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CONTENTS New in Hardback 1– 7 New in Paperback 8 Gift Books 9 Falklands War 40th Anniversary 10 Dogfight – NEW! 11 Air Campaign 12 Combat 13 Campaign 14– 15 Combat Aircraft 16 Duel 17 Elite 18 Essential Histories – RELAUNCH! 19 Men-at-Arms 20 AUTUMN HIGHLIGHTS New Vanguard 21 Weapon 22 Fortress & Raid 23 Also Available 24 Board Games 25–26 Wargames 27–28 Roleplaying Games 29 Contact & Sales Information 30–31 Stocklist 32 Spinner Information 33 A full stocklist of all our available backlist titles and a digital edition of this catalogue can be found at www.ospreypublishing.com/stocklist
NEW GENERAL MILITARY BOOKS
America’s Few
Marine Aces of the South Pacific
RELATED TITLES
Bill Yenne
Using the parallel stories of the two top-scoring US Marine Corps fighter aces
of all time, this new book explores USMC aviation over the South Pacific.
America’s Few delves into the history of US Marine Corps aviation in World
War II, following the feats of the Corps’ top-scoring aces in the skies over
Guadalcanal. During the interwar period, the support of USMC amphibious
operations became a key element of Marine aviation doctrine, and the
small force gradually grew. It was over Guadalcanal that Joe Foss emerged
as a symbol of Marine aviation. As commander of VMF-121, he organized a ISBN: 9781472838223
group of fighter pilots that downed 72 enemy aircraft; Foss himself reached
a score of 26. Gregory ‘Pappy’ Boyington, meanwhile, had become a Marine
aviator in 1935. Best known as the commander of VMF-214, he came into
his own in late 1943 and eventually matched Foss’s aerial victory score.
Through the parallel stories of these two top-scoring fighter aces, as well
as many other Marine aces, America’s Few examines the development of US
Available: January 2022 Marine Corps aviation in the South Pacific.
ISBN: 9781472847492
Price: £25 / US $35 / CAN $48 Bill Yenne is the author of more than 40 books and is the recipient of the
Period: World War II Air Force Association’s Gill Robb Wilson Award for the ‘most outstanding
Format: Hardback, 352 pages contribution in the field of arts and letters [as an] author whose works have ISBN: 9781472833235
32pp plate section in b&w shaped how thousands of Americans understand and appreciate airpower.’
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Immortal Valor
The Black Medal of Honor Winners Of World War II
RELATED TITLES
Robert Child
This is the remarkable story of the seven African American soldiers
ultimately awarded the World War II Medal of Honor.
Ruben Rivers, Vernon Baker, John R. Fox, Willy F. James Jr., Charles L.
Thomas, George Watson, Edward A. Carter Jr. These are the names of
seven American heroes. Their acts of valour during World War II so heroic
that they deserved a place among the pantheon of America’s best and
bravest soldiers. And yet not one of these men was awarded the Medal
of Honor during the war simply due to the colour of their skin. Immortal ISBN: 9781472811103
Valor reveals the full story of their remarkable actions in the heat of battle
and the institutional racism that denied them the United States military’s
highest award.
Robert Child is a military history writer, director, and published author
with Penguin/Random House. Besides his co-authored book, The Lost
Eleven, with Denise George, he has published nine other nonfiction military
Available: January 2022
history titles and military thrillers over the last eight years. Robert has
ISBN: 9781472852854
Price: £25 / US $30 / CAN $40 garnered more than 26 writing and directing awards including an Emmy®
Period: World War II nomination. He lives in Atlanta.
Format: Hardback, 288 pages ISBN: 9781472819369
16pp plate section in colour
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NEW GENERAL MILITARY BOOKS
Hitler’s Navy
The Kriegsmarine in World War II
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Gordon Williamson
A complete illustrated study of the German Kriegsmarine throughout
World War II.
Hamstrung at first by the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the German
Navy, under Hitler, underwent a programme of rearmament in defiance
of these restrictions, building modern warships under limitations which
forced technological innovation. Following years of covert development,
submarines became one of the Kriegsmarine’s most deadly weapons and
surface ships went on to play a crucial role in the opening salvoes of World
ISBN: 9781472839763
War II during the invasions of Poland and Norway. This highly illustrated
volume is a comprehensive study of the German Navy throughout the war,
from pocket battleships to torpedo boats.
Available: February 2022
ISBN: 9781472847928 Gordon Williamson, born in 1951, is a retired civil servant with a passion
Price: £30 / US $40 / CAN $55 for military history. He spent seven years with the Royal Military Police (TA)
Period: World War II and has written over 60 military titles including a number of Osprey World
Format: Hardback, 256 pages War II books. Amongst his primary interests are the German Navy in World
Fully illustrated throughout in colour and b&w War II, in particular the U-boats, and Military Police forces of both the ISBN: 9781472828880
Allied and Axis armies.
Panzer III
RELATED TITLES
Thomas Anderson
This highly illustrated title details the history of the Panzer III from its
early development through its pivotal role in the Blitzkrieg campaigns.
