Now available in paperback, this fascinating title from renowned World War II historian Robert Forczyk tells the story of Case White, the German invasion of Poland in 1939.The German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, designated as
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 96, Publishers: Bloomsbury Publishing, Author: Jim Laurier,Gareth Hector, ISBN-13: 9781472846211, Date of issue: 2022
A new history and analysis of the German and Soviet tank forces that battled on eastern German soil in the final months of World War II. The final months of World War II on the Eastern Front saw the Wehrmacht fighting with exhausted armoured divisio
Written by the foremost expert on British wartime special forces and illustrated with images that have not been seen in seventy years, this is a new history of the Long Range Desert Group.
The fighting that raged in the east during the First World War was every bit as fierce as that on the Western Front, but the titanic clash between three towering empires, Russia, Austria-Hungary, and Germany, remains a comparatively unknown facet of the Great War. This book shows the bitter fighting on this forgotten front.
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 64, Publishers: Bloomsbury Publishing, Author: Giuseppe Rava, ISBN-13: 9781472844910, Date of issue: 2021
A comparative evaluation of the tactics and technology involved in the battles between the USAF's Republic F-105 Thunderchief fighter-bombers and their VPAF MiG-17 opponents during the Vietnam War.Fully illustrated with stunning artwork, t
The Fw 200 Condor first made an appearance over Norway in April 1940. Able to attack shipping directly, or to guide U-Boats to their prey the Condor scored its first major success when it crippled the liner Empress of Great Britain. Packed with photographs, this is the history of one of the unsung types to take to the skies during World War 2.
This illustrated study explores, in detail, the climactic events of the Battle of the Atlantic, and how air power proved to be the Allies' most important submarine-killer in one of the most bitterly fought naval campaigns of World War II.A
A new study of one of the most famous, costly, and strategically vital air operations of World War II, the United States' great airstrike against Nazi Germany's oil refineries.Operation Tidal Wave was one of the boldest and most con
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 80, Publishers: Bloomsbury Publishing, Author: Adam Hook, ISBN-13: 9781472849779, Date of issue: 2023
This new title tells the story of Japan's long-range air campaign to destroy the "Cactus Air Force" on Guadalcanal, why Henderson Field was so vital to both sides, and how the Allies defeated the previously all-conquering Japanese.The camp
The Soviet Union's cruise missile submarines, from the modified Whiskey to the Oscar II classes, were among the most formidable vessels of the Cold War. They were initially designed to carry land attack nuclear-tipped cruise missiles designed to strike
The siege of Constantinople in AD 717--18 was a key clash between the expanding Umayyad Caliphate and the Byzantine Empire, and one which influenced the fate of Western civilization. In this specially illustrated study, Si Sheppard examines th
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 48, Publishers: Bloomsbury Publishing, Author: Henry Morshead,Irene Cano Rodríguez, ISBN-13: 9781472853721, Date of issue: 2023
A highly detailed, illustrated history of the A-7 Corsair II and its service from the end of the Vietnam War through to Desert Storm.At the A-7 Corsair II's peak in the mid-1980s, some 30 US Navy squadrons flew various versions of t
The US Airborne force fielded some of the toughest, best-trained, and most resourceful troops of World War II--all necessary qualities in a force that was lightly armed and which would in most operational circumstances be surrounded from the moment it l
Ravaged by civil war and pressure from the Huns to the east, in late summer AD 376 the Gothic tribe of the Theruingi - up to 200,000 people under their leader Fritigern - gathered on the northern bank of the River Danube and asked the Eastern Roman e
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 64, Publishers: Bloomsbury Publishing, Author: Ash Barker, ISBN-13: 9781472858870, Date of issue: 2023
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 64, Publishers: Bloomsbury Publishing, Author: Michel Wenting, ISBN-13: 9781472848024, Date of issue: 2022
The Mitsubishi A6M Zero-sen was Japan's Spitfire. In continuous development and operational service from the time of the Sino-Japanese war in 1940 to the end of the Pacific War in 1945, it is held in almost mythical awe, similar to Britain's legendary f
A fully illustrated study into the extraordinary Convair B-36 during the Cold War. Conceived during 1941 in case Germany occupied Britain, when US bombers would then have insufficient range to retaliate, the B-36 was to be primarily a '10,000-mile b
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 80, Publishers: Bloomsbury Publishing, Author: Ian Knight,Johnny Shumate, ISBN-13: 9781472818294, Date of issue: 2017
In June 1941, Finnish troops invaded the Soviet Union alongside the forces of Nazi Germany, sparking a bitter three-year conflict. This absorbing study examines the composition, tactics, and training of both sides. In a bid to recapture te
In the 1840s, Italy was a patchwork of states. The North was ruled by the Austrian Empire, the South by the Spanish-descended monarchy of the Two Sicilies. Over the next two decades, after wars led by Savoy/Piedmont and volunteers such as Garibaldi, an
Japan 1944-45 examines the only time in history that a major war was ended by the use of air power. It shows how the United States used a combination of industrial capability and geography to devastate Japan from the air, and why the Japanese, de
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 80, Publishers: Bloomsbury Publishing, Author: Alan Gilliland,Johnny Shumate, ISBN-13: 9781472853431, Date of issue: 2023
The true story of an SAS veteran, who led a team during the assault on the Iranian Embassy in 1981, as well as serving in the Falklands, Northern Ireland and throughout the globe in a 15-year career with the Regiment.
