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Curtiss P-40 - Long-nosed Tomahawks
Written by Carl Molesworth
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.95
The initial version of the Curtiss P-40, designated by the manufacturer as the Hawk H-81, combined the established airframe of the earlier radial-powered H-75 (P-36) fighter with the Allison V-1710 liquid-cooled engine. The year was 1939, and the marriage was one of expediency. With the threat of war in Europe growing... Read more >
Written by Carl Molesworth
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.95
The initial version of the Curtiss P-40, designated by the manufacturer as the Hawk H-81, combined the established airframe of the earlier radial-powered H-75 (P-36) fighter with the Allison V-1710 liquid-cooled engine. The year was 1939, and the marriage was one of expediency. With the threat of war in Europe growing... Read more >
D-Day Fortifications in Normandy
Written by Steven Zaloga
Illustrated by Hugh Johnson
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.95
German defenses along the Normandy beaches were part of the larger Atlantic Wall fortifications designed to defend Fortress Europe. When Field Marshal Erwin Rommel took command of the invasion front in late 1943, he began a program to enhance fortifications along the Normandy coast as he believed that any Allied assault... Read more >
Written by Steven Zaloga
Illustrated by Hugh Johnson
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.95
German defenses along the Normandy beaches were part of the larger Atlantic Wall fortifications designed to defend Fortress Europe. When Field Marshal Erwin Rommel took command of the invasion front in late 1943, he began a program to enhance fortifications along the Normandy coast as he believed that any Allied assault... Read more >
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Defense of the Rhine 1944-45
Written by Steven Zaloga
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.95
The Rhine River represented the last natural defensive barrier for the Third Reich in the fall of 1944. Although Hitler had been reluctant to allow the construction of tactical defense lines in France, the final defense of the Reich was another matter. As a result, construction of a Rhine defense line... Read more >
Written by Steven Zaloga
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.95
The Rhine River represented the last natural defensive barrier for the Third Reich in the fall of 1944. Although Hitler had been reluctant to allow the construction of tactical defense lines in France, the final defense of the Reich was another matter. As a result, construction of a Rhine defense line... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
The Fuhrer's Headquarters
Hitler's command bunkers 1939-45
Written by Neil Short
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.95
The 100th title in the Fortress series, this book describes and examines the Führerhauptquartiere - the 14 or so headquarters built for Hitler. Revealing their locations and how they were used to direct the Nazi war apparatus, this is a fascinating insight into a range of historical sites from Berghof to... Read more >
Hitler's command bunkers 1939-45
Written by Neil Short
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.95
The 100th title in the Fortress series, this book describes and examines the Führerhauptquartiere - the 14 or so headquarters built for Hitler. Revealing their locations and how they were used to direct the Nazi war apparatus, this is a fascinating insight into a range of historical sites from Berghof to... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Kill Hitler - Operation Valkyrie 1944
Written by Neil Short
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
At the end of 1943 the SS and the Gestapo arrested several prominent Germans involved in plotting to overthrow Adolf Hitler, including Dietrich Bonhoffer, Klaus Bonhoffer, Josef Muller and Hans Dohnanyi. Others under suspicion, such as Wilhelm Canaris and Hans Oster, were dismissed from office in January 1944. Major Claus von... Read more >
Written by Neil Short
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $9.95
At the end of 1943 the SS and the Gestapo arrested several prominent Germans involved in plotting to overthrow Adolf Hitler, including Dietrich Bonhoffer, Klaus Bonhoffer, Josef Muller and Hans Dohnanyi. Others under suspicion, such as Wilhelm Canaris and Hans Oster, were dismissed from office in January 1944. Major Claus von... Read more >
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Kill Hitler - Operation Valkyrie 1944
Written by Neil Short
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.95
At the end of 1943 the SS and the Gestapo arrested several prominent Germans involved in plotting to overthrow Adolf Hitler, including Dietrich Bonhoffer, Klaus Bonhoffer, Josef Muller and Hans Dohnanyi. Others under suspicion, such as Wilhelm Canaris and Hans Oster, were dismissed from office in January 1944. Major Claus von... Read more >
Written by Neil Short
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $18.95