The Panzer III was the mainstay of the German armoured forces in the early
years of World War II and spearheaded the victories in Poland, Western
Europe and the Balkans. Later versions proved to be particularly effective
during the campaigns in the Balkans and against British armour in the
North African desert campaign. However, in the first months of Operation
Barbarossa – the German invasion of the Soviet Union – it became obvious ISBN: 9781472829689
to battlefield commanders that the Panzer III had become obsolete as a
main battle tank and it began to be replaced by the Panzer IV. The Panzer III
was relegated to a secondary role, but its chassis proved the basis for the
Sturmgeschutz III, which became the most widespread German armoured
Available: February 2022 vehicle of World War II.
ISBN: 9781472845870
Price: £35/ US $50 / CAN $68 Thomas Anderson is a specialist on German armoured fighting vehicles
Period: World War II of World War II, and his other titles for Osprey include Panzer IV and
Format: Hardback, 304 pages Sturmgeschütz. He regularly contributes to popular modelling and
Fully illustrated throughout in b&w historical magazines, including Military Modelcraft International (UK),
Steel Art (Italy), Historia Militar (Spain) and Batailles & Blindés (France). ISBN: 9781472841797
He lives in Germany.
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NEW GENERAL MILITARY BOOKS
The U-Boat War
A Global History 1939–45
RELATED TITLES
Lawrence Paterson
A unique perspective of the global history of U-boats during the entirety
of World War II by one of the world’s leading U-boat experts.
The accepted historical narrative of World War II predominantly assigns
U-boats to the so-called ‘Battle of the Atlantic’. This has become an
almost accepted error. U-boats were active in nearly every theatre of
operation in which the Wehrmacht served, and within all but the Southern
Ocean. Moreover, these deployments were not undertaken in isolation from
one another; instead they were frequently interconnected in what became ISBN: 9781472820457
an increasingly inefficient German naval strategy. This fascinating new
book places each theatre of action in which U-boats were deployed into
the broader context of World War II in its entirety while also studying the
interdependence of the various geographic deployments.
Lawrence ‘Larry’ Paterson is a musician, a scuba diver and a globally
Available: April 2022 published author. He spent a period of time as a member of the Royal
ISBN: 9781472848253 Navy Submarine Museum Archive Working group, specializing in U-boat
ISBN: 9781472835819
Price: £25 / US $35 / CAN $48 records. His interest in World War II, and particularly the German forces,
Period: World War II dates back to his childhood and he attributes much of his interest to both
Format: Hardback, 336 pages grandfathers – one who was an ANZAC during World War I and the other
32pp plate section in b&w who was a Royal Navy stoker during World War II.
When the Shooting Stopped
August 1945
RELATED TITLES
Barrett Tillman
August 15, 1945 officially marked the end of World War II, but conflict
continued throughout the month. This title explores those final eventful
weeks.
In the 44 months between December 1941 and August 1945, the Pacific
Theater absorbed the attention of the American nation and military
longer than any other. The stunning announcements of atomic bombs on
Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9 seemed sure to force Japan
over the tipping point since the Allies’ surrender demand from Potsdam, ISBN: 9781472825490
Germany, in July. What few understood was the vast gap in the cultural
ethos of East and West at that time. In fact, most of the Japanese cabinet
refused to surrender and vicious dogfights were still waged in the skies
above Japan. This fascinating new history tells the dramatic story of the
final weeks of the war, detailing the last brutal battles on air, land and
sea with evocative first-hand accounts from pilots and sailors caught up
Available: April 2022 in these extraordinary events.
ISBN: 9781472848987
Price: £25 / US $35 / CAN $48 Barrett Tillman is an award-winning author and speaker based in Arizona
Period: World War II with more than 40 non-fiction books as well as novels to his credit. Tillman
ISBN: 9781472826428
Format: Hardback, 304 pages has appeared in more than a dozen documentaries including The History
32pp plate section in colour Channel’s Dogfights. The son of a World War II aviator, he learned to fly at
a young age and has logged hundreds of hours in historic aircraft.
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NEW GENERAL MILITARY BOOKS
Z Special Unit
The Elite Allied World War II Guerrilla Force
RELATED TITLES
Gavin Mortimer
The incredible story of the origins and operations of a wartime special
forces unit that defied the odds.
Z Special Unit, one of the most intrepid but arguably the most unsung of
Allied Special Forces of World War II, waged a guerrilla war against Japan
for two years in the south-west Pacific. On some of their 81 operations
Z Special Unit slipped into enemy harbours in canoes and silently mined
ships before vanishing into the night; on others they parachuted into the
dense Borneo jungle to fight with headhunters against the Japanese and ISBN: 9781472819338
on one occasion they landed on an Indonesian island and smuggled out
the pro-Allied sultan from under Japanese noses. Drawing on veteran
interviews as well as operational reports and recently declassified SOE files,
Available: April 2022
ISBN: 9781472847096 Gavin Mortimer explores the incredible history of this remarkable Special
Price: £25 / US $35 / CAN $48 Forces unit and the band of commandoes that defied the odds.
