hungarian forces attempt to resist the Soviet juggernaut and defe …
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€25.61
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Korea
Beginning in 1950, the Korean War was a defining moment for the UN and the entirety of the early Cold War, widening the already monumental gulf between the east and west, capitalist and communist. Th …
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€25.78
Nic Fields: Julius Caesar
One of the greatest military commanders in history, Julius Caesar’s most famous victory the conquest of Gaul was to him little more than a stepping stone to power. An audacious and decisive general, …
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€15.34
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: Mariana & Palau Islands
The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, also known as Operation Forager, was intended to facilitate the recapture of the Philippines and to provide bases for the bombing of the Japanese mainland. Thi …
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€25.84
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: Mariana & Palau Islands
The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign, also known as Operation Forager, was intended to facilitate the recapture of the Philippines and to provide bases for the bombing of the Japanese mainland. Thi …
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€25.80
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: Stalingrad
One of the most infamous and decisive battles of the Second World War, Stalingrad was a turning point of the Eastern Front, showing that the German juggernaut was not invincible. This Campaign Book f …
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€25.80
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: D-Day: British & Canadian Sectors
After the historic D-Day landings comes the fight to liberate France and the rest of Occupied Europe. This campaign book focuses on the push inland from the Commonwealth beaches of Gold, Sword, and J …
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€25.68
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: D-Day: Overlord
From the scaling of Pointe-du-Hoc and the assault on Pegasus Bridge, to the landings on the Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword beaches, this new Campaign Book for Bolt Action allows players to take c …
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€25.68
Martin Windrow: Dien Bien Phu 1954
A highly illustrated study of the battle at Dien Bien Phu, the 56-day siege that eventually led to the surrender of the remaining French-led forces, this iconic battle provided the climax of the Firs …
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€17.40
Martin Windrow: Dien Bien Phu 1954
A highly illustrated study of the battle at Dien Bien Phu, the 56-day siege that eventually led to the surrender of the remaining French-led forces, this iconic battle provided the climax of the Firs …
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€17.48
Stephen Bull: World War II Infantry Tactics
World War II is often seen as a confrontation of technology tanks and aircraft, artillery and engineering. But at the heart of the battlefield was the struggle between infantrymen, and the technology …
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€15.45
Stephen Bull: World War II Infantry Tactics
World War II is often seen as a confrontation of technology tanks and aircraft, artillery and engineering. But at the heart of the battlefield was the struggle between infantrymen, and the technology …
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€15.40
Gordon L. Rottman: World War II River Assault Tactics
On the major European and Russian fronts throughout World War II, the challenge of crossing rivers under fire was absolutely central to any advance. The Panzers that crossed the Meuse at Sedan in May …
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€15.40
Mark Lardas: British Frigate vs French Frigate
In the Age of Fighting Sail (1650 1820), ambitious officers of the navies of many nations sought command of a frigate. Speedy, nimble and formidably armed, frigates often operated independently, unli …
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€16.54
Si Sheppard: Jewish Revolt AD 66 74
A highly illustrated account of the Jewish Revolt against Roman rule in the 1st century AD.In AD 66 a local disturbance in Caesarea caused by Greeks sacrificing birds in front of a local synagogue ex …
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€17.45
Mark Lardas: African American Soldier in the Civil War
Approximately 200, 000 African Americans fought for the Union during the Civil War. Initially, many white soldiers doubted their bravery and skill; they were soon proved wrong. The United States Colo …
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€15.40
John F. Winkler: Fallen Timbers 1794
The story of Mad Anthony Wayne’s victory over the Ohio Native Americans at Fallen Timbers in 1794, which secured the Northwest Territory for the US, in an illustrated volume.Following the defeat at W …
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€17.52
Gordon L. Rottman: US World War II Amphibious Tactics
The US armed forces pioneered amphibious warfare in the Pacific and by the time of the D-day landings they had perfected the special equipment and tactics necessary for this extraordinarily difficult …
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€15.40
Mike Loades: Longbow
An iconic medieval missile weapon, the deadly longbow made possible the English victories at Crecy and Poitiers at the height of the Hundred Years’ War. The longbow was the weapon at the heart of the …
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€16.47
Paddy Griffith: French Napoleonic Infantry Tactics 1792 1815
Bonaparte’s Grande Arm e, one of the most renowned battle-winning machines in history, evolved from a merging of the professional army of the Ancien R gime and the volunteers and conscripts of the Re …
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€15.43
Simon Dunstan: Six Day War 1967
A fully illustrated account of Israel’s campaign against Egypt that began the Six Day War.In May 1967, Egypt expelled the United Nations peacekeeping forces stationed in the Sinai desert and deployed …
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€17.41
William Shepherd: Pylos and Sphacteria 425 BC
