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PS-226 BATTLE EAST OF ELSENBORN $37.99

The Battle East of Elsenborn closely examines the role of Oberstgruppenfuhrer Joseph 'Sepp' Dietrich's Sixth Panzer Army in the massive German winter counteroffensive. Hitler had tasked Dietrich with making the main effort east of the Elsenborn Ridge and against the positions of the US 99th Infantry Division. Hitler's plan was to reach deep into Allied-held territory and seize the vital port of Antwerp. In the event this daring and desperate counterattack failed but it was a close run thing. Credit for the outcome must ultimately go to the American soldiers who, some new to combat and others battle-hardened, fought valiantly to blunt the German advance and ultimately bring it to a halt just east of Elsenborn. The book also studies the actions of six individuals who earned the Congressional Medal of Honor, their nation's highest bravery award. It tells of the courageous story of men who believed in their heritage, and who, through their heroic teamwork and dedication, stopped the main effort of the German Sixth Army.

American veterans who participated in this battle remember the events, even after sixty years, as only yesterday. They also remember their compatriots and friends who died in this battle.

The author has probed into every possible source for factual information. He has studied official after-action reports, histories and unit reports of organizations involved in the battle.

In addition, he has conducted an extensive program of individual contacts, not only with the US Army participants, local villages and resistance fighters, but also with German commanders at various levels in the 3 divisions involved.

Such an ample and widespread research effort has enabled the author to separate fact from fiction.

The author William C. C. Cavanagh acted as principal research assistant to the late Charles B. MacDonald, himself a veteran and former Company Commander in the 2d Infantry Division. Having lived in the Ardennes area for thirteen years, he knows the battlefields intimately and his book A Tour of the Bulge Battlefield was first published by Pen & Sword Books in 2001.

Specifications : 6¼ x 9¼, 192 pages, Illustrated, hardback, Pen & Sword

HE-106 AIRBORNE ARMOUR $39.95

Tetrarch, Locust, Hamilcar and the 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment 1938-50

Despite all the works on airborne forces published since 1945, the full story of Britain's 'airborne armour' has remained untold. This book is intended to correct that omission.

The story has two main strands - the project to fly tanks onto the battlefield to support airborne forces, and the history of the unit which operated those tanks and supported 6th Airborne Division in the ground role - the 6th Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment.

The book is the result of considerable original research and contact with surviving members of 6th AARR. It contains the full development background of both airborne tanks, the British Tetrarch and American Locust, and also that of the Hamilcar glider. It examines rival or complimentary projects, in particular the German Me 321 Gigant glider, and analyses the extent to which the British airborne armour project was a success. The history of 6th AARR is traced back to the little known Special Service Squadrons of the RAC which were pioneers of armoured amphibious assault, and who saw action in the invasion of Madagascar in 1942.

One of these squadrons became the Airborne Light Tank Squadron, which grew into the Airborne Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment in time for D-Day. This unit flew 20 Tetrarch tanks into battle on the evening of D-Day in the first ever assault landing of tanks from the air, and did the same 10 months later when 8 Locust tanks were landed as part of the massive Rhine crossing operation. 6th AARR also had a proud history in ground combat in Normandy, the Ardennes, and Germany, often forming the spearhead for the advance of 6th Airborne Division. The unit has a fair claim to be the 'forgotten regiment' of British airborne forces, a fate which this book aims to put right. Airborne Armour describes and analyses a unique unit of the British army and some unique military operations.

Specifications: 5¾ x 9, 224 pages, 35 b/w photos & ills, 7 maps, hardback, Helion & Company

HE-107 PANZERSCHLACHT $59.95

Armoured Operations on the Hungarian Plains September-November 1944

'Panzerschlacht' covers in detail the unraveling of the southern sector of the Eastern Front during late summer and autumn 1944, which led to some of the largest and most vicious, yet unknown, tank battles of the Second World War.

Slammed by continuous Russian attacks that ripped the Romanian Front to pieces and by late August had caused Romania to defect to the Soviets, Germans forces were left threadbare. Only Hungary narrowly failed to defect to the USSR, and was coerced into remaining Germany's ally. Despite a gross imbalance in numbers, the German Army, and more notably, their Panzer divisions (some with only 30 AFVs) delayed, disrupted and destroyed much larger Russian units with successful counter-attacks.