Period: World War II
Format: Hardback, 256 pages Gavin Mortimer is an award-winning writer whose books have been
Fully illustrated throughout in colour and b&w published on both sides of the Atlantic. Gavin has previously written for
a wide range of newspapers and magazines. In addition, he has lectured
on the SAS in World War II at the National Army Museum. He was also the
historical consultant on the 2017 BBC documentary about the SAS. ISBN: 9781472811134
Warship 2022
RELATED TITLES
Edited by John Jordan
Warship is a celebrated annual publication featuring the latest research
on history, development, and service of the world’s warships.
For over 40 years, Warship has been the leading annual resource on
the design, development, and deployment of the world’s combat ships.
Featuring a broad range of articles from a select panel of distinguished
international contributors, this latest volume combines original research,
ISBN: 9781472833716
new book reviews, warship notes, an image gallery, and much more,
maintaining the impressive standards of scholarship and research
for which Warship has become synonymous. Detailed and accurate
information is the keynote of all the articles, which are fully supported by
plans, data tables, and stunning photographs.
John Jordan is a former teacher of modern languages. He is the author of
two major books on the Soviet Navy, and has co-authored a series of books ISBN: 9781472840233
Available: May 2022
ISBN: 9781472847812 for Seaforth Publishing on the French Navy, of which the most recent are
Price: £40 / US $60 / CAN $82 French Battleships of World War One (2017) and French Armoured Cruisers
Period: Multi-period 1887–1932 (2019) with Philippe Caresse. John is also the sole author
Format: Hardback, 224 pages of Warships After Washington, published by Seaforth in 2011; a sequel,
Fully illustrated in b&w Warships After London, was published in autumn 2020. John has been
associated with Warship from its earliest beginnings and took over the
editorship in 2004.
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NEW GENERAL MILITARY BOOKS
Going Downtown
The US Air Force over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, 1961–75
RELATED TITLES
Thomas McKelvey Cleaver
This vivid narrative history tells the full story of the US Air Force’s
involvement in the wars in the air over Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
The involvement of the US Air Force in the Southeast Asian Wars began
in 1962 with crews sent to train Vietnamese pilots and finally ended in
1972 with the B-52 bombing of Hanoi, though there were Air Force pilots
unofficially flying combat in Laos until 1975. The missions flown by
USAF aircrews during those years in Southeast Asia differed widely, from
attacking the Ho Chi Minh Trail at night with modified T-28 trainers, to ISBN: 9781472845955
missions ‘Downtown’, the name aircrew gave Hanoi. This aerial war was
dominated by the major air operations against the north: Rolling Thunder
from 1965 to 1968, and then Linebacker I and II in 1972, with the latter
seeing the deployment of America’s fearsome B-52 bombers against
Hanoi. Featuring a wide range of personal accounts and previously untold
stories, this fascinating history brings together the full story of the US Air
Available: May 2022 Force’s struggle in the skies over Southeast Asia.
ISBN: 9781472848765
Price: £25 / US $30 / CAN $40 Thomas McKelvey Cleaver has been a published writer for the past 40
Period: Vietnam War years including his best-selling The Frozen Chosen, Pacific Thunder and
Format: Hardback, 320 pages MiG Alley. Tom is a veteran of the war in Vietnam and served with the US ISBN: 9781472836090
16pp plate section in b&w Navy’s Seventh Fleet.
Smashing Hitler’s Guns
The Rangers at Pointe-du-Hoc, D-Day 1944
RELATED TITLES
Steven J. Zaloga
Written by one of the world’s leading D-Day experts, this is a ground-
breaking new history of the legendary Rangers’ attack on Pointe-du-Hoc.
The Ranger attack on the German gun batteries at Pointe-du-Hoc in the
early morning hours of D-Day is the stuff of legend. The gun batteries were
strategically positioned between the two American D-Day landing beaches,
and were considered the main threat to the Operation Neptune landings. In
spite of the confusion and chaos of the June 6, 1944 mission, the Rangers ISBN: 9781472828507
succeeded in scaling the 100-foot cliffs, but the guns were nowhere to
be found. Spreading out in all directions, a Ranger team managed to
find and spike the guns at their hidden location south of Pointe-du-Hoc.
For two days, this small force fought off repeated German attacks, until
an American relief force finally arrived on 8 June. This new book takes a
fresh and comprehensive look at the attack on Pointe-du-Hoc, examining
the creation of the German gun battery, the initial Allied intelligence
Available: May 2022 assessments of the threat, and the early plans to assault the site.
ISBN: 9781472849830 ISBN: 9781472829955
Price: £25 / US $35 / CAN $48 Steven J. Zaloga received his BA in History from Union College and his MA from
Period: World War II Columbia University. He has worked as an analyst in the aerospace industry for
Format: Hardback, 432 pages over three decades. He is the author of numerous books on military technology
32pp plate section in colour and military history, with an accent on the US Army in World War II.
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NEW GENERAL MILITARY BOOKS
At the Gates of Rome
The Fall of the Eternal City, AD 410
Don Hollway RELATED TITLES
A dramatic retelling of the downfall of Rome itself from the perspective of
the Roman general Stilicho and Alaric, king of the Visigoths.