A superbly illustrated account of the battles that saw the Athenians overwhelm a Spartan force in the field for the first time.During the Peloponnesian War the Athenians occupied the promontory of Py …
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€17.51
Gordon L. Rottman: US World War II Amphibious Tactics
The US armed forces were responsible for many tactical innovations during the years 1941 45, but in no field was US mastery more complete than amphibious warfare. In the vast, almost empty battlefiel …
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James Tanner: British Army since 2000
In the past decade and a half the unique requirements of dual wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have radically altered the appearance and capabilities of the British Army’s infantry soldiers. Gone are the …
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Douglas C. Dildy: Fall Gelb 1940 (1)
Never in the history of warfare has the clash between such great and apparently equal forces been decided so swiftly and conclusively as the German conquest of France and the Low Countries in May and …
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Nic Fields: Alesia 52 BC
52 BC is the key year of the Gallic Revolt, with the near-disastrous Roman defeat at Gergovia followed by the climactic victory over the Gallic chieftain Vercingetorix at Alesia.In 52, BC Caesar’s co …
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Ken Ford: Caen 1944
One of the key objectives of British forces on D-Day was the capture of the strategically vital city of Caen.General Montgomery saw Caen as the key to Normandy and the springboard for the Allied brea …
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Steven J. Zaloga: Battle of the Bulge 1944 (2)
The Ardennes offensive in December 1944, known to history as the ‘Battle of the Bulge’, was the decisive campaign of the war in North-West Europe.When the attack in the north by 6th Panzer Army faile …
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Robert Kirchubel: Operation Barbarossa 1941 (2)
This book focuses on Von Leeb’s Army Group North, tasked with seizing the Baltic States and Leningrad. Of the German Army Groups that attacked Soviet Russia, Von Leeb’s Army Group North was the small …
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Gordon L. Rottman: Khe Sanh 1967 68
A concise, focused volume on the NVA’s fight for a strategically important military base.Khe Sanh was a small village in northwest South Vietnam that sat astride key North Vietnamese infiltration rou …
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Steven J. Zaloga: Anzio 1944
Anzio 1944 covers the amphibious landing which has become one of the most controversial campaigns of World War II. In January 1944, the Allies decided to land at Anzio in order to overcome the stalem …
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Stephen Turnbull: Samurai Invasion of Korea 1592 98
?Stephen Turnbull, a renowned expert on the history of Japan, examines the samurai invasion of Korea, the first step in an ambitious Japanese plan to conquer China. Examining the various stages of th …
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Gordon L. Rottman: Inch’on 1950
Inch’on was probably the most significant campaign in the Korean theater, as well as being the last major amphibious assault of division-size conducted in the history of warfare.The odds were stacked …
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Stephen Bull: World War II Street-Fighting Tactics
In a continuation of the tactics mini-series, this book analyzes the physical tactics of the close-quarter fighting that took place in ruined cities during World War II. Street-to-street fighting in …
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Akira Takizawa & Gordon L. Rottman: World War II Japanese Tank Tactics
In this book, expert author and tactician Gordon L Rottman provides the first English-language study of Japanese Army and Navy tank units, their tactics and how they were deployed in action. The Japa …
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Konstantin Nossov: War Elephants
Elephants have been deployed as weapons for centuries, particularly in South and South-East Asia, where war elephants constituted the bulk of most armies in the region from antiquity right up to the …
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Steven J. Zaloga: Remagen 1945
The gripping tale of the Battle of Remagen, where the Allies’ dramatic capture of the last standing bridge over the Rhine in 1945 changed the course of World War II-illustrated with vivid artwork tha …
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David Bonk: Ch teau Thierry & Belleau Wood 1918
A detailed, yet concise, exploration of the US Army’s entrance into the Great War.In May and June 1918 the newly arrived American Expeditionary Force fought two actions that helped defeat the last Ge …
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Robert Kirchubel: Operation Barbarossa 1941 (3)
The final volume in the Barbarossa trilogy, this title completes the account of the strategic intricacies of the German campaign against Russia Robert Kirchubel examines the causes behind the German …
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Gordon L. Rottman: World War II Axis Booby Traps and Sabotage Tactics
Booby traps laid by troops in war zones in World War II are largely neglected in histories and memoirs, and rarely examined in detail. Yet for a soldier, the threat of booby traps had to be at the fo …
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Ron Field: Petersburg 1864 65
The Petersburg Campaign was the last great campaign fought in the eastern theater of the US Civil War and the last to see U.S Grant take on Robert E Lee.In 1864 General Ulysses S. Grant decided to st …
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Robert R. Hodges Jr.: American Civil War Railroad Tactics
The American Civil War was the world’s first full-blown ‘railroad war’. The well-developed network in the North was of great importance in serving the Union armies’ logistic needs over long distances …
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Konstantin Nossov: Russian Fortresses 1480 1682
In 1462 the throne of the Principality of Moscow passed to Ivan III (1462 1505), who succeeded in throwing off the Tatar yoke. For the next 200 years this new state struggled to maintain her borders …
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Stephen Turnbull: Japanese Castles AD 250 1540