At the end of 1943 the SS and the Gestapo arrested several prominent Germans involved in plotting to overthrow Adolf Hitler, including Dietrich Bonhoffer, Klaus Bonhoffer, Josef Muller and Hans Dohnanyi. Others under suspicion, such as Wilhelm Canaris and Hans Oster, were dismissed from office in January 1944. Major Claus von... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
MiG-3 Aces of World War 2
Written by Dmitriy Khazanov
Illustrated by Andrey Yurgenson
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.95
Created by ex-Polikarpov designers Ivanovic Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich, the MiG-1/3 family of fighters was built to satisfy a Soviet Air Force requirement for an advanced, fast, high altitude fighter. Entering service in the spring of 1941, the problematic MiG-1 had its handling problems rectified with the hasty production of the... Read more >
Written by Dmitriy Khazanov
Illustrated by Andrey Yurgenson
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.95
Created by ex-Polikarpov designers Ivanovic Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich, the MiG-1/3 family of fighters was built to satisfy a Soviet Air Force requirement for an advanced, fast, high altitude fighter. Entering service in the spring of 1941, the problematic MiG-1 had its handling problems rectified with the hasty production of the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Naval Battles for Guadalcanal 1942
Clash for supremacy in the Pacific
Written by Mark Stille
Illustrated by Howard Gerrard
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $21.95
The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counteroffensive against the Japanese in the Pacific, it also marks the high point of Japanese expansion and can justly be claimed as one of the major turning points of the Pacific War. While the... Read more >
Clash for supremacy in the Pacific
Written by Mark Stille
Illustrated by Howard Gerrard
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $21.95
The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counteroffensive against the Japanese in the Pacific, it also marks the high point of Japanese expansion and can justly be claimed as one of the major turning points of the Pacific War. While the... Read more >
The naval battles for Guadalcanal 1942
Clash for supremacy in the Pacific
Written by Mark Stille
Illustrated by Howard Gerrard
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.95
The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counteroffensive against the Japanese in the Pacific, it also marks the high point of Japanese expansion and can justly be claimed as one of the major turning points of the Pacific War. While the... Read more >
Clash for supremacy in the Pacific
Written by Mark Stille
Illustrated by Howard Gerrard
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $15.95
The battle for Guadalcanal that lasted from August 1942 to February 1943 was the first major American counteroffensive against the Japanese in the Pacific, it also marks the high point of Japanese expansion and can justly be claimed as one of the major turning points of the Pacific War. While the... Read more >
The Stalin and Molotov Lines
Soviet Western Defences 1928-41
Written by Neil Short
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.95
During the Russian Civil War, the Red Army created a series of fortified areas, or ukreplinnyje rajony (UR), which were to be used not only for defence but were also to act as staging points for offensive operations. Following the end of the war these defences were extended, creating a front... Read more >
Soviet Western Defences 1928-41
Written by Neil Short
Illustrated by Adam Hook
Format: eBook, 64 pages
On Sale: May 21, 2013
Price: $13.95
During the Russian Civil War, the Red Army created a series of fortified areas, or ukreplinnyje rajony (UR), which were to be used not only for defence but were also to act as staging points for offensive operations. Following the end of the war these defences were extended, creating a front... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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 >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Double Cross
The True Story of the D-Day Spies
Written by Ben Macintyre
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $15.00
On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and suffered an astonishingly low rate of casualties. A stunning military accomplishment, it was also a masterpiece of trickery. Operation Fortitude, which protected and enabled the invasion, and the Double Cross system, which specialized in turning German spies... Read more >
The True Story of the D-Day Spies
Written by Ben Macintyre
Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: May 14, 2013
Price: $15.00
On June 6, 1944, 150,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy and suffered an astonishingly low rate of casualties. A stunning military accomplishment, it was also a masterpiece of trickery. Operation Fortitude, which protected and enabled the invasion, and the Double Cross system, which specialized in turning German spies... Read more >
Also available as an
unabridged audio CD,
unabridged audiobook download,
eBook,
hardcover and in
large print trade paperback.
