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.
402 Ebooks von Peter Dennis
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. …
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Simon MacDowall: Catalaunian Fields AD 451
The battle of the Catalaunian Fields saw two massive, powerful empires square up in a conflict that was to shape the course of Eurasian history forever. For despite the Roman victory, the Roman …
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John F. Winkler: Tippecanoe 1811
This is the gripping story of the Tippecanoe campaign of 1811: “The prophet“s battle“. It was a conflict born out of festering tensions inscribed by the 1795 Treaty of Greeneville, which had …
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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 …
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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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Dr 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 …
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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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Bull 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 …
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Bull 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 …
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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 …
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Steven J. Zaloga: Anzio 1944
In January 1944, the Allies decided to land at Anzio in order to overcome the stalemate at Cassino.This amphibious landing has become one of the most controversial campaigns of World War II. …
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Steven J. Zaloga: Remagen 1945
In the aftermath of the Battle of the Bulge in February 1945, the Allies embarked upon the final assault of Germany. The long-delayed US thrust over the Roer River eventually took place in February, …
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Joseph A. (Author) 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 …
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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 …
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Rottman 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 …
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Dunstan Simon Dunstan: Six Day War 1967
Following the lightening destruction of the Egyptian forces at the outbreak of the Six Day War, Israel turned to the forces of Jordan and Syria, with whom Egypt had signed a mutual-defence pact, and …
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Douglas C. Dildy: Fall Gelb 1940 (2)
The great blitzkrieg campaign of May/June 1940 saw German forces pour through Holland and Belgium to confront the French and British. The assault was audacious; it relied on speed, feinting and …
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Lipscombe Nick Lipscombe: Bayonne and Toulouse 1813 14
The news of Wellington’s momentous victory at Vitoria on 21 June 1813 reached London in early July. Celebration spawned an expectation of a rapid conclusion to events in the Peninsula. His Majesty’s …
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Ron Field: Petersburg 1864–65
In 1864 General Ulysses S. Grant decided to strangle the life out of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia by surrounding the city of Petersburg and cutting off General Robert E. Lee“s supply …
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Rene 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 …
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McCullough 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 …
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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 …
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John F. Winkler: Point Pleasant 1774
The only major conflict of Lord Dunmore“s War, the battle of Point Pleasant was fought between Virginian militia and American Indians from the Shawnee and Mingo tribes. Following increased tensions …
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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 …
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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 …
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Jon Diamond: Chindit vs Japanese Infantryman
In order to keep China in the war against the Japanese, the Western Allies believed they had to return to Northern Burma. Colonel Orde Wingate, a military maverick and proponent of guerrilla warfare, …
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Mark (Author) Stille: Guadalcanal 1942–43
The Guadalcanal campaign began with an amphibious assault in August 1942 – the US“s first attempt to take the fight to the Japanese. It escalated into a desperate attritional battle on land, air, …
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Dr 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 …
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Ron Field: Confederate Cavalryman vs Union Cavalryman
During the intense, sprawling conflict that was the American Civil War, both Union and Confederate forces fielded substantial numbers of cavalry, which carried out the crucial tasks of …
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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 o …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Konstam 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 …
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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 …
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Grant 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 …
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Macrory Hon KC Richard Macrory Hon KC: First Afghan War 1839 42
In 1839 forces of the British East India Company crossed the Indus to invade Afghanistan on the pretext of reinstating a former king Shah Soojah to his rightful throne. The reality was that this was …
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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 …
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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: The Thames 1813
The battle of the Thames was the culmination of a bloody campaign that saw American forces clash with the British and their Native American allies on multiple occasions. In a battle that included the …
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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 …
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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 …
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M.C. Bishop: The 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: The 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 …
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Bill Harriman: The 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. …
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Jonathan Ferguson: The ‘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 …
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Alan Larsen & Henry Yallop: The 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 …
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Mr 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 …
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Lindsay Powell: The Bar Kokhba War AD 132–136
In AD 132, Shim“on Ben Koseba, a rebel leader who assumed the messianic name Shim“on Bar Kokhba (“Son of a Star“), led the people of Judaea in open rebellion, aiming to establish their own …
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Dr 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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Roderick Robertson & Howard Whitehouse: 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 …
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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 …
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Hemant Singh Katoch: Imphal 1944
In March 1944, the Japanese Fifteenth Army launched an offensive into India from Burma. Named “U Go“, its main objective was the capture of the town of Imphal, which provided the easiest route …
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Si Sheppard: Tenochtitlan 1519–21