It took little more than a single generation for the 800-year-old Roman
Empire to fall. In those critical decades, while Christians and pagans,
legions and barbarians, generals and politicians squabbled over
dwindling scraps of power, two men – former comrades on the battlefield
– eventually found themselves on opposite sides in the great game of
empire: Roman general Stilicho and Alaric, king of the Visigoths. Master
storyteller Don Hollway introduces us to these titans of the Ancient World. ISBN: 9781472841124
At the Gates of Rome tells this story through the eyes of the two men who
both fought valiantly to prevent Rome’s downfall before one was ultimately
forced to abandon its cause. Weaving Ancient Roman, Greek and Byzantine
accounts of Stilicho and Alaric into a single compelling historic epic, this
is a sweeping saga of the dying days of Rome.
Available: May 2022
ISBN: 9781472849984 Don Hollway is an author, illustrator, and historian. His first book, The Last
Price: £20 / US $30 / CAN $40 Viking, is a gripping history of King Harald Hardrada. He has published
Period: Ancient World articles in History Magazine, Military Heritage, Military History, and
Format: Hardback, 320 pages Renaissance Magazine. He lives in Dallastown, PA, USA.
16pp plate section in colour ISBN: 9781472846525
Crécy
Battle of Five Kings
RELATED TITLES
Michael Livingston
A remarkable new study on the Battle of Crécy, a decisive English victory
over the French that changed the course of the Hundred Years War.
The Battle of Crécy in 1346 is one the most famous and widely studied
military engagements in history. The repercussions of this battle – in
which England’s King Edward III decisively defeated a far larger French
army – were felt for hundreds of years, and the exploits of those fighting
reached the status of legend. Yet groundbreaking research has shown that
nearly everything that has been written about this dramatic event may be ISBN: 9781472849373
wrong. In this new study, Michael Livingston reveals how modern scholars
have used archived manuscripts, satellite technologies and traditional
fieldwork to help unlock what was arguably the battle’s greatest secret:
the location of the now quiet fields where so many thousands died. Crécy
is a new history of one of the most important battles of the Middle Ages.
Available: June 2022 Dr. Michael Livingston teaches the military and cultural history of the Middle
ISBN: 9781472847058 Ages at The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina. He is the author
Price: £20 / US $30 / CAN $40 of many works including Never Greater Slaughter: Brunanburh and the Birth
Period: Medieval Warfare of England and the award-winning The Battle of Crécy: A Casebook.
Format: Hardback, 320 pages ISBN: 9781472846525
32pp plate section in colour
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NEW GENERAL MILITARY BOOKS
Hitler’s Winter
The German Battle of the Bulge
RELATED TITLES
Anthony Tucker-Jones
Based on new research, Hitler’s Winter tells the story of the Battle of the
Bulge from the German perspective.
The Battle of the Bulge was the last major German offensive in the West.
Launched in the depths of winter to neutralize the overwhelming Allied
air superiority, three German armies attacked through the Ardennes, the
weakest part of the American lines, with the aim of splitting the Allied
armies and seizing the vital port of Antwerp within a week. It was a tall
order, and the desperate battle became a race against time and the ISBN: 9781472847331
elements, which the Germans would eventually lose. This new study of the
famous battle focuses on the German experience, telling the story from the
perspective of the German infantrymen and Panzer crewmen fighting on
the ground in the Ardennes, through to the senior commanders such as SS-
Oberstgruppenführer Josef ‘Sepp’ Dietrich and General Hasso von Manteuffel
whose operational decisions did so much to decide the fate of the offensive.
Available: June 2022
ISBN: 9781472847393 Anthony Tucker-Jones started his career writing for Jane’s Defence Weekly
Price: £20 / US $28 / CAN $38 and Jane’s Intelligence Review. He has written a number of books on
Period: World War II aspects of World War II, including The Devil’s Bridge and Churchill, Master
Format: Hardback, 288 pages and Commander for Osprey, and regularly appears on television and radio. ISBN: 9781472839862
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Flashpoints
Air Warfare in the Cold War
RELATED TITLES
Michael Napier
From acclaimed aviation historian Michael Napier, this is a highly
illustrated survey of the aerial fighting in the flashpoints of the Cold War.
The Cold War years were a period of unprecedented peace in Europe, but
they also saw a number of localised but nonetheless very intense conflicts
in which air power played a vital role. The postwar years saw a revolution
in aviation technology and design, particularly in the fields of missile
development and electronic warfare, and these conflicts saw some of the ISBN: 9781472844446
most modern technology of the NATO and Warsaw Pact forces deployed,
alongside some relatively obscure aircraft types such as the Westland
Wyvern and the Folland Gnat. Flashpoints describes eight of these Cold
War conflicts: the Suez Crisis of 1956, the Congo Crisis of 1960–63, the
Available: June 2022 India-Pakistan Wars of 1965 and 1971, the Arab-Israeli Wars of 1967 and
ISBN: 9781472853578 1973, the Falklands War of 1982 and the Iran-Iraq War of 1980–88.