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Cronkite's War
His World War II Letters Home
Written by Walter Cronkite, IV and Maurice Isserman
Foreword by Tom Brokaw
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $28.00
A giant in American journalism in the vanguard of "The Greatest Generation" reveals his World War II experiences in this National Geographic book. Walter Cronkite, an obscure 23-year-old United Press wire service reporter, married Betsy Maxwell on March 30, 1940, following a four-year courtship. She proved to be the love of... Read more >
His World War II Letters Home
Written by Walter Cronkite, IV and Maurice Isserman
Foreword by Tom Brokaw
Format: Hardcover, 352 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $28.00
A giant in American journalism in the vanguard of "The Greatest Generation" reveals his World War II experiences in this National Geographic book. Walter Cronkite, an obscure 23-year-old United Press wire service reporter, married Betsy Maxwell on March 30, 1940, following a four-year courtship. She proved to be the love of... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Cronkite's War
His World War II Letters Home
Written by Walter Cronkite, IV and Maurice Isserman
Foreword by Tom Brokaw
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $28.00
A giant in American journalism in the vanguard of "The Greatest Generation" reveals his World War II experiences in this National Geographic book. Walter Cronkite, an obscure 23-year-old United Press wire service reporter, married Betsy Maxwell on March 30, 1940, following a four-year courtship. She proved to be the love of... Read more >
His World War II Letters Home
Written by Walter Cronkite, IV and Maurice Isserman
Foreword by Tom Brokaw
Format: eBook
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $28.00
A giant in American journalism in the vanguard of "The Greatest Generation" reveals his World War II experiences in this National Geographic book. Walter Cronkite, an obscure 23-year-old United Press wire service reporter, married Betsy Maxwell on March 30, 1940, following a four-year courtship. She proved to be the love of... Read more >
Also available as a
hardcover.
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Eisenhower in War and Peace
Written by Jean Edward Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 976 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $20.00
Written by Jean Edward Smith
Format: Trade Paperback, 976 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $20.00
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The Christian Science Monitor • St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Magisterial.”—The New York Times
In this extraordinary volume, Jean Edward Smith presents a portrait of Dwight D. Eisenhower that is as full, rich, and revealing as anything ever written about America’s thirty-fourth president...
The Souvenir
A Daughter Discovers Her Father's War
Written by Louise Steinman
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $12.99
Louise Steinman’s American childhood in the fifties was bound by one unequivocal condition: “Never mention the war to your father.” That silence sustained itself until the fateful day Steinman opened an old ammunition box left behind after her parents’ death. In it she discovered nearly 500 letters her father had written... Read more >
A Daughter Discovers Her Father's War
Written by Louise Steinman
Format: eBook, 240 pages
On Sale: May 7, 2013
Price: $12.99
Louise Steinman’s American childhood in the fifties was bound by one unequivocal condition: “Never mention the war to your father.” That silence sustained itself until the fateful day Steinman opened an old ammunition box left behind after her parents’ death. In it she discovered nearly 500 letters her father had written... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Assault From the Sky: The History of Airborne Warfare 1939-1980s
Written by John Weeks
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $9.95
Ex paratrooper John Weeks’ exciting eBook is a dramatic history of airborne troops and their most famous actions: Crete, Arnhem, D-Day, the Vietnam War and beyond.
Airborne raids caught popular imagination early in the Second World War, when the elite German forces carried out deadly operations deep behind enemy lines. Able to... Read more >
Written by John Weeks
Format: eBook
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $9.95
Ex paratrooper John Weeks’ exciting eBook is a dramatic history of airborne troops and their most famous actions: Crete, Arnhem, D-Day, the Vietnam War and beyond.
Airborne raids caught popular imagination early in the Second World War, when the elite German forces carried out deadly operations deep behind enemy lines. Able to... Read more >
British Motor Gun Boat 1939-45
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Tony Bryan
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $13.95
During World War II, few groups within the Royal Navy fought a harder, more intense war than the men of Coastal Forces. Their job was to operate the Motor Torpedo Boats (MTBs), Motor Launches (MLs) and Motor Gun Boats (MGBs) that protected coastal convoys, attacked enemy ones, and performed a myriad... Read more >
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Tony Bryan
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $13.95
During World War II, few groups within the Royal Navy fought a harder, more intense war than the men of Coastal Forces. Their job was to operate the Motor Torpedo Boats (MTBs), Motor Launches (MLs) and Motor Gun Boats (MGBs) that protected coastal convoys, attacked enemy ones, and performed a myriad... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Fokker D.XXI Aces of World War 2
Written by Kari Stenman
Illustrated by Chris Davey
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $22.95
Entering service with the Dutch air force from early 1938, the aircraft was also built under license in Denmark and Finland. Production was also scheduled to commence in Spain too but Nationalist forces overran the factory before this commenced. The Dutch D.XXIs saw less than a week of action following the... Read more >
Written by Kari Stenman