In 1519, the Conquistador Hernán Cortés landed on the mainland of the Americas. His quest to serve God, win gold, and achieve glory drove him into the heartland of what is now Mexico, where no …
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Alistair McCluskey: The Hindenburg Line 1918
From 26 September until 8 October 1918, the Allied armies in France launched their largest ever combined offensive on the Western Front of World War I. The British, French, American and Belgian …
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Mike Loades: The 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 …
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Dr 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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Neville 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: The Solomons 1943–44
Victory at Guadalcanal for the Allies in February 1943 left them a vital foothold in the Solomon Islands chain, and was the first step in an attempt to isolate and capture the key Japanese base of …
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Loades 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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Campbell 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 …
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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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Games 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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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William Shepherd: Plataea 479 BC
Plataea was one of the biggest and most important land battles of pre-20th century history. Close to 100, 000 hoplite and light-armed Greeks took on an even larger barbarian army that included elite …
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Rene 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: The 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 …
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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, …
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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 …
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Konstam 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 …
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Nicolle David Nicolle: Saladin
This Osprey Command book looks closely 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 or …
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Short 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. …
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McNab 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 …
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Martin Pegler: The 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 …
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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 …
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Ron Field: Garibaldi
This book looks closely at 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 …
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Konstantin Nossov & Konstantin S 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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Haythornthwaite Philip Haythornthwaite: Borodino 1812
The battle of Borodino was one of the greatest encounters in European history, and one of the largest and most sanguinary in the Napoleonic Wars. Following the breakdown of relations between Russia …
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Robert Maze: The 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 …
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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 …
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Konstantin Nossov & Konstantin S 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 Nossov & 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, …
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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: The 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. …
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Mike Loades: The 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 …
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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 …
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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 Armée, one of the most renowned battle-winning machines in history, evolved from a merging of the professional army of the Ancien Régime and the volunteers and conscripts of the …
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Dr Stephen Turnbull: The 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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Dunstan Simon Dunstan: Six Day War 1967
In May 1967, Egypt expelled the United Nations peacekeeping forces stationed in the Sinai desert and deployed its army along its border with Israel, its moves coordinated with those of Jordan and …
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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. …
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McNally Michael McNally: Coronel and Falklands 1914
Upon the outbreak of war, the British Royal Navy was deployed globally, whilst the Imperial German Navy was concentrated in two areas Home Waters and Tsingtao, the home port of the crack East Asia …
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Jon Diamond: Orde Wingate
Orde Wingate rose to fame by creating the Chindits in Burma in 1943. He is an extremely important figure in military history, and deserves just as much attention as Alanbrooke, Montgomery, and …
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Sekunda 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: Château Thierry & Belleau Wood 1918
In May and June 1918 the newly arrived American Expeditionary Force fought two actions that helped defeat the last German offensive of World War I. At Château Thierry a combined French and American …
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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 …
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Gordon L. Rottman: Khe Sanh 1967–68
Khe Sanh was a small village in northwest South Vietnam that sat astride key North Vietnamese infiltration routes. In September 1966 a Marine battalion deployed into the area. Action gradually …
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Clarke 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: The 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 …
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Dr Stephen Turnbull: The 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 the …
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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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Bull 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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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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Warlord Games & Massimo Torriani: 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 …
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Warlord Games & Jake Thornton: 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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Chambers Andy Chambers & Games 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 …
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€25.04
Warlord Games & Agis Neugebauer: 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 …
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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, …
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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 & Warlord Games: 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 …
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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, Bill Slim“s greatest triumphs came in India and Burma in the long war against …
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Winkler John F. Winkler: Wabash 1791
The battle of Wabash, or St. Clair’s Massacre, was the greatest defeat of the American Army by Native American forces. The campaign opened in 1791, when an newly formed American Army, under the …