Price: £30 / US $40 / CAN $55
Period: Modern Warfare Michael Napier is an experienced author with several published titles to
Format: Hardback, 320 pages his name, including Korean Air War: Sabres, MiGs and Meteors, 1950–53, ISBN: 9781472836885
Fully illustrated throughout in colour and b&w In Cold War Skies: NATO and Soviet Air Power, 1949–89 and The Royal Air
Force: A Centenary of Operations published by Osprey. He is also an ex-RAF
Tornado pilot with combat experience over Iraq.
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Blood, Metal and Dust
How Victory Turned into Defeat in Afghanistan and Iraq
Ben Barry
The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have been the dominant experience of the 21st century for the land and air
forces of the US, Great Britain and their allies. These wars have transformed the armed forces of these major
combatant powers, and their impact has dominated nearly 20 years of international politics through to the
present day. Blood, Metal and Dust provides an in-depth account of the operations undertaken by both US
and UK forces in Iraq and Afghanistan and is written by a former high-ranking officer, Ben Barry, who wrote
the still classified British military analysis of the war in Iraq. It provides a detailed narrative of operations
as they unfolded with a contemporary analysis of the events that took place before and after the conflicts.
This newly updated edition takes the story right up to the American withdrawal from Afghanistan and the fall
of Kabul to the Taliban. Using unparalleled access to official military accounts and with extensive contacts
in both the UK and the US militaries, Ben Barry is uniquely placed to interpret the story of these controversial
wars, and offers a rounded account of how they irrevocably changed the global geopolitical landscape.
Available: February 2022 Period: Modern Warfare
ISBN: 9781472831040 Format: Paperback, 528 pages
Price: £14.99 / US $24 / CAN $33 64pp plate section in colour
No Wider War
A History of the Vietnam War Volume 2: 1965–75
Sergio Miller
No Wider War is the second volume of a two-part exploration of America’s involvement in Indochina from the
end of World War II to the Fall of Saigon. Following on from the first volume, In Good Faith, which told the
story from the Japanese surrender in 1945 through America’s involvement in the French Indochina War and
the initial advisory missions that followed, it traces the story of America’s involvement in the Vietnam War
from the first Marines landing at Da Nang in 1965, through the traumatic Tet Offensive of 1968. It details
the gradual ‘Vietnamization’ of the war that followed, culminating with the withdrawal of American forces
and the final loss of the South in 1975.
Drawing on the latest research, unavailable to the authors of the classic Vietnam histories, including
recently declassified top secret National Security Agency material, Sergio Miller examines in depth both the
events and the key figures of the conflict to present a masterful narrative of America’s most divisive war.
Available: June 2022 Period: Vietnam War
ISBN: 9781472838520 Format: Paperback, 416 pages
Price: £16.99 / US $24 / CAN $33 32pp plate section in b&w
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U.S. Civil War
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Battle by Battle
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Iain MacGregor
Available: March 2022
ISBN: 9781472850119
Price: £7.99 / US $12 / CAN $17
Format: Paperback, 128 pages
ISBN: 9781472843562 This attractively packaged gift book offers a highly illustrated introduction to some of the
£12.99 / US $15 / CAN $20.50 U.S. Civil War’s most famous and important battles.
The U.S. Civil War was the most cataclysmic military struggle of the late 19th century, and in four bloody
years of fighting from 1861 to 1865 over 620,000 American soldiers and sailors lost their lives in more than
8,000 battles, engagements and skirmishes. U.S. Civil War Battle by Battle tells the story of 30 of the most
significant of these battles. These include some of the most famous clashes, such as the battles of Gettysburg
and Fredericksburg, which resonate through American military history, but also the less well known, such
as the battles of Brandy Station and Cedar Creek. This highly illustrated introduction, packed full of colour
artwork, covers every theatre of the war and details infantry, cavalry, artillery and seaborne units from both
the Union and the Confederate forces to give a true sense of the scale of the War between the States.
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In the spring of 1982, Argentinian forces invaded the Falkland Islands,
a remote British territory in the South Atlantic. This led to a bitter 10-week war.
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War. With titles ranging from Abandon Ship to
Cold War Fleet, our list provides insights into one of the pivotal events of 20th-century British history.
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• Tactical ribbon diagrams
Written by premier aviation historians, this new aviation series puts the • Battlescene artwork
reader in the cockpit alongside the pilots streaming across the night time • Armament views
skies of wartime Europe, over the vast expanse of the Pacific or above the
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Fw 190D-9
Defence of the Reich 1944–45
Author: Robert Forsyth Illustrators: Gareth Hector, Jim Laurier & Tim Brown
Arguably one of the finest piston-engined fighters ever built, the Focke-Wulf Fw 190D-9 raised the bar in
terms of aircraft design and operational capability during World War II. Designed by Kurt Tank, the ‘long-
nosed’ Fw 190D-9 ‘Dora’ bettered most of the fighters that the Allied and Soviet air forces could field
when it first appeared in the skies over the Western and Eastern Fronts in 1944. Indeed, with experienced
German pilots at the controls it proved to be an immediate match for even the later-mark Griffon Spitfire
and the P-51D/K. Well-armed, with two 13mm machine guns and two 20mm cannon, the D-9 became
part of Luftwaffe units from August 1944. Later on in the war, one of the key missions of the D-9 was to
provide top cover for Me 262 jet fighters when at their most vulnerable during take-off and landing.