As the Russians blitzed through Romania and neared Hungary in late August 1944, it was the Hungarian Army that stymied the Red horde. The Hungarian units pulled themselves together and in September conducted two very important and overlooked counterattacks: Arad and Torda. The Arad counterattack sent the defending Romanians reeling, forcing them to give up the city of Arad and beyond as the Hungarian 1st Armoured Division faced little opposition. At Torda, the Hungarian 2nd Armoured Division also made significant gains towards the mountain passes until the arrival of Russian armor. The book covers these in detail with maps so often missing in other accounts. Both battles temporarily put the 'brake' on the Russian blitzkrieg.

From mid-September until November, the focus of the Russians now became the Hungarian Plains - a flat area ideally suited to the massive and chaotic tank battles that occurred throughout October. The Russian operations around Debrecen envisioned the 6th Guards Tank Army and others cutting out the seemingly meager German and Hungarian forces across the line northwards to Debrecen and Nyiraghaza. Their plan, if successful, would encircle the whole German 8th Army still holding on east in the mountains. It was aimed to deal a crippling blow. However, the German commanders saw the writing on the wall and began to withdraw their 8th Army. As the Russians ground northwards, the German 6th and 8th Armies fought tooth and nail during their withdrawal. It was no easy victory for either side.

Panzerschlacht covers all of these operations in detail. Using excellent color maps and detailed orders of battles showing unit strengths, the reader can follow this David versus Goliath event as it unfolded. A large number of rare archival photographs, many previously unpublished, complement the text. Full-color artwork provides detailed information about the camouflage and markings carried by the vehicles involved in the fighting, including the rarely-seen Hungarian AFVs. A variety of German, Hungarian, Russian and Romanian sources were used by the author. Overall, this is an excellent account of a hitherto-unknown series of major tank battles fought on the Eastern Front in the autumn of 1944.

Specifications : 8 x 12, 136 pages, 8 pages color profiles, 120 color & b/w photos, 18 color maps, hardback, Helion & Company

IA-101 BATTLE OF THE BULGE 1944 $29.95

General Crookenden analyzes the strategic and political complexities of Hitler's unorthodox decision to go over to the offensive in the face of growing Allied superiority.

Although dismissed by some as yet another example of Hitler's eccentricity or incompetency, General Crookenden is careful to show just how close the offensive came to achieving its objectives. The detailed text is supplemented by over 200 contemporary photographs and line drawings.

Specifications : 8½ x 11½, 160 pages, 200 b/w photos and drawings, hardback, Ian Allan Publishing

TD-13 MAIN BATTLE TANK T-80 $24.95

Developed from the late 1970s, the T-80 represents the final phase of Soviet tank development in the era before the break-up of the Soviet Union and the emergence of the Russian Federation and the other new states created as the Soviet Union gradually imploded. Amongst the most technologically advanced of all amour to have emerged from the old Soviet Union, the T-80 and its later variants, such as the T-90 ‘Black Eagle’, remain central to the Russian army’s armored units as well as the armies of several of the ex-Soviet states, such as the Ukraine. In addition to service with the forces of the erstwhile Soviet union, the T-80 has also found a significant place in the global market place with orders from, amongst others, Pakistan and Korea.

In the third of the new ‘Russian Armour’ series, Mikhail Baryatinskiy provides the reader with a comprehensive account of the development and operational record of the T-80 main battle tank. Utilising photographs, line drawings and specially prepared artworks, he provides a detailed portrait of these highly successful tanks.

The book includes six chapters. Chapter 1 describes the T-80’s development history; chapter 2 deals with the production of the baseline diesel-engine T-80 and its subsequent modernization to T-80BV standard, a detailed structural description of the T-80B following in Chapter 3. The next chapter describes the production of the turbine-powered T-80U and its mid-life upgrade, the T-80UD. Chapter 5 gives an account of the T-80’s service, including combat use by the Russian Army. Finally, Chapter 6 describes the T-80U’s further development into the most advanced Russian tank of today, the T-90 ‘Black Eagle'.

Aimed at the modeler, military historian and war-gamer, the new ‘Russian Armour’ series is designed to provide, probably for the first time in the English language, authoritative information on the classic Soviet tank designs of the 20th century. The series will be required reading for all those interested in the development of armored warfare over the past 100 years.

