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Balloon-Busting Aces of World War 1
Written by Jon Guttman
Illustrated by Harry Dempsey
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.95
Tethered balloons reached their zenith as a means of providing a stationary observation platform above the battlefield during World War I. It took a special breed of daredevil to take on such odds deep in enemy lines in order to destroy a balloon, with Balloon specialists such as Willy Coppens, Pierre... Read more >
Written by Jon Guttman
Illustrated by Harry Dempsey
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.95
Tethered balloons reached their zenith as a means of providing a stationary observation platform above the battlefield during World War I. It took a special breed of daredevil to take on such odds deep in enemy lines in order to destroy a balloon, with Balloon specialists such as Willy Coppens, Pierre... Read more >
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British Battleships 1914-18 (1)
The Early Dreadnoughts
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Paul Wright
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $17.95
The launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 changed the face of naval warfare. This revolutionary new battleship was in a league of her own, capable of taking on any two "pre-dreadnought" battleships in a straight fight. A naval arms race followed between Britain and Germany, as both countries hurriedly built a... Read more >
The Early Dreadnoughts
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Paul Wright
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $17.95
The launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 changed the face of naval warfare. This revolutionary new battleship was in a league of her own, capable of taking on any two "pre-dreadnought" battleships in a straight fight. A naval arms race followed between Britain and Germany, as both countries hurriedly built a... Read more >
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eBook.
British Battleships 1914-18 (1)
The Early Dreadnoughts
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Paul Wright
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.95
The launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 changed the face of naval warfare. This revolutionary new battleship was in a league of her own, capable of taking on any two "pre-dreadnought" battleships in a straight fight. A naval arms race followed between Britain and Germany, as both countries hurriedly built a... Read more >
The Early Dreadnoughts
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Paul Wright
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.95
The launch of HMS Dreadnought in 1906 changed the face of naval warfare. This revolutionary new battleship was in a league of her own, capable of taking on any two "pre-dreadnought" battleships in a straight fight. A naval arms race followed between Britain and Germany, as both countries hurriedly built a... Read more >
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The Vickers-Maxim Machine Gun
Written by Martin Pegler
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.95
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 American-born firearms inventor who founded the company bearing his name with financing from Albert Vickers, who became the... Read more >
Written by Martin Pegler
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.95
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 American-born firearms inventor who founded the company bearing his name with financing from Albert Vickers, who became the... Read more >
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Behind the Wire: Prisoners of War 1914-18
Written by Robert Jackson
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $9.95
A unique story of POWs in World War I.
Covering traumatic capture on the battlefield, internment in POW camps, escape attempts, punishments, day-to-day boredom and meagre rations, Behind the Wire is a gripping, comprehensive history of the remarkable experiences of POWs in the First World War.
Opening with the desperate scene... Read more >
Written by Robert Jackson
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $9.95
A unique story of POWs in World War I.
Covering traumatic capture on the battlefield, internment in POW camps, escape attempts, punishments, day-to-day boredom and meagre rations, Behind the Wire is a gripping, comprehensive history of the remarkable experiences of POWs in the First World War.
Opening with the desperate scene... Read more >
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Russian Aces of World War 1
Written by Victor Kulikov
Illustrated by Harry Dempsey
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $22.95
Although the Russian Imperial Army Air Service consisted of no more than four BAGs (Boevaya Aviatsionniy Gruppa – battle aviation groups), each controlling three or four smaller AOIs (Aviatsionniy Otryad Istrebitelei – fighter aviation detachments) equipped with a variety of aircraft types, its fighter pilots nevertheless gave a good account of... Read more >
Written by Victor Kulikov
Illustrated by Harry Dempsey
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $22.95
Although the Russian Imperial Army Air Service consisted of no more than four BAGs (Boevaya Aviatsionniy Gruppa – battle aviation groups), each controlling three or four smaller AOIs (Aviatsionniy Otryad Istrebitelei – fighter aviation detachments) equipped with a variety of aircraft types, its fighter pilots nevertheless gave a good account of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Russian Aces of World War 1
Written by Victor Kulikov
Illustrated by Harry Dempsey
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $15.95
Although the Russian Imperial Army Air Service consisted of no more than four BAGs (Boevaya Aviatsionniy Gruppa – battle aviation groups), each controlling three or four smaller AOIs (Aviatsionniy Otryad Istrebitelei – fighter aviation detachments) equipped with a variety of aircraft types, its fighter pilots nevertheless gave a good account of... Read more >
Written by Victor Kulikov
Illustrated by Harry Dempsey
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $15.95
Although the Russian Imperial Army Air Service consisted of no more than four BAGs (Boevaya Aviatsionniy Gruppa – battle aviation groups), each controlling three or four smaller AOIs (Aviatsionniy Otryad Istrebitelei – fighter aviation detachments) equipped with a variety of aircraft types, its fighter pilots nevertheless gave a good account of... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
SE 5/5a Aces of World War I
Written by Norman Franks
Illustrated by Harry Dempsey
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $15.95
The SE 5/5a British single-seat aircraft was one of the major fighting scouts of the last 18 months of the war in France during World War I and was a true workhorse of the Royal Flying Corps, handling fighter-versus-fighter actions, combating the high-flying German photo-reconnaissance planes as well as balloons. A... Read more >
Written by Norman Franks
Illustrated by Harry Dempsey
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: April 9, 2013
Price: $15.95
The SE 5/5a British single-seat aircraft was one of the major fighting scouts of the last 18 months of the war in France during World War I and was a true workhorse of the Royal Flying Corps, handling fighter-versus-fighter actions, combating the high-flying German photo-reconnaissance planes as well as balloons. A... Read more >
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trade paperback.