Available: February 2022
ISBN: 9781472849397
Period: World War II
P-51B/C Mustang
Northwest Europe 1943–44
Author: Chris Bucholtz Illustrators: Gareth Hector, Jim Laurier & Tim Brown
Luftwaffe Reichsmarschall Hermann Göring admitted that the appearance of long-range Mustangs over
Berlin spelled the end of the Jagdwaffe’s ability to defeat American daylight bombing. But the Mustang
was far more than an escort – it was a deadly hunter that could out-perform nearly every German fighter
when it was introduced into combat. Entering the war in Europe in December 1943, P-51Bs and P-51Cs
had advantages over German Bf 109s and Fw 190s in respect to the altitude they could reach, their rate
of climb and top speed. Initially tapped for close bomber escort, Mustangs were quickly turned loose to
range ahead of the bomber stream in order to challenge German fighters before they could assemble to
engage the bombers en masse.
Available: February 2022
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Although Unteroffizier Heinz Gehrke
of III./JG 26 agreed with Romm
in respect to the speed of the D-9, he
2 (Caldwell, Top Guns, pg 355):
remained an advocate of the Bf 109
The ‘Dora-9’ was a wild bird. Everything
was electric. Landing gear, flaps and trim
3 tabs needed only the press of a button.
And the bird was fast! In the 109 we could
hit 500–520km/h at low altitude, fully
armed and equipped – the D-9 was a good
50–60 km/h faster. However, for pure flying,
I preferred the Messerschmitt, despite
This graphic from Focke-Wulf’s all of its problems during take-off and
landing.
Fw 190D-9 handbook shows
CHAPTER 2
the aircraft’s armament, There was also a plan to equip the D-9s
built by Fieseler
SET TIN G THE SCE NE
comprising two fuselage-
mounted 13mm MG 131 for high-altitude flying, but the RLM (Reichsluftfahrtmi with a GM 1 boost
5 machine guns (1) forward of the of Aviation) decided to defer this until nisterium – Ministry
cockpit and two 20mm MG the introduction of the intended
D-12 and D-13 variants. The General A Focke-Wulf drawing of the Fw
151/20E cannon in the wings der Jagdflieger, Generalmajor Adolf you expected to live. Frankly, I am amazed
(2). Note also the Revi 16B Galland, was not an enthusiast of the count on the fingers of one hand the days to 190D-9 dated 1 May 1944,
GM 1 system, reasoning that the left at all, let alone the ability to attempt showing the aircraft installed
reflector gunsight (15) and the
nitrous oxide mixture could evaporate Luftwaffe fighter pilots had any nerve with a Jumo 213A engine and
ammunition cannisters (8 and
21). (EN Archive)
on warm days when aircraft were fight under such conditions. the GM 1 nitrous oxide injection
sat waiting on airfields. boost system for higher-altitude
arm was at a pivotal and indeed back against, let alone repel, the
On one level, the Jagdwaffe had to fight
performance. (EN Archive)
1 In September 1944, the Luftwaffe fighter
pressure from a growing list of threatened its own airfields, but
perilous point in its existence, under enemy invasion forces that attacked and
which it could not control. support to German ground forces
priorities, but compromised by shortcomings on another level it also had to render
June had forced the Oberkommando France towards Belgium and
The Allied landings in Normandy in as they began their retreat across northern
Command) to move nearly 1,000 of the Reich itself. But as the
der Luftwaffe (OKL – Luftwaffe High the Netherlands, and ultimately, the frontier
But operating conditions of Fighters) Adolf Galland, recorded
fighters into France drawn from six Geschwader. former General der Jagdflieger (General
in the extreme.
on the ‘Invasion Front’ proved testing after the war:
6 determined yet ultimately futile
Nevertheless, the Jagdwaffe fought a a relatively small group at the front belongs
emergency airfields, against It is characteristic of an air force that to
battle there, often from the most rudimentary, a huge machinery at the rear. It is difficult
enough to maintain aggressive strength
than itself and able to draw upon
an enemy significantly more powerful when advancing, but in a retreat, the weight
and bulk of these supporting services
not match. Major Hans-Ekkehard
reserves and resources which it could have a proportionately negative effect
the quicker and more disorganised the
II./JG 3, based at Evreux, and
Bob commanded the Bf 109G-equipped retreat becomes.
fighters:
recalled the constant presence of enemy
Allied tactical air forces applied
one aircraft taking off to be blocked by During the late summer of 1944, the
We were often attacked taking off, causing across France, harassing airfields,
We reckoned in operating strength increasing pressure on the German retreat
another. Our position was extremely unpleasant. as well as targeting general
operations were really more an exercise logistics, railways and the signals infrastructure,
we were outnumbered ten-to-one. In fact, – a commodity which suffered
storage facilities and supplies of fuel
in self-preservation.