Illustrated by Chris Davey
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $22.95
Entering service with the Dutch air force from early 1938, the aircraft was also built under license in Denmark and Finland. Production was also scheduled to commence in Spain too but Nationalist forces overran the factory before this commenced. The Dutch D.XXIs saw less than a week of action following the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Fokker D.XXI Aces of World War 2
Written by Kari Stenman
Illustrated by Chris Davey
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $15.95
Entering service with the Dutch air force from early 1938, the aircraft was also built under license in Denmark and Finland. Production was also scheduled to commence in Spain too but Nationalist forces overran the factory before this commenced. The Dutch D.XXIs saw less than a week of action following the... Read more >
Written by Kari Stenman
Illustrated by Chris Davey
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $15.95
Entering service with the Dutch air force from early 1938, the aircraft was also built under license in Denmark and Finland. Production was also scheduled to commence in Spain too but Nationalist forces overran the factory before this commenced. The Dutch D.XXIs saw less than a week of action following the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Kharkov 1942
The Wehrmacht strikes back
Written by Robert Forczyk
Illustrated by Howard Gerrard
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $21.95
After failing to finish off the German Army in the 1941/42 Winter Counteroffensive and aware that Hitler was planning a new summer offensive in mid-1942, Stalin directed the Red Army to conduct a powerful blow in one sector of the Eastern Front in order to disrupt German plans. The sector chosen... Read more >
The Wehrmacht strikes back
Written by Robert Forczyk
Illustrated by Howard Gerrard
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $21.95
After failing to finish off the German Army in the 1941/42 Winter Counteroffensive and aware that Hitler was planning a new summer offensive in mid-1942, Stalin directed the Red Army to conduct a powerful blow in one sector of the Eastern Front in order to disrupt German plans. The sector chosen... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Kharkov 1942
The Wehrmacht strikes back
Written by Robert Forczyk
Illustrated by Howard Gerrard
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $15.95
After failing to finish off the German Army in the 1941/42 Winter Counteroffensive and aware that Hitler was planning a new summer offensive in mid-1942, Stalin directed the Red Army to conduct a powerful blow in one sector of the Eastern Front in order to disrupt German plans. The sector chosen... Read more >
The Wehrmacht strikes back
Written by Robert Forczyk
Illustrated by Howard Gerrard
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $15.95
After failing to finish off the German Army in the 1941/42 Winter Counteroffensive and aware that Hitler was planning a new summer offensive in mid-1942, Stalin directed the Red Army to conduct a powerful blow in one sector of the Eastern Front in order to disrupt German plans. The sector chosen... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
KV-1 & 2 Heavy Tanks 1939-45
Written by Steven Zaloga
Illustrated by Peter Sarson
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $13.95
Named after Klimenti Voroshilov, the People’s Commissar for Defence, the KVs proved a nasty surprise for German tank crews during the early days of Operation Barbarossa. Although slow, they were extremely heavily armoured. This volume examines the transition from multi-turreted tanks to heavy single-turret vehicles, consisting of the KV-1 and 2... Read more >
Written by Steven Zaloga
Illustrated by Peter Sarson
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $13.95
Named after Klimenti Voroshilov, the People’s Commissar for Defence, the KVs proved a nasty surprise for German tank crews during the early days of Operation Barbarossa. Although slow, they were extremely heavily armoured. This volume examines the transition from multi-turreted tanks to heavy single-turret vehicles, consisting of the KV-1 and 2... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
M18 Hellcat Tank Destroyer 1943-97
Written by Steven Zaloga
Illustrated by Jim Laurier
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $13.95
The M18 76mm Gun Motor Carriage was developed for the US Army's Tank Destroyer Command. It was the only tank destroyer deployed during World War II actually based on their requirements for speed and firepower. This book examines the development of this vehicle, the controversies over the need for high-speed tank... Read more >
Written by Steven Zaloga
Illustrated by Jim Laurier
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $13.95
The M18 76mm Gun Motor Carriage was developed for the US Army's Tank Destroyer Command. It was the only tank destroyer deployed during World War II actually based on their requirements for speed and firepower. This book examines the development of this vehicle, the controversies over the need for high-speed tank... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
M3 Lee/Grant Medium Tank 1941-45
Written by Steven Zaloga
Illustrated by Hugh Johnson
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $13.95
The highly successful 'stop-gap' M3 medium tank was designed in 1941, and as adequate turret casting facilities were not yet ready, the M3 used an unusual armament configuration patterned after a French tank. British lend-lease demands led to the design of a second turret type with the US version called the... Read more >
Written by Steven Zaloga
Illustrated by Hugh Johnson
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: April 23, 2013
Price: $13.95
The highly successful 'stop-gap' M3 medium tank was designed in 1941, and as adequate turret casting facilities were not yet ready, the M3 used an unusual armament configuration patterned after a French tank. British lend-lease demands led to the design of a second turret type with the US version called the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