The American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
Written by John Votaw
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $15.95
Upon the entry of the United States into World War I, the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) were created by the War Department on short notice from existing units, filled up with men from the training camps and deployed with only their personal weapons and equipment. The US Army was not prepared... Read more >
Written by John Votaw
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $15.95
Upon the entry of the United States into World War I, the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) were created by the War Department on short notice from existing units, filled up with men from the training camps and deployed with only their personal weapons and equipment. The US Army was not prepared... Read more >
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trade paperback.
The British Army on the Western Front 1916
Written by Bruce Gudmundsson
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $15.95
Bruce Gudmundsson guides us expertly through the history of the successes and failures of the British Expeditionary Force in 1916 as it struggled to form into a modern army and turn the tide of the First World War, providing an in-depth analysis of how and why the BEF was converted from... Read more >
Written by Bruce Gudmundsson
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $15.95
Bruce Gudmundsson guides us expertly through the history of the successes and failures of the British Expeditionary Force in 1916 as it struggled to form into a modern army and turn the tide of the First World War, providing an in-depth analysis of how and why the BEF was converted from... Read more >
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trade paperback.
Gallipoli 1915
Frontal Assault on Turkey
Written by Philip Haythornthwaite
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $15.95
The Gallipoli expedition of 1915, the brainchild of Winston Churchill, was designed to knock the Turkish Empire out of the First World War and open a supply route to Russia. The campaign is characterised by the military incompetence of the higher commands, particularly the Allies. However, in spite of this, Gallipoli... Read more >
Frontal Assault on Turkey
Written by Philip Haythornthwaite
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $15.95
The Gallipoli expedition of 1915, the brainchild of Winston Churchill, was designed to knock the Turkish Empire out of the First World War and open a supply route to Russia. The campaign is characterised by the military incompetence of the higher commands, particularly the Allies. However, in spite of this, Gallipoli... Read more >
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trade paperback.
German Panzers 1914-18
Written by Steven Zaloga
Illustrated by Brian Delf
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
Panzer warfare is synonymous with the Wehrmacht of World War II. This book examines the story of the Panzer’s more mysterious ancestors, the little-known panzers of the Great War. Germany was very slow to develop armored vehicles compared to Britain and France. Efforts to catch-up proved difficult, and only a few... Read more >
Written by Steven Zaloga
Illustrated by Brian Delf
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
Panzer warfare is synonymous with the Wehrmacht of World War II. This book examines the story of the Panzer’s more mysterious ancestors, the little-known panzers of the Great War. Germany was very slow to develop armored vehicles compared to Britain and France. Efforts to catch-up proved difficult, and only a few... Read more >
Scapa Flow
The defences of Britain#s great fleet anchorage 1914-45
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
A strategically important natural harbor in the Orkney Islands, Scapa Flow served as Britain's main fleet anchorage during World Wars I and II. It held Jellicoe's Grand Fleet from 1914-18, and it was from here that it sailed out to do battle with the Germans at Jutland in 1916. In 1914... Read more >
The defences of Britain#s great fleet anchorage 1914-45
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
A strategically important natural harbor in the Orkney Islands, Scapa Flow served as Britain's main fleet anchorage during World Wars I and II. It held Jellicoe's Grand Fleet from 1914-18, and it was from here that it sailed out to do battle with the Germans at Jutland in 1916. In 1914... Read more >
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U-Boat Crews 1914-45
Written by Gordon Williamson
Illustrated by Darko Pavlovic
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $14.95
Osprey's study of the U-Boat and its crews during World War I (1914-1918) and World War II (1939-1945). If one single weapon in Germany's arsenal can be said to have come closest to winning the war for the Third Reich, it was without doubt the U-Boat. German U-Boat technology, training, tactics and... Read more >
Written by Gordon Williamson
Illustrated by Darko Pavlovic
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: March 19, 2013
Price: $14.95
Osprey's study of the U-Boat and its crews during World War I (1914-1918) and World War II (1939-1945). If one single weapon in Germany's arsenal can be said to have come closest to winning the war for the Third Reich, it was without doubt the U-Boat. German U-Boat technology, training, tactics and... Read more >
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trade paperback.