Dr Stephen Turnbull is internationally recognised for his research into and writing on Japanese military history. Here he applies his scholarship to an account of the evolution of Japanese defensive …
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Angus Konstam: Scapa Flow
A strategically important natural harbor in the Orkney Islands, Scapa Flow served as Britain’s main fleet anchorage during World Wars I and II. In 1914 and again in 1939, the British began building a …
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Gordon L. Rottman: World War II US Cavalry Units
At the time of Pearl Harbor, the United States Army still had ten cavalry regiments.The 26th (Filipino Scouts) fought on horseback in the Philippines, while the rest were fought as infantry. Despite …
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Gordon L. Rottman: World War II US Armored Infantry Tactics
Little has been published on US armored infantry units and tactics over the years. However, their contribution to the war effort was hugely important. There were a total of 57 armored infantry battal …
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Simon Dunstan: Six Day War 1967
A concise explanation of the campaigns in which Israel took over the West Bank and the Golan Heights.Following the lightening destruction of the Egyptian forces at the outbreak of the Six Day War, Is …
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Gordon L. Rottman: World War II Allied Sabotage Devices and Booby Traps
Following Churchill’s directive to ‘set occupied Europe ablaze, ‘ the SOE and later its American sister organization, the OSS, were deployed across the continent. Outnumbered, surrounded and in great …
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Robert Forczyk: Nez Perce 1877
A history of the campaign that saw the US Army’s pursuit and final capture of the Nez Perce Indians under Chief Joseph.With the wars between the US and the Native Americans drawing to a close, one tr …
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Angus Konstam: Great Expedition
In 1585, the English launched a pre-emptive strike against Spain, by attacking her New World colonies. Led by Sir Francis Drake, in command of 21 ships and 1, 800 soldiers, the expedition struck firs …
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Angus Konstam: Strongholds of the Picts
When the Romans withdrew from Britain, the north of the country was ruled by the most mysterious of the ancient British races, the Picts. Much of what is known about these painted warriors, comes fro …
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Gregory Fremont-Barnes: Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte is renowned as one of the great military commanders in history, and the central figure in so many of the events of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.Throughout the first …
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Pier Paolo Battistelli: Erwin Rommel
Nicknamed ‘The Desert Fox’ for his cunning command of the Afrika Korps, Erwin Rommel remains one of the most popular and studied of Germany’s World War II commanders.He got his first taste of combat …
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Martin Windrow: French Foreign L gionnaire 1890 1914
As France emerged from the Franco-Prussian War she embarked on a period of active colonialism, acquiring territories in South-East Asia and Africa. By the turn of the century much of north, west and …
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Robert Forczyk: Demyansk 1942 43
A highly illustrated account of the battle for the Demyansk Pocket on the Eastern Front in World War II.The fighting around the town of Demyansk was one of the longest encirclement battles on the Eas …
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William Shepherd: Plataea 479 BC
A highly illustrated account of the closing battle of the Greek and Persian War.Plataea was one of the biggest and most important land battles of pre-20th century history. Close to 100, 000 hoplite a …
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Jim Moran: Wake Island 1941
An illustrated examination of the daring last stand by a collection of marines, sailors, and other service personnel on Wake Island in World War II — one of the legendary stories of American military …
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John F. Winkler: Wabash 1791
A highly illustrated account of the first major battle of the new United States of America, a dramatic defeat at the hands of a confederation of Native American tribes.The battle of the Wabash, or St …
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Philip Haythornthwaite: Borodino 1812
A highly illustrated account of the battle of Borodino, the most crucial action in Napoleon’s 1812 campaign in Russia.The battle of Borodino was one of the greatest encounters in European history, an …
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Peter Lieb: Vercors 1944
A highly illustrated account of the conflict between the German Army and security forces and the French resistance in the Alps.Fighting insurgents has always been one of the greatest challenges for r …
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Jon Diamond: Archibald Wavell
Archibald Wavell remains one of the great Allied commanders of the early phases of World War II. In fact, between June 1940 and June 1941, he was the only British theatre commander actively engaging …
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Martin Pegler: Lee-Enfield Rifle
The Lee-Enfield is one of the 20th century’s most recognisable and longest-serving military rifles. It was adopted by the British Army in 1895 and only replaced by the L1A1 SLR in 1957. It saw combat …
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Ren Chartrand: Montcalm s Crushing Blow
The year 1755 saw the rivalry between Britain and France in North America escalate into open warfare as both sides sought to overcome the other’s forts and trading posts. Lord Loudoun and the Marquis …
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Jon Diamond: Chindit vs Japanese Infantryman
Featuring specially commissioned artwork, gripping first-hand accounts and expert analysis, this engaging reassessment offers a glimpse of what it was like for Britain’s Chindits to fight in the jung …
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Raffaele D Amato: Byzantine Naval Forces 1261 1461
After the recapture of Constantinople, Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos was determined to bring glory back to the Byzantine Empire. To achieve this, he established an Imperial Fleet and raised new re …