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Jim Moran: Wake Island 1941
On the same day that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, they also launched air attacks on Wake Island, an American marine and naval base in the Pacific. Three days later a Japanese invasion force …
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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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Lardas Mark Lardas: Tsushima 1905
Japan was closed to the world until 1854 and its technology then was literally medieval. Great Britain, France and Russia divided the globe in the nineteenth century, but Japan was catching up. Its …
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Sean McLachlan: The 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 …
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Martin Pegler: The 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 …
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Leroy Thompson: The 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
In May 1864 the Union Army of the Potomac under General George Meade had been in a leisurely pursuit of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia for nearly a year after the defeat of the Rebels at …
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Neville 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 …
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Jon Diamond: Burma Road 1943–44
Myitkyina was a vital objective in the Allied re-conquest of Burma in 1943–44. Following the disastrous retreat from Burma in April 1942, China had become isolated from re-supply except for the …
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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, …
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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 …
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Nic Fields: Mutina 43 BC
In the aftermath of the murder of Gaius Julius Caesar, his self-declared successor Mark Antony struggled to hold together his legacy. Following an abortive coup attempt by Caesar“s adopted son …
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Dr 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. …
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Dr 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 …
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Dr 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 …
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Games 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 …
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Paddy Griffith: The 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 …
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Neil Grant: The 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 …
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Sekunda 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 …
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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 …
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Dr 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
During the Peloponnesian War the Athenians occupied the promontory of Pylos to counter Sparta“s repeated invasions of Attica. Over two days of fighting the small garrison beat off the Spartan army …
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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 …
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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. …
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John F. Winkler: Fallen Timbers 1794
Following the defeat at Wabash, in 1792 the Washington administration created a new US Army to replace the one that had been destroyed. The man chosen to lead it was the famous Major-General “Mad” …
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Dr 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 …
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Rottman 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 …
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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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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 …
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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 …
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Stille Mark Stille: Malaya and Singapore 1941 42
For the British Empire it was a military disaster, but for Imperial Japan the conquest of Malaya was one of the pivotal campaigns of World War II. Giving birth to the myth of the Imperial Japanese …
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Neville 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: The 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 …
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Konstam 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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Mr Martin Windrow: French Foreign Légionnaire 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: The 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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Neville 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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Warlord Games & Clockwork Goblin: 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 …
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John F. Winkler: Peckuwe 1780
As the Revolutionary War raged on fields near the Atlantic, Native Americans and British rangers fought American settlers on the Ohio River frontier in warfare of unsurpassed ferocity. When their …
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Rottman 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 …
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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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Games 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 …
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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 …
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Gordon L. Rottman & Akira Takizawa: 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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Forczyk 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 …
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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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€12.51
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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€12.52
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 …
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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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Dr Stephen Manning: The 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: The 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 …
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Thompson 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 …
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€14.99
Field 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 …
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€16.01
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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€25.04
Daniel Mersey: The 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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Neville 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 …
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Peter Lieb: Vercors 1944
Fighting insurgents has always been one of the greatest challenges for regular armed forces during the 20th century. The war between the Germans and the French resistance, also called FFI (Forces …
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Forczyk Robert Forczyk: Demyansk 1942 43
The fighting around the town of Demyansk was one of the longest encirclement battles on the Eastern Front during World War II, stretching from February 1942 to February 1943. Originally, the German …
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Dunstan 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 …
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Dr 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 …
