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4th Fighter Group - Debden Eagles
Written by Chris Bucholtz
Illustrated by Chris Davey
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $16.95
Formed around a nucleus of pilots already seasoned by their experience as volunteers in the RAF's Eagle Squadrons, the 4th Fighter Group was established in England in October 1942. Initially flying Spitfires, the Debden Eagles went on to fly the P-47 and P-51, becoming in July 1943, the first Eighth Air... Read more >
Written by Chris Bucholtz
Illustrated by Chris Davey
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $16.95
Formed around a nucleus of pilots already seasoned by their experience as volunteers in the RAF's Eagle Squadrons, the 4th Fighter Group was established in England in October 1942. Initially flying Spitfires, the Debden Eagles went on to fly the P-47 and P-51, becoming in July 1943, the first Eighth Air... Read more >
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B-17 Flying Fortress Units of the MTO
Written by William Hess
Illustrated by Mark Styling
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
Osprey's study of the B-17 Flying Fortress Units of World War II (1939-1945). Although the Fifteenth Air Force was dismissed as 'minor leaguers' by the Eighth Air Force, strategic bombers from this outfit had done a 'major league' job on Axis targets in southern Europe following its formation in Italy in... Read more >
Written by William Hess
Illustrated by Mark Styling
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
Osprey's study of the B-17 Flying Fortress Units of World War II (1939-1945). Although the Fifteenth Air Force was dismissed as 'minor leaguers' by the Eighth Air Force, strategic bombers from this outfit had done a 'major league' job on Axis targets in southern Europe following its formation in Italy in... Read more >
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B-24 Liberator Units of the Fifteenth Air Force
Written by Robert Dorr
Illustrated by Mark Rolfe
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
The B-24 was heavily utilised in the North African and Mediterranean theatres by the USAAF's Fifteenth Air Force, with operations over the Ploesti oilfields in Rumania being some of the most famous missions undertaken by the big American 'heavy' in World War II (1939-1945). The stirling work of the Fifteenth Air... Read more >
Written by Robert Dorr
Illustrated by Mark Rolfe
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
The B-24 was heavily utilised in the North African and Mediterranean theatres by the USAAF's Fifteenth Air Force, with operations over the Ploesti oilfields in Rumania being some of the most famous missions undertaken by the big American 'heavy' in World War II (1939-1945). The stirling work of the Fifteenth Air... Read more >
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trade paperback.
B-24 Liberator Units of the Pacific War
Written by Robert Dorr
Illustrated by Mark Rolfe
Format: eBook, 100 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
Ever present in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to VJ-Day during World War II (1939-1945), the B-24 Liberator proved to be the staple heavy bomber of the campaign. From its ignominious beginnings in the Allied rout in the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies, the bomber weathered the Japanese storm with... Read more >
Written by Robert Dorr
Illustrated by Mark Rolfe
Format: eBook, 100 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
Ever present in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to VJ-Day during World War II (1939-1945), the B-24 Liberator proved to be the staple heavy bomber of the campaign. From its ignominious beginnings in the Allied rout in the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies, the bomber weathered the Japanese storm with... Read more >
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B-24 Liberator Units of the Eighth Air Force
Written by Robert Dorr
Illustrated by Mark Rolfe
Format: eBook, 100 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
Osprey's examination of the B-24 Liberator Units' participation in World War II (1939-1945). The B-24 Liberator was built in greater numbers than any other US warplane, yet its combat crews live, even today, in the shadow of the less plentiful, but better-known, B-17. Accounts of the 'Mighty Eighth' in Europe, and indeed... Read more >
Written by Robert Dorr
Illustrated by Mark Rolfe
Format: eBook, 100 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
Osprey's examination of the B-24 Liberator Units' participation in World War II (1939-1945). The B-24 Liberator was built in greater numbers than any other US warplane, yet its combat crews live, even today, in the shadow of the less plentiful, but better-known, B-17. Accounts of the 'Mighty Eighth' in Europe, and indeed... Read more >
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trade paperback.
B-29 Superfortress Units of World War 2
Written by Robert Dorr
Illustrated by Mark Styling
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
The ultimate piston-engined heavy bomber of World War II (1939-1945), the first production B-29s were delivered to the 58th Very Heavy Bomb Wing in the autumn of 1943. By the spring of 1944 the Superfortress was bombing targets in the Pacific, and by war’s end the aircraft had played as great... Read more >
Written by Robert Dorr
Illustrated by Mark Styling
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
The ultimate piston-engined heavy bomber of World War II (1939-1945), the first production B-29s were delivered to the 58th Very Heavy Bomb Wing in the autumn of 1943. By the spring of 1944 the Superfortress was bombing targets in the Pacific, and by war’s end the aircraft had played as great... Read more >
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trade paperback.