increasingly from shortages.
another experienced Bf 109G had to continue their defensive
Likewise, Oberfeldwebel Herbert Kaiser, Furthermore, German fighter units
bombing offensive that continued
pilot, flew with 7./JG 1 and remembered: operations against the Allied strategic territories virtually
remaining occupied
(usually two to four aircraft) due to the to pound the Third Reich and the
We had to take off in the smallest of flights Staff of the OKL still saw the
4 FW 190D-9 ARMAMENT above our airfields for our fighters to every day. In this regard the Operations
Allied fighters, which almost always waited 1944 as one of air defence, and to
forced to sneak towards the target area
by Jagdwaffe’s prime mission in September
The Fw 190D-9 fielded a pair of emerge from cloud cover. We would be territory and the destruction of
fuselage- pair of Mauser 20mm MG 151/20E advantage of as much natural camouflage ensure ‘domination of the air over friendly
mounted, belt-fed, air-cooled Rheinmetall-Bor- wing- hedge-hopping over the terrain to take reality, before ‘domination’ could be
sig 13mm MG 131 machine guns mounted, recoil-operated, belt-fed
cannon fir- the ground kept us off the radar screens, enemy aircraft by day and night’. In
firing at a as possible. Flying just a few metres above ‘equality’, and even on that count,
achieved, a more immediate goal was
rate of 900 rounds per minute (475 ing at a rate of 780 rounds per minute
rounds (250 hill. We would only climb to altitude once by the enemy’s aerial capabilities.
rounds per gun), one weapon mounted but sometimes put us into the side of a
the Jagdwaffe was substantially outgunned
per gun). The ammunition containers in
for the each wing root. Their ammunition the odds were against us, and you could
77 machine guns were located directly
beneath containers
were housed just forward of the cockpit. we reached the point of attack. At this time 9
the guns. The ‘Dora’ was also armed
with a
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0 50 miles
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FALL OF SOUTH VIETNAM,
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The Collapse of Yugoslavia
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THEThe
120 VieTnam 0
shells rained down oPPoSiTe After
32 War in Japan 1467–1615
NVA soon became hopelessly jammed. Artillery attacking Phuoc
destruction as the rout Long Province in
The fighTing
was a large conch shell
that of the drum in Japanese warfare. It
59
DMZ on the fleeing mob, causing chaos and THE SIEGE OF SARAJEVO
retreat nearly 100,000 December 1974, completely detached from the misery. slung in an openwork
Quang Tri
became a disaster. During the horrific Why did neighbour with a bronze metal mouthpiece and
N
xx
It is extraordinary to think that a
NVA. Thieu’s planning the NVA launched cosmopolitan city could be turn so quickly on neighbour? In part, use, the conch was
Hue
people died or were captured by the attacks in the
placed under a military siege in full gaze due to the residual cord basket. Apart from its military
of the international com- the adherents of the
(falls March 26)
began to fall apart. munity and turned into a terror-filled memory of the horrific events of World closely associated with the yamabushi,
and his entire nation Central Highlands, environment in which con- War II, but to a
Da Nang
(falls March 29) SOUTH
As disaster loomed in the Central Highlands
five additional followed by an ducting daily life could be fatal. Sarajevo was effectively blockaded
by the Bosnian Serb forces located on
attack the northern attack across thea strategy organised
greater extent due to the unhealthy
levels of propaganda
spread by the Serbian political leadership
religious sect of Shugendō, who carried
out ascetic practices
was a feature of a OUTB rEaK
in mountains. The conch shell trumpet
the outlying hills employing
NVA divisions surged forward to about the Bosniaks
L
and directed
CHINA some ARVN units DMZ, Saigonin the nearby resort of Pale. From by
before the Bosnian Serb leadership and Bosnian Croats. records exist of sengoku
Tam Ky provinces of South Vietnam. Though assaulting this high ground, Bosnian Serb yamabushi pilgrim’s equipment, and
The rise of the sengoku daimyō
THAILAND SEA deteriorated, especially after the ARVN’s experienced yamabushi
A
forces fired sniper rifles, heavy machine
resisted gallantly the situation quickly daimyō such as the Hōjō recruiting
CE
guns, mortars and heavy A very impor tant
artillery at the unfortunate Bosniaks
N
AL they had been cut off doomed defense conch blowers into their ranks to act as trumpeters.
after units in the north realized that
trapped in the city. People,
TR
communication
O
HI Quang Ngai usually civilians, were
All across the of Xuan Loc. their homes by snipers.randomly shot dead on the streets and in Bosniak political and military unprepared on a the drum, the bell was not usually a
due to the retreat in the Central Highlands. nessdevice and
GH (falls April 3)
conch
LA Heavy weapons were ruthlessly fired battlefield was
Unlike the
be used to encourage
xx
toward the coastal into Unlike the Bosnian Serbs, the Bosniaks portable signalling device, although it could
ND the city with inevitable consequences.
area soldiers and civilians alike streamed
S
S The most notorious of were completelythe por table war
they could escape the these incidents were the infamous Markale unprepared for the war, and this factor a lighter alternative,
city of Da Nang with the hope that occurred in 1994 and 1995, killing
Market massacres that drum. This type
contributed to the soldiers to advance. Gongs (dora) provided
Kontum
frantic refugees, over 100 people. Getting out them with a thick excellent illustration of
coming cataclysm by sea. Nearly two million of Sarajevo was immensely difficult
at this stage, and everyone –
rapid success of the Bosnian Serbs, was carried on one
whose area of territory back and
and their sonority was brought out by beating One family in particular provides an
had removed their extended to 70 per cent of Bosnia-Herzeg ashigaru’s being. No fewer than
including thousands of soldiers who how a typical sengoku daimyō came into
whether UN forces or civilians – had rope.