AF-006 FALLSCHIRMJAGER $17.95

Storming the Gran Sasso - The Liberation of Mussolini - 12 September 1943

“On the night of the 11th to 12th September, I was made to understand that the allies would not keep me alive in their hands... It was 14:00 hours when I saw the first glider land, followed by others and then groups of men approached the refuge, prepared to eliminate any resistance. The guards watching over me couldnít understand what was happening and didn’t fire. The whole thing lasted five minutes. The enterprise, example of the Germans’ organisation, decision and sense of initiative would be remembered in the history of the war. In time it will become legendary.”

With these prophetic words, Mussolini himself described the audacious Operation Oak raid by German Waffen-SS that freed him from his captors in the Hotel Campo Imperatore.

This book provides a complete, illustrated account of the controversial and dangerous liberation of one of history’s most infamous leaders, Mussolini.

Specifications : 7 x 10, 64 pages, b/w and color profiles, paperback, AF Editions

AF-007 ISANDLWANA: The Bitter Victory $19.95

When the incredible news of the Isandlwana disaster reached the heart of the British Empire, Victorian society could not believe that a few ‘savages’ had annihilated a large number of professional troops, belonging to one of its most legendary infantry regiments. It was a major defeat - remaining the greatest British military defeat at the hands of native forces in history. 850 Europeans and around 450 Africans in British service died. Only 50 European troops and five Imperial officers escaped, in addition to several hundred Africans who fled the battlefield before the camp was surrounded.

While Isandlwana was a Pyrrhic victory for the Zulus because of the heavy casualties suffered, it was an immediate catastrophe for the British and with the decisive defeat of Chelmsford's central column the entire invasion of Zululand collapsed and would have to be restaged. The victories of the Zulus did not end the war and as King Cetshwayo feared, the embarrassment of the defeat forced the policy makers in London, who to this point had not supported the war, to rally to the support of the pro-war contingent in the Natal government and commit whatever resources were needed to defeat the Zulu. The Zulus were poorly supplied with firearms and were not well trained with the few they had. The Zulus also, despite local numerical superiority, had manpower resources that could not match the British in a series of battles.

Specifications: 7 x 10, 72 pages, illustrated throughout, paperback, AF Editions

GSP-101 BATTLE $24.95

It is Normandy, July 28, 1944. Outside Caen, the Americans have broken through the German defences. Six stalemated British divisions redeploy to join the American attack. The ensuing battle involves infantry, tanks and artillery working together.

The battle plans, which had seemed clear-cut and achievable during the battle seem a nightmarish botch to the frightened men who are fighting. Some men fail - as human beings, as leaders, as comrades; some just do their duty, some excel. It is a battle like any other, where the resources of men are tested to the limit and each is faced with his own stark moment of self-revelation. And here is the key.

In order to show the reader the true nature of combat, Ken Macksey has selected a real engagement in which he took part, and has related authentic incidents played out by participants who have remained fictitious to protect the memory of the living and dead. He weaves a terrific story using all his experience and the result, part fact, part fiction is a unique and brilliant insight into what really happens in the life and death of warfare.

Specifications : 6¼ x 9½, 224 pages, Line drawings throughout, hardback, Grub Street Publishing

GSP-102 TANK VERSUS TANK $26.95

The Illustrated Story of Armoured Battlefield Conflict in the Twentieth Century

This study of tank tactics and strategy explains the international development and deployment of the tank against itself and a background of technical innovations and growing threats from mines, grenades, aircraft and missiles. The illustrations recreate vital moments on the battlefield.

Specifications : 8¾ x 11, 196 pages, over 200 photos, cutaway drawings over 60 in full colour, maps, paperback, Grub Street Publishing

SB-111 BATTLE OF MONROE'S CROSSROADS $34.95

The Civil War's Last Campaign

The Battle of Monroe's Crossroads, fought March 10, 1865, was one of most important but least known engagements of William T. Sherman's Carolinas Campaign. Confederate cavalry, led by Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton and Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, launched a savage surprise attack on the sleeping camp of Maj. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick, Sherman's cavalry chief. After three hours of some of the toughest cavalry fighting of the entire Civil War, Hampton broke off and withdrew. His attack, however, had stopped Kilpatrick's advance and bought another precious day for Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee to evacuate his command from Fayetteville. This, in turn, permitted Hardee to join the command of Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and set the stage for the climactic Battle of Bentonville nine days later.