Operation Barbarossa 1941 (3)
Army Group Center
Written by Robert Kirchubel
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
Osprey's third and final volume in the Barbarossa trilogy, this title completes the account of the strategic intricacies of the German campaign against Russia. Detailing the final Nazi push for Moscow, Robert Kirchubel examines the causes behind the German failure, including the inability to re-supply troops or provide reserves, and the lack... Read more >
Army Group Center
Written by Robert Kirchubel
Illustrated by Peter Dennis
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
Osprey's third and final volume in the Barbarossa trilogy, this title completes the account of the strategic intricacies of the German campaign against Russia. Detailing the final Nazi push for Moscow, Robert Kirchubel examines the causes behind the German failure, including the inability to re-supply troops or provide reserves, and the lack... Read more >
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trade paperback.
The Bismarck 1941
Hunting Germany's greatest battleship
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Paul Wright
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
The breakout of the German battleship Bismarck into the North Atlantic in May 1941 was one of the most dramatic naval episodes of World War II (1939-1945). It took place at a time when the resources of the Royal Navy were stretched thinly, and the British Home Fleet were hard pressed... Read more >
Hunting Germany's greatest battleship
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Paul Wright
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
The breakout of the German battleship Bismarck into the North Atlantic in May 1941 was one of the most dramatic naval episodes of World War II (1939-1945). It took place at a time when the resources of the Royal Navy were stretched thinly, and the British Home Fleet were hard pressed... Read more >
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British Battleships 1939-45 (1)
Queen Elizabeth and Royal Sovereign Classes
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Paul Wright and Tony Bryan
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $13.95
With the outbreak of World War II, Britain's Royal Navy and her fleet of battleships would be at the forefront of her defence. Yet from a fleet of 12 battleships, ten were already over 20 years old, venerable veterans of World War I. Extensive modifications throughout the 1930s allowed these ships... Read more >
Queen Elizabeth and Royal Sovereign Classes
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Paul Wright and Tony Bryan
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $13.95
With the outbreak of World War II, Britain's Royal Navy and her fleet of battleships would be at the forefront of her defence. Yet from a fleet of 12 battleships, ten were already over 20 years old, venerable veterans of World War I. Extensive modifications throughout the 1930s allowed these ships... Read more >
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British Aircraft Carriers 1939-45
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Tony Bryan
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $13.95
In August 1917, at the height of the First World War, a small biplane landed on the makeshift flight deck of HMS Furious - the first ever carrier landing in aviation history. This small act ushered in a new era. Two decades later, when Britain stood on the brink of another... Read more >
Written by Angus Konstam
Illustrated by Tony Bryan
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $13.95
In August 1917, at the height of the First World War, a small biplane landed on the makeshift flight deck of HMS Furious - the first ever carrier landing in aviation history. This small act ushered in a new era. Two decades later, when Britain stood on the brink of another... Read more >
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trade paperback.
Down to Earth Strafing Aces of the Eighth Air Force
Written by William Hess
Illustrated by Chris Davey
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
'Like The Long Reach, Down to Earth is a message from the battle at its height, told in their own words by the men who fight' - this is how Brig-Gen Francis Griswold, VIII Fighter Command, ends his introduction to this book. His official endorsement reveals just how important a document... Read more >
Written by William Hess
Illustrated by Chris Davey
Format: eBook, 128 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
'Like The Long Reach, Down to Earth is a message from the battle at its height, told in their own words by the men who fight' - this is how Brig-Gen Francis Griswold, VIII Fighter Command, ends his introduction to this book. His official endorsement reveals just how important a document... Read more >
The French Army 1939-45 (2)
Written by Ian Sumner
Illustrated by Mike Chappell
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $13.95
By 16 June 1940, De Gaulle, with the decisive support of Churchill, had come to the conclusion that, whatever happened, France could not stand to one side in the struggle against Nazi Germany. And so, Free France was born. In this companion volume to MAA 315: The French Army 1939-45 (I)... Read more >
Written by Ian Sumner
Illustrated by Mike Chappell
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $13.95
By 16 June 1940, De Gaulle, with the decisive support of Churchill, had come to the conclusion that, whatever happened, France could not stand to one side in the struggle against Nazi Germany. And so, Free France was born. In this companion volume to MAA 315: The French Army 1939-45 (I)... Read more >
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trade paperback.