British Submarines of World War I
Written by Innes McCartney
Illustrated by Tony Bryan
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
As the major powers engaged in an arms race in the early years of the 20th century, the Admiralty was tasked with developing that deadly stalker of the high seas - the submarine. In 1905, briefed with creating a vessel that could be employed on an enemy's coastline, the Admiralty took... Read more >
Written by Innes McCartney
Illustrated by Tony Bryan
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $13.95
As the major powers engaged in an arms race in the early years of the 20th century, the Admiralty was tasked with developing that deadly stalker of the high seas - the submarine. In 1905, briefed with creating a vessel that could be employed on an enemy's coastline, the Admiralty took... Read more >
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trade paperback.
London 1917-18
The Bomber Blitz
Written by Ian Castle
Illustrated by Christa Hook
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $15.95
Osprey's Campaign title for the Gotha and the massive Staaken 'Giant' bomber raids against London during World War I (1914-1918). On a sunny May afternoon in 1917, the peace of an English seaside town was shattered when a flight of German Gotha bombers appeared without warning. Twenty-three Gothas had set out to... Read more >
The Bomber Blitz
Written by Ian Castle
Illustrated by Christa Hook
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $15.95
Osprey's Campaign title for the Gotha and the massive Staaken 'Giant' bomber raids against London during World War I (1914-1918). On a sunny May afternoon in 1917, the peace of an English seaside town was shattered when a flight of German Gotha bombers appeared without warning. Twenty-three Gothas had set out to... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
World War II Desert Tactics
Written by Paddy Griffith
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $14.95
Osprey's study of desert tactics employed in North Africa during World War II (1939-1945). In 1940-43 North Africa saw the first major desert campaign by modern mechanized armies. The British, Italians, German Afrika Korps and US Army all addressed and learned from the special problems - human, logistical, mechanical and tactical... Read more >
Written by Paddy Griffith
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: February 19, 2013
Price: $14.95
Osprey's study of desert tactics employed in North Africa during World War II (1939-1945). In 1940-43 North Africa saw the first major desert campaign by modern mechanized armies. The British, Italians, German Afrika Korps and US Army all addressed and learned from the special problems - human, logistical, mechanical and tactical... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Diary of a Man in Despair
Written by Friedrich Reck
Afterword by Richard J. Evans
Translated by Paul Rubens
Format: Trade Paperback, 264 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $15.95
Friedrich Reck might seem an unlikely rebel against Nazism. Not just a conservative but a rock-ribbed reactionary, he played the part of a landed gentleman, deplored democracy, and rejected the modern world outright. To Reck the Nazis were ruthless revolutionaries in Gothic drag, and helpless as he was to counter the... Read more >
Written by Friedrich Reck
Afterword by Richard J. Evans
Translated by Paul Rubens
Format: Trade Paperback, 264 pages
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $15.95
Friedrich Reck might seem an unlikely rebel against Nazism. Not just a conservative but a rock-ribbed reactionary, he played the part of a landed gentleman, deplored democracy, and rejected the modern world outright. To Reck the Nazis were ruthless revolutionaries in Gothic drag, and helpless as he was to counter the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Diary of a Man in Despair
Written by Friedrich Reck
Afterword by Richard Evans
Translated by Paul Rubens
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $15.95
Friedrich Reck might seem an unlikely rebel against Nazism. Not just a conservative but a rock-ribbed reactionary, he played the part of a landed gentleman, deplored democracy, and rejected the modern world outright. To Reck the Nazis were ruthless revolutionaries in Gothic drag, and helpless as he was to counter the... Read more >
Written by Friedrich Reck
Afterword by Richard Evans
Translated by Paul Rubens
Format: eBook
On Sale: February 12, 2013
Price: $15.95
Friedrich Reck might seem an unlikely rebel against Nazism. Not just a conservative but a rock-ribbed reactionary, he played the part of a landed gentleman, deplored democracy, and rejected the modern world outright. To Reck the Nazis were ruthless revolutionaries in Gothic drag, and helpless as he was to counter the... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Albatros D.I-D.II
Written by James Miller
Illustrated by James Miller
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $18.95
