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 February 13, 2012 |
Prisoner of War Escape & Evasion How to Survive Behind Enemy Lines from the World's Elite Military Units• Everything you need to know about making a successful return to friendly territory
This book offers useful tips and solid advice on how to evade capture and, if that fails, how to escape. Key topics include the will to survive; handling stress in captivity; escape techniques; survival in a variety of environments, including urban, rural, jungle and desert; how to forage for food; trac...  |
| 178 x 127 mm,
320,
120 illustrations, 9781908273154,
£14.99,
paperback,
Amber Books,
2/15/2012
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 February 10, 2012 |
• A full colour tribute to a uniform inspired by the great tradition of the French Army
After adopting the American uniform in 1943 when the French Expeditionary Corps in North Africa were equipped by the United States, the high command and the units were constantly improving it with additions conforming to French military traditions. However, once peace had returned, its metropolitan a... |
| 200 x 240 mm,
96,
fully illustrated in colour throughout, 9782352501954,
£16.99,
Paperback,
Histoire et Collections,
12/12/2011
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 February 10, 2012 |
• The story of the first of these great French units, the light mechanised divisions
The crucial question of armoured divisions initiated by Colonel de Gaulle in 1934 has overshadowed a major element of the development of the French Army during the period of rearmament: indeed, France had, prior to the war, light mechanised divisions (DLM) who had light tanks in name only and who were m... |
| 310 x 230 mm,
160,
Fully illustrated throughout, 9782352501633,
£35.00,
Hardback,
Histoire et Collections,
1/1/2012
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 February 10, 2012 |
• Lavish, full colour illustrations capturing the rise of the Jeep
After the war the Jeep, a small military vehicle then mostly unknown to the general public, suddenly became central to the vision of the postwar period. Made famous in magazines and newspapers world-wide, the Jeep was on everything from writing paper, matchboxes and playing cards, and seemed to invade America before conq... |
| 310 x 240 mm,
160,
fully illustrated throughout, 9782352502210,
£35.00,
Hardback,
Histoire et Collections,
1/15/2012
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 February 10, 2012 |
• The most complete and thoroughly researched study of Austrian Seven Years War cavalry ever compiled
The sequel to our best-selling Austrian Infantry Uniforms is in many ways even more exciting! This is the most complete and thoroughly researched study of Austrian Seven Years War cavalry ever compiled.
For every regiment there is a brief campaign history and colour illustr... |
| 210 x 148 mm,
206,
Illustrated in colour throughout, 9781907417160,
£36.50,
Hardback,
Ken Trotman Books ,
10/1/2011
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 February 10, 2012 |
• An important and rare account of the Peninsular War
Memoirs by dragoons who fought in the Peninsular war are quite rare, which makes Smithies’ account even more important. However, a word of caution must also be made. James Smithies apparently recounted his story shortly before his death, some fifty three years after the last events he describes had occurred and therefore, not surpris... |
| 210 x 148 mm,
80,
illustrated section, 9781907417283,
£19.95,
Hardback,
Ken Trotman Books ,
1/31/2012
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 February 10, 2012 |
• The first attempt to amalgamate important information on regiment, infantry, cavalry, artillery & staff, uniforms, equipment, flags and organisation in one volume
Continuing this highly praised series on the uniforms of the Seven Years War, Dr Stephen Summerfield has come up with the definitive study of the Saxon army of particular interest as it fought on both sides, as it were. |
| 210 x 148 mm,
194,
illustrated throughout in colour, 9781907417269,
£36.50,
Hardback,
Ken Trotman Books ,
1/31/2012
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 January 31, 2012 |
• Exceptional reference tool for modellers
The Messerschmitt Me 262, the world’s first jet-powered aircraft, first took to the air in April 1941. Engine problems marred early attempts to certify the craft battleworthy and it wasn’t until the spring of 1944 that it took to the skies with the Luftwaffe. The aircraft proved to be a deadly enemy, claiming over 500 victims.
In thi... |
| 297 x 210 mm,
100,
58 b/w, 29 col photos, 12 colour profiles, 9788362878086,
£22.50,
Paperback,
Kagero,
1/1/2012
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 January 31, 2012 |
• An invaluable modeller’s guide to the Japanese Heavy Cruiser: Tone
Kagero present an in-depth look at the Tone, a ship designed for long-range scouting missions, that was used extensively by the Japanese during World War II.
