From the critically acclaimed author of Dünkirchen 1940, this is a groundbreaking history of the epic three-day battle for Hill 107 that changed the course of the war in the Mediterranean. 368 pages, with 8 pages of photographs, plus maps in the text.
An award-winning US Marine Corps armor historian's account of the role of US and Japanese tanks on Iwo Jima. 48 pages, all inclusive, with tables, colour plates and profiles, first person accounts, and new photographs of this lynchpin battle in the Pacifi...
This review will cover two titles in the Pen & Sword "Images of war" series, 1 'Rommel's ghost division, Victory in the west, and 2 ' Rommel's ghost division, dash to the Channel - 1940', because the two are to all intents and purposes one book such are t...
WW2 Vehicles Through the Lens is a new series of photographic albums presenting military and civilian vehicles used by the military during World War Two. Each book will have six-eight parts, each dealing with a different subject featuring mostly previousl...
In Panzer-Rgt./Abt.18 on the battlefield, Tom Cockle looks at this German unit and their vehicles. Many types of vehicles will appear in this book but the key role was played by the Tauchpanzers. The hardcover, landscape formatted book’s brief introductio...
This illustrated study investigates the Indo-Islamic fighting men of South Asia from the 7th century AD to the Mughal conquest of the 16th century. Men-at-arms series #552. 48 pages, 8 colour artwork plates; black & white photographs and illustrations, wr...
In this book, the two sides' objectives, weapons and equipment and fighting styles are assessed and compared in the context of three featured battles: Carnuntum (170), where a Roman legion was vanquished and Italy invaded; the 'Battle on the Ice' (172), w...
A fully illustrated new assessment of the German tank force that won its greatest victory in France during 1940. The German conquest of France in 1940 was arguably the Wehrmacht's greatest military achievement, conquering France in several weeks after hav...
In this new edition of his popular 2014 work, Mark Galeotti traces the progress of the wars in Chechnya, from the initial Russian advance through to urban battles such as Grozny, and the prolonged guerrilla warfare in the mountainous regions. Bringing the...
A unique comparison between the two most numerous British and German tank types from 1941 to 1943; 80 pages, with, colour illustrations throughout, including profiles, technical drawings, battlescene artworks, maps and photographs.
This highly illustrated title details the history of the Jagdpanzer, the self-propelled German tank destroyers introduced in the second half of World War II. Hardback, 272 pages, and very richly illustrated.
An illustrated study of how coalition armor in Iraq in 2003–06 handled a unique multi-threat environment, from enemy armor to IEDs. 80 pages all inclusive, with maps, color plates and photographs, side bar profiles, and cut away detail drawings.
From the publisher, "Investigates the history and evolving appearance of the 'Grossdeutschland' Division, the German Army's premier combat unit during World War II."
In March 1969, the two giants of the Communist world – the People’s Republic of China and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics – came to blows over the control of a remote and uninhabited island on their mutual border in a conflict that risked barely c...
While tanks were the most recognized armored vehicles during the Cold War, NATO and Warsaw Pact (WP) armies fielded a wide array of armored fighting vehicles (AFVs). These included armored cars, armored personnel carriers (APCs), anti-aircraft vehicles an...