Pleiku to cross two Bosnian Serb ovina and beaten by another.
masses, deluged the checkpoints (S1 and became known as Republika Srpska. Odawara enjoyed an
five generations of the Hōjō family of
S2) on the main road out of the city
uniforms to blend in with the civilian
Qui Nhon
Kiseljak. UN artillery units of the Rapid towards The Bosniak President
attempted a sea Reaction Force, based on Izetbegovic, a lawyer by training and until being defeated
city. Belatedly South Vietnamese authorities Mount Igman, neutralised Bosnian Serb
artillery positions during an Islamic scholar, unbroken succession from the Ōnin War
people before Da was renowned for having written a thesis process. During
rescue but were only able to save 50,000 Operation Deliberate Force in 1995. in 1973 which his in 1590 as part of Hideyoshi’s reunification
C A M B O D I A xx Tuy Hoa
Nang fell under NVA control.
enemies claimed called for an Islamic
state to be established. that time they fought some of Japan’s
most celebrated battles
This document, and Izetbegovic’s radical For this reason, in this
views at the time, and grew both in stature and number.
led to his imprisonment by the communist first three generations
Ban Me Thout
(falls March 14) authorities on chapter we will sketch the history of the
Mekong
Nha Trang
The ho Chi minh campaign multiple occasions. At the start of the
conflict, Izetbegovic of the Hōjō as a way of providing an introduction
to the wars
on Saigon and was detained briefly by the JNA after
Across South Vietnam NVA forces converged of the Sengoku Period.
(falls April 2)
returning from an
Phuoc Binh to press their advantage international conference, and for much
Cam Ranh Bay victory. The North Vietnamese, eager of the war he often
the monsoon season, isolated himself in Sarajevo. An intensely
and seize Saigon before the onset of
An Loc
Phnom Penh
private man, daimyō
In early April Hōjō Sōun, the first great sengoku
Phan Rang
Izetbegovic clearly struggled with the
quickly launched the Ho Chi Minh Campaign. pressures of a war that
command of General some commentators claim was partly the Hōjō seized his
Bien Hoa the ARVN 18th Division, under the caused by his own The way in which the founder of
of the critical road actions with the referendum. Some of the times provides
Xuan Loc
Phan Thiet Le Minh Dao, stood firm in the defense of his other decisions, opportunities amid the general lawlessness
attack by 40,000 NVA. such as inviting Mujahideen to fight alongside of fission and how a war
Saigon
junction of Xuan Loc in the face of an a fascinating illustration of the process
April 9–20
his own forces,
costly battle of the war, were also deeply questionable, particularly The Hōjō had a modest
In the epic struggle, the single most considering that of the Sengoku Period could break out.
for an entire week. the Bosnian Muslims were converted of the end of the Ōnin
1. December 1974, initial NVA attack
on Phuoc Long
ARVN defenders held off the attackers Slavs and practiced a beginning when, within a few years
cause as the war very moderate form of Islam. Many the foundations of his
el t a
Such grim tenacity in battle for a hopeless War, an obscure samurai began laying
Province.
2. Five NVA divisions launch Campaign
275, the of the radical Islamic
of ARVN, if only fighters had a totally different outlook, become a classic model
gD
1, 1975.
attack on Ban Me Thout, beginning March
3. Five NVA divisions launch attack
on Hue, March 8, drew to an end indicated the great potential one that moderate family’s future greatness in what was to
on
Vietnam had been Muslims throughout the Islamic world Nagauji (as he was
the political and economic ills of South Fearfully crossing the road (‘Sniper
of Sengoku warfare. In 1480 Ise Shinkurō
ek
M 1975.
on Quang Ngai, Alley’, Sarajevo, 1994). Daily considered extremist
4. Three NVA divisions launch attack late. Xuan Loc fell on life in a city surrounded by snipers in every respect. Their presence on command. By the time
March 8, 1975. rectified in time. However, it was too who deliberately targeted
civilians. (Photo By Tom Stoddar t Archive/Getty the battlefield merely then called) had only six men under his
5. Attacks on An Loc, April 3, 1975. Images) added weight to the Serb propaganda
6. Ho Chi Minh Campaign (attack on Saigon)
begins that the Bosniaks were
on April 27, 1975. Saigon falls on April
30. trying to set up a radical Islamic state.
Likewise, Izetbegovic’s
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