Noted Civil War author Eric Wittenberg has written the first detailed tactical narrative of this important but long-forgotten battle, and places it in its proper context within the entire campaign. His study features 28 original maps and 50 illustrations. Finally, an author of renown has brought to vivid life this overlooked portion of the Carolinas Campaign.

Ohio Attorney Eric J. Wittenberg is a noted Civil War cavalry historian and the author of some dozen books and two dozens articles on the Civil War. His first book, "Gettysburg's Forgotten Cavalry Actions," won the 1998 Bachelder-Coddington Literary Award.

Specifications: 6 x 9, 366 pages, 50 photos and illustrations, maps, hardback, Savas Beatie

SB-112 TRIUMPH AND DEFEAT $16.95

The Vicksburg Campaign

Now available in paper for the first time. Ten fascinating chapters on the complex and decisive campaign to capture the city of Vicksburg and sever the Confederacy in two.

Author Terry Winschel, chief historian at Vicksburg National Military Park, weaves a professional lifetime of personal experience and scholarship into this remarkable study. His chapters cover every major aspect of what many consider to have been the decisive military achievement of the war--the capture of "The Gibraltar of the Confederacy."

How good was General Grant's generalship? Was Confederate Lieutenant General John Pemberton really as inept as we have been led to believe? Which battle of the months-long campaign was decisive and sealed the fate of the city? How did the civilians deal with the lack of food and supplies? What role did cavalry play in this critical campaign? Winschel discusses these issues and many others with articles on General Grant's march through Louisiana, Grierson's Federal cavalry raid, the battles of Port Gibson and Champion Hill, the infantry assault on Vicksburg, siege operations, John Walker's Texas Division, the citizens of Vicksburg, and much more.

Specifications : 6 x 9, 248 pages, 9 maps, 20 photos, end notes, biblio., index, 248., maps, paperback, Savas Beatie

SB-113 RUSSIAN OFFICER CORPS OF THE REVOLUTIONARY AND NAPOLEONIC WARS $64.95

Presented here, for the first time in any language, are more than 800 detailed biographies of the senior Russian officers who commanded troops in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, together with 440 b&x portraits. This amazing study spans the critical years of 1792 to 1815, but also includes those officers whose service fell before and after this period.

Dr. Mikaberidze's The Russian Officer Corps is based upon years of research in Russian archives. Each biography includes the subject’s place of birth, family history, educational background, a detailed description of his military service, his awards and promotions, wounds, transfers, commands, and other related information, including the date and place of his death and internment, if known.

In addition to the biographies is an introductory chapter setting forth in meticulous detail the organization of the Russian military, how it was trained, the educational and cultural background of the officer corps, its awards and their history and meaning, and much more. This outstanding overview is supported and enhanced by three dozen charts, tables, and graphics that illustrate the rich history of the Russian officer corps.

This study also includes a Foreword by Dr. Donald H. Horward, and an annotated bibliography to help guide students of the period through the available Russian sources. Stunning in its scope and depth of coverage, The Russian Officer Corps will be of tremendous use to historians, scholars, genealogists, hobbyists, wargamers, and anyone working or studying late 18th and early 19th-century European history. Every student of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, as well as every academic library, will find this impressive reference work absolutely indispensable.

Serious readers of this momentous period of history cannot afford to be without this exceptional reference work.

About the Author: Alexander Mikaberidze is an assistant professor of history at Mississippi State University. He holds a law degree from the Republic of Georgia and a Ph.D. in history from Florida State University, where he worked at the Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution. He serves as president of the Napoleonic Society of Georgia. In addition to his numerous articles on various Napoleonic-related topics, Dr. Mikaberidze's publications include a biography of Napoleon in Georgian, two volumes on the Russo-Turkish War of 1806-1812, and the forthcoming Lion of the Russian Army: Life and Career of General Peter Bagration

Specifications : 7 x 10, 528 pages, 370 b&w images, illus., map, maps, hardback, Savas Beatie

SB-114 INDIAN WARS' CIVIL WAR $12.99

JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN WARS

A series of outstanding articles by leading scholars on what Native Americans experienced during our Civil War.