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Bret Werner: Storming Monte La Difensa
In December 1943 Monte La Difensa was part of the formidable German defences overlooking the Allies’ planned route to Rome via Monte Cassino. In the First Special Service Force’s first combat in the …
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Neil Grant: SA80 Assault Rifles
Now the standard weapon for British soldiers across the globe, the SA80’s early years were surrounded in controversy after a series of dismal performances. It was prone to jamming in desert condition …
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Stuart Reid: British Redcoat vs French Fusilier
Providing a unique glimpse into the experiences of regular British and French infantry during the French and Indian War, Stuart Reid reveals what it was like to fight in three battles at the height o …
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Leigh Neville: US Army Green Beret in Afghanistan 2001 02
In October 2001 the most militarily advanced nation on earth came into conflict with one of the least developed nations as American forces poured into Afghanistan. The tip of the spear was drawn from …
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David Greentree: British Submarine vs Italian Torpedo Boat
As the war in North Africa escalated, Axis war efforts became increasingly dependent on supply lines across the Mediterranean. To try to cut off these lines of supply the British deployed submarines …
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M.C. Bishop: Pilum
A heavy javelin, normally used as a shock weapon immediately before contact, the pilum was designed with a particular speciality: it could penetrate a shield and carry on into the individual behind i …
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Bill Harriman: Arisaka Rifle
Entering service in 1897, the Arisaka family of bolt-action rifles armed Japanese troops and others through two world wars and many other conflicts, including the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 05. Issue …
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Alan Larsen & Henry Yallop: Cavalry Lance
The development of cavalry firearms and the widespread disappearance of armour from the European battlefield saw a decline in the use of the cavalry lance in early modern warfare. However, by 1800 th …
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David Campbell: Longbowman vs Crossbowman
For centuries, the crossbow had played a key role on the battlefields of continental Europe, with mercenaries from Genoa and Brabant in particular filling the ranks of the French army, yet on the out …
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Gareth Williams: Viking Warrior vs Anglo-Saxon Warrior
In the two centuries before the Norman invasion of England, Anglo-Saxon and Viking forces clashed repeatedly in bloody battles across the country. Repeated Viking victories in the 9th century led to …
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Phoebus Athanassiou: Armies of the Greek-Italian War 1940 41
In October 1940 an Italian army some 200, 000 strong invaded Greece across its largely undefended border with Albania. Although supported by Great Britain, at first by sea and in the air and later by …
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Neil Grant: Medieval Longsword
The formidable European longsword featuring a double-edged straight blade in excess of 40in, and capable of being used with one or both hands remains one of the most impressive and distinctive edged …
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Mike Loades: Composite Bow
An ancient design, emerging from Central Asia in the second millennium BC, the composite bow was adopted by a staggering variety of cultures, from nomadic tribal peoples such as the Huns, Turks and M …
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David Greentree: British Airborne Soldier vs Waffen-SS Soldier
Operation Market Garden was an Allied plan to try and end the war before the end of 1944, and relied on landing airborne troops to secure bridges over the Rhine bridges in the Netherlands. Critical t …
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Leigh Neville: Australian Army at War 1976 2016
Since the end of their involvement in the Vietnam War, the Australian Army has been modernized in every respect. After peacekeeping duties in South-East Asia, Africa and the Middle East in the 1980s …
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M.C. Bishop: Spatha
Adopted from the Celts in the 1st century BC, the spatha, a lethal and formidable chopping blade, became the primary sword of the Roman soldier in the Later Empire. Over the following centuries, the …
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Nicholas Sekunda: Army of Pyrrhus of Epirus
Pyrrhus was one of the most tireless and famous warriors of the Hellenistic Age that followed the dispersal of Alexander the Great’s brief empire. After inheriting the throne as a boy, and a period o …
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David R. Higgins: Mark IV vs A7V
The German A7V and the British Mark IV were similar in weight, size, and speed, but differed significantly in armour, armament and maneuverability. The A7V had thicker armour, and had nearly double t …
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Leroy Thompson: US Combat Shotguns
When a soldier must face multiple opponents at close quarters, few weapons can match the effectiveness of the shotgun. From World War I to the War on Terror, the shotgun has been a devastating weapon …
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Chris McNab: Fall of Eben Emael
In early May 1940, the fortress of Eben Emael was a potent sentinel over the Belgian Dutch borderlands. The fortress covered 75 hectares on the surface, had 5km of tunnels underground and was studded …
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Martin Pegler: Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun
The world’s first self-powered machine gun, the Maxim gun became a potent symbol of Victorian colonialism in the closing years of the 19th century. It was the brainchild of Sir Hiram Maxim, the Ameri …
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Stephen Manning: Martini-Henry Rifle
The breech-loading, single-shot .458in Martini-Henry rifle has become a symbol of both the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the numerous battles in Egypt and the Sudan in 1884 85, but continued to be used …