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Bouko de Groot: Nieuwpoort 1600
The Eighty Years“ War began as a limited Dutch rebellion seeking only religious tolerance from their Spanish overlords, but it quickly escalated into one of the longest wars in European history. …
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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 …
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Forczyk Robert Forczyk: Nez Perce 1877
With the wars between the US and the Native Americans drawing to a close, one tribe in Eastern Oregon continued to resist. The Nez Perce, led by the ‚Red Napoleon‘ Chief Joseph, refused to surrender …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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€25.00
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 …
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Pegler 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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€15.99
Si Sheppard: The Jewish Revolt AD 66–74
In AD 66 a local disturbance in Caesarea caused by Greeks sacrificing birds in front of a local synagogue exploded into a pan-Jewish revolt against their Roman overlords. Gaining momentum, the rebels …
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Hodges Jr. 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 …
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€14.98
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, …
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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
In 52 BC Caesar“s continued strategy of annihilation had engendered a spirit of desperation, which detonated into a revolt of Gallic tribes under the leadership of the charismatic young Arvernian …
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Forczyk Robert Forczyk: Velikiye Luki 1942 43
Velikiye Luki had been an important Russian fortress city since the 13th century and had become an important rail-hub by the 19th century. In August 1941, the Germans occupied the city of 30, 000 …
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Leroy Thompson: The 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 …
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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 …
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€12.51
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 …
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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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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 …
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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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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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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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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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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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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 …
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Campbell 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 …
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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 …
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Konstam 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 …
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Games 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 …
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Clarke 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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Konstam 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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McNally Michael McNally: Coronel and Falklands 1914
Upon the outbreak of war, the British Royal Navy was deployed globally, whilst the Imperial German Navy was concentrated in two areas Home Waters and Tsingtao, the home port of the crack East Asia …
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Rottman 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 …
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Douglas C. Dildy: Fall Gelb 1940 (2)
The great blitzkrieg campaign of May/June 1940 saw German forces pour through Holland and Belgium to confront the French and British. The assault was audacious; it relied on speed, feinting and …
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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 …
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Neville 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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Games 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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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 …
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Stille Mark Stille: Malaya and Singapore 1941 42
For the British Empire it was a military disaster, but for Imperial Japan the conquest of Malaya was one of the pivotal campaigns of World War II. Giving birth to the myth of the Imperial Japanese …
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Jon Diamond: Burma Road 1943–44
Myitkyina was a vital objective in the Allied re-conquest of Burma in 1943–44. Following the disastrous retreat from Burma in April 1942, China had become isolated from re-supply except for the …
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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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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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Macrory Hon KC Richard Macrory Hon KC: First Afghan War 1839 42
In 1839 forces of the British East India Company crossed the Indus to invade Afghanistan on the pretext of reinstating a former king Shah Soojah to his rightful throne. The reality was that this was …
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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 …
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John F. Winkler: The Thames 1813
The battle of the Thames was the culmination of a bloody campaign that saw American forces clash with the British and their Native American allies on multiple occasions. In a battle that included the …
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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 …
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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 …
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Daniel Mersey: The 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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Neville 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 …
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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 …
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M.C. Bishop: The 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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Jonathan Ferguson: The ‘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 …
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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 …
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Lindsay Powell: The Bar Kokhba War AD 132–136
In AD 132, Shim“on Ben Koseba, a rebel leader who assumed the messianic name Shim“on Bar Kokhba (“Son of a Star“), led the people of Judaea in open rebellion, aiming to establish their own …
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Roderick Robertson & Howard Whitehouse: 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 …
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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 …
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Hemant Singh Katoch: Imphal 1944
In March 1944, the Japanese Fifteenth Army launched an offensive into India from Burma. Named “U Go“, its main objective was the capture of the town of Imphal, which provided the easiest route …
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Si Sheppard: Tenochtitlan 1519–21