This study looks at how the Soviet armed forces developed and deployed a range of machine guns that fitted with their offensive and defensive infantry tactics across six years of total war. In 1939, three machine guns dominated the Red Army's front-
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 96, Publishers: Bloomsbury Publishing, Author: Gareth Hector, ISBN-13: 9781472846259, Date of issue: 2022
This title explores the history of the accurate and reliable Browning High-Power Pistol, which was considered the world's standard for a semi-automatic combat pistol for half a century.Making its debut in 1935, the Browning High-Power was
Aleutians 1942-43 is the full story of the forgotten battle to liberate American soil from the Japanese during World War II.It is often forgotten that during World War II, the Japanese managed to successfully invade and conquer a precious
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 64, Publishers: Bloomsbury Publishing, Author: Giuseppe Rava, ISBN-13: 9781472850928, Date of issue: 2022
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 96, Publishers: Bloomsbury Publishing, Author: Johnny Shumate, ISBN-13: 9781472849731, Date of issue: 2022
This fascinating book concisely tells the story of the birth of three Baltic nation states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.Immediately following the end of World War I, amid the collapse of the German, Austro-Hungarian and Russian empires, bitter
The Douglas AD Skyraider is considered the most effective naval aircraft of the Korean War despite the emergence of new jet fighters that were to capture public imagination. Built to replace the World War II workhorses like the Dauntless, Helldiver and Avenger dive and torpedo bombers, the Skyraider operated numerous combat missions from carrier decks and from US Marine Corps land bases throughout the conflict. Drawing from personal interviews with AD pilots, the authors paint a harrowing picture of the deadly combat of this often forgotten air war as pilots took on Chinese and North Korean forces during daring night attacks and whilst outnumbered in daytime attacks.
A fully illustrated study of the US Korean War fighter that fought in the first ever jet-versus-jet engagement in the history of aviation.Filled with first-hand accounts and rare color photographs taken by the veterans themselves, this is
America's Few delves into the history of US Marine Corps aviation in World War II, following the feats of the Corps' top-scoring aces in the skies over Guadalcanal. Marine Corps aviation began in 1915, functioning as a self-contained expeditionary fo
Although seen as a replacement for the A6M Zero-sen carrier-based fighter, the Mitsubishi J2M Raiden was actually designed as a land-based naval interceptor optimised for speed rather than manoeuvrability. Despite suffering heavy losses, the units equipped with new fighter proved that the N1K could more than hold its own against P-38s and F6Fs.
The long-awaited follow-up to NVG 2 M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank 1982-92 (1993), this fully illustrated study examines the Abrams tanks' last quarter-century of service with both the United States and its various foreign operators with a focus on i
"Sea Peoples of the Bronze Age and Mediterranean" features the latest historical and archaeological research into the mysterious and powerful confederations of raiders who troubled the Eastern Mediterranean in the last half of the Bronze Age. Research into the origins of the so-called Shardana, Shekelesh, Danuna, Lukka, Peleset and other peoples is a detective 'work in progress'. However, it is known that they both provided the Egyptian pharaohs with mercenaries, and were listed among Egypt's enemies and invaders. They contributed to the collapse of several civilizations through their dreaded piracy and raids, and their waves of attacks were followed by major migrations that changed the face of this region, from modern Libya and Cyprus to the Aegean, mainland Greece, Lebanon and Anatolian Turkey. Drawing on carved inscriptions and papyrus documents - mainly from Egypt - dating from the 15th-11th centuries BC, as well as carved reliefs of Medinet Habu, this title reconstructs the formidable appearance and even the tactics of the famous 'Sea Peoples'.
Field Marshal Montgomery's plan to get Second British Army behind the fortifications of the German Siegfried Line in 1944 led to the hugely ambitious Operation Market-Garden. Part of this plan called for a rapid advance from Belgium through Holland up t
The first in a three-book series examining the Stalingrad campaign, one of the most decisive military operations in World War II that set the stage for the ultimate defeat of the Third Reich.After failing to defeat the Soviet Union with Op
A few months after Stalingrad, the armies of Hitler and Stalin fought one of the largest armored battles in history at Kursk. This illustrated book examines this titanic struggle.
A comprehensive overview of the strategy, operations and vessels of the United States Navy from 1941 to 1945. Although slowly building its navy while neutral during the early years of World War II, the US was struck a serious blow when its battleshi
This title explores the formidable Me 262 and P-51 Mustang, two planes which represented the state-of-the-art in terms of design, performance, and combat capability for their respective air forces.Arguably two of the finest fighters built
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 80, Publishers: Bloomsbury Publishing, Author: Raffaele Ruggeri, ISBN-13: 9781472844248, Date of issue: 2021