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Neil Grant: Bren Gun
Adopted in 1938 and remaining in British service until 1991, the popular and reliable Bren was an iconic light machine gun, and arguably the most recognizable Commonwealth weapon of World War ll. Gas …
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Randy E. M Foster: Vietnam Firebases 1965-73
Artillery fire support bases of the Freeworld forces played a critical role in the conduct of operations during the Vietnam War. They served to lay down high-volume fire on enemy firing sites, suppor …
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Stephen Turnbull: Walls of Constantinople AD 324 1453
The walls of Constantinople are the greatest surviving example of European medieval military architecture in the world. They withstood numerous sieges until being finally overcome by the artillery of …
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Neil Grant: Lewis Gun
During World War I, the British adopted the US-designed Lewis gun as an infantry weapon, realizing that its light weight and the fact that it could be fired both prone and on the move made it ideal f …
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Stephen Turnbull: Japanese Castles 1540 1640
The landscape of 16thand 17th-century Japan was dominated by the graceful and imposing castles constructed by the powerful ‘daimyo’ of the period. In this the most turbulent era in Japanese history, …
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Stephen Turnbull: Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (1)
Throughout their stormy history the Teutonic Knights of Germany have always been the most controversial brotherhood ever to call themselves ‘Knights of Christ’.They were the most warlike of the relig …
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Stephen Turnbull: Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights (2)
The original forced conversion of pagan Livonia, what is now the Baltic states of Latvia and Estonia, was carried out by a military order known as the Brethren of the Sword. In 1236 this order was in …
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Paddy Griffith: Fortifications of the Western Front 1914 18
Following the early battles of 1914 along the Marne and in the Ypres salient, World War I rapidly changed from a war of movement into one of attrition, with the opposing sides entrenching themselves …
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Stephen Turnbull: Japanese Fortified Temples and Monasteries AD 710 1602
From the 10th century onwards the great Japanese monastic foundations of Nara and Mount Hiei maintained large armies of warlike monks. The tempestuous political rivalries that developed between the d …
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Ron Field: American Civil War Fortifications (2)
The American Civil War saw a massive development in the use of field fortifications, the result of the practical application of antebellum West-Point teaching, and the deadly impact of rifled infantr …
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Paddy Griffith: Vauban Fortifications of France
Vauban was the foremost military engineer of France, not only during his lifetime, but also throughout the 18th century when his legacy and methods remained in place almost unchanged. Indeed, his exp …
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Marcus Cowper: Cathar Castles
During the early 13th century the north of what is now France went to war with the south in a bloody crusade aimed at destroying the heretical sect known as the Cathars. The conflict was characterize …
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Konstantin S Nossov: Medieval Russian Fortresses AD 862 1480
According to Russian legend, in the year AD 862 the Slav tribes of what is now European Russia invited a number of Scandinavian princes to rule over them. However, on the death of these princes, Prin …
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Stephen Turnbull: Japanese Castles in Korea 1592 98
The Japanese invasion and occupation of Korea, which lasted from 1592 to 1598, was the only occasion in Japanese history when samurai aggression was turned against a foreign country. During the occup …
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Simon Dunstan: Israel s Lightning Strike
The Israeli Special Forces’ operation at Entebbe goes down in history as one of the most audacious counter-terrorist assaults ever conducted. On 27 June 1976, four terrorists two of the Popular Front …
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David Nicolle: Great Chevauch e
In 1373, John of Gaunt set off from Calais on a great raid to strike at the heart of France. Driven by the high ideals of chivalry, the raiders left with epic pageantry. However, the reality soon ove …
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David Nicolle: Saladin
A close look at the early life, military experiences and key battlefield exploits of Al-Malik al-Nasir Yusuf Ibn Najm al-Din Ayyub Ibn Shahdi Abu’l-Muzaffar Salah al-Din, broadly regarded as the grea …
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Ron Field: Garibaldi
An examination of the life, military experiences and key battlefield exploits of Giuseppe Garibaldi.Born on 4 July 1807 in the city of Nice, the turning point in his life occurred in April 1833 when …
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Jon Diamond: Orde Wingate
A detailed study of one of the most influential commanders of World War II, one who is often regarded as a ‘flawed genius’.Orde Wingate rose to fame by creating the Chindits in Burma in 1943. He is a …
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Martin Pegler: Sniper Rifles
A technical outline of the history of the sniper rifle, from its introduction in warfare during the Napoleonic wars, through the US Civil War to its current apogee as the most frequently used combat …
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David R. Higgins: King Tiger vs IS-2
This book examines the technology and strategy that defined the outcome of the battles between the King Tiger and the IS-2. The Soviets had been quick to develop tanks that could fight the Tiger on a …
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Leroy Thompson: Colt 1911 Pistol
First used in combat during the Punitive Expedition into Mexico and then extensively during the world wars, the Colt Government Model (1911) pistol remained the standard issue handgun in the US armed …