In 1519, the Conquistador Hernán Cortés landed on the mainland of the Americas. His quest to serve God, win gold, and achieve glory drove him into the heartland of what is now Mexico, where no …
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Alistair McCluskey: The Hindenburg Line 1918
From 26 September until 8 October 1918, the Allied armies in France launched their largest ever combined offensive on the Western Front of World War I. The British, French, American and Belgian …
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Dr 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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Neville 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: The Solomons 1943–44
Victory at Guadalcanal for the Allies in February 1943 left them a vital foothold in the Solomon Islands chain, and was the first step in an attempt to isolate and capture the key Japanese base of …
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Loades 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. …
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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 & Clockwork Goblin: 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 …
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John F. Winkler: Peckuwe 1780
As the Revolutionary War raged on fields near the Atlantic, Native Americans and British rangers fought American settlers on the Ohio River frontier in warfare of unsurpassed ferocity. When their …
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Forczyk Robert Forczyk: Velikiye Luki 1942 43
Velikiye Luki had been an important Russian fortress city since the 13th century and had become an important rail-hub by the 19th century. In August 1941, the Germans occupied the city of 30, 000 …
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Nic Fields: Mutina 43 BC
In the aftermath of the murder of Gaius Julius Caesar, his self-declared successor Mark Antony struggled to hold together his legacy. Following an abortive coup attempt by Caesar“s adopted son …
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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: 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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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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. …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Mr 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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Mr 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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Bull 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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Bull 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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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, …
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Si Sheppard: The Jewish Revolt AD 66–74
In AD 66 a local disturbance in Caesarea caused by Greeks sacrificing birds in front of a local synagogue exploded into a pan-Jewish revolt against their Roman overlords. Gaining momentum, the rebels …
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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 …
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John F. Winkler: Fallen Timbers 1794
Following the defeat at Wabash, in 1792 the Washington administration created a new US Army to replace the one that had been destroyed. The man chosen to lead it was the famous Major-General “Mad” …
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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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Mike Loades: The 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 …
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Paddy Griffith: French Napoleonic Infantry Tactics 1792–1815
Bonaparte“s Grande Armée, one of the most renowned battle-winning machines in history, evolved from a merging of the professional army of the Ancien Régime and the volunteers and conscripts of the …
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Dunstan Simon Dunstan: Six Day War 1967
In May 1967, Egypt expelled the United Nations peacekeeping forces stationed in the Sinai desert and deployed its army along its border with Israel, its moves coordinated with those of Jordan and …
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William Shepherd: Pylos and Sphacteria 425 BC
During the Peloponnesian War the Athenians occupied the promontory of Pylos to counter Sparta“s repeated invasions of Attica. Over two days of fighting the small garrison beat off the Spartan army …
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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 …
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James Tanner: The 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 …
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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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€17.03
Nic Fields: Alesia 52 BC
In 52 BC Caesar“s continued strategy of annihilation had engendered a spirit of desperation, which detonated into a revolt of Gallic tribes under the leadership of the charismatic young Arvernian …
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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 …
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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 …
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Gordon L. Rottman: Khe Sanh 1967–68
Khe Sanh was a small village in northwest South Vietnam that sat astride key North Vietnamese infiltration routes. In September 1966 a Marine battalion deployed into the area. Action gradually …
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Steven J. Zaloga: Anzio 1944
In January 1944, the Allies decided to land at Anzio in order to overcome the stalemate at Cassino.This amphibious landing has become one of the most controversial campaigns of World War II. …
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Dr Stephen Turnbull: The 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 the …
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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 …
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Bull 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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Gordon L. Rottman & Akira Takizawa: 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 …
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Konstantin Nossov & Konstantin S 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
In the aftermath of the Battle of the Bulge in February 1945, the Allies embarked upon the final assault of Germany. The long-delayed US thrust over the Roer River eventually took place in February, …
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David Bonk: Château Thierry & Belleau Wood 1918
In May and June 1918 the newly arrived American Expeditionary Force fought two actions that helped defeat the last German offensive of World War I. At Château Thierry a combined French and American …
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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 …
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Ron Field: Petersburg 1864–65
In 1864 General Ulysses S. Grant decided to strangle the life out of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia by surrounding the city of Petersburg and cutting off General Robert E. Lee“s supply …
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Hodges Jr. 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 …
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Konstantin Nossov & Konstantin S 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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Dr 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 …
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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 …
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Dunstan Simon Dunstan: Six Day War 1967
Following the lightening destruction of the Egyptian forces at the outbreak of the Six Day War, Israel turned to the forces of Jordan and Syria, with whom Egypt had signed a mutual-defence pact, and …