Articles include" "Nations Asunder: Western American Indians During the Civil War"; "Minnesota Volunteers and the Coming of the 1862 Dakota War"; "The Most Terrible Stories: The Minnesota Dakota War and White Imagination"; "Stand Watie at First and Second Cabin Creek"; and interview with a leading historian, a look at Wisconsin's 1832 Black Hawk War Trail and much more, including book reviews, index.

Specifications : 6 x 9, 188 pages, 18 photos and illustrations, maps, paperback, Savas Beatie

Great Battles of the First Empire
HC-351 AUSTERLITZ $44.95

The Empire at its Zenith
F.-G. Hourtoulle

The fourth book in an excellent series from Histoire & Collections, Austerlitz covers the famous battle, the results of which saw Napoleon at the height of his power.

A detailed text is accompanied by contemporary paintings and a vast array of graphics illustrating the uniforms and equipment of the soldiers of the time.

Specifications: 9 x 12, 120 pages, full color throughout, maps, hardback, Histoire & Collections

Great Battles of the First Empire
HC-352 JENA AUERSTAEDT $44.95

The Triumph of the Eagle
F.G. Hourtoulle

The First Empire was at its height during the Jena–Auerstadt campaign of 1806. The campaign was a classic of Napoleonic tactics, as Marshal Davout held one German army at bay while Napoleon concentrated his forces to defeat the main one. This excellent book combines an informative narrative with paintings oft he battles and a superb collection of images of uniforms and equipment from the period—all in color.

Specifications: 9 x 13, 120 pages, illustrated in color, hardback, Histoire & Collections

Great Battles of the First Empire
HC-353 FROM EYLAU TO FRIEDLAND $55.00

F.-G. Hourtoulle

For More than 40 years, F.-G. Hourtoulle has explored the Napoleonic epic and for the past eight years, he has been producing fabulous books for enthusiasts, packed with color graphics and contemporary paintings.

Continuing on from Jena Auestaedt , Borodino, Wagram, and 1814 comes this latest volume on Friedland. From Berlin to Tilsitt, Napoleon led the French army in one of his most glorious campaigns. During these eight months, the basic rank-and-file as well as the most legendary general out all their efforts in to the task of reviving Friedland, the best army in Europe was the tool of one of the greatest military leaders of all time.

Specifications : 12 x 9, 144 pages, full color throughout, hardback, Histoire & Collections

Great Battles of the First Empire
HC-354 BORODINO: The Moscova $44.95

The Battle for the Redoubts
F.G. Hourtouille

Readers of F.-G. Hourtouille's acclaimed Jena-Auerstaedt will find the same extraordinary detail in this study of Napoleon's 1812 campaign.

Over 300 uniforms and over 120 flags are featured in the color plates as well as paintings of the battle. The evolution of the battle is described with the aid of numerous new color maps.

Specifications : 9 x 13, 144 pages, full Color Throughout, hardback, Histoire & Collections

Great Battles of the First Empire
HC-356 1814, THE CAMPAIGN OF FRANCE $55.00

F.-G. Hourtoulle & J. Garnier

Montmirail, Champaubert, Reims, Laon, Craonne, Montereau, Paris… Each of these names is synonymous of tumultuous victories and heroic fighting. Each is them is also a sign of the genius of Napoleon as a military leader, and a testimony of the sacrifice accepted by the men which followed him on the battlefields. In this new book, the Authors survey the whole campaign of France, stating facts and explaining the opponents' views.

And, in the now famous third part of the book, they introduce us to the main actors of the drama: marshalls and generals, but also the obscure, ordinary NCOs and privates of Napoleon's army. And, as usual in this series, the intricately detailed color plates by André Jouineau render the richness and diversity of the uniforms of all armies involved in the Emperor's most dashing campaign.

Specifications : 9½ x 12½, 128 pages, hardback, Histoire & Collections

VP-101 NORMANDY 1944 $41.95

The Canadian Summer

Exploits of the Canadian forces during the battle of Normandy by Bill McAndrew, Donald E. Graves & Michael J. Whitby

Specifications: 9 x 12, 164 pages, 100 b/w photos, MAPS, hardcover, Vanwell Publishing