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Peter Smithurst: Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle
The Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle was the first rifled firearm issued to every soldier in the British Army, and gave the infantry a revolutionary increase in firepower. First issued in 1853, the Enfield …
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Robert Lyman: Bill Slim
Bill Slim was one of the greatest British generals of World War II. In a career that stretched from 1914 until 1958, his greatest triumphs came in India and Burma in the long war against the Japanese …
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Ren Chartrand: Tomahawk and Musket
In 1758, at the height of the French and Indian War, British Brigadier General John Forbes led his army on a methodical advance against Fort Duquesene, French headquarters in the Ohio valley. As his …
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Alejandro de Quesada: Hunt for Pancho Villa
On March 9, 1916, troops under the command of Pancho Villa attacked Columbus, New Mexico and its local detachment of the US 13th Cavalry Regiment, killing 18 people and burning the town. Six days lat …
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Robert Forczyk: Panzerj ger vs KV-1
On the Soviet side, based upon lessons from the Spanish Civil War, the Red Army decided to develop a heavy breakthrough tank to smash enemy infantry defenses. This resulted in the KV-1 and KV-2 tanks …
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Sean McLachlan: Last Ride of the James Younger Gang
It was the beginning of the end for the James gang. In the past ten years Frank and Jesse James had gone from unknown ex-Confederate guerrillas to the most famous outlaws in the world. A string of da …
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Leroy Thompson: M1 Carbine
In 1938 the US Chief of Infantry requested that the Ordnance Department develop a carbine to be used by service and support troops, artillerymen, machine-gun crews, tankers, mortar crews and other tr …
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Leroy Thompson: M1 Garand
The M1 Garand gave the US infantryman a marked edge during World War II. It shot faster and further than enemy infantry rifles and hit harder. No less an authority on killing the enemy than General G …
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Robert Maze: Webley Service Revolver
The Webley .455in service revolver is among the most powerful top-break revolvers ever produced. First adopted in 1887, in various marques it was the standard-issue service pistol for British and Com …
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Martin Pegler: Thompson Submachine Gun
The Thompson submachine gun, or Tommy gun developed an almost iconic status during the 20th century. It had an unusual beginning, for it was developed during the dying days of World War I as a ‘one-m …
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Gavin Mortimer: Kill Rommel!
A detailed, illustrated analysis of the British Commandos’ audacious attempt to assassinate Rommel in 1941.In November 1941, a small party of British Commandos landed by submarine in Libya, tasked wi …
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David Nicolle: Mamluk Askari 1250 1517
New archaeological material and research underpins this extensive, detailed and beautifully illustrated account of the famous Mamluk Askars who are credited with finally defeating and expelling the C …
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Jake Thornton & Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Armies of Great Britain
With this latest supplement for Bolt Action, players can now build an army for Great Britain and the Commonwealth. From early campaigns in Europe to the deserts of North Africa and the jungles of the …
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Stephen Turnbull: Samurai
Stephen Turnbull, the world’s leading authority on the samurai, goes beyond the battlefield to paint a picture of the samurai as they really were.This book explores the samurai within the context of …
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Nick Lipscombe: Bayonne and Toulouse 1813 14
Bayonne and Toulouse 1813 14 describes Wellington’s invasion of France culminating in the battle of Toulouse in 1814.The news of Wellington’s momentous victory at Vitoria on 21 June 1813 reached Lond …
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Stephen Turnbull: Samurai
Stephen Turnbull, the world’s leading authority on the samurai, goes beyond the battlefield to paint a picture of the samurai as they really were.This book explores the samurai within the context of …
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€12.85
Simon MacDowall: Catalaunian Fields AD 451
A description of Attila the Hun’s invasion of Gaul in AD 451, the Roman response and the eventual battle of Chalons.The battle of the Catalaunian Fields saw two massive, powerful empires square up in …
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€16.42
Mark Stille: Guadalcanal 1942 43
Using black and white contemporary photographs, illuminative maps and stunning battle scene illustrations, this comprehensive, detailed account completes the story of the Guadalcanal campaign — possi …
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€17.52
Neil Short: Kill Hitler
Although far from a typical raid, the 20 July Plot Operation Valkyrie was still a daring and audacious attack undertaken by a small, very brave, group of individuals, determined to kill Hitler. Hitle …
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€16.49
Neil Grant: Rhodesian Light Infantryman 1961 80
The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, was one of the most innovative and successful counter-insurgency units in modern history. Formed as a commando battalion in 1964 after the dissolution …
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€15.49
Gordon L. Rottman: World War II US Marine Infantry Regiments
The United States Marine Corps came into its own in the Pacific Islands campaign against Japan in World War II. From Guadalcanal to Okinawa, US Marines formed the tip of the spear as Allied forces so …
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€15.45
Mark Lardas: Tsushima 1905
A highly illustrated study of the naval campaign of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904 05, focusing on the decisive battle of Tsushima.Japan was closed to the world until 1854 and its technology then was …