In 1916 German aerial domination had been lost to the French and British fighters. German fighter pilots requested an aircraft that was more powerful and more heavily armed, and the Albatros design bureau set to work on what was to become an iconic aircraft design. By April 1916, they had developed... Read more >
Written by James Miller
Illustrated by James Miller
Format: Trade Paperback, 64 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $18.95
In 1916 German aerial domination had been lost to the French and British fighters. German fighter pilots requested an aircraft that was more powerful and more heavily armed, and the Albatros design bureau set to work on what was to become an iconic aircraft design. By April 1916, they had developed... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Albatros D.I-D.II
Written by James Miller
Illustrated by James Miller
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $15.95
In 1916 German aerial domination had been lost to the French and British fighters. German fighter pilots requested an aircraft that was more powerful and more heavily armed, and the Albatros design bureau set to work on what was to become an iconic aircraft design. By April 1916, they had developed... Read more >
Written by James Miller
Illustrated by James Miller
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $15.95
In 1916 German aerial domination had been lost to the French and British fighters. German fighter pilots requested an aircraft that was more powerful and more heavily armed, and the Albatros design bureau set to work on what was to become an iconic aircraft design. By April 1916, they had developed... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Hat in the Ring
The Birth of American Air Power in the Great War
Written by Bert Frandsen
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $24.95
When Congress declared war in April 1917, the Europeans had already deployed their third generation of fighters, equipped with machine guns and capable of speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour, while the American Air Service consisted of only a handful of aviators in unarmed trainers. In this first in-depth... Read more >
The Birth of American Air Power in the Great War
Written by Bert Frandsen
Format: eBook, 320 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $24.95
When Congress declared war in April 1917, the Europeans had already deployed their third generation of fighters, equipped with machine guns and capable of speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour, while the American Air Service consisted of only a handful of aviators in unarmed trainers. In this first in-depth... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Mark IV vs A7V
Villers-Bretonneux 1918
Written by David Higgins
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $18.95
In March 1918 the Germans launched a series of massive assaults in a bid to break the deadlock on the Western Front and win the war. By this time the British armoured forces had seen extensive combat. The Germans, though, lagged behind in developing armoured fighting vehicles; the March offensive saw... Read more >
Villers-Bretonneux 1918
Written by David Higgins
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $18.95
In March 1918 the Germans launched a series of massive assaults in a bid to break the deadlock on the Western Front and win the war. By this time the British armoured forces had seen extensive combat. The Germans, though, lagged behind in developing armoured fighting vehicles; the March offensive saw... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Mark IV vs A7V
Villers-Bretonneux 1918
Written by David Higgins
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $15.95
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 the horsepower per ton. The Mark IV’s pair of side-mounted 6pdr cannons forced the vehicle to present its side... Read more >
Villers-Bretonneux 1918
Written by David Higgins
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: January 22, 2013
Price: $15.95
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 the horsepower per ton. The Mark IV’s pair of side-mounted 6pdr cannons forced the vehicle to present its side... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Austro-Hungarian Aces of World War 1
Written by Chris Chant
Illustrated by Mark Rolfe
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
Starting the war with only 35 aircraft, Austro-Hungarian industry went on to produce only moderate numbers of poor quality aircraft. The fliers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire operating on the Serbian and Russian fronts were fortunate at first, finding themselves faced by small numbers of aircraft yet more obsolescent than their own... Read more >
Written by Chris Chant
Illustrated by Mark Rolfe
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
Starting the war with only 35 aircraft, Austro-Hungarian industry went on to produce only moderate numbers of poor quality aircraft. The fliers of the Austro-Hungarian Empire operating on the Serbian and Russian fronts were fortunate at first, finding themselves faced by small numbers of aircraft yet more obsolescent than their own... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