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Rottman 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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Forczyk Robert Forczyk: Nez Perce 1877
With the wars between the US and the Native Americans drawing to a close, one tribe in Eastern Oregon continued to resist. The Nez Perce, led by the ‚Red Napoleon‘ Chief Joseph, refused to surrender …
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Konstam 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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Mr Martin Windrow: French Foreign Légionnaire 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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Forczyk Robert Forczyk: Demyansk 1942 43
The fighting around the town of Demyansk was one of the longest encirclement battles on the Eastern Front during World War II, stretching from February 1942 to February 1943. Originally, the German …
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William Shepherd: Plataea 479 BC
Plataea was one of the biggest and most important land battles of pre-20th century history. Close to 100, 000 hoplite and light-armed Greeks took on an even larger barbarian army that included elite …
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Jim Moran: Wake Island 1941
On the same day that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, they also launched air attacks on Wake Island, an American marine and naval base in the Pacific. Three days later a Japanese invasion force …
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Winkler John F. Winkler: Wabash 1791
The battle of Wabash, or St. Clair’s Massacre, was the greatest defeat of the American Army by Native American forces. The campaign opened in 1791, when an newly formed American Army, under the …
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Haythornthwaite Philip Haythornthwaite: Borodino 1812
The battle of Borodino was one of the greatest encounters in European history, and one of the largest and most sanguinary in the Napoleonic Wars. Following the breakdown of relations between Russia …
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Peter Lieb: Vercors 1944
Fighting insurgents has always been one of the greatest challenges for regular armed forces during the 20th century. The war between the Germans and the French resistance, also called FFI (Forces …
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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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Pegler 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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Rene 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 …
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Jon Diamond: Chindit vs Japanese Infantryman
In order to keep China in the war against the Japanese, the Western Allies believed they had to return to Northern Burma. Colonel Orde Wingate, a military maverick and proponent of guerrilla warfare, …
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Dr 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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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Neville 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: The 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 …
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Bill Harriman: The 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. …
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Alan Larsen & Henry Yallop: The 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 …
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Mr 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 …
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Dr 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: The 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 …
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Mike Loades: The 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 …
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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 …
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Neville 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: The 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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Sekunda 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 …
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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 …
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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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McNab 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: The 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 …
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Dr Stephen Manning: The 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: The 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. …
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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, …
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Dr Stephen Turnbull: The 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: The 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 …
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Dr 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 …
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Dr 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 …
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Dr 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 …
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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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Dr 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 …
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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 …
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Paddy Griffith: The 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 …
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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 …
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Konstantin Nossov & 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, …
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Dr 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 …
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Dunstan 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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Nicolle David Nicolle: Saladin
This Osprey Command book looks closely 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 or …
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Ron Field: Garibaldi
This book looks closely at 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 …
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Jon Diamond: Orde Wingate
Orde Wingate rose to fame by creating the Chindits in Burma in 1943. He is an extremely important figure in military history, and deserves just as much attention as Alanbrooke, Montgomery, and …
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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 …
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Leroy Thompson: The 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: The 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, Bill Slim“s greatest triumphs came in India and Burma in the long war against …
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Rene 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: The 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 …
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Forczyk 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 …
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Sean McLachlan: The 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 …
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Leroy Thompson: The 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 …
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Thompson 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 …
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Robert Maze: The 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 …
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Martin Pegler: The 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 …
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