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€16.37
Phoebus Athanassiou: Armies in Southern Russia 1918 19
An important aspect of the Russian Civil War were the several Allied expeditions immediately following World War I in support of the disunited Russian ‘White’ armies resisting the Bolshevik Revolutio …
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€12.32
Phoebus Athanassiou: Armies in Southern Russia 1918 19
An important aspect of the Russian Civil War were the several Allied expeditions immediately following World War I in support of the disunited Russian ‘White’ armies resisting the Bolshevik Revolutio …
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€12.27
Joseph A. McCullough: Dragonslayers
With its fiery breath, scaly armour, and baleful, malevolent stare, the dragon became the ultimate symbol of evil and corruption in European folklore and mythology. Often serving as a stand-in for Sa …
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€11.33
Neil Smith: Robin Hood
He robbed from the rich to give to the poor, or so the legend goes. But who was the outlaw known as Robin Hood? How did his legend develop, and how has it changed over the passing centuries? This new …
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€14.39
Andy Nunez: Wilderness and Spotsylvania 1864
An illustrated account of the battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania, which saw the first meeting of Robert E Lee and Ulysses S Grant on the battlefield.In May 1864 the Union Army of the Potomac …
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€17.45
Lindsay Powell: Roman Soldier vs Germanic Warrior
The reigns of Augustus and his successor Tiberius saw an epic struggle between the Romans and local peoples for the territory between the Rhine and Elbe rivers in what is now Germany.Following two de …
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€15.46
Ron Field: Union Infantryman vs Confederate Infantryman
Men from all over North America and beyond whether regulars, volunteers, or draftees found themselves fighting for their lives on a host of bloody battlefields during the Civil War.The enthusiastic b …
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€16.50
John F. Winkler: Point Pleasant 1774
A detailed exploration of a significant victory for Virginia militia forces over the Shawnee and Mingo tribes in Kentucky.The only major conflict of Lord Dunmore’s War, the battle of Point Pleasant w …
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€17.53
Ian Knight: British Infantryman vs Zulu Warrior
The short but savage Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 pitched well-equipped but complacent British soldiers into combat with the Zulu, one of history’s finest fighting forces.The clashes between these two diff …
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€16.39
Ron Field: Confederate Cavalryman vs Union Cavalryman
A gripping account of the fighting between cavalry of the Union and Confederate armies at small-unit level. This book presents new insights on the role of cavalry in the age of massed infantry gunfir …
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€15.37
Gavin Mortimer: Stirling s Desert Triumph
Specially commissioned artwork, archive photographs and expert analysis combine to tell the absorbing story of the SAS’s legendary raid on Sidi Haneish at the height of World War II.The night of July …
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€16.44
John F. Winkler: Tippecanoe 1811
An in-depth exploration of the battle of Tippecanoe, precursor to the War of 1812, where US forces under William Henry Harrison defeated the Native American forces near Prophetstown.’The prophet’s ba …
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€17.47
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Duel in the Sun
With Duel in the Sun, players can take command of the doughty Desert Rats of Montgomery’s 8th Army, the fast-moving and hard-hitting raiders of the Long Range Desert Army (LRDG), or Rommel’s mighty A …
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€25.63
Bouko de Groot: Nieuwpoort 1600
A highly illustrated study of the battle of Nieuwpoort in 1600, one of the key engagements of the Eighty Years War.The Eighty Years’ War began as a limited Dutch rebellion seeking only religious tole …
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€15.43
Murray Dahm: Macedonian Phalangite vs Persian Warrior
In August 334 BC, Alexander the Great invaded the Persian Empire and systematically set about its conquest. At the core of Alexander’s army were 10, 000 members of the phalanx, the phalangites. Armed …
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€14.40
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: D-Day: US Sector
Covering the fiercely contested US sectors of D-Day, including the beaches of Omaha and Utah, this new Campaign Book for Bolt Action allows players to refight the fierce American beach landings, beac …
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€25.78
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: D-Day: US Sector
Covering the fiercely contested US sectors of D-Day, including the beaches of Omaha and Utah, this new Campaign Book for Bolt Action allows players to refight the fierce American beach landings, beac …
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€25.84
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: Italy: Soft Underbelly
With the Axis Powers ejected from North Africa, the Western Allies look to take the fight across the Mediterranean and into Mussolini’s Italy. This supplement for Bolt Action focuses on Operation Hus …
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€25.74
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: Italy: Soft Underbelly
With the Axis Powers ejected from North Africa, the Western Allies look to take the fight across the Mediterranean and into Mussolini’s Italy. This supplement for Bolt Action focuses on Operation Hus …
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€25.78
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: Italy: Tough Gut
A new supplement for Bolt Action focusing on the later Italian Campaign, following on from Soft Underbelly, adding new units, scenarios, and special rules.In Italy, the fight continues!As the Allies …
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€25.63
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: Italy: Tough Gut
A new supplement for Bolt Action focusing on the later Italian Campaign, following on from Soft Underbelly, adding new units, scenarios, and special rules.In Italy, the fight continues!As the Allies …