German Commerce Raider vs British Cruiser
The Atlantic & The Pacific 1941
Written by Robert Forczyk
Illustrated by Ian Palmer
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
During World War II, the Kriegsmarine armed a number of merchant vessels with concealed guns and torpedo tubes for surprise attacks against Allied shipping. To counter this deadly threat, the Royal Navy employed cruisers and their intelligence-gathering apparatus to find and destroy the disguised German commerce raiders. This Duel title covers... Read more >
The Atlantic & The Pacific 1941
Written by Robert Forczyk
Illustrated by Ian Palmer
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
During World War II, the Kriegsmarine armed a number of merchant vessels with concealed guns and torpedo tubes for surprise attacks against Allied shipping. To counter this deadly threat, the Royal Navy employed cruisers and their intelligence-gathering apparatus to find and destroy the disguised German commerce raiders. This Duel title covers... Read more >
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Gladiator vs CR.42 Falco
1940-41
Written by Hakan Gustavsson
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $18.95
British and Italian biplanes clashed over the Mediterranean at Crete and Malta, and in East and North Africa early in World War II. Both the Gloster Gladiator and the Fiat CR.42 Falco represented the peak in the development of the biplane fighter, which could trace its lineage back to World War... Read more >
1940-41
Written by Hakan Gustavsson
Format: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $18.95
British and Italian biplanes clashed over the Mediterranean at Crete and Malta, and in East and North Africa early in World War II. Both the Gloster Gladiator and the Fiat CR.42 Falco represented the peak in the development of the biplane fighter, which could trace its lineage back to World War... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Gladiator vs CR.42 Falco
1940-41
Written by Hakan Gustavsson
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
British and Italian biplanes clashed over the Mediterranean at Crete and Malta, and in East and North Africa early in World War II. Both the Gloster Gladiator and the Fiat CR.42 Falco represented the peak in the development of the biplane fighter, which could trace its lineage back to World War... Read more >
1940-41
Written by Hakan Gustavsson
Format: eBook, 80 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
British and Italian biplanes clashed over the Mediterranean at Crete and Malta, and in East and North Africa early in World War II. Both the Gloster Gladiator and the Fiat CR.42 Falco represented the peak in the development of the biplane fighter, which could trace its lineage back to World War... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Humber Light Reconnaissance Car 1941-45
Written by Richard Doherty
Illustrated by Henry Morshead
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $13.95
The iconic vehicle of the British Army's Reconnaissance Corps during World War II, the Humber Light Reconnaissance Car (LRC) saw service in several theatres of war between 1941 and 1945. The Humber LRC gave excellent service to the Reconnaissance Corps with its agility, speed and height proving to be invaluable assets... Read more >
Written by Richard Doherty
Illustrated by Henry Morshead
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $13.95
The iconic vehicle of the British Army's Reconnaissance Corps during World War II, the Humber Light Reconnaissance Car (LRC) saw service in several theatres of war between 1941 and 1945. The Humber LRC gave excellent service to the Reconnaissance Corps with its agility, speed and height proving to be invaluable assets... Read more >
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trade paperback.
Italian Aces of World War 2
Written by Giorgio Apostolo
Illustrated by Richard Caruana
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
Flying aircraft such as the Macchi 200-202, Fiat G.50 and biplane Fiat CR.42, the Italian fighter pilots were recognised by their Allied counterparts as brave opponents blessed with sound flying abilities, but employing under-gunned and underpowered equipment. Following the Italian surrender in September 1943, a number of aces continued to take... Read more >
Written by Giorgio Apostolo
Illustrated by Richard Caruana
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
Flying aircraft such as the Macchi 200-202, Fiat G.50 and biplane Fiat CR.42, the Italian fighter pilots were recognised by their Allied counterparts as brave opponents blessed with sound flying abilities, but employing under-gunned and underpowered equipment. Following the Italian surrender in September 1943, a number of aces continued to take... Read more >
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trade paperback.
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Italian Medium Tanks
1939-45
Written by Pier Battistelli
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $17.95
Several factors delayed and greatly hampered the development of an Italian medium and heavy tank during Rommel's Desert War in World War II. The first was the strategic stance of the country, focussed on a war against neighbouring countries such as France and Yugoslavia, and ill-prepared for a war in the... Read more >
1939-45
Written by Pier Battistelli
Format: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $17.95
Several factors delayed and greatly hampered the development of an Italian medium and heavy tank during Rommel's Desert War in World War II. The first was the strategic stance of the country, focussed on a war against neighbouring countries such as France and Yugoslavia, and ill-prepared for a war in the... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
Italian Medium Tanks
1939-45
Written by Pier Battistelli
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $13.95
Several factors delayed and greatly hampered the development of an Italian medium and heavy tank during Rommel's Desert War in World War II. The first was the strategic stance of the country, focussed on a war against neighbouring countries such as France and Yugoslavia, and ill-prepared for a war in the... Read more >
1939-45
Written by Pier Battistelli
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $13.95
Several factors delayed and greatly hampered the development of an Italian medium and heavy tank during Rommel's Desert War in World War II. The first was the strategic stance of the country, focussed on a war against neighbouring countries such as France and Yugoslavia, and ill-prepared for a war in the... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
Luftwaffe Field Divisions 1941-45
Written by Kevin Ruffner
Illustrated by Ronald Volstad
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $13.95
Hermann Göring raised the Luftwaffe Field Divisions [LwFD] during 1942, when Nazi Germany was still making spectacular gains but was first feeling the pinch of its losses on the Eastern Front. The Reichsmarschall decided to raise his own divisions for ground service under the command of Luftwaffe officers. On 17 September... Read more >
Written by Kevin Ruffner
Illustrated by Ronald Volstad
Format: eBook, 48 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $13.95
Hermann Göring raised the Luftwaffe Field Divisions [LwFD] during 1942, when Nazi Germany was still making spectacular gains but was first feeling the pinch of its losses on the Eastern Front. The Reichsmarschall decided to raise his own divisions for ground service under the command of Luftwaffe officers. On 17 September... Read more >
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trade paperback.