Featuring 140 computer generated colour images this volume covers, in full, the majesty of this great ship. From the initial design to the ship’s arm... |
| 297 x 210 mm,
82,
137 renders, double-sided A2 sheet of the plans, 9788362878079,
£22.50,
Paperback,
Kagero,
1/1/2012
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 January 31, 2012 |
• Illustrated colour reference guide to the Fokker Dr. I
The Fokker Dr. I was built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke in 1917 and saw service during World War I. Manfred Von Richthofen, better known as the the Red Baron, is perhaps the most widely recognised Fokker pilot, gaining his final 19 victories in the aircraft before his death in April 1918.
This new title in the Legends of Avi... |
| 297 x 210 mm,
144,
9 anaglyphs, 182 renders, 49 photos, 9788362878093,
£22.50,
Paperback,
Kagero,
1/1/2012
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 January 30, 2012 |
• The story of this tragic loss, New Zealand’s worst military disaster, has not been told fully — until now
In the annals of military history, the World War I battle of Passchendaele is recorded as New Zealand’s worst military disaster. In just a few short hours on a miserable Belgian morning over 1,000 New Zealand soldiers were killed and a further 2,000 wounded in an attack on the Ger... |
| 229 x 152 mm,
208,
9781908487032,
£14.95,
Paperback,
FireStep Books,
11/1/2011
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 January 27, 2012 |
• An illustrated history of all major passenger aircraft and their interior furnishings from 1910 to 2006
When this book was first published in 2002, it was the first publication produced covering the development of civil aircraft interiors throughout the 20th Century. Now, due to demand, it has been reprinted.
Covering in fine detail the development of civil aircraft from t... |
| 296 x 210 mm,
168,
400+ b/w photos, 9781902236032,
£26.00,
Paperback,
Scoval Publishing Ltd,
7/15/2011
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 January 17, 2012 |
• Complete with comprehensive statistics and amazing colour artwork
In this beautifully illustrated book, Eduardo Cea goes into fascinating detail of each of the Special Units and Special Attack Units in turn.
Complete with superb full colour artwork, battle orders, lists of pilots and other essential facts and figures, this comprehensive history of Japanese Military Aircraft... |
| 297 x 210 mm,
200,
Illustrated throughout in full colour, 9788496935372,
£19.99,
Paperback,
Quiron,
1/1/2012
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 January 17, 2012 |
• A magnificent full-coloured publication dedicated to the lesser-known usage of the Polish Mustang Units fighting on the Western fronts for the Polish Air Force
This highly detailed modeller’s reference contains not only multi-view colour profiles of aircraft, but also photographs of inscriptions, badges, markings and the pilots themselves with their historic planes which flew above th... |
| 210 x 280 mm,
67,
135 b/w photos, 3 drawings, 41 colour plates, 9788372372239,
£16.99,
paperback,
AJ Press,
12/1/2011
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 January 17, 2012 |
Fall Of The Red Baron World War I Aerial Tactics and the Death of Richtofen• How did the Red Baron become the Great War’s greatest scorer, and why did he fall?
Fighter pilot Manfred von Richtofen, better known as the Red Baron, lacked innate aerobatic ability. As a tyro, he attempted to solve this problem through denial, going so far as to sneer at stunting as pointless. Great War air combat experience proved quite the reverse, and so we would anticipate a sho... |
| 240 x 176 MM,
216,
126 b/w photos, sketches, diagrams, 9781906033927,
£25.00,
Hardback,
Helion and Company,
1/12/2012
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 January 17, 2012 |
The Battered Bastards Of Bastogne A Chronicle of the Defense of Bastogne December 19, 1944 – January 17, 1945• Firsthand accounts from the men who fought on the ground and in the air over Bastogne
The Battered Bastards of Bastogne is the product of contributions by 530 soldiers who were on the ground or in the air over Bastogne. They lived and made this history and much of it is told in their own words.
The material contributed by these men of the 101st Airborne Division, the Armour... |
| 240 x 159 mm,
484,
b/w photos, 9781612000749,
£10.99,
Paperback,
Casemate,
11/19/2011
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 January 17, 2012 |
“A TRULY AMAZING COMPENDIUM.”