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€25.72
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: Case Blue
A supplement for the award-winning World War II wargame, Bolt Action, focusing on the Axis offensives through Eastern Ukraine and into the North Caucasus.After the failure of Barbarossa to utterly de …
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€25.80
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Campaign: Case Blue
A supplement for the award-winning World War II wargame, Bolt Action, focusing on the Axis offensives through Eastern Ukraine and into the North Caucasus.After the failure of Barbarossa to utterly de …
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€25.80
Gordon L. Rottman: World War II Tactical Camouflage Techniques
This book explains and illustrates the actual materials and techniques adopted (both successfully and unsuccessfully) by tactical units i.e. the concealment of personnel, weapons, equipment, field po …
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€12.37
David Greentree: Q Ship vs U-Boat
Q ships came in all shapes and sizes coastal steamer, trawler, barque, yacht or schooner but all had to look harmless in order to lure their opponents to the surface and encourage them to attack. Arm …
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€16.48
Gordon L. Rottman: World War II Glider Assault Tactics
Military gliders came of age in World War II, when glider assault infantry were the forerunners of today’s helicopter-delivered airmobile troops. From the light pre-war sports and training machines, …
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€15.50
Warlord Games & Warwick Kinrade: Bolt Action: Armies of Germany
This book provides Bolt Action players with all of the information they need to field the military forces of Germany. Detailed army lists allow players to construct German armies for any theatre and …
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€13.92
Massimo Torriani & Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Armies of the United States
With this latest supplement for Bolt Action, players now have all the information they need to field the varied military forces of the United States of America. Entering the war after the attack on P …
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€25.61
Andy Chambers & Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Armies of the Soviet Union
This book provides Bolt Action players with all of the information they need to field the military forces of the Soviet Union. From the bitter urban warfare of Stalingrad, through the Winter War agai …
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€25.71
Agis Neugebauer & Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Armies of Imperial Japan
Following the assault on Pearl Harbor, the Imperial Japanese military saw action across Asia, from the capture and defence of the islands of the Pacific to the occupation of territory in China and Bu …
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€25.72
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Armies of France and the Allies
World War II was truly a ‘world’ war, and many nations joined the fight against Germany and the Axis. This latest supplement for Bolt Action covers the armies of France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Denma …
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€25.80
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Armies of Italy and the Axis
While many nations flocked to the side of the Allies, others joined forces with Germany as part of the Axis. This volume is the definitive guide to the armies of Italy, Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania and …
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€25.75
Alessio Cavatore & Rick Priestley: Bolt Action: World War II Wargames Rules
Written by veteran game designers Alessio Cavatore and Rick Priestley, Bolt Action provides all the rules needed to bring the great battles of World War II to your tabletop. Using miniature soldiers, …
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€23.48
Peter Harrison: Fortress Monasteries of the Himalayas
The spread of Buddism and Tibetan secular power throughout the Himalayas led to a distinctive style of fortifications not found anywhere else. This book looks at Himalayan fortifications, from their …
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€15.44
Mark Lardas: CSS Alabama vs USS Kearsarge
The most successful commerce raider of the Civil War, the CSS Alabama almost single-handedly drove United States merchant shipping from the seas. Her illustrious career saw the capture of 60 merchant …
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€16.50
Gordon L. Rottman: Vietnam Infantry Tactics
This book reveals the evolving US, Viet Cong and NVA tactics at battalion level and below throughout the Vietnam War. Beginning with a description of the terrain, climate and the unique nature of ope …
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€15.37
Nicholas Sekunda: Macedonian Armies after Alexander 323 168 BC
The death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC threw the Macedonians into confusion; there was no capable heir, and no clear successor among the senior figures in Alexander’s circle. Initial attempts to …
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€13.34
Gordon L. Rottman: World War II US Cavalry Groups
The cavalry regiments of the US Army were in the process of being transformed into a mechanized force when the USA entered World War II. While those cavalry regiments deployed to the Pacific to fight …
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€15.35
Peter Dennis: Channeling Connection, the Process, the Beings and the Messages
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€9.09
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Third Edition
A revised and updated third edition of the best-selling Bolt Action World War II wargaming rules.Bring the great battles of World War II to your tabletop with Bolt Action. Strike out from the beaches …
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€31.52
Warlord Games: Bolt Action: Third Edition
A revised and updated third edition of the best-selling Bolt Action World War II wargaming rules.Bring the great battles of World War II to your tabletop with Bolt Action. Strike out from the beaches …
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€31.68