Maginot Line 1940
Battles on the French Frontier
Written by Marc Romanych
Illustrated by Martin Rupp and John White
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
Constructed throughout the 1930s, the Maginot Line was supposed to form the ultimate defense against a German invasion of France. However, different sections of the line were built at different times and the strength of various sections varied widely. During their Blitzkrieg invasion, the Germans were able to identify these weak... Read more >
Battles on the French Frontier
Written by Marc Romanych
Illustrated by Martin Rupp and John White
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
Constructed throughout the 1930s, the Maginot Line was supposed to form the ultimate defense against a German invasion of France. However, different sections of the line were built at different times and the strength of various sections varied widely. During their Blitzkrieg invasion, the Germans were able to identify these weak... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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Message to Adolf, Part 2
Written by Osamu Tezuka
Format: Hardcover, 608 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $26.95
In part two of Message to Adolf, with World War II escalating things have become quite heated for the Adolfs. Adolf Kaufman is now enrolled in a Hitler Youth Academy. While there he quickly is taught to distinguish between races and religions. He would eventually hand out stars of David to... Read more >
Written by Osamu Tezuka
Format: Hardcover, 608 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $26.95
In part two of Message to Adolf, with World War II escalating things have become quite heated for the Adolfs. Adolf Kaufman is now enrolled in a Hitler Youth Academy. While there he quickly is taught to distinguish between races and religions. He would eventually hand out stars of David to... Read more >
Mustang Aces of the 357th Fighter Group
Written by Chris Bucholtz
Illustrated by Chris Davey
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
The 357th Fighter Group produced 42 aces, more than any other group within the USAAF. It was also the first group in the Eighth Air Force to be equipped with the P-51. Thanks to this fighter and the talented pilots assigned to the group (men such as Bud Anderson, Kit Carson... Read more >
Written by Chris Bucholtz
Illustrated by Chris Davey
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
The 357th Fighter Group produced 42 aces, more than any other group within the USAAF. It was also the first group in the Eighth Air Force to be equipped with the P-51. Thanks to this fighter and the talented pilots assigned to the group (men such as Bud Anderson, Kit Carson... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
P-36 Hawk Aces of World War 2
Written by Lionel Persyn
Illustrated by Chris Davey
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
The Curtiss P-36 began its life in the US where it was considered a revolution in performance design in comparison to other US fighters. Its pilots achieved some of the first American victories of the war and many went on to become aces. One P-36 pilot, Frances Gabreski, became the leading... Read more >
Written by Lionel Persyn
Illustrated by Chris Davey
Format: eBook, 96 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $15.95
The Curtiss P-36 began its life in the US where it was considered a revolution in performance design in comparison to other US fighters. Its pilots achieved some of the first American victories of the war and many went on to become aces. One P-36 pilot, Frances Gabreski, became the leading... Read more >
Also available as a
trade paperback.
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The Pointblank Directive
Three Generals and the Untold Story of the Daring Plan that Saved D-Day
Written by L. Keeney
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $27.95
Where was the Luftwaffe on D-Day? Historians have debated that question for six decades, but in 2010 a formerly classified World War II D-Day history was restored, and in it were a new set of answers. Pointblank is the result of extensive new research using that newly restored history to create... Read more >
Three Generals and the Untold Story of the Daring Plan that Saved D-Day
Written by L. Keeney
Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: December 18, 2012
Price: $27.95
Where was the Luftwaffe on D-Day? Historians have debated that question for six decades, but in 2010 a formerly classified World War II D-Day history was restored, and in it were a new set of answers. Pointblank is the result of extensive new research using that newly restored history to create... Read more >
Also available as an
eBook.