–Gerald J. Higgins, major general, U.S. Army (ret.), from the book’s foreword
Many professional historians have recorded the actions of D-Day but here is an account of the airborne actions as described by the actual men themselves in eyewitness detail.
Participants range from division command personnel to regimental, battalion, company and battery comma... |
| 240 x 159 mm,
380,
b/w photos, 9781612000725,
£10.99,
Paperback,
Casemate,
11/19/2011
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 January 17, 2012 |
Hell's Highway A Chronicle of the 101st Airborne Division in the Holland Campaign, September – November 1944• The dramatic story of the men who held down Hell’s Highway
September 17, 1944; thousands of 101st Airborne Division paratroopers, known as the Screaming Eagles, descend from the sky over Holland, dropping deep behind German lines in a daring daylight mission to seize and secure the road leading north to Arnhem and the Rhine. Their success would allow the Allied army to advance swiftly... |
| 240 x 159 mm,
452,
Photo section, 9781612000732,
£10.99,
Paperback,
Casemate,
11/19/2011
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 January 17, 2012 |
Gunship Ace The Wars of Neall Ellis, Gunship Pilot and Mercenary"The days of Congo and Angola when you had the image of mercenaries as drunken guys going around shooting up the place... has gone – the people you find now... are well-trained, professional soldiers, special forces trained." – Neall Ellis
Praise for Al J. Venter:
"A disturbing insight into the ever growing world of unconventional private armies. Like it or not, Venter tells it to us th... |
| 229 x 152 mm,
432,
Illustrated throughout, 9781612000701,
£20.00,
Hardback,
Casemate,
1/19/2012
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 January 13, 2012 |
• This book could save your life! Close combat defence techniques from the experts
Duck punch, cover block and knee strike. Boxing, wrestling and Ju-Jitsu. Gameplan, lines of attack and final disengagement. If you can’t take flight, you’re going to have to fight. Extreme Unarmed Combat is an authoritative handbook on an immense array of close combat defence techniques, from fist fights ... |
| 178 x 127 mm,
320,
200 black and white illustrations, 9781908273161,
£14.99,
Paperback,
Amber Books,
1/1/2012
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 January 12, 2012 |
Shadow Commander The Epic Story of Donald D. Blackburn; Guerrilla Leader and Special Forces HeroPraise for Mike Guardia:
“…meticulously researched, with facts verified by exhaustive sleuthing…a fine work of investigative history.”– Military Writers Society of America
The fires on Bataan burned on the evening of April 9, 1942, illuminating the white flags of surrender against the night time sky. Woefully outnumbered, outgunned, and ill-equipped, battered remnants of the American-Ph... |
| 229 x 152 mm,
240,
16 pp illustrations, 9781612000657,
£20.00,
Hardback,
Casemate,
1/1/2012
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 January 12, 2012 |
• A new, lavishly illustrated history of the charismatic Blackburn Beverley, the largest transport aircraft to enter RAF service during the 1950s, complete with over 180 photographs
As World War II drew to a close, Britain’s aircraft companies were aware of the fact that development was to become even more important for their existence. Designs were constantly being developed with a vie... |
| 296 x 210 mm,
138,
180+ colour & b/w photos , 9781902236131,
£35.00,
Hardback,
Scoval Publishing Ltd,
7/15/2011
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 January 12, 2012 |
• Fills a long standing gap in British military history providing readers with a work of real historical and specialist value
In January 1839 Captain S.B. Haines of the Indian Marine, the East India Company's Navy, occupied the port of Aden. Possessing a magnificent natural harbour at the junction of the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean, Britain recognised its strategic importance and thus ... |
| 305 x 222 mm,
160,
220 b/w photos, 11 pgs colour photos, 9781906033965,
£30.00,
paperback,
Helion and Company,
12/1/2011
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 December 16, 2011 |
Remembering The Dragon Lady The U-2 Spy Plane: Memoirs of the Men who made the Legend• Complete illustrated history of the U-2 spy plane project
• Includes accounts and photography of British U-2 pilots
With heightened tensions mounting in the Cold War, President Dwight Eisenhower's request for more accurate intelligence information on the Soviet Union was the spark that ignited the spy plane project. Modified USAF bombers began overflights of the Soviet Union in 1951,... |
| 234 x 156 mm,
400,
100 photos, 1 map, 9781907677205,
£29.95,
hardback,
Helion and Company,
12/30/2